Chava’s Comments (group member since Dec 19, 2013)

Chava’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

I'm so happy my nominated book got chosen. I've been wanting to read this book and I love reading with others and hear others' thoughts. So super excited!!

Awesome challenge! Thanks to the mods. I'm eager to find out what the next challenge is, I have a bit of challenge addiction...

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

Ruth, an African-American nurse, has worked at a CT hospital for nearly twenty years as a labor and delivery nurse. So when a young couple, Turk and Brittany, come into the hospital to have their baby, it is business as usual -- until Turk calls in Ruth’s white supervisor after the birth. He says, “I don’t want her or anyone like her to touch my boy,” and pulls up his sleeve to reveal a swastika tattoo: he and his wife are Skinheads. The hospital is used to making patient requests -- they have women who request female OBs, and others who don’t want be cared for by a resident. So a note is placed on the baby’s file and all African-American staff are exempted from caring from that patient -- meaning Ruth, who is the only Black nurse on the ward. The baby is taken to the nursery a day after its birth so circumcision can be done. However, Ruth’s nursing colleague is called away on an emergency C section and Ruth is the only person in the nursery when the baby has cardiac/respiratory failure. After a brief hesitation – she intervenes – and yet, the baby dies. Not long after that, Ruth learns she has been charged with negligent homicide by the state.

Ruth’s attorney is a white woman -Kennedy McQuarrie- who would not consider herself a racist by any means. Like Ruth, she has a child. But unlike Ruth, her family has never had to think about race on a daily basis. In spite of the evidence and the request of a Skinhead barring Ruth from doing her job, Kennedy knows she won’t talk about race in court, because she’d run the risk of polarizing the jury or the judge and losing the case. But to Ruth, that’s not justice.

As the two women form an alliance, and then an unlikely friendship, Kennedy begins to see that racism isn’t just about intent, but power. That even if Skinheads like Turk did not exist, Ruth would still be fighting an uphill battle. And she begins to seek a way to make a predominantly white jury see that they are responsible for the house they did not build…but in which they live.

Finished crocodile tears #8 in aeries

I've finished The cellar, 177 pages
?? Task

Child of Silence finished and it's 1st in a series

finished The Handbook of Clinical Intervention with Young People Who Sexually Abuse

Not sure what you can do with this. I had to read this for work purposes and thought to include it for some coins

The Hiding Place for the card that has -ing in the title

Finished Bloody Valentine for card 4

finished The Doll's House on 15/10/2016 as 3rd in a series

Truly Madly Guilty
Finished 11/10/2016
415p

Audiobook read by Caroline Lee, book written by Liane Moriarty

Thanks Pigletto for posting all of that.
I just read the rules in the rules thread. I'm slightly overwhelmed, but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it once we start. I'll try to finish some books by Monday so we have a bit of a stack from me. I'll be finishing 3 assignments for my Master's degree this month, sorry. (on the positive side, 2 weeks left until I have my Master's degree!)

I have finished NYPD Red
It fits Bonus 28, tasks:
◈ Train - Read a book that's 500-600 pages. (521p)
◈ Murder - Read a book with a murder that happens during the book timeline. (several murders)

I will be off line for 2 days by the time the next challenge starts. I will be back Tue night (AEST).
Are we allowed to count books that currently being read? I am 30 pages into a book for example

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "
BONUS LABOR 11



King Eurystheus accidentally tipped over his puzzle and it scattered everywhere. Of course he's blaming you. Help him piece it back together or you'll never hear the end of it..."

I've completed it and asked Clare to email it to the mods as I just can't seem to get the hang of that.

finished Cold Grave for Labour 1: task: Lure the Troll with Fish - Read a book that's main setting is on the water

Clare wrote: "Chava wrote: "Moderators of NBRC wrote: "
BONUS LABOR 5



King Eurystheus accidentally tipped over his puzzle and it scattered everywhere. Of course he's blaming you. Help him piece it back toge..."

I've PMed you

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "
BONUS LABOR 5



King Eurystheus accidentally tipped over his puzzle and it scattered everywhere. Of course he's blaming you. Help him piece it back together or you'll never hear the end of it...."

Finished it, but can't post it to the mods. Can someone help me please?

May I do the puzzle? I like puzzles :)

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Special Offer for Markhors, Swimming Mermalions, Slender Loris, Plumed Basilisk, Red Pandas and Snow Leopards!

Are you a Kate Daniels or Ilona Andrews fan?

If your team is willing to post a quest..."

I've posted a question which will give us the bonus points :)