SandyL’s Comments (group member since May 11, 2015)

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

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Two Wedding Crashers
Author: Meghan Quinn
Pages: 372
Completed: 7/16/18

Spells
B: ch - Beck Wilder
C: ch - Chris
M: author - Meghan Quinn
R: ch - Rylee
V: ch - Victoria
W: ch - Beck Wilder

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Darker
Author: E.L. James
Pages: 546
Completed: 7/16/18

Spells
A: ch - Ana Steele
C: ch - Christian Grey
D: title - Darker
E: author - EL James
M: ch - Mia
R: ch - Ray
S: ch - Ana Steele
T: ch - Taylor

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Wonder
Author: R.J. Palacio
Pages: 316
Completed: 7/16/18

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Spells
A: ch - August Pullman
D: ch - Summer Dawson
M/N: ch - Miranda Navas
O: ch - Olivia
P: ch - August Pullman
S: ch - Summer
T: ch - Mr Tushman

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Easy Charm
Author: Kristen Proby
Pages: 280
Completed: 7/16/18

Spells
B: ch - Gabby Boudreaux
C: ch - Colby
E: title - Easy
G: ch - Gabby
O: ch - Rhys O'Shaughnessy
P: author - Kristen Proby
R: ch - Rhys O'Shaughnessy
S: ch - Sam

I've finished and I loved this book!

Auggie was so inspirational! It was sad about the (view spoiler)[ "war" that Julian and his buddies waged on Auggie and Jack, but interesting how the other kids started getting tired of it. (hide spoiler)]

A lot happens in the last third of the book - (view spoiler)[ Daisy dying, Via getting to start in her play, the retreat, the graduation. I liked how Mr. Tushman told Auggie he knew about what had been going on during the school year, but had let the kids work it out for themselves. (hide spoiler)]

One of my favorite things about the book were Mr. Browne's Precepts. They sure are something our world could use right now!

Judy wrote: "39%

My cry count is up to 3 by now, I'm honestly not very surprised. I'm really enjoying the writing style as well - it's so chatty and reading it just sounds like someone is telling me this story."

I liked the writing style, too. At first I was a bit confused because the chapters seemed so short and sort-of random, but it really grew on me and kept me interested in the story.

Laura wrote: "Thanks for the tip, Shannon! Does anyone have Amazon Prime so we can finish off the end of our classes and get all of our points?

Erika how are you doing with your ARC? Almost finished? Do you ha..."

Hey team - if anyone is interested in the First Reads books and if you have Amazon Prime, you can download all 6 of them for free today (Prime Day)

Hi Kristin!

Thanks Danielle & Erika!

Also, Buddy Reads are actually 30 points (Book of the Month's are 20 points and Harry Potter buddy reads are 40 points) so even better!!!

Sarah wrote: "Ugh Valentine has (Chapter 80 spoiler) [spoilers removed]

I never expected to connect to these characters so much. I'm not sure why, I guess I just assumed the older the writing, the harder it is ..."

I was so surprised at how easy this book was to read and get into the story too, Sarah. I usually struggle with the classics!

Maddy wrote: "Yay! I started :)

Auggie is so sweet and endearing! I am only in the beIginning and he is not going to school yet, but I can already feel how they are going to try to crush him. He is too sweet fo..."

It must have been so hard for his parents to make the decision to send him to school, knowing what he might go through.

Morgan wrote: "Currently at 60%

Auggie - [spoilers removed]
Summer - [spoilers removed]
Jack Will - [spoilers removed]
Julian - Julian is a ..."

I agree with what you wrote about these characters, Morgan. Auggie was (view spoiler)[ so endearing. And I love how most of the time he thinks he's just a normal kid. (hide spoiler)]

Summer and Jack (view spoiler)[ - it was great Auggie had friends at school, but what Jack did was terrible, although not unexpected. And I agree that Summer was a remarkable girl to resist the peer pressure of middle school. (hide spoiler)]

Julian (view spoiler)[ there's always at least one Julian, isn't there? It was so sad to see where he got his intolerance from (his mom) (hide spoiler)]

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Mountain Man
Author: Jules Barnard
Pages: 319
Completed: 7/15/18

Spells
B: author - Jules Barnard
C: ch - Callie
G: ch - Gen
L: ch - Lewis
M: title - Mountain

Sassafrass wrote: "Welcome to the new Newts!

Hi all! I'm here, just been traveling again. Just got back from Houston for a conference.

this week, we are going to New Orleans for a family reunion.

then I will be DO..."

Have fun Sass! Thanks for letting us know!

Hi Kristin and Nox! Welcome to Team Newt!!

There is lots of info in the first few posts of this thread, but I know its a lot to go through, so please ask any questions you have.

Post completed books here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Find Buddy Reads here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

And here is a link to our planning spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

(thanks Laura - I'm copying your info to Claire!)

Please post a link to your tower teams shelves

Thanks!

It's a quiet weekend for me. I went to lunch with my niece yesterday and then she helped me set up my Firestick and get Netflix. Yep - I'm new to it!! So I spent most of yesterday looking through all the menus and then I watched Mama Mia. I should have waited until TT is over to get this set up (although I'm not a big TV watcher.)

Today I'm going to try and get caught up with the many books I've got in progress right now, including my Buddy Read for , which is really good (hmmm, I wonder if it's on Netflix? No pun intended!) And the next HP book on my list . I've realized that I'm not a huge HP fan (I know, I shouldn't admit that during the challenge - we may get points deducted from our team!😝.) I have enjoyed the books I've read, but they aren't the kind of books I would normally read one after the other - I need more of a break in between each one.

Claire wrote: "Ok, Laura, I’ll add them there. I read through the info, but found it hard to get it in in one time:-)"

Thanks Claire - just let us know if you have any questions!

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