M’s Comments (group member since Jun 23, 2014)

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

sorry for being so quiet this week. I have tomorrow off and will be posting a bunch of books. Enjoys the weekend!

Title/Author: Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds
Date Read: 5-23-2018
Page Number: 183
Challenge: Brew the Potion colour – Turquoise (in title)
Spell Out Letters:
D title
A author
R author/character – Richard
S character - Swift
N character – Naqi
O character - Okpik

Title/Author: Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Date Read: 5-23-2018
Page Number: 936
Challenge: A large pot:Read a brown cover book with 500+ pages
25% Tussock (brown) 18% Jambalaya (brown) 15.6% Clinker (brown) 11% McKenzie (brown) 6.1% Rob Roy (brown) 4.1% Alert Tan (brown) 3.3% Flame Pea (brown) = 83.1% Brown Cover

Spell Out Letters:
S title
G author
D author
R author
L characters– Lin Ford and Lisa
K character – Karla Saraanen
P character Prabaker
N character - Nazeer
D character – Dider
A characters – Abde Khader Khan and Abdullah Taheri

I am finishing up a book tonight and will post when I have my desktop. Very happy ai found a way to cover some of the I's we need for spell it out. I bought the Ian Fleming box set

I did some hunting and I found one with a cauldron on the cover

Title/Author: Lear's Shadow by Claire Holden Rothman
Date Read: 5-21-2018
Page Number: 304
Challenge: Divination: published in the future
Expected publication: July 10th 2018 by Penguin Books Canada
Spell Out Letters:
L title
C author
H author
R author
B character – Bea Rose
A character – Arthur
W character - White
C character - Cara

Title/Author: The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld by Christine Wiltz
Date Read: 5-20-2018
Page Number: 288
Spell Out Letters:
L title
C author
W author
N character Norma
W character Wallace

I was hoping these would work for DADA

The Ultimate Werewolf about the creature
Streams of Silver Silver in the title

Sidhe's Call A book about a Banshee
The Laughing Corpse Laughing potion is effective against Banshee's cc http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Ban...

Checking in
I am currently reading a few


I should be finished with one today and another by monday. Working on a couple of parings for DADA

I have picked up a book for Astronomy Class and it is a beast. I hope to have it finished by Monday.

On a side note. I started a new job (woo hoo for better pay) the downside is I will be out of the house longer every day. Apologies in advance if I am not on a often.

This weekend is lovely. I spent the morning on my deck with coffee and a book.

Title/Author: Anathem by Neal Stephenson
Date Read: 5-19-2018
Page Number: 998
Spell Out Letters:
A title
N author
S author
E character – Erasmas
L character – Lio
A character Arsibalt
J character – Jesry
O character – Orolo
T character – Tulia
C character - Cord

Title/Author: House of Dreams: The Life of L.M. Montgomery by Liz Rosenberg

Date Read: 5-18-2018
Page Number: 352
Challenge: Divination: Published in the future
Expected publication: June 12th 2018 by Candlewick Press
Spell Out Letters:
H title
L author
R author
M character – Maud (what L.M. Montgomery is called)

Title/Author: Xenocide by Orson Scott Card

Date Read: 5-18-2018
Page Number: 592
Spell Out Letters:
X title
E series title
O author
S author
C author
J character – Jane Whitefield
V character – Valentine Wiggin
P character Peter Wiggin
A Character Andrew Wiggin
M character Miro Riberia
H character Han Qun-Jao
S character Si Wang-mu

Louise wrote: "M wrote: "I have a book for this task
◈ A large pot :Read a brown cover book with 500+ pages

I checked on Tin eye and the cover is 83.1% brown"

I'll ear mark it for you M."

Thank you Louise!

I have a book for this task
◈ A large pot :Read a brown cover book with 500+ pages

I checked on Tin eye and the cover is 83.1% brown

Nicole wrote: "I'm about to start chapter 8 where Harry meets Snape for the first time and I can't wait for Snape's little riddle. The genius that is JKR!"

I loved this part! After I realized what JKR had done I started to learn all the meanings of flowers.

Title/Author: An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim

Date Read: 5-16-2018
Page Number: 336
Challenge: Divination: Published in the future
Expected publication: June 26th 2018 by Viking Canada
Spell Out Letters:
A title
T author
L author
F character – Frank
P character - Polly

Title/Author: Blood of Requiem by Daniel Arenson (Song of Dragons #1)

Date Read: 5-16-2018
Page Number: 312
Spell Out Letters:
B title
D author
A author
S series
B character - Bendictus
K character - Kyrie Eleison
D character - Dies Irae
G character - Gloriae
L character - Lacrimosa
A character - Agnus Dae

I grabbed an ARC from work that I should have finished by tomorrow.