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

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

Northanger Abby
Date Read: June 20
Pages: 251
Task it fits: F-10
How it fits: 9'524 shelves it as a classic

Abaddon's Gate
Date Read: June 20
Pages: 539
Task it fits: I-9; H-2
How it fits: pen name for Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck; Title is 2 words

Quick question. Death (as in the one who gathers souls) and grim reaper are they considered the same of different?

Sharpe's Havoc
Date Read: June 20
Pages: 370
Tasks: F-5 - read a book that is book 6, 7, 8 or 9 in a series
How it fits: Richard Sharpe Chronological Order #7

Task 4 is good. This is going to be fun!

Ninefox Gambit
Date read: June 19
Pages: 384
Task it fits: A-2 - read a book where author's initials are in different halfs of alphabeth (A-M and N-Z)
How it fits: (Y)oon Ha (L)ee

For my guess I am going with I-7

The Cyberiad
Date Read: June 18
Pages: 295
Task it fits: E-6 - read a book where the first word of the title is The.
How it fits: THE Cyberiad

Cascade Point
Date Read: June 18
Pages: 416
Task it fits: B-4 - read a book written by Goodreads Author
How it fits: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

226 pages
Date Read: June 18
Task it fits: E-2
How it fits: Daniel is #65 on the list of Male Names

It is pretty good. I would say read it

As multiple people are reading a book that fits for A-3 I am reading one that goes with another another square. So it is E-2

Woot! Looking forward to the First Class round!

Picked my horror novel. I have been wanting to read this for a while.

I am going to go with H9. Fingers crossed I hit something.

Ok I am up for a treasure Hunt.

The person who checked in prior to me is Shannon.
Shannon is Baton Rouge, Louisiana in the Central Time Zone. CDT is -6 hours from the UTC. They use Daylight Savings

From Shannon's rated book list I am going to read Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson which she gave 5 stars.

Woo Hoo Nanci! Team Green Dragons for me.

1. Name a cartoon character, a color, car and cuisine that best describes your personality.
Character: Nathan Explosion from Metalocalypse
Color: Red
Car: Harley Davidson Motorcycle
Cuisine: Curry

2. Who would you want on a deserted island with you.
The Mythbusters (Adam and Jamie) we would be able to build everything and have good conversations.

3. Tell us a unique or quirky habit of yours?
I am able to read anywhere. Parks, cars, trucks, transit. It does not matter if I am sitting or standing, I can do it. In a family of non readers this is a strange thing.

4. If you can visit any place in the world, where would you choose and why?
Italy. I want to see and eat all the things there.

5. If you could invite two people either living or dead to dinner, who would it be?
My father and Da Vinci. That would make for interesting coversation

Sorry for the radio silence. I have been very busy lately. New kitten, job promotion, and I am a co-captain for a WOBBLE team.

1. What novel or series would you most like to see turned into a movie/tv show? Thoughts on who should play the leads? I am lucky. One of my favorite series was recently made int o a tv series, The Last Kingdom on BBC. It is based on the Saxon series by Bernard Cornwell

2. Do you have a favorite book crush?
Colonel Brandon from Sense and Sensibility

3. Is there a series, or novel, that you love but think hasn't gotten the attention it deserves?
for Novels it would have to be The Raven series by Giles Kristian

4. What's your go to TV snack?
I really don't have one

5. What was the last movie you went to see in the theater?
Star Wars: The Force Awakens