Apoorv ’s Comments (group member since Mar 26, 2014)

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

August
Completion Post

Book Read: Room | Emma Donoghue
Date Completed: 06-Aug-2018
Pages: 401
Points: 40
Challenge Shelf updated

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Characters:

B: Bronwyn
C: Dr. Clay
D: Deanna
H: Hugo
J: Jack
K: Dr. Kendrick
L: Dr. Lopez
N: Nick
O: Officer O
P: Paul

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Tri Wizard Tasks

17 - Read a book which the authors initials are E.D. - Emma Donoghue
112 - Read a book where someone tries to protect someone - Ma tries to protect Jack from Old Nick

August
Completion Post

Book Read: Ten Thousand Skies Above You | Claudia Gray
Date Completed: 02-Aug-2018
Pages: 448
Points: 40
Challenge Shelf updated

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Characters:

A: Alexander
B: Beck, Theo
C: Connley, Wyatt
H: Henry Caine
J: Josephine Caine
K: Katya
M: Marguerite Caine
P: Paul Markov
R: Ramola
S: Sophia Kovalenka
T: Theo Beck
V: Vladimir
W: Wyatt Connley

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Tri Wizard Tasks

53 - Read a book with time travel - The MCs travel between dimensions, across different times
96 - Read a book where there is a "rescue" - (view spoiler)[Paul was rescued by Marguerite through all the different dimensions. (hide spoiler)]
124 - Read a book with a number in the title - Ten and Thousand in the title.

Caps, can we exchange a book location to fit in another task or if it added to the main spreadsheet it is set in stone?

I finished a book yesterday which interestingly fits to Task 96, 'Read a book where there is a "rescue"' which currently has Paula's book. Now her book also works for Task 94 which is currently open in that group of 4, that way we can have two tasks completed out of the 4 in one go.

If not, not a biggie. The book works for other tasks and characters too.

Christina wrote: "Apoorv, those covers are soo gorgeous! Not sure if they're similar enough though. I mean they would be for me, but you know... "

Aren't they?!! I absolutely adore those covers!
Now, while I understand that they may not be similar in the conventional color-scheme way, but I am hoping someone agrees with them being same in a structural way.

Eh, I'm grasping at straws but why not! :P

RebeccaS wrote: "Yeah I think the consensus is black not green. I'll keep looking.

I can do a green book, if you hit a wall in your search, Rebecca. Just holler!

Alison wrote: "Or how about we split it onto two tabs, one with active tasks and the other with the later ones? ."

I like this! We should just move those three books, with their three tasks, to a new tab and work on that as primary. That should make things clearer, simpler and quicker.

Also, quick check on the task Read 2 books with similar covers, which works for Task 2 - Chamber of Secrets; do you guys think the covers of these two books are similar?

Just as a suggestion, would it help to just hide all the other tasks from the spreadsheet, Alison? That way, we can singularly focus on getting the specific tasks done first.

Alison wrote: "Mods are feeling generous this morning and have said number or word form is fine for any of the tasks involving numbers in titles."

Wooohoooo!! ^_^
*happy dance*

Rather a stupid question, but I might as well ask since there are negative points at stake here:

For the task, Read a book with a number in the title, do we strictly need to have a number (e.g. 10, 3 etc.) in the title, or would its alphabetized format work (e.g. ten, three etc.)?

July
Completion Post

Book Read: The Mistake I Made | Paula Daly
Date Completed: 31-Jul-2018
Pages: 368
Buddy Read: Discussion Post (Initial)
Points: 40+30 = 70
Challenge Shelf updated

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Characters:

C: Celia
D: Dennis
E: Elias, Scott
G: George
H: Henry
N: Nadine
P: Petra
R: Roz Toovey
S: Scott Elias
T: Toovey, Roz
V: Vincent
W: Wayne

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Tri Wizard Tasks

33 - Read a book where the characters attend a party - Elias' have a 25th wedding anniversary
86 - Read a book MPG Crime - MPG: Crime - 5 users
89 - Read a book with a predominately pink cover - My Pink (Pink) - 46.5%
93 - Read a book MPG Mystery - MPG: Mystery - 20 users
94 - Read a book where someone dies - (view spoiler)[Wayne is murdered. (hide spoiler)]

Team Gilderoy Lockhart
Part 1-5 - Chapter 1-30

I am definitely captivated to say the least.
I jumped into the book without reading the blurb, so when the curve ball of (view spoiler)[Scott making his offer to sleep with Roz and her accepting it (hide spoiler)] happened, I was definitely surprised.

I liked the backstory and how it all progressed right up to that point. While Roz isn't necessarily a favorite or a likable character, I certainly understand her story and the reasons for her actions.

Scott, on the other hand, (view spoiler)[is just plain straight-edged. Given the fact that he triggers and important change in the narrative, I hardly find his charcater remotely powerful or vicious enough. Its not even threatening at this moment. He is just a middle-aged man, wanting to sleep around, because his life is at a stale-mate and because he simply can. Nothing more. (hide spoiler)]

That is sort of my qualm with almost all the male characters in the book. (view spoiler)[Scott is vanilla, Henry is bland, Vince is a space filler, Winston is an asshole, and Wayne is a douche. If you need to make all the supporting characters weak to make your main character shine out, it is a clear sign of under-development of the main character on the author's part. (hide spoiler)]

But either way, the story is compelling nonetheless.

I just happened to add serial numbers to the tasks (sorry caps, didn't mean to overstep) - just so that we can add all the other task numbers that apply for a single book.

Might just be easier for the caps to move things around.

Steven wrote: "Can I take it back since you called me Stevie Wonder? That triggers some high school bullying flashbacks -_-"

Holy shizwizzle!
In that case, I take it back! Those sycophantic nincompoops! Ugh!
Sorry, O benevolent being!

Steven wrote: "Sorry to drop in and you the competition (you people!), but according to the captain's group question thread, wishlist is acceptable. Whoever is a captain on your team can click through here and re..."

I knew there was some Ravenclaw niceness left behind that Gryffindor facade! You are priceless, Stevie Wonder! Thank you for helping out! :=')

RebeccaS wrote: "Also I'm assuming Read a book tagged at least 50 times as “wish” - it has to be "wish" exactly and not wish-list (sorry this is my first round!)"

I would say yes. It has to exactly be 'wish'

Emily wrote: "s this date correct? June?."

LOL! Why, isn't it June that's currently running? :P
Naah, that was me having a Monday moment. Updated it to July.

July
Completion Post

Book Read: Beneath the Sugar Sky | Seanan McGuire
Date Completed: 30-Jul-2018
Pages: 174
Buddy Read: Discussion Post (Initial)
Points: 20+30 = 50
Challenge Shelf updated

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Characters:

A: Angela
C: Christopher
E: Eleanor West
K: Kade
N: Nadya
P: Ponder
R: Rini
S: Sumi
W: West, Eleanor

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Team Gilderoy Lockhart
Part I

I am so pleased we are back to the school and its surroundings. I absolutely loved the set-up for Book 1 and the moors in Book 2 just didn't catch my fancy as much. So definitely a star for the setting.

Plus, I love Christopher and Kade. I am so glad to see them come back and play a role in the proceedings. Nadya and Cora are also interesting, and while it seems like it is (view spoiler)[Rini's story (hide spoiler)], I would love Cora's mermaid tale and her world.

(view spoiler)[The way Rini appeared was indeed funny. Although, she is slightly grating on my nerves with her over-the-top behaviour. And what's with the selfishness? I understand you are disappearing and it sure is scary, but she has absolutely no care in the world for Sumi, and that is sad. (hide spoiler)]

I see the Triwizard Tasks up on the spreadsheet, are we good to start working on them, caps?