ClaireB’s Comments (group member since Jul 06, 2014)

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

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Happy New Year !!!!

And, has any of you started the Witcher series yet, on netflix??? It's so good ! (and Henry Cavill ♥♥♥) I'm dying to read the books now. I need to know what happens next.

Wishing you all the best !!

Amazing !! Encore! encore!!!
Jenny I love it :)

Happy Holidays, team !!!

Sammy wrote: "I'm also pretty sure we have the longest team thread... How were we able to read this much when we spent so much time drooling over hot dudes chatting in here? :D"

That's right. We could have done much more reading without the hot dudes! ... Nah, I wouldn't give up the hot dudes. They were our reading inspirations, our lusty reading muses.

Sammy wrote: "✿ Claire ✿ wrote: "In latin it sounds even better ;) Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus!"

That should have been our official team motto. I demand a coat of arms! lol."

Lol, in that case we can use the Hogwarts coat of arms :p Because that's where I know it from

Jenny wrote: "Three pretty jewels for us!!!!

Claire, how does one say "We Rock" in latin?"

How about "We are the best": Nos Sunt Optima

Oh and I found a latin saying which basically describe us: virtus tentamine gaudet, "strength rejoices in the challenge". Because it really when we are faced with challenge (or revenge, lol) that we shine the brightest :D

In latin it sounds even better ;) Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus!

Judith wrote: "Again, this has been my favorite team ever and I hope to be on teams together in future.

And thank you for helping me defend my captain of the winning TT title. Which is just a bit of an extra bo..."

Glad you could keep that title. It's the first time I'm on the winning team and it feels good !

Also, that might sound petty, but I'm very satisfied by the fact we could show them what we are capable of after fanfiction gate. The joke is on them, because personally I probably wouldn't have read so many bigger books hadn't they crossed me. lol

Ooooh, too bad I wasn't on time to finish my last book. Well, I can't really complain, I had a good run. And you all did AMAZING !!!!
I must say, this must be the best team I've ever been on. I hope we'll be able to play again together soon. :D

Hey guys! Sorry I was so quiet this week.
I'm going to finish Wolfsong today. I'm really loving this book. I think TJ Klune is becoming one of my favourite MM authors now.

DQs Day 6
Ch. 26 – end

23. We start off this section with Blake trying to kill Alex for revenge. Did you expect this and did you accept that he was also responsible for Tara’s murder? Or did you suspect there was still something more?
Also, were you surprised when Dawes came through to bash him in the head? I was not expecting that, but it was awesome.

Dawes was awesome ! I like her.
For Blake I suspected something more.

24. We find out that girls had been killed over the years on dates that coincided with the formation of houses and that Dean Sandow knew about it. Did you immediately jump to the same conclusion as Alex, that Sandow killed Tara to form a nexus?

Yes, I did. But I always suspected him.

25. What were your thoughts when Belbalm revealed herself? Were you surprised? Did you suspect the connection with North?
It makes sense to me the Belbalm had a stronger role in the story than initially portrayed, but I was not expecting that.

I was surprised. Like you I thought there was something strange with that woman, but nothing like this.

26. Belbalm seems to have the same power as Alex and she was able to live so long by stealing the souls from other girls like them and that they’re drawn to New Haven. Do you think Alex will meet other girls with her powers in subsequent books that are drawn to Yale?

Yes I think she will meet more people like her. Let's just hope they aren't all evil like Belbalm

27. What are your overall thoughts on the novel? Will you read book 2?

I really liked it. It was very different from the other books I read by Leigh Bardugo, but I like the change. I'll definitely give the second book a try when it comes out.

DQs Day 5
Chapters 21-25

18. Turner and Alex are working together now, trying to solve Tara's murder. How do you think, is it only a temporary truce or will they be able to become partners?

For now it seems to be a temporary truce, but I'm hoping the partnership will continue.

19. Colin knew about Blake using Merity to rape the girls and didn't report it, hoping to use this opportunity for his society. Somehow I have the feeling that he is not the only one, who would act this way - most of the other members of his society (and probably other societies too) would do the same. What do you think?

I agree. There's something really perverse about these societies

20. Colin has an alibi for the night when Tara was murdered, as well as Dean Sandow. Do you believe these alibis or do you think one of them could still have killed Tara with the help of a portal (as Turner suggested)?

I don't trust these people. For all I know these alibis are fakes. I don't know if they did it, but it doesn't mean to me they are blameless.

21. During the summong Darlington (or the Hellbeast) said Murder. What murder do you think he meant? Were these the murders that Alex commited? Or the hellbeast eating him? Or some other murder?

I don't think it meant Alex's "murder". Maybe he knows something about Tara's murder, or other murders? Or his own murder? That is, if he's really dead.

22. Do you think it is final that Darlington is dead? Or has he survived somehow?

I'm really hoping he survived somehow.

Day 4 DQs
Chapters 14-20

13. As disgusting as Alex's form of justice was on Blake, did you laugh and write it off as karma, or did she take it too far?

She took it too far, but personally I'm not too mad about it.


14. At Rosenfeld Darlington felt the darkness of the "portal" before telling Alex that it wasn't a portal. I feel like there are still a lot of holes in the world building and the magic system, but do you have any idea what it could be if not a portal?

I'm not sure, but I hope he's not dead because of it...


15. In that same scene we learned what happened when Darlington disappeared. Do you think Alex could've stopped it or was to blame? She seemed a little uncertain herself. And if he didn't disappear, do you think he would've turned Alex in for what he believed her to be?

I don't think Alex was to blame. And I like to believe Darlington would have tried to understand what happened before deciding to turn her in or not. And if he'd knew, I don't think he would have turned her in.


16. After discovering what happened with Hellie, Len and the others in LA, did it help you understand Alex more? Did it change how you felt about her?

No it didn't change how I feel about her.


17. Lance seemed to be involved in more than just selling drugs, especially with the ability to portal! Why did he attack Alex as soon as he appeared? Did someone send him after her? But then going back to the scene in the morgue, if this was Lance, who did Alex see when she had the vision above Tara's body (you would think she would remember the face)? Anyone else thinking Glamours?

I think someone is using Lance's appearance. Glamour would be a good explanation.

Ninth House
Day 3 DQs: Chapters 9 - 13

9. Well, these chapters definitely get exciting! Alex is attacked by a gluma, which seems like a Gray on steroids. She later recalls that they are messengers sometime used by the houses. Book & Snake are the ones that can "create" these messengers, but that doesn't necessarily mean they were behind the attack. Who do you think is trying to have Alex killed? Do you think it's because of her investigation or for some other sinister purpose?

Somehow I suspect it's the Lethe House... But maybe I'm wrong. And if I'm right it must be because of the investigation.

10. "But one thought returned again and again as he tossed and turned, fell in and out of dreams, morning light beginning its slow bleed through the high tower window: Alex Stern was not what she seemed."

We know that Alex is special because she can see Grays without the assistance of potions, but Darlington knows this, as well. What do you think that thought means? Is there something more to Alex that makes her "not what she seemed"? Why do you think she can see Grays in the first place?

I think her power goes beyond just seeing them. The way they are attracted by her presence is weird as well. It seemed to me more than just them curious so have a human see them.

11. A lot has been happening to the Lethe House Dante and Virgil: Darlington gets purposely drugged at the Manuscript party, he subsequently goes missing, and now someone is trying to off Alex. Do you think that these incidents are connected? Do you think someone has it out for not only Alex, but Lethe House in general? Any other theories about what might be happening?

I think there's something worng with the house itself

12. After reading the chapter about Darlington's past, my immediate thought was, "Does Sandow do all of his recruiting in the hospital?" Do you think that he preys on vulnerable kids? Why would he do so when there are thousands of freshman at Yale they could recruit to be Dante?

Because they are easier to manipulate !