Michelle’s Comments (group member since Sep 19, 2013)

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

Bummer, but good that you checked.

No prob! If LaurLa can't get it tonight I'll do it when I get home from work.

It was so funny when he came in. One of the girls told him I loved him in high school and he said, "Let's take a picture!" Haha! I was embarrassed and couldn't stop laughing.

They aren't doing replacement players this time. They said they might add some sort of extra like they did for WOBBLE to adjust for teams who are below their average, but I guess we aren't. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

No reply to either of my PMs, either.

Updated our sheet and filled in missing page numbers. Take a look at your shelves and make sure we aren't missing anything!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

We slipped to 14th place overall.

I loved those books growing up!

I think I will try the series, too.

The only BR thread is the Ash and Quill one in the BR folder. The "read and post small review" thread for books 1-3 hasn't been started yet, but we can post as soon as Sonia opens it.

Also, just got this info from the Captain's Group. Points opportunity if you are interested in the Ink & Bone series by Rachel Caine!

"Participating in the buddy read of Ash and Quill --> works as the BOM

Q&A with Rachel Caine --> 30 points for participation (ONE question per team) - Berit submitted 7/13

To Be Posted:

Read & Review Corner - AKA read the Book and post a small review on the future thread (coming soon!):

Ink and Bone --> 10 points
Paper and Fire --> 20 points
Ash and Quill --> 30 points.

Review doesn't have to be too detailed, a small one counts as long as it's more than "great book" lol. Since we're cross promoting the author, if you also review the books on goodreads, It would be awesome.

Oh, just a side note, books need to be read from July 1st to count.

Review threads and spreadsheet tab will be added soon."

I haven't started either one but plan to join the discussions.

Updating our sheet now.

We slipped back to 11th place, but let's see what an update does for us.

I like Berit's question. She should post that one for us!

Beth, I love your questions. I have the same thoughts.

I think, now that I've had a few days to reflect, that Carrie initally thought she would live happily ever after with Richard. But Lo got her thinking so she took advantage of the situation (would love to know how she got the jump on Richard) and somehow escaped before Anne's accounts were shut down to get the money moved.

Also I don't like the loose end of the burglar. I'm not convinced it was Richard, but I can see where the author might want us to make that leap because of how cabin 10 was left empty.

I haven't, but she has so many books listed I should try one sometime.

And Snowtulip got picked for DQs for Traitor's Blade! Wooohooo, more points for us!

If any of you are Rachel Caine fans, they are doing an author Q&A.
If we come up with a question we can earn 30 points as a team.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Updated our spreadsheet and added the missing pages.

Keep reading, team!

Poonam wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Such a good point about the burglary. Maybe I missed something, but that seemed to just be dropped. I thought it would tie together, and even suspected Ben. Alas, I was wrong."

It..."

I totally missed that! The cabin 10 part I got, but I need to go back now.

Such a good point about the burglary. Maybe I missed something, but that seemed to just be dropped. I thought it would tie together, and even suspected Ben. Alas, I was wrong.

Discussion Questions - July 8
Chapter 29 - end

Here we go! We are off and running until the end of the novel.

31. Carrie and Lo seem to find some common ground, and Carrie leaves the Winnie the Pooh book for her. Do you have a comfort book like this? What books do you think of fondly from your childhood?


32. Carrie spills all of the plot to Lo before switching identities. Did you suspect she was masquerading as Anne prior to the reveal? And do you think Richard killed Anne as part of his plan to be with Carrie or do you believe it was an accident?


33. Lo has a close escape with Richard and barely makes it to the hotel. Would you have had the courage to try to make it across the verandas? In that situation would you have tried something else?


34. When the hotel manager calls Richard, Lo runs for it. Barefoot and terrified, she comes across a police officer. When he reaches for his glove box, she runs again. Do you think she was justified in running, or do you think this was a result of her paranoia? Would you have taken your chances and gone with him?

35. Lo finally finds shelter and drops in exhaustion. When Konrad discovers her and she gets to his phone, she calls Judah, not her parents or the authorities. Did you find this surprising? Who would you call in that situation.


36. The action really gets going in the remainder of the book after some really slow pacing up until now. Did the slow pacing and details add to the suspense for you? And did you feel the switch in pacing worked for the novel?

37. There were a couple of surprises at the very end. Were you surprised at which boat companions reached out and left her messages? And were you surprised by the reveal of the bank deposit and Richard's death?

38. Overall thoughts of the book? Will you read more by this author?

Hey, we are in 10th place, team! Not bad. Not bad at all.