Rose’s Comments (group member since Oct 23, 2013)

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

I sent a request for the spreadsheet. i didn't realize we had another one

Emily wrote: "We thought it would be a good idea to maybe focus and get some sign ups for individual classes so we can start completing them. The first one to tackle is Astronomy. If you have other books you are..."

I'm reading , I'd say world would fit astronomy

Book:
Date Read: 5.20.18
Author:Seanan McGuire
Pages:173
See Christina's post for characters, she's was way better than me. lol
Also read for BR: thread My comments so far: 1
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Book:
Date Read: 5.17.18
Author: Louise Penny
Pages:310 (audio)
MC and Secondary-
Peter Morrow
Armand Gamache
Jean Guy Beauvoir
Clara Morrow
Gabriel Dubeau
Olivier Brulé
Ruth Zardo
Myrna Landers
Yvette Nichol
Isabelle Lacoste
Michel Brebeuf
Hazel Smyth
Sophie Smyth,
Madeline Favreau

Book:
Date Read: 5.15.18
Author:Joanne Harris
Pages:422 (audio)
MC and Secondary characters FN and LN
Roy Straitley
Pat Bishop
Bob Strange
Dianne Dare
Chris Keane

I'm on chapter 9 now and super happy that wasn't actually a prologue. I like the shift from one perspective to another every chapter. What to you think about the characters so far?

(view spoiler)[I don't have may thoughts about Kip yet, since he's basically running around screaming his head off and blowing things up (understandably). I think it's actually kind of funny how angsty and snarky Guile is. And I'm hugely curious as to if Danzen is evil enough to be locked in a basement dungeon. (hide spoiler)]

Plus if I'm buying into that story, it's super jarring to go into another one!

I just read the first chapter too. It made be super intrigued, but it felt so prologue-y. Prologues have got to be one of my top pet peeves in SFF

I think my favorite reveal was


(view spoiler)[Jack knowing the whole time how the doors worked, and how to get back to her world. Also, I love the implication being that even though many say they want to go back, for a lot of them it's not actually what their heart wants. (hide spoiler)]

"Devann wrote: "to anyone who is reading this for the first time, did you figure out who the murderer was before it was revealed? i don't think i had any idea who it was the first time ..."

I finished this book this morning. I really liked it, but I have to admit I knew who the murderer was before the first even happened. I generally do, though. I read way the heck to many Christie mysteries when I was like 12 and I think I absorbed all the ways murderers can be handled in a story.

I'll probably start off pretty slow, because I'm in the middle of about 9 million books right now.

I am just starting this one. I think I'm on Chapter 2, which is funny because I'm already a fair percentage into the book. What do you guys think about the novella trend that has been going on recently?

I'm always nervous when I start a book this size the end is going to be super rushed, or the world building cut for words.

So far though, I really love the world in this, so that's one fear down.

ditto

worse....I have it in paperback. I think i'll have to do kindle or risk cracking the spine ever two pages.

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Rose wrote: "Dear Mods,

May we have a thread for starting May 19th?"

Dear Rose,
your thread is HERE"
Thanks :)

I'm tempted by this. I've had the book for years, but I keep putting it off.

Paula wrote: "If I understood well, if we finish arithmancy soon, we can claim 1 more point for every book we read after we finish that class.
Am I right?
Then I think we should complete that one asap =P"

I agree. I also think we should make a list of the tasks that are going to be the most difficult to complete, and assign them. For a lot of them though, we can just read naturally.

Do we have to finish a whole class to get points from it?

I think I might jump into this one tonight. I just realized a got a copy from the TOR.com bookclub and never read it

Dear Mods,

May we have a thread for starting May 19th?

I know some people who think it's the best book ever, and some people who just mutter about whale oil when it's mentioned. I'm curious which side i'll be on.