Sana’s Comments (group member since Oct 27, 2017)

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

I'd like to sign up for medium level, please.

Thank you so much to our amazing Captains! And thank you all for such a fun challenge. We are an awesome team!

Christina wrote: "I just checked everyone's shelves and have a few notes.

Elena - Mythos is on your shelf but not on the spreadsheet - added it for you
Vikki - could you change the finish date of Beach House Summer..."

Done.

I'm nearly done with Archangel's Viper. Works for #9 or higher in a series.

Finished Magic for Nothing. We can move Stymphalian birds.

Witches Brew by Shayne Silvers works for authors first or last name starts and ends with same letter.

I just finished The Mad Ship. It covers task 1, 2 and 4 of hydra.

Oh I took it as a character being very strong willed.

But I found Hardheaded in The Wolf in the Whale
The MC is talking about a man Isuk - "He remained as hardheaded as a caribou bull. pg 122

And it covers task 2 with MC getting lost in a blizzard and being rescued by a viking.

Okay. I've started the next Liveship Trader book and it has most of the R tasks in it. And I'm nearly done with Showmance for MPG Music.

Ship of Magic covers task 1, 2 and 4 for Hydra.

Ushashi wrote: "@Sana can we please have the location of where 'Spear' is mentioned in The Accusers?

@Alyana, we are not using Ralph's party for this Chimera because The Accusers fits 3 prompts. Ralph's party is ..."

Mentioned in the SS.

I've started Red Ledger 4 for 1 and 3.

I'm reading The Red Ledger: Part 3 122 pages.

"On the shelf behind the sofa was a ceramic mermaid..." pg 54

Here and patiently waiting for a maze task to match my books. I managed to get one - Book that has a map, but the prompts are difficult. My currently reading list is getting long and it's making me itchy.

DQs Day 3: Chap 20-29

10. Beth's house has seemed important from the beginning of the story and there have been a lot of descriptions of the "Frankenstein ugly" house. During one of Shea's interviews Beth told her to go upstairs and see her childhood bedroom and then she said, "Not all of the answers you want so desperately are going to come from me. Some of them are going to come from this house." What do you think Shea learned from the house when she perused Beth's room?
That there was something very wrong about the house and Beth didn't grew up happy in that house.

11. We now have a better insight into the note that was left at the murder scene that said, in part, Am I bitter or am I sweet? In this section we got a lot of details about how this "bitter/sweet" was played out in the house with Mariana and the two girls. Lily also told Beth that everything was her fault and she could have stopped it. What do you think the note will reveal about the murderer and how do you think Beth could've stopped it or could she have?
I'm not sure if Lily would have listened to Beth but Beth always knew what lily was and she should have reported her to the authorities and get help for her when she first has realized about what her sister had done.
12. Julian's treatment of Lily is rather atrocious, especially considering how young she is when she first visits them. Why do you think he hates her so much and who do you suspect Lily's father is? (I have only read through chapter 29 for my questions, so I don't even know if that is revealed. Just curious what others are thinking about the situation.)
Lily's presence must have shocked Julian. The story happened in 70s when the people were more conservative. Julian felt resentful that her wife had a child out of wedlock and staying at his place.
13. Lily told Beth she wanted a lot of things, including the house. Beth told Lily she hated the house to which Lily said, "That's because you don't understand it...It's an abomination that shouldn't exist...It's exactly like me." What do you think she meant by this?
Lily was abandoned by her parents. She feels unwanted and her life in foster home has been ugly. She can relate to the house evil vibes and it's uglyness feeling that they both are "abominations that shouldn't exist".
14. Lily appears to have more power in the relationship between her and Beth, but based on Beth's current day ability to manipulate others, do you think Lily really is the more powerful one in their relationship? Why or why not?
I think Lily always had the upper hand in their relationship. Beth learnt her cold, manipulative behavior from Lily.

DQs Day 2: Chap 12-19

5. Shea is trying to explain the taps being turned on and the cupboards being opened by themselves through telekinesis. If you had experienced what she did, do you think you would have tried to explain things logically or do you think you would have believed it was ghosts and left it at that?.
In the beginning I thought it was telekinesis and that Beth was playing some kind of mind game with Shea.

6. After getting a cat, Shea calls on Michael to ask for advice on how to care for it, through the conversation she thinks about wanting to meet him. Do you think they will end up together or perhaps just remain as friends? Could Michael be interested as well?
They look quite interested in each other. I hope it is. Shea needs some happiness in her life.

7. Mr. Greer’s former secretary tells Shea Mrs. Greer wasn’t competent and that she was "sent away somewhere when she was eighteen". Do you think she was crazy or do you have any other theories?
I felt the secretary was jealous of Mrs. Greer so I wouldn't trust her.

8. While listening to the recording of Beth’s interview Shea hears a voice in the background whispering “I am still here” and poor Winston gets spooked. Did you find this scary? Do you think cats/animals have a feel for the supernatural? If it were you, would you come back to the house after hearing that?
Well I wouldn't want to but there is also a great deal of curiosity about the what happened.

9. Finally, in order to get in the mood for more scary stuff. Have you or someone you know have any scary/ghostly experiences you might like to share?
Nope.

DQs Day 1: Chap 1-11
1. Have you read the The Sun Down Motel by this author? If so, does it change your expectation for this book? Either way, what are your expectations for this book?
No I haven't read Sun Down Motel but it's on my tbr. It's my first book of this author and I've heard good things about it.

2. The MC writes about cold cases and is in her late 20s and divorced. I have read quite a few horror/thriller/mystery books recently where the MC is a recently divorced, usually a bit older, woman. Have you experienced this as well? Why do you think authors might make this choice? Why do you think the choice was made for this book?
I guess it makes the character more complex and interesting.

3. This section includes the start of the interview. Did it go the way you expected? Any one comment really stick out to you?
The whole interview was intriguing to me. And I hadn't expect Beth to invite Shea to her house with all the paranormal activity going on.

4. What do you think about the ghostly occurrences in this section? How do they add to the story (or maybe detract)?
Revealing the ghost so early in the story took away the element of suspense for me.

I consider myself a fast reader. It also depends on the genre. If it's urban fantasy or romance I usually finish in a day or so. I'll start planning for the maze.

Zuza wrote: "Sana wrote: "Zuza wrote: "So excited too!

I am still not sure 😃 which one I will pick, probably one of these

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I watched that show too but it wasn't good enough. The Infernal Devices and The Dark Artifices are much better.