Karen D’s Comments (group member since Aug 25, 2015)

Karen D’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

by Gayle Forman
#2 in the If I Stay series

Characters: Mia Hamm, Adam Wilde, Liz, Aldous

The Hero of Ages
by Brandon Sanderson
#3 in the Mistborn series

Characters: Vin, Elend, Breeze, Sezad, Ham, Yomen, Tensoon, Marsh, Ruin, Preservation

Also works for:
- Someone finds something: They find the atium that had been hidden

I'm working on The Hero of Ages, which is #3 in the Mistborn series, but it's realllllly long, so if someone else finishes a #3 before then go for it!

by Shari Lapena

Characters: Anne and Marco Conti, Richard Dies, Detective Rasbach, Cynthia and Graham

by Kevin Hearne
#8 in the Iron Druid Chronicles

Characters: Atticus O'Sullivan (aka Connor Molloy), Oberon (wolfhound), Granuaile, Orlaith (wolfhound), Leif (vampire), Owen Kennedy, Sam, Ty (werewolves)

Margaret wrote: "I can take the Animal on the Cover task with there is a mouse on the cover or is that a cute rat? that should work....."

I'm not sure if my Staked was used yet - Oberon is one of the major characters and he's a wolfhound, so that could work for animal playing a major part of the plot

by Eric Lindstrom
finished 10/25

Characters: Parker Grant, Sophie Miller, Molly Ray, Sarah, Scott, Jason, Faith

Red Rising
by Pierce Brown
finished 10/23

Works for author initials "PB"

by MR Carey
Finished 10/20

Works for - "C" (carey) or published in 2014

by Jessie Burton
finished 10/20

Task: O
Two MC's named Olive and Odelle

I finished The Muse last night, that works for "O", the MC is named Odelle.

Laura wrote: "Karen, how was the Trespasser? I can't wait for my copy to come in!"

It was really good! I got through it in about two days. :) My roommates said that they saw the ending coming, but I was still surprised by it! It was not uplifting though, the ending was definitely on the depressing side, but I've felt like all her books have been that way - no matter how the case ends up, you don't necessarily feel good about the resolution. If you've liked her other books, you'll definitely like this!

Finished The Trespasser! That can work for "t" or "a", or #6 in series, or published in 2016, lots of options! :)

The Trespasser
by Tana French
#6 in the Dublin Murder Squad series
Works for "T" (or "A" for Antoinette), or published in 2016

Nanci wrote: "Way to go teamies, grabbing those letters in "triangle".
Letters left:
a
e
and either t or r"

I'm working on The Trespasser and will do my best to finish it tonight! That will work for 'T' or 'A'

Finished Lord of the Flies, so that would work for the "L"

by William Golding
Finished 10/13
Characters: Ralph, Jack, Piggy, Simon
Genres: Classics, Young adult, literature, academic, science fiction

I just finished The Blind Assassin, which works for mushroom, cinnamon, ginger, steel, copper and silver (actual page locations and quotes are listed on the Books Read thread)

by Margaret Atwood
Finished 10/12

Works for "M" for Yum
Words found in text:
- Mushroom - p. 90 "The humid mushroom smell filled the kitchen"
- Cinnamon - p. 52 "some kind of cinnamon room spray"
- Ginger - p. 244 "I drank ginger ale"
- Steel - p. 2 "navy blue or steel grey"
- Copper - p. 46 "the iron, the copper, all the hard metals"
- Silver - p. 9 "with metal breastplates and silver ankle chains"

by Brent Weeks
#1 in the Lightbringer series
Finished 10/11

Characters: Gavin Gyle, Kip, Carras, "The White"
Genres: Fantasy, magic, high fantasy, fiction