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

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

10 Point goals:
- Read a book that has elves, reindeer or a sleigh on the cover or in title for 10 points! (Dec 12)
-Read a book that was first published in December for 10 points! (Dec 10)
- Read a book with a fireplace on the cover for 10 points! (Dec 9)
-Read a book with the word kids or children in the title for 10 points! (Dec 8)
-Read a book with the word cornucopia in the text for 10 points! (Dec 7)
- Read a book with a turkey or pig on the cover for 10 points! (6 Dec)


Other goals
*New* Read a book where a character visits a farm
-Read a book where the page numbers add to 22 (i.e. 345 pages = 3+4+5 = 12)
-Read a book with the name of the tarot card "Wheel of Fortune" in the text or title
- Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as north-america - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
- Read a book that is in the ʺBest Historical Mysteryʺ Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...)

Sherri wrote: " works for the new goal - *New* Read a book where a character wears goggles, glasses, or a monocle eyeglass."

Great!

10 Point goals:
- Read a book that has elves, reindeer or a sleigh on the cover or in title for 10 points! (Dec 12)
-Read a book that was first published in December for 10 points! (Dec 10)
- Read a book with a fireplace on the cover for 10 points! (Dec 9)
-Read a book with the word kids or children in the title for 10 points! (Dec 8)
-Read a book with the word cornucopia in the text for 10 points! (Dec 7)
- Read a book with a turkey or pig on the cover for 10 points! (6 Dec)
-Read a book with a green cover for 10 points! (Posted 5 Dec)


Other goals
*New* Read a book where a character wears goggles, glasses, or a monocle eyeglass.
-Read a book where the page numbers add to 22 (i.e. 345 pages = 3+4+5 = 12)
-Read a book with the name of the tarot card "Wheel of Fortune" in the text or title
- Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as north-america - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
- Read a book that is in the ʺBest Historical Mysteryʺ Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...)

Just finished Legend, that works for the new one..and doesn't have "wheel of fortune" or "cornucopia" or any of the other more interesting goals

10 Point goals:
- Read a book that has elves, reindeer or a sleigh on the cover or in title for 10 points! (Dec 12)
-Read a book that was first published in December for 10 points! (Dec 10)
- Read a book with a fireplace on the cover for 10 points! (Dec 9)
-Read a book with the word kids or children in the title for 10 points! (Dec 8)
-Read a book with the word cornucopia in the text for 10 points! (Dec 7)
- Read a book with a turkey or pig on the cover for 10 points! (6 Dec)
-Read a book with a green cover for 10 points! (Posted 5 Dec)


Other goals
*New* Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as review - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
-Read a book where the page numbers add to 22 (i.e. 345 pages = 3+4+5 = 12)
-Read a book with the name of the tarot card "Wheel of Fortune" in the text or title
- Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as north-america - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable
- Read a book that is in the ʺBest Historical Mysteryʺ Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...)

Finished 12/12
305 pages
Used for goal: shelved as "review"

Characters: June, Day (Daniel), Metias, Thomas
Takes place in LA, in the future

Becca wrote: "No It's next week "

Ok good, thanks!

I've lost track, is this the weekend we should be using a boon?

Ashley wrote: "I still have an ebook on hold at the library for the booklist goal but it's still listed as unavailable. I'm not entirely sure how an ebook can be unavailable but if it doesn't come in soon I'll tr..."

Hahah that drives me crazy too! I'm currently 10th on the waiting list for the ebook version for Uprooted for the BOM. Sigh

656 pages
Finished 12/11
Participated in BOM discussion

Characters: Shadow, Mr Wednesday, Laura, Mr Nancy (Anansi), Hinzelmann
Takes place all over the US
20 chapters + postscript + appendix

One more thought on chapters 17-18....was that the war? Did anyone else find this part really underwhelming?

Discussion Questions Dec 11, 2015
Chapters 17-18
Standing in for Brie (Moirai)

37. I think Loki knew what he was doing, he knew by telling Mr. Town not to do it, that he would be compelled to, probably believing that there would be no consequences. Loki and Wednesday seemed to be very much in control the whole time.

38. Knowing that he's Wednesday's son, that must play some role in how they treat him

40. No, it makes perfect sense. His death was the only thing that got the others to join together. I suspected that he had orchestrated the event, but wasn't quite sure how. If the death was fake, or something along those lines. But this makes sense, that he died to start a cause that would ensure he would live on.

41. It was what I expected, that Shadow would not be able to bring her back to life, but would find a way to let her truly die. It also made sense that it happened at that time. After what Shadow has been through, he seems to have grown and no longer needs Laura to take care of him or fix things for him.

Finished 12/11
No goals yet

Characters: Ijeoma, Adima, Ndidi, Chibunduu
Takes place in Nigeria in the 1960s and 1970s
Tags: forbidden love, war
77 chapters plus epilogue

I think the whole first page counts as top shelves. Some books only have one page of shelves but others have a lot, depends on how many people have read the book and created unique shelves I guess.

Updated Goals:
10 Point goals:
-Read a book that was first published in December for 10 points! (Dec 10)
- Read a book with a fireplace on the cover for 10 points! (Dec 9)
-Read a book with the word kids or children in the title for 10 points! (Dec 8)
-Read a book with the word cornucopia in the text for 10 points! (Dec 7)
- Read a book with a turkey or pig on the cover for 10 points! (6 Dec)
-Read a book with a green cover for 10 points! (Posted 5 Dec)


Other goals
*New* Read a book with a country scene on the cover
- Read a book that is in the "Favorite Chick-Lit" Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...)
- Read a book where the author uses a suffix (Jr, Sr., III)
- Read a book where the title starts with the letter G (can ignore A, An, The) (Sherri)
- Read a book that is in the ʺBest Historical Mysteryʺ Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...)

512 pages

Non fiction, 12 chapters

Objective Troy!

works for the new one

Discussion questions Chapter 12-13

26. I thought the 'time travel' aspect was interesting, or at least them losing all sense of real time. And I appreciated meeting characters where it was obvious who they were meant to be, I'm not picking up on them very quickly usually.

27. Well...the new gods are really portrayed as rather evil, with that horrific scene killing Bilquis, so going to go with old gods.

28. It's interesting that Sam is the first/only person that Shadow has been able to confide in. She accepted it, and him even after Audrey accused him of murder. Since both women had been given the same information about him, it was telling that Audrey immediately assumed his guilt and Sam was willing to listen to his side of the story. I do think Sam will be important, although I have no idea how, since I'm really not getting how the story is going to develop.

29. He can't really be dead right?

30. Shadow so far has only been doing things for other people. We'd already learned that the robbery he got involved with, and why he ultimately got arrested, was because Laura wanted him to. He was coming back to a job someone else got for him. And when that went away, he just followed Wednesday in what he wants to do. So yes, i think from that perspective she is right. I think he still has a lot of growing to do.

Questions and Comments
04 December 2015 Chapters 10-11


22 - That's a really interesting interpretation, I hadn't thought of that! That fits with the way Easter was talking, how no one actually remembers her or her origin, but they still hide Easter eggs and all that, and she considers that good enough.

23 - I still think that Laura will not be able to come back to life, but Shadow will eventually figure out how to let her die completely

25 - It certainly seems like the people in the town are a bit too eager to share how much they love the town and how perfect it is. Something else is going on, so it seems plausible that Sophie's guess is accurate. The gods are probably involved in some way because I can't believe there's any coincidence happening in this story.