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

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

by Paula McLain
Finished 11/20
No goals yet

Characters: Beryl, Denys, Karen
Takes place in Kenya
Other things: horses, racing, flying planes, poetry, farming

Aren't there 5 goals? Is the one with the glasses still one of our goals?

used for goal: contains word "mint"

Characters: June, Lydia, Silas
Takes place mostly in CT, but some in Washington state

I vote we use the boon for "peridot"

Finished 11/17
320 pages, 20 points
Goals: Hardback copy over 600 pages

Characters: Nora, Angela, Gabe, Cecily (more minor)
Takes place in San Francisco, CA

Becca wrote: "Karen wrote: "I thought might work for a single body part, since the eye is the only part clearly visible. I got a "maybe", that we should get another opinion, so h..."

Mods officially said no. Oh well.

I thought might work for a single body part, since the eye is the only part clearly visible. I got a "maybe", that we should get another opinion, so hopefully someone else weighs in!

Could this work as a single body part since the nose/eyebrow/other parts of the face are obstructed by her hair?

So glad one of the birthstone goals is out of the way :)

Our new goal, about the captain's TBR shelf...if I'm reading that correctly, then any of the following will work:

or

All 5 star ratings on Becca's "to read" shelf

Sherri wrote: " also has a reference to Garnet.

"The jeweled bird was in fact not made of emerald or jade but rather a rare type of garnet known as magmatic demantoid.""

Nice!

Sherri wrote: " - the woman is wearing a pair of glasses."

Unfortunately, that wasn't the version that I read, so I didn't think that would count. The version at my library is a very boring:

Finished 11/16
200 pages
Goals: not yet

Characters: Charles Marlow, Mr Kurtz
Takes place in Africa, in the Congo
There's a lot of river travel...maybe if a goal involves water, it could be used?

JK, what did you think of Ashley Bell? I love Dean Koontz so I'm hoping to read that soon.

Finished 11/14

Updated: used for goal - romance isn't approved by family members

Characters: Nicholas, Rachel and Astrid are main ones
Takes place mostly in Singapore
There's a wedding, a very complicated family tree with interconnected families, and as the title implies, a lot of very rich people

I've read Everything I Never Told You (LOVED it) but hadn't heard much about the other two, will have to check them out. I'm like you Reed, trying to avoid buying books as much as possible so completely dependent on the library. :)

by Emiko Jean, finished 11/11
279 pages
Characters: Alice, Celia, Jason, Chase
They're (mostly) patients in a mental hospital in Oregon. Alice and Celia are twins, orphans, and have gotten in trouble for setting fires

Used for goal - hardcover less than 300 pages

Just finished A little life. So long but was absolutely wonderful.

Doesn't work for any current goals though, maybe one in the future!

by Hanya Yanagihara, finished 11/11
720 pages
Characters: Jude, Willem, JB, Malcom, Harold
They are: a lawyer, an actor, an artist, an architect
Takes place primarily in NYC

Used for a goal - more than 1000 reviews

by Kristin Hannah
Finished 11/10
440 pages
Characters: Vianne, Isabelle, Sophie (more minor)
Covers holocaust, French occupation, family drama

Used for goal: "Darning" in text

Oh man, stayed up way too late, but finally finished The nightingale -

Work is going to be painful tomorrow, but that was worth it, so good! (and it's due back to the library tomorrow...so helpful to avoid fines!)