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

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

Jennifer wrote: "I sure will, I've heard a lot of good things about the series."

Oh yeah I'd be curious about your thoughts too! I love Dean Koontz :) Working on Odd Hours now

Laura wrote: "Yes, Karen's book will work for the dinosaur square. Nice thinking Cecily!! Good night all."

Oh nice, that hadn't even occurred to me. Glad that was useful!

by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows
491 pages
Finished 9/5

Characters: Jane Grey, Gilford Dudley, Edward Tudor, Bess Tudor, Mary Tudor, Gracie MacTavish
Genres: Historical fiction, young adult, fantasy, historical, romance
Other things: Shape-shifting, succession concerns, regicide, poison, satire

by Sarah J. Maas
640 pages
Finished 9/5

Characters: Feyre, Rhysand, Amren, Cassian, Morrigan, Tamlin, Lucien, Elain, Nesta

Genres: Fantasy, romance, young adult, new adult
Magic, flying, shapeshifters, revenge, war, alliances

by Elizabeth Poliner
Finished 9/1
368 pages

Genres: Historical fiction, adult, family, young adult, coming-of-age, literary fiction, jewish literature

Characters: Ada, Vivie, Bec, Howard, Molly, Davy, Nina, Megan O'Donnell
Other things: death, beach, sailing, sewing, department store, affair, lies, ice cream

by David J Bell
Finished 8/30
432 pages

Task: Earth (O4)
How it fits: Two people disappear during the course of the book, and much of the book is spent looking for them - "Where are on earth are they?"

Amanda wrote: "Karen wrote: "I was thinking about mummies being dead, but this was a walking mummy, so that reminded me of someone dead coming back to life. But that's fine if you don't think it fits. just trying..."

Nice! I know some of my suggestions may be a bit of a stretch, but can't hurt to ask :)

Laura wrote: "Karen wrote: "Hey, I edited my earlier post, but it was right as you posted again, so you may have missed it.

I've got these two in the works, which I should finish today:
- [book:Since She Went..."

Oh no worries, the edit wasn't for that part anyway, it was for the two books currently being read.

I was thinking about mummies being dead, but this was a walking mummy, so that reminded me of someone dead coming back to life. But that's fine if you don't think it fits. just trying to think outside the box!

Hey, I edited my earlier post, but it was right as you posted again, so you may have missed it.

I've got these two in the works, which I should finish today:
- Since She Went Away - maybe could work for the earth? because two people disappear, so they're wondering "where on earth are they??"
- In the Barren Ground - could work for growing plant in an ironic way, since nothing grows in the barren ground, or perhaps the leopard, because they talk a lot about the animal life in the area and how dangerous it is to humans.

Yay a new board!

Getting creative on one of my banked books, I think Playing Dead can work for that mummy/skeleton/whatever that is creature in G4. There's the title of the book but also (view spoiler)[the MC's brother dies in a car accident. Much later she discovers that he did not actually die but was put into witness protection and so he "comes back to life" later (hide spoiler)]
If that doesn't work, it could also go for T (Tommie) or R (Rosalina)

The Witch's Boy is a fantasy

I'm also currently reading these, which I should finish today:
Since She Went Away (Works for 2016, T for Tabitha....maybe the earth? because two people disappear, so they're wondering "where on earth are they??" )
In the Barren Ground - could work for growing plant in an ironic way, since nothing grows in the barren ground, or perhaps the leopard, because they talk a lot about the animal life in the area and how dangerous it is to humans. More straightforward, it works for 2016, T (Tana), and O (Crash O'Halloran)

If The English Assassin doesn't work for Stop, it could work for growing money, for the Swiss banker characters

Laura wrote: "For the "stop" book, I'm reading The English Assassin, and it starts off with the MC getting arrested...that seems like a pretty full stop, do you think that would work?

What is the main characte..."

He was arrested for murder (spoiler alert, he didn't do it.) It's also about an assassin (probably obvious given the name), so if going really dark, you could consider that relevant to a "stop" - the lives he stops?

On a happier note, happy birthday Cecily!

by Daniel Silva
#2 in the Gabriel Allon series

Characters: Gabriel Allon, Gerhardt Peterson, Anna Rolfe, Julian Isherwood
Genres: Spy thriller, espionage, mystery

by Julia Heaberlin
352 pages
Finished 8/26

Genres: Mystery, suspense, thriller, crime
Characters: Tommie McLoud, Sadie, Maddie, Jack, Rosalina, Charla, Anthony Marchetti
Themes: Mistaken identity, murder, mob, witness protection, farming, bull riding

Laura wrote: "If anyone thinks they can finish the tree book before Monday, Please feel free to be my back up, I 'm leaving in a couple of hours to go camping. I will be reading over the weekend and am pretty su..."

For the "stop" book, I'm reading The English Assassin, and it starts off with the MC getting arrested...that seems like a pretty full stop, do you think that would work?

Laura wrote: "Here is what we need to fill:

---title contains strange

---tree

----Growing Money

---over 50 000 reviews

---u

---tetris

---title contains King

---Kicked

---red cover

Please let us know i..."

Ohhh that picture is growing money. Couldn't quite figure that out from the cartoon :)

Ooh a new board!

(Apologies if you've already used some of my banked books, or I'm mentioning topics that are already taken...can't open the spreadsheet so just basing this on what's been posted already)

Here's what you can use my banked books for:
Dumplin':
- One word title
- '3' (because Willowdean was torn between two guys, so they had this love triangle going on)

Hunted
- The square in G1, what looks like a sea god? There's a scene in the book that has Neptune and Poseidon as characters, as the MCs are trying to cross the English Channel, big sea battle
- Tree: The MCs are Druids and are trying to cross into the Druid plane through trees, but they're blocked off
- one word title
- 3: because there are 3 main characters: Atticus, Granauile, and Oberon
- The couple kissing: because Atticus and Granauile are a couple and Oberon teases them about how much they kiss

The Last Star
- "The" in title
- 3: maybe because there are 3 words in the title? Not sure...

The Witch's Boy
- The Couple kissing: for Ned and Aine
- "The" in title
- 3: same as above, three words in the title, maybe?

by Kelly Barnhill
384 pages

Genres: Fantasy, YA, Magic, Adventure
Characters: Ned, Sister Witch, Aine

by Kevin Hearne
384 pages
Finished 8/24

Genres: Fantasy, mythology, magic, paranormal
Published January 2013

Cecily wrote: "Karen wrote: "Cecily wrote: "Karen did you like The 5th Wave series???"

I really liked the first book...and I liked the way the 3rd book ended. But things got really confusing in the 2nd and most ..."

Haha always a ringing endorsement, not the worst to read :)

Well I'm glad to know it wasn't just me! Maybe the movie versions will clear things up!