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

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

Completed:
by Rick Yancey
Date: 31 July
320 pages

Letters: A, B, C, D, E, G, I, M, N, P, R, S, T, V, W, Y, Z
Characters: Cassie Sullivan, Ben Parrish aka Zombie, Sam aka Nugget, Mareeka aka Ringer, Vosch, Dumbo, Poundcake, Evan Walker, Grace, Alex

Color of cover: Blue
Not able to search inside for color references...

Should we be thinking about repeating this word or one in the near future? I know we should drop down one bonus soon but these are going to get excessive fast!

by Stieg Larsson
658 pages
Finished 28 July

Letters: A, B, C, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, P, S, T (from title), W, Z
Characters: Lisbeth Salander, Mikael Blomkvist, Annika Giannini, Alexander Zalachenko, Birger Wadensjoo, Henry Cortez, Jorgen Iversen, Holger Palmgren, Erika Berger, Monica Figuerola, Georg Nystrom

Colors:
- Text on cover: Black
- Items on cover: Black (hornets)
- Color in text:
*Red (He was bright red in the face - p. 153)
*Orange (Two slices of toast with cheese, orange marmalade - p 20)
* Green (According to the green numerals on the digital clock - p. 76)
* Purple (she had purple bruises around her bloodshot eyes - p. 141)
* blue (He found a dark blue 1991 Renault - p. 70)
* Brown (A man carrying a brown briefcase - p. 89)
* Black (dressed in long black pants - p. 16)
* White (in a white farmhouse called Gosseberga - p. 9)
* grey (round man in his fifties with grey hair - p. 16)
* Gold (wore thin gold-rimmed glasses - p. 617)
* Silver (the potential of such a silver lining - p. 620)

Amanda wrote: "I've been trying to walk more often, too. It's harder in the summers when it gets so dang hot! Even my dog, who loves hikes, doesn't like to be out long in the heat."

This heat is insane! I live in the DC area, and we've had a heat index of 110 the past couple weeks. I'm training for a marathon so i have to get up at 5am on Saturdays to do my long runs, ugh.

by Hilary Mantel
407 pages

Letters: A, B, C, E, F, G, H, J, K, M, N, P, R, S, T, W
Characters: Anne Boleyn, Thomas Cromwell, Edward Seymour, Henry Fitzwilliam, George Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Katherine, Mary Shelton, Henry Norris, Henry Percy, Thomas Wyatt

Colors:
- Text on cover: Yellow, purple
- Color in text: Pink, green, blue, black, white, gold (quotes can be provided if needed)
- items on cover with color: gold (necklace)

megan wrote: "Would it be a good idea of bank some books with colors in the titles?"

That's a good idea! I can start on Harmony Black when I'm done with my current book. I also have Girl in the Blue Coat on hold at the library but not sure how quickly that'll get to me.

Cecily wrote: "So I am a nerd and I looked at the wheel and with the help of my husband, (so cute that he indulges my quirkiness) I came up with the the probability of each letter when we spin the wheel. Hope thi..."

Wow, this is super helpful! Won't waste time with J's and Z's :)

Laura wrote: "Update on Wat Task
S- Jennifer ( in progress)
P- Cecily (done)
R- Margaret ( in progress)
I- Cindy (done)
N-??
T- Laura (done)
color tasks --either done or in progress:-)

We need an " n" book

Ca..."

I'm reading Bring Up the Bodies, which lists Henry Norris in the "cast of characters" (wish all books had this!), but I'm early into it and have a kinda crazy week this week, so I don't know how long it'll take me. So feel free to put me as a placeholder but anyone else can jump in!

by Hans King, translated by Deborah Smith
183 pages
Task: Wheel-a-thon: I
how it fits: character Kim In-hye

Other characters:
Kim Yeong-hye, Mr. Cheong, Joo-win

I can read for this - works for "I" with the character Kim In-hye, and the flower on the cover is pink

Cecily wrote: "Currently reading and its actually quite good. I have an ear infection but still going to a football game tonight!! Should be fun!! We seem to be doing well so ..."

Love LIane Moriarty! What Alice Forgot was my absolute favorite, have you read that?

by Patrick Ness
343 pages
Task: N (Ness from author's name)

I can take N again - The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness. (There are also a couple M characters - Michael, Meredith - so if someone else wants N I can switch to M)

Laura wrote: "Good morning Harpy Eagles,

We completed our first word and I spun again and magically we were given the same word. Its all filled in except for "n". I 've asked Karen for a list of characters in h..."

There is in fact an "n" character in The Last Girl - Newton!
Also, if this is still needed, the word "blue" appears on p. 34 - "all wearing pale blue shirts"

Phew, got Trapped in just under the wire!

Author: Kevin Hearne
Date: July 22
Task: Olympics book into the distance
How it fits: Arm on the cover

For finding the colors in the text, the best way to do it is to search under Google books or in Amazon.

Just search the book title in Google, and click on "Books" under the "More" tab. As long as the book comes up with the option to preview, you can search for specific words. Amazon's option to "Look Inside" also lets you search for specific words (although sometimes it gets wonky and doesn't return words I know are there.)

Either way, it's much easier than having to flip through your book to find words!

Based on the challenge description, the word has to be used as a color, so I don't think a character named Blue would work for that sort of thing, but I did a quick search of all the books I have in cue, and literally all of them had "blue" in there somewhere, so I imagine nearly any book we pick for the letters will work for the bonus. (purple and orange were the only colors that caused problems)

Unrelated - I should finish Trapped really soon, for one more arm!

Laura wrote: "Perhaps if we didn't know that there are several teams who have way more books banked then we do and if they weren't going to use them all at the end to boost their points sure. Strategically I don..."

Ok well I'll defer to you on strategy, I've never done a WAT before!

I also wanted to double check what our bonus actually is. Based on the options of bonuses, "Color found in text" sounds like somewhere in the book "blue" has to be mentioned, not that the lettering on the cover would be blue. Otherwise it would have been "text on cover with colour", right?

Laura wrote: "Karen wrote: "Do any of the books we have banked work for those letters? It probably makes sense to use those up first, before we start claiming letters."

There are only 7 letters in our first wor..."

But wouldn't it be the fastest to use banked books right away? (assuming there are ones available that fit those letters) That way you don't even need to wait for people to read new books, just drop them right in.

Do any of the books we have banked work for those letters? It probably makes sense to use those up first, before we start claiming letters.