MelanieJoy’s Comments (group member since Apr 26, 2016)

MelanieJoy’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Yay! So exciting! I hope everyone has a great start to their week and collected some fun books to start Towers with! It's encouraging for me to read alongside other avid readers :)

In honor of the theme and Mystery and Thriller week, I will be starting Towers with The Circle, obviously, as well as...

wait for it...





It just arrived a day or so ago in my ebook library! Haha cool timing! :)

As far the MC age and age appropriate conversation goes, I definitely had a feel for it because I've recently watched Disney shows. I would forget that they were 14 when they were in the boat heading to LIRI or when they were discussing the evidence and trying to logically come up with good suspects or motive, etc. I felt like the author did a good job reminding us by their dialogue and parents' actions and Tori's thought process that they were all freshmen in highschool. I do, however, see that you could naturally forget that fact in just reading the plot and trying to solve the mystery. 14 year olds can be annoying, but I definitely wanted to side with Tori from the beginning, so that made her more likeable for me. I appreciated her humor and comments and likes and dislikes. But yeah, it's all definitely modern 14yr old dialogue. I can see why you wouldn't like it and refer to stick to adult books.

I liked the multiple subplots and the fact that they all tied together in the end. Reichs did a great job with the story-craft and pace. That being said, I think the ending needed a little work. It was hard to envision Chance and Hannah doing what they did and playing the roles they played. Hannah wasn't very believable, but maybe it was because I didn't pay attention to her description in the beginning settings. I guess it fits. I just can't see a 14 year old plotting murder and everything else with her future father in law. It's too creepy and gross. We can talk about it more in detail, but I think if I'm dissatisfied with anything, it's that.

I have more to say, but I'll stick with mentioning those things for now.

But I agree, overall, I enjoyed the book and the story itself. If I don't continue the series, I won't feel like I'm missing out, but if others want to buddy read again or if I'm in the mood for a young adult mystery, I may come back to it.

I just got an email saying a copy of the circle is ready for me at the library! I can start today! YAY!

I'll finish 20 now. Sorry!

anyone on?

okay! enjoy!

6% read | 32% done

:10 for 20?

5% read | 26% done

or we can start over. up to you

I'll join for the last 15

3% read | 21% done

drat I missed! :20 for 20?

I'm on!

It's Mystery and Thriller Week! We should totally enjoy this, since this is a favorite genre of a lot of us! (Myself not including... yet)

Girl Waits with Gun

A novel based on the forgotten true story of one of the nation’s first female deputy sheriffs.

Constance Kopp doesn’t quite fit the mold. She towers over most men, has no interest in marriage or domestic affairs, and has been isolated from the world since a family secret sent her and her sisters into hiding fifteen years ago. One day a belligerent and powerful silk factory owner runs down their buggy, and a dispute over damages turns into a war of bricks, bullets, and threats as he unleashes his gang on their family farm. When the sheriff enlists her help in convicting the men, Constance is forced to confront her past and defend her family — and she does it in a way that few women of 1914 would have dared.

The Rest of Us Just Live Here

What if you aren’t the Chosen One?

The one who’s supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death?

What if you’re like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again.

Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week’s end of the world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life.

Even if your best friend is worshipped by mountain lions...

Hope everyone's weekend was great! I enjoyed the awesome weather by going on a walk with a friend. I hope to do the same at lunch today. Church was great too :)

(Single woman perspective) Men can be jerks though. :P

But I watched 10 Things I Hate About You and felt better. :)

My BOMs are still on hold so I'm not sure if I'll get either on time. Probably not :( Oh well.

Finished! Finishing thoughts?