Cat’s Comments (group member since Jan 28, 2015)

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

Not a stupid question!

We signed up with our estimated books/month, which is what was used when putting teams together. However, we have learnt through long experience that people often underestimate how many books they'll read (the excitement of chasing after tasks!) so put in an allowance over that, of an extra 5 books each.

You signed up with 10 books a month, and have been spot on, having read 10 books! but, you can read another 5 without penalty this month.

The cap resets each month. There's a tab in the planning sheet "Member Info" that lays out the numbers and progress against signup / maximum cap

DQs for day 1: Chapters One - Three

1. What expectations do you have for the book based on the blurb or other description of the book?

No expectations.

2. How reliable do you the think the 2 narrators are?

I don't think they are unreliable, though obviously Norma's memories of her early life have been warped.

3. Chapter 1 opens with " The day Ruthie went missing the black flies seemed to be especially hungry...Indians made such good berry pickers...something sour in our blood kept the black flies away". How does this establish Joe's view of the relationship that exists between the whites and the Mi'kmaq?

It shows the othering of the Mi'kmaq by white people as being the norm.

4. How much is Norma dreaming vs remembering? What do you think the dreams foreshadow?

I don't think the dreams foreshadow anything, so much as will lead to discovery of the truth

5. How do you explain Lenore's paranoia about Norma being out alone? How do you account for the incongruity of her insistence that Norma likes to play with baby dolls when she sees Norma choosing other playthings?

She is desperate for a child, but only on her terms, and probably thinks that letting Norma play with other toys will jog memories or take her away from her view of the ideal child

6. Why did Joe act so clingy when he returned from his first "guide" with his dad?

He started to see his dad as not having the power, and despite playing the game of being a "real Indian" he saw that he could still be at risk from racism

NEW TASKS

71 Read a book where the first word in the text is "They"
Read a book tagged "Diary" at least 10x
Read a book tagged "History" at least 10x

Task Summary

We are moving fairly fast through them, but here's a reminder of current sitch:

Mini 2
61 Read a book set in the time period "Middle Ages"
66 Read a book first published in December of any year
67 Read a book which has the main location (setting) on the Antarctica continent
71 Read a book where the first word in the text is "They"

41 Read a book tagged "Education" at least 10x - claimed
44 Read a book that is on the The Worst Books of All Time List
51 Read a book that is in the Books You Wish More People Knew About List
68 Read a book with the word sky, cloud, sun, moon or star in the title (Plurals are acceptable) -claimed
Read a book tagged "Diary" at least 10x - claimed
Read a book tagged "History" at least 10x - claimed

Mini 3
WW219 Author born in South Africa - claimed
WW221 character goes on a safari
WW223 character is a florist -claimed

WW259 Author born in Turkey -claimed
WW264 train on cover -claimed


Mini 1
Current itinerary needs 1 more Medium country and 5 Hard countries. Shout out with progress on Hard countries and when you might finish, and please be alert to finishing Medium countries :)

but not:
Croatia
Sri Lanka
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Zambia

That's a great plan, thanks Kaley 👍

I just finished a Bulgaria setting book, but it also works for the post modern time frame, and I still plan to read another Bulgaria book

Happy Birthday Danielle!

Hope you are having a lovely day 😊

I'm currently reading for Samoa (Hard), but it's likely to be next Monday before I'm done

Task Summary

We are moving fairly fast through them, but here's a reminder of current sitch:

Mini 2
28 Read a book which has the main location (setting) as a bus, train, or other road based vehicle
41 Read a book tagged "Education" at least 10x
50 Read a book which has the main location (setting) on the South American continent
51 Read a book that is in the Books You Wish More People Knew About List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...)
54 Read a book with the word highway, road, avenue or street in the title (Plurals are acceptable)
57 Read a book set in the time period "Post Modern" (1950s-1990s ish)
58 Read a book first published in November of any year
59 Read a banned book

31 Read a book that is on the Best Unknown but must be Known books List - claimed
44 Read a book that is on the The Worst Books of All Time List - claimed

Mini 3
WW219 Author born in South Africa
WW220 Red, White, Blue, Green, Yellow and Black on cover
WW221 character goes on a safari
WW223 character is a florist
WW225 S
WW226 O
WW228 T
WW229 H
WW231 F
WW232 R
WW234 C
WW235 A

WW259 Author born in Turkey
WW260 Red and White on cover
WW264 train on cover
WW265 T
WW266 U
WW267 R
WW268 K
WW270 Y - claimed

Mini 1
Current itinerary needs 1 more Medium country and 5 Hard countries. Shout out with progress on Hard countries and when you might finish, and please be alert to finishing Medium countries :)

but not:
Croatia
Sri Lanka
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Zambia

Thank you! Today quiet, but am going to Pulp concert with my sister tomorrow :) can't wait!

Well, we've spelt out MOZZARELLA, but are now clear out of Z options in the bank....
fingers crossed / anyone up for reading a Z to give us an option ;-P

NEW TASKS

58 Read a book first published in November of any year

Yes for both! Foxes are generally considered wild, and I see a door on the building

NEW TASK!

57 Read a book set in the time period "Post Modern"

post-modern means "post-WWII but pre-2000" so 1950 - 1990 ish

I think it's teal, and just 50% :)

I don't think I've anything sooner. Got 3 books left in my TT cap, 3 books being currently read. Happily they are all longer ones, and I'm busy this weekend - Pulp on Friday night then back to my sister's for the weekend :)

stupid Everand!

but yay for physical copy! :)

@Vian - a nudge to do another two sets of DQs for those lovely BOM bonus points :)

New Task!

54 Read a book with the word highway, road, avenue or street in the title (Plurals are acceptable)

We've got Turkey!

I tried really hard for NZ, but the wheel hates me.

Author born in Turkey
Red and White on cover
character goes to a market
letters KEBAB in title (any order)
character goes to the beach
train on cover
T
U
R
K
E
Y

Sheets will be updated shortly

Hurrah!

I think that means we can get a new country!