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

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

528 pages
352 pages

Current total: 427,195

I've just finished a mother MC 😊

aha! I think there might be a boat ride (jaunt in the lake?) in Court of Wings.... so we can put that in place of Henrietta and shift her into TEARS ??

Sammy wrote: "I can do A Court of Mist and Fury for the page count 😂"

where's the gahgrrrr E in title? So rude!

Totally counts!

I found a ghost / undead char in my just finished book, so finished off that monster.

Spun....

O’Brian (1984)
1 200 to 299
2 MPG Classics
3 MC follows orders
4 Technology plays an important role in the plot
5 Rodent on cover (not a rabbit)

Sophie wrote: "I'm not up to date - can any of you remember if has an I character or link?"

sorry, no I can't recall :(

ETA did a "said" search on Amazon, and looks to be almost everything but I!
Tilda
Hawk
#4 in series
Steenberg
Vincenzo (poss)
Ellen (poss)
Naomi
Kitty

I'm current on that series, thanks to previous UNOs :) because they are wonderful colour covers!

oooh! found an orange cover read by Richard Armitage - perfect for UNO!

start 414394

432 pages
98 pages
170 pages
416 pages
364 pages
175 pages

reporting 1655 pages

Current total: 416,049

what?! I've been 2 days without spotting the SP UNO mini?! good grief, what is my book-challenge life coming to?!

Sophie wrote: "Hana Khan Carries On is finished. Doesn't meet the page count though so we'll still need a 350-450p to replace Hidden Figures."

did you enjoy? I quite like her books

I can put Ivan into the page count @432 pages, finished 7 Mar

Melindam wrote: "My Dangerous Liaison book fits the 350-450 count, but I will only finish it on 15 March to count for the UNO mini."

tell us more about the UNO mini?! should I be reading an epistolary novel? or one in translation?!

black cover, right?

tee hee random Latin martini! assuming none of us stumble onto a more liquid version prior to then, don't see why not!

In other news, I finished a FISH in title with a 50+ MC :)

I switched out my flower cover and finished off President Snow.

I was brave / foolish and spun an Urban Legend

Rolling Calf
1 500 to 650
2 Page number in ascending order
3 Char is undead/ghost
4 Black cover (>50%)
5 -ing word in title


Whilst the page number looks annoying, the one I switched out is over 500pages, and should be finished tomorrow, so I'm feeling OK ish about it! :D

512 pages

Current total: 387,396

DQ Day 4: Part Four

13. The relationship between Billie and Nell - do like like this relationship and how it's developed over the course of the book? How does it fit with the other parent-child relationships we see (explicit or implied, like with Frank and The Admiral)

14. Cora and Dom: did anyone expect that twist?! What do you think of this big reveal?

15. The Bonehunters: what do you think of the different Bonehunters? In day 1 Lisa asked about how digital / social changed the mechanics of the hunt. Have your thoughts been played out in the book? Given at the start we were all thinking about it as a hunt, and it's ended up being a relationship book, who has the move to digital for the Bonehunters affected their interactions, with each other, the world and the hunt?

16. Who's portrait are they actually hung up on, if it's not Bridget (given that Bridget was clear there was a portrait of her in the last part)?

DQs Day 3: Part 3

9. "Home was vomit and broken glass, and under Frank's hands she was a ripe peach splitting open, danger and solace merged in the act." - what compelling language! I had to re-read this line multiple times, and I'm still unsure if I received the author's intent. What was your interpretation? What are your thoughts on Frank and Bridget's affair as a whole?

That line struck me too, Though the solace is not for the peach/Bridget, but for Frank, surely? So Bridget is very ambivalent about the escapade.

10. Let's talk about some of the characters. In this section I grew to truly despise Frank, understand Cora and Dom a little more, but Bridget is the most interesting to me- I keep mulling over her desire to no longer be tied to Frank, divorce Lal, and get out, but seemingly choosing to stay for Rose; and shocked but intrigued by her actions on the phone at the end. Who stands out to you and why?

I agree that Bridget is interesting in this section, and that Frank is becoming increasingly caricature evil.

11. This section breathed new life into the book for me. It was refreshing to see one night of the story from multiple viewpoints, and it drew me in, knowing that it will be catalytic for the remainder of the book. Did part 3 increase, decrease, or have no effect on your enjoyment of the book and why?

I enjoyed the focus on the one evening as the pivotal point in the book and in their lives, was very effective and helped propel the story along.

12. Who do you think got into the car with Lal?

No idea!