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

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

the only reason to finish the book would be that we would then have a complete spell out!. The points will get used either round, so up to you (if it were me, I'd finish it it now, but that's just personal preference, not considered tactics!)
oh! it's not a blue cover that you have, is it? that could be useful for next week, though I'm not really worried about that

Yeah, I'm not planning on any more this round.

Moving furniture around with Witch King audio :)

DQs: Day 1, Chap 1 - 6

1. I'm so excited to be reading another John Scalzi book with you all. He has quickly become one of my "always read" authors. Is this your first Scalzi book? What are your expectations?

I've read a few . Generally a hapless dude win through via humour and nerdiness.

2. What are your first impressions of Charlie? Do you think he is using his sad life events as an excuse to coast through life easier as his siblings and attorney seem to imply? Do you relate to him so far?

I like him fine. I think it's more depression than coasting. Interesting how easy it seems to be to parlay journalism into teaching. UK has a three year process to get to be a teacher!

3. “When people name cats, they usually do it in one of three categories: food, physical characteristics or mythology,” Morrison explained. What do you think Mathilda imagines Charlie's choice of "the goddess route" says about him? What sort of name would you choose and what do you think that could tell someone about you?

the names of my pets have all been human names: Oscar, Jake, Bruno, Flynn, Enzo. one Tigger, I guess.
I don't think it is really a thing that you can take anything from. beyond - with dogs especially - not looking stupid calling for them!

4. What would your reaction be if a rich, but estranged family member left you a huge inheritance?

Confused & grateful!

yeah, cancer's not a pretty death in anyway. Going to assume that that was a lie

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Haha E

I’m revelling I’m not just getting my goal this year but I’m at the top of the table 😊😂🤭😁"

Hi five!
Got to Snuff yet Karen?

288 pages

Current total: 1,621,631

193 pages

Current total: 1,621,343

@Andy, we don't need any more brown covers (we've maxed out there), and the blue cover would be nice for next week. but.... so would the U character this week!

Toss a coin about whether you read Duffy now or next week :)

Ancient Greek Chorus session musicians for sure!

V_Nerdbooks wrote: "Just finished my U book for New Orleans, I...... wouldn't recommend it"

:(

Thank you for taking one for the team! May your next read by a 4or 5* one!

If it's not a U book, and you can slow down, yeah, that'd be good! :D

Round 3
Saturday is the end of round 2, and i think we can all agree we will be glad to see the back of the ukulele!
Our Round 3 word is the much more interesting ALPINE ZITHER, and we are looking for blue covers!

There's also bonus points for finding instruments on the cover, so do hunt out those with keyboards, string, woodwind, brass, percussion and other instruments (voice doesn't count!)

I've been thinking about ways to make the instrument hunt more fun - I wondered if we want to see how many four-piece musical combos we can make? from string quartets to britpop bands or jazz and swing combos, it could be fun?

The Round 3 planner is up, if you want to start adding planned books

208 pages
367 pages
153 pages

Current total: 1,613,011

Saar The Book owl wrote: "I think we are with 3 working the sheet at the same time. Like ghosts on my computer, haha!

Can a book count too if you can only use it for the cover and not for the spell out?"

no, sorry, it's got to work for the spell out first

I'm in for Britpop!
plus an extra entry :)

I think the randomiser is probably randomising shortly, and it will be tomorrow. possibly later today, possibly Friday, depending on RL.

Rest assured, we'll be posting with a Common People-level of excitement when we have the info!

Judith did make the sensible point that I can always carry it into the next round! I'm headless chicken at work, so having someone tell me to calm down was helpful!

but also: yay for Astrid L-something, in case I get gripped and rip through it!

Group mind! Looking for specific recs again please!

A set in Southeast Asia (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timore-Leste, Vietnam) WITH an instrument on the cover! (or without, but with would be more helpful to us!)

and any thoughts on a zombie book with an instrument on the cover? (we don't really need non-instrument zombie recs, thanks!)

or a short set-in-Russia book with an instrument on the cover :)

(sensing a theme here, right?!)

we need the group mind to find us a SE Asian book with an instrument on the cover!

actually, might go and pose that question!

@Mel - does Starter Villain have a UKLE character?? #fingerscrossed