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

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

Sammy, what did you think of Fledgling?

384 pages
272 pages

Current total: 1,269,823

yup! her quarks resulted in the former owner of the house getting married and selling the house to Jo.

by Jo. they were being funny.

209 pages

Current total: 1,268,857

I finished a book that fit the last two books in AHOOL, so spun the Greek wheel, hoping for Cerberus.


Sorry. got a snek :(

Python
1 100 to 175
2 features twins
3 Author name (first or last) starts with a letter in SWORD
4 character is pregnant
5 mentions some type of championship games (World Cup, Olympics, World Series, etc)

but happily, that meant I could slot Mel's English Air into a task :)

112 pages

Current total: 1,267,944

I love the group think recs! thank you all! :)

another one I thought about was Journey to the River Sea - set in Brazil / on the Amazon, under 18, but a British writer

Lexi wrote: "The Head of the Saint is Brazil and under 18"

and looks utterly bonkers! shall investigate further - thanks :)

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "How about something by Silvia Moreno-Garcia


oooh! good reminder :)

I've also got by Isabel Cañas who's Mexican-American.

yeah, I quite like him too. but doesn't get us the two-fer :(

Group think / Recommendations!

Any suggestions for
- set in Latin / South America / Philippines / Guam

with bonus points for under 18yo MC :)

ETA: and double bonus if it's by an author from the country in question.

demerits for Isabel Allende, with whom I struggle. sorry.

350 pages
478 pages
333 pages
192 pages

reporting 1353 pages

Current total: 1,257,717

Enjoy it? I know we found other funerals, but were there any?

DQs Day 4 ~ Ch 23 to 31

15. George encounters Gabe and Jo by accident at the campus. What did you think about Jo’s attempt to make Gabe talk to George? Even more curious, what did you think of Gabe’s reaction to the talk he had with George?



16. Jo did a great job of keeping her cool and coming up with a plan to get Ursa and her out of the cabin when the men showed up. Did you see this coming? Or were you expecting a different outcome than men sneaking in guns blazing?

I was shocked at the guns blazing, and a little bit impressed by Jo's sneaky thinking

17. Gabe and Jo could be in trouble with the police, but it seems for child endangerment instead of killing two people/intruders. Gabe is trying to be the sensible one by telling Jo to contact a lawyer. What will happen? Do you think Jo and Gabe will be charged with a crime and if so, what?

I was surprised there was not much done about Gabe's shootings. I suspect that something child related will be attempted, but there is a bit of a defence in that they did attempt to contact, and Deputy Dawg was negative and unhelpful

18. Whew, there was a lot going on in this section. When they returned to Effingham and stopped for dinner, I was pretty sure that we were going to encounter trouble! Ursa….She is obviously in the middle of something big and bad. After learning that Ursa is under police guard (or protection, maybe?), what do you think is the real story? (Or do you agree with Tabby’s thought that the government knows there is an alien in Ursa’s body?!)

No aliens! I think she's under protection, not guard, but precisely why is a bit opaque..

19. Gabe seems to have lost his reluctance to be out in the world. Were you surprised by this? What do you think brought about the change?

It was a quick shift, which actually annoyed me a bit. The power of love solving everything mental health related is not a great message.

Except no, I'd put it elsewhere.

Let me look to see if my next book has aliens, so I can shift about

No aliens, but picking up a short book set in America

I just finished this month's BOM which I think is the right page count and is defo set in States. Not a red cover though

Jenny wrote: "Coming over to compliment this new team on the team name and the picture at the top, and here I am being maligned. "Roped Sammy into it". I mean really.
As if I would do something like that."

Perhaps you'd prefer seduced??

Paul. The grey bald one.

Lead by Jenny and Angie, who roped Sammy into that team too 🙂

Ahool
1 350 to 450
2 6 or 9 in page count
3 Wings on cover
4 Jungle in text
5 Authors LN or FN starts with a letter in AHOOL


Well, this seems made for this rounds Turf Wars, anirite? 9 page count and the ALN in Moon task...