Jammin Jenny’s Comments (group member since Jan 31, 2016)

Jammin Jenny’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Thank you Geri and Heli for those updates. I fixed our spreadsheet.

Oh yeah. There is actually one other thing.



If you are interested in working on our JACKANORY, please let us know. We have a lot of the input ready to go, so it's at a state where we can make a first draft. Then we can edit when we get more input.

Thanks!

One other thing...

Here is a list of claimed tasks. If you claimed a task, but you don't think you'll finish it by the end of the challenge, please let us know ASAP so that we can open it up to others on the team to finish.

Claimed Tasks Not Finished

Audrey Jane
206 "morris dancer" / "morris dancing" in text

Cilla
17 Book set in South Africa
104 mask on cover
120 with a character of legend (e.g. Father Christmas, Jack Frost, Sandman, Tooth Fairy, etc)

Geri
75 MPG Mythology
242 crown on cover

Heli
40 Mummy in text

Jammin Jenny
5 camera on cover
194 recommendation from diff team
243 fossil / skeleton on cover

Louise
18 From Against Discrimination Listopia
30 #8 in series

Rina
196 recommendation from diff team

Yasmine
192 Spell out Sky - Y
199 chess piece in title (eg Rook / Queen)


I can say for my tasks if someone else on the team has a book they are reading or want to read that works for those tasks, just post in this thread that you have a book for it, and I'll change my name to yours. I haven't started reading for any of those tasks yet, so don't mind someone else taking them.

Many thanks!!

ETA: Updated list 6/21

Mid-Challenge Update



So, we're about halfway through this challenge and our team is doing pretty well. We're in the top five teams and have been for a while, so that's AWESOME!

I'm going to do some housekeeping for this challenge this weekend. I'm going to check everyone's tower teams shelf to ensure all the books you listed there are claimed on our book list, and vice versa. Just giving you a heads up...

Also, here are lists of remaining tasks and BINGO spots that are unclaimed:

Unclaimed Tasks

- go to the cinema
- sausage on cover
- MC is funeral director/undertaker
- features a necromancer
- Features a religious zealot
- Features a superstitious character
- Turtle on cover
- Hippo on cover
- musical instrument on cover
- motorbike on cover
- Rodent on cover
- Rabbit on cover
- MPG Race

Open BINGO spots

A2 Sock
A4 Broom
A5 Hat with feathers
A8 Octarine wool
B4 vampire fangs
B7 bag of coffee beans
C6 white horse
D4 Sir Pterry's hat
D5 the Great A'Tuin - Louise
D6 chess/thud piece
D7 crown
E2 Fool
E4 Free Space!
E5 DEATH & cats
E8 fierce cat
F1 bee
F5 troll doll
G1 cabbage
G2 golem
G4 guitar
G8 hedgehog - Louise
H2 black rooster - Cilla
H5 Offler stamp
H8 cheeseboard


If you're reading a book, or have a book you want to read that you think fits one of these items, let us know so we can mark it off for you. Just make sure it's a book you can finish by the end of the challenge (July 31st)!

Happy hunting and reading!

ETA: Updated 6/21

Geri wrote: "I don’t think anyone has claimed the tasks crown on cover and MPG Mythology. So I’ll read books to fill those tasks next. 🙂"

Awesome! I'll mark you down!

Yasmine wrote: "Jammin Jenny wrote: "Completion Post


Book: Stan Lee: How Marvel Changed the World
Date Read: Jun 18
Pages: 192
BOM/Writi..."

Yes!! I love comics myself and it was fun to read about the history of how Marvel and DC comics came to be, and hearing about the first introduction of Superman in Action Comics #1 (which originally sold for 10 cents, and recently sold on ebay for $3.5 million)

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Book: Stan Lee: How Marvel Changed the World
Date Read: Jun 18
Pages: 192
BOM/Writing DQs: n/a

Possible uses and reasons/justifications:
1. BINGO C1 - "oook" - sounds like a sound you'd see in a comic
2.

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Book: Firekeeper's Daughter
Date Read: Jun 18
Pages: 496
BOM: Yes
Day 1 DQs
Day 2 DQs
Day 3 DQs

Possible uses and reasons/justifications:
1. BINGO C5 - butterfly (cover appears as a butterfly)

Cilla wrote: "I'm almost finished with the and have a few books that may help finish off some of the tasks.

Does w..."

Yes they all work! I'll put you down for those.

DQs Day 3 Chapters 16 - 23

11. Gramma Pearl shared many wonderful legacy stories with Daunis. I loved the reference Daunis makes regarding the storm and the thunderbirds bringing loved ones from the other world to check on them. As a result, Daunis has happy memories about storms versus being afraid and she consistently refers to Gramma Pearl when deciding what to do. Do you have any advice, stories or traditions passed down from family that you often think about? Something that you would share with your legacy...if so, share if you are comfortable.
I really don't have any stories passed down through generations. I do love the Thunderbird story though.

12. "The FBI is interested in learning what caused the group hallucination. I want to know if the kids are okay." Daunis obviously thinks the FBI isn't investigating for the right reasons. I observe all the time that young people have a different view on things than more experienced/older people. Who's right? What do we learn from situations such as this? Other thoughts?
I think Daunis is coming at it more from the standpoint of how it affects the other kids because she is also a kid. She's more concerned with them being okay than what caused it. The FBI wants to prevent it from happening again and in catching whoever is responsible, which is why they want to know what caused it. Each of these viewpoints is reasonable given their particular reasons.

13. Heather is clearly not liked amongst the girls at the beach party...why do you think Heather approaches Daunis about buying drugs? Do you think this has something to do with why she turns up dead, washed up at Duck Island?
Perhaps...but I don't think Daunis is involved. Someone watching her might be involved.

14. In chapter 20, Jamie asks Daunis about the meaning of 'Firekeeper's Daughter'. It's her job to lift up the sun every day. What do you think about this explanation? Do you find additional meaning in this as it relates to Daunis and her role in the plot of this story?
I love that story, and I think it really does reflect the burden she has trying to support everyone and figure everything out.

15. Daunis finds Heather during her mushroom sleuthing on Duck Island. During her thinking she has an 'ah-ha' moment regarding her Uncle's journals. When she goes to look for them, she's quick to assume that they don't exist because of the connection to the FBI and the confidentiality required...do you think she's right...thoughts?
I think they do exist, but her uncle has hidden them somewhere perhaps only she can find.

Yes, I am loving it too!

DQs Day 2 Chapters 9 to 15

6. I thought that the opening scene with Daunis and the gun would show up again towards the end of the book. That’s usually what happens when authors use this kind of device. Were you surprised that it happens not even a quarter of the way in?
I was surprised, but it really made a good plot point and foreshadowing.

7. We knew there would be a murder but we’re you surprised that it was Lily who was killed? Did you suspect something bad would happen between her and Travis?
I was surprised it was Lily.

8. The synopsis also hinted that Jamie was not all he seemed. I thought he would be something to do with the murder but not that he would be an undercover agent. What did you think it was that Jamie was hiding?
Hiding his real personality and identity, and his role in the story.

9. If you were Daunis would you have agreed to be a confidential informant? I’m not sure I would be brave enough.
Being a CI has got to be a scary thing, because you are straddling both sides of the fence, and either side could take you out.

10. Being a confidential informant seems to be very complicated with Daunis being expected to really investigate what is happening rather than just let them know if she comes across anything suspicious. How well do you think Daunis will be able to do this as it’s her own community and perhaps members of her own family that she will be investigating?
I think she'll have a hard time - I would.

I probably had Echo Wife on the brain because that is on my TBR. Did you like it?

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Book: Killer Soul Mate: A Jane Larson Mystery
Date Read: Jun 16
Pages: 282
BOM/Writing DQs: N/A

Possible uses and reasons/justifications:
1. JACKANORY - protagonists/antagonists/secondaries - hire a kick ass lawyer

Heli wrote: "Jammin Jenny wrote: "Heli wrote: "Completion post:

Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Date read: 6/15/2021

Yes, I really like this series. This book is the best so far in it. And I just found out there is a Night Huntress World with spin-off stories for Vlad and Ian and others.

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Ooh. Exciting!! Another series to add to my ever climbing TBR mountain

Nice! I was thinking of thud, splat, zoom...more along comic book lines :)

DQs Day 1 Chapters 1 to 8

1) Was this book on your TBR before it was announced as a BOM and were you hypnotized by the beautiful cover art? Were you familiar with Ojibwe culture prior to reading this book?
No it wasn't and yes I was. I was not familiar with this culture prior to reading the book.

2) Several social issues have been touched on so far including racism (including within race (skin tone) and within families for biracial children), enrolled v. descendant tribe membership, substance abuse, illegitimacy, and mental health. Does the author seem to be pulling this off so far or does it seem like too much to have it work for the story?
I think the author is pulling it off. There are a lot of social issues with the Native American tribes many of which are a result of the way in which they were treated in the past. Hopefully, we can all correct the mistakes of our ancestors.

3) Characters. Any favorites so far? Does anyone else want to be adopted by Granny June, or is that just me?
I love Granny June.

4) The author weaves tribal culture into the story and makes it an important aspect of Daunis's life. Including having her work in the tribal language into her interactions with the kids. Language is such an important part of culture, loosing a language means more than just a loss of vocabulary words. Are you enjoying this aspect of the story?
I really am. You are so right that losing a language is so much more than a loss of words - it is a deep part of the Native American culture and I truly hope it stays alive.

5) The quote "when someone dies everything becomes past tense, except for the grief. Grief stays in the present." really hit home. How did you react to this statement, did is resonate with you as well?
Yes it really did. It's so true. Grief doesn't end, but it's presence in our lives is diminished over time.

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Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Date Read: 6/15
Pages: 320
BOM/Participation: No
BOM/Writing DQs: No

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Are we saying "echo" is onomatopoeia?