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

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

Going back to Chain of Gold, I've been listening on audio but not doing a great job of catching any food/drink items. Anyone else reading it and doing a better job than me?

Okay guys. I've got to backtrack a bit on the audible version so I get some good questions to wrap up this BOTM. I'll get them posted later today.

I'm okay with a song in the story...I'm sure I'll run across something...and if not I read The Hobbit earlier this itinerary so I can always pull it from my luggage.

Eek! Okay, let's take out pepper and find lemon. Good catch Vicki!

COMPLETION POST
STOP 2 - Petropavlovsk (RU)
Read any book
read 9/26

Yes, I believe that is still the rule, but you could confirm with the Mods in the Q&A for this challenge.

Awesome Abir. That means I can read any book for that stop!

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Date Read: 9/25
Pages: 146 pages
SIO: H (title), C (Author FN), M (Maude), G (Gustav),

DQ Set 3: Chapters 10 - 15

9. What do you think of Grace's request for James to runaway and get married as mundanes? Was James right to say no? What do you think of her then turning around the next day and announcing her marriage to Charles? What do think Grace might be trying to achieve

I think Grace was overstepping a bit. If only a few people are destined to be shadowhunters, I think she was being a bit selfish asking that. I think Grace was trying to make James jealous by announcing the engagement to Charles, but that isn't going to get very far I think...

10. The demons know who James is? More they do what he requests of them. What do you think of that? Do you think it is more than just the fact his grandfather was a demon?

I think there's something in James' past that we're going to find out later in the story.

11. Ragnor only tells them the information about Gast because they are children and not yet Clave. He then explains he is scooting off to Capri? Does this seem strange to you ? or that maybe something more dangerous they should probably know?

I think that Ragnor wants to get the hell out of dodge before the demons break lose, and he's probably told them all he can.

12. "Ariadne does not care what I do. Her interests lie elsewhere" Charles & Alistair. Did this surprise you? And do you think Ariadne's interests ie in the direction of Anna?

Yes, I think Ariadne is probably interested in Anna, so that works out perfectly for Charles & Alistair.

13. Matthew appears to have a drinking problem? There also seems to be much more about him than meets the eye. Do you think he might be drinking to hide something? Is it me or he he seem also to be somewhat drawn to Cordelia?

I'm not sure what's going on with Matthew, but he did seem to be somewhat drawn to Cordelia.

Maybe I'll just post completions here for the smaller ones in case we do need them later, and I have a place to record any food items or SIO characters we might need.

Oops, I meant 8 or 12 items books of 301+ pages

I'll just focus on posting my bigger books (301+ page books) so we get 4, 8 or 12 items. If we run short I can go back and post some smaller books.

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen

Ebola, SARS, Hendra, AIDS, and countless other deadly viruses all have one thing in common: the bugs that transmit these diseases all originate in wild animals and pass to humans by a process called spillover. In this gripping account, David Quammen takes the reader along on this astonishing quest to learn how, where from, and why these diseases emerge and asks the terrifying question: What might the next big one be?

Gone by Michael Grant
In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears. Gone. Except for the young.

There are teens, but not one single adult. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no internet, no television. No way to get help. And no way to figure out what's happened.

Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents—unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers—that grow stronger by the day. It's a terrifying new world. Sides are being chosen, a fight is shaping up. Townies against rich kids. Bullies against the weak. Powerful against powerless. And time is running out: On your 15th birthday, you disappear just like everyone else...

I love Jane Eyre!

Hopefully there are a lot of characters and good SIO options!!

Vicki wrote: "Can we use the same word more than once using the same book as long as the word is used more than once in that book?

Also, I have mostly been either going for FROZEN food or whichever one can give..."

I'm using SIO when there are a lot of characters and/or there are very few food/drink items mentioned in the book. FROZEN is better as we can use them from month to month.

Vicki wrote: "Another question, I am reading a 338 page book but when I put it in on the SS it said I can do 10 words when I thought the MAX for that page count is only 8. Is 10 accurate or is there an error?"

It should only be 8

COMPLETION POST
STOP 3 - ANCHORAGE, AK
Detour - read a book a team member is reading or has read since the beginning of the challenge

read 9/20, 4 stars
on Louise's read shelf June 2020

I have a book for set in Canada