Lisa - (Aussie Girl)’s Comments (group member since Sep 26, 2012)

Lisa - (Aussie Girl)’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Discussion Questions : Day 1 (Prologue - Chapter 5)

1. We have been introduced to a few important characters - Lucy, Christopher, and Hugo. Plus the off-page persona of Jack. What do you think of the characters so far?

It's taken me the first five chapters to get a handle of what's sort of going on. Lucy seems a bit damaged, Hugo seems lost and no idea about the mysterious Jack.

2. We get a riddle right away in the Prologue:

"Two men on an island and both blame the water
for the loss of a wife and the death of a daughter
but neither ever married, and neither's a father.
What is the secret of the girls and the water?"

Then Hugo thinks to himself that "Five years ago, it [the ocean] had brought low the small, strange kingdom of Clock Island." Do you think the riddle is related to what happened five years ago? Any speculations on what it all means, assuming you haven't read ahead?

Definitely it's the key to the mystery of Clock Island and the penny won't actually drop till the end of the book I'm thinking.

3. At the beginning of Chapter Two, Hugo says that he used to dream about living in Greenwich Village, but now that he can actually afford it, it doesn't hold the same appeal. He basically says that success kills motivation. Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?

Not entirely. But success definitely quiets the hunger and ambition you have as a younger person.

4. What do you think of the wishing game Lucy plays with Christopher? Do you think this game and mindset are healthy? Do you agree with Lucy that it gives them hope, or do you agree with the social worker that it just gets their hopes up?

Mmmm, Lucy. My heart says what she wants to do for Christopher and being there for him now is right but my head can see the points that the social worker has been making. Lucy seems to have mega childhood issues and she probably needs to come to terms with them before taking on the role of raising a child. If love was enough it would be great but unfortunately and honestly it's not in this harsh world of reality.

5. Why do you think Jack finally started writing again? And what might be his motive in holding a contest for the only copy of the new book?

The first thing that springs to mind is a Willy Wonka scenario. Lucy and Christopher will be deemed worthy of having all their dreams come true after some sort of test set by the Mastermind aka Masterson..

Sounds like a fabulous time Andy.

I'm going to the Italian Lakes next year, It's a bucket list trip. There's just something about Italy..sigh.

Does this count? Warm Bodies.

If so , I can read it.

Quick question - Do the books have to be read in the order they have been planned in?

Actually not bad.. it was a similar to a traditional historical romance just with a MM couple. No where as ridiculous as some of the backroom reads.

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Finished the Backroom BOM .

Day 1 Wrote DQS - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
DAY 2 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
DAY 3 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
DAY 4 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Finished the Backroom BOM .

Day 1 Wrote DQS
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4

Finished Hamlet.

Monster 102 is from Bad Romance - Christian Grey

Have a great trip Karen. And some lovely warm swimming weather! It's been a bit chilly here in Sydney.

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) | 5961 commentsI've got one for diacritic - Decoy Training (K-9s on Patrol #1) by Caridad Piñeiro . I'll be able to finish it in time. 😁

Edited to say - And can you believe its also set in Idaho! Why didn't I find this series two weeks ago (hitting head) !!

FINISHED AND POSTED

I've got 30% left of my diacritic one so will finish and post later on this morning. 😊

I've got one for diacritic - . I'll be able to finish it in time. 😁

Edited to say - And can you believe its also set in Idaho! Why didn't I find this series two weeks ago (hitting head) !!

Finished all my books for Round 1. 😊📚

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Anouschka wrote: "@Karen, whoops. It's on my shelf. It was 3 AM when I finished it haha, I had a feeling I was forgetting something.
It was a nice, easy and quick read"

I really enjoyed it too! M..."

Haha, that wouldn't be difficult. I really enjoy the series, I'm up to book 7.

Vicky wrote: "Got the new page set up, and went ahead and added good ol' Danny as monster 101!"

Thanks Vicky !

Phew.. I finished .

This won a Pulitizer.. it went way over my head.. but it's done!

Hey team,

Devil's Snare has been defeated and that's our 100th monster gone.

I've spun another Bad Romance Monster Wheel - and got Danny Zuko from Grease.

Would one of you spreadsheet experts set up another page, sorry I have no idea how to do it and don't want to cause a meltdown in an attempt.

Happy monster slaying!

I'll be finishing all my books. 😁 Even the boring Peru one , sorry about that, but at least it gets that category done.

Eldarwen wrote: "For some reason, the fact that you copied your own links from the BOM thread to the team thread gave it bad links... No idea why.

But whatever. Grabbed the links from your summary post on the BOM ..."

Oh thanks! I'm not the most computer literate person, but give me an obscure book task to find and I'm your gal! 😁

I finished Starling House BOM and here are my links for answering the DQ's.

DAY 1 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
DAY 2 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
DAY 3 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
DAY 4 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
DAY 5 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

LISA'S POSTS FOR BOOK TOKENS

DAY 1 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
DAY 2 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
DAY 3 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
DAY 4 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
DAY 5 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...