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

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

Hi ladies, having a great time in Greece.

Finished Restless by Susan Fanetti on 13 November. Please add read date to spreadsheet.,😀

Hi Team, I'm heading off on my holiday this afternoon. It's been three years in the making.. so super excited.

I'll just have my phone with me.. have filled in the spreadsheets with my 3 books ( one is Outlander 9 so a weightly tome..) I'll be reading. Not sure what the wifi situation will be... so if i just name the book here and the date read.. could someone fill in the date on the spreadsheet and the rest should be cool.

Happy reading!

All our romance words spots are filled now . 😍💕🌹❤️

Thanks Vicky and Kaley for the heads up. Great planning tip.

17 romance bonus words done - only three left to claim. 😍

Looks like we are placed 4th - so here are our bonus words for Round 3.

4-7 Keep up the great work, but perhaps get a bit more creative in round 3 to increase popularity.
Meals with the word "prawns" (shrimp is acceptable), "cherry", or "gelato" in the text or title, or used as a spell-it-out will attract more adults for round 3

I checked with the Mods - plurals are acceptable.

Ahhhh, I'm heartbroken I won't be able to "wheel" this time, as I'm away with unknown internet. Have great fun everyone!

Go for it, Kaley!

Great team work everyone.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Yay! The month three theme should be up your alley… although perhaps I should have gone more specific with some space romance 🥰🤪😆"

Ah yes.. but the mind would boggle when searching for "items to ignite passion". 😁

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Yes all good, Lisa 👍"

Thanks. I'm loving MRR's! 😍

Round 3 - just checking that plurals/singles are okay.. eg raspberries for raspberry or cherries for cherry? 😊

Yay Emma. Thanks for pushing through when you've had such a busy couple of months. 😍

Great work team. Seems like we have enough books, I will finish my current book then wait till next month to finish any more I'm reading.

I'll be reading less next month as I'll be away from the 8th, with unknown wifi.

Great. Thank you spreadsheet wizards! 😁

Thanks ladies. I have limited knowledge but couldn't see what I'd done either.

Do we need more books to get to our 90 this month? I have a few novellas under 100 pages I can read if we're short. But will hold off if we don't.

Going well, team.

Hi Team,

Could one of you spreadsheet gurus have a look at my Book 67. I've used up my 8 words in meals 138,143,146 and 150 but its saying I still have 8 words left? I checked that the title is the same.. but I don't know what's wrong. Thank You.

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Day 5: chapters 58 - end

16. We finally find Vince. Was this strand satisfactory to you? If not, why?

I didn't see that coming so I guess a thumbs up for the element of surprise.

17. The big reveal of the dastardly murderer and their motive! Did you enjoy the action packed conclusion?

I think we all had guessed that the killer was Steadman.. but why did the author sacrifice Atticus. I suppose there was no way that a pregnant woman with twins was going to get killed though. The pieces did all come together in a mostly satisfying way although there were a few far fetched explanations and leaps of faith for the reader.

18. The epilogue, one year later, shines some light on the fates of our characters. Did you like this way of wrapping up the story?

It was a nice HEA for the surviving characters, Keller and her husband with their twins with a nod to Atticus and call me sappy but I did like Ella and Chris going off into the sunset together travelling the world. Sigh.

Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay

So begins this twisty and breathtaking novel that traces the fate of the Pine family, a thriller that will both leave you on the edge of your seat and move you to tears.

After a late night of partying, NYU student Matt Pine returns to his dorm room to devastating news: nearly his entire family—his mom, his dad, his little brother and sister—have been found dead from an apparent gas leak while vacationing in Mexico. The local police claim it was an accident, but the FBI and State Department seem far less certain—and they won’t tell Matt why.

The tragedy makes headlines everywhere because this isn’t the first time the Pine family has been thrust into the media spotlight. Matt’s older brother, Danny—currently serving a life sentence for the murder of his teenage girlfriend Charlotte—was the subject of a viral true crime documentary suggesting that Danny was wrongfully convicted. Though the country has rallied behind Danny, Matt holds a secret about his brother that he’s never told anyone: the night Charlotte was killed Matt saw something that makes him believe his brother is guilty of the crime.

When Matt returns to his small hometown to bury his parents and siblings, he’s faced with a hostile community that was villainized by the documentary, a frenzied media, and memories he’d hoped to leave behind forever. Now, as the deaths in Mexico appear increasingly suspicious and connected to Danny’s case, Matt must unearth the truth behind the crime that sent his brother to prison—putting his own life in peril—and forcing him to confront his every last fear.

Told through multiple points-of-view and alternating between past and present, Alex Finlay's Every Last Fear is not only a page-turning thriller, it’s also a poignant story about a family managing heartbreak and tragedy, and living through a fame they never wanted. (less)

DAY 4 Q QUESTIONS - CHAPTERS 43-57

13. This is my first read by author Alex Finlay and I'm enjoying the writing style and story a lot. Got me thinking is "Alex", a male or female writer? I guessed male and via the blurb this was correct. Does the writing style have a more masculine leaning or do you think it's genderless?

14. Clare pulls Chris up about a conflict of interest being on the defense team which really seems like a no brainer! Thinking back on what we know about their relationship do you think they will stay together or are they on a one way ticket to Splitsville?

15. Why do you think the author wrote Special Agent Keller as hugely pregnant with twins? Does it make a difference about how you view her as a character and her actions as a FBI agent?

16. Big revelations by the end of this section.. Jesse is the secret child of Katie one of the victims of the first crime and Joe Arpeggio has covered up evidence. Do these startling facts bring you any closer to guessing Whodunnit?