Allison Ann’s Comments (group member since Oct 19, 2014)

Allison Ann’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Hope your internet gets fixed soon Danielle. I live in the middle of nowhere so my internet is always garbage. :)

Catherine wrote: "@sonia 20. Cops only come in dirty or dysfunctional flavours. No competent ones. Nope. or if they are competent they are hamstrung by stupid / dirty bosses and/or hideous bureaucracy.
Thems the rules..."

And that in a nutshell is why I generally avoid cozy mysteries. :)

I have a Kathy Reich's Temperance Brennan novel to read next, for the Temperance in the text goal.

NEW GOAL -- Read a book with an X on the cover

Couldn't find 2001 on any of our unused books. Anyone think they have mint in an unread book?

NEW GOALS

-- Read a book that contains the word mint

-- Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as 2001 - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable

My apologies Marie, I don't have days off and I work until 7:30 p.m. so I did say I would be posting in the evening. I'm sure you can still answer the questions tomorrow, there's no deadline.

Discussion Questions for Chapters 8-iv

18. Claire's crime is now known. Were you surprised? Does it seem in character?

19. Paul now seems to be a terrible character - serial rapist, stalker, hard core pornographer, bigamist, kidnapper? murderer? Do you think someone with that much to hide could really have kept everything from his wife? Is Claire going to start having A-ha moments as she researches his life?

20. I haven't read a lot of Slaughter novels, but those that I have read always seem to have dirty cops. How careful do you think the author has to be navigating Atlanta? Does she get arrested daily by angry cops? :D Sorry, my original question was almost exactly like #15. :D

21. Anna Kilpatrick - she was killed and dumped. Why weren't the other women, Julia included, found in the same way?

22. Ben Carver - involved in Julia's case or just a red herring? And did I miss something or is the quote in the Dr. Seuss book not explained yet.

The next section is when I actually started enjoying the book, sorry if my questions are lame.

Thanks Danielle - I should have my bicycle book and my "all" book done by the time I get home tonight. Sundays are generally sloooooow as molasses with lots of reading time.

I asked about the spaceship and the Companion in the FAQ goals thread. I'll be gone all day so maybe someone can check that thread and see if we get answers? Thanks!

-- Read a book where characters has a familiar (magical pet)

Would a Companion of Valdemar work? A horse born of magic that can talk to its human and other Companions, run faster than the wind and just generally be awesome.

✼Danielle✼ wrote: "NEW GOAL
❂ Read a book where characters has a familiar (magical pet)"

Would a Companion of Valdemar work? A horse born of magic that can talk to its human and other Companions, run faster than the wind and just generally be awesome.
Because I read Arrow's Flight last night.

We have the goal "read a book with a ship on the cover". Just wondering if a spaceship would be acceptable or does it have to be a sailing ship? Thanks!

LaLine wrote: "I have a book I want to read that has a spaceship on the cover. Does that count for the ship goal? Starliner"

I will check and get back to you about the spaceship, but glad you have a backup. :)

Updated to here.

Actually I found one that works on my TBR and I need it for SRC too, so I'm reading All of Me.

Brie wrote: "This is ANOTHER prime example of how stigmatized rehabilitated ex-convicts and addicts are no matter how much time has passed since their incarceration/no matter how long they've been sober."

But Lydia wasn't a rehabilitated addict at that time, she was a fullblown addict who lied and stole and generally treated her family and friends like crap at all time in pursuit of her next high. I think it is completely understandable that they had been pushed too far and didn't believe anything anymore. I have never had to deal with anyone as close as my sister in that situation but I have known people who if they said the sky was blue I would have assumed that some worldwide catastrophe had occured that had changed the natural colour of the sky.

I hate the habit of blaming the victim, but some people do lie. And sometimes to save yourself you have to stop believing them. And distance yourself.

Alrighty, I like these kind of puzzles. If anyone reads the kind of books with half naked men on the cover and doesn't mind paying for an ebook, here's some that work (I didn't check for length) - - pretty much anything on this page. https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... or westerns on this page https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

❂ NEW: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page of the "top shelves" of the book) as all - plurals and minor spelling variations are acceptable

I honestly don't think this exists. I did a genre search and out of the top 10 books that came up I checked through all their Top Shelves and not one had "all" as a genre by itself. They had things like all-time-favorite or all-one-shelf or all-alone or fall, but not one had someone classify it as "all".

Has anyone found "all" as a classification by itself?

I liked her Will Trent series, but Cop Town was the first standalone. I was a little worried that Pretty Girls was following the same trend but she at least she had a good mystery to back up her cop hatred in this book.

I decided to read one of my chunky books for the points. I'll check the library tonight to see if I have any Clive Cussler to finish, he's usually good for a ship on the cover. I also have a short "bicycle" book that I could get to on Sunday.