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

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

Book - The Babes In The Wood by Ruth Rendell - 323 pages - 3 stars

Colour - BABYPOWDER

B - title
A - character - Archbold
Y - character - Yvonne Moody
P - character - Peter Buxton
W - character - Chief Inspector Wexford
D - character - Giles Dade
E - character - Effie Troy
R - author - Ruth Rendell

And now I have to go look up simnel cake to see what it is. :)

Insomnia is good for reading terrible books, at least you don't have to get up to find another book, so you finish. This is a white cover too, if we still need it.

Book - The Case of Lucy Bending by Lawrence Sanders - 410 pages - 2 stars

Colour - BABYPOWDER

B - character - Lucy Bending
O - character - Osborn T. Fitch
W - character - Wayne Bending
D - character - Senator Randolph Diedrickson
E - character - Eddie Holloway
R - character - Ronald Bending

The next book I'll finish is a B title - The Babes In The Wood.

Since it is April Fools and not Hallowe'en, I didn't really think it was a ghost. ;)

I need an O title for another challenge, so I've been trying to find one to read this week. All the ones I haven't read yet from my library seem to be in the middle of series I haven't started. I hate reading out of order.

Okay this is freaky, I was just checking our tracking sheet and someone was updating it as I looked - words appearing as if by magic. :) Maybe there are ghosts in my computer.

Also, I edited my The Year Of The Virgins book, there is a B character if we want to use it to finish out the spell.

I've been reading over my estimate these last two weeks, but I will be under for the next two weeks for sure. That's why it is called an estimate. :D

They seem to have dissolved a whole team and reallocated them to other stones. Kind of weird for the first week but oh well. Just keep reading everyone, that's all we can do.

I finished last night. I'm assuming we'll be using it for Y, but I'll post the other options later. I left my little piece of paper somewhere. :) Yes, I have a highly technical way of approaching this challenge - pencil scratchings on tiny scraps of paper that I am constantly losing.

Book - The Year Of The Virgins by Catherine Cookson - 272 pages - 3 stars

Colour - BABYPOWDER

B - character - Bill White
A - character - Annette Allison
Y - title
P - character - Peggie
W - character - Winifred Coulson
D - character - Daniel Coulson
R - character - Father Ramshaw

How is Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading Michelle? Sounds interesting.

I LOVED The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, possibly my favourite book I read last year. And it is a very fast read.

Extended my lunch hour a bit to finish. :) Yay self-employment!

Book - Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs - 310 pages - 3 stars

Colour - BABYPOWDER

B - character - Temperance Brennan
A - character - Asa Finney
P - April Pinder
W - character - Arlo Welton
D - title
E - character - Erskine Slidell
R - author - Kathy Reichs

The only white cover I have pending is but it looks like someone will get one eventually. Anyone reading a Y right now? I'm debating my next book and it could be The Year Of The Virgins. My last Cookson book was terrible but I have liked all the ones before that. I spend way too much time thinking about what I should read next. If I actually read during these times, I'd probably finish another book a week. :D

And another. May get one more done tonight.

Book - A Different Kind of Normal by Cathy Lamb - 416 pages - 3 stars

Colour - BABYPOWDER

B - character - Jaden Bruxelle
A - character - Anthony
P - character - Oliver Platts
O - character - Oliver Platts
D - title
E - character - Dr. Ethan Robbins
R - character - Rowan Bruxelle

Not finding many Ys in these books I'm reading. I do have a Y title that I could read if we need it.

Book - Point Blank by Catherine Coulter - 420 pages - 3 stars

Colour - BABYPOWDER

B - character - Elsa Bender
A - character - Connie Ashley
P - title
O - character - Penny Oppenheimer
W - character - Ruth Warnicki
D - character - Dillon Savich
E - character Elsa Bender
R - character - Ruth Warnicki

Thanks Rachel. These letters are a LOT harder for me to find. I could probably still spell SHAMROCK completely from every book. ;)

Today's offerings...


Book - Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie - 310 pages - 2 stars

Colour - BABYPOWDER

B - character - Tommy Beresford
A - author - Agatha Christie
P - title
W - character - Winifred Griffin
D - character - Major Dalrymple
R - character - Mr. Robinson


Book - Electric God by Catherine Ryan Hyde - 318 pages - 3 stars

Colour - BABYPOWDER

A - character - Allegra
P - character - Peg
D - character - Daniel
E - title
R - character - Hayden Reese

I just noticed that Michelle only got 10 pts. for All the Light We Cannot See even though it is over 500 pages and Rachel got 20 pts. for reading it. Not to be nitpicky in our first place standing ;) but hey, 10 pts. is 10 pts.

A great first week and a great start to our second week. Way to go everybody.

ShamWOW, we did shamrock this week. :) But we should get points for our last few books, we didn't finish round 7 but we did finish round 6 so everything that comes after should count. Done my first book for BABY POWDER. It's always good to read mysteries with a huge task force of police - lots of names to count.


Book - Blindman's Bluff by Faye Kellerman - 390 pages - 3 stars

Colour - BABYPOWDER

B - title
A - character - Ana Mendez
Y - character - Lance Yakamoto
P - character - Peter Decker
O - character - Scott Oliver
W - character - Wanda Bontemps
D - character - Peter Decker
E - character - Tim Engle
R - character - Rina Lazarus

RachelvlehcaR wrote: "Allison Ann, how is The Last Light of the Sun? I have a few of Guy Gavriel Kay books and need to read them. Also, did you like The Drawing of the Three? ..."

Rachel, GGK is one of my favourite authors. His writing is just so beautiful and the stories make you think and sincerely care about the worlds he builds. He's not a terribly prolific author so I spread them out so I don't run out. He's probably the only author I pay money for anymore. My favourite book by him is Tigana and then A Song for Arbonne but I have a soft spot for The Fionavar Tapestry too, his first novels, the first I read, more romantic than his later works. I highly recommend you try him. Not much gore though. :D

I'm planning on reading the Longmire books eventually. They've been recommended by everyone I know who has read them.

If you still need DQ volunteers I'll be picking this book up this week.

My library has The Girl on the Train, I'll go sign up for that one if they are still taking names. The other books do not exist in my world, sorry.

I've got 57 pages left in this book, so I can guarantee that I will finish it soon after I get to work. Therefore I'll post it now and anything else I read today I'll save up for BABY POWDER. Okay?

Book - The Last Light Of The Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay- 582 pages - 4 stars

Colour - SHAMROCK

S - charater - Sturla Ulfarson
H - character - Helda
A - character - King Aeldred
R - character - Rhiannon mer Brynn
O - character - Osbert
C - charater - Ceinion
K - author - Guy Gavriel Kay

Mollie wrote: "How do we verify word count? I have a couple of YA books I'd like to power through but they might cut it close. The Face on the Milk Carton and [book:Who Could That Be at This Hour?|1..."

Those both are well over 160 pages according to GR, which is all that matters. :)