Sonia’s Comments (group member since Feb 10, 2012)

Sonia’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

You forgot chip'n dale rescue rangers and DuckTales

Ashley, I have news for you regarding the tokens. You can use them. It was just needed an extra step. But I'll explain after my morning meetings

Melindam wrote: "I was planning on re-reading The Eye of the World which can work for Thundercats, besides being a 800-pager. :)"

That, it works.

[EDIT]: I loved that sword :o)

I'd say cat shifters can be used too. I watched Thunder cats as a kid... (can you tell who named the team? LOL)

Anyway... I don't know if it helps, but towers III theme was elements. And Thundercats were part of the Air group.

Plus the twins were full of mischief. So any Harry Potter book can be used, as long as the weasel twins do some kind of thing.

Welcome back Sammy!!! Hope you're feeling better. And yes, Mel has been all kinds of awesome.

★ When marking a book as read, don't forget to tag the right edition, meaning the one you actually read - otherwise we will use the one that is marked, not the one claimed on posts and/or spreadsheets

★ Oh, and if you could add it to your towers shelf, it would be awesome for us captains, thanks.

★ Page count for audiobooks. A quick cheat code: search the book on the search bar. The book result you get is the page number to use.

Melindam wrote: "I finished

this morning.

It is updated on the ss."

Nice!!! Awww it's teal... so nice :o)

OK, so, time for today's reading inspiration - now on pairs - and continuing with the bad ass theme, and since I have soft spot for norse gods *cough* *cough* there is no more bad assness than the warriors that worship them.

Brace yourselves, it's the time of the Vikings:

Yeah, Electra is a bit of a pickle. Books about greek myths/gods would be my first to go, since we also have Anubis. Which reminds me, I have a series with Egyptian deities that I still haven't finish. Maybe I should look into that.

I also have the Burns and Fawkes series and its spin-off (past towers backroom bom) to complete. Those mention the Greek Gods/Titans... And we all know they're always plotting and getting revenged or something. Plus parents/siblings relationships are.. complicated?

Lorn♡ wrote: "I think I’m gonna struggle keeping up with all the messages around work etc so I think I’ll likely just be checking in & adding my books to the sheets to be used however the captains want them to b..."

Yeah, we're a chatty bunch, it might be a tad overwhelming.

That's alright, just update SS, and if something arises, we'll PM you directly, so it's easier for you, deal?

OK, time to me to do some adulting around the house. I'll try to be back before bed.

Happy readings!!!!

Kate wrote: "Just voted for BOMs. I am rooting for Rebecca Makkai’s book- but she is my cousin so I will show my bias openly!!!"

I would too in your case :o)

Ashley wrote: "Alrighty, so I see an "Ashley" on the list, although I don't know if that is me or another Ashley. It's showing 1 token.

These are the BOMs I've participated (with links) in since Jan 2022:

June ..."

Just to make sure, you didn't use any entry for the randomizer, right? With the dates, the only eligible was last Wheels edition.

[EDIT] Just checked dates, you didn't. We'll need to wait for the mods, then

Okay, will take it to the mods. Thanks

Okay, soooo, I went and read the FAQa... How adult of me... and here's the result:

- Date is Jan 22 (they didn't reset the numbers)
- Writing DQs doesn't give us tokens
- You need to answer 3 days worth of DQs to earn a participation token
- You need to earn 3 participation tokens in order to earn a token entry

List can be checked here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/..., on the BOM Participantion Tokens Tab

If your name isn't there, or numbers don't add up, we'll need to provide the correspondent links that prove said participation for the mods to fix it.

I hope that make sense. Let me know if you need help verifying stuff.

Those are for tracking the ones used... the ones available I am not sure... Lemme ask

Ashley wrote: "Finished my first book, added read date and relevant into to the SS!


I'm giving it ⭐⭐⭐⭐"

Thanks Ashley. I can't see it as read or in your towers shelf. Can you add it, please?

Thanks

Ignore me, I was too fast :o)

The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner

A spellbinding tale about two daring women who hunt for truth and justice in the perilous art of conjuring the dead.

1873. At an abandoned château on the outskirts of Paris, a dark séance is about to take place, led by acclaimed spiritualist Vaudeline D’Allaire. Known worldwide for her talent in conjuring the spirits of murder victims to ascertain the identities of the people who killed them, she is highly sought after by widows and investigators alike.

Lenna Wickes has come to Paris to find answers about her sister’s death, but to do so, she must embrace the unknown and overcome her own logic-driven bias against the occult. When Vaudeline is beckoned to England to solve a high-profile murder, Lenna accompanies her as an understudy. But as the women team up with the powerful men of London’s exclusive Séance Society to solve the mystery, they begin to suspect that they are not merely out to solve a crime, but perhaps entangled in one themselves…

Breakup: A Marriage in Wartime by Anjan Sundaram

Award-winning journalist Anjan Sundaram must reckon with the devastating personal cost of war correspondance when he travels to the Central African Republic to report on preparations for a genocide hidden from the world, leaving his wife and newborn behind in Canada

After ten years of reporting from central Africa for The New York Times, Associated Press, and others, Anjan Sundaram finds himself living a quiet life in Shippagan, Canada, with his wife and newborn. But when word arrives of preparations for ethnic cleansing in the Central African Republic, he is suddenly torn between his duty as a husband and father, and his moral responsibility to report on a conflict unseen by the world.

Soon he is traveling through the CAR, with a driver who may be a spy, bearing witness to ransacked villages and locals fleeing imminent massacre, fielding offers of mined gold and hearing stories of soldiers who steal schoolbooks for rolling paper. When he refuses to return home, journeying instead into a rebel stronghold, he learns that there is no going back to the life he left behind.

Breakup illuminates the personal price that war correspondents pay as they bear witness on the frontlines of humanitarian crimes across the world. This brilliantly introspective, grounded account of one man’s inner turmoil in the context of a dangerous journey through a warzone is sure to become a modern classic.

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Link to theme: war settings and war correspondents

Melindam wrote: "I hope The City of Brass will be one of the June picks, as that is actually a book I have been planning to read for ages. :)"

*fingers crossed*

I'm rooting for 11/22/63 to win.

Of course, if Sammy thought me reading an horror book was strange, me wanting to read a Stephen King Time Travel book will give her proof that the apocalypse is coming.