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

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

I bet. I live with my sister (she's the captain of Team Jason) and my 9 y.o. niece. That kid has too much energy for such a small vessel.

She is also discovering the rush that is to go to the library and bring a bad full of books to read.

Last Easter Break she managed to read around 1200 pages in a week.

I'm telling you, if the mods ever decide to do a Diary of a Wimpy Kid type of book challenge, I'm recruiting her. Well... I would, but sadly, Eni has dibs.

Sophie wrote: "Hector and Achilles was Sammy and Jenny beofre wheels. So that was my doing. Judith chose Pandora (or Circe). Those bits can't be left as Cat's intention.

ETA: not that anyone will listen to poor ..."

I was there at that debate. There's something about Eric Bana as Trojan Prince that calls to my soul, so, I'm quite happy with the sorting.

Laura..devouring books like crumpets wrote: "When do we start 15th right?

My shelf
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."

Yes, May 15 at 9 PM London time, so I guess that's 11 PM to you, unless the time zone converter failed me.

Eldarwen wrote: "These books are not always to our liking. If you really do not want to read a BOM, please do not feel like you need to force yourself."

This. This is quite important. I had my share of forced BOMs in the past, so now I have a complicated relationship with them.

Nobody should read something they don't want or don't feel comfortable to. And we advocate that principle.

Maybe this time Cassandra predicts a different outcome! Not that we ever listen to her anyway.

But I like the party idea. Let's assemble the gang.

At least they don't have the annoying re-captcha yet. Maybe because the only personal info that can be snatched is the email account.

Sophie wrote: "reduction in chaos"

*looks at teams*

Pandora aka box opener extraordinaire - Judith
Achilles aka hot guy with defective heel that wants to be famous - Jenny
Hector aka also hot guy that fights the impossible battle to defend his brothers & family - Sonia & Sammy

Are you sure that was Cat's goal?

What do you mean max points?

BOM points
Writing a day's worth of discussion questions = 40 points
Participating in a current BOM (participating in discussion) = 20 points

The DQ's volunteers are randomized, and we might get lucky and earn a spot, or more often, not, since they are more volunteers than spots. And we can only have one member per team getting the spot.

For participation, we all can participate. If we participate, aka read the book and answer 3 days of questions, we get the 20 extra points for that book.

Also. We need to read the book. Otherwise, no points will be earned.

Hi Jenny, Hi Angie!!!

*waves*

It seems that we are going to be on opposite sides of the war - Sammy and I are on Team Hector.

*sad face*

Sophie wrote: "Sammy and Sonia are together in team Hector so it's an entertaining thread to visit."

Yep. We even have some eye candy reading motivation to spare.

Although we also have two mods on our team, so, it appears no mischief nor shennanigans this time

I even managed to type that with a straight face!!!!

Claire wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "I signed up for the BOM for The Travelling Cat Chronicles btw :-)

It's a relatively short book but at least it will give us some extra points for the BOM participa..."

I just read the synopsis, and I'm not sure if I should join or not. It sounds like a book to make Sonia cry.

Mary C wrote: "Anyone else suddenly have to create a new password in order to log in to goodreads today? Not because I couldn't remember my password. It wouldn't even let me try and log in and just immediately sa..."

It has been happening for a while Mary. It did the same for me a couple of weeks ago, and this weekend it did the same to Eni.

So I guess it's a security measure of sorts?

Okay, so, for the May Mini, we need to spell-out the Muses, and complete two tasks for each one (18 in total).

Doing a breakdown of the letters, we will need:
A - 7
C - 3
E - 10
H - 3
I - 6
L - 6
M - 3
N - 3
O - 6
P - 5
R - 5
S - 1
T - 4
U - 2
Y - 2

SPELL-IT-OUT:
Find the letters needed using the first letter in:
◈ book title*
◈ author first name
◈ author last name
◈ character name**
◈ series title*
◈ If listening to the audio book: audio narrator first/last name
◈ If you are reading a translation: translator first/last name

* if the first word in the title/series is a definite or indefinite article you can ignore them if you prefer
** characters must be significant to the plot. you can use first, last or nickname. note that non-fiction books don't have characters)

TASKS:
MPG Humour
Mask on cover
Stars on the cover
Map at the front of the book
Sword on cover
Tagged Tragedy
Letters of HYMN in title
Author initials in SACRED
Poetry quote in the text
MC is a writer
Royal title in book title
1st in series
MPG History/Historical Fiction
A celebration in the book
Musical instrument on cover
Characters attend a musical performance
Dancing in the book
Letters CLD in title of book

Meanwhile, what you should you expect to happen in the next few days:

- friend invites send to all members - done!
- a planning spreadsheet for the planners, like Sammy
- a completion post template, for the ones that hate too many spreadsheets like Eldarwen
- a mini group/breakdown for easy reference

And some more tweaking that I can't remember.

Okay. So. I need to focus on work for a couple of hours. Go live is tomorrow, and I still have a few more tests to do, before I can give them green light.

I would complain, but I'm paid to be annoying and nit pick, basically a big pain in the developers' petunia. Life is good :D

Eldarwen wrote: "Hey, I am one of the quiet ones!! ;-))

But your shenanigans are missed... :-)"

Yeah yeah. I wasn't the one thinking about devious tasks for Sinful Towers :D

It was two editions ago... Can you believe it?

Eldarwen wrote: "I read the Prologue a while back and ... so good. So dark *grin*

It will not be a rainbow fantasy, but dark and gory and oh so bloody haha. So you'll probably definitely have to be in the mood! :-..."

Sure thing. I listened to the audible sample and was curious about it, so, it's a possibility

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "I started with Tower Teams II and then became a mod soon after (with Sonia for many years!)."

And it was glorious. I'd say you miss my shennanigans, but I'm pretty sure E and Cat keep you entertained.

Plus, not dreading to go to sleep because you never know what crazy reality you will wake up to is a nice sensation.

*giggles*

I confess I sometimes miss the "why do you always do that when I am sleeping" or the way everybody run for cover when I started with "So, I've been thinking..."

Speaking of big commitments, my first book will probably be Apneia by Tânia Ganho



which is almost 700 pages. So it might take me a while. It's also a bit darker than what I am used to, and focus on escaping an abusive relationship and domestic violence. Which means that I'll probably will curl in a corner with some K M Neuhold or A.J. Sherwood after. Or maybe even some Ty&Zane re-reads because I need the comfort.

Eldarwen wrote: "Hello hello everyone!

So many familiar faces and a few new ones. And already lots to read when coming online in the morning - just how I like it hehe.

I'll be a quiet co-cap this time around and ..."

Ooohhhh I have that one on my list too. I'd say I join you, but I better wait to see if I'm in the mood for a big fantasy commitment when you start it.