Moderators of NBRC’s Comments (group member since Jan 22, 2011)

Moderators of NBRC’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Participation verified

Shannon: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Judith: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Sammy:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Yasmine https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Marie https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Bobbi https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Catsalive https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Melindam https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tammie https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Aoife https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Beatrice https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Nistha: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Angie https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Briana https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Christina https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Megan https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Eunice https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Preeti https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Cordelia: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Randomised List
Nominator not included

There were 36 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Suzanne (Ashara)
Ashley (Dez)
Shannon (Ashara)
Eldarwen (Zéng)
Louise (Sip)
Kerri (Ashara)
Yasmine (Jeih) extra entry
Tammie (Ti) extra entry
Judy (Deka)
Angie (Deset)
Roger PoNBRU (Zéng)
Tammie (Ti)
Angie (Deset) extra entry
Teddie (Damara Damara)
Lexi (Neeznáá)
Nistha (Sip)
Bobbi (Neeznáá)
Alison (Kumi)
Jenny (Deset)
Melindam (Dez)
Kaley (Zéng)
Sophie (Kumi)
Judith (Neeznáá)
Sammy (Dez) - not day 1
Brittany (Neeznaa)
Erin PBH (Deka)
Eunice (Deset)
Aoife (Neeznáá)
Yasmine (Jeih)
One Sentence Audio (Ti)
Christina (Deka)
Judith (Neeznaa) extra entry
Briana (Damara Damara)
Marie (Jeih)
Keely (Ti)
Melindam (Dez) - extra entry

Timestamp: 2023-05-29 15:45:29 UTC

DQ Volunteers

Cordelia (Qulit) - nominator
Judith (Neeznáá)
Melindam (Dez)
Melindam (Dez) - extra entry
Eldarwen (Zéng)
Sammy (Dez) - not day 1
Judy (Deka)
Jenny (Deset)
Teddie (Damara Damara)
Suzanne (Ashara)
Angie (Deset)
Roger PoNBRU (Zéng)
Christina (Deka)
Eunice (Deset)
One Sentence Audio (Ti)
Kaley (Zéng)
Aoife (Neeznáá)
Ashley (Dez)
Bobbi (Neeznáá)
Alison (Kumi)
Keely (Ti)
Tammie (Ti)
Briana (Damara Damara)
Louise (Sip)
Sophie (Kumi)
Nistha (Sip)
Lexi (Neeznáá)
Shannon (Ashara)
Kerri (Ashara)
Judith (Neeznaa) extra entry
Marie (Jeih)
Brittany (Neeznaa)
Erin PBH (Deka)
Angie (Deset) extra entry
Yasmine (Jeih)
Yasmine (Jeih) extra entry
Tammie (Ti) extra entry

Chapter Breakdown

Date		Chapters 	%ages		MPDQs
2 June		1 - 4		16%		Cordelia (Qulit)
3 June		5 - 9		32%		Suzanne (Ashara)
4 June		10 - 14		46%		Ashley (Dez)
5 June			BREAK DAY	
6 June		15 - 18		60%		Eldarwen (Zéng)
7 June		19 - 23		75%		Louise (Sip)
8 June		24 - epilogue	100%		Yasmine (Jeih)

Guidance for DQ setters
Aim for a reasonable number of questions: 4 - 5 is typical. Please don't post too many - any more than 7 gets unwieldy!
Use consecutive numbering of the DQs for your days. So, for example, if Day One is posted as questions 1-4, Day Two should start at number 5 etc.
Don't worry too much about your questions: you aren't being tested on how clever your questions are!
Hints and tips:
- Is there a quote that jumped out at you? Use that in a question.
- What about the characters - do they generate strong feelings? No feelings? - either way, we can explore that!
- What about that plot twist?!
- Explore the writing style: is there an unusual structure being used? what's the tone of voice like? or the point of view?

Want more information about how NBRC runs their Book of the Month discussions? Check out the information here

Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of 18th century Cairo, she’s a con woman of unsurpassed talent. But she knows better than anyone that the trade she uses to get by—palm readings, zars, healings—are all tricks, sleights of hand, learned skills; a means to the delightful end of swindling Ottoman nobles.

But when Nahri accidentally summons an equally sly, darkly mysterious djinn warrior to her side during one of her cons, she’s forced to accept that the magical world she thought only existed in childhood stories is real. For the warrior tells her a new tale: across hot, windswept sands teeming with creatures of fire, and rivers where the mythical marid sleep; past ruins of once-magnificent human metropolises, and mountains where the circling hawks are not what they seem, lies Daevabad, the legendary city of brass, a city to which Nahri is irrevocably bound.

In that city, behind gilded brass walls laced with enchantments, behind the six gates of the six djinn tribes, old resentments are simmering. And when Nahri decides to enter this world, she learns that true power is fierce and brutal. That magic cannot shield her from the dangerous web of court politics. That even the cleverest of schemes can have deadly consequences.

After all, there is a reason they say be careful what you wish for...

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nominator: Cordelia

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Lexi wrote: "How much will you all enforce the no YA books here rule? Last month a YA book was allowed for the non-theme BOM, so I was curious for future nominations. If it is tagged both YA and Adult MPG is it..."

Hi Lexi, no, last month was an Oopsie from a combination of things, and shouldn't have gone through.
As it has now been voted on and won, we're leaving it be this once, but for the future: presence of Young Adult tag, even if there is also Adult tag is not allowed for the Adult / Non-Fiction BOM.

And sorry for the oversight and confusion :(

Beth wrote: "I just started an audio book. I mostly listen to audio while doing the dishes so they take me a while. Anyway, my point is that I just noticed that it's a "Dramatized Adaptation" and only five hour..."

That’s right Beth.

Usually we use the default edition for audio, but in this case the audio equivalent of the book is around 10 hours. The version you have is an edited version of the book with no print equivalent so it defaults to a 100 pager

Breakdown is up, early due to busyness over the next week.

As ever, if you can't do your date, a listed backup can cover.
If you are late, and your backup doesn't cover (or exist) we'll move to the next unique team

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Theme Book Of the Month

Each month we have a themed BOM. July's theme is War

The BOM theme for July is War! Tower Teams is moving into it's final month as towers continue to be constructed and battlements guarded. Maybe the book takes place during a war or coping with the aftermath. A war that was real or in an epic fantasy world. Be creative with your nominations!


Nominations will be open until 27 May, UK evening

***Please pay special attention to the Rules and Guidelines listed below.***

Rules and Guidelines
1. Books nominated after the deadline will not be included in the polls. Sorry.
2. Each person is limited to nominating ONE book per category.
3. Please use the add book/author tool located at the top of the comment box when nominating a book. (Please make your nomination clear because side conversations do happen and we don't want to accidentally miss a nomination)
4. Please add the Goodreads synopsis for the book you nominate; you should also include an explanation of how it fits the theme for the month.
5. Books that were read as a past BOM will not be considered for the poll. (link to the sheet under the spoiler (view spoiler)[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... (hide spoiler)])
6. Books that are #2 or higher in a series will only be considered if all earlier books in the series have been a past BOM.
7. Books must be published at the time of nomination.
8. If your book is successful in being picked as the BOM you are expected to actively participate in the discussion. This will include writing a set of DQs as well as engaging in conversations.

The BOM nominations are for our members to nominate a book they are truly interested in and have no affiliation with. Promotional activity is NOT permitted and nominations that the Moderators perceive to be promotional will be deleted without warning

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