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

❀ Oo ❀ wrote: "I LOVE Gini Koch! That series was one of my best discoveries of 2012. The books get better. 1# Can be a bit dodgy-ish-ish"

So, the Gini Koch series is good? I've heard very mixed reviews about it. Would you recommend it?

Moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges wrote: "For Vi:

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Thank you, Mods!! I feel so much better now.

I'm in too.

I'm officially kickstarting the September Challenge.

I just finished - Jim Dale was excellent - the last few chapters were out of the world narration. Rowling is one amazing author.

Also finished - Somebody please pat me on the back. Almost 1000 pages! The setting up took some time as always, but once things started building up, it became unputdownable. The twist with Trull was something I totally didn't expect. The next book is 1200+ pages. *gulp* I'm behind on that BR by 2-3 weeks. If I do 1 chapter a day, I might catch up in 3 weeks!

The only glitch I didn't think of was that both the books were a little bittersweet. The second more than HP. I am a little sad at the end of the book thinking of Trull. Poor guy. For my next book, I thought of starting but I want a happy, HEA book. I sincerely hope is that.

Still, one of my favorite books in the series. Fred & George were so good in the book.

Totally agree, LK. It's *almost* better than watching the movie!

It's a long audio, that's for sure. It's taking me a week just to get through this one and the next is even longer. I'm giggling at the though of him doing Angsty Potter in OoP.

I'm working on & . Roughly 100 pages left in each and I'm hoping to finish it by today afternoon. And this can't be said enough but Jim Dale's narration is awesome.

I tried to download the prequel yesterday but it showed I already downloaded. Good feature. Imagine how many double purchases I'd have done otherwise O_O

And it's FINALLY September 1 where I am. *Happy Dance*

Hi Team!

Here's the thread I've created to track books we've finished for the September Challenge. Please go on over to reserve a post there. Thanks!

Ah, sounds good LK.

Sorry, you lost me at hour/day chips. No idea what that means.

And I just realized, is a BR here and is at another group both of which are in September. Need to reconfigure the books.

LOL! I think most of us would fall under that category.

I tried to sort out my books for September but gave in halfway through. It's just amazing how much books I have.

Leslie, sometimes I think you are too nice :D

We should do it for the next book then!

Puzzle #125 sent for Moonstone. I like this version of Romeo & Juliet much better!

Leslie wrote: "Good morning Team! Today is the 8th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and in honor of that, here is a picture of my family's neighborhood after the flood.


And after the water went down


And 8 ye..."

Wow, Leslie! But it's so good to see the progress. I too can't believe it's been 8 years already.

@Melissa: Nah, you totally didn't sound like that at all. I was nodding at everything you said and it really felt like meeting a kindred soul. (Most of the reviews when I finished reading were overwhelmingly positive)
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I totally agree! Why did Aunt B had to die? She was really one of the highlight characters in the series - especially a female who was strong and capable of holding the clan together. I know the wolf clan alpha is a female but isn't she portrayed as being a little weak and not quite able to hold the clan together?

So true about Kate's face. I was like, oh yea? How come I haven't heard of it before in the previous books. If the clans accept her as the consort, then doesn't that mean she's supposed to be worthy of it?

And I completely agree about the progress of the relationship. It really didn't sit well with me at all. The part about marriage was also a little out of the left field. It wasn't exactly mentioned in the previous books and Curran talking about it was surprising to say the least.

We should have BR'd together with Leslie. We would have had fun. And I am very glad you felt like this too!! (hide spoiler)]

Book

I'm about 28 chapters in finishing with the appearance of Barty Crouch in the school grounds. I still have 9 more chapters - this is a loong audiobook! And the next is even longer! Has anybody seen the movie yet?

Also moved past Sirius's reappearance and it strikes me as always how much Sirius loves Harry and the risks he's willing to subject himself. I wonder though, where he lived for the past few months. It can't be easy living with a Hippogriff, can it? Not exactly easy to conceal oneself though most people don't know about Sirius and Buckbeak.

Anyway, this book led me to two questions:
- If the security in Hogwarts is that strict (you can't apparate/disapparate nor fly in) then does that mean Floo network works? If not, then how did Sirius pop in the fireplace? Or is that not Floo network?
- In book 3, when Sirius was being convicted, couldn't Dumbledore have used Veritaserum/extracted memories from Sirius, Harry, Hermoine & Ron to convince Fudge? Won't the Ministry accept that as evidence?

Anyway, GoF is the first book where we get to see the not-so-good portions of the Ministry; namely the treatment/prejudice of/against non-human beings like the house-elves, giants. I really liked how Rowling set that up with the prejudice rampant in the pure-bloods and how Hermoine tries to fight against it.

I *almost* missed this thread. LK, is the narrator good?

Bye LK! Sweet dreams!

Lisa Kay wrote: " HP

I do - very much - however, agree with you on the casting of Lockhart & Umbridge."

*grins* Fan of Daniel Radcliffe, are you? I love them both but my first preference would always be Snape aka Alan Rickman. He's my absolute favorite.