Vi’s Comments (group member since Jun 04, 2011)

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

No, nothing else that you need to do now, Judy.

The thread is HUGE so you don't really have to go through it all. I'll give you the important things you'll want to know:

1. The mods had a challenge that runs from June 1- July 19. We've pretty much completed it so it's just FYI for you.

2. From July 8 - July 21, we are facing off Leather Jacket Black (LJB), another Tower Team. The challenge is to read 100 books in 2 weeks. That's coming up in 2 days.

3. For the August month, we have to come up with our challenge. The mods are taking a break that month. The captains have come up with some 17 categories. Could you head over here to vote the top 10 categories you would like?

I think that summarized pretty much everything. If I've missed anything, I'm sure the team will jump in :)

Oh, starting date doesn't count. As long as they are finished between July 8 - 21, they count.

I re-read earlier today. It came in at the library after a long, long wait and the second came in just a sec earlier. I'm tempted to re-read the second as well. I like Eve & Roarke's romance.

I'm halfway through with Leslie & Chris and thinking about reading . It is due at the library soon.

QOTD: Do you mainly read thin books, medium length books or do you read a lot of chunksters 500 + pages? Or is it a mix

It's mostly a mix but I'm probably averaging about 400+ pages with atleast 2 800-1000+ pager thrown in every month. Chunksters are really a time-investment but their enjoyment factor can't be denied :)

OK, I finally caught up. I finished Part 1. Some thoughts: (There are MILD SPOILERS ahead)

1. (view spoiler)[I agree about the marriage. Talk about a disaster!! I wish Deirdre would have been more forthcoming. Brian's unexperienced as well so they're not a good combination. (hide spoiler)]
2. The battle with the Northmen was interesting in many aspects:
- It really highlighted the difference between Mahon & Brian. I wish Brian would imbibe some aspects of a diplomat.
- Brian's study of the other war generals - I was impressed when I first read about and I was still impressed.
- The conversation between Mahon & Brian regarding the wounded: I'm torn in between. I can't exactly accept Brian's decision. I wish there was a middle ground.
- The conversation between Mahon & Brian when they are back at the Castle from the battle: that was really illuminating.
3. And the Aw! moment - when Brian hands over the 3 Norse Babies to a couple for them to raise. It was good to see he still has his conscience.

And Gormlaith is kicking ass so far. She might be my favorite h in the book so far. Even Fiona is paling in comparison to her but I can help but wonder how/when she'll turn up again.

So, up till this point, with the latest developments of the battle, I can't say I'm liking Brian much. I was rooting for him at the start but his decisions at the battle aren't something that I can stomach easily. Oh, I still admire him but like? I still have half the book left to go so that might change.

Hey Judy!! Welcome to Moonstone! We are teamies again, yay! :)

One of our members read - an awesome book with lots of illustrations/drawings. Can I know if it'll work for this challenge?

Ooh, I loved a too. It was awesome and I really loved the illustrations.

@Gwendolyn: We could just do it as a Tower Teams Event. Anybody interested can join. It'll be fun and we can have more inter-team interactions. As for using it as a challenge for all teams - It's hard to see it work as not everybody'll be interested in doing it. But we could have it as a game for everybody who participates instead of just WBY. Whoever gets the most points, gets to brag to be the biggest HP Fan :)

If you all like the friendly inter-team idea, then we could just invite all the teams.

Baby is doing great! She was just not cooperating for the scan. I had to get it done 4 times before it was acceptable.

I just got past the scene of (view spoiler)[Deirdre's rape (hide spoiler)] I really felt for her.

@Leslie - Glad you're enjoying DA.

@Karen - I've heard the same about Kate Morton too. I will try her once soon hopefully.

I think I'm at 30% ish so I'm not clicking the spoiler yet. I had a doc appointment that lasted ALL day yesterday and I'm still recovering. I didn't manage to get any reading done at all. *Sigh*

Aw. Is this mini going to be open for only WBY? If not, I'd love to join in.

@Leslie: I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts about . It's one of the hardest first book in the series. The characters just talk soooo much. The rest of the series just gets better though.

Ah! I knew I was forgetting something. I didn't include Nalini Singh because I remembered she was a Kiwi. Forgot about KB. I tried one of Kate Morton but I had to DNF because I couldn't stand the main character. I must try another of hers.

And you should try Melina Marchetta's contemporary YA first.

Karen wrote: "Thanks, I will give Melina a go when I next head to the library!
Now Karina is a Kiwi, so don't be making her Australian or she may get offended... lol! But I haven't read any of her or Sarah Maybe..."

I sort of understand but still. It reminds me of this Emma Holly book I once read by mistake (view spoiler)[where a couple have sex and the third guy does some magic and enters into the guy due to some reason. That couple was not aware of this.(ICK!!!) This was supposed to be a threesome book, I think. (hide spoiler)] This was long back and it really turned me of explicit scenes and anything labelled Erotica.

I agree - the scene was realistic. The book I finished today - also had a similar first-time scene.

I haven't read anything after I finished that book. I'm at 15% but will catch up to you tomorrow.

She was on my radar for years before I picked up one of her books last week - . I only regret I didn't pick it up way earlier. You should try her, Karen!

I started reading some Australian authors mainly because I wanted a different setting. Now I have three favorite Aus authors (Sarah Mayberry, Melina Marchetta, Karina Bliss).

@Leslie - Good luck with the planning!

I just finished and it was so, so good. I was a mess by the time I finished it. I also re-read the best parts again. I really didn't want the book to end! Melina Marchetta has a real talent at writing such books. She's definitely become an auto-buy author.

I had a early night yesterday but I started it today. I'm just at the part where Brian meets Fiona and there was this (view spoiler)[ick Scene - though I can't understand exactly what happened but the grandfather going through Fiona's and twining with Brian????. ICCCCK (hide spoiler)] I'll post the exact passage later.

We are having a nice bit of break till July 7. From July 8 - 21, it's GAME-ON with Leather Jacket Black. We are going to read 100 books in two weeks!