Suzanne’s Comments (group member since Aug 13, 2015)

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

Sonia from the stress you get at work...I think you can hide under as many rocks as you wish!! and those are delightful things to to whilst hiding.

oh those cold packs sound helpful!
I hate the dizziness and nausea too Sammy. Totally incapacitating. I hope you feel better soon!!

DQs Day 1 - Chaps 1 - 10

1. What do you think of Willowdean? Does she feel like a sufficiently real person?
She seems real to me. She does frustrate me a little bit, but that's just because she's young. If I knew then what I know now....well my 10th grade self would have frustrated me too.

2. What you you think about her relationship with Ellen? They are starting to keep secrets from each other now - do you think that this is the start of a drifting apart or will they stay close? I think they really care about each other and that they can stay close if they try. I do think it's normal to now have some private experiences.

3. Bo is interesting - the opposite of Will in terms of being reserved in comparison to her chattiness, but with something lurking in his backstory. Do you want to have a guess at what's up with him? Would anyone NOT have done the same as Will and followed him to the abandoned school in the hopes of more making out?! I totally would have done what Will did - especially at that age. When it's your crush - well I was proud of her to even consider it could be dangerous.

4. Will claims ownership of "fat" when she introduces herself to Bo. How successful do you think she is in her aim to stop it from being an insult? She's still pretty sensitive and clearly doesn't fully accept herself. But wow body issues are hard at any age, and even harder in high school. I liked how she was nice to Amanda

5. Lucy has clearly been a big influence in both Will and Ellen's lives, and yet they haven't been talking about her at all since her death. Do you think this is a normal reaction to a sudden death? Would you be like Will's mother, and get rid of everything, or keep it? I'd want to keep it, but there was clearly a LOT of things that didn't need to be kept.

I had no idea about that. Thanks!

That is SUPER valid. It's so very annoying to pay a lot of money and end up disliking a book!

YA is the hardest for me! I just get mad at it far too easily :) Pretty soon I'll be yelling "Get off my lawn you darn kids!" or something.

Wow Sammy - enjoy that two hours! That's a huge thing!

Yeah that was so frustrating! I depend on those :)

Agreed! See I'm so so glad pictures are fixed! Nothing like beautiful beaches :)

Yay - glad it is fixed!

I like the pictures! And the replies.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who listens at a faster speed!

And yes, I'm on a LONG road trip. I wanted to bring the dog, and between that and COVID it's all RV parks. We are travelling quite a lot each day til we get to South Carolina, and then travelling more slowly on the way back home. I'm loving all the new sights and the dog is loving all the new smells.

I put that series on my to read list Sonia - it looks fun!

My plans - we are driving another 7 hours so I'm hoping to get some reading done - a bunch of short books for the last day of The Amazing Race. Yesterday we listened to Fugitive Telemetry which I knew I would love (and did). But my husband can only listen at 1x speed and...I'm just not a 1x speed girl :)

Today I'm going to encourage him to listen to his book so I can read mine.

Last night/this morning we are at "Owl Creek Market and RV Park" . The Market was advertised for many miles as famous for its cheese. They had 66 different kinds! So needless to say I shopped a bit last evening :)

Devann I'm loving it so far!! I'm so glad to hear you liked it!

Lol yeah good point! there are MANY books between B and V. And this one is on Kindle Unlimited (yes I already checked and got it), so I can remove it after I read it. But if he starts talking about hedgehogs well....I'll know I'm busted.

Sammy wrote: "OK team. For anyone who likes M/M erotica, or just fancies a laugh, there will be a backroom BOM as well as the normal ones next month.
As always, BOM participation is 100% optional, but there are ..."

Oh dear, these are the times I get conflicted because I share my kindle account with my 80-year-old dad.... but points....

Lol the last time I was at his house he told me he was going through my books A - Z authors - and trying each one and then reading them if he liked it. Anyway, he started talking about The Others series, which I love but would never have recommended to him. I was sure tickled he liked it though - in fact wanted to go to bed so he could read :)

Sammy - those are amazing creations - what beautiful crafting!!

yay for another point!

What a wonderful tribute to her, Sonia! That you have followed that beautiful example she set would make her so happy!!

Sonia - that looks really delicious! And its beautiful too!

And oh dear Karen - that sounds miserable! I hope they fix it really soon!!

Oh yikes! I think I'd rather be waiting for a stove than dealing with that, Jenny! I'm counting my blessings now....and worrying it won't fit in the space. Lol that would be ALMOST funny