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

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

Bobbi - that is an awesome goal to look for X - thank you!

And thanks Nanci and Leslie for finding cities - we only need to find one more!

We also do need 5 books with white covers, so be sure to note it if you book has a cover that is more than 50% white :)

You are all amazing!

Yay team!

Great idea to recommend some books Nanci! Horse looks really interesting - I think I'd like it!

I think my round favorite was Wishin' and Hopin' which was kind of like reading "A Christmas Story". I did not enjoy the buddy read book (How to Sell a Haunted House) - but I don't like horror, and it was scary to me! I did also enjoy Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe, which featured short stories from the Scythe universe. As always with short stories, some were better than others, but that was a fun world to re-visit!

All done entering! We are allowed to have one partial word and as many full as we want, so we're in great shape! Well done team!

I'll look at the deadline, just in case anyone finishes something else. Right now we are in 2nd place, which is absolutely amazing!

We have 7 cities claimed for round 2, so need 3 more (in the next two weeks). It'll be so fun to see what we can do!

All our books for Synthesizer need to be finished in 4 hours from this post.
Countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Then you can immediately start reading books for Xylophone. Well and enjoy life in there too :)

Thanks Janeylou! I agree it's hard finding the combination of letters and setting! Those mods are tricky!

I'll mark those on our list.

Amanda wrote: "I have all month to read How To Sell a Haunted House and answer questions right? I just got it from my library and have a couple other books first!"

You have to finish and answer questions within a month of when the discussion starts - so by November 16th. And yes - it's basically like reading 2 books points-wise.

probably any letter is ok as we can shuffle books if we need.

thanks Leslie! this 2 weeks has flown by!

The above is also at the start of our team thread. Feel free to add resources to the list - and I'll keep a running list of "claimed" cities.

21 Oct to 4 Nov
Link to start of Round: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Word: XYLOPHONE
Color White (50% or more) - 5 bonus points each, maximum of 5 books

Useful lists shared by team
Books starting with X: (also has Y and Z) https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/x
M&M X and Y books (I think you have to be a group member): https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...


Round 2 Bonus Set at least 50% in one of the following cities. If it's not obvious from the blurb or meta data, please give a short reason. We can only do each city once.
Words:
Austin, USA
Berlin, Germany
Bogotá, Colombia
Brazzaville, Congo
Chengdu, China
Chicago, USA - Janeylou
Detroit, USA - Suzanne
Havana, Cuba Nanci
Johannesburg, South Africa
Kingston, Jamaica
Liverpool, United Kingdom Janeylou
Manchester, United Kingdom Janeylou
Melbourne, Australia
Milan, Italy
Montreal, Canada
Nashville, USA
New Orleans, USA
Paris, France Leslie
Seoul, South Korea
Shanghai, China
Sydney, Australia Janeylou
Tokyo, JapanKari
Toronto, Canada - Janeylou
Varanasi, India (also known as Benares)
Vienna, Austria

Oh awesome! Thanks Bobbi!

If you feel inclined to start planning for Round 2, the sheet is in there right by Round 1. I made a pulldown of the cities we need - remember we can only use each one once. But thank goodness we only need 10.

Janeylou - thanks for the list of X & Y!

Leslie - that hadn't crossed my mine! I went and verified and :
characters must be significant to the plot. you can use first, last or nickname.

So Yes Orphan X would work.

Xeno maybe? That's a brilliant idea Amanda!

Anything you read is a huge help. I love Fantasy - nice choice :)

Thanks Laurla! It has been a busy day here, but I will search for X books myself soon.

Cities I could potentially do: (couldn't do all, but can choose from these):
Liverpool
Austin
Berlin
Chicago
Detroit
Johannesburg
Kingston
Montreal
Nashville
Paris
Tokyo
Vienna

DQs Day 4: Ch. 23-31

14. After Mark's story, the siblings kind of bonded. What did you think of that and the hug. At that point of the story, did you feel like they were going to be unified or that it would be short-lived?
I thought the hug was nice, but then didn't like how Louise is still wanting Mark to apologize and she wants to feel like the "good person". It's hard for me to trust them as a team.

15. So they made a plan to go back in and take care of Pupkin vs. just burning down the house? Why?? Pretend you don't know how that turned out - what would you have decided to do after they both shared their Pupkin experiences?
I would never have reentered that house - burning it seems like a good option.

16. The battle! I don't even know what to say other than I kept needing to put the book down. Did you expect this level of brutality? Would you have been able to cut off the arm?
I didn't like reading this part at all. I think I probably wouldn't have fought so hard and just died.

17. Did you expect Pupkin to show back up like he did? I totally saw this coming, probably because there is a good chunk of the book left. And it made sense it'd be Poppy.

18. What did you think of Gail? If you haven't finished already, what do you think will happen? Gail seemed like a bad-ass to me. I loved how she casually mentioned fighting a warlock. She's my only hope. But it's annoying why they didn't go to her before the above mentioned fight.

Bonus: Are you systematically removing all puppets from your house now? If so, don't worry - they'll be back =O I DO have puppets in my house that were made by my Grandmother and Mother. They are in a box. Need to duct tape it shut now.

DQs Set 2: Chapters 8 - 15

6. Were you expecting those wills? Why do you think both parents were so unfair on the kids?
So although I've been squirming at some of the spooky parts, this part made me take a break for about a day. This same thing is happening in my family right now. My dad is leaving everything to my youngest brother, which has certainly caused some hard feelings, although everyone is being civil and trying to move past it.

7. Yikes! killer stuffed squirrels! The first violent haunting here, was it effective?
This was super creepy and I think at this point I would have just told the dumpster guys to do their thing and never entered that house again.

8. Despite the various creepy things that Louise has experienced, she's refusing to let her aunt exorcise the house. Would you still be hanging onto rational reasons over accepting family help?
With what she's already seen and heard, I think Louise is crazy not to accept help. Ha I did like how polite Mercy was about the whole haunted house thing.

9. We've had more insight into the childhood of Mark and Louise. Does this change your opinion of either of them?
I dislike Louise more and like Mark more - but I don't love either of them.

DQs Day 4: Ch. 23-31

14. After Mark's story, the siblings kind of bonded. What did you think of that and the hug. At that point of the story, did you feel like they were going to be unified or that it would be short-lived?

15. So they made a plan to go back in and take care of Pupkin vs. just burning down the house? Why?? Pretend you don't know how that turned out - what would you have decided to do after they both shared their Pupkin experiences?

16. The battle! I don't even know what to say other than I kept needing to put the book down. Did you expect this level of brutality? Would you have been able to cut off the arm?

17. Did you expect Pupkin to show back up like he did?

18. What did you think of Gail? If you haven't finished already, what do you think will happen?

Bonus: Are you systematically removing all puppets from your house now? If so, don't worry - they'll be back =O