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

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

Kirsten wrote: "Tineye says black, but I think this is mostly red. What do you think?

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I'm torn about this one because I don't know that it's 50% black (in spite of tineye) or 50% red, because of the massive chest in the middle. Not that I'm complaining about that or anything :) But b/c of tin-eye we could probably count it as black. However, if we get a majority of "red" votes that's fine too. Or we could always uses it for letters. No matter what, nice cover :)

Cris that is certainly teal, which is why we don't always listen to tineye. Grey indeed..... silly program.

Apoorv wrote: "MN Lisa wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "We have lots of possibilities for finishing princess and rogue now ...

Apoorv's book MIGHT even work for that, depending on the secondary characters. Its got a prin..."

Gender doesn't matter. If we have a rogue-type and a princess-type we are golden :)

Nanci - that was a great idea for Fourth Wing, but it doesn't have one on the list. Darn! The MPG is on the page where the book is shown.

Vi, I think you could use Shards of Honor for Gryffindor because the MCs value their friendship, and sacrifice a lot because of that belief in each other. If I were their sorting hat, I'd likely put Cordelia in Gryffindor and Aral in Hufflepuff.

Elinor have fun visiting with your cousin! And Kirsten - YES! Summer is nice for a teacher. Happy birthday to your daughter!

That's an easy one compared to so many!

We have lots of possibilities for finishing princess and rogue now that we got the confirmation from mods of just needing "princess type" and "rogue type" so I guess just see whose book works first?

And thanks Lisa

Jen I was thinking the same way about this months books! I guess it can feed my "starting and not finishing" tendency :)

Kerri wrote: "Color question for everyone. What do you think the predominant color is for this cover?:



TinEye says black, but I'm not sure."

Kerri - when I look at the big cover in Goodreads and Amazon, I feel like it's dark green and Tineye is emphasizing the shadows like it does.

For the Princess and Rogue trope - here is what the mods decided (they did discuss it because like us, there were different opinions):

We are going with you need a princess and rogue types.

They do not need to engage with hanky-panky with one another for the book to count for this task.

So any of the books suggested by you all, including that first one suggested by Lisa, would work!

Shannon (and everyone) NEVER feel bad or pressured about book count. The #1 rule is to have fun. And wow I think we are doing that!

I have to go to the gym, and want to read all the latest messages more carefully when I get back. BUT....(next message)

Here is what I asked:
Our team has a question about "read a book with princess and rogue trope characters". So the question is - do we just need princess and rogue types, or is part of the trope a romantic relationship between them? Or does the rogue need to protect the princess? I've googled and I cannot find a trope "definition" and I am not sure if I'm being too strict, but I also don't want to be too lenient.

If we just need the types, then LOTS of books fit, including the one Lisa mentioned at the first. But hopefully we can decide what the mods consider the trope to be :)

I will ask in the captains group though, just to be safe.

Ha and I wish we could bank books, but oh well :)

It looks like we have a lot of good possibilities. I don't think we need protection, from what I've seen it's mostly a romantic relationship between the princess-type and rogue-type. So likely The Demon King, My Fair Captain, and The Bodyguard would all work.

It is possible we'll get that spin again - who knows!? So I'm glad we have more than one potential book to use.

MN Lisa wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "I can't tell enough about the plot. I think we need some kind of royalty (prince or princess) in love with a scoundrel."

There is a prince, but this book isn't specifically about h..."

Hmm I think that could work if you could justify a friend to be a scoundrel. Maybe? From google it looks like it needs to be some type of romantic relationship. It's honestly not a trope I'm super familiar with! I do have a Star Wars book I could read called The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy. But I have 2 books I'd need to finish first.

Weekly Status Report

Summary: (As of July 2)
Let's end July with a bang! (The happy, non-destructive kind.) We are now in 2nd place, but it's close! And I think we can pull off a win!

Status sheet Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

July Books *as of June 2 - :
100-199 0/10 0%
200-299 1/20 100%
300-399 1/30 100%
400-400 2/30 100%
500-599 1/20 80%
600+ 0/10 100%
Free 0/103


Shelf fixes
Cris - Well Read then Dead needs a read date on your shelf.

Books of the Month


16 July is the last day to answer questions

Starts 2 July

Starts 16 July

Mini-Challenges
Rainbow Towers: PLEASE keep marking any of your books that have colored covers. At the current rate we will have the TT spellouts done in early July, and this will be our only way besides Wheel to gain points. So that spreadsheet column noting colored cover (when applicable) is super important.

Chipmunks: We are almost done

Wheel: Remember we can only use books finished after we get the tasks. But we can do infinite Wheel spins.

Page points: the most important! Just reading as much as you can (but of course real life is more important).

Oh and I woke up thinking I was probably way too strict with my Princess and Rogue interpretation. I do think we need different social classes, and one of them being a scoundrel. Like....(Princess) Leia and Han Solo, Lady and the Tramp, etc.

So confession...much as I hate all those YA tropes we discussed, I'm really enjoying Fourth Wing. I think perhaps because I'm reading vs. listening? I can make Violet in my head a lot less whiney and it's easier to ignore the whole "he's so hot" at inappropriate times. But mostly, it's because I love dragons, so...

Oh and just a reminder for the HUGE books (Kirsten you are amazing!) after 1000 pages you don't get more page points. So you'd want to keep it pretty close to or under 1000.

I can't tell enough about the plot. I think we need some kind of royalty (prince or princess) in love with a scoundrel.