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

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

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.

I think we will rock July as well. And whatever place we end up in, I feel 100% positive about all our efforts!

Wow it is so fun hearing about travels!

I checked in our books tonight - I think we have 2 that aren't on shelves that we'll get on there. We met all our page goals and are rocking things - well done!

Note: we did fall to 2nd place by a little. That's ok. Team Ti has really been doing well on the mini-challenges - I believe for that part they are about 1000 points ahead of us (900 of that is rainbow towers). But we are only 300 points behind - we must be reading slightly longer books, and our BOM reading has been stellar. Really, all of our things have been great - so keep up the good work!

Keli wrote: "I really don't want to ruin this book for any one and if you love it, take everything I say with a grain of salt. I am very much in the minority opinion. Here, however, are my impressions."

Keli - this was, and will remain, the favorite thing I have read all day. Oh man - so spot on.

I hope that whether or not you decide to finish it, you contribute to the discussion thread! At least this post!

Vi, just do what you can with books - that vacation is the most important! I too have those sleepless nights.

Keli wrote: "Murderbot is soooooo good. And what's weird is that it's prety much just the inner-monologue of an introvert self-aware ai robot."

Murderbot! I agree there. Murderbot is the literary character that I sometimes think I am most like.

Keli wrote: "Kirsten, it didn't come across as dissing TJK. Suzanne is so right about taste. There isn't a book that could maintain a 5.00 rating. Eventually, someone with not enjoy it. I can't wait to finish t..."

Keli, I hadn't read very far when I said I was loving it. I'm reading vs. listening, which helps, but I too hate that type of thing - "he wants to kill me but he's so hot....". I refused to read any YA for about a year after a book started out with a couple running from assassins closing in, and her ole inner dialogue was "but...does he like me or does he LIKE me?" And in the middle of the night I woke up thinking "this whole setup is stupid." Haha so we will see how far I get.

That sounds great to me too Nanci.

My husband and I went out of town/state to see the Broadway touring Les Miserables last night. I loved it so much!

I think it's wonderful to have a group of people with lots of different likes and dislikes in books (and other things). We learn so much more from each other, and wouldn't it be boring if we were all the same!?

My library copy of Fourth Wing came in early, and I only get 14 days so I started it and am loving it!

I think that may be why I liked them too Keli. Especially House and those children. sniff...

Shannon I'm so glad you enjoyed our doorstopper!

And Vi I love the Vorkosigan series!!

@Kerri- yay for daily questions! Thanks for volunteering!
@Elinor- so far Puppets is really good. The robot sidekicks are hilarious. It's funny because I JUST started reading it and then we got that Wheel prompt.

I think a lot of the mini-challenges (just like a lot of board games) seem confusing at first. But we will totally get the hang of it after a couple of rounds.

Thanks for the setup Lisa.