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

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

Thanks Lisa - for all the things!

You didn't do anything wrong. I fill them in by hand when I double-check colors. That way I don't need to re-check things - I know if it's filled in, then I've checked it off. (If that makes sense.)

It's ok if we don't match the teal that is the background on the spreadsheet. I think that's what I would use. But every day I look at colors I feel more colorblind :/

DQs Day 1, Ch 1-5


1. This book begins in 18th century Cairo, with France and Turkey fighting over Egypt. I have never encountered this conflict in fiction before. Have you? Were you familiar with it before you started reading?

I was slightly familiar with it because A Master of Djinn has a similar setting (although later in history). But there is a LOT I don't know about the setting and I learned some things in these first four chapters.


2. Nahri has several mysterious powers, including healing, the ability to sense illness in others, and the ability to understand and speak every language she hears. Which of her powers would you like for yourself?
Healing and the languages I'd like. I don't know if I'd want to sense illness in others if I wasn't able to heal it.

3. What do you think of the world building so far? Do you find it confusing, or do you feel like you’re along for the ride? >b>I'm along for the ride, but I just barely have a sense of what's going on. Not confused exactly, but not confident.


4. So far we’ve met 3 significant players in this book: Nahri, Ali, and Dara. Do you have a favorite character so far, or one who intrigues you the most?
I'm the most intrigued by Ali's setting/story, but I like Nahri as a character and I'm very curious about her backstory and heritage.
I'm not super interested in Dara yet, but maybe as I learn more about him....

Nanci wrote: "I need some help on this color cover. Tineye says 45% black and only 9% for blue. I see mostly peacock blue. What do you all think?
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I think tineye is counting that blue back of her coat as black. It looks more than 50% blue to me - if I draw a line halfway down, then fill the non-blue parts on the bottom with what is over the line... it seems ok.

Oh Vi - ty -we were typing at the same time - I'll check that one in real quick then.

Great! @Janeylou can you put it on your tower team shelf?

@Amanda - I don't want to step on any toes either. Team (and especially Vi in this case) what do you think? Should we finish chipmunks as fast as possible, replacing claimed books if this situation occurs? Be honest about feelings!

@Elinor - I too would guess chipmunk won't be the last.

I'm going to Little Mermaid, and will put in the chipmunk(s) tasks when I get home if another captain doesn't get to them first.

(Also note - we don't have to finish them all! We DO have to finish all the books in our page ranges. What do you all think about strategy?)

That's a good question Elinor. We have until the end of the challenge to finish (August 1) and there are about 240 prompts total. So I guess we should attempt to do around 30 a week? Some will be really fast though, as we'll have banked books we can use (anything finished after June 1). So - let's maybe wait and see? And before you start the book, just check to see if someone has come up with one. My gut feeling is it would be just fine for you to cover it.

Sure

Janeylou wrote: "So ..would Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets work for treasure hunt ..although its not a tradional map with X marks the spot , they are searching for stuff"

I think that should work (if I remember the story correctly). If they somehow go from clue to clue to get to an end place, that seems like a treasure hunt.

Shannon wrote: "Do you guys think this book could be used for a title color? I mean it looks black but also green/blue to me...
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Shannon, from tin-eye it has enough black, but to my eye ... maybe not. It does't "feel" like a color to me. But other's opinions may vary! It almost feels dark green to me (although tin-eye doesn't agree). However, we are 100% supposed to take team consensus over anything tineye says so....what does everyone else think?

Thanks for taking one for the team with that Backroom BOM!

Nicole B wrote: "Fun question from someone who just learned being a bookseller gets you better netgallery options: do Arcs count for the challenge? One i read didnt have a page count so i figure not with that one b..."

If it's on Goodreads with a page count you certainly can count ARCS. If it isn't on Goodreads, we can ask a librarian to put it on. They'd still need a page count (Amazon works if it is on there).

That's wonderful booksellers get better netgalley options. And it makes total sense.

Kerri - I finished two today as well :) And I started the first BOM since I'm supposed to ask questions the second day of it - it's really good so far!

Tone - I hope your birthday was great! I completely forgot to say something earlier.

Shannon - I'm so glad you got some relief!!

Elinor - thanks so much for linking the BOM Poll! That was a great help and it wasn't even on my radar!

Kirsten - thank you for recommending In Memoriam. I'd never heard of the book, and it sounds wonderful!

Yes I'd say so.

Shannon wrote: "Hey guys! Havent been reading a lot as ive been in quite a bit of pain. Going back to the oral surgeon tomorrow and hopefully he can help and ill be back to reading"

Oh yeah no way can you read with pain! I'm glad you have an appointment tomorrow - stuff like that always seems to happen on weekends :(

I was just thinking that once I finish my current read I need some lighter books!

Vi wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Looking for some team consensus (the approved path) for two color covers. Note: Tin-eye says both of these are brown, but I personally would call the first dark red and the second d..."

Yeah the red stands out to me too Vi - I think let's go with dark red if that's ok with you. (I asked a couple people that live here too what color they would say the book is. I think they are getting scared to walk by my computer!)