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

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

OK! SO weird after all my searching the book appeared in my inbox.

Hey Leslie, have you started your farmer book yet/need it for a challenge? I'm asking because I got an email from netgalley offering a review copy of a book about a woman sheep farmer and she's on the cover with her sheep! what are the odds? if you've started though I'll wait for that book til we get that monster again and read Wee Frree Men for sheep cover.

Ashlee that's great you can do that task!!

This list has flip flops on the cover if anyone is interested in any of these books:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

I'll for sure try to fill in needed tasks once I get through this pile of books left over from the maze :)

Time to answer my own questions. Although honestly, some I asked because I was hoping someone would know!

DQ - Day 6 - Covers 28. The Final Adventure of Koroviev and Behemoth -> end

26) Out of all the people in the city, why do you think the Devil decided to help the Master and Margarita? Or did he really even help them? The only thing I can figure (and it's probably totally wrong) is that the Devil somehow liked Margarita and her 100% focus on the Master and wanted to reward her? Plus, she had a good husband that she left? Or maybe he liked the story of Pilate and wanted it published. I really have no idea why of all the people...

27) What do you think are some of the things the author was trying to convey with this book? The thing I got from it were that censorship and repression really hurts the artist's soul.


28) All through the Devil seems to insist to others that Jesus really exists. Why do you think that is? There was some talk in to book about opposition (need to know happy to know sad for example). And Jesus is the great opposition to the Devil. So maybe that?

29) (Thanks Google! - I thought this was interesting) The title to Chapter 30 (It’s Time! It’s Time!) references this poem by Alexander Pushkin:
It's time, my friend, it's time! The peace is craved by hearts...
Days flow after days -- each hour departs
A bit of life -- and both, you and I,
Plan a long life, but could abruptly die.
The world hasn't happiness, but there is freedom, peace.
And long have I daydreamed the life of bliss --
And long have planned, a tired slave, the flight
To the removed abode of labor and delight.
Now the question:
It seemed to me that peace (as described in the poem) was a pretty great reward for the Master. But why do you think/ what did in mean that the Master " earned peace but not light?" Again, this is another question I really wonder about. My only guess is that "light" is some version of heaven. But really, "peace" sounds heavenly to me - I'd love peace and freedom from worry.


30). What did you rate the book and why?
I rated it a 3. If it hadn't been for the points I never would have finished it. And for me the first half was probably a 1 or a 2. I just didn't understand it at all!! But I gave it 3 because the second half I understood a little bit more and I think the author had some important things to say. I am just not sure what they were!

Cris that's perfect! Great fit!

Lol about the MC having a cow or a dog...hmm the MCs are pigs, right? And they boss around the cows and tell the dog what to do (if I remember correctly) so in my opinion it works. And the mods DID say to be creative :)

As you read it though, see what you think.

I'll for sure finish Jade War tomorrow after the countdown. But I'm pretty sure our campsite tomorrow doesn't have internet at all so I won't be able to post til the next night (assuming we have internet there - we should).

Our site today is right next to an Amish cheese factory. I bought lots of unusual cheese flavors and jam.

DQ - Day 6 - Covers 28. The Final Adventure of Koroviev and Behemoth -> end

26) Out of all the people in the city, why do you think the Devil decided to help the Master and Margarita? Or did he really even help them?


27) What do you think are some of the things the author was trying to convey with this book?


28) All through the Devil seems to insist to others that Jesus really exists. Why do you think that is?

29) (Thanks Google! - I thought this was interesting) The title to Chapter 30 (It’s Time! It’s Time!) references this poem by Alexander Pushkin:
It's time, my friend, it's time! The peace is craved by hearts...
Days flow after days -- each hour departs
A bit of life -- and both, you and I,
Plan a long life, but could abruptly die.
The world hasn't happiness, but there is freedom, peace.
And long have I daydreamed the life of bliss --
And long have planned, a tired slave, the flight
To the removed abode of labor and delight.
Now the question:
It seemed to me that peace (as described in the poem) was a pretty great reward for the Master. But why do you think/ what did in mean that the Master " earned peace but not light?"


30). What did you rate the book and why?

I apologize - I'm going to put up the Day 6 questions next post. It's a little early (although here it's only an hour until June 14 and it's already June 14th somewhere!) I wouldn't be able to post them til late tomorrow and I'd rather be early :)

I hope these questions make sense. I'm still not exactly sure what I read! :)

I'm figuring the same. I decided basically what I'll do is fill in anything I can tell before I read the books, then go through more carefully once I'm done and say what the books fit. Hopefully that'll work!

Ha that figures!

DQ Day 5
24. The Master is Released -> 27. The Last of Flat No. 50

21) All's well that ends well for the Master and his Margarita! Or is that just another illusion created by Woland? So far at least, it seems like the two of them got what they want - o
r rather Margarita got what she wanted and the will turn out for the best. How do you think their story is going to end?
Given the magic show where people got new clothes, money, etc., and that all disappeared, this could easily go that same way.


22) I would not want to be part of the police force in those days, trying to clear up all those messes that the devil and his posse have created while they were playing in Moscow. Lots of people seem to be returning and they all want a padded cell "for their safety" - or would that be sanity? What are your predictions for all these people? Will Iwan realise that he is not actually mad? Will Rimski regain his composure? Will the signing bank personnel believe it was mass hypnosis and all go back to normal? It seems like there is just too much to cover it all up or make it all go away again, or not?
I think that because of human nature, people will just go back to business as usual and deny anything ever happened. And I suspect that is analogy to the time the author lived in, when people were snatched up never to be seen again and everyone would ignore it.

23) Why do you think Margarita is the only person we have encountered in this novel (so far) who seems to think that there was nothing particularly amiss with meeting Woland. She even took the supernatural element in stride. For her, there is nothing to worry and everything seems to be as it should be. What makes her special? Why is it that she is the only one not to question her sanity?
I'm really not sure! I think maybe she's just so very focused on her goal of getting the Master back that she ignores everything else.

24) The Jesus chapters seem to have come to an end - what do you think their relation is to the story line set in Moscow in light of what has happened in the chapters in Book 2? At first I thought there was more to them, but now I'm beginning to wonder if they aren't merely bits and pieces from the Master's novel thrown into the mix. What do you think their purpose is?
I have been thinking along the same lines - it's all part of the Master's novel. But I really have no idea and I'm hoping someone will explain!

25) Any predictions on the last craziness of the devil gang? What are they going to get up to now that they've set flat No. 50 on fire and have flown out the window?

I kind of thought "What? More fire?" Since the chapter was called something along the lines of their exit, I guess they are going to fly off into the sunset - but we shall see!

They seem like really good questions to me! I wish I knew all the answers.

I really wish the farmer task wasn't MC is a farmer. Because the James Herriott books have sheep and a person, and lots of farmer characters, but the MC is a vet :(

I'm 99.9% sure any of the cat family (large or small) works for that one.

Oh and I asked about the sheep and people task - it can only be 1 person/1 sheep. Also Judith said any humanoid, so works. Also, I THINK would work (android is lying down on cover and is humanoid).

I feel like the three are all MCs

DQ Day 4
Book 2: 19. Margarita -> 23. Satan's Rout

16) Margarita dreams of the Master coming to her and she believes he is either dead and coming for her or alive and wants her to remember him. Have you ever had a dream about a loved one or about something that eventually came true?
I have vivid dreams almost every night. In fact, last night I dreamed about my mother who passed away 3 years ago. She basically just said she was doing fine, working hard, and missed my dad :). But hopefully most of my dreams won't come true since I have LOTS about zombies, invasions, etc.

17) Margarita rubs the cream all over her and turns into a young witch who becomes invisible and flies through the air on a broom. Her first act is to go to the critics house and destroy him but since he is not there she destroys his house instead. Do you think she really would have killed him if he was home?I think she might have killed him - she was acting a little crazy. Lol and I kept thinking about this part - "where can I buy that cream?"

18) This ball Woland hosts, what do you think it is meant to symbolize? Why are the women naked and what was the meaning of Margarita taking a few extra seconds with the woman who killed her baby? I felt like it was a gathering of the dead who were in the devil's power. I also think Margarita felt like that young woman was not at fault and shouldn't be tormented, because she was raped.

19) Do you think Margarita will remain with Woland after this night? She seems to be in over her head and this reunion is not at all what she expected.I wouldn't be surprised to see her stay with Woland after this night; however, she seems VERY single minded about joining/helping the Master.

20) After reading Book 1 about the Master and a few chapters in Book 2, which are you enjoying more? Is one easier to read or understand than the other?I'm enjoying and understanding Book 2 much more. I'm not sure if it's more the book, or the fact that I have a slightly better grip on what is going on.

Maybe I'll ask in the Captains group sometime.

Hmm...do you think would work for human and sheep on the cover? It does say they are men :)

Others the for sure work:
Lots of James Herriot books if you get the correct editions

They are our official first 5 monsters. Neat, right?

I'm going to have to finish Master & Margarita before the 15th since I'm writing the last daily questions. But I have five other books in progress now (thanks to the maze) - I will see if they fit tasks, and if they do, I can hold off on finishing them.