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

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

Thanks! I have the book and will be ready to question.

I will finish She Who Became the Sun today.

Iron Widow (that I finished last night) does work for 1st in series if we want to use it.

We have some leeway (I think they let us go 10% over), so I think it's good for all of us to add everything we've read. If we go into the penalty area, we don't have to use some books. I believe they are counting for the entire challenge vs. individual months, which is helpful.

If you look on the very first page of the team spreadsheet here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
the brilliant spreadsheet wizards have put book cap information. It says the % of the challenge finished, the number of books we could have read to be 100% on target, and then how far off we are. We are actually slightly below target (most the teams are), but our focus on longish books has kept us quite competitive so far!

Thanks so much for checking in Cris! Oh wow - jury duty is a lot easier when you don't get chosen - and probably frustrating needing to be gone for that when you were just away for vacation.

What a wonderful thing to participate in! And no worries - the maze goes the whole challenge, plus it's just one small part of a huge endeavor.

I always thought if I ever ran a marathon, I'd want it to be at Disney World. But now I just want to be fit enough to walk around there :)

That's a good idea to keep books on the go when possible!

What a lot of great comments. I will also keep an eye on the maze. But I'm fine for any books I read to just be used for page points as well.

Yes the maze challenge starts June 1st. I'm sure we'll come up with some strategies for completing in the Mythics secret group. I'm guessing it will seem easier once we've actually done a few steps.

I think this will be so much fun!

Wow that's fantastic! Nice work everyone!

And it's so cool that any non-mini challenge books we read still count for page points, which are really the majority of the points we get anyway. Haha I'm hoping I get to some non-mini-challenge books - but I'll of course finish those claimed books first :)

In my opinion that works. That's a cool looking cover!

Oh that's so perfect to combine the book with the trip. I just put the first one in that series on my TBR - the book you read sounds really interesting and I like the description of " warm-hearted, atmospheric . . . with a very interesting twist'

Awesome! Welcome back Vikki. I'm glad it was good in spite of the weather. I only know Scotland from books, although I'd love to see it in person someday. But weather is always is factor in the books too :)

Thanks for changing the "Kings" reason Christina! oops! We were leaving for a movie and I totally forgot that part.

(Edited because my library hold just came in): I am going to read the book She Who Became the Sun - it is currently "P" on the mini-challenge. But it has a map at the front. I'm going to switch it to that task and switch The Justice of Kings (finished yesterday) to #55 Royal title in book title. Hope that's ok!

Welcome back! That sounds fun (and exhausting)!

CB wrote: "I’ve been meaning to read Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty and it’s a longer book too, so I just added it to the planning sheet"

That's great CB - those longer books help so much with this challenge!

I think it's great you are reading that even though it isn't your favorite type - and wow - way to push through those deadlines! Audio is super handy for long drives!

DQ: 18 May - Sugi and Chikako's Hotel for Pets & Between Friends

9) Considering Satoru seems to be quite perceptive overall, do you think he knew about Sugi’s less charitable feelings about him, both in the past and during this visit?
Satoru is SO kind - not intruding on Sugi's "claim"on Chikako, and also at the first, not intruding on his friend's desire for the kitten, until his friend couldn't keep it. I'm not sure if he knew about Sugi's feelings, but if so, he overlooked the less charitable ones.

10) So far, the chapters have all been combining Satoru and Nana’s journey with Satoru’s past with several other people, as well as their backgrounds. How do you feel about this interlude (chapter 3.5) focused entirely on the man and his cat? What does it add to the story?
I think it added more bittersweet feelings to the story. I loved what the chinchilla said on the boat "it's his human who was lonely." Sniff.... And then staring at the rainbow. The two of them are so in sync.

11) For the first time, we got a hint of what’s going on with Satoru when the dog said “he smells like he isn’t going to make it” in chapter 3, and this came up again in chapter 3.5. So it sounds like Satoru is ill… was that your prediction for question 4? That was my prediction, but I had hoped I was wrong.

12) Squabbles between cats and dogs were really present in these sections. So: Are you a cat person or a dog person or both (or neither)? I am definitely a dog person, but we have 3 cats and 3 dogs. They all get along, although occasionally the dogs will chase the cats a bit. The cats will also come running to play with the dogs on occasion. I liked the interaction and how they were each so protective of their person's feelings.

Wow nice job everyone! I'm so impressed by all the things read already!