Insiyah’s Comments (group member since Apr 12, 2022)

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

Hi! I've not been able to read at all since getting here to Mumbai - I've been go, go, go all day. Please remove Antifragile from the sheet and replace it with another book if possible!

I'd claimed the NIBLINGS task, but I'm travelling and don't know if I'll be able to finish my book. If anyone can, please use it for your book!

Kelly - can you add Equinox and Dogged to Death to your shelf

Go ahead with using it in for Decorating, and if it doesn't fit V or I, that's fine; I'm sure we'll complete both the currently active words, and if not we can shuffle things around. We'll definitely be using your books!

Kelly - can you add Equinox and Dogged to Death to your shelf

Shannon - Nobody's Hero to shelf please

Trisha - Someone Else's Shoes and All the Colors of the Dark to shelf please

Kelly (Maybedog) wrote: "How do we know when there are new team challenges to sign up for? I found this one because a friend recommended it to me."

Generally just a lot of browsing. The monthly newsletters are a good source to find out about new challenges. Plus, UNO over on Perks is coming up and registrations will be open in late Dec/Jan.

Kelly (Maybedog) wrote: "Thanks Melissa!

Another question: If we can't fit our books to the new mini, we're supposed to try to fit them to round two of the old minis, right? I'm just asking because it doesn't look like an..."

No, the old Minis are completely done and confirmed as completed by mods; we can only complete the new mini now.

Shannon wrote: "Melissa wrote: "The bonus words for the relax mini are "pants" and "chipmunk." !
Yes, we have to have them in our book to count - I'm hoping my cozy mystery has one - but I highly doubt my high fan..."

Nope, As long as it has the bonus word, you're good.

Kelly (Maybedog) wrote: "Another question: can I use "sweatpants" for pants?"

I asked. The reply was "no".

I just had some very hilarious minutes where since I have all my books for the Relaxation mini in ebook format, I went and searched each one of them for the word 'pants'. And every time it came through and I was happily calling out "Pants!".

Good thing I'm alone in my room right now....

For task R12 with a character who drives an electric vehicle: If you have a book with a car that is futuristic, but they don't explicitly state what it runs on... provided it is definitely not petrol based (for example the Eve Dallas series) then it is allowable

Melissa wrote: "I'm going to give The Portrait of a Lady a try. It's 797 pages - couldn't they have just written 3 more pages to get to 800? 🤦🏼‍♀️"

It's going to round off anyways, so we'll get 80 points for the book, I think.

I'm going to read this one at some point this month as well.

M wrote: "I went to a local book convention yesterday. It was amazing! I met several local authors and picked up a bag of new books. Now to find room on my shelves for them."

That seems to be the problem whenever I pick up new books - where do I put them...!

We have around 3 hours to go for this round to end, and with it, we have the below tasks left to claim.

tagged office (at least 10x)
the main character works in taxes
Jamaica (at least 5 tags)
#4 in series
#5 in series

We also have a fun new mini, but we can only start reading for it after we've completed all of our tasks for the first three minis.

Melissa wrote: "I have an okra book but it only works for T. Maybe we can do some shuffling? I can expand some of the T’s and see if they work for others?"

Go ahead - I've removed Antigfragile from the sheet

Trisha wrote: "I have a book that will qualify for #4 in a series that is on my shelf but I'm not 100% sure I actually put it on our spreadsheet

is there a way I can check which books I posted? They've disappear..."

You've not used it

We still need books for the below tasks. If any of your finished books for this round matches, please let us know! Ideally we'd like to complete this mini by the end of this round.

tagged office (at least 10x)
the main character works in taxes
letters TAXES in title
author first & last initials in FILING
okra in text
grape in text
Jamaica (at least 5 tags)
#4 in series
#5 in series
Colour Cover: Brown

Insiyah's Tracker

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DQs Day 4
Ch 11 to 13

14. How do you like Poirot's style of revealing what happened? Do you enjoy reading whodunnit mysteries?
Way too convoluted for no reason at all. Occasionally a whodunnit is fun, but I need to be in the mood to read one, otherwise I just end up annoyed at myself for picking it up.

15. The mystery has been unraveled and we now know what happened to Mrs. Inglethorp. Have you guessed who it was or were you surprised?
The medication being in her bottle came as a surprise. That said, Christie was an expert in poisons, so...

16. Is there anything you would have changed about the narrative? Something you didn't like? If so, here's your place to rant :)
I didn't really think about it that much. It was a fun read, and that's all as far as I was concerned.

17. If you haven't already, would you consider picking up another Hercule Poirot book or any other of Agatha Christie's works?
I wouldn't mind if it was for a challenge, but I don't know if I'd randomly pick it up otherwise.

DQs Day 3
Ch 8 to 10

10.) Any guesses about "find the extra coffee cup and you can rest in peace"? Does that fact Lawrence found it indicate guilt or innocence do you think?
At the time I thought it was guilt.

11.) With books as old as this, some language/terms just do not age well and can be jarring to randomly come across in the text. Should language like this be censored/edited to match less offensive terms of the times (though not sure there is a correct way to say a lady dressed up in blackface). Or should they be left as is and used as a point of discussion on race/sexuality/class/gender/etc?
I think it should be left as was, but with an introductory note discussing this use of language. Something similar was done for Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and for all the use of offensive terms, it made the story and its world more comprehensive.

12.) Lots happening in the section, arrests abound! Do you think John was arrested for his step mother's murder or for some other reason like Dr. B?
The Doctor B thing came out of the blue! John was being really shady though.

13.) What do you think about our narrator and giver or random marriage proposals, Hastings?
He's an idiot who knows a lot less than he thinks he does, and doesn't even have the self-awareness to recognise it.