Rebecca ’s Comments (group member since Sep 03, 2016)

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

Lexi wrote: "While we wait, I am going to talk about Books of the Month (BOM)

The first book is The Travelling Cat Chronicles and starts on May 16. Kate volunteered (thank you), and Judith and ..."

I plan on reading The Travelling Cat Chronicles and have it ordered from the library. Hopefully it gets here by the 16th.

Vaidehi wrote: "Hello team-mates!

I am Vaidehi, one of the co-captains! I a PhD student in Astronomy in Taiwan (so, we will have huge time difference and I also get extra hours for the deadline~~)
I am a slow rea..."

Hi Vaidehi, I watched baseball from Taiwan when the pandemic was going on and the US teams weren't playing yet. It was cool to see the differences between the two leagues. I loved the cheerleaders, the food, the after game awards and all the extra entertainment during the game. It was also exciting to see some players/managers that I recognized from the US. I love baseball...

Judith wrote: "Team Member TT Shelves

• Judith: TT2022
• Lexi: tt2022
• Vaidehi: nbrc tt 22
• Natasha: tower teams ix
• Rebecca: Need Shelf
• Gunit Kaur: gunit nbrc tower teams 2022
• Lulu: tower teams 9
• Kate ..."

Thanks Judith, here's my shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Not too shabby! Great job team

We did great! 🙌🏻👏🏻

I entered all of my books and I'm going to keep reading but I doubt I'll finish another before I get to work. If I happen to get another finished I'll have to post it on here. Also, since I do have access to the GR app if you need a different word for one of my books (or just in general) let me know and I can let you know if I have it. I'll try to keep checking regularly this afternoon.

Thanks everyone for a great time, you're all awesome teammates. Thank you Lexi for all your excellent, hard work! You're a brainiac ;-D I'm sorry I seemed to hit a bump in the road this challenge and wasn't able to read as much.

Wishing everyone a joyful holiday season!

Here the "extra" words for this round. I wasn't completely sure how they worked. I listed the words and page numbers below. I hope this helps and doesn't create loads more work.


The Woman in Cabin 10 - local-p 24, 148, 312, 336, quality- p34, 46, 61, 62 x 2

Christmas at the Island Hotel - someone already placed the words on the ss

Into the Water- someone already placed the words on the ss

Twilight - p 30, 133-qualities p 49-quality
p 14-neighborhoods, p 377, 468 neighborhood

Seven Days of Us - p 49, 68, 102-locals, p 175, 210, 335-local
p 166 x2, 315-quality p 71 neighborhood

Deadly Cross - neighborhood- p 36, 37, 39, 53, 253, 259, 285, 315, 329, 365 local- p 174. 177, 216 x2, 245, 272 quality - 137 x 3, 315

Murder of Innocence - local- p 44, 156, 186, 210, 271, 283, 316, 333, 399, 413, 603 locals- p295, 306. 361 (these are ibook pages)

The Christmas Pact- neighborhood p 13

Lexi wrote: "That is just middle grade books. You are good with Twilight if it is 501 pages (500 pages is only 8 and not 12 so you need that extra page)."

Thanks Lexi, it's definitely 501 pages.

If I were to read Twilight which has 501 pages would it count as a 300 page book or a 500 page book? I'm thinking there's something wonky with YA books and page counts. I could be wrong, have been before and I'm sure I will be again

Hi Susan so nice to meet you! Thanks for joining our team. Your daughter is a delight. I’m very lucky to have done several challenges with her and consider her a good friend. I can sympathize with you about not being able to sit outside now due to darkness (and the weather). I love your idea for a satellite office. Happy reading!

Haha I can get on board with that-alcohol and dessert whoohoo!

Let’s just try to have fun, read what we want and make the most of it 😁

Thanks again Lexi!

Sounds like we need 300 + page books, pasta, coffee and tea

Lexi wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "Do I need to do the questions for Truly Devious? Just thought of that"

That would be great. Thank you (3 sets as usu)"

Questions are completed. I had to really think because it's been a month since I read it. I power read it so I didn't fully comprehend it completely. All is good though it started coming back to me once I got into the questions a bit.

DQ's Day 3
Chapters 15 -22

11. I know this is much earlier in the book but it is bothering me. What is the significance of the Game playing - particularly Monopoly being compulsory at least every week?
Maybe to show them how to be competitive? Or how much games are? Not really sure. Monopoly is not a short game though. You can't finish it fully in a short period of time.


12. What is Hayes hiding in his conversation with Gretchen? What does he owe her and do you think this is important ?
No idea but he does like to use people so maybe her owed her a favor. It is strange that he was murdered hours later.


13. I like the point that Stevie makes about it being important to write everything down immediately. If you were Stevie and writing down what happened up to Hayes's death what would your list contain? What would be in your "brain attic" ?
Every detail of every moment in the day for everyone that I could remember.


14. Solving Riddles is no more my forte than solving crime. So who can solve the riddle "What is always on a staircase but never on a stair?"
I'm terrible at riddles usually.


15. Stevie is worried that her parents are going to withdraw her from Ellingham. How would you react as a student and / or a parent in this situation?
It's a difficult situation. If I put myself in the role of student I would not want to leave but in the role of a parent I would not want my child around any danger. No matter what someone is going to be upset.

DQs Day 2 - Oct 17
Chapters 7 through 14

6.) What did you think of the yurt party? Anything or anyone peak your interest?
It seemed awkward. I kept wondering who the next victim was going to be and who was going to end being besties.

7.) What do you think about the overall setup of the school? Would you of wanted to go to a school like this for your last two years of high school? Would you send you kid to a school like this (your real or nonexistent kid)?
I think it's awesome especially since it's free! I would've loved the opportunity although there's not really anything exceptional about me but I'm sure if I had kids they would be exceptional haha

8.) The historic case seems very similar to the Lindbergh Baby case down to the multiple money drops, marked bills, questionable confessions, foreign suspects with limited English, random FBI agent involvement, and late introduction of the police. The biggest difference is Iris being taken as well as Alice (plus Alice being 3). We now know what happened to Iris, do you think Alice has a parallel fate to the Lindbergh baby? Or do you think she's alive (or lived to adulthood anyway)?
There's some parallels but I don't think enough to make that much of a comparison. I have a feeling she's alive and that she is going to be someone either working at the school or involved in the school somehow.

9.) Do you think the Senator her parents work for is involved somehow, or just a red herring?
He's important to the story somehow but I'm just not sure yet.

10.) Any thoughts on David, what his deal is, and why he seems so familiar to Stevie?
No idea why he seems familiar. Maybe he has something to do with the Senator or is somehow from her past she doesn't remember. I can't quite put my finger on it.

DQS - DAY 1 - CHAPTERS 1-6

1. Upon starting the novel an illustration of Ellingham and a copy of a letter sent on 8 April 1936 are the first things the reader sees before they start the text. Why do you think the author starts with these and how important will the setting of Ellingham be in the novel?
The items draw the reader into the book and hooks them into the mystery. It gives a bit of a background to set the setting.

2. We are firstly introduced to an intriguing character called Dottie who it seems unfortunately is not long for this world. It is just a case of wrong place, wrong time or do you think this scene will play a more important part in the resolution of the mystery?
I liked her for as little as I knew about her at this point. I think there's more too it otherwise wrong place and wrong time. It could possibly play a more important part later but hard to say.

3. There appears to be a dual timeline in the novel detailing past and present. Why has the author written it this way? Does it add to the present storyline getting a perspective on the events in the past?
It gives the reader dribs and drabs as what was going on when the disappearance happened. I'm enjoying it, it's almost like an episode of How to Get Away with Murder from season one.

4. First impressions of the present day characters? How do you think they will interact in solving the crimes both past and possibly present?
They seem over the top presently but I think there's more to them that will be discovered as the book goes on. I think they'll become good buddies and the next Mystery Inc without Scooby Doo.

5. In the past time line, Flora has secret information about Iris. Any ideas of the significance of the hidden compact in light of Iris and Alice's disappearance?
No, real clue yet it could be anything at this point.

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I entered my last two books on the kitchen created meals tab but only added Mooseletoe on the books read tab. I wasn't sure where you wanted to add Skipping Christmas on there.

Thanks for all your hard work Lexi!