Judith’s Comments (group member since Apr 15, 2015)

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

DQs Day 1
Forward to Ch 10

1.) The book certainly begins in a unique way. Was the textbook like way it began effective to catch your interest in the story?
I liked how the book opened and I think it was an effective way to set up the story. It certainly grabbed my attention and I think was a good way to set the tone as well. Seemingly a scholarly account but with a thread of dark humor running through it all.

2.) Wow, what an intro to the school. I admire Cliff's roll with it attitude. How do you think you would of reacted in a similar situation?
That was certainly a different orientation than I've ever experienced. Hat's off to Cliff for keeping it together. I think I would of been stunned into wary silence like some sort of zombie.

3.) That was quite the escape attempt. Cliff is definitely a quick thinker, but maybe a bit too quick. Should he had waited a bit before trying to pull a runner?
I mean I get wanting to skedaddle as soon as possible since I'm sure the whole thing seemed bonkers to Cliff. But waiting a bit would of made more sense. In hindsight I don't think it would of made any difference in the outcome.

4.) We certainly have and interesting cast of characters. The background on Gemma and Doria was helpful. Any favorites so far?
I'm curious about Doria after her snippet of a backstory. Gemma seems to have a fair bit in common with Cliff. Trebune seems fun, I hope be becomes Cliff's bff. He seems like the type of chap Cliff needs in his life right now.

5.) The discussion around "I could never murder anyone. Except maybe . . ." was an interesting one. What are your thoughts on this statement and how true do you think it is?
I think this is 100% true. For most people I believe it's "no of course not" until you are presented with a set of circumstances that changes the answer. Everyone has a breaking point, most of us are just lucky enough to find out where exactly it is.

DQs Day 1
Forward to Ch 10

1.) The book certainly begins in a unique way. Was the textbook like way it began effective to catch your interest in the story?

2.) Wow, what an intro to the school. I admire Cliff's roll with it attitude. How do you think you would of reacted in a similar situation?

3.) That was quite the escape attempt. Cliff is definitely a quick thinker, but maybe a bit too quick. Should he had waited a bit before trying to pull a runner?

4.) We certainly have and interesting cast of characters. The background on Gemma and Doria was helpful. Any favorites so far?

5.) The discussion around "I could never murder anyone. Except maybe . . ." was an interesting one. What are your thoughts on this statement and how true do you think it is?

Cat said she's also in for DQs. I'm splitting into 4 sections. The sections will be long but peaking through I think it'll read quickly enough.

But if someone needs more time, just give a shout and I don't think anyone will mind pushing back a day as needed.

I'll leave section 4 open in case someone else pops in, if not I'll do sets 1 and 4.

Chelsea wrote: "This is my first time doing this, so I have a few questions.

1. As the person who nominated the book, do my questions have to be tied to a specific day or are they spread out?

2. Do I have to pos..."

You will be assigned a specific day. Typically nominators get day 1 of the discussion, in this case Jan 16th. That would be the day you post your questions.

A few days before the BOM starts (so maybe the 13th-ish? give or take a day) one of the mods will post the breakdown and distribute the days to people who volunteered to write DQs.

then everyone has their days and will know what pages/chapters each day covers.

Hope that helps and if you have any additional questions about the process, please ask!

Sophie wrote: ""tagged ""heroine"" (5 or more times)"

For this task would the heroine being embedded in a large tag i.e strong-heroine be acceptable?"

yes, that's fine!

Spun for another monster, used the new wheel.

Clifford Orji (Nigeria)
651+
Takes place in Nigeria
skull on cover
Someone commits multiple murders
character is in sales (your interpretation)

Yay, my nomination finally won!!

Hope it’s good 😂

And here's another new monster:

Hound of the Baskervilles
100-150
Tagged "dog" (5 or more times)
Bright yellow or green text on cover
BASKERVILLES in title (any order)
"Phosphorus" in text

If I were you, I would pay close attention to the January newsletter

There are 2 monsters with only 1 unclaimed/unfinished task

The tasks are:

Tagged Environment or Environmental (at least 10 times)
word BOREDOM in text

New monster:

Heathcliff & Catherine (Wuthering Heights)
350 to 450
MC bent on revenge
ghost in story
MPG Gothic
author initial EB or BE

Congratulations!!!

Note: I swapped out my original nomination since it won for the Jan BOM (finally!!)

And I just finished my last book of Wheels 2024.

It was a pleasure to captain this team along with Lexi and Teddie as awesome co-captains.

Happy holidays and hope to see everyone on the challenge circuit in 2025

Thank you!

Trinia wrote: "Judith - that was weird … does it show now? 😅"

Yes, it does. I've had it happen to me before too. Know idea why it happens. I usually chalk it up to GR Gremlins

Trinia wrote: "Just added my last one (99% sure I won’t get to another) to the SS.

A big thanks to Judith , Teddie and Lexi for putting in the hard work and to Ann and Michelle for their bonus reading.
Sorry I w..."

Trinia,

Can you add a read date to your last book? GR isn't showing a date

Thank you!

Also, as we head into the last day or so of the challenge

Please let us know when you've read your last book for Round 4 and Wheel-a-thon 2024

I hope you all enjoyed taking some spins around the Boring Wheel of Life :)

Hello Team!!

We've gotten the Feed Your Family mini challenge flipped again.

So any books finished from here on out can go on that mini challenge. With a whole fresh set of food words, hopefully most of these last couple days of books can find a home :)

Yes, I'd accept that