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

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

Preeti wrote: "Cat wrote: "Preeti wrote: "Hi. Is there any place where I can verify if I have signed up correctly for this challenge?"

nope, but I can see you are signed up for 3/round"

Cat, so sorry to bother ..."

I updated the number for you Preeti :)

Tammie wrote: "i want to sign up for the wheel game"

You need to sign up using the form in the Announcements post :)

Roe wrote: "Is there a link to the list so we can make sure we signed up right?"

No link, but you are on it

My goal is to clear some longer ones but I tend not to plan over much until I have a word/letters. Then I go into planning overdrive. LOL

Sign ups for The Boring Wheel of Life (Wheel-a-thon 9) are open and the game starts on Oct 12.

Details here if interested: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Hope to see everyone there!

I’m good with my day

🙂

Helmet work for a hat? Yes or no?

The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson

A haunting novel spanning several generations, The Seed Keeper follows a Dakota family's struggle to preserve their way of life, and their sacrifices to protect what matters most.

Rosalie Iron Wing has grown up in the woods with her father, Ray, a former science teacher who tells her stories of plants, of the stars, of the origins of the Dakota people. Until, one morning, Ray doesn't return from checking his traps. Told she has no family, Rosalie is sent to live with a foster family in nearby Mankato--where the reserved, bookish teenager meets rebellious Gaby Makespeace, in a friendship that transcends the damaged legacies they've inherited.

On a winter's day many years later, Rosalie returns to her childhood home. A widow and mother, she has spent the previous two decades on her white husband's farm, finding solace in her garden even as the farm is threatened first by drought and then by a predatory chemical company. Now, grieving, Rosalie begins to confront the past, on a search for family, identity, and a community where she can finally belong. In the process, she learns what it means to be descended from women with souls of iron--women who have protected their families, their traditions, and a precious cache of seeds through generations of hardship and loss, through war and the insidious trauma of boarding schools.

Weaving together the voices of four indelible women, The Seed Keeper is a beautifully told story of reawakening, of remembering our original relationship to the seeds and, through them, to our ancestors.

My new nominate until it wins/I read it anyway :P



Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes

Who hasn't wondered for a split second what the world would be like the object of your affliction ceased to exist? But then you've probably never heard of The McMasters Conservatory, dedicated to the consummate execution of the homicidal arts. To gain admission, a student must have an ethical reason for erasing someone who deeply deserves a fate no worse (nor better) than death.

The campus of this "Poison Ivy League" college-its location unknown to even those who study there-is where you might find yourself the practice target of a classmate...and where one's mandatory graduation thesis is getting away with the perfect murder of someone whose death will make the world a much better place to live.

Prepare for an education you'll never forget. A delightful mix of witty wordplay, breathtaking twists and genuine intrigue, Murder Your Employer will gain you admission into a wholly original world, cocooned within the most entertaining book about well-intentioned would-be murderers you'll ever read.

Yay! My nomination won, so yes for DQs 🙂

I’m in for DQs

I finished off Galatea if someone wants to spin for a new one. I won’t be at a computer for most of the day

I looked at what was read when my team had that monster. We only spun it once and I read Kraken porn. Go me for taking one for the team!

I think it worked for 3 different challenges I had going at the time though so I just read it quickly through one open eyeball.

That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf

this series is actually silly fun and while there are sexy times, there is actually a fun ridiculous plot and not just "let's have weird sex" on every page.

Also on KU

What can I say, I'm a giver.

Also I'm not sure I was in the best of moods when I was putting that together . . .

Us mods have all gotten bogged down in the tedious tasks of real life, but we will endeavor to get one more team challenge in before the end of the year

Yes and actually from that movie I think it was a carnival they were at anyway

Judith BOM Tracking

Day 1: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Day 2: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Day 3: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Day 4: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Day 5: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

DQs Day 5: Chapters 69 - end

21. What an ending? Did you like how everything ended up fitting together? Thought’s on Abi’s role and final choice?
I did like how the book ended. I actually liked Abi's final choice and that she accepted it as for the instead of being some diabolical AI that used circumstances to take control of everything.

22. Did you connect with any of the characters or were you mostly reading along to see how the mystery ended? Does Abi “narrating” the book effect how you were able to connect with the characters?
I was mostly just reading along. I do think Abi narrating made it harder to connect. I felt like I was floating above the story instead of being a part of it.

23. We never learn where the fog came from. Do you have any guesses, and do you think it matters?
I guess it doesn't really matter as it was an effective device in setting up the circumstances. I assumed some environmental chemical disaster when it was first described.

24. Reading this I realized that some books really would not work in a visual medium, as the visuals would ruin the surprise on the non-humanity of the villagers fairly quickly. Do you agree and do you have other book examples of ones that a visual media would not allow the same story to be told? (Think comic book as well if not movie for books with heavy internal thoughts that might be more difficult as a movie/tv show).
Ohh, interesting question and good point about this. I know there a several but right now my brain is failing me. I think I need more coffee.

25. Does your copy have the Author’s note about how he writes different book genres/ IF it does, what do you think about this for an author and how does it affect you desire to read other books/new books by this author?
I think genre hopping is hard for authors. One because not all writing styles work well in all genres. And I can see it being hard to get your editor or publisher to be on board with that since it impacts your audience