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

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

Melanie wrote: "I just finished my first 5 star book of the challenge so I wanted to recommend it if you like mystery/thrillers. It's One Perfect Couple, Ruth Ware's newest release (comes out this..."

ohh, thanks Melanie!

Either is fine

Day 3: Chapters 19-27

11. The fantasy genre is known for its world building. How do you feel about the world building in this book? How does it compare to other fantasy novels you’ve read?
I think the world building is weak, which after reading the author's Greatcoat series was surprising and disappointing. Though as I think Melinda pointed out this world is not a very nice one so a lack of detail may be a blessing in disguise.

12. In this section we meet Cade’s former teacher Hazidan. What do you think of her character? Did you ever have a favorite teacher and were they similar to Hazidan in any way?
I think she did him dirty but maybe there are some reasons behind that which at this point in the story the reader still doesn't know?
But in terms of giving bread crumbs to allow the student to figure out the solution on their own instead of "here's the answer", yes I've had several teachers like that. I think that's one of the more effective ways to truly learn instead of memorize things.

13. Chapter 25: Friends in Low Places had a pretty big reveal about the Celestials plans and how they’ve been herding Cade this whole time. How did you feel about this twist?
I wasn't expecting that but then I feel like I have big holes in understanding what's going on in this world so I think it would of been a hard thing to guess.

14. At this point I think we have the whole team together: Is one of them your favorite?
I still like how salty Mr. Bones seems to be at everyone and how he confuses others they encounter about why a random jackal is with them. I'm intrigued by the newest member, that's going to be an interesting integration. I think. Hopefully.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Part Two

The tension!!!

What I have realised in this re-read is how bloody great this book is. For a short, YA, she really packs a punch with the world building and the characters.

I realised th..."

Same! LOL

But I think well done books/movies/whatever just do that. There are certain movies (The Last of the Mohicans comes to mind) that I've seen a million times and still stress me out at certain points.

No worries, it’s fine. I don’t mind

Ohh good to know, I have that on my tbr. Though not sure why I added it. The cover?

I’m really glad I did the reread of this. It’s hitting different now I’m older and am a mom. And of course knowing where things are going, it’s easier to spot Easter eggs or even other commentary on society since you know the general plot.

The part with Rue’s death is still an emotional read and mind boggling this is something they make kids due. Like seriously, 12? Not that 16 is much better but gross. How detached do you have to be as a person to think this is okay. Though it’s probably more that people from the Capitol think District people as “other” or “less than” making the whole Hunger Games situation easier to justify away.

I feel a bit bad for Katniss and the forced relationship thing. She’s a 16 year old girl who’s spent most of her life trying to survival until tomorrow and keep the rest of her family alive. And people seem to want her to be boy focused and dream of babies or whatever. Ain’t nobody got time for that 😂

As Judy mentioned there is good ground work for sequels and it’s clear that was always the plan. Series do certainly work out better that way in terms of execution. It one of the things I like about how Michael J Sullivan writes his series. He writes the whole series and the goes back to the first book and edits before release. It makes for tighter stories and you don’t have these tangent side plots that end up going no where.

Oh no! Sorry you got confused.

If it’s easier for you just to put the info in the thread, I can get it to the spreadsheet. I can work whatever works best for you

Were you looking at the tracking sheet or the team sheet?

Only captains have edit access to the official team sheet.

The tracking sheet is where you add whatever books you’ve read/are reading

You can add to the spreadsheet whenever you are ready, there are a bunch of completed books already.

Or you can put the info in the thread and I’ll move it to the spreadsheet later

Gerard all the way, he belongs to the Mistress of Lust.

Sorry, got distracted by all the teams freaking out about Supply Drops. And laughing 🤣

@Judy. Mr. Bones is the jackal that’s mainly just been growling and glaring at everyone by Galass 😂

of course!

I will say all the info in the supply drop about how to enter in a spreadsheet, ignore that's really for the captains.

I probably should of put that under spoiler tags. Oh well, too late for that!

Melindam wrote: "Another wanderer from Team Entwives, aka District 7, waving hello! :)"

:)

For those that want to go say hello to our supply drop partner team, they can be found here, District 7

Hellllllooo!

Supply drop partners! Let us know if you need some comfy pillows for your reading nook as textiles are our specialty ;)

Teddie wrote: "Greetings District 8! District 7 here, looking forward to a bountiful supply drop partnership seeing as our districts are the perfect pair: we supply the paper and bindings for BOOKS! :)"

Heeeeyyy, Teddie!

Not much to do with this now, but as supply drops will be a thing for the rest of the game (3 per round), may be handy later!

Everyone needs a little help from a friend (or sponsor).

Supply drops consist of books read by the sending team to be used in a way chosen by the receiving team within specified criteria.

Teams have been paired up for the duration of Book Games and are allowed to send up to 3 supply drops each to their partner team per round. This is not required - your team could decide to not send any supply drops. But if that's your team's choice, your partner team could decide to do the same.

Paired teams are allowed to coordinate with requests for books which would be most helpful to the receiving team. However, the sending team ultimately gets to decide which books are sent as supply drops.

Sending Team

The sending team chooses up to 3 books to send to the recipient team each round. These can either be 3 random books or books that meet specific needs of the recipient team.

The books can be sent any time during the round and the books do not have to be sent at the same time. That being said, it would be most helpful to the receiving team if the supply drops were received early enough in the round to decide how best to use the books for their team.

The sending team logs the supply drop books on the respective round's book log, puts the books in an appropriate resource category, and receives page points for the books sent. However, the books sent for supply drops cannot be used for other tasks. The appropriate code for supply drops is added to the mini reference column.

Supply drop books cannot be sent until they have been read by the sending team.

Receiving Team

The receiving team can choose from a variety of options on how to use the supply drops. But once used, they are locked in and the supply drop books cannot be moved to a different spot.

Supply drops can be carried over into future rounds but can only be used for mini challenge tasks in the round they were sent.

- Mini Task: Supply drop books must work for the mini task they're being used for. This includes the read date being within the timeframe of the mini challenge.
How to log this on the spreadsheet: add the book to the appropriate round's book log, enter 0 for the page number, select "Supply Drop" as the resource category, then enter the appropriate mini reference code.

- Additions to resource piles: Supply drop books must meet a requirement of the resource pile.
How to log this on the spreadsheet: add the book to the appropriate round's book log the same way you enter any other book read by your team, select the appropriate supply drop code in the mini reference column.

- Protecting supply piles: Supply drop books must fit into that category AND have some type of shield/defense. These would need to be separate. So if you want to use a supply drop book to protect your defense supply pile, the book needs to fit into the defense category in 2 different ways.
How to log this on the spreadsheet: add the book to the appropriate round's book log, enter 0 for the page number, select the resource category you'd like the book to protect in column F and provide the reason why the book meets that pile's requirements in column G. Then add the appropriate supply drop code in the mini reference column in column H and provide the reason why the book meets the defense resource criteria in column I. Protection (column G) and defense (column I) must be two different reasons.


Team Pairings

District 1 & The Capitol
District 2 & District 13
District 3 & District 12
District 4 & District 11
District 5 & District 10
District 6 & District 9
District 7 & District 8

Sammy wrote: "Methinks Collins was aware of Pratchett's 'Vimes boots theory of socioeconomic unfairness'! 😁"

Same, that's another great bit of commentary on the situation