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

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

Aoife wrote: "I'm away from the 1st until the 8th of June but I probably won't be back online properly until the 11th (I'm volunteering when I come home and it's probably a 16 hour day I did not plan this well l..."

Have a fun trip!

I'll turn in an extra entry for this one too. Team Neez

Lexi wrote: "Volunteering for DQs under protest- Team Neeznáá"

Her team captain is very mean

Kira,

when you get a chance could you add Lumberjack Werebear to your TT shelf?

Thanks!

Tricia wrote: "Lexi wrote: "Back to the end of May. We have 9 days left. Quick roll call on the books we need to get our page numbers covered.

The 600+, we need 3. On SS, we have:
Judith - 2
Jax -1
Rebecca -1

F..."

I think Lexi just missed it when she was looking at the spreadsheet. I would say read the 500 pager as we need more of those.

No worries, it can get very confusing and there is a lot going on!

I added a countdown clock to the top of the books tab. Only books completed after this clock runs down can be used for the June/Chipmunk mini

I always find these useful :)

I just finished one of my 600+, so we are down to 2

I've read and enjoyed it for those who enjoy this genre and has a lobster on the cover.

Tricia wrote: "Oh, one more question. Now that we've reached our max number of free choice books, what should we do with completed books? Do we just keep listing them as free choice?

What happens to all the ext..."

The numbers in each category are minimums to still be eligible to win TTX. So we can have as many as we want in any given category.

What we put in free choice matters less in May than it does in June. Only Free Choice books can be used for the June mini so we need to be a bit more thoughtful there.

But any book read that meets the TT requirements can be logged for book points if nothing else. Nothing goes to waste!

Bobbi,

Can you add a read date to the Album of Dr Moreau? It's showing as read and on your TT shelf but there's no date. My guess is GR glitched.

Thank you!

Bobbi wrote: "I was thinking about this last night. For those of us that add our books upon or near completion, maybe it would be helpful to our captains if we post which of the mini-challenges it *may* work for..."

that would be helpful, yes! Also because of the ability to use banked books, which ever captain logs books will post the new tasks in the thread. If a book you've read fits the task, give a shout in the thread and we'll use if for an open task. Not all books will be obvious that they fit a given task.

Example. You read Love in the Afternoon on June 5th. It doesn't get used for an open chipmunk task so it goes in the banked books. On June 10th the task {note this is a made up task} "Read a book where a character has a pet hedgehog" appears. The book works for this task but the captains won't know that unless they've read the book as you can't tell from the book blurb on GR.



Hopefully my answers and examples have helped some. I think things will fall into place once we get going with this mini challenge in June.

When in doubt, just keep reading and adding books to the spreadsheet. Lexi, Jax and I will find home for books and will post in the thread as tasks come up.

Do we focus on this new mini challenge or on the spell it outs first?
If you book is longer, especially 500 or higher, spell outs/towers mini. For less than 400 either grab one of the 10 chipmunk tasks or leave the mini blank. Those in the 400 range could go either way as most will probably be needed for the page tower, but depending on the specificity of the task, may be put to better use on the chipmunk.

We can 'bank' books for the chipmunk mini. Example: you finish a book on June 5th and it doesn't work for any of the known 10 chipmunk tasks. A new task is revealed on June 10th that it works for, we can use it for that tasks and get a new one immediately.

Do we sign up for specific tasks for the June mini challenge? Or is it just first come first served?
You can sign up for them but please don't sign up for more than one at a time and only for books you are going to be finishing soon. Unless the task is really specific.

Also, please don't be surprised or upset if captains shift books around to move through the tasks. This team seems to be okay with that and not overly attached to tasks, which is great as we are all working towards the same end goal. But you'd be surprised at how I've seen players react if books get moved from 'their spot'.

Hello everyone! I wasn't really around this weekend and Lexi and Jax were waiting for me to be back before answering questions about the June mini.

Answers will be coming soon!

I'd like to use an extra entry as well for Team Neez!

Judith's BOM Tracking

Day 1: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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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 26 -End)

19. Earlier, Eduardo seemed like a fine person to me despite Montgomery's reservations. In these last chapters, he had a stark change in character or his true nature came out. Did you expect him to turn out like this? Do you think he might have been a good husband to Carlota if she were not a hybrid?
Not at all surprised and no I don't think he would make a good husband to anyone. Fidelity is not something he remotely considers to be something a husband should have as a characteristic and he's very self centered.

20. Dr. Moreau was not a great father throughout the book but his last moment touched my heart. Do you find his love for Carlota redeeming enough for his character? Or would you categorize him as a villain?
If villains are written as real people they likely have some redeeming acts or characteristics. He loves Carlota but his also not a good person. And under the right circumstances I think he'd sell her out.

21. Carlota became more jaguar-like as the story drew near its end, and she finally embraced that part of her in the climactic scene. I somehow expected her physical changes to be more lasting and prominent afterward and maybe have a lifestyle closer to a jaguar which evidently didn't happen. Anyone else had an odd expectation like this or something else that you expected to happen?
The ending was weird and convenient. I was a bit let down by this actually.

22. How do you feel about the relatively open-ended epilogue? Do think Carlota would be reunited with the other hybrids? Will Montgomery come back into her life at some point? Do you think Moreno-Garcia kept the option for a sequel open?
Hopefully it's left open ended for the reader to fill in the what if's with our brains. I really hope a sequel is not part of her grand plan. I'd like to think every one gets back together at some point in the future as they are only safe to be their true selves around each other.

Asian? It’s the monster I took out

I finished off a monster but won’t be on a computer until Monday if someone wants to spin for a new one

It’ll be okay, that’s too long of a book to power through