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

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

New task:

10 Things the Chipmunks Love - Defenestration! - Read a book you can connect to defenestration somehow (find it in the text, set in Prague etc)

for those less familiar with the flinging of people or things out of windows: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenes...

New Task:

X-Rays - Read a book with a chemical element in the title

Used some banked books and landed us at this new task:

Top 10 Books 2018 - Read book from the GR "Best of 2018" list (see https://www.goodReads.com/list/best_b...)

Thank you! I hope you had a fun trip :)

New Chipmunk task:

Random 10 - X-Box - Read a book related to computer gaming

Certainly not limited to this list but here's a list from Listopia for books centered around gaming:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

BOM Participation 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/...

Tricia wrote: "Judith - I am reading a Girl is a Half-formed Thing and made an assumption that a Women's Prize for Fiction Winner would be a future task since the Booker Prize was one already. If I'm wrong, feel ..."

I would leave the hold on there ;)

It was one of the 400pagers. Hmm. Maybe I will move it

Used some banked books and Lexi is already working on the Malaysia task.

Newest open task:
Solve for X - Read a book with an ordinal number in the title (e.g. The 5th Wave, Second Foundation)

we have 2 books we could put here but they are in the 400 page range and I think they may be better left where they are for the page towers as this isn't a hard task to find something that works.

Bobbi wrote: "I added for a blue cover, but I didn't see a spot open, just fyi for our captains. I know we can do unlimited rainbow towers."

Bobbi, can you add this book to your TT shelf when you get a chance?

Thanks!

Jamie wrote: "Just finished Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and added to Spreadsheet but didn't see anywhere for it to count toward bonus ponts so I just put info in up through tower pages. Please feel ..."

It'll actually work for a Chipmunk task that we haven't gotten yet so we are going to hold it until it randomly pops up.

In the mean time though, can you add the book to your TT shelf?

Thanks!

Bobbi wrote: "Jax wrote: "Two New Chipmunk Tasks:

X marks the spot - Read a book with a map in it

Our BOM would work for this one."

Thanks for the reminder!

Aoife,

Can you add Archibald Lox and Mercy of the Vampire King to your TT shelf when you get a chance?

Thank you!

Tricia wrote: "

I think this counts as a text only cover, right? I should have it finished by tomorrow most likely."

Yes, that works!

We are trying to get better at that! It’s never been intentionally anti- nonfiction. But it does come out that way

DQs Day 3 - Chapters 10-14

9. As he walks through the Daeva Quarters, Ali is shot by a toy arrow, let loose by one of the children playing about. Rashid suggests to Ali that he should punish the boy by taking him to be raised in the Citadel, which Ali refuses. What do you think this says about Ali, and about others in the city’s upper echelon?
That his moral code is different and doesn't like to punish people just because he can. But that it likely gives him a feeling of self righteousness and he often acts like a prat.

10. Nahri and Dara have a moment, but are interrupted. Do you like this partnership, romantically or otherwise? Is it doomed, or meant to be?
I was and am not not team Nahri/Dara for romance. Friendship, chosen family type relationship, yes. Romantic? always seemed a wee bit creepy/gross

11. We learn about the terrible conditions in the shafit orphanage and the difficult lives all the shafit are forced into. Even though he immediately refuses to help, how do you think this will influence him in the future?
Guilt is a powerful motivator. Escpecially if you have a strong sense of justice.

12. As Dara and Nahri cross the last illusion shielding Daevabad, Nahri has an odd reaction and ends up flat on her back on the deck of the ferry, with Dara rudely refusing anyone’s assistance. Do you think this was caused by something related to what Nahri is, or something else?
I can't answer this as I've read the trilogy and don't want to spoil anything.

13. Muntadhir takes Ali to a secret room filled with dead Nahids. Do you think this room will be a turning point for Ali? Do you think Dara will discover this and his relic, and what do you think will follow if he does?
I remember thinking. Oh crap this is going to bite someone in the butt eventually. And yes, I thought this was a pivotal moment for Ali as he starts to figure out what's really going on in his city and at the palace.

New Task:

X-Rays - Read a book with MPG Science

Brittany wrote: "Judith wrote: "Because of the length of the King novel, 11/22/63, each team is getting a day to write DQs. Our team was assigned Day 2 (July 17).

Does anyone want to write the questions for that d..."

Perfect! Thank you.

I just relooked at the break down Cat made. It'll actually be June 16th since we are starting a day earlier than normal.
So Day 2: June 16th Chapters 4 through 6.

Day 2 DQs : Chapters 5-9

5. So many groups! We had a couple of chapters in this part that described some of the tribes in Daevabad and elsewhere - the Daeva/Djinn, Ifrit, Simurgh, Zahhak and I'm sure I haven't listed them all. Where on the confusion scale are you - with 1 being totally confused and 10 being "I've got this". And are you ok with your level at this point in the book?
During my first read I remember it being a bit much, especially since a lot were dumped on the reader at once. I figured if the different groups were important I'd figure it out eventually which is pretty much what happened.

. Somewhat related to this - we learn that Suleiman curbed magical abilities because the daeva harmed humanity. I learned (thanks Google) that in the non-book world Suleiman the Magnificent was the longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566 - he ruled over at least 25 million people. Did you know anything about Suleiman and what do you think of his inclusion in the book?
I only new scant details. US schools are very bad at world history unless it's a specialty class (like European History, Russian History, etc.) I feel like we covered the basics of European monarchies (large focus on the UK), major European wars, then WWI & WWII.
I'd say anything that makes people wonder and do a bit of even light digging to learn something is a good thing.

7. We now know Dara was a slave for many years and was forced to do some things that haunt him. How does this make you feel about his character?
If gives some depth to his character and makes him less of a cardboard character. Also at the time it made me wonder about Dara's motivations.

8. Ali's father was portrayed as brutal when we first met him at the execution, and then later he seemed like a pretty good ruler as he listened to and judged people's problems. What do you think - good king or bad king?
Oof, I've read the trilogy so I'm not going to say more than it lays the ground work for future happenings and highlights the "it's complicated" part of ruling. But overall Ali's father was not ever a favorite character of mine.

Brittany,

Can you add 11/22/63 to your TT shelf when you get a chance?

Thanks!