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

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

DQs Day 1
Chapters 1 to 7

1.) Emily Henry is a popular contemporary romance author and a fair few of her books have been previous NBRC BOM selections. Any expectations for this book going in?
The female MC will be a happy sunshiny person who is covering some tragic backstory and the male MC will be a grumpy goose with a hidden heart of gold. Forced proximity will lead them to true love. It's a contemporary romance so probably some silly lack of communication will cause a rift that will be bridged by a grand gesture. The end. I'm sure I'll still enjoy it though. LOL And I'd be delighted if Henry tosses in some surprises!

2.) What are your first impressions of Alice? And sending that drink to Hayden?
She seems like a genuine good person who likes to be both nice and kind to everyone. A great friend to have but also not someone I could be around all the time, she's exhaust my introverted-self's social battery too quickly.

3.) Would you agree to the month long trial or tell Margaret she's a nutter and move on to something else? Why do you think Margaret is doing things this way?
As long as it didn't put me out of my day job, sure, why not? she'd be compensating me for my time and lodging. What would I have to lose? I'm not sure why Margaret is doing it this way, maybe to end up with a more interesting story? I'm sure it's something we'll learn by the end.

4.) After learning a few tidbits about Hayden's family and how he grew up, did you opinion change a bit on his character?
It explains his reserved nature and help fill in his character some. We honestly don't know all that much about him yet. Except that he's a decent guy enough that he's willing to step in and/or be aware of a woman's safety. And a talented author. That's not a lot to go on yet.

DQs Day 1
Chapters 1 to 7

1.) Emily Henry is a popular contemporary romance author and a fair few of her books have been previous NBRC BOM selections. Any expectations for this book going in?

2.) What are your first impressions of Alice? And sending that drink to Hayden?

3.) Would you agree to the month long trial or tell Margaret she's a nutter and move on to something else? Why do you think Margaret is doing things this way?

4.) After learning a few tidbits about Hayden's family and how he grew up, did you opinion change a bit on his character?

Maria Jo wrote: "Thank you for bumping my books to Itinerary 3! I'm almost done with my book for the Holy See. My book for Fiji might have to wait for Itinerary 4."

Sounds good, we'll keep shuffling books to meet with people's reading.


And thank you to everyone on the team for having such good communication! Erin, Lexi and I really appreciate it :)

We had all of the right letters to complete the cheese spelling out of our banked books!

That cleared out a lot though with such a long spelling :)

Go team!!

New Mini 2 Task

Read a book where a character lives in a small place or in the countryside

Thanks ladies!!

Oh yay an X character! That will be good to have on hand for a cheese spelling 🙂

And don’t worry about how fast you read, we try our best to balance fast and slower readers on teams so it’s fair and fun for all reader types to participate!

As long as you are having fun and maybe picking up some good book recommendations, that’s what we hope for in putting these together

New Mini 2 Task

Read a book tagged "Time Travel" at least 10x

I would like to use an extra entry please! (Belem)

Canada has been completed (yay team!) and now we are off to Argentina!

New Tasks:
Author born in Argentina
Blue, White and Gold on cover
character goes to a musical
letters STEAK in title (any order)
character is a dancer
"tango" in text
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Linda C wrote: "I finished Under A Namibian Sky on the 29th - used for country, can it be used for Cheese also?"

When you get a chance can you add it to your challenge shelf?

Thank you!

Oh yes! How did we miss that 🙃

The only unclaimed task left in Canada for Mini 3 is the Letter D in the spell out if someone is reading a book that works there :)

New Mini 2 tasks

Read a book that is stand-alone
Read a book with the word highway, road, avenue or street in the title (Plurals are acceptable)

The Survivors by Jane Harper

Coming home dredges up deeply buried secrets...

Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences.

The guilt that still haunts him resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal community he once called home.

Kieran's parents are struggling in a town where fortunes are forged by the sea. Between them all is his absent brother, Finn.

When a body is discovered on the beach, long-held secrets threaten to emerge. A sunken wreck, a missing girl, and questions that have never washed away...

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



The Best Way to Bury Your Husband by Alexia Casale

A dark comedy about four women coming together to heal the damage their husbands have done––and hide their bodies once they’ve killed them

When Sally kills her husband with a cast-iron skillet, she’s more fearful of losing her kids than of disposing of a fresh corpse. That just wouldn’t be fair—not after twenty years of marriage to a truly terrible man. But Sally isn’t the only woman in town reaching the brink. Soon, Sally finds herself leading an extremely unusual self-help group, and among them there are four bodies to hide. Can they all figure out the perfect way to bury their husbands . . . and get away with it?

First to join is former nurse, Ruth, who met her husband as a single mom. Now her son is grown and her husband’s violence builds by the day until an attack on the stairs leads to a fatal accident—for him. A few doors down, Samira’s last straw comes when she discovers her husband is planning a campaign of violence against her eldest daughter, who has just come out. Janey, Sally’s best friend, has just had her first child at forty-two. Sleep-deprived Janey needs a hero to slay the monster in the fairy tales she whispers to her daughter each night . . . and as her husband’s violence escalates, it might just be her.

Together, fueled by righteous anger but tempered by a moral core, the four women must help each other work out a plan to get rid of their husbands for good. Along the way, Sally, Ruth, Samira and Janey rediscover old joys and embark on new passions in work, education, and life. Friendship and laughter really are the best medicine—and so is getting away with murder.

FYI - I added a countdown to the tracking spreadsheet for the end of Month 1/Start of month 2. it's in the top left corner of the book tab.

This really only matters if you end up pressing against your book cap +5 for month 1.

We need 3 medium countries per itinerary

New Mini 2 Tasks

Read a book where a character eats something they have never tasted before
Read a book with a title that starts with one of the letters found in TRAVEL (Articles may not be used but can be ignored)