Amanda’s Comments (group member since Mar 13, 2022)

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

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See


Set on the Korean island of Jeju, The Island of Sea Women follows Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls from very different backgrounds, as they begin working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective. Over many decades—through the Japanese colonialism of the 1930s and 1940s, World War II, the Korean War, and the era of cellphones and wet suits for the women divers—Mi-ja and Young-sook develop the closest of bonds. Nevertheless, their differences are impossible to ignore: Mi-ja is the daughter of a Japanese collaborator, forever marking her, and Young-sook was born into a long line of haenyeo and will inherit her mother’s position leading the divers. After hundreds of dives and years of friendship, forces outside their control will push their relationship to the breaking point.

This beautiful, thoughtful novel illuminates a unique and unforgettable culture, one where the women are in charge, engaging in dangerous physical work, and the men take care of the children. A classic Lisa See story—one of women’s friendships and the larger forces that shape them—The Island of Sea Women introduces readers to the fierce female divers of Jeju Island and the dramatic history that shaped their lives.

Yes it was a great challenge! Thank you all for being a great team :)

Some shelf stuff

-Janine: Your 12/4-12/6 books are missing
-Kirsten: I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Ready
-Lisa: Rebel & Dante

Kirsten wrote: "Amanda, if you add this cover to If the Fates Allow, I can use it!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/400..."

All set!

So I reread and it looks like there IS a completion bonus for the relax mini so we're going to want to finish if we can! If any books you have planned elsewhere fit in one of these spots we can move it in:

-with a character who is neurodivergent
-tagged puzzle at least 5 times
-with author initials found in ENVIRONMENT
-with a character who drives an electric vehicle (can be futuristic so long as it's obviously not fueled by gas)

@Lisa, Magic Burning is in L but I don't see the qualification. Can you update? Otherwise I'm not sure where to put it!

@Kirsten, The Boys of Summer is currently on the sheet for E, but I am not sure if it has an E. Can you let me know? Probably my mistake!

Edit: I moved it so nevermind!

Jackie wrote: "Lisa, I tried to use G73 from the new Garden mini and the book didn't transfer over."

I fixed it :)

Looks like we need 2 Es and 3 Is for the words we've currently started!

Denise wrote: "I finished Under the Maui Sky. For the minis, it can be used for banana, Hawaii, or outside my comfort zone (tagged Christian fiction and some of it got preachy and made me a little uncomfortable)...."

Lets go with outside your comfort zone and then we'll move around later if we need!

Denise wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Denise wrote: "Hamlet appears in many sources as being 30,200 words, but I don’t see word counts on AR. If there is an acceptable source that verifies this I can add it, I started it..."

Sounds great!

Janeylou wrote: "Shall i put my book in Bookclub x 10
Or Japan x 5

Im thinking the former as an easier lot of tasks to complete ??"

I think either is fine since there's no "completion" bonus and we're unlikely to repeat family again (we can't repeat the new mini)

Happy birthday to both of you!

Janeylou wrote: "For the minis do we get extra points for actually completing ( actually focusing our attention on specifics groups) or doesnt it matter"

Nope so just try to fit it in with a mini and especially if you can get a bonus word

Kirsten wrote: "And I thought we had 2 weeks, but we have 3, I guess.

My line 34, Just a Little Bit Dirty, isn't copying over the A25 "tagged office" to the admin mini. I copied and pasted it from round 3, so tha..."

I got it over, but it does have to be "office" not "office romance" so don't think the book will work unfortunately.

Yes, last round not last week!

Denise wrote: "Hamlet appears in many sources as being 30,200 words, but I don’t see word counts on AR. If there is an acceptable source that verifies this I can add it, I started it yesterday and it has an S and..."

The audible audio is above 3 hours so you're good!

Just a heads up, this is the last round so no rollover (don't want you to feel like you've taken on too much :) )

Denise wrote: "My book The Christmas Dogsitters can be used for art, the character Rachel is painting the background for a school nativity play and paints as a hobby. By the end of the book I'm sure she will be s..."

I added Christmas Dogsitters to the mini

Unfortunately, we wont be able to use The Year of Reading Dangerously since for Nonfiction you can only use title and author and it doesn't fit anywhere in our word

Just a reminder the H20 task has to be all from one word in the title.

No worries!