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

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

Amanda's DQ Day 1

1. What expectations do you have for the book based on the blurb or other description of the book?
A trusted friend loved this one so I expect it to be good!

2. How reliable do you the think the 2 narrators are?
Well, Joe is a child so that always comes with some unreliability but I think overall he's probably reliable. Norma, however, has been lied to for what seems to be a long time so I don't think she's reliable simply because she doesn't know.

3. Chapter 1 opens with " The day Ruthie went missing the black flies seemed to be especially hungry...Indians made such good berry pickers...something sour in our blood kept the black flies away". How does this establish Joe's view of the relationship that exists between the whites and the Mi'kmaq?
I think from even a young age he's seeing himself as "less than" because he's not white.

4. How much is Norma dreaming vs remembering? What do you think the dreams foreshadow?
I mean, it might be a twist, but I think it's fairly obvious that Norma is Ruthie and her dreams are her remembering.

5. How do you explain Lenore's paranoia about Norma being out alone? How do you account for the incongruity of her insistence that Norma likes to play with baby dolls when she sees Norma choosing other playthings?
I think that she's Ruthie so she doesn't want someone to see her and take her. Either A. Her family or B. Someone random because she knows random people snatch children. I think she's trying to mold Norma into the child she wants or maybe a child she lost

6. Why did Joe act so clingy when he returned from his first "guide" with his dad?
I think he doesn't really know who his dad is now, has lost his sister, so is trying to hold onto his family as tight as he can.

Rebecca wrote: "Is there a website to check word count for graphic novels? I finished one and just wanted to check in case it works."

arbookfind.com is the one I know

We've finished another run of countries for mini 1! We've maxed out United States now but all other countries are still fair game.

Haley wrote: "not sure if you're able to use my A Court of Mist and Fury for the country Brazil & task: letters CRISTO in title (any order). I finished yesterday & didn't put for another task :)"

Yes should work, thanks!

Rebecca wrote: "Can someone just verify that works for green, blue, and yellow? (it looks like it on my screen)."

I see green blue and yellow!

We've arrived at a new country for mini 3! Brazil!

Tasks have been uploaded to the planning sheet :)

Trio wrote: "I have a few books from before 1970 I could read - if that task is still avail?
and there's no page min right? but we get more points for longer books?"

Still available!

100 pg minimum. Childrens, Cookbooks, Graphic Novels, Plays, etc have to have a verified 25K wordcount or a 3+ hour audiobook

Lindsay♫SingerOfStories♫ wrote: "Ok help! I just finished Empire of Shadows and its set primarily in British Honduras (Honduras) .... I don't know how to tell what type of country this is for the mini challenge. D..."

It definitely would be great for mini 1 as it's a level 3 country! You can put "I21" as the mini ref code and then "Honduras" as the reason

I used it! There was a published before 1900s task (or something similar)

Trio or Lisa (or anyone else but I know they read MM Romance), if you're interested Lorelei Hart has a moose on the cover: The Merry Moose's Mates. I'm trying not to use 100-200 page books this time since I had such a large amount of banked books last time

We had all the letters for cheese!!

Here's a little what's currently open/ claimed but unfinished on each of the minis:

Mini 1 (books finished after 6/8)
Claimed:
Reed - Crazy Rich Asians (2)
Haley - I Must Betray You (3)
Haley - A Long Way Gone (3)
Lisa - Soul on Fire (3)
Unclaimed:
2 spots, one needs to be a level 2 country.

Mini 2 (any unused books from start of challenge)
Claimed:
Amanda - Read a book which has several locations, none for over 50% of the book
Unclaimed:
Read a book where the first word of the text is "One"
Read a book with an unearthly mode of transportation on the cover (i.e., spaceships allowed)
Read a book with the word highway, road, avenue or street in the title (Plurals are acceptable)
Read a book with the word car, vehicle, bike, bicycle, truck or lorry in the title (Plurals are acceptable)
Read a book that is on the Best Unknown but must be Known books List
Read a banned book
Read a book set in the time period "Middle Ages"
Read a book which has the main location (setting) on the African continent
Read a book which has the main location (setting) as a bus, train, or other road based vehicle

Mini 3
Canada (books on or after 6/13
Claimed:
Author born in Canada-Amanda
character plays ice hockey - Rebecca
Unclaimed:
moose on cover

Turkey (books on or after 5/30
Claimed:
train on cover- Shannon

Absolutely! I believe Captains have until the end of the day to update the main sheet (but the sooner the better because most of my time is in the morning)

A little under 7 hours left in the round!

Reminder here is the countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

I had lice as a child and it was THE WORST. I hope the combs have gotten better because I can remember that pain lol.

It can be! Just has to be after the start of the first cheese (either the 20th or 30th of May I can’t remember)

All we need to finish the Cheese is a Z if anyone has one coming up!

So you can read 6 books over the next 3ish days. But if you have ones that are low page count and have not been used for either mini and/or cheese we can swap out for higher page counts or books that fit into minis.

Members tab on the official sheet! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... (plus anything not marked "moved" on the planning sheet)

Here's a countdown to round 2: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

We were posting at the same time lol yes you are correct!

We're going to Canada next! All books used in Canada must be completed on or after today! Much easier tasks (except for Moose on cover!)