Tina ❣’s Comments (group member since Mar 09, 2016)

Tina ❣’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

I’m cool with whatever guys.

I think I’ll be able to mange 2-3 books

I definitely have an X somewhere and I can take 1 and/or 8

National Cheese Day Reading Challenge

COMPLETED

Start: 01/06/19
End: 30/08/19
Level: Mozarella
Read: 29/29



One Coin upon reaching "Mozzarella" level

Finished! https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
YAY

Level 2

Level 1 link https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


100. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 01/08/19 🎧
101. Kiss of Fire by Rebecca Ethington 03/08/19
102. The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige 04/08/19 🎧
103. Scorched Treachery by Rebecca Ethington 05/08/19
104. Yellow Brick War by Danielle Paige 07/08/19 🎧
105. Soul of Flame by Rebecca Ethington 08/08/19
106. The End of Oz by Danielle Paige 10/08/19
107. The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert 16/08/19 🎧
108. Talon by Theresa Hissong 17/08/19
109. There There by Tommy Orange 18/08/19 🎧
110. Kissed by Fire by Kimber White19/08/19
111. Her Perfect Mate by Paige Tyler 23/08/19
112. Our Tiny, Useless Hearts by Toni Jordan 30/08/19 🎧


113. An Indecent Proposition by Stephanie Julian 01/09/19
114. A Dissection of Murder by Felicity Young 06/09/19
115. The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel 08/09/19 🎧
116. The Deal by Elle Kennedy 08/09/19
117. Tea & Comfort by Andrea Hurst 13/09/19
118. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent 15/09/19 🎧
119. Gallipoli P/B by Jack Bennett 15/09/19
120. Silver Wattle by Belinda Alexandra 19/09/19 🎧
121. Kissed by a Dark Prince by Felicity Heaton 21/09/19
122. Real Men Howl by Celia Kyle 23/09/19
123. They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 27/09/19
124. In the Arms of an Earl by Alexia Praks 29/09/19

125. Metro Winds by Isobelle Carmody 02/10/19 🎧
126. In the Winter Dark by Tim Winton 05/10/19 🎧
127. Big Player (a sexy sports romantic comedy) by Blake Wilder 05/10/19
128. The First by Jason Mott 05/10/19 🎧
129. The Sparrow by Jason Mott 05/10/19 🎧
130. The Choice by Jason Mott 05/10/19 🎧
131. Fox 8 by George Saunders 05/10/19🎧
132. Aladdin and Other Stories by Stephen Mangan 06/10/19 🎧
133. The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen 06/10/19 🎧
134. Seduced By My Billionaire Boss by Sierra Rose 08/10/19
135. The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor 🎧
136. The Little Mermaid and Other Stories link text by Hans Christian Andersen 11/10/19 🎧
137. Blackwater by Conn Iggulden 11/10/19 🎧
138. Steel Scars by Victoria Aveyard 12/10/19
139. Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao 14/10/19
140. Blind Attraction by Eden Summers 18/10/19
141. White Gardenia by Belinda Alexandra 21/10/19 🎧
142. Wilder Girls by Rory Power 22/10/19
143. Save the Date by Annabeth Albert 22/10/19
144. The Color Purple by Alice Walker 25/10/19 🎧

145. Matched by Ally Condie 03/11/19
146. Bunny by Mona Awad 05/11/19 🎧
147. A Royal Engagement by Emma Lea 05/11/19
148. Sometime After Midnight by L. Philips 07/11/19
149. Branded by Abi Ketner 09/11/19
150. Heartbreak Hotel by Deborah Moggach 14/11 🎧
151. American Gods by Neil Gaiman 14/11/19 🎧
152. Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus 18/11/19
153. Wideacre by Philippa Gregory 25/11/19 🎧
154. Cry Of The Firebird by Amy Kuivalainen 25/11/19
155. The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup 30/11/19

156. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 01/12/19
157. The Pretty Little Box by Charles Todd 04/12/19 🎧
158. The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri 08/12/19 🎧
159. Printer's Devil Court by Susan Hill 08/12/19 🎧
160. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo 08/12/19
161. To Vex a Viscount by Tamara Gill 09/12/19
162. Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne 09/12/19 🎧
163. Angel Catbird, Vol. 1 by Margaret Atwood 10/12/19 🎧
164. ACE: Las Vegas Bad Boys by Frankie Love 10/12/19
165. Dream a Little Dream of Me by Iris Morland 11/09/19
166. Cleaning the Gold by Karin Slaughter 13/12/19 🎧
167. Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson 15/12/10
168. The Haunting of a Duke by Chasity Bowlin 20/12/19
169. The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black 27/12/19 🎧
170. Hunted by Abi Ketner 27/12/19
171. Liberated by Abi Ketner 28/12/19
172. The Merman's Kiss by Tamsin Ley 28/12/19
173. Seduction Games by Allyson Lindt 28/12/19
174. Starfire Angels by Melanie Nilles 28/12/19
175. Noose by Marata Eros 29/12/19
176. Knot by Marata Eros 29/12/19
177. Rose by Marata Eros 29/12/19
178. Show Me Yours by Sasha Burke 29/12/19
179. Incubus Among Us #1 by Mac Flynn 29/12/19
180. The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson 30/12/19 🎧

Whoop! Finished level one! On to level two!

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Completion post

Title: Yellow Brick War
Author: Danielle Paige
Date: 7/8
Pages: 270
Letters:
O - Ozma
P - Author

Retelling MPG

Title: Scorched Treachery
Author: Rebecca Ethington
Date: 5/8
Pages: 376
Letters:
T - Thom
O - Ovailia

Title: Soul of Flame
Author: Rebecca Ethington
Date: 8/8
Pages: 391
Letters:
T - Thom
O - Ovailia

All good Judy!

Go Sammy!! 🥳

That way I can finish the series I’m listening/reading

I’m listening to one (Yellow Brick War) and am halfway with it. Am happy to do another one (:

Completion Post

Title: Kiss of Fire
Author: Rebecca Ethington
Date: 3 Aug
Pages: 354
Letters:
O - Ovailia, Character
T - Timothy, Character


Title: The Wicked Will Rise
Author: Danielle Paige
Date: 4 Aug
Pages: 293
Letters:
P - Pete, Character
T - Title

MPG genre is retelling

I have a lot of retellings that I can read for

Dorothy Must Die audiobooks (retelling of Oz)
Ones that I need to read for a NBRC disney princess challenge.

So I'm happy to read 2-4 books with retelling MPG (~200-400 pages

I read a series a few weeks ago for this challenge and they were all retellings... I should have held off on them until this week

Completion Post

Title - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Autour -Gail Honeyman
Read - 1/8/19
Pages 327 pages
Letters -

E - Title
G - Raymond Gibbons, character

I do think it was interesting to see how people could react in times of a water shortage crises. I do think it's a possibility that it could happen due to climate change but not for a few decades or a century... I just hope we don't let it get to that point.

Completion Post Week 7 - Part 1

Title: Dry
Author: Neal Shusterman
Date: 28/07
Pages: 401

BOM
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2 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
3 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
4 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

DQs - Part Four

17. Henry’s character has turned out to be a bit of a conundrum to me. What do you think has contributed to him using and manipulating people the way he does? Were you surprised at the end of the book when he was being praised as a hero? Do you think Kelton and Alyssa should have spoke up about his dishonesty?

Probably his family but also he is on his own and needs to lookout for himself. I was surprised that it happened but not that he took credit. I think they should have told Alyssa's mum!


18. Alyssa finds out that Kelton spied on her back in 8th grade and in this section, she slaps him on the face hard. Did you think her behavior was appropriate given the amount of time that passed? Would you have handled it differently?

I think her behaviour was right. He shouldn't have done that. I'm not sure what I would have done. I can't relate


19. Hell and High Water—In this part our band of survivors experience all kinds of ‘hell’. Henry leaves his friends ‘high and dry’…betraying them…getting them almost killed...again. Kelton shoots the two brothers who were attempting to rape Alyssa and manhandle Jacqui and Garret. Alyssa displays her worst self with the mother of the two men, leaving her to perish in the fire and Alyssa almost ‘mercy’ kills her brother. What were your thoughts about any/all of these circumstances? Were the situations realistic? What do you think they could have done differently?

I think they were realistic. I just couldn't fathom even thinking to mercy kill one of my siblings.


20. A New Normal—When a person goes through something ‘traumatic’ you are bound to be affected in some way…this chapter gives us a glimpse of how the characters have been impacted/changed. What character’s change had the biggest impact on you? Have you ever experienced an event that changed how you see or do things? Do you think it takes something dramatic to get people to ‘wake up’ and make necessary changes?

Yes unfortunately I have. But I think everyone has whether it was a good thing or a bad thing. Climate change is an example where my behaviour is changing to help preserve the planet


21. Do you think anyone is to blame for the way this disaster unraveled? Could it have been diverted?

Honestly I didn't understand this completely. The blame was left with the officials who turned off the water...


22. Will this story impact how you use water? If so why, and what will you plan to do differently?

No I don't think so. I already do what I can with water. I tell people off all the time about keeping the tap on all the time. We had a drought here with water restrictions a while ago, and those behaviours, thoughts and advertisements for 'Every Drop Counts', has stuck with me for years since. I know what I can be doing better

Day 3 DQs


11. With the introduction of Henry we see a similar situation as the McCracken's, with Henry holding a stockpile of water and his neighbors in desperate need. Why do you think Henry's neighbors didn't attack or steal what they needed from him? He was only a teenager after all and he was alone.

I can understand keeping water for yourself to keep you alive. I think he was being incredible selfish keeping it all to himself AND charging ridiculous things for the water. I think it's being they didn't have the energy and could not afford to attack him.


12. What did you make of Henry? Would you have allowed him to join your group? Do you think they would have made it as far as they have without him?

I wouldn't trust anyone in time of crises. I wouldn't want him with me but I also would still have the need to help people. They probably wouold have been kay with out him. As much as he helped them, he also caused them a lot of trouble.


13. In times of crisis people will do just about anything out of desperation, which we see with Hali in the Target parking lot. How do you think you would handle something like this?

I didn't think she'd do it. Honestly, I don't think I could. But for some people, I would consider it unfortunately



14. I was shocked to learn that Jacqui had left a bottle of the antibiotics for Herb and Daphne. Did this change your opinion of her?

Yeah I knew she was a good person from the start. She just had to develop a hard shell to protect herself


15. We meet Water Angel's group, who are civilized and working together to survive. Henry compares it to communism and doesn't think it will last. Do you agree that it's only a short-term solution and that they will eventually turn on each other?

If things get desperate enough, I think people would turn on each other. You're not you when you lack basic human necessities.


16. Trust is a big issue that comes up again and again. Do you think Jacqui and Henry have proven themselves to be trustworthy? What about Alyssa and Kelton (despite the past drone incident)?

Henry, No. Jacqui, Yes. I think Alyssa will forgive Kelton eventually. They all seem to trust Alyssa more than anyone else (apart from Garrett)

Completion Post Week 6

Book 1
Title: Long
Author: B.B. Hamel
Date: 21/07/19
Pages: 348
Letters:
E - Gibson Evans, character

Book 2
Title: Incandescent
Author: River Savage
Date: 20/07/19
Pages: 301
Letters:
S - River Savage, Author
R - River Savage, Author
P - Phoenix ‘Nix’ Knight, Character


Book 3
Title: Spinning Out
Author: Lexi Ryan
Date: 25/07/19
Pages: 464
Letters:
S - Title
R - Author

I’ll do a completion post for sports genre books within 24 hours.

I think dry might be finished on Saturday for me. I like the book but I think I just need to take my time with it. I take things literally so I don’t go into tap out mode in real life because I’m reading it.

I’m happy to do #4 and whatever else