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

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

Tri-wizard will actually start 1st of July and run for all of July

Talia wrote: "I finished Red Rising and Lilac Girls which both also have N characters.

I finished this book [bookcover:Dream It. List It. Do It!: How to Live a Bigger & Bolder Li..."

I added Lilac Girls and Ink and Bone to both the N's.
Now it's the U's

We can keep the book as back up for yellow in case Nicole doesn't read hers

Talia wrote: "Book: Lilac Girls
Author: Martha Hall Kelly
Pages: Per Mods, override page count to 512 (their post is here
Date read: 19 June

Wh..."

Did you participate in the discussion questions Talia?

I assume so.
We will still get points from the Tri-wizard tournament, classes and Quidditch

Guys we're nearly done with the spells! We've read and planned to read most of the letters.

We only have the following left:
x2 N
x3 U

Jackie and I can probably use Neville in the Harry Potter books.
Probably Dolores Umbridge as well in book 5 and 7.

Sorry Tahmina! I haven't started yet. I haven't had the time. I'll try to start tomorrow morning. I have so much house work to do though

Yeah it's been a while and I can't remember much from the end either. Only that they meet the Akos's mother.

I'm up to chapter 17. It's actually really good! The narrator in the audiobook is doing a great job distinguishing between all the characters! There's so many! I'm finding it a bit hard to catch all the clues though

Oh that will be interesting! I'm curious to see if you see and similarities or differences between the book and the country

Sorry for being a bit absent the past two days. It's been quite busy for me. I came home today to see that my dog had eaten 9 of my 11 Tim Tams (chocolate covered biscuits - delicious). Not fun. She's doing okay now but we'll see how she is over the next few days

Zee and Talia - I'm glad to hear to you are enjoying it! I think I'll join in closer to the end of the months. I'll update your reading of the book to the spreadsheet when I finish it

Heather - That's alright. Have you tried audio books?

Nicole - I agree! I'm glad we can take our time with the H.P. books. Makes life easier

Karishma - It will count. If you are discussing the books with someone else that is not on our team - on another team or not apart of the TTVI - then it counts. Just check in with the books and the participants when the B.R. actually starts.

I'm in!

(Team Tonks)

Brooke wrote: "I finally finished the book after a forced 3-day break due to a migraine. Wow - I absolutely loved it! Her writing is beautiful, and I really enjoyed learning more about the Taiwanese culture.

It..."

I didn't see Feng coming at all! I like how that ended though (view spoiler)[Not sure what I think about marrying a ghost for tradition and belief though (hide spoiler)]

Oh no I missed this some how!
I started this in May and then saw this thread but I think I forgot to check in. I was actually enjoying it

Are you still reading this Heli?

(Team Tonks)

How's everyone going with the book now? I've been a bit busy with real life but I hope I can finish it tomorrow night.

I hope I can start in the next three days!

I finally finished it this morning. What was bothering me the most was the use of 'miracle' throughout the book.
(view spoiler)[I couldn't understand why 'miracles' were being used and it just defeated the purpose of me enjoying the book. But at the end of the book, I realised that they are basically just counselors/psychologists helping 'pilgrims' deal with a problem.

I did like it in the end. I gave it 3 stars (hide spoiler)]

I listened to the first chapter via audiobook. But I can't listen to the rest and someone has borrowed it. So, I'm reading it but it will take me longer.

(Team Tonks)

I haven’t got a copy yet D:

Nicole wrote: "Going through my TBR to find some brown covers. Did we also still need a pink one for potions?"

No, we have Amanda's pink book. We need yellow and turquoise in covers/titles/series

Brooklyn wrote: "Must be a thing. I've been awfully slow reading this past week. Daughter was away on vacation visiting cousins, so DH and I spent every night watching movies! ha! Not a whole lot of reading time.

..."
We all need a break! I spent Monday evening watching Shadowhunters - the TV series adaption of the Mortal Instruments whilst painting my nails... It's not that good.

That would be great Brooklyn! I haven't even touched the book I put in for the hardcover and I have to return it to the library. It was due June 15... oops. So, we'll use Red Rising for that.

I don't know how I missed it on the official spreadsheet! I've look at it so many times! Thanks Amanda!

We do need two brown books with 500+ pages.
Is anyone keen?