Karen ⊰✿’s Comments (group member since Sep 23, 2012)

Karen ⊰✿’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

End of day 9 and interludes

I agree Judy - so much going on it’s hard to know what to say!!

(view spoiler)[ I agree I’m starting to understand the world more and I like the Honor POV and finally finding out what happened.

Jasnah’s duel… her arrogance got the better of her. She should have known it was set up in a way she could not win. I understand Fen’s choice although I think assigning your people to slavery forever (no
matter how favourable the terms) is a big step!

Mishram does seem to be key. As is Dalinar who was being held by Honor in the realm and not Odium… curious.

You got it right about Nale and Ishar but I don’t think Szeth becomes Honor - he would become the head of the Heralds I believe.

I want to know about what Maya is doing too!!

And oh Sigzil. That was devastating. I hope he can find his spren and they can somehow coexist like Adolin and Maya.
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New tasks

57 Read a book with MPG Travel
58 Read a book that covers multiple generations
59 Read a book set in your home state/country

It became too difficult over the years to differentiate as there are some biographies that are factual versus others that read more like a story and used to always cause lots of questions in the captains group.
So we just went with a blanket basis that nonfiction doesn't have characters, including memoir/ biogs. Etc

Vi wrote: "End of Day 6.
Ch 75: [spoilers removed]

Dalinar and Storm father[spoilers removed]

Odium.... you said it better Karen. Fully invested but I also have to read for TT. Conundrums!"

I agree with you around ch75 and I’m not sure that your pondering over the stormfather is that far fetched. (view spoiler)[ there is definitely something going on with Honor’s power and you’re right that he and Dalinar can’t seem to trust eachother. Very different to syl - and also different to Shallan and Pattern also (hide spoiler)]

Elisabeth wrote: "It just occurred to me that the Travelling task in which a character seeks world domination could be a businessman/woman. Eg a fast food giant, a car manufacturer, pharmaceutical, technology person..."

No characters in non fiction though

I’m reading a fantasy book which fits this but it is a big one (1300+ pages) so I haven’t claimed the task but will be done in a few days

End of day 8 and interludes

Judy - I agree about the wedding. I always found that weird that we didn’t see it at the time

(view spoiler)[ I feel for Adolin but at the same time this injury takes him out of the battle field and maybe that forced removal is what he needs to keep building character? (hide spoiler)]

Rysn (view spoiler)[ I completely forgot about her! And who is this other dawnshard person? Wit? (hide spoiler)]

New tasks

Read a book where the first word of the text is "One"
Read a book first published in November of any year

Elli wrote: "That was fast!

Don't worry about Zs...
There is a character named Zee in the Mercy Thompson series I've been reading steadily :) There's even a character with a last name that starts with "U" if w..."

Great!

Yes I'm keeping an eye on our X, O, U, Z as they are typically the tricky ones

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "What do you know - I found coral reef in my book. pg 322 "They drifted near the coral reef" 😊"

haha nice

We've been able to cover the cheese with our books! But I think I have used up our store of Zs

Omg chapter 93
What the actual….
I’m with you Judy. I did NOT see that coming ! (view spoiler)[ including Shallan knowing she was still alive (hide spoiler)] Now to continue so I can read the rest of your spoilers

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Okay, I'll see as I read. Crossing fingers for a coral reef!

It's a tricky one."

oh you know what... I just re-read the task and coral is in brackets. So a reef is fine.

phew

🎉😶

Update
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Mini 1 - countries
Countries we have read twice
Cuba
Fiji
Ghana
Israel
North Korea
Poland
Rwanda
Sweden
Thailand
Zambia
-we are in our 6th itinerary-

Mini 2 - tasks
Open:


23 Read a book which has the main location (setting) on the South American continent
40 Read a book which has several locations, none for over 50% of the book
43 Read a book with a character who desires world domination
44 Read a book that is in the Foreign Lands List: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5... (Elisabeth can read for this if needed)
51 Read a book with more than one point of view
52 Read a book where characters go on a road trip (even if it is just a small/short one)
55 Read a book where the first word of the text is "One"
56 Read a book first published in November of any year


Elisabeth reading for 41 Read a book first published in August of any year

Karen reading for 37 Read a book tagged "Culture" at least 10x
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...


Mini 3 - Wheel

United Kingdom:

WW5 umbrella on cover

WW8 N
WW9 I
WW10 T
WW12 D

WW14 I
WW15 N
WW16 G
WW17 D
WW18 O
WW19 M

Mexico:
WW183 Author born in Mexico

WW185 character eats mexican food
WW187 letters AZTEC in title (any order)
WW188 "Day of the Dead" mentioned or celebrated

WW191 X
WW192 I
WW194 O

Lisa reading for WW186 character visits a (coral) reef>/i>


Banked books - if any of these are yours please check if they may work for any of the open mini 2 tasks:

Hammersteins: A Musical Theatre Family	Richard
Her Feral Beasts			Tina
Undistracted				Richard
A Complicated Man			Richard
Haunted Highways			Richard
Psycho Shifters				Tina
The Butcher's Theater			Chava
Harriet					Kylie

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Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "I found one for WW186 - character visits a coral reef. Does it specifically have to mention "coral" ? . They're in the Carribean and mention they go out to ..."

I think it does as not all reefs are coral reefs. hopefully they will mention something about coral as they go! lol

https://www.nasa.gov/general/what-is-...

Wow I thought you'd be well past me, Judy!
I was able to get a good chunk done as we had a long weekend and my son was sick so I was home all weekend with him which meant lots of reading time 😁

End of day 7 and interludes

In many ways it feels like not much progress is being made but the story is going quickly.

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Lift! Great signs that she is willing to get help. I still want to know what’s up with that chicken.

And oh… Honor and Mishram and Odium…
What a tangled web and who is “good” and who is “evil”? Even if they release Mishram would she even help?

The whole R&R romance is now even more symbolic with what we saw in the last vision. (hide spoiler)]

end of day 6 and Interludes
I’m wondering after watching Dalinar’s visions (view spoiler)[ of when the oathpact was broken if Honour is actually dead or just deserted them? Seems weird that a being of Honour would abandon one person to torture rather than finding other options that they suggested.

As for Odium and Kharbranth… this is a clever way of showing that Taravangian has now been completely consumed as I don’t believe he would have done that if there was any part of him left. So sad. (hide spoiler)]

The AI has made him much younger - and with a thinner face I think!

Kristie wrote: "Is it Ronny Chieng?"

bingo 🎉⭐

Chava wrote: "

Thanks Karen.
I'm unable to add it to the sp..."

Sorry, Kylie beat you to that one and finished that task last night. Hopefully it works for other tasks though!