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

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

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!

End of chapter 75
Stopping by for two thoughts

1. (view spoiler)[ I love Syl and how she is changing. Will she become corporeal by the end of this book?

2. What happened to Szeth’s dad? I’m a bit concerned!! (hide spoiler)]

Sammy wrote: "My brain is refusing to move past John Harlan Kim.

Obviously it's telling me I need to re-watch The Librarians (while impatiently waiting for the new spin-off!)"

Haha no but fair guess with the Australian connection.

It is someone who went to uni here but is actually based in the US now (and was born in Malaysia)

I updated this post earlier:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

End of Day 5 and Interludes

Chapter 59
Oh! I don’t think I registered that Szeth was only 11 (view spoiler)[
when he killed that first time!
(hide spoiler)]

Chapter 61
The Jasnah (view spoiler)[and Wit relationship seemed to come out of nowhere and now has been abruptly ended by a letter? Seems a little unfair (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 66
The whole visions (view spoiler)[with the two different groups, plus the ghost bloods, was getting a bit confusing!! I’m not entirely sure if the ghost bloods are bad or bad people doing the right thing or just people doing what they think is the right thing.

And why has Kaladin been made so annoying in this book? Haha
I did like the realisation that Szeth is actually not like him and more like Tien than he realised
(hide spoiler)]

Interludes
I like how Teravangian (view spoiler)[has been exploring the whole good/evil and how Odium has been able to keep slowly corrupting him.
(hide spoiler)]

Reading Vi's spoiler:
R'laine (view spoiler)[and Renarin... That is interesting if that is the reason why people are uncomfortable. I thought it felt a little like it has been jammed in there (along with the person Adolin comes across who has papers to live as a man) due to the changes in our society that have enabled him to write this, which he may not have 10 years ago. I didn't pick up on any hints with Renarin feeling that way towards R'laine prior to this book, which I would have expected to.
I'm not sure how I feel about it other than it feels a bit contrived maybe? That he has made him potentially ASD and now attracted to another species, and a man?

Danilar - I want him to win. I need him to be "good" and get a good outcome. 😂😂 (hide spoiler)]

I've been able to cover all the cheese letters with our read books, but it means we don't have too many leftover for future cheeses - so many Es in this one!!

Books can be used for a cheese AND a mini :)

I’m allocating things now and will post shortly any letters still to go

Any guess as to who the famous person is the AI image was inspired by this month?
I'll give you a hint that he is a comedian (and actor)

Nice find! But Elli was able to finish it today :)

Babl had >10 tags of "book" so new task:

Read a book with more than one point of view

and earlier post updated

I finished the Turkey book and so we are off to the UK:

WW1 Author born in UK
WW2 Red, White, and Blue found on cover
WW3 Character drinks tea
WW4 features a royal character
WW5 umbrella on cover
WW6 mentions the Beatles
WW7 U
WW8 N
WW9 I
WW10 T
WW11 E
WW12 D
WW13 K
WW14 I
WW15 N
WW16 G
WW17 D
WW18 O
WW19 M

The page numbers are the default edition, but everything else should be the version you actually read

lol

new task:
Read a book where a character gets on a plane

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "To the Xtreme - Starts with T No - 46 in Mini 2 - "

Thanks. I discounted it as an article (I am crap at grammar) but google tells me it is a preposition 😊

Update

Mini 1 - countries
Countries we have read twice
Fiji
Ghana
Israel
North Korea
Poland
Rwanda
Sweden
Thailand
Zambia
-we are in our 5th itinerary-

Mini 2 - tasks
Open:

14 Read a book with MPG Adventure
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)
49 Read a book with the word sky, cl
oud, sun, moon or star in the title (Plurals are acceptable)
50 Read a book where a character gets on a plane
51 Read a book with more than one point of view


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
Last one for Turkey: WW259 Author born in Turkey (Karen is finishing this today)

United Kingdom:
WW1 Author born in UK
WW2 Red, White, and Blue found on cover
WW3 Character drinks tea
WW4 features a royal character
WW5 umbrella on cover
WW6 mentions the Beatles
WW7 U
WW8 N
WW9 I
WW10 T
WW11 E
WW12 D
WW13 K
WW14 I
WW15 N
WW16 G
WW17 D
WW18 O
WW19 M

Mexico:
WW183 Author born in Mexico
WW184 Red, White and Green on cover
WW185 character eats mexican food
WW186 character visits a (coral) reef
WW187 letters AZTEC in title (any order)
WW188 "Day of the Dead" mentioned or celebrated
WW189 M
WW190 E
WW191 X
WW192 I
WW193 C
WW194 O

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

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "I'm going to read this one which should fit a quite a few Mexico boxes.



And I can also read another Xtreme Ops if needed."


Thanks!

LavenderLane wrote: "Babel maybe a bit of a stretch for the world domination task, so happy to use it for something else."

I’m sure we will find a spot :)

New task:

Read a book tagged "Book" at least 10x

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

(why do people shelve a book as book? lol)

New Mini 3 country!

Mexico!
Only books read from now count... so yes that means another X book needs to be found

WW183 Author born in Mexico
WW184 Red, White and Green on cover
WW185 character eats mexican food
WW186 character visits a (coral) reef
WW187 letters AZTEC in title (any order)
WW188 "Day of the Dead" mentioned or celebrated
WW189 M
WW190 E
WW191 X
WW192 I
WW193 C
WW194 O

Thanks Richard!

Hmmm. Well the British did end up taking countries across the world, but were they actually after world domination? I’m not sure. Any history buffs in here?