Vicki’s Comments (group member since May 01, 2018)

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

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Vicki wrote: "Karen, for author name starts with X, can that be last name? My author is Diana Xarissa"

I have confirmed with the captains group it can be first name or surname sta..."

Yay! Thanks :)

Karen, I was planning to read Children of Blood and Bone but I thought it was 544 pages, but when I typed it in the first page count that came up said 873 pages, Library Binding. Would you please check and let me know which page would be used because I want a 500-600 page book. I'm already reading an 800+ page book.

Karen, for author name starts with X, can that be last name? My author is Diana Xarissa

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Vicki wrote: "I also have an 800+ page book I want to read, so would that count for any of our page counts? I can also do 500-599 book but not sure I can do both at the same time."

It does count, ..."

OK, I'll be doing both.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Vicki wrote: "I have an author I like to read and have a few left in her series that I can read for Author's name starts with X, but it's her last name. But her books are only around 100 pages. Is ..."

Perfect!

I also have an 800+ page book I want to read, so would that count for any of our page counts? I can also do 500-599 book but not sure I can do both at the same time.

I have an author I like to read and have a few left in her series that I can read for Author's name starts with X, but it's her last name. But her books are only around 100 pages. Is the page requirement 100 or 125 pages for this challenge?

I plan to read for 59. Read a book featuring pirates (or privateers)
if nobody else is because I am reading Vengeance of the Pirate Queen this week for another challenge anyway.

Beth, I was only going to read it because I had it on my TBR shelf, but it's not truly my kind of book. I went ahead and started it last night so I'll finish it for us. Thanks :)

Louise, should I read the X title book? If so, do I just post it in the BOOKS tab and then you place it in the best spot?

Louise wrote: "Vicki wrote: "I'm a little confused. I think I added 3-4 books I planned to read on the BOOKS tab but they're gone. Are we not doing regular books now? I got lost somehow."

I was updating, and had..."

OH lol OK thanks :)

I can read Xoe: Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My! 212 pages for book title starts with X.

I'm a little confused. I think I added 3-4 books I planned to read on the BOOKS tab but they're gone. Are we not doing regular books now? I got lost somehow.

We just need the ghost one to finish that monster. I'm reading 2 books for the newest Echnida monster. I'll have to read the 500+ pages book first and the other one second because my E book will be due for Coast Busters tomorrow.

I have added all of my books as of right now. I kept adding TT shelf and would find a couple books NOT on it. I would double check and they were marked but not on my shelf still. That being said, as of now all of my books are on my TT shelf so hopefully they stuck!

Louise, I checked my shelf and all of my books are on the SS, so I must have already updated. I do get behind at times depending on my schedule so sometimes I add several books at once to the SS, so I'm sorry if that causes any inconvenience or confusion. I'll also be adding some books today after I add their read dates, etc.

Louise wrote: "Vicki please add The Diamond Thief and Mystic Evermore to your shelf. You also seem to have books on your shelf that aren't on the spreadsheet. Can you add them plea..."

I got behind! I added the 2 books to my TT shelf (sorry...AGAIN!), and I will look and see if I still need to add books that you said are on my shelf but not the SS. I did get interrupted when I was adding books when my daughter, her hubby and five of her 6 kids were headed to the lake and their car broke down so I had to go pick up all of them but her hubs who waited for AAA.

Question: What is "free choice" listed as part of the page numbers?

DQs: Day 3, Chap 12 - 18

10. I've noticed Carlota's perceptions are often described using non visual cues: she hears a lot, and even smells Montgomery behind her bedroom door but then dismisses the idea. After her attack, she finds herself noticing that "Her fingers, in the mirror, looked very long, the nails almost too sharp and the eyes...". Do you feel Carlota ever questions her own nature as a human/hybrid or is she too ingenuous to do so? Do you also feel the author is using alternate senses and, if so, as clues for the reader or red herrings?

I believe she is hybrid, and I seriously doubt that she questions things because she appears to accept things as they are.

11. For much of this part, I felt Montgomery was conflicted regarding his feelings for Carlota. He "writes" to his wife using what I felt was a brotherly perspective only to realize, a few lines and drinks later, he could not resist kissing her if she were there in that moment. What did you make of this change of heart and do you find his various missteps bring something to the story?

Whether or not I agree with it, it makes sense to me that he's fallen for her because he still misses his wife and is lonely. Carlota is young and pretty and he knows her, but I think he feels it's a conflict of interests so he's hesitant.

12. We're already halfway through the story - Doctor Moreau and Montgomery are both complex characters. Am I alone in thinking Carlota and her hybrid friends deserve to be more thoroughly fleshed out and layered?

No, I would agree with you.

13. What did you make of the scene where Carlota loses her virginity by the cenote - did her reaction seem natural to you or did you find yourself questioning her fearlessness? In your opinion, if Carlota is herself a hybrid, what effect might that have on their progeny?

Good question...I was totally taken aback! I don't question her fearlessness because she has seemed pretty fearless throughout, but perhaps part of that is due to her naivety. I would assume they would be hybrid as well.

14. There's a storm brewing as the hybrids plan to join Juan Cumux and Carlota attempts to retrieve her father's notes and formulas. Do you think the hybrids will remain subservient once they remove themselves from Doctor Moreau's influence or could the story turn dark?

I think it has to turn dark and there's no way it'll have a HEA ending. I don't think the hybrids will stay subservient at all. I think they might turn against Doctor Moreau in anger and God knows what darkness will rise up!

Thanks, Jenny :)

Louise wrote: "@Vicki - please add The Lonely Hearts Hotel to your shelf please :)"

Added...sorry about that!

Hey, Jenny and Trisha, I had a book that I could post but thought I had already used it. So I was uncovering the lines that were covered but now I don't know how to cover them back up. But I was able to add a book for unfinished series and a couple others, so that's good! :)