Brie’s Comments (group member since Mar 04, 2015)

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

Finished my psychotherapy book! I think I might start Pretty Girls tonight before I go to bed. I reeeaaally wanna start it...but I'm tired...but I wanna read...UGH LIFE'S SO HARD!

Book: Creatures of a Day: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy
Author: Irvin D. Yalom
Pages: 215
Points: 20
Date Finished: November 9, 2015
Goals: None

Erin (Paperback stash) *is juggle-reading* wrote: "This is so fun! Wish we could do a couple towers a year =)"

I totally agree!!!

UGH! I take it back. It's just a discussion and not the book. TRAGEDY!

Erin (Paperback stash) *is juggle-reading* wrote: "Searching for "One"

Found these, which sadly don't have, but some ideas -

One summer afternoon Mrs. Oedipa Maas came home from a Tupperware party whose hostess had put perhaps too much kirsch in ..."

Boom. I am reading the lover. Starting it now. Thanks Audible!

You get the 20 points for participating and you get the normal page number points, which for Child Thief comes to 40. So you get 60 points total.

I have two options to choose from right now if we need a "First published in November" or "Published on the 20th" goal book.

I can read Steve Martin's autobiography and probably have it finished by tomorrow. It's only 200 pages. It was first published in November. It was ALSO published on the 20th. So Philippa will your book definitely cover the 20th?

Valentin wrote: "Brie wrote: "VALENTIN COMPLETED OUR FIRST GOAL!!! She finished How to Read a Novelist which was published in August!!! We have a new goal. Please look at my first message on page one to update your..."

Oh my gosh I am so sorry!!!! Thank you so much for correcting me in the friendliest and most playful way! I am a total knob.

Book: The Child Thief
Author: Brom
Pages: 481
BOM: YES
Participation: YES
DQs: YES
Date Finished: November 9, 2015
Goals: none

First of all, I FINISHED THE CHILD THIEF!!! Second of all, we can not count it towards the November goal as the goals states:

"Read a book that was FIRST PUBLISHED in November."

Technically, the first edition of The Child Thief was published in August and the audiobook along with foreign language translations were published in November.

Discussion Questions -- The Child Thief -- chapters 24-26 -- November 9, 2015

34. Peter was distraught and shut down after he thought The Lady died. What kind of love do you think Peter feels for The Lady? Do you think it is real, or has she charmed him magically?

35. If the Reverend and the other religious persecutors are so convinced that these children are demons, what do they think of all the other creatures in Avalon? Where do they think they are? What do they think when they see the pixies and the trolls?

36. Why do you think Nick resents The Lady so much? Do you think it goes deeper? Does he see his own mother in her and feel those repressed resentments?

37. We have finally learned about Greentooth and The Lady's history! Did you suspect they were sisters? Why did one of them turn into "The Lady" and the other an ugly witch with green teeth?

38. Many of us did not expect Nick to survive the story. What are your thoughts on his death? And ultimately, what are your thoughts on the book as a whole?

Erin (Paperback stash) *is juggle-reading* wrote: "I agree. Kind of hard to find a book based on the option of the first word being 'one' unless you already know about it somehow.

But yes we'll do this!! :)

I'm surprised one group already has ov..."

RIGHT?! I'm like who are these insanely fast readers?!?!

Natalie please be sure to include the "Z" character name when you report the book as "read" so that I can make a note of that on the spreadsheet for later ;)

We have been getting some rough goals haha We can do this team!!!

Erin (Paperback stash) *is juggle-reading* wrote: "It doesn't have to be a main character right? Just as long as a character's name starts with X?"

exactly

Also thank you guys for all the support :)

VALENTIN COMPLETED OUR FIRST GOAL!!! She finished How to Read a Novelist which was published in August!!! We have a new goal. Please look at my first message on page one to update yourselves on our new goal :)

VALENTIN COMPLETED OUR FIRST GOAL!!! She finished How to Read a Novelist which was published in August!!! We have a new goal. Please look at my first message on page one to update yourselves on our new goal :)

Valentin wrote: "Book: How to Read a Novelist
Author: John Freeman
Pages: 344
Points: 20 + 5
Date finished: November 9, 2015
Goals: first published in August (22 August 2012)"

Amazing!

I have one hour left in The Child Thief and 3 hrs left in my psychotherapy book. So cloooooose!!! Sorry I just posted three times in a row...can you tell I'm bored?