mina’s Comments (group member since Nov 01, 2018)

mina’s comments from the The Procrastinators Book Club group.

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✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ wrote: "Title: Looking for Alaska
Author: John Green
Start Date: 6/23/22
Finish Date: 6/23/22
Category and task: Pink Polo 4
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 121
Review: https://www.g..."

you wrote that it has 121 pages which is too little to count for points. I checked the edition you read and it says 221 pages, so I assume it was a typo and that's what I updated it as in the mod sheet, just fix it in your completion post too.

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Title: Verity
Author: Colleen Hoover
Start Date: June 13th
Finish Date: June 14th
Category and task: Ex-wives 3 - GR nominee
Graphic Novel? no
Buddy Read? yes
Group Read? no
Pages: 314
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Red Tigress
Author: Amelie Wen Zhao
Start Date: June 12th
Finish Date: June 22nd
Category and task: Army Pants 2 - Asian author
Graphic Novel? no
Buddy Read? yes
Group Read? no
Pages: 448
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finally have some time so I picked up the book again, and I hate when I stop reading something and pick it up after a longer time. First I didn't know where I stopped even though I saw on what chapter, I don't remember what happened and after 2 read chapters I'm not that fired up to read it... Like I said, I hate when I stop reading something and pick it up later because I lose interest.

Wait.. Xiala's mother is head of the Teek or something like that? Was I supposed to know that? Because I don't remember it. IF it was mentioned in book one I probably didn't see the importance in that.

I finished chapter 19, hopefully I'll read the rest today. If nothing else I'll have less to read by the end of the month. Thankfully I got back to enjoying the story so I'm glad for that. Also, would like some friendship between Iktan and Xiala.

Next month?
Spring fling lasts till the end of this month and even though I'm not going to read anything, I STILL have that one BR to finish. I'm hoping to finish it today because I have a day off, but in case I don't tomorrow I work only the first shift so I'll have time after work.

I'm here to settle things 😂 Ramson is Ferrald's son. The reason, I'm assuming, why Alaric is calling him son is because he took him in after Ramson fled Bregon, and he was close to Alaric, by that I mean he was his second, no? If not his second than something that's close to that.

I'm preeeeety sure Daya was not in book one.. Ramson looked her up in this book when he needed a ship to get to Bregon.. that's at least how I got it.

So the thoughts are... I enjoyed the writing because I liked the book even though in the first half of the book nothing happened, I mean I got bored but I still enjoyed it, you know? Now as for the story, at first it looked like a typical filler book, I mean it can still be that too, but it got more interesting when the betrayal happened. I was so shocked when Kais betrayed them, thankfully he got back to his senses (which was way to fast and easy to do)(also screw Seying, I'm moving my obsession to Kais). From that point on things were interesting and I liked that we FINALLY had things happening, however, I agree, it was rushed.

Morganya as the enemy... well it's a bit laughable when you think we hadn't seen her at all.. or maybe we did a bit in the beginning? I don't even remember. Either way, her page time is insignificant. On the other hand I like Sorcha as the enemy, that was more believable to me. That too needed more work, but I liked her as the enemy.

Yes, I want Ransom and Ana to get together.. however I'm not so torn about them not getting together yet. Dragging it out and having just a tad of romance between them works for me. AND I kinda like that they are separating their ways 😅 They are not being a typical YA romance where they change their goals for someone they met and fell for, they are going for the things that push them. Now that I mention that, I really like that they are their own persons willing to do things they had set as some kind of goals instead of changing their believes because they met a love interest.

Kais and Linn... Like, I don't care that much about Ransom and Ana, give me more Kais and Linn 😂 I really wanted more. Also, I don't know why, maybe the flying thing, but Linn reminds me of Vin from The Final Empire, which could be another reason I like her.

I know this BR has been a biiiiit out of control, but I liked reading with someone, and discussing it. If you guys are up for more chaotic and probably slow reading from me... would you like to read the third book together too?

I'm on chapter 51 now, I'll write a longer comment tonight when I get home, but I have to say now, this book got intense! To be honest I was getting bored with it 😅

I'm not reading anyone's comment till I finish the book.. I really hope that'll happen today.

@Darcey
Don't worry, I'm in the same boat. I was so proud for being behind only 2 days and boom 2nd job came.

It's so boring in my shift today so I'll try reading a bit now.

Hello,

You are doing an amazing job! Bravo.

I'm liking the books I'm reading, but I don't have much time, or I'm bad at managing it 😅 I'm at least aiming to finish the two BRs I'm part of and that I'm very behind on (as you know). And I would like to read at least two of the GRs but.. will see.

😂 I am concerned too, I guess I want to read about an evil love interest.. hopefully after this I'll calm the hell down.

Omg, I didn't think about that.. but yeah, he could've been reading Lowen's book. Nice catch.

So, I finally picked it up again. Since I haven't read your comments I have no idea what's going on.. and sharing what just came to mind isn't the same because if it is you already know it... So the thing that I just thought of was.. what if Linn's person is Seyin? I mean he moves without her hearing him.

Dammit, it's not him 😂 I don't know why I'm having an obsession with him.

Icewolf 😲 Whaaat? That's cool. We didn't have that in the first book, right?

Shamaira and Kais.

When you said there's going to be the torture of the MCs being separted for some time.. I thought it would be longer 😂 this is not much.

I moved the dates on the schedule to know how behind I am.. good news, now I'm behind only 2 days 🥳 Just finished chapter 21. I agree, nothing much has really happened, I guess that's what happens with 2nd books. If nothing else I still like the writing, it's easy and fun.

It's interesting how everyone has a different version they like. For me, I think that the letter was real, because that makes the story more shocking for me. That way Jeremy, who was shown as a poor guy with so many tragedies in his life, is not such a poor guy.

I read the sex scenes and although I don't mind them generally here... i honestly felt uncomfortable with it. it just doesn't fit in the story for me.

Yeah, I've noticed she likes "unique" names 😅

Verity's autobiography and even the letter were the best part of the book. Those parts are the only things that made sense from the start till the end, even though the letter may or may not shed light on the autobiography it fit in better than the story we were reading about Lowen. The letter was a mind-blowing part for me and while I was reading it I was oh shit, oh shit, everything is a lie.

But when I think of the Lowen-Jeremy story... wow, what a mess! And it's a mess from the beginning, it was trying to be something more and 😂 I mostly laughed from the absurdity. First, her meeting him in the beginning of the book as a coincidence feels like everything BUT. If we had discovered that he stalked her I would've been more likely to believe it, after all he was the one that read her stuff and suggested her to continue Verity's books. Also, why was there a need to continue Verity's books? V didn't ask for that, so that makes me think Jeremy wanted the money.. and Lowen.

I agree that Lowen's whole sleepwalking and lock on the door was so exaggerated and made us think something sinister happened in her past..and then we have one case of her jumping of the railing. If she had hurt someone else I would've understood her paranoia, and her mother's fear from her but otherwise it's just an unpaved and poorly used road by the author.

One other thing that... irked me, was, of course, in the Lowen chapters..and that was how Verity ended up. We get her psycho side from the autobiography and how she's not just going to sit and do nothing, and Jeremy just... you know.. and even though she faked her illness for whatever reason be it, that happening didn't fit.

I may be interested to read something else by her just to see if her storytelling improves.

The kdrama is From Now On, Showtime. Funny thing is I watched the first episode and wasn't that interested in it, but decided to put the second episode because I needed something to watch while I fall asleep 😂 And I ended up watching 7.

How much did you read guys?

I haven't moved from the 7th chapter 🙈😅 I planned to read yesterday aaaaaand then I got hooked to a kdrama so...yeah, we know how that goes.

I started NOT planning things and just jumping in on BRs.. but with my luck it's 3-4 good ones happening AT THE SAME time.

"He must be the love of her life" 😂😂

I agree on the third genders thing, I was very fascinated by it in the first book, wasn't expecting it and before that I'm pretty sure I didn't saw it anywhere.