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

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

For someone who cares about Ouyang Esen does not think much before speaking when he mentions family in front of him. Even though Ouyang cares about him, this "little" thing is a good flame for his revenge against the Yuan.

Okay, wow.. I did not expect the duel between Zhu and Ouyang to be like that.. I'm a little shocked with the hand cutting. Okay, stabbing them so they could die, but the hand.

I looked up if this is surely a duology and saw that this is a real thing. Shelly took history and is rewriting it her way. Usually that makes me a bit hesitant because then I'm but what is the real history, what truly happened and what is the author's spin.. since I know nothing about Chinese history, and chances are that I won't learn because there's so much history I feel overwhelmed, I don't mind thinking of this as only fiction. But I think I'll be googling things after the second book to compare.

Jen K wrote: "Little Guo is pretty awful, just keep reading. :)"

yeah, saw his fate.. and well it's good, but also I would've liked for him to suffer a bit more. Not pain wise, but embarrassment wise.

Omg, can Little Guo be any worse? I don't feel that strongly about any other character because I understand them and like they are evil-sih, thinking Left Prime Ministar, but Little Guo is so full of himself that he doesn't understand anything that's happening around him.. I hope a big betrayal for him.

Aristi wrote: "mina wrote: "I'm glad you guys liked it 😃 I was a little scared you wouldn't as I followed your discussion, but I'm glad you enjoyed its weirdness 😂"

Yes, it got me out of a reading slump because ..."

😄 you are welcome

I agree with you Amanda, it wasn't the relatable cringyness. If I had only read the first chapter, or that the rest 2-5 were the same I would've dnf-ed it.. I mean that could still happen 😂 I'll see later when I pick it up again, but like I said it isn't really working for me so we'll see if that changes.

Let's see if I'll make an effort 😅


1. Bone Crossed (182/320) 138 ✔
2. Dial A for Aunties (65/260) 194 ✔
3. Stars Above 230 ✔
4. Daughter of the Moon Goddess 187/387
5. Tempting the Best Man 120 ✔
6. Tempting the Player 200 ✔
7 Minimum Wage Magic 125/270

Books: 5/7
Pages: 1194

I'm glad you guys liked it 😃 I was a little scared you wouldn't as I followed your discussion, but I'm glad you enjoyed its weirdness 😂

So I read the first 5 chapters.

And while I'm still cringing at that first chapter, it kinda got better. Not better that I love it because honestly that won't be happening, but enough to feel indifferent towards it 😅 which is better than how it started.

I don't know, there's something in the writing, it doesn't work for me. It feels kinda flat, uneventful which doesn't have anything to do with something actually interesting happening. And the humor isn't hitting me right either.

Just finished the first chapter aaaaand 😬 I know that his whole situation is catastrophic and things that are happening are cringy.. but the way it was told, this could've been because of the audio too, it felt awkward and cringy.. and while I understand that we can have characters be in a shitty situation and still find it funny because it's not us, right.. but this.. just made me cringe

I just started it.

@Bopeep Do you mean this cocktail? Because it's nonsense in English too.

Wriggling my way to the bar, I squinted at the chalkboard listing the night’s bespoke cocktails and eventually ordered a Sloe Comfortable Conversation about Pronouns Up Against the Wall, since it seemed like it would be both nice to drink and accurately descriptive of my chances of scoring that evening. Or, indeed, ever.

Amanda wrote: "I'm new, but I'd like to join this as well."

Welcome :D
Feel free to discuss the book, I'm sure the rest of the buddies will join shortly.

I'm happy a bunch of us is going to start this. I'll start reading it tonight.

Laura wrote: "Hoping to read this one, I've seen mixed reviews so interested to finally try 😊"

I haven't really seen anything about it, so I'm going in blind.

Welcome to the The Kiss Quotient Buddy Read Discussion thread! This thread officially opens on March 2nd and anyone can join at any time. Please keep in mind that spoilers are allowed in this thread but only up to the group's current reading place. Do not spoil the book if you've read further than the group. Any extra days can be used to catch up!

Each day we will be reading by chapters or page numbers. Page numbers are an approximation based on the hardcover or paperback that is the default on Goodreads. The suggested Buddy Read discussion schedule is as follows:

Week of 03/01
March 2nd, day 1: Ch 1 - Ch 6
March 3rd, day 2: Ch 7 - Ch 12
March 4th, day 3: Ch 13 - Ch 18
March 5th, day 4: Ch 19 - Ch 24
March 6th, day 5: Ch 25 - epilogue

PARTICIPANTS
~ Noor
~ Leslie
~ Sophie

Zhu works fast. I mean there wouldn't have been much time to plan for the new Lu's... whatever his title, but they just went for it.
Also Xu Da appears. I hope there is more of their friendship.

Bopeep wrote: "I'll probably read two too, and I thought to so this one first (because it's the one I have), and DIAL a for aunties after this, so I'll try to follow the schedule you wrote above ^^"

Great :D Those 2 are the ones I had my eye on too.

Message 3 updated.
I finished it.

Welcome to the Bone Crossed Buddy Read Discussion thread! This thread officially opens on March 10th and anyone can join at any time. Please keep in mind that spoilers are allowed in this thread but only up to the group's current reading place. Do not spoil the book if you've read further than the group. Any extra days can be used to catch up!

Each day we will be reading by chapters or page numbers. Page numbers are an approximation based on the hardcover or paperback that is the default on Goodreads. The suggested Buddy Read discussion schedule is as follows:

Week of 03/10
March 10: Chapters 1-3
March 11: Chapters 4-6
March 12: Chapters 7-9
March 13: Chapters 10-13


PARTICIPANTS
~ Jen
~ Mina

You can start the book whenever you want in the month of March. I just thought this way, if there was a kinda definite time for the books to be read, that more of us would participate.

I want to read 2 of the books, maybe even all 3, but I knew I would have a problem which book to pick up first because I don't know what the majority would pick up first.. and I like to talk to people about the books I read.

Looking forward to reading with you!

You can start the book whenever you want in the month of March. I just thought this way, if there was a kinda definite time for the books to be read, that more of us would participate.

I want to read 2 of the books, maybe even all 3, but I knew I would have a problem which book to pick up first because I don't know what the majority would pick up first.. and I like to talk to people about the books I read.

Looking forward to reading with you!