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

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

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The last update will happen on the 1st, 7pm EST, so make sure to post your completion posts by that time.

Title: Good Girl, Bad Blood
Author: Holly Jackson
Start Date: Dec 19th
Finish Date: Dec 27th
Category and task: Where 4 - set in Europe
Graphic Novel? no
Buddy Read? no
Group Read? yes
Pages: 417
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Last Graduate
Author: Naomi Novik
Start Date: Dec 20th
Finish Date: Dec 31st
Category and task: Who 5 - South Asian
Graphic Novel? no
Buddy Read? yes
Group Read? no
Pages: 304
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Starsight
Author: Brandon Sanderson
Start Date: Dec 20th
Finish Date: Dec 31st
Category and task: When 3 - future
Graphic Novel? no
Buddy Read? yes
Group Read? no
Pages: 461
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

This is the group thread for Beasts and Beauty!

This thread is open for discussion beginning January 1st! Please keep in mind that spoilers are allowed (mark as a spoiler) 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 of the month can be used to catch up if needed! Page numbers are an approximation based on the hardcover or paperback that is the default on Goodreads.

The Group Read Discussion schedule is as follows:

Week of 01/01
January 1: Red Riding Hood
January 2: Snow White

Week of 01/03
January 3: Sleeping Beauty
January 4: Rapunzel
January 5: Jack and the Beanstalk
January 6: Hansel and Gretel
January 7: Beauty and the Beast
January 8: Bluebeard
January 9: Cinderella

Week of 01/10
January 10: Little Mermaid
January 11: Rumpelstiltskin
January 12: Peter Pan



You can read the group book at any time during the month and at your own pace. This is the pace the group will be using, but if you read ahead or will be giving spoilers, please mark them (click the "some html is ok button"). If you have any questions a mod or another member can help you.

I have a bit more of Starsight to read, and have to write two reviews and to post the completion posts.. but I'll write them tomorrow.

Happy new year, team!

Gaaaaaah, Orion.. you dumbass

I finished the book.. but we'll talk about it over WA msgs

Welcome to the Gods & Monsters Buddy Read Discussion thread! This thread officially opens on January 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 01/01
January 2: page 68 or 11%

Week of 01/03
January 3: page 136 or 22%
January 4: page 204 or 33%
January 5: page 272 or 44%
January 6: page 340 or 55%
January 7: page 408 or 66%
January 8: page 476 or 77%
January 9: page 544 or 88 %

Week of 01/10
January 10: page 612 or 100%

PARTICIPANTS
~ Bopeep
~ HeatherH

Welcome to the Sunreach Buddy Read Discussion thread! This thread officially opens on January 1st 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:

Sunreach
Week of 01/01
January 1: Chapters 1-5
January 2: Chapters 6-10

Week of 01/03
January 3: Chapters 11-end

ReDawn
Week of 01/03
January 3: Chapters 1-8
January 4: Chapters 9-16
January 5: Chapters 17-end


PARTICIPANTS
~ Mina
~ HeatherH

Welcome to the The Girl in Red Buddy Read Discussion thread! This thread officially opens on January 1st 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 01/01
January 1: Ch 1-3
January 2: Ch 4-7

Week of 01/03
January 3: Ch 8-10
January 4: Ch 11-13
January 5: Ch 14-end

PARTICIPANTS
~ Jen K
~ HeatherH

HeatherH wrote: "Would work for a blue cover?"

yes, it would

Team, you are doing great!

Prompts to finish a category:
* South Asian MC (I'm reading a book for it, but we need one more) x2

* Noble rank in the title x1
* the Noun and Noun prompt x1

* Takes place in Asia (x1 IF someone does x2 Australia task)
* Takes place in Australia/Oceania x2

*Memoir/autobiography

* White Cover
* Feline/Bird on the Cover





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And and Lauren are horrible friends. Like what the fuck, is that how you act when your friend's brother disappears? I also have a bit of a problem with Pip's mother, that she finds Pip's shouting and violence more concerning than what's happening with one of the people living in the same town as them.

Child Brunswick.. this is one of the biggest changes I see. The UK version has missing teenagers while in the US one it's half of their age.

Damn, this book escalated. Pip already had problems after the first case.. poor thing is going to be a wreck now.

Also, finished the book, and it's so nice to enjoy the SECOND book too.

Well damn, that instagram msg.. first they knew it was her then the comment on getting closer.. is it threatening or is it like bravo, great work 😂 but yeah, I agree with Jen it's creepy.

Oh-oh, Nat is a suspect again.. I see how Nat is going to dislike her even more.. And I find it interesting how Pip is suspecting her again, like "she would have more reason" to lie, sure but wasn't her boyfriend being weird about Jamie when Pip went to their house in the beginning?

Ch 23. Well wow, this one is a bit of a slip.. Pip is just now realizing /finding out Jamie went home from the calamity party, when she could've made that connection when Charlie showed her the video of Jamie breaking-it. He stole Flora's watch after his disappearance, the watch was in his room that Pip searched.. it's obvious he had been home.

So, if Jamie went back for the black hoodie does that mean he went 2 times to his house after the disappearance? Because on the break-in video he is wearing the hoodie which means he was home, but Pip found the missing watch in his drawer so he had to go put it there.... unless it was someone else.

I finished chapter 26, and I kinda wish I didn't have a nap because then I could've finished the book today 😂 Either way, this one is addicting too, and I'm so glad I finally decided to read these books because I enjoy YA mysteries.

Chapter 9
(view spoiler)[Well El's thinking is so great. She was ok with helping the people she knows and loves but was afraid if she got to know others and see if they are great that she would want to save them too... and now she's going over the course with all teams. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 10
(view spoiler)[😭😭 Aad thinking of El as her sister..
Precious becoming judgy on her own like El.
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Chapter 11
(view spoiler)[Okay, I know you like Orion and El, but I'm meeh about it? I like that we have "romance" that's taking a backseat in the story, but also I find it a bit cringy.
One moment they are lusting after each other and are about to have sex before Orion stops them because El apparently doesn't care. Then the next moment she is like oh, don't you dare touch me I'm going to break your hands if you do. And then you have another moment when they act so awkward and nervous around each other. I guess the inconsistency of their relationship is irking me.
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@Bopeep hey, no offence here. I mean I don't have serious memory problems, just I forget a looooooot probably because I'm not really really interested in things generally speaking.

I usually don't do rereads 😂 takes too much time when I could read something else, but sometimes rereads are fun. And maybe they would be really enjoyable if I would forget everything not only the majority. but I end up remembering big things and then I'm not as shocked.

Since I didn't try to match my audiobook and ebook, I'm listening to the US version while reading along in a UK version, and yes it's annoying that they changed things but this thing particularly stood out and irked me.

Ravi and Pip are having a conversation how she'll find Jamie, but in the audiobook Ravi slips and says they'll find Sal, and then he sees what he said.. and that just doesn't exist in the UK version which annoys me because we see how Sal's death is still affecting Ravi (obviously), and how he was thinking that saving Jamie is saving Sal.

finished chapter 14.