Louise’s Comments (group member since Aug 29, 2015)

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

Joanne wrote: "Here are a few recommendations:

by Ilona Andrews. Honestly I could just recommend every single Ilona Andrews book I've read so far. They are all exc..."

I love Ilona Andrews, although I don’t think I’ve read any of the hidden legacy series. Now I’m wondering why?

Into the Light is actually on my TBR, I Added I And shelved it as Kindle In 2016. Going to need to check on that

Brigia wrote: "I'll go with these three:

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles is a sweet, funny and sometimes heartbreaking historical novel that really stuck with me.

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I’ve got The Chestnut Man on my TBR I started it ages ago and didn’t get very far. Might be time to re-visit

Keely wrote: "Oooh, I have a hard time picking favourites so I'll just choose three that I remember really liking.

The Letter by Kathryn Hughes was one I really enjoyed a few yea..."

I’ve read and enjoyed The Hunger Games. I may pick up The Book Thief I have it in book, audio and e-book form I’ve just never got round to reading it. It does have an M,Z and an L. So maybe. The Letter looks interesting, from the précis it reminds me of The Last Letter from Your Lover

My recommendations:

This was a RL book club read which I listened to this week. Lots of mythology and world building in this fantasy novel. If you are familiar with Greek mythology it will help with the characters.

This was the first book I read by this author and I was blown away. I even cried in parts which is unusual for me. A 2nd World war tale of how two sisters deal with life in occupied France, heart-wrenching.

I picked this up for a challenge and was pleasantly surprised by this psychological thriller.

Task List: Read a book recommended by someone in your team
This is available 3 times. Can you all submit 3 books that you would recommend to the team, bearing in mind the 160pg minimum.

Chris wrote: "Question: am I able to add books to tags I know would fit before we start? Or is that considered cheating?"

Ooh controversial. The general rule of thumb is it needs to be tagged by at least one person, but you cannot claim the tag if you’re the only one who has tagged it. Hope that makes sense :)

Louise wrote: "Christina wrote: "I added a new tab to our planning sheet with the task list put in categories to have a better overview. hope that's okay. I would have made a list for myself anyway so I thought w..."

I’ve organised this, put some Color and definition in and tracked it back to the main task list.

Christina wrote: "I added a new tab to our planning sheet with the task list put in categories to have a better overview. hope that's okay. I would have made a list for myself anyway so I thought why not share it wi..."

That’s fine I was going to have a play about with the list today to arrange into categories for ease.

MPG is main page genre. So this is the book’s main page. If you’re Tag is showing as the last one on the main page I would screenshot it and post it here. I have had tags drop off the main page before know.

Christina wrote: "so if I got this right we can read as many tasks as we want each round which means in order to get as many points as possible we should also fulfill as many tasks as possible, right?"

That’s right, as the challenge progresses we will black out the tasks that have been used.

✿ Claire ✿ wrote: "Ah cool! I didn't realise Tasks were already available. I'll have a look to see if any of the books I choose fit any of the "obscure" ones

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That's great. I've added your books to the first tab on the planning sheet. The spellout tab is for Rina and Myself to complete and move as necessary. Can you add your alternate letters :)

Hi Joanne I'm sure we've been on some team challenges together. I forgot about cutthroat, that was fun.

Hi Christina, welcome to the team. Hopefully the randomiser will look favourably on us, I know Rina has Requested to be back up, I’ve managed to get hold of the audiobook for the BOM, can’t wait.

Hi Sandy, you’re all linked up 😄

Brigia wrote: "There are five books tagged "crazy" that I wanted to read soon:

which would work for C with the series name
- M in author name
[boo..."

Tempted by the Nora Roberts, but I may have to take up the Rachel Caine. I really enjoyed the first in the series

Welcome Claire, Brigia and Keely. Shelves are linked above. Feel free to add books to the planning spreadsheet. Everyone has the same task list (200 each) this is on the 2nd Tab on the s/sheet.

Bonus points are available for our first complete word. Every other complete word per round is only on page points.
Genre specific tag (Max 10 books)
Task list - each player can complete the task list but can not duplicate a task. (I.e if you use your book for Set in Canada this task will not be available for further books; other team members can complete this on their list). (Hint: if your book works for an obscure task use that one first)

Sonia wrote: "Sophie wrote: "This team captain from Hobbit is having a moment of slight despair! That's a lot of U and Z as was pointed out earlier! Time for a KU search!"

Ouch!

Yeah.

If you have LGBT readers..."
Going to hunt out Book 3 & 4

Poor Kitty, when our dog was spayed last year she kept bumping into everything with the cone. It hurt when what she bumped into was your leg

Hi Everyone, looking forward to this challenge. We have just over a week to get ready for the start so a little time to get to know each other. This is my 3rd Wheel and I’ve also played UNO, Tower Teams and Wobble as well as other smaller Team Challenges. I am a little bit addicted to Team challenges which I find is great for expanding my reading, although some of the books I have read have been rather dubious 😂

Although originally from North Wales, I live in South Wales with my OH and 4yr old SpanielxDaschund. Since lockdown I have been “reading” more audiobooks as I can listen while working from home. We had planned a road-trip to visit long lost relations in May but unfortunately this had had to be put on hold until next year 🤞.

My favourite genres are Mystery, Thriller, Romance and YA but will read most genres. I don’t think I’ve read Jonathon Swift’s Gulliver but I have watched the Ted Danson and Jack Black adaptation. I do prefer Ted Danson’s version.

Gulliver’s Travels is open head on over 😄