Catsalive’s Comments (group member since Feb 05, 2022)

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

by Rachel Joyce 1/12 3.5★ 357p
by Sarah Stewart Taylor 2/12 2★ 278p
by J.D. Robb 3/12 4★ 368p
by Agatha Christie 4/12 4★ 304p
by Agatha Christie 5/12 4★ 315p
by Michael Connelly 6/12 3.5★ 456p
by Melody Horrill 7/12 5★ 326p
by Leonie Kelsall 10/12 4★ 416p
by Richard Osman 12/12 4★ 457p
by N. West Moss 13/12 3★ 158p
by Carole Matthews 14/12 3★ 452p
by Frieda Wishinsky 15/12 3★ 128p
by Charlaine Harris, Maggie Shayne, Barbara Hambly 16/12 3★ 347p
by Andy McNab 18/12 2.5★ 416p
by Graeme Simsion, Anne Buist 22/12 4.5★ 368p
by Ursula K. Le Guin 23/12 3.5★ 251p
by Tricia Stringer 24/12 4★ 464p
by Michael Innes 25/12 3★ 223p
by Isabel Wolff 27/12 4★ 432p
by Annie Lyons 29/12 5★ 384p
by Allison Lane 30/12 2★ 224p
by Kathy Reichs 31/12 2★ 323p

Pages: 7447

Current Total: 2,015,805

by Laurien Berenson 1/11 2.5★ 208p
by Jenn McKinlay 2/11 2.5★ 347p
by Betty Hechtman 3/11 2.5★ 290p
by Kate Young 3/11 2★ 336p
by Travis Baldree 4/11 4★ 312p
by Allison Brook 5/11 3★ 329p
by Alisa Craig, Charlotte MacLeod 6/11 3★ 182p
by Jane Austen 7/11 5★ 288p
by Terry Pratchett 8/11 5★ 484p
by J.D. Robb 9/11 4★ 352p
by Jodi Taylor 11/11 3.5★ 480p
by Anne McCaffrey 13/11 4★ 347p
by Dean Koontz 13/11 3.5★ 408p
by Fritz Leiber 14/11 1★ 128p
by Elizabeth Thornton 14/11 2★ 304p
by Meredith Appleyard 15/11 5★ 401p
by Jen Campbell 15/11 3★ 119p
by Ashley Poston 16/11 3.5★ 347p
by Rebecca Serle 17/11 3★ 273p
by Judy Blume 17/11 4★ 176p
by Dick Francis 18/11 4.5★ 328p
by Terry Pratchett 18/11 5★ 480p
by Kirsten Miller 20/11 4★ 304p
by Mary Balogh 21/11 3★ 224p
by Arthur W. Upfield 22/11 4★ 237p
by Arthur W. Upfield 23/11 4★ 221p
by Terry Pratchett 24/11 5★ 374p
by Patricia Wynn 24/11 2★ 219p
by Clayton Bess 25/11 1.5★ 197p
by Maggie Blackburn 25/11 2★ 329p
by Janet Evanovich 26/11 1★ 248p
by Agatha Christie 26/11 4★ 224p
by Karen Hawkins 27/11 2★ 578p
by Robert Nathan 28/11 4★ 212p
by Paula Hawkins 30/11 4★ 307p

Pages: 10593

Current Total: 1,848,533

by Faith Martin 1/10 3.5★ 224p
by J.D. Robb 2/10 3.5★ 385p
by Dick Francis 3/10 3.5★ 320p
by Mali Waugh 5/10 3.5★ 336p
by Annie Lyons 7/10 4★ 371p
by Jane Harper 8/10 5★ 342p
by Kate Bell, Kathleen Suzette 9/10 1★ 178p
by Julie Haworth 10/10 2★ 384p
by Emily Barnes 11/10 2★ 500p
by Mark Wales 12/10 3★ 368p
by Carsten Henn 14/10 3.5★ 256p
by Carolyn G. Hart 16/10 1.5★ 416p
by Emily Rodda 17/10/24 5★ 288p
by Nina George 18/10 3.5★ 359p
by Jen Campbell 19/10 3★ 273p
by Gabrielle Zevin 20/10 4★ 306p
by Louise Walters 21/10 2★ 360p
by Madelyn Alt 22/10 2★ 304p
by Michael Crichton 25/10 3★ 295p
by Dinuka McKenzie 26/10 4★ 352p
by Megan Lindholm, Robin Hobb 27/10 4★ 400p
by Isabel Ashdown 28/10 3★ 356p
by Nora Roberts 29/10 2★ 319p
by Katie Fforde 30/10 2.5★ 371p
by Agatha Christie 31/10 3.5★ 336p

Pages: 9244

Current Total: 1,714,786

Current Total: 1,705,542

by Jeremy Burfoot 1/9 4★ 312p
by Richard Gosling 2/9 4.5★ 280p
by Evie Gaughan 3/9 3★ 195p
by Sophie Green 5/9 4★ 395p
by Terry Pratchett 7/9 5★ 285p
by Dervla McTiernan 9/9 3.5★ 400p
by Lee Christine 11/9 4★ 307p
by Annie Seaton 13/9 3★ 400p
by Anne McCaffrey 14/9 3★ 369p
by Emma Lange 15/9 2★ 220p
by Anne McCaffrey 16/9 3★ 384p
by Anne McCaffrey 17/9 3★ 349p
by Sarah Morgan 19/9 3★ 464p
by Anne McCaffrey 19/9 4★ 351p
by Anne McCaffrey 20/9 3.5★ 380p
by Anne McCaffrey 21/9 3.5★ 332p
by Peter May 22/9 3★ 400p
by Margareta Magnusson 23/9 4★ 160p
by Lloyd Devereux Richards 24/9/24 2★ 368p
by Mark Manson 25/9 3.5★ 224p
by J.D. Robb 28/9 4★ 338p
by Sandie Docker 28/9 4★ 332p
by Nancy Butler 29/9 2★ 224p

Pages: 7469

Current total: 1,577,333

by Agatha Christie 1/8 4.5★ 288p
by Patricia Oliver 2/8 3.5★ 224p
by Adrian Hyland 4/8 4★ 437p
by Hazel Prior 5/8 4★ 352p
by J.D. Robb 6/8 4★ 320p
by Dermot Bolger 9/8 2★ 352p
by Anne McCaffrey 11/8 3★ 384p
by Patricia Wolf 12/8 4★ 357p
by Mary Balogh 14/8 2★ 320p
by Sean O'Beirne 15/8 3★ 208p
by Mary Balogh 16/8 3★ 208p
by Stuart MacBride 17/8 4★ 192p
by Alexia Gordon 18/8 4★ 280p
by Sophia Nash 19/8 2★ 224p
by Nina Bangs 20/8 1★ 315p
by Stuart Prebble 21/8 3★ 253p
by Jill Mansell 23/8 3.5★ 500p
by Alexander Thorpe 25/8 4★ 288p
by Helen Simonson 27/8 4.5★ 432p
by Georgette Heyer 29/8 4★ 368p
by Helen Simonson 30/8 4★ 388p
by Lee Goldberg 31/8 3★ 240p

Pages: 6930

Current total: 1,376,292

Good work, Team. Thanks, Captains.

Irresistible fits for luxury in plot, the characters all live in aristocratic luxury. I put it in dw3h.

I have finished an SO author if you need it for ah89.

Vicky wrote: "@Kylie - it's probably still there. We hid a lot of the books we entered on the official sheet to keep the list a little more manageable!"

I couldn't see it there either but I only looked in the round3 sheet. I did just find it in arena hazards. I'll take it off tracking.

I put Ladies' Night in Finbar's Hotel this on the ss a couple of days back & it's not there today. I'll put back what I can remember but you might want to check if anything else has gone.

Elisabeth wrote: "This is weird. Maybe it's just me on my PC but the bookpages no longer display publishing details or other edition lists."

Yep, bloody annoying.

Vicky wrote: "Kylie - Can you add Gunshot Road to your shelves?
.."

done

by Lori Foster 1/7 2★ 336p
by J.D. Robb 2/7 3★ 347p
by Agatha Christie 3/7 4★ 320p
by Agatha Christie 4/7 3★ 235p
by Agatha Christie 6/7 4★ 285p
by Meredith Appleyard 7/7 4★ 356pp
by Eithne Shortall 8/7 3★ 400p
by Arthur W. Upfield 9/7 3.5★ 370p
by Emily Hendrickson 11/7 3★ 224p
by Robert Jordan 13/7 3★ 1035p
by Victoria Purman 15/7 5★ 400p
by Tom Wood 17/7 4★ 480p
by Patricia Briggs 18/7 3★ 351p
by Emma Lange 19/7 3★ 224p
by Mary Higgins Clark 21/7 3★ 388p
by Agatha Christie 21/7 4★ 315p
by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro 23/7 2★ 468p
by Evelyn Richardson 24/7 4★ 224p
by Suzanne Collins 26/7 3★ 458p
by June Calvin 27/7 3★ 224p
by Greg Woodland 28/7 4.5★ 385p
by Patricia Oliver 29/7 3★ 224p
by Patricia Oliver 30/7 3.5★ 224p
by Patricia Oliver 30/7 3.5★ 236p
by Edith Layton 31/7 3.5★ 270p

Pages: 8778

Current Total: 1,248,548

This book is a bit of a grind, the ending is pretty anticlimactic & the epilogue a tad nauseating, especially as I still don't feel an emotional connection between K & P.

In general, though, I'd say this series is a good action thriller, unbelievable & improbable at times, but fast-paced & adventurous. It is a YA tale, however, & has that bloody awful love triangle trope that plagues the YA world, not that I think there was much love involved. Lots of violence & shared trauma, friendship & support, even, but not love.

I think it was a great mistake to remove Finnick, who was one of the more interesting characters along with Gale & Haymitch - people who can laugh at, & think outside, themselves. Plus they got all the best lines. Katniss & Peeta are rather pathetic by comparison.

I found the muttations the most horrible thing in this book, and I hated them being called mutts, because I love a good mutt, the scruffier the better.

Part 2

Note to self: remember that this is a YA tale.

I do like Joanna, Gale & Haymitch, they keep everyone else's feet on the ground & provide some light relief.

Good old Katniss is happy to drop Peeta now she has him back & he's not working properly. Yep, it doesn't suit her to have a broken fake lover, better go & kiss Gale, or at least let him kiss me.

I know I should lighten up because this is a story about teenagers for teenagers. I hate love triangles & Katniss just gives me the pip, poor delicate little flower that she is. But she gets her way again & is on the way to the Capitol where she has every intention of deserting once more.

Part 1

Just confirms how self-centred Katniss is, flouting rules she doesn't agree with & putting others at risk by doing so. It's still all me, me, me.

District 13 were lucky to survive at all so I don't think their rules are there without reason: the careful sharing of food, particularly, would have been paramount to their survival so I can understand why breaking that rule would be a capital offense. Not to mention they've lived underground for 75 years. But no, Katniss knows best & so the life of one person is more valuable than whole populations.

Whether you agree with Gale or not, at least he has thought beyond the end of his nose, unlike Katniss.

The punishment meted out to the Capitol puppies is a bit harsh through our eyes but they don't live in our world. I'm sure they had rules to follow in the Capitol, they may be poor specimens but they aren't stupid, . The entire population of the Capitol has watched the other districts send their children in to be slaughtered for 75 years now, turning a blind eye makes them complicit.

It puts me in mind of, “Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing." John Stuart Mill.

Please add some rows to the BOM sheet.

Susan A wrote: "OMG I've been looking at your post trying to figure out how it works. I have been searching for books starting with RIN"

It took me a moment to work it out, too. 😂

Task: Read a book with a pink cover

P- The Radio Hour by Victoria Purman 15/7 5★
A- Althea's Grand Tour by Emily Hendrickson 11/7 3★
S- The Sands Of Windee by Arthur W. Upfield 9/7 3.5★
S- The Scottish Rebel by Emma Lange 19/7 3★

Task: Read a book with the main genre (listed on the first page on GR) as Paranormal

C- Three Blind Mice by Agatha Christie 4/7 3★
A- The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie 6/7 4★
N- No Job for a Girl by Meredith Appleyard 7/7 4★
T- Three Little Truths by Eithne Shortall 8/7 3★