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

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

430: The Woman Who Wanted More
213: Before the Coffee Gets Cold
271: Billings Better Bookstore & Brasserie

Current total: 228, 140

Around the World in 80 Days
Duration: 6/2/22 - 26/4/22
Country: Australia
Level: Platinum 13+
Progress: 66/13

England:
Death and Croissants by Ian Moore 6/2 3.5★
The Woman Who Wanted More by Vicky Zimmerman 7/2 3★
A Narrow Escape by Faith Martin 13/2 4.5★
4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie 4.5★ 83p
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 19/2 4★
Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders by Tessa Arlen 19/2 4.5★
The Horn of Roland by Ellis Peters 20/2 3★
Touch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart 26/2 3★
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie 2/3 4★
Under the Ice by Rachael Blok 10/3 3★
A Taste of Home by Heidi Swain 11/3 4★
Miss Treadway & the Field of Stars by Miranda Emmerson 13/3 2.5★
The Family Gift by Cathy Kelly 14/3 2★
Poppy Redfern and the Fatal Flyers by Tessa Arlen 18/3 4★
The Great Betrayal by Pamela Oldfield 20/3 2★
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis 21/3 5★
Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson 23/3 4★
Season to Taste by Natalie Young 24/3 2★
Annie Stanley, All At Sea by Sue Teddern 26/3 4★
A Wedding in Provence by Katie Fforde 27/3 4.5★
Into The Blue by Virginia McKenna 31/3 5★
The Death of Lucy Kyte by Nicola Upson 2/4 3.5★
Better Off Dead by Tom Wood 5/4 4★
Outgrowing God by Richard Dawkins 6/4 4.5★
Deadlock by Graham Ison 13/4 2.5★
The Darkest Day by Tom Wood 14/4 3★
The Littlest Library by Poppy Alexander 14/4 3.5★
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 15/4 5★
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett 16/4 5★
Love Among the Chickens by P.G. Wodehouse 18/4 3★
Nine Lessons by Nicola Upson 19/4 4★
The Small Hours of the Morning by Margaret Yorke 19/4 3.5★
Under the Italian Sun by Sue Moorcroft 22/4 3.5★
The Devil's Detective by Simon Kurt Unsworth 23/4 2.5★
Through the Wall by Patricia Wentworth 26/4 4★



Japan:
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 8/2 2.5★



USA:
The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith 17/2 3★
Up in Smoke by Charlene Weir 21/2 2★
Murder Between the Covers by Elaine Viets 22/2 2★
Wesley the Owl by Stacey O'Brien 22/2 4.5★
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune 23/2 3.5★
Year One by Nora Roberts 24/2 3★
Knave's Gambit by Margaret Summerville 25/2 2★
A Match For Mother by Mona K. Gedney, Kathryn Kirkwood, Regina Scott 27/2 2.5★
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 28/2 4★
The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs 3/3 3.5★
The Cat Who Came in from the Cold by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson 13/3 5★
The Library Book by Susan Orlean 16/3 4.5★
The Dastardly Duke by Eileen Putman 17/3 2.5★
A Mother's Lie by Sarah Zettel 20/2 3★
Carrot Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke 21/3 2.5★
Eragon by Christopher Paolini 29/3 3.5★
Orphan X by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz 31/3 3.5★
The Nowhere Man by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz 4/4 3.5★
Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb 9/4 4★
Once Upon A Christmas by Nancy Lawrence 15/4 3★
Hellbent by Gregg Hurwitz 17/4 3★
Temeraire by Naomi Novik 20/4 4.5★
Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik 21/4 3.5★
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 24/4 4★



China:
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 23/2 2.5★


Austria:
The Field by Robert Seethaler 5/3 3★


Canada:
The Maid by Nita Prose 8/3 3.5★


Chile:
The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende 17/3 4★


Sweden:
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald 22/3 3.5★


Ireland:
Murder in an Irish Village by Carlene O'Connor 24/3 3★

Completed 14/4/22

All About Me: Part 1
Duration: 6/2/22-5/2/23
(title, author, series, MC, narrator, translator)
75/75

1: Birthday Month: September 9/9 (view spoiler)[
S- Stevens - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 19/2 4★
E- Lucy Eyelesbarrow - 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie 4.5★
P- Kate Parker (ch) - The Woman Who Wanted More by Vicky Zimmerman 7/2 3★
T- The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune 23/2 3.5★
E- The Family Tree by Ilsa Evans 20/2 3.5★
M- Death and Croissants by Ian Moore 6/2 3.5★
B- Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 8/2 2.5★
E- The Horn of Roland by Ellis Peters 20/2 3★
R- Billings Better Bookstore & Brasserie by Fin J. Ross 10/2 4.5★
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2: Birthstone: Sapphire 8/8(view spoiler)[
S- Wesley the Owl by Stacey O'Brien 22/2 4.5★
A- The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott 15/1 4.5★
P- Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders by Tessa Arlen 19/2 4.5★
P- The Dastardly Duke by Eileen Putman 17/3 2.5★
H- Hillary Greene (ch) - A Narrow Escape by Faith Martin 13/2 4.5★
I- Deadlock by Graham Ison 13/4 2.5★
R- Ina Rilke (t) - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 23/2 2.5★
E- Katniss Everdeen - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 28/2 4★
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3: Zodiac: Virgo ♍ 5/5(view spoiler)[
V- Murder Between the Covers by Elaine Viets 22/2 2★
I- The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende 17/3 4★
R- Year One by Nora Roberts 24/2 3★
G- Bloodwood Grove by George O'Connell 12/2 2★
O- The Library Book by Susan Orlean 16/3 4.5★
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4: Shengxiao: Horse (Wu) 7/7(view spoiler)[
H- The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith 17/2 3★
O- Griff O'Neal - Poppy Redfern and the Fatal Flyers by Tessa Arlen 18/3 4★
R- Touch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart 26/2 3★
S- Knave's Gambit by Margaret Summerville 25/2 2★
E- Miss Treadway & the Field of Stars by Miranda Emmerson 13/3 2.5★

W- The Wattle Island Book Club by Sandie Docker 12/3 4.5★
U- Up in Smoke by Charlene Weir 21/2 2★
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5: 3 or 4 books set in a country you'd like to visit: 4/4 (view spoiler)[
Better Off Dead by Tom Wood 5/4 4★
The Maid by Nita Prose 8/3 3.5★
A Wedding in Provence by Katie Fforde 27/3 4.5★
The Darkest Day by Tom Wood 14/4 3★
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6: Read 3 or 4 books from your favorite genre: mystery/thriller 4/4 (view spoiler)[
And Fire Came Down by Emma Viskic 11/4 3.5★
Carrot Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke 21/3 2.5★
A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill 8/4 3★
The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey 10/4 3.5★
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7: Favourite Colour: Green 5/5(view spoiler)[
G- A Match For Mother by Mona K. Gedney, Kathryn Kirkwood, Regina Scott 27/2 2.5★
R- The Field by Robert Seethaler 5/3 3★
E- Dolly Ellerway - The Great Betrayal by Pamela Oldfield 20/3 2★
E- Eragon by Christopher Paolini 29/3 3.5★
N- Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty 19/2 3.5★
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8: Read 3 or 4 books written by some of your favorite authors: 4/4(view spoiler)[
The Sunken Road by Garry Disher 6/3 2.5★
The Echo of Others by S.D. Rowell 12/4 3.5★
The Long Walk by Kerry Greenwood 1/4 5★
Outgrowing God by Richard Dawkins 6/4 4.5★
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9: Favourite Flower: Sunflower 9/9(view spoiler)[
S- The Story of Be by David Crystal 2/3 4.5★
U- Under the Ice by Rachael Blok 10/3 3★
N- Narnia Chronicles #3 - The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis 21/3 5★
F- Freya Abalone - The Family Gift by Cathy Kelly 14/3 2★
L- Anders Larson - Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson 23/3 4★
O- Murder in an Irish Village by Carlene O'Connor 24/3 3★
W- The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs 3/3 3.5★
E- Evan Smoak - Orphan X by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz 31/3 3.5★
R- The Long Game by Simon Rowell 14/3 4.5★
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10: Favourite foods: Cherries 8/8(view spoiler)[
C- The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie 2/3 4★
H- A Taste of Home by Heidi Swain 11/3 4★
E- Ella Sinclair - All About Ella by Meredith Appleyard 3/4 5★
R- The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald 22/3 3.5★
R- Rob Tyler - Annie Stanley, All At Sea by Sue Teddern 26/3 4★
I- Into The Blue by Virginia McKenna 31/3 5★
E- Evan Smoak - The Nowhere Man by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz 4/4 3.5★
S- Singapore Sapphire by A.M. Stuart 19/3 4.5★
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11: Read 3 or 4 books by authors you've never read before, but have been meaning to: 4/4(view spoiler)[
Before I Forget by Christine Bryden 12/2 4★
The Cat Who Came in from the Cold by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson 13/3 5★
A Mother's Lie by Sarah Zettel 20/2 3★
Season to Taste by Natalie Young 24/3 2★
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12: Favourite Book Crush: Damerel from Venetia (view spoiler)[
D- The Death of Lucy Kyte by Nicola Upson 2/4 3.5★
A- Alzheimer's: How to Protect the Brain by Sandra Cabot 7/4 4★
M- Murder Most Fancy by Kellie McCourt 11/3 2★
E- The Erasure Initiative by Lili Wilkinson 7/4 3.5★
R- The Banksia House Breakout by James Roxburgh 6/4 3.5★
E- Eve Dallas - Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb 9/4 4★
L- Lily Harford's Last Request by Joanna Buckley 4/3 3.5★
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Winter Olympics
February 1-28
Level: bronze
15/15 (view spoiler)[(title f, author f/l, series f, char f/l/nick, narrator f/l, translator f/l) (hide spoiler)]

Skeleton:(view spoiler)[
S- The Scent of the Night by Andrea Camilleri 1/2 3.5★
K- Kate Parker (ch) - The Woman Who Wanted More by Vicky Zimmerman 7/2 3★
E- Elsie Parker (ch) - All We Have Is Now by Kaneana May 5/2 4★
L- The Last Library by Freya Sampson 2/2 3★
E- Lucy Eyelesbarrow (ch) - 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie 4.5★ 83p
T- Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 3/2 3★
O- Bloodwood Grove by George O'Connell 12/2 2★
N- Nagare (ch) - Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 8/2 2.5★
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Aerials: (view spoiler)[
A- Richard Ainsworth (ch) - Death and Croissants by Ian Moore 6/2 3.5★
E- The Horn of Roland by Ellis Peters 20/2 3★
R- Billings Better Bookstore & Brasserie by Fin J. Ross 10/2 4.5★
I- The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 19/2 4★
A- A Narrow Escape by Faith Martin 13/2 4.5★
L- The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith 17/2 3★
S- Sam Painter (ch) - The Family Tree by Ilsa Evans 20/2 3.5★
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Just joined, here's everything since 1/1:

January: 9635
450: The Forgotten Life of Arthur Pettinger
472: The Six Loves of Billy Binns
309: Dear Mrs. Bird
335: Jennifer Government
344: Canticle Creek
341: Yours Cheerfully
288: The Midnight Library
408: The Enemy
406: The Suspect
331: A Place of Her Own
401: The Way it is Now
323: The Last Voyage of Mrs Henry Parker
441: Fourth Day
226: The Raphael Affair
306: An Easy Death
214: The Yorkshire Lady
269: The Olive Sisters
191: Rainbow's End
419: Finding Henry Applebee
308: Winter Wishes At Swallowtail Bay
285: The Colour of Magic
503: The Game
371: The Maze Runner
218: The Improper Playwright
221: Set to Partners
351: Powers That Be
192: Broken Star
380: Power Lines
332: Power Play
February: 1533
234: The Scent of the Night
367: The Last Library
192: Tales from the Café
453: All We Have Is Now
287: Death and Croissants

Current total: 212, 016