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

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

I'm not a fan of YA stuff but the pacing is very good so I find this pretty easy to read. I'm struck by how unlikable I find Katniss, she is so self-centred, not terribly bright & often foolish. I've no doubt her upbringing would have hardened her outlook & that she'd have no trust for Capital-types but to be violent towards her own people the instant she doesn't like something is sheer stupidity, & not endearing. Onwards...

And we're off!

We're off!

I will do a Hunger Games re-read for this.

Vicky wrote: "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... ..."

You can take out the "Cats or" part in the Reader section for me if you like. I know who I am :0)

Elisabeth wrote: "Hi Team. I'm Elisabeth in Canberra, Australia. I did a skim through the team members and it seems I've been on challenge teams with a few of you over the years. So good to be starting this new game..."

I love A Town Like Alice & On the Beach. I do a re-read every 10 years or so.

Hi, I'm Kylie buts cats or catsalive is fine. I'm in Sydney, Australia. I've recently started a new job so my reading has slowed down, mainly because I'm so knackered when I get home.

I have a dog & 2 cats & am shortly taking delivery of a 3rd cat, a 2yo who is in desperate need of a home. Not an ideal situation because I only adopted one in February but I couldn't let the poor lad go to a shelter that is bursting at the seams with kittens.

I read most things but don't like horror or really technical scifi because they bore me.

I like the sound of the BOMs but If I don't have it already, or it's not at my library, then I'm not reading it. I have put a reserve on The Malevolent Seven so I may get to it in time, but the library doesn't have Salt & Broom.

by Lani Wendt Young 1/4 2★ 291p
by Natasha Lester 3/4 2.5★ 288p
by Kerry Greenwood 3/4 5★ 288p
by Jo Thomas 4/4 3.5★ 388p
by Alice Slater 5/4 1.5★ 372p
by Sasha Wasley 5/4 3.5★ 381p
by Beth Cartwright 7/4 2.5★ 395p
by Catherine Therese 8/4 3★ 384p
by J.D. Robb 9/4 3.5★ 342p
by Elaine Viets 10/4 3★ 291p
by Dodie Smith 12/4 5★ 288p
by Terry Pratchett 13/4 5★ 381p
by Melinda McRae 14/4 3★ 224p
by Les Zig 16/4 3.5★ 304p
by Andrew Cartmel 17/4 3.5★ 476p
by Barbara Hazard 18/4 3★ 240p
by Rachel Gibson 19/4 2★ 359p
by Donna Leon 20/4 4★ 338p
by Gayle Buck 21/4 3★ 220p
by Gayle Buck 22/4 2.5★ 224p
by Emma Hooper 24/4 3.5★ 293p
by M.J. Arlidge 26/4 4★ 421p
by Agatha Christie 26/4 4★ 298p
by Julie Caille, Georgina Devon, Karla Hocker, Anthea Malcolm, Cynthia Richey, Olivia Sumner 27/4 2★ 318p
by Diane Farr 28/4 3★ 224p
by Olivia Fontayne 29/4 2.5★ 204p
by Agatha Christie 30/4 4★ 301p

Pages: 8533

Current total: 682,909

Sophie wrote: "There isn't a link to the spreadsheet. I'm not keen to release the SS to everyone, but can check if people want to double-check their sign up info."

I thought there was usually one we had view only access to to check our responses. Nice to know I'm not going mad, that it's just not been made available this time.

Is there a spreadsheet of signups? There usually is, isn't there, but I can't find a link to it?

Task: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as 2007 - plurals and spelling acceptable

I haven't seen anything like this, so

H- The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith 12/4 5★
E- Murder is a Piece of Cake by Elaine Viets 10/4 3★
L- August Falling by Les Zig 16/4 3.5★
P- Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett 13/4 5★

by Mary Balogh 1/3 2★ 224p
by Barbara Allan 1/3 2★ 256p
by Norton Juster 2/3 5★ 248p
by C.A. Fletcher 2/3 3.5★ 416p
by Simon Rowell 3/3 5★ 307p
by Deborah Copaken Kogan 5/3 1.5★ 368p
by Mary Stewart 6/3 4★ 372p
by Victoria Holt 7/3 2.5★ 358p
by Patricia Bray 8/3 3★ 201p
by Phyllis A. Whitney 8/3 2.5★ 256p
by Miranda Bliss 9/3 1.5★ 256p
by Debbie Johnson 11/3 5★ 352p
by Sharon Green 12/3 3.5★ 432p
by Sulari Gentill 15/3 4★ 350p
by Kaz Cooke 15/3 5★ 349p
by Sharon Green 16/3 3★ 384p
by Sharon Green 17/3 3★ 360p
by Simon Rowell 18/3 5★ 304p
by Elisabeth Fairchild 19/3 2★ 212p
by Enid Blyton 19/3 3★ 240p
by Barbara Metzger 20/3 1.5★ 199p
by Olivia Fontayne 21/3 3★ 200p
by Hania Allen 22/3 3.5★ 384p
by J.M. Barrie 24/3 5★ 256p
by Lee Child,Andrew Child 25/3 2.5★ 323p
by Candice Fox 26/3 4★ 308p
by Barbara Metzger 28/3 3★ 202p
by Robert J. Randisi 28/3 1.5★ 217p
by Alberta Sinclair 29/3 3.5★ 224p
by Ali Berg & Michelle Kalus 29/3 3★ 400p
by Jodi Thomas 30/3 2★ 336p
by Elisabeth Fairchild 31/3 2★ 224p

Pages Read: 9518

Current Total: 568,036

Task: Read a book that is in the "Best Ever Contemporary Romance Books" Listopia List (https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...)

P- The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster 2/3 5★
A- A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher 2/3 3.5★
S- Wild Card by Simon Rowell 3/3 5★
S- Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart 6/3 4★

skipping Read a book that starts with the letter K - it'll take me forever to get to a K book

P- Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs 26/2 3.5★
A- Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams 25/2 5★
S- Snibril - The Carpet People by Terry Pratchett 25/2 5★
S- Starter Villain by John Scalzi 29/2 4.5★

by J.D. Robb 1/2 4★ 371p
by Joy Ellis 2/2 4★ 367p
by Kathleen Gooding 3/2 2.5★ 187p
by Joy Reed 4/2 2★ 286p
by Anne Hillerman 4/2 3.5★ 336p
by Stephen King 5/2 3★ 417p
by Patricia Briggs 6/2 4★ 352p
by Patricia Briggs 7/2 3★ 307p
by Robert Whyte, Greg Anderson 8/2 5★ 464p
by L.T. Shearer 9/2 3★ 236p
by Dervla McTiernan 10/2 4★ 120p
by Elisabeth Fairchild 12/2 2.5★ 224p
by Garth Nix 12/2 3★ 352p
by Camilla Läckberg 13/2 4★ 406p
by Samantha Verant 14/2 3★ 342p
by Adam Kay 15/2 3.5★ 285p
by Jenny O'Brien 16/2 3★ 288p
by Kristin Hannah 17/2 2.5★ 479p
by Sasha Wasley 19/2 4.5★ 471p
by Rachel Gibson 20/2 1.5★ 363p
by John Grisham 21/2 3.5★ 434p
by Ian Fleming 22/2 2.5★ 208p
by Agatha Christie 23/2 4.5★ 274p
by Edith Layton 23/2 3.5★ 224p
by Barbara Allister 24/2 2.5★ 223p
by Douglas Adams 25/2 5★ 199p
by Terry Pratchett 25/2 5★ 296p
by Patricia Briggs 26/2 3.5★ 303p
by J.D. Robb 27/2 4★ 355p
by J.D. Robb 28/2 3.5★ 347p
by John Scalzi 29/2 4.5★ 262p

Pages Read: 9878

Current total: 334,572

Completed

Mystery, Mayhem & Murder I
26 Feb, 2024 - Open-ended
25/25

✔Amateur Sleuth: The Red Carnelian by Phyllis A. Whitney 8/3 2.5★

✔Aristocratic Detective: Miles Off Course by Sulari Gentill 15/3 4★

✔Caper: Antiques Disposal by Barbara Allan 1/3 2★

✔Cozy Mystery: Away with the Fairies by Kerry Greenwood 3/4 5★

✔Culinary Mystery: Murder on the Menu by Miranda Bliss 9/3 1.5★

✔Double Act: Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart 6/3 4★

✔FBI/CIA/ATF: The Secret by Lee Child,Andrew Child 25/3 2.5★

✔Forensic Specialist: Maidens of the Cave by Lloyd Devereux Richards 24/9/24 2★

✔Futuristic: Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb 9/4 3.5★

✔Historical Mystery: The Devil On Horseback by Victoria Holt 7/3 2.5★

✔Legal: Glenrock by Lee Christine 11/9 4★

✔Medical: The 5th Horseman by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro 23/7 2★

✔Missing Person Mystery: What is Left Over, After by Natasha Lester 3/4 2.5★

✔Noir: Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley 8/6 4★

✔Romantic Suspense: Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb 28/2 3.5★

✔Rooting for the Bad Guy: Hades by Candice Fox 26/3 4★

✔Paranormal Mystery: The House of Sorrowing Stars by Beth Cartwright 7/4 2.5★

✔Police Procedural: Wild Card by Simon Rowell 3/3 5★

✔Private Eye: Written in Dead Wax by Andrew Cartmel 17/4 3.5★

✔Professional Sleuth: I'm a Fool to Kill You by Robert J. Randisi 28/3 1.5★

✔Proprietor Mysteries: Murder is a Piece of Cake by Elaine Viets 10/4 3★

✔Sci-Fi: Purity in Death by J.D. Robb 27/2 4★

✔Scotland Yard: Towards Zero by Agatha Christie 30/4 4★ - Supt. Battle

✔Thriller: Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge 26/4 4★

✔Technothriller: Temple by Matthew Reilly 2/5 4★

March: Luck of the Irish
1-31/3/24
Magic: 1- 5 books
Read: 3

Option 1 - Read books set in Ireland, about Ireland, written by an Irish author or that contain characters with Irish names
by Simon Rowell 3/3 5★ - Irish character Mary McDonald
by Debbie Johnson 11/3 5★ - Surfer Sam is Irish

Option 2 - Read books with green covers

Option 3 - Read books with a Fae creature or creatures in them. Leprechauns are a type of Fae so we'll go ahead and include all Fae in this challenge.
by Norton Juster 2/3 5★

Task: author starts with K

P- The Pelican Brief by John Grisham 21/2 3.5★
A- Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie 23/2 4.5★
S- See Jane Score by Rachel Gibson 20/2 1.5★
S- Spring Clean for the Peach Queen by Sasha Wasley 19/2 4.5★

by Bill Bryson 1/1 4★ 398p
by James Herriot 2/1 4★ 206p
by James Hilton 2/1 5★ 144p
by Jojo Moyes 3/1 2★ 438p
by Sarah Barrie 4/12 3★ 416p
by Martha Wells 5/1 2★ 432p
by Agatha Christie 7/1 4★ 254p
by Sarah Morgan 8/1 3★ 384p
by Lily Brooks-Dalton 10/1 2★ 320p
by Andy Weir 11/1 1★ 305p
by Mark Lawrence 13/1 3.5★ 576p
by Sulari Gentill 14/1 5★ 354p
by Joanna Nell 15/1 4★ 323p
by Jack Heath 16/1 3★ 379p
by J.D. Robb 17/1 4★ 354p
by Matthew Reilly 18/1 4★ 528p
by Agatha Christie 19/1 3★ 310p
by Agatha Christie 19/1 3★ 178p
by Shannah Jay 20/1 5★ 436p
by Shannah Jay 21/1 5★ 494p
by Shannah Jay 22/1 4.5★ 527p
by Shannah Jay 23/1 5★ 539p
by Shannah Jay 24/1 3★ 268p
by Lori Nelson Spielman 24/1 3★ 384p
by Jeaniene Frost 25/1 3★ 358p
by Alex Kava 27/1 3★ 320p
by Brendan Ritchie 27/1 3★ 250p
by Barbara Hazard 28/1 2.5★ 223p
by Alexander McCall Smith 29/1 4.5★ 240p
by Jenny Colgan 30/1 3.5★ 347p

Pages: 10479

Current Total: 167, 977

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(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audio book narrator's first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name.