Audrey Jane’s Comments (group member since May 27, 2014)

Audrey Jane’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Eldarwen wrote: "Now to finish the other 100 series I've got on the go ;-))"

You've got this ;) !!

Eldarwen wrote: "Finished #1.

Starting off easy as this is an author I love and I've just been going through this series at a relaxed pace but finally wanted to have it finished.

[bookcover:Steel's Edge|12119496..."

Yay! Isn't it satisfying, finishing a series. It basically enables you to start a new one :p

The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell

As the age of the photograph dawns in Victorian Bath, silhouette artist Agnes is struggling to keep her business afloat. Still recovering from a serious illness herself, making enough money to support her elderly mother and her orphaned nephew Cedric has never been easy, but then one of her clients is murdered shortly after sitting for Agnes, and then another, and another... Why is the killer seemingly targeting her business?

Desperately seeking an answer, Agnes approaches Pearl, a child spirit medium lodging in Bath with her older half-sister and her ailing father, hoping that if Pearl can make contact with those who died, they might reveal who killed them.

But Agnes and Pearl quickly discover that instead they may have opened the door to something that they can never put back...

Lexi wrote: "While waiting for this one, people should go read Minor Mage which is T. Kingfisher's first middle grade book and has a pet armadillo so what is there more to ask for."

I voted for this book thinking it was the one you recommended in a past BOM. I only realize now that it was Minor Mage and not this one. Will try to read it before the discussion starts though :)

Works for me too!

@Sammy: I enjoyed that book as well. Liked getting to know more about his childhood and the time he lived with his mother.

@Vivi: Good luck, Vivi! Love that you did the math. There will be a lot of TBR cleaning around here.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "I protected that cell and then unprotected again so it should be ok now. Google gets temperamental sometimes.
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It worked ! Thank you, Karen :)

Read Jingo and (naturally) enjoyed it! Had to abandon The Enchantment Emporium (added in 2014), it didn't grab my attention and my reading tastes changed. I added it back then because I liked The Silvered (stand alone steampunk novel with shapeshifters) by the same author.

(@Mods: D17 seems to be a protected cell as I can't edit it)

Will be joining the discussion. Read the prologue. I didn't know Australia also used the metric system (and I presume °C as well).

I can write DQs if you need volunteers.

Signed up yesterday. Looking forward to it :)

Cleaning out the TBR Closet 2022

Duration: ends 31st of December
Tracking read books: 6/30
DNF: 1
Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

-> series to finish/continue + books pre-2016:

Sebastian St Cyr (England)
1. What the Devil Knows - 27/07 - ★★★★
2. When Blood Lies


Johannes Cabal (Europe)
3. The Fear Institute - 15/01 - ★★★
4. The Brothers Cabal
5. The Fall of the House of Cabal


Kate Burkholder (Ohio)
6. Shamed - 27/08 - ★★★★
7. Outsider
8. Fallen
9. The Hidden One


Kate Shugak (Alaska)
10. Whisper to the Blood
11. A Night Too Dark
12. Though Not Dead
13. Restless in the Grave
14. Bad Blood


Discworld - City Watch (Ankh-Morpork)
15. Jingo - 02/01 - ★★★★
16. The Fifth Elephant - 12/01 - ★★★
17. Night Watch
18. Thud!
19. Snuff


The Legend of the Ice People (Scandinavia)
20. The Ice People 9 - Without Roots
21. The Ice People 10 - Winter Storm
22. The Ice People 11 - Blood Feud


From 2013
23. Company of Liars
24. Cut to the Quick


From 2014
25. The Fairy Godmother
26. Mistress of the Art of Death


From 2015
27. Thunder Heights - 01/03 - ★★★
28. A Study in Death


From 2016

29. The Apothecary's Daughter
30. House of Echoes


DNF
The Enchantment Emporium (2014) - DNF on 07/01

Melindam wrote: "Hello Lovelies,

UNO 2022 sign-ups are open now. ♡♡

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Thank you, Melinda. Never played UNO before. Will check it out :)

Eldarwen wrote: "I'll have to go hunt down my mum's copy then for next year hehe :-)"

Same :) She owns the entire series and kept talking about it when she was reading it.

Will be joining the group read. I've watched the tv series, don't know how faithful to the book it is. I might try to squeeze the prequel The Evening and the Morning before though.

BOM participation can really make a difference, isn't it. We nailed it ;)

And yay! *High fiving team mates*
Thank you, Sammy and Eni, for being such awesome captains !

Sammy wrote: "Did someone mention pictures... ;)

It's been a mad few weeks, but we made it! Time for something besides pages and pages of text to feast our eyes on... ;)

First of all, the winners of the "Who's..."

One of each, please !

@Preeti: That's awesome :D Yes, Orangina! I wish I could send it to you, they sell those at every gas station here. It's my beverage of choice on roadtrips. And indeed, the bread is really good as well. I never get tired of my local bakery, they always come up with new baked goods & flavours.

@Sammy: Had to google it. Never had those, will have to check the 'international goods' section at the supermarket next time (especially the ones with the chunks in it).

Melinda, that gingerbread-tiramisu sounds really nice :)

Sammy wrote: "Melindam wrote: "It will be do strange, not planning books for a next round, though I may have just reached the point where I will need some relaxed, random reading. lol"

I need to read some short..."

Will make some time for non-fiction and short stories as well :)

Finished my last book & updated the spreadsheet. I really think we gave it our all, each round :)

And now I will eat some dessert. I'm already sampling some yule log cake so I can decide which one I will want to eat on Christmas eve haha (don't know if it's a thing in other countries). French bakeries are to die for!

I'm plowing through my read but will be able to finish this evening. Half way into the book.

Kaley, lucky you ! I've been spoiled already :( Watched the trailer and afterwards YT recommended me a video with a big spoiler in the title. Argh, why people why! I've been watching Hawkeye, it's better than I expected.

Fyi, I will be able to finish the books I've put on the spreadsheet before the deadline. My reading was all over the place this round. Since I didn't want to lose precious reading time, I listened to random audiobooks instead while doing renovation works around the house. I really wanted to concentrate on the difficult letters...ah well Wheel 2022 then :p

In other news, I watched the new Fantastic Beasts trailer yesterday and it looks good ! Pity it's not released during the holidays.