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

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

Btw, the book I'm currently reading is a paperback I bought years ago from a library destock sale, and the print is so small I had to take out my reading glasses :') I always forget how small the print of mass market paperbacks are compared to my kindle. Luckily I'm enjoying it a lot ! But have to be careful not to skip a sentence especially when tired, I want to read all the words :D

Well done so far, team :) ! Have had much fun with this challenge so far (I think it also has to do with RL taking it easy on me and hence also more reading time ;)).

And congratulations, Keely ! Sounds exciting. Enjoy your time !

@Keely: I already read 3 books for this challenge that contains the word 'vinegar'. I'm focused on it every since you mentioned it and now I'm lowkey hoping for a task that requires 'vinegar' ;-)

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Book: The Unseeing: A twisting tale of family secrets by Anna Mazzola
Date Read: June 15, 2025
Pages: 402
Rating: ★★★★ (I love reading/listening about Victorian true crime cases. I just can picture the gaslit streets, it's a whole different vibe ! This story is based on the true crime of James Greenacre aka the Edgware Road Murderer. Will read more by this author)

Tasks:
Mini 3 - Russia - title starts with U

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Spell-it-out options:
T or U - title
A/M - Anna Mazzola (author)
S/G - Sarah Gale (ch)
J - James Greenacre (ch)
E/F - Edmund Fleetwood (ch)
R/F - Rosina Farr (ch)
V/P - Verity Pike

I love Scotland so much ! A hiker's paradise :) and lovely people. Would go every year if I could.

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The Eye Collector
Read: 11th June 2025
Pages: 436

Mini 1
Set in Germany


Spellouts

A - CFN Alexander
B - CLN Bergdorf
F - ALN Fitzek
G - CLN Gregoriev
L - CLN La..."

If I'm not mistaken the author is born in Germany, I think this would work for mini 3 as well, has more points ;-)

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Book: Treasure & Dirt by Chris Hammer
Date Read: June 10, 2025
Pages: 512
Rating: ★★★ (enjoyable crime investigation with enough twists set in the dry and hot setting of the opal mines in Australia. Sometimes a bit too descriptive and repetitive, in comparison I thought that the works of Jane Harper were a bit more fast paced however will read more by this author.)

Tasks:
Mini 2 - 28. Read a book which has the main location (setting) on the Australian continent (book is set in Australia)

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Spell-it-out options:
T - title
C/H - Chris Hammer (author)
A - Ahern, Garry (ch)
I - Ivan Lucic (ch)
N - Nell Buchanan (ch)
R - Richter, Carl (ch)
F - Faith Basheer (ch)
M - Morris Montifore (ch)
P - Penuch, Ray (ch)
V - Vince Kantor (ch)

Wow, impressive! Well done, team :)

Currently enjoying the long weekend with lots of reading between some home painting.

Haha, yes, will definitely keep it for a reread !

The book refused to get better. Glad it's over, on to the next one :)

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Book: This Is All I Ask by Lynn Kurland
Date Read: June 06, 2025
Pages: 438
Rating: ★ (Ridiculous romance and characters, no historical context, and boring)

Tasks:
None at the moment

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Spell-it-out options:
T - title
L / K - Lynn Kurland (author)
D - de Piaget (series title)
G - Gillian of Warewick (ch)
C / B - Christopher Blackmour (ch)
J - Jason of Artane (ch)
R - Cpt Ranulf (ch)

Keely wrote: "Mini 2 Update

We have a new task. I was able to use one of our banked books to immediately complete a task. Our new incomplete task is:

Read a book where two people of different religions interact."

My last book, Avalon, works for this tasks if you wish to use it. Throughout the book the Christian missionaries try to convert the pagans that still believe in the old Norse gods. Some get baptized however some pagans relapse and revert back to the old belief.

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Book: Avalon by Anya Seton
Date Read: June 01, 2025
Pages: 440
Rating: ★★★★ (recommended for historical fiction lovers who like well researched historical novels and don't mind to wait for the big pay-off :))

Tasks:
- Mini 1: set in England & Iceland & Denmark (Greenland)
(for the moment it doesn't fit the other open tasks)

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Spell-it-out options:
A/S - Anya Seton (author)
R - Rumon de Provence
M - Merewyn Ketilsdottir
D - Archbishop Dunstan
G - Gunnar
E - King Ethelred
O - Orm Sigurdson
K - Ketil Ketilson
H - Sigurd Hrutson
J - Jorund Helgison
B - Breaca

I had to DNF a book yesterday. I thought to persevere for the challenge but didn't think it was worth it as it would then take me double the amount of reading time. And the reading time would not be pleasant.
My current read is a good one so far though :) so all is well.

Mmm, that's a delicious cheese, I can confirm :)
I just moved from Normandy and I miss its regional products already. Will need to find some new ones in my current region asap.

Eldarwen wrote: "Aaargh, and Audrey's is tagged 9x hahah"

Oh no, haha, I didn't tag it 'history' or it would've been 10x but I don't know if that's allowed. I wouldn't naturally tag it history though.

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Book: The Conquest by Elizabeth Chadwick
Date Read: May 27, 2025
Pages: 574
Rating: ★★★★ (great family epic !)
Tasks:
- Mini 1: set in France
- Mini 3: spell it out - letter U (Ulf, character), letter T (title)

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Spell-it-out:
E - Elizabeth (AFN)
C - Chadwick (ALN)
A - Ailith (character)
R - Rolf (character)
B - Benedict (character)
G - Gisele (character)
J - Julitta (character)
U - Ulf (character)

Really liking this year's TT edition so far :) ! The cheeses as well add a level of excitement and unpredictability. Great idea !

My current read has a U-character, it might be useful later.

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Book: The Amber Owl by Juliet Marillier
Date Read: May 24, 2025
Pages: 433
Rating: ★★ (one of my favourite authors, love her earlier works, however definitely not my favourite book. Tedious and boring read. Gorgeous cover though !)
Tasks:
- Mini 2 - 16. Read a book where a character is superstitious or believes in some myth or entity (characters belief in "fairy folk" and spirits of the forest)
- Mini 3 - Letter T (title) & letter A (title without "the")

Eldarwen wrote: "Those first words are elusive at times. Don't worry, you'll find plenty of them when you don't need them anymore ;-)"

Haha, yes ! Now every book I read contains the word 'candelabra' or 'toil'. Honestly I get slightly annoyed when I stumble upon them. Where were they a couple of challenges ago :')

Welcome to the team, Klare and Lauren ! 🤗