Chava’s Comments (group member since Dec 19, 2013)

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

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The Fourth Protocol
Frederick Forsyth
443 pages
finished 11/29/2018
Fits:
R - Jim Rawlings (character)
E - James Edward Ross and Wynne-Evans (characters)
I - Irina Vassilievna (character)

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Looking forward to UNO 2019!!

Karen, we’ve got to defend our title, lol!"

YES!! I love UNO!!

Lexi wrote: "We can use settings? How have I not known this?"

oh oh, maybe we can't...sorry! I don't have any other letters in it as far as I can see. I'll have another look.
I've added 2 more letters that I found. Man, I love Amazon's Look Inside function!

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Ambush
James Patterson
432 pages
Fits:
N - New York (setting of the book)

EDIT to add:
R - Ricky (character)
E - Emmanuel Diaz (character)

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Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie
272 pages
Works for
B - M Bouc (character)
R - Samuel Ratchett (character)
O - Greta Ohlsson (character)
N - Natalia Dragomiroff (character)

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The Lost Man
Jane Harper
362 pages
Works for:
B - Bright family (characters)
N - Nathan (character)

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "I finished my last one for the week


It was the weakest book of hers yet. I enjoyed most of it, and the characters, but hopefully she gets back to more r..."

I so agree!!!! This was ridiculous! I only gave it 2 stars

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Title: Nine Perfect Strangers
Author: Liane Moriarty
Finished: November 21, 2018
Pages: 432
Works for:
B (Ben Chandler - character)
W (Frances Welty - character)
N (Napoleon Marconi - character & title)

(it was on my 'currently reading' list for a while, but I didn't actually start reading it until last week Sunday).

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Schindler's List
Thomas Keneally
402 pages
Works for:
R (character - Regina Perlman)
O (character Oskar Schindler),
N (character - Nussbaum family)"

Sorry, it also has the word BROWN in several spots of the book:
p90, 91, 99, 183, 188, 230

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Schindler's List
Thomas Keneally
402 pages
Works for:
R (character - Regina Perlman)
O (character Oskar Schindler),
N (character - Nussbaum family)

I loved the great alone too. So glad you enjoyed it!!

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The Cabin at the End of the World
Paul Tremblay
400 pages
finished:11/16/2018
Works for T (author) E & A (characters)

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The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster
Sarah Krasnostein
Pages: 272
Works for:
T (title)

Lauri wrote: "This week for TRAVEL I'll read The Great Alone which works for a bunch of letters and Scent to Her Grave... I'm sure I'll manage at least one or two more.... Having so..."

I loved The great Alone. Enjoy!!

Tina wrote: "Chava wrote: "Tina wrote: "Finished "

Tina, what did you think of it?"

It wasn't too bad. I listened to the audiobook and the narrat..."

I enjoyed it, but had the exact same experience where I lost interest around the middle of the book for a bit. I have the next 2 on my TBR list, but clearly didn't enjoy it enough for me to pick it up and read...

Tina wrote: "Finished "

Tina, what did you think of it?

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "With the GR choice awards I initially thought I just hadn’t read many new releases. But I’ve since seen a number of comments that others feel the same way. I wonder if they went with publisher “rec..."

That makes sense, actually. I also think that I might have read new releases that won't be out in the US until next year. GR is still very American based vs anywhere else in the world

Kathleen wrote: "I just looked at the nominees for GR awards. Some I couldnt help thinking "really, it got in for semis?"

and then I want to read a hoard of books nominated in the fantasy genre. TIME where art tho..."

yes some shockers, some I thought would be there but aren't and lots more books added to my TBR pile

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Uncoupling: How to survive and thrive after breakup and divorce
Sara Davison
240 pages
Works for: U (title)

Found another U book Uncoupling: How to survive and thrive after breakup and divorce. It's a 6 hour audiobook, so I should be able to plow through that on my way to and from work tomorrow :)