M Beal M’s Comments (group member since Jun 23, 2014)


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

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Team Helen (746 new)
Jul 26, 2022 10:29AM

35559 Book: The Robin & the Kestrel (Bardic Voices, #2) by Mercedes Lackey
Author: Mercedes Lackey
Date: 7-26-2022
Pages: 373
Task: Clio: June 2016

Book: Music & Silence by Rose Tremain
Author: Rose Tremain
Date: 7-26-2022
Pages: 485
Task: Etrupe: Lute on cover
Team Helen (746 new)
Jul 24, 2022 09:00AM

35559 Book: The Haunting of Sunshine House (Ghosts of Los Angeles #1) by Dominika Best
Author: Dominika Best
Date: 7-24-2022
Pages: 308
Task: Terpsichore: Setting created from items on the cover – large manor house

Book: The Lark and the Wren (Bardic Voices, #1) by Mercedes Lackey
Author: Mercedes Lackey
Date: 7-24-2022
Pages: 488
Task: Etuerpe – Fiddle on the cover
Team Helen (746 new)
Jul 23, 2022 09:02AM

35559 Book: Elektra by Jennifer Saint
Author: Jennifer Saint
Date: 7-23-2022
Pages: 289
Task: Calliope – Megan’s shelf

Book: Sinister Magic (Death Before Dragons, #1) by Lindsay Buroker
Author: Lindsay Buroker
Date: 7-23-2022
Pages: 250
Task: Calliope - Jackie’s shelf
Team Helen (746 new)
Jul 22, 2022 10:43AM

35559 Book: The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
Author: Alex Michaelides
Date: 7-22-2022
Pages: 337
Task: Calliope - Sharon’s shelf

Book: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Author: John Berendt
Date: 7-22-2022
Pages: 386
Task: Calliope - Jhmingo’s shelf

Oh my goodness. Sharon! I am so glad I found the Maiden's on your shelf. I really enjoyed that book. I am going to suggest it to my book club.
Team Helen (746 new)
Jul 21, 2022 09:12AM

35559 Book: Fudoki (Love/War/Death, #2) by Kij Johnson
Author: Kij Johnson
Date: 7-21-2022
Pages: 316
Task: Clio – December 2014

Book: Fortune's Child A Novel of Empress Theodora by James Conroyd Martin
Author: James Conroyd Martin
Date: 7-21-2022
Pages: 400
Task: Terpsichore: Fancy dress and jewelry on cover
Team Helen (746 new)
Jul 20, 2022 08:21AM

35559 Book: The Witches of St. Petersburg by Imogen Edwards-Jones
Author: Imogen Edwards-Jones
Date: 7-20-2022
Pages: 464
Task: Terpsichore: Fancy Dress on cover
Team Helen (746 new)
Jul 19, 2022 10:45AM

35559 Book: Memnon by Scott Oden
Author: Scott Oden
Date: 7-19-2019
Pages: 503
Task: Clio: On TBR longer than a year. November 2014


Book: Deadmen Walking (Deadman's Cross, #1) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon
Date: 7-18-2022
Pages: 304
Task: Calliope: Jackie’s shelf
Team Helen (746 new)
Jul 17, 2022 04:54PM

35559 Book: The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
Author: Genevieve Gornichec
Date: 7-17-2022
Pages: 359
Task: Calliope; Bobbi’s Shelf
Team Helen (746 new)
Jul 17, 2022 09:07AM

35559 Book: A Memory Called Empire
Author: Arkady Martine
Date: 7-17-2022
Pages: 462
Task: Terpsichore: Setting created from items on the cover – A fancy throne room for the ball
Team Helen (746 new)
Jul 16, 2022 11:16AM

35559 Book: Dragondrums (Harper Hall, #3) by Anne McCaffrey
Author: Anne McCaffrey
Date: 7-16-2022
Pages: 243
Task: Euterpe: Drums on cover
Team Helen (746 new)
Jul 15, 2022 03:54PM

35559 I am looking at the challenge for Calliope, read a book that has been read by a team member during the challenge. All of you have pretty good taste in books. I am now just adding stuff to my TBR.
Team Helen (746 new)
Jul 15, 2022 12:29PM

35559 Hell. I am finally home and comfortable settled on my couch. Breathing is doing better but I get the use a portable oxygen tank. The cats have decided I am a mattress. Here is the recent reading I have done.

Book: The Goblin Emperor
Author: Katherine Addison
Date: 7-15-2022
Pages: 483

Book: Pariah
Author: Dan Abnett
Date: 7-15-2022
Pages: 416

Book: Only a Monster
Author: Vanessa Len
Date: 7-15-2022
Pages: 368

Book: A Magic Steeped in Poison
Author: Judy I. Lin
Date: 7-15-2022
Pages: 384

Book: Maps Edge
Author: David Hair
Date: 7-15-2022
Pages: 400

Book: The Scarred King 1: Exile
Author: Rose Foreman, Josh Foreman
Date: 7-15-2022
Pages: 348

Book: The Lost Apothecary
Author: Sarah Penner
Date: 7-15-2022
Pages: 320

Book: Heir of Fire
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Date: 7-15-2022
Pages: 568
Team Helen (746 new)
Jul 10, 2022 10:01AM

35559 Hello everyone. Sorry for the silence. I have been back into the hospital and am still recovering. I have a lot of words to say about covid. Most have 4 letters and a very rude. I cant link the books on my phone app but here is the list of what I have been able to read while I have been here. Read on and all of you are wonderful. Please go outside and enjoy the sunshine for me.

Book: Drums of Autumn
Author: Diana Gabaldon
Date: 7-10-2022
Pages: 1’120

Book: The Talisman
Author: Peter Straub and Stephen King
Date: 7-10-2022
Pages: 981

Book: A Soldier of the Great War
Author: Mark Helprin
Date: 7-10-2022
Pages: 860

Book: The City of Dusk
Author: Tara Sim
Date: 7-10-2022
Pages: 576

Book: The Alchemist of Souls
Author: Anne Lyle
Date: 7-10-2022
Pages: 518
Book: The Princes of Ireland
Author: Edward Rutherfurd
Date: 7-10-2022
Pages: 800

Book: Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Author: Sue Lynn Tan
Date: 7-10-2022
Pages: 512

Book: The Luminaries
Author: Eleanor Catton
Date: 7-10-2022
Pages: 834

Book: Legends & Lattes
Author: Travis Baldree
Date: 7-10-2022
Pages: 318

Book: Redshirts
Author: John Scalzi
Date: 7-10-2022
Pages: 320
Team Helen (746 new)
Jun 16, 2022 04:09PM

35559 Hello. So covid is still a beast. I was released from the hospital a few days ago. Could do nothing but lay there and read and sleep. Here is a small bushel of books I have finished. I will update after I finish the one I am reading now.

Aztec (Aztec, #1) by Gary Jennings
Book: Aztec
Author: Gary Jennings
Date: 6/16
Pages: 754

A Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys
Book: A Glastonbury Romance
Date: 6/16
Pages: 1'120

Knights of the Black and White (Templar Trilogy, #1) by Jack Whyte
Book: Knights of the Black and White
Author: Jack Whyte
Date: 6/16
Pages: 749

Standard of Honor (Templar Trilogy, #2) by Jack Whyte
Book: Standard of Honor
Author: Jack Whyte
Date: 6/16
Pages: 776

Order in Chaos (Templar Trilogy, #3) by Jack Whyte
Book: Order in Chaos
Author: Jack Whyte
Date: 6/16
Pages: 948

The Wheel of Fortune by Susan Howatch
Book: The Wheel of Fortune
Author: Susan Howatch
Date: 6/16
Pages: 1'176

Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon
Book: Swan Song
Author: Robert R. McCammon
Date: 6/16
Pages: 956
Team Helen (746 new)
Jun 03, 2022 11:20AM

35559 Sorry for the radio silence, this covid stuff really sucks. The only bonus is that I have been reading ALOT.

The Blood Mirror
The Blood Mirror (Lightbringer, #4) by Brent Weeks
Date read: 6-3-2022
Pages: 704

The Burning White
The Burning White (Lightbringer #5) by Brent Weeks
Date read: 6-3-2022
Pages: 992

China: An Epic Novel
China An Epic Novel by Edward Rutherfurd
Date Read: 6-3-2022
Pages: 816

Salvation
Salvation (Salvation Sequence #1) by Peter F. Hamilton
Date read: 6-3-2022
Pages 576

A Brief History of Seven Killings
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
Date read: 6-3-2022
Pages 688
Team Helen (746 new)
May 27, 2022 09:25PM

35559 Title: The Broken Eye
The Broken Eye (Lightbringer, #3) by Brent Weeks
Author: Brent Weeks
Page count: 846
Date read: 5-27-2022

Spell it out
A Andross
I Ironfist
L Liv
N Joris Nograd
O Orholam
P Prism
T Teia
Team Helen (746 new)
May 27, 2022 09:23PM

35559 Title: The Blinding Knife
The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks
Author: Brent Weeks
Page count: 778
Date read: 5-27-2022

Spell it out
A Andross
L Liv Danavis
P Prism
Team Helen (746 new)
May 25, 2022 01:01PM

35559 Title: Assassin's Fate
Assassin's Fate (The Fitz and the Fool, #3) by Robin Hobb
Author: Robin Hobb
Page count: 952
Date read: 5-25-2022

Spell it out
A Title
C Chande Fallstar
E Elliania
H Hogen
L Lant FitzVigilant
N Nighteyes
R Riddle
S Shine Fallstar
Team Helen (746 new)
May 25, 2022 12:59PM

35559 Title: Fool's Quest
Fool's Quest (The Fitz and The Fool, #2) by Robin Hobb
Author: Robin Hobb
Page count: 786
Date read: 5-25-2022

Spell it out
A Ash-Spark
C Chade Fallstar
E Elena the Narcheska
H Hogen
L Lant FitzVigilant
N Nighteyes
P Perseverance of Wythywoods
R Riddle
S Shine Fallstar
Team Helen (746 new)
May 25, 2022 12:45PM

35559 Title: Fool's Assassin
Fool's Assassin (The Fitz and The Fool Trilogy, #1) by Robin Hobb
Author: Robin Hobb
Page count: 706
Date read: 5-25-2055

Spell it out
A Ash-Spark
C Chade Fallstar
E Ellik
H Hogen
L Lant FitzVigilant
M Molly Chandler
N Nettle Farseer
P Lady Patience
R Riddle
S Shine Fallstar