ClaireB’s Comments (group member since Jul 06, 2014)

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

Claire wrote: "Completion Post


Book:Brutal Prince
Date Read: 27/10
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There's "vinegar" in the author description at the end. Does that count for the bonus point?

Completion Post


Book:Brutal Prince
Date Read: 27/10
Pages: 376
Rating: 3.5/5 stars

Bonus:
Published in 2020

Spell-Out:
S, L - Author Sophie Lark
A - FMC Aida
N - Character Nessa
O - Character Oliver
E - Character Enzo
R - Character Riana
I - Character Imogen

Mini:

The Administrative Mini Challenge - cover colour is at least 50% grey
- the main character needs to know how to handle a budget

Gardening mini challenge - Prep - 1st in series

Feeding the family mini challenge - Potato (8%), Rice (24%), Beef (42%), Chicken (2%), Carrot (67%), Tomato (50%), Apple (54%), Grape (34%), salt (57%), Pepper (57%)

That's it for me too. I will not be able to finish anything I started in 30 minutes. Good round though !

Completion Post


Book:Not in Love
Date Read: 26 Oct 2024
Pages: 384
Rating: 3.25/5 stars

Bonus:
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Spell-Out:
N - Title
E - MMC Eli Killgore
R, S - FMC Rue Siebert
F - Character Florence
T - Character Tisha

Completion Post


Book:Where's Molly
Date Read: 25 Oct 2024
Pages: 241
Rating: 3.5/5 stars

Bonus:
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Spell-Out:
C - Author H.D. Carlton
E - Character Eli
R - Character Rio
S - Character Silas
L - Character Layla

I would like to claim "the plot revolves around an office romance". I have a few options that would work for it 😁

Completion Post:


Title: Apprentice to the Villain
Author: Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Date read: 23/10/24
Pages: 336
Rating: 3 stars

Bonus:
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Spell-Out:
T - MMC Trystan
E, S - FMC Evie Sage
N - Character Nura
R - Character Raphael
L - Character Lyssa

Sammy wrote: "

A: Cooking from Scratch
Find the listed food items in the text of a book; plural variants are ok, and the word found doesn't have to mean the food (e.g "it's a bit of a squash to get everyone in"..."

Oh gosh, the trauma of the restaurant challenge will never leave me. and now this.... 😅😅😅

Eldarwen wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "Our word for Round Two is: Utility Repair Person"

Of course it is... 'I' is my least favourite letter 😆"

Hehehe.

Ilona Andrews!"

I seriously need to work on her series too... We'll see if I'm in the mood for it.

Completion Post


Book: Troilus and Criseyde
Date Read: 22 October
Pages: 256

Bonus:
Published in 1385

Spell-Out:
T - Title
C - Author Chaucer

Eldarwen wrote: "Haha, true, that is always a distinct possibility!"

When will we know the next spell out?

Claire wrote: "Completion Post

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I only have one book left to read in the series. Unbroken Bonds
I will slow down my reading of it a bit, until we know the next spell-out word. We never know we might need U letters. (Although I hope not !)

Completion Post


Book:Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes and Other Poems: Penguin Pocket Poetry
Date Read: 21 October
Pages: 127

Bonus:
Published in 1820

Spell-Out:
L - Title

Completion Post


Book:King of Wrath
Date Read: 21 October
Pages: 383
Rating: 3.75/5 stars

Bonus:
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Spell-Out:
V, L - FMC Vivian Lau
R - MMC Dante Russo
I - Character Isabella
E - Character Edward

Completion Post


Book:Tragic Bonds
Date Read: 21 October
Pages: 542
Rating: 3.75/5 stars

Bonus:
+400 Pages book

Spell-Out:
O, F - FMC Oleander Fallows
T - Title
N - MMC Nox
V - Character Vivian
S - Character Sage

Completion Post


Book:Hitched
Date Read: 19/10
Pages: 258
Rating: 3/5 stars

Bonus:
none

Spell-Out:
L - Author Lauren Biel
R - Series Ride of Die Romance
S - FMC Selena

Completion Post


Book:Forced Bonds
Date Read: 19 October
Pages: 541
Rating: 3.5/5 stars

Bonus:
Published on March 26, 2022
+400 Pages book

Spell-Out:
O, F - FMC Oleander Fallows
N - MMC Nox
V - Character Vivian
S - Character Sage

That's amazing. Color me impressed !

Sammy wrote: "I'm slowly working my way through the '1001 books to read...' list, and all these yummy bonus points are definitely proving an incentive to look at some of the older ones right now. Not that I need..."

How many rereads of Moby Dick will that make you?

I try my best :) I have to say I'm really liking this rule. Gets me reading books I've owned for a while. And bigger ones too.