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

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

Sammy wrote: "Both. And a monthly subscription (which I really need to cancel because the books tend towards YA too much, but they're soooooo pretty! lol).

It's 188 books total so far this year. My favourites a..."

My that set is gorgeous !! 😍
I've been thinking about rereading LOTR recently. And I was actually looking into buying a set. I have an omnibus edition, and it's not the easiest to read from. It's just too big.

Another vote for Clooney

Sammy, you're really making it easy for me. Team Colin O'Donoghue all the way !

Pine !!

Laura wrote: "@Claire - Can you please put A Curse of Blood and Wolves on your Book Games shelf? Thanks!"

Sorry, I thought I did. Done now !

A vote for Loki Hiddleston 😍

I remember seeing it around social media when the Mulan movie came out. I was vaguely interested, but in the end I didn't read it.
Thanks for the recommendation though. Good to know it's worth a read. I might just do that :)

I don't read a lot of thrillers, but I'm not surprised to hear books get advertised through And Then There Were None. Your recent experience must have been very frustrating. I'm sorry to hear.

Glad I'm not the only one, tired of this marketing strategy. Indeed, the backfire is real for some of those books. I remember when Flame in the Mist came out, a lot of people were really disappointed by how thin the link with Mulan was. And I could see the ratings of that book being affected by it.
I guess it proves, that for publishers sales are more important than actually offering a good reading experience.

Kamaria wrote: "i don't understand what,
"Books can be heaped into a wall to form a defence:" means.
Any clarification, please?"

My interpretation would be a book big enough to be used as a brick to build a wall. But maybe there's another way to interpret it.

Hi Preeti, my rant is not about retellings. Because I love retellings. There are indeed some really bad ones out there, but also some of my favourite books are retellings.
My issue is with the publishing industry pasting the retelling sticker on anything, when really there's barely a link.
For example, I have a copy of Marie Lu's Legend that says it's a Miserables retelling. Guess what, there's absolutely nothing from the Miserables in it. Same for Flame in the Mist. I need more than cross-dressing to call something a Mulan retelling.

Also, is anyone else tired of the "retelling" marketing with fantasy/romantasy books?
Because the book I just finished is marketed as a Little Red Riding Hood retelling, but to me it needs more than a werewolf romance in which the main character's name is Ruby to be a retelling of the tale.
Not that I was looking for a retelling, but someone who were would be really disappointed.
It feels like the publishers don't trust the readers to be interested in their book on its own. It has to be a retelling of something, or it has to be compared to other popular books. When in reality, they have rarely anything to do with each other.

Ok, rant done. What do you think?

I just finished my first read. I'm slowly but surely getting out of this slump !!!

another one for Jensen !!!

Steven wrote: "Even though I’m soooooo tired of Wolverine being such a huge focus of almost all Xmen stuff, I vote for Hugh as well. (Come on, producers etc, don’t you know there are so many cool Xmen you can use..."

I have to agree with you there… but when have producers listened to what spectators want ? 🤷‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

I vote for Wolverine 😆 I love Hugh Jackman

Hi Sammy ! Thanks for the entertainment in district one!

Roshan for me too 🤤

Thanks Jenny. I’m having a lot of fun with your games 😉

Sonia wrote: "Claire is going to hate me for this, but Gerard all the way.

Also very impressed."

How dare you 😲
Just kidding. To each their own I guess? Although, that one would pass on Sam Heughan is beyond me 😉 a vote for Sam please 😊

Sonia wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Ohhhh, this is going to be a much closer round!

8-ish hours to go before voting closes for round 2!"

I shared the link to Steven. Pretty sure where his vote is going to fall. But I'..."

Yeah. I think I know his vote as well. He's been quite vocal about his favourite there. haha