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

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

Okay, so... If I understand correctly, you need to read all her stuff in publication order. 😅 No going from one series to the other willy-nilly. Well noted

Sonia wrote: "The announcement on facebook was 2 days after her last post. So, maybe it was an accident of sorts?

Anyway. Their Team A.L.P.H.A. series was my first contact. I really enjoyed that one, because o..."

The Family Novak is one I haven't read yet. Maybe next time I need something sweet ;-)
And Team A.L.P.H.A, I don't think I read it all. But I remember liking some, but not all.

I looked it up online. It happened not so long ago, back in june.
But no details on what happened exactly (not that I really need to know, but just curious).
She will be missed.

Do you like Crista Crown's stuff? I have to admit that the books co-written with her weren't my favourite.

Sonia wrote: "Hey Claire, did you know about this?

While previous books were written together, Susi Hawke sadly passed away in 2022. This book was written solely by Crista Crown

I was looking at a book to read..."

Oh no ! I had no idea. I'm so sad. Whilst not great literature, I enjoyed her books so much. 😥So so sad 😢😢

I just finished Under the Greenwood Tree. It's maybe not the best Thomas Hardy book to start with, but the TBR jar picked and I had to obey.
It was alright, but it was difficult to take seriously when one of the main character is called Dick and the other Fancy.
I had to laugh out loud when Fancy said, "I like Dick". 😂

Judy wrote: "That was why I chose easy level - tricky can be so fun but I wanted this challenge to help me clear my TBR and actually use books from it primarily. And it worked really well for me - I pick up so ..."

I will definitely choose easy for the next one !

Sammy wrote: "Yeah, I know what you mean. I treat challenges as a way to help me decide which of the hundreds of unread books I own I should read next.
Buying obscure books I generally don't end up enjoying in o..."

That's also the way I treat challenges. If I don't have anything on my tbr that can cover the challenge it's pretty inconvenient. And when I really can't find anything I'm slightly curious about, that's when the fun stops.

Yeah, some of the prompts are way too hard. I had to skip three times in a row... And I hate skipping...
Next maze I will request one with a lower difficulty.

That's very lucky indeed !

Skipping: Task: Read a book with the name of the tarot card "The Hierophant" in the text or title
direction: east - even number of pages

S - Siren Cove 5 - Caught 172p
K - Khajunin in Unravel the Dusk 368p
I - Innes, M.A. - Nick & Kyle 110p
P - Pick Me 316p

Skipping : Task: Read a book where a pet name starts with the letter Y
Direction: North - Title starts with A-M

H - Hellstorm
E - Education of the Heart 2 - Learning to Love
L - A Leap of Faith
P - A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

Sonia wrote: "Yeah, know the feeling. In my current obsession it seems they're either eating or going at it, sometimes both. So the amount of food mention is gigantic"

LOL

Yesterday I read two short books, with many ingredients. Coraline and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy Too bad we can only use 4 and 2 ingredients for them.
Prayer had fish and salt, so I suppose we're going to use that for a fish and chips

Sammy wrote: "Not a huge amount of food in North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell so far, sadly, but definitely enough to cobble a couple of meals together :)"

That's too bad. I was thinking I would finally get to it this fall.
The tv show is one of my all time favorite mini series. I feel ashamed I haven't read it yet.

Skipping Task: Read a book where a pet name starts with the letter R
Direction : West - Odd number of pages

H - Hosseini Khaled (author) - The Kite Runner (page number 337)
E - Education of the Heart 1 - Learning to Trust (page number 205)
L - Lute (character) - To Best the Boys(page number 321)
P - Paranormal Love 19 - The Truth is Even Stranger (page number 111)

I had a slight connection issue just as I was adding my last book in the maze, and somehow it registered the book three time ...
So I will post here when I'm done with the two missed prompts:

- Read a book shelved as nook - plurals and spelling acceptable - The Last Olympian - read 20/8/2022
- Read a book with an orange cover - The Catcher in the Rye

Direction: North - A-M title

Alysa wrote: "I got a task "Read a book where a character gets into shape"

I feel like that might be somewhat common in genres that I wouldn't read and know little about -- but can anyone think some fantasy/sci..."

Hi Alyssa, for a MM I can recommend The Weight of It All. The prompt is basically the plot of the book. But I swear it's a good book. :-)

gg everyone, as they say
I had a lot of fun with this challenge. Especially with the monsters. And I'm glad it got me to read some of my bigger chucksters on my TBR !

Sammy wrote: "I've got several copies already, but am endlessly searching for one that has textbook-like illustrations of the whales and such alongside the "info" sections. You'd think something like that should definitely exist, but I can't find any anywhere!"

Surely there must be one somewhere? I can't believe it doesn't exist

And done !
What a book ! It took me a long time to finish Moby-Dick, but I'm again surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I mean, it has the reputation of being a very boring book but I didn't think so (well mostly). And the ending was epic.