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

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

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book : Beach Read
Date read: 4/12
Pages : 380

Bonus:
Published in 2020

Spell out :
H - author Emily Henry
S - character Shadi
M - character Maggie

Mini:
Admin
- 50% orange?
- typical administrative material on the cover - pencil on cover
- author first & last initials in SHREDDING
Bonus, COFFEE TABLE p28 "When I was finished, it still sounded pretty much like R.E.M. wa playing a concert on my coffee table"

Garden:
- Plant: is exactly 5 letters
- Mulch: contains one of the following digraphs: CH, PH, SH, TH, WH
Bonus, VIOLIN p123 - "I pretended to play a violin"

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Book : Silver Foxed
Date read : 5/12
Pages : 160

Spell out :
S - title
O - Oliver

Mini :
- features a beach holiday

Pants p26 "or coming in my pants"
blushing a bit at that quote there... 🤭

So... Surprisingly enough, I didn't find Beach Read to be suitable for the beach holiday prompt.. I know shocking.
So I read a quick one that fits much better, Silver Foxed.

Next I'm going to listen to for the beach holiday prompt.

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Book:The Art of Breathing
Date Read: 2/12
Pages: 387

Bonus:
Published in 2014

Spell-Out:
O - Otter
M - Tyson McKenna
S - Sandy
C- Corey

Mini:
Sandy has an electric car
Bonus, Chipmunk 67% I sound like a chipmunk getting run over by a car.

Sammy wrote: "I did think about re-reading The Martian for that one, but I figured we'd be better served points-wise if I stick to chunky books 😆"

If you can please do. I tried to read more chunky books, but if I push myself to hard now I feel like I'm gonna burnout, and I want to avoid the reading slump.

I went through some of my books on my e-reader and found one where a character has an electric car. Incredibly hard to find, I must say. You can put my name on that prompt;


The Art of Breathing

64% at Sandy's : "There’s a sensible electric car (I approve) in the carport, and the license plate says QWN4LFE "

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Book:King
Date Read: 28/11
Pages: 401
Rating: 3.75/5 stars

Bonus:
+400 Pages

Spell-Out:
S - Savannah
O - Oscar
H - Hans
M - Mandi
L - Leland
C - Cici

Mini:
Pasta 2% It takes a little maneuvering to climb out of his low sports car without dumping the pasta into my lap, but I manage.
Lamb 6% Is he going to silence of the lambs me?

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Book:Nero
Date Read: 27/11
Pages: 368
Rating: 3.5/5 stars

Bonus:
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Spell-Out:
O - Oscar
C - Carlton
R - Rocco


Mini:
Pasta - 76% eating takeout pasta then watching a movie
Sugar - 9% I type his order in––a large, iced coffee with four sugars and cream

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Book:Slaying the Vampire Conqueror
Date Read: 31/11
Pages: 452

Bonus:

+400 Pages book

Spell-Out:
S - title
C - author Carissa Broadbent
M - series Mortal Enemies to Monster Lovers

Mini:


Bread 53% She handed it to me without ceremony, like she was passing off a piece of bread at dinner.

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Book:North and South
Date Read: 28/11
Pages: 544
Rating: 5/5 stars

Bonus:
Published in 1855
+400 Pages book

Spell-Out:
M, H - Margaret Hale
L - Mr Lennox
C - Charlott
F - Fanny

Mini:
Tagged as Book Club 239x

bread Ch5 : “Because there I can earn bread for my family.
Carrot Ch6 : she had caught the idea of the vivid beauty of the feathery leaves of the carrots in the very middle of his last sentence.
Onion Ch42: “I hope you give satisfaction in your new capacity. Are you a good judge of potatoes and onions?
Salt Ch 44: it would be like meat without salt.

Vinegar Ch36 = Margaret was kneeling down by Mrs. Boucher and bathing her face with vinegar;

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Don Quixote
Pages : 1264
Date read 27/11

Spell it out:
M - author Miguel de Cervantes
R - character Ricote
S - Sancho Panza

Relax mini
with author initials found in MOSAIC - MC Miguel de Cervantes
Out of my comfort zone
Tagged as Blook club 139x

CB wrote: "Claire wrote: "CB wrote: "Completion Post


Welcome to the Dark Side by Giana Darling
Date Read: 11/26/2024
Pages: 526..."

Thanks CB. That's good to know. 😊
I'm usually okay with the age issue, so not too scared about that. I'm looking forward to try out this series. Especially Zeus's books

CB wrote: "Completion Post


Welcome to the Dark Side by Giana Darling
Date Read: 11/26/2024
Pages: 526
Rating: 5⭐️

Bonus:
Publi..."

This series has been on my TBR for so long. I'm happy to see you liked it :) Recently I heard some mixed reviews that made me hesitant to pick it up.

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Book:The Hating Game
Date Read: 25/11
Pages: 387
Rating: 3/5 stars

Bonus:
Published in 2016


Spell-Out:
H - title
S - author Sally Thorne
L - character Lucy
F - character Danny Fletcher


Mini:
Admin - It's an office romance.
- Tagged as Office 113x

Bonus Coffee Tabel, p22 There are no high heels under the coffee table.

I'm reading The Hating Game now for the office romance prompt.

I've also started Don Quixote for some good points. Also tagged as Book Club 139x.

It’s added to my shelf now. Sorry for that.
I also got it with Illumicrate. It also took me a while to read because I also thought I wouldn’t like it. It’s very very YA but I enjoy it. It’s more of a 3,5/5 stars though now that I think of it.
Illumicrate books are really pretty. But sometimes their picks can be a bit eh

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Book:Zhara
Date Read: 23/11
Pages: 494
Rating: 3.75/5 stars

Bonus:
+ 400 Pages book

Spell-Out:
X - character Xu
G - series Guardians of Dawn
C - character Cao
A - Chracter Anyang

Mini:
Rice, Salt 1% first sentence - THE RENT WAS DUE, RODENTS HAD GOTTEN into the rice, and Zhara had just dumped a bag of salt into the custard filling.

Onion, pepper 2% and all they had left were two shriveled onions, a bunch of dried hot peppers

Sugar 2% She finished making the custard buns, tempering the beaten eggs, milk, sugar,

Beef 4% “braised beef short ribs, Azurean style.

Rice, Fish, banana 4% Each floating restaurant boasted its own particular specialty—broad, flat egg noodles sautéed in black-bean sauce, steamed fish wrapped in banana leaves, crab and river shrimp stew served over rice—dishes from every culture.

Peach 42% Peaches, apricots, giant gooseberries, and even mangos and dragonfruit from the southern archipelago.

Spice 65% while the silver nugget weighed heavy on her heart and pocket as she walked past stalls selling mangos and spices from the kingdom of the Sindh

BONUS VINEGAR 41% “It smells like someone’s orange blossom perfume gone bad. Like vinegar.”

Eldarwen wrote: "Never.... Because there will always be people who will buy the entire series in the new edition so it all matches.

Deborah Harkness' trilogy is my favourite example. Three books, I have three diff..."

I have that with Deborah Harkness too. haha. A massmarket with the cover I liked, then the second one in trade paperback, and the last one is another massmarket but with the ugly cover white with a sort of red smoke going through it. I mean, it's not really that ugly, just boring.

Eldarwen wrote: "It's so annoying that books keep going out of print these days. Even the ones that are rather recent publications. :-/

Christie I only buy second-hand, so barely any of the books match unless some..."

Mine too were bought second hand. But I still try to get matching editions. It certainly doesn't make it easy.
But I agree, changing the covers all the time like they are doing is annoying. Especially when it comes to such a huge collection of books like Agatha Christie's.
And I also hate when they change the cover style mid-way in a series. I had this happen recently, for a very recent series. When will publishers learn?