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

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

I found quite a few I wanted to read with the desert tag. One of them I actually planned to start next, so it works out well. It's The City of Brass. I've wanted to read it since it came out basically. And now that the third in the trilogy is out, it's the perfect time to do so =)

Shelby wrote: "For anyone contemplating looking for Tiger books - there's a lot of fun Shelly Laurenston books on that list. If you're into shifter romances they're good choices."

That's good to know ! Thanks

It's the only method I know. And I have to say, for me it doesn't always work as those pages take sometimes so much time to load that it crashes... But not always. I hope it works for you.

Christina wrote: "isn't there a way to find out if a book is tagged a specific word without looking through tons of pages? I know there was a link somewhere that included the book title and the tag, but I don't reme..."

There's indeed a way.
So when you go on the top shelves of your book you need to click on one of the "number of users". This will show you who tagged your book as let's say "romance".
Take Obsession Mine for instance. Right now 40 users have tagged it as "Romance". If I click on the 40 users I end up on this page : https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/users/36055526-obsession-mine?shelf=romance
From there you need to replace the last bit in the link by the tag you are looking for. So if I want to check if Obsession Mine was tagged as Crazy I need to go to : https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/users/36055526-obsession-mine?shelf=crazy
This will show you if anyone had tagged it as such. Here we see there's one person who tagged it as crazy.
If it wasn't tagged as such it says: "Sorry, no users found."

This is wild !


Also I just realised I forgot to precise in the spreadsheet that Keep Me, on of the last books I read was tagged as crazy. I don't know if we are still getting points for those.

Pride and Prejudice is tagged as tiger?????? Why?

I would count it as black

Sammy wrote: "Welcome aboard Claire! I figured it'd be rude of us to visit this part of the world and not invite you along ;) "

I'm glad you did ♥

Hey guys !!! What's up?
Sammy invited me to jump on the Hogwarts express for a stop or two. And now I get it ! My Jaime is on boaaaaard !!!! Hello my precious...
Sorry if I'm being weird, I've been missing this daily deliciousness. Maybe I should come lurking around the wizarding world more often. :p

Rachel wrote: "✿ Claire ✿ wrote: "Jeremy wrote: "I should finish ‘The Magicians’ today. As excited as I was to read it, I’ve almost completely lost interest because of the glacial pacing and overwhelmingly pessim..."

Yes, please do. I'd be curious to see what you think of them if you decide to carry on with the series.

Jeremy wrote: "I should finish ‘The Magicians’ today. As excited as I was to read it, I’ve almost completely lost interest because of the glacial pacing and overwhelmingly pessimistic tone. :-/"

I tried to read it a long time ago and ended up not finishing it. The book was just bleh. I hated the characters and I didn't care about the plot. Since then I watched the tv show, which I ADORE !! I've read a few reviews of the book and everyone agrees to say the first book is not that great, but that the next two books are really worth it. I'm thinking about giving it a second chance, but at the same time I don't want to go through the first book again...

Rina wrote: "I'll ask in the captains group, Claire :-)"

thank you !

Rina wrote: "There are multiple definitions of Eastern Europe, e.g.

and (and some more)

These both definitions include Russia (European part), Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova.

The first one also includes Romania..."

Thank you Rina. That is very helpful ! ☺
Does anyone know which of the two definitions is recommended for this challenge?

great job team !!

Keely wrote: "I recieved the news today that I no longer have a job. I suspected it as I had only been there a month before they closed because of the virus and if they had to let people go, I would have been to..."

Sorry you lost your job. I'm in the same situation as you. At the end of the month I'll get to experience the joy of jobhunting again... I hate this.
But you have a new adventure to look forward to! Moving to Norway with you boyfriend! Sounds exciting!! I wish you good luck in your new life !!!

I'm currently in reading both Lord of Shadows and The Ten Thousand Doors of January. Cassandra Clare is still Cassandra Clare, so I love it. As for the Ten Thousand Doors, it's a bit slow so far, a little hard to get into, but I love the writing style.

Thank you guys.

I managed to finish a book today, it helped me keep my mind of things. I read Tormentor Mine by Anna Zaires. Let me tell you, it deserves to be shelved as crazy, but somehow I liked it. Weird...

Christina wrote: "Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear that, Claire :( sending you much love!!

I was planning to get some reading in at work today but nopee, not a chance."

Thank you Christina

thank you Louise. I appreciate it.

So my first day of the challenge is not going well. I came back from work two hours ago to learn that one of my cats had been run over by a car... I'm so mad and sad... I'm not going to be able to read much this weekend I think.. :'(