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

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

Sammy, I've put down my Hear of Venom for task with both hands on the cover as well :)

Sammy wrote: "It's all yours! :D"

Yeah !! :)

If no one has claimed the musical instrument task, I'll take it ! 😁😁
Perfect excuse to continue with the Lord of Discord series. The next one is about the brother who can speak to animals, and it's MMM. I cannot wait ;) ;)

Hi Jen, welcome to the team !

And if you're in the mood for historical romance, I quite liked
The female lead is deaf in that one.

Sammy wrote: "Ideas for books with deaf characters

In case anyone wants to read for that one...

The Fireman
The Quiet at the End of the World
The Fault in Our Stars"

[EDIT something weird happened when I first posted]

For MM romance lovers I recommend the Turning Point series by NR Walker.
I read the whole trilogy before the challenge and they're nice. I liked them. One of the main character's dad is deaf.

Happy Birthday to your hubby, Sammy :)

if I'd known, I wouldn't have started Ariadne yesterday ...

I finished the book for the T18. Another monster bites the dust !

How do you like the series Lauri? I remeber when I read them I was obsessed ! I really loved it :)

On the spreadsheet :)

Sammy wrote: "TASKS TO LOOK OUT FOR

One task that hasn't got any claims yet, and will finish off monsters:

T18 Read a book with a musical instrument on the cover

Holler if you can find any instruments! :D"

I can take care of that :)
Sonia convinced me to read Lords of Discord, and I was planning to start the second book in the next couple of days. I can prioritize this over my other books no problemo

Eldarwen wrote: "Do we think we can see both hands on this cover for the person at the front?

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I can see both :)

A lot of you seem to have chosen your tasks already. What a team !
It's sometimes a bit hard to see which tasks are already taken or not. I think I'll just go with my gut, read what I have planned in my head for my other challenges and see how it can fit in here. And if there's a tricky one I'll see how I can contribute then.
I hope this is okay for you all.

Eldarwen wrote: "The first book is Fated and I really enjoy the series. Alex isn't quite the ordinary hero either, which makes it all the more interesting. Also, the author doesn't tend to pull his ..."

I've read the first book and really liked it. So I basically bought the whole series, and then didn't continue on... I have a problem...

Sophie wrote: "They will come! It takes several minutes to set up each maze so I need to find some uninterrupted time to get them up and running for you."

Thank you Sophie ! You're the best !

Insiyah wrote: "Sign me up for the hard level please - after the Maze in TT I'm hooked."

Same here :) I've only done one round really, but now I'm craving a maze on my own :p

Eldarwen wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Considering that Vampire Diaries only had the character's and the city... not surprised.

Which was not bad, since the books are... not that good IMO. I got bored."

Those books were ..."

I read them when I was 15 or something, and at the time I liked them a lot. At the time I didn't read much and I was just discovering how much reading novels could be fun. Before that I only read the mandatory books for school, and mangas. I was reaaaaally into mangas back then.
Then only 2 years later I decided to reread them and I could not bring myself to finish the first book because it was so bad. I guess my reading tastes really got refined in those 2 years. haha

Sammy wrote: "She did a series of hardcore BDSM books based on Sleeping Beauty. Trust me when I say the writing in those makes her other work look sublime! lol."

I think that's the one! Indeed, it was sleeping beauty and not beauty and the beast. but yuck !!

Sonia wrote: "I really wish her gothic writing style didn't make my brain struggle, because I wanted to read her books so badly. Eni has a few, but I just can't.

Darn brain and how it is wired..."

I've read Interview and Lestat and I kind of liked it. But I couldn't bring myself to read more. Her writing is not the easiest to get into.
I've also tried another series by Anne Rice, some sort of beauty and the beast thing if I remember right, but it did not work for me.