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

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

Jenny wrote: "I just picked this one up, and the hard cover looks deep pink to me, but it reads as red on the GR site. Opinions? "

It looks red to me

Judith wrote: "✿ Claire ✿ ~ Foxgard wrote: "Would you say it's a blue cover?
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Yes, I'd call that blue"

awesome !

Would you say it's a blue cover?

Sonia wrote: "Hey team... sorry to be absent... Anyway... I'll be around for towers kick off... and then happily disappear till the 10th or 11th.

I'm happy with any strategy you think it's best - I promise I'll..."

I'm really a mood reader too. That's why I haven't planned much, either.
has been on my TBR for a long time now. I wanted to finish the Anita Blake series before jumping into another Laurell K Hamilton series, but in the end, why wait? Maybe this challenge is the perfect excuse to finally give it a try.

Judith wrote: "I really recommend Scythe! And Shusterman is just a quality author.

I think Dry he wrote with his son."

You are right, Judith. Thank you for correcting me :)

Sammy wrote: "✿ Claire ✿ ~ Foxgard wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Also, I am so tempted to get this for my Kindle, even though I already own the paperback, because that one is 801 pages, lol!"

Lol, I get it. I've done i..."

Oh I get it now. Sorry, I misunderstood a bit ;)
Yes, sometimes I don't get why there's such a big difference in pages between the physical book and the kindle. Just, why?

Steven wrote: "✿ Claire ✿ ~ Foxgard wrote: "Steven wrote: " should be my first

and then hopefully if I've been able to read book 1 before the challenge,"

I've read during the last team challenge. I believe Shusterman wrote it with his brother. I liked it a lot. Not quite a 5 star, but still a good 4 star for me.

Sammy wrote: "Also, I am so tempted to get this for my Kindle, even though I already own the paperback, because that one is 801 pages, lol!"

Lol, I get it. I've done it a couple of times too. It's just so heavy, haha. And it's so difficult to not crack the spine when they are so massive! Also it's just too big to take with you when you leave the house.

Steven wrote: " should be my first

and then hopefully if I've been able to read book 1 before the challenge, "

Good choice !
I haven't read Scythe, but people have been hyping it so much it's scary. lol You'll have to tell me what you think of it, and maybe I'll give it a try.

Steven wrote: "✿ Claire ✿ ~ Foxgard wrote: "I can't wait for this challenge to start !!
I think I'll start with a reread of , to start of with a Lust Sin Bingo ;)"

oh maybe i'll try t..."

It's a very good series. And very very populat too. Bu you probably already know that. I've only read 2 of them, but liked them a lot at the time. It's been a while now however, so I need a little refresher before continuing.

I can't wait for this challenge to start !!
I think I'll start with a reread of , to start of with a Lust Sin Bingo ;)

Good luck Sonia ! I'm sure you'll do great at this exam!!

You guys are so good at planning ahead ! I'm just such a mood reader. It's hard for me to stick to a reading plan. You can be sure that if I plan to read one book, I'll start reading everything else before that... haha

Hey guys ! I'm so excited about this group challenge :) It's gonna be fun !

@Judith, I can access the Tracking Spreadsheet just fine. No problem on my part


Also, here is my Team Tower shelf: Challenge-TeamTowerVII

Melanie wrote: "https://twitter.com/penguinrandom/sta...

Saw this and had to share. Penguin Random House had a penguin "intern" and it's the cutest thing. Branding done right."

OMG this is amazing !

I love Anita Blake :) It really is my guilty pleasure read. The next book I need to read in the series is Hit List, number 20. And that's saying something. I can't believe I got so far into it. I'm usually not that great with series with more than 4 books.

I prefer to read physical books too. But I use my e-reader for books I can't get from my local bookstore. I'm not a fan of ordering physical books through amazon. (Of course there are a few exceptions.) But for instance, for some reason they don't have that many urban fantasy titles. Maybe it's because we depend more on the UK when it comes to importing books and that's not such a popular genre there??? I might be wrong. (Let's not talk about MM romance, I've never seen one in paper format, lol). And of course for self-published books, it's a lot cheaper to get them on e-book.

Mary, Mary, Just a bit contrary wrote: "Isn't there another book think like that? Where you can put a tracking number on a book and then see where it ends up?"

Yes, I believe it's called bookcrossing, or something like that.

Never found any book in Brussels, from neither the bookfairy, nor bookcrossing or any other initiative like that... Sad...


As for free libraries, there aren't so many of them. There was one at my university, but people use it more like a place to dump old books secondhand bookshops don't want to buy. It's mostly crap, really.

I finished my last book for the challenge. :) I had a great time with this challenge!

I'm also trying to squeeze in an Anita Blake books. You made me want to read some :)

It was a fantastic Wheel-a-thon. I had a great time. And I'm so glad I managed to read a bit of everything, checking a few titles off my TBR list in passing :)