Michelle’s Comments (group member since Sep 19, 2013)

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

I loved this book! This has been my favorite of the three so far.

Pandora and Gabriel are perfectly matched, and I love how she was able to tie in my love of the Wallflowers as well. I adored Evie and Sebastian's story, and it was perfect to read about one of their children. Made my marshmallow heart sing inside. :)

I love how Pandora was accepted as herself from the beginning, not just from Gabriel but also from his family. After years of her feeling like a weirdo, she finally has found her spot.

And I appreciate how Kleypas writes unconventional female characters. They are all different in their own way, but unique and you want to see them succeed.

Great story! 4 stars for me.

This is my first time with this author. I enjoyed the relationship parts, and I really enjoyed the courtroom scene. I don't have anything to compare it to yet, but I have added Pretty Girls to my list.

Updated!

Snowtulip wrote: "How I wish my book was here!"

We'll be reading it around the same time, though, so that will be fun!

Updated through here!

Karen Michele wrote: "I like the mix and match idea as well if it's workable."

I agree. Some by team, some by house.

Took a wrong turn and ended up back in the chamber of secrets. Nothing to see here! Obliviate!

So...I have never read it, and I'm going in completely blind.

How far in the future is this set? Or is it an alternate universe for Atlanta? Lots of references that make it seem current, but then not. Like a Dresden Chicago maybe?

Sorry, just finished chapter 1 and I'm a little lost. Need to get my mind set the right way to enjoy the world building.

Jen, I'm amazed you can listen at 3x speed! I have a hard time following at 1.5x. I usually listen at 1.3.

This book is huge on audio. I think my app said 52 hours.

Interesting start to the book! A little mother-daughter mind game, and it worked beautifully. :)

A couple of questions I found for books not yet added to the sheet. It's totally possible I missed them but I quickly scanned our books read thread and didn't see them. No rush, but add to the thread when you get time so we can place them.

Jenny:
- this will be great for care of magical creatures. Not added to our sheet yet.


Karen:
- probably a quidditch book?
- also quidditch?

Everyone else's book number matches the spreadsheet when you back out the currently reading. We are looking good!

Updated through here. Double-checking shelves before I head to work.

Loving their banter during the card game!

This book is my favorite so far. I love both MCs.

Yes, please! The more the merrier.

I’m starting today.

I'm doing a shelf check for us to be sure we are matching what we have on our TT shelves. We need to be sure we have everything shelved by this weekend and in our sheet so the mods can activate reserves and try to even out some teams.

I found one book so far that we missed adding, so yay!

If I have questions, I will send you a PM to figure it out. If you all could double-check that what you have read is reflected on the team sheet, that would help me tons.

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Lexi wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Lexi wrote: "I just read the first 50 pages and I’m dropping out. Enjoy the rest but it has annoyed me too much to continue."

What didn't you like about it, Lexi? I read it a long..."

Ah! I do remember that as well. Probably best you bailed. That definitely continues on.

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Lexi wrote: "I just read the first 50 pages and I’m dropping out. Enjoy the rest but it has annoyed me too much to continue."

What didn't you like about it, Lexi? I read it a long time ago and I remember not loving the beginning, but can't remember why.

Devann wrote: "i just want you to know that i hovered over that and i thought it said '10 lb dick' and i definitely did a double take lmao #oops"

HA! That would be a very different mystery, I think!