Melanie’s Comments (group member since Sep 01, 2014)

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

I'm not going to finish my last one before the deadline so I will move it to the next round.

One day I'll clear out the backlog.

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 87
Feedback Ratio: 81%

Books already read that need to be reviewed:


Books (already published):


Books (not yet published):


Added:


Finished/Reviewed:


1. The Wrong Bones | https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. Secret Nights with a Cowboy | https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. The Duchess and the Wolf | https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4. Every Little Piece of Me | https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

End of Month:
Books on shelf: 91
Feedback Ratio: 80%

Finished my last book for the round.

I should have my last book done sometime tomorrow afternoon after I get home from running errands in the morning. I'll come back and update then (should be at least 2 hours before deadline).

Just updating that I will have my last book done sometime tomorrow afternoon.

I'm not going to finish the Oct. BOM by tomorrow so I removed that and will add it to next round.

Maritza, you can place your book where I had that one as yours works for H which is what I removed mine from.

Eldarwen wrote: "Finished #16.


Book: The New Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
Date Read: 31st October
Rating: 4 stars


I'm tempted to dive straight into the next and u..."

This series has been on my TBR for a while (since 2016) and I really need to get to it. I'll likely be listing my 2016 books for next year's closet so hopefully I'll get to some of them then.

One day I'll clear out the backlog.

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 84
Feedback Ratio: 81%

Books already read that need to be reviewed:


Books (already published):









Books (not yet published):


Added:


Finished/Reviewed:


1. Not Your Ex's Hexes | https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. All the Dangerous Things | https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. Boss Witch | https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4. One Duke Down | https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5. Bone Deep | https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

End of Month:
Books on shelf: 87
Feedback Ratio: 81%

My favorite from the first round was definitely Mr. Impossible. It had a lot similar vibes/tropes as the 1999 The Mummy movie which is a favorite of mine. If you're a fan of historical romance, I would definitely recommend it.

Just finished my last book, updating my shelf and the spreadsheet now.

I'm heading to the grocery store and then I'll finish up the last book I have for round 1.

I'm so sorry to hear that Diane!

Judith wrote: "Melanie, I’d be okay with calling that white"

Great! I'll get that added to the sheet for the next round.

Would this one work for white? It looks off-white in real life but not sure if that's ok.

I think I should only have 2 unfinished books on the spreadsheet as of now and I will definitely have them done (probably later tonight). I also may have 1 or 2 more books but I'll wait to add them until I know I'll finish them for this week.

I will likely be reading the BOM sometime next week. Not looking forward to the creepy puppets but hopefully the book is good?

Welcome back Lexi!

I've started my first few books; Hidden (this one is a reread for me), Girls Before Earls, & Little Girl Missing. I'm enjoying all 3 of them so far.

Also just requested the October BOM from the library which should get here in time for that BOM to start.

Thanks for the reminder to vote in the polls. Voted for yours and Lexi's books since they both sound interesting. Also submitted nominations for the December BOMs.

Going for a short thriller at 224 pages.


Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger

Instead of presents this Christmas, a true crime podcaster is opening up a cold case…

Madeline Martin has built a life for herself as the young owner of a thriving business, The Next Chapter Bookshop, despite her tragic childhood and now needing to care for her infirm father. When Harley Granger, a failed novelist turned true crime podcaster, drifts into her shop in the days before Christmas, he seems intent on digging up events that Madeline would much rather forget. She’s the only surviving victim of Evan Handy, the man who was convicted of murdering her best friend Steph, and is suspected in the disappearance of two sisters, also good friends of Madeline’s, who have been missing for nearly a decade. It’s an investigation that has obsessed her father Sheriff James Martin right up until his stroke took his faculties.

Harley Granger has a gift for seeing things that others miss. He wasn’t much of a novelist, but his work as a true crime author and podcaster has earned him fame and wealth—and some serious criticism for his various unethical practices. Still, visiting Little Valley to be closer to his dying father has caused him to look into a case that many people think is closed—and some want reopened. And he has a lot of questions about the night Stephanie Cramer was killed, Ainsley and Sam Wallace disappeared, and Madeline Martin was left for dead, bleeding out on a riverbank.

Since Evan Handy went to jail, three other young women have gone missing, most recently a young college dropout named Lolly. Five young women missing in the same area in a decade. Are they connected? Was Evan Handy innocent after all? Or was there some else there that night? Someone who is still satisfying his dark appetites?

As Christmas approaches and a blizzard bears down, Madeline and her childhood friend Badger return to a past they both hoped was dead—to find the missing Lolly and to answer questions that have haunted them both, discovering that the truth is more terrible and much closer to home than they think.