Keli’s Comments (group member since Jun 23, 2016)

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

Hi all, I'm excited to be on a team with y'all. RachelG, I'm competitive too. But since I'll probs only contribute 10 - 12 books a month, I can't be too competitive 🤣

I live in England, but I am originally from Texas by way of South Dakota. I have a young adult daughter, an English husband, and an old man Jack Russell. I spend my days reading, doing nails, and, at the moment, handmaking blank journals (mostly cloth cover, but I've got two paper ones planned).

I will read anything but tend to stay away from true crime, autobiographies and cosy mysteries, though I do occasionally read these. My fave genres are all the others. But I particularly love a kickass female protagonist. And fantasy - urban, high, epic, paranormal, dark- I love 'em all.

This is my first time being a co-captain but after maybe 8 NBRC group challenges, I felt it was time to take the plunge. Please be forgiving of me. 😬😬😬

I look forward to winning. ☺️

Lexi wrote: "I'm right on the line. I'm very glad you didn't round up or I'd be below it. I have one "literature" book that I am trying to finish before Book games but The Grapes of Wrath is jus..."

I got that out of the library a couple weks ago. Still haven't started it. But I've been reading a lot of literature lately for other challenges, particularly for a banned book challenge I'm in, and have been surprised by how good they've been. I had hopes for Grapes of Wrath, it's a regularly banned book. Is it dry? Does nothing happen?

Res

Res

ARENA HAZARD TASK
AH1 E Ex-Heroes
AH2 L Lament
AH3 E Elizabeth
AH4 C
AH5 T
AH6 R Richard Wright (Black Boy)
AH7 I Infinity series (Redemption)
AH8 C
AH9 F
AH10 O
AH11 R
AH12 C
AH13 E Elemental Shadows
AH14 F
AH15 I Into the Uncanny
AH16 E
AH17 L Linde, K.A. (Wright Kind of Trouble)
AH18 D

Sammy wrote: "I hope you love it!

I know I rate pretty harshly compared to most people, but I like to save my 5 stars for the special ones. Bob got the 5! 😁"

You were much more generous with the two books mentioned above. I rated them both two and you gave them four stars. I do appreciate that you don't often go the full 5. I am beginning to rein that in. I gave 5 stars willy-nilly for so long. It's shocking that I gave some Twilight saga and Throne of Glass books 5 stars!

Sammy wrote: "I LOVE LOVE LOVE Bob! As do the people I've discussed the series with. But as I don't know your tastes, I don't know whether it would suit you or not..."

I've compared our books, and aside from the Bell Jar and the Old Man and the Sea, we are pretty much the same in our rating of shared books. I may use my May audible credit for it.

Although, I have decided that if I am unwilling to spend money ln it, then ot should probs be removed. So I am sort of doing that. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) has thrown me for a loop. Has anyone read this? Is it worth the £15 + shipping?

Michael wrote: "Joining this challenge late - but I desperately need to clean out the TBR Closet this year.

I started 2024 with around 320 on the TBR and after a swift review of the shelf,
I deleted 70!!!


Ev..."

I really wish i could do that! Honestly, I need to be brutal, but I find it so hard. Well done.

Jenny wrote: "So, if we can convince the mods to add a back room BOM, Sammy will likely vote for something like-

and not-
[bookcover:Dangerous in a..."

I like that the cowboy book it written by a Ms Kilt
.

Sophie wrote: "Keli - if you log in to the site you can create your own now."

Oooh, we've been given the power. I like it. Thank you for letting me know.

I still have a general maze going but I'd like a fantasy/sci-fi one too. If it's fantasy or sci-fi, I'll choose fantasy first. Thank you. 😁

I try every year. This could be my year
Mar 1 2024 - Mar 1 2025

Level V = 72-96 books.

Read corresponding ending number for four (4) years of your choice (2015 to 2024) then one (1) book for others.

2015 3/15
Dearest Clementine - 23/05/24
Silver in the Blood - 16/09/24
Slaughterhouse-Five - 27/11/24
The Beekeeper's Apprentice or, On the Segregation of the Queen - 03/01/25

2016 1/1
Lily and the Octopus - 29/03/24

2017 - 4/17
I Liked My Life - 07/03/24
Slouch Witch - 19/06/24
Half of a Yellow Sun - 24/06/24
The Book of Joan - 28/06/24

2018 2/18
Temeraire - 24/04/24
A Raisin In The Sun - 17/09/24


2019 - 8/19
My Name Is Revenge: A novella and collected essays - 18/03
Where the Forest Meets the Stars - 16/05
On a Red Station, Drifting - 14/08/24
Gender Queer - 22/08/24
Just One Damned Thing After Another - 08/09/24
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - 10/10/24
Ninth House - 26/10/24
A Symphony of Echoes 17/11/24

2020 8/20
The Seep - 26/04
The Midnight Library - 20/03
In a Field of Blue - 28/05
Black Boy - 01/08/24
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again - 09/09/24
Gone with the Wind - 02/10/24
A Deadly Education - 09/10/24
Network Effect - 27/10/24
Grey Bees

2021 8/21
The Lost Village - 18/04
Summer Sons - 13/04
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking - 20/06
Black Water Sister - 13/08/24
A Psalm for the Wild-Built - 28/10/24
Comfort Me with Apples - 02/11/24
The Country of Others - 24/01/25
The Last Graduate - 03/02/25

2022 7/22
Babel - 15/04
My Monticello - 21/05
She Gets the Girl - 28/08/24
Looking For Jane: The deeply moving historical novel spanning five decades of powerful women - 16/09/24
The Book of Cold Cases - 16/10/24
What Moves the Dead - 19/10/24
Southern Magical Bakery 28/10/24


2023 8/23
Inheritance - 20/04
Liar, Dreamer, Thief - 25/03
River Sing Me Home - 13/03
The Malevolent Seven - 09/06
The Wishing Game - 15/07/24
The Book That Wouldn’t Burn - 10/08/24
The Salt Grows Heavy 19/10/24
A Disappearance in Fiji - 12/01/25
Bitterthorn

2024 - 1/1
The Familiar - 15/07/24

Sophie wrote: "Keli wrote: "I've got the amazon weight task, but i can't find the weight anywhere on the product detail. The dimensions of the book are given but no weight. Would I be able to use the weight liste..."

Thank you.

I've got the amazon weight task, but i can't find the weight anywhere on the product detail. The dimensions of the book are given but no weight. Would I be able to use the weight listed by Waterstones instead?

♞ Pat wrote: "Keli wrote: "I've got to read a book by an Australian, New Zealand or Canadian author. Any recs for fiction? I saw some of the non-fic recs but my eyeballs also hiurt when reading non-fiction. I do..."

Weyward looks good. I love witch stories.

I ticked of another tbr book
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Added 2020

It was slow and some parts were better than others, but overall I enjoyed it. Not scary, though it's a horror, but definitely creepy and icky. Lacks resolution, but i kind of don't mind. Emily Danforth's writing is really engaging and charming..

Thank you all for the recs. I have reserved Homecoming from the library. I couldn't get the Gathering Dark on Everand, but it did bring up some related audiobooks. One, My Name Is Revenge: A novella and collected essays sounded good. So I downloaded that one. I am not in the right emotional space for Once Were Warriors. I saw the movie, which was absolutely amazing and heartbreaking and would love to read the book one day. I will, however, purchase it. I think it might be one to own.

I've got to read a book by an Australian, New Zealand or Canadian author. Any recs for fiction? I saw some of the non-fic recs but my eyeballs also hiurt when reading non-fiction. I don't have Inga Simpson on Everand. All genres recommendations appreciated.

♞ Pat wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "Very little. It isn't a subject that is touched upon much in school here, if at all, so it kind of falls by the wayside, which is a shame. (The same is true for any and all kinds o..."

So true. How is it possible to teach the "positives" of human bondage?!