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

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

Cat wrote: "Finished
it was weird, but I enjoyed. that said, it is apparently #1 in a series. I have no intention to read #2 or 3 - it stands perfectly fine on it's own."

I really enjoyed his On Stranger Tides. Have you read that one?

Megan wrote: "Me too Sarah. I can't listen on the default setting its too slow. I've got a few books on Audible. Slowly got all the HP books because they're so expensive otherwise.

I'm mainly a kindle reader no..."

For real, why?! My library does that too. Or they get rid of books in a series. Like I know they've got to reduce their physical quantities but why keep random books from a series and delist all the others. It's just weird.

I like 1.25 speed too. I can't imagine 2x. I don't think I'd take it all in. I'm currently listening to Disappearing Moon Cafe and it's hard enough for me to follow along at 1.25, I think I'd be lost at 2. Though I think I'll try it out on a romance, just to see what it's like. They tend to be so formulaic that it's nearly impossible to get lost.

I really enjoyed Equal Rites. I've got no idea why I didn't carry on with the series though as my library has every Terry Pratchet book published.

Megan wrote: "That is a shame Keli, I've removed it off the sheet. :("

Thank you. It's off my shelf now.

Donna wrote: "I asked my friend who is a mod in this group. If a book is tagged poetry it cannot be used. They will not be making exceptions."

Bummer. Guess I'll take it off. 😭😭😭😭

⚚♆ Cynthia ♆⚚ wrote: "Hi Keli! Is Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories & Songs a poetry book? It shows MPG Poetry but unfortunately, they are not allowed in the challenge. Let us know to see if we have to..."

It's short stories. Or I guess they could be considered poems in the way the The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems is a poem. But they are short stories more than poems. I think there are 26 which cover 3.5 hours of audio. There are a few short ones. But I will also point out that the cover of the book says "stories and songs," and the first line of the book's synopsis saya
"In her debut collection of short stories, Islands of Decolonial Love, renowned writer and activist Leanne Simpson vividly explores the lives of contemporary Indigenous Peoples and communities, especially those of her own Nishnaabeg nation."
So i don't know why some people have chosen to mark it poetry but it's not. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Monica wrote: "I also finished this book:

America for Beginners by Leah Franqui

I am not able to add the book to the spreadsheet, would someone please add it for me."

All done.

Sorry when I filled in the bits for decolonial love it wouldn't save. The green line just going at the top like it was saving. I had to force quit. Hopefully it will work for me this time. 😬

Finally read The Three-Body Problem. I originally started it back in 2018 but for whatever reason didn't get past page 50. I'm really glad I kept it on my tbr and didn't just dnf it. Though it is science heavy, it's a great story. I am looking forward to the rest but i think I'll put a little space between readings. 3.5 roundee to 4.

Eldarwen wrote: "Finished #9.


Book: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Date Read: 10th May
Rating: 3 - 3.5 stars

Enjoyable, yet I..."

I kind of felt the same way about the ending. I think I may have enjoyed the book a bit more than you but that might also have had something to do with what else I was reading at the same time.
I've posted my review below
Review- I'm currently reading The Book of Night Women which is brilliant but hard, very hard. So I needed to take a break from the trauma and read something lighter, like a story about a Nigerian female serial killer.🤣 I'm only half joking because it really did do a good job of bringing a bit of levity. Though My Sister has some very heavy themes, it is told in such a way that it doesn't weigh down your soul. It was fantastically entertaining. It was cool and young. It was a fun read which is pretty impressive because it's ultimately a story about how sisters survive abuse. Take five or six hours and give this a read.

Yay, I'll be doing the Mort BOM.

Donna wrote: "Keli wrote: "Thank you to whoever listed the justifications for the tasks! Would you like a bit more info? For example, one is for a neurodiverse character do i need to explain how they are neurodi..."

That was me with the legendary characters task. I just put the name of the character in the spot where the task description was because it had a question mark.

I've got Mort which I will start reading this weekend. I'm also reading and which both have full moons prominent on the cover. So might work for E6.

Thank you to whoever listed the justifications for the tasks! Would you like a bit more info? For example, one is for a neurodiverse character do i need to explain how they are neurodiverse? Or is it just enough to claim it so?

Thanks Megan, that helps. Even though I read the instructions I didn't catch the MPG bit and therefore didn't realise we could be rather broad in our approach. I was literally still stuck on covers. I'll have a look at mine again.

Yay another one. was pretty decent. If anyone has this one on their lists, I highly recommend.

I'm finding it really hard to narrow down just five tasks. I'm trying to pick the least common or possibly harder ones to use but it's kind of hard to say.

If anyone has The Pull of the Stars on their tbr, I recommend it. Every time I see the timepiece/watch task I think of it. It's a quick and good read.

Camilla wrote: "My favorite so far has been Silence Fallen, I gave it five stars, which I do very rarely. Also #1, #2, #4, #5, #6, #8, and #11 were solid four star reads."

Is that the one where she gets kidnapped? I know that the bond gets broken or goes silent but I don't really remember more.

⚚♆ Cynthia ♆⚚ wrote: "I finished my first book the other day, yay! I updated the spreadsheet and added it to my TT shelf. I won't do a lot of reading in the next few days as I am moving to Spain on Sunday.

I have boug..."

Wow moving to Spain, sunny sunny Spain. How exciting. Where are you moving from?

Camilla wrote: "I just red Smoke Bitten in March, it was fairly enjoyable, but not one of my favorites in the series."

Which one was your favourite?