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

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

My shelf is https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I'm a challenge reader right now. Though, I can be a mood reader, too. But i like reading for challenges as it gets me reading outside of my comfort zone. I recently had to read western mysteries and was surprised to enjoy them. Not a genre I would have picked up necessarily.

I read the Oct BOM not that long ago, so will be skipping that one.

Hi all, i thought i already left a message. Sorry. Don't know what happened there

I'm on team Pop. I love rap, and metal, and old country, and classical. Honestly, I don't think there's a style I don't like, except some modern country and polka. Good luck everyone!

I joined up too.

Janeylou wrote: "Ive got so much on at moment that i dont know if im going to be able to join in with this one this time 😞"

You'll be missed.

I'm sorry to hear about your brother-in-law, Suzanne. I, too, wish him a speedy recovery.

I agree with y'all about the Bluest Eye. It is a fantastic emotional and powerful book. But Toni Morrison can do that. If you haven’t read Beloved, give it a go. It's not an easy read, but it has impact.

Another four read. All really enjoyable. Can recommend all of them. I only have one more to reach my target!
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Lexi wrote: "
I got one from 2016 read. I liked it and gave it 4 stars (3.5 rounded up) but not as much as other I know have. I felt it was more of a list of situa..."

Lexi, that is good to know as I am debating buying this book. After comparing our books we seem to have similar tastes and ratings, think I might pass.

Another 5 read this month so far.
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This book was okay. I think if I had been sold on a supernatural element before I startes reading, i may have liked it more. But because it was sold as acontemporary thriller, i found the (view spoiler)[body-snatching (hide spoiler)] aspect quite hard to swallow.
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Beautiful fable-like story. I look forward to reading the next one.
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Really solid start to a series. There were a few contradictions, but they didn't detract from the overall story. Just little niggly things, like if you are a boarding school that is checked up on, which has previously been referenced how can you remain open or unaudited with quite a few kids going missing? That kind of thing
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For some reason this book toom me a while and three attempts to get into it. I found the dad annoying at times. Well, almost all the time. I get that he didn't want to get his kid on meds, but his kid really needed some help. And the fact that he couldn’t even look at it as a short time solution was sad and frustrating. I found that aspect of it truly frustrating. So the ending was no surprise.
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Absolutely fantastic! Aside from Rogue Protocol (not a closet qualifier) probably my favourite book of the month. Demon was an excellent narrator. Wonderful story populated with a colourful cast of characters, even if most of them remain one-dimensional.
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Hands down the worst book I've read this year. Worse than that Yarros schlock! So racist. So stupid. I wrote a slightly more in depth review but, I would advise you to leave this one off of your tbr shelf.

Sammy wrote: "TT usually does the opposite for me. A lot of re-reads and new books to cover tasks, etc.

But I only have 6 left to go out of 125, so I don't mind having had a break from reading old tbr books, lol."

Yeah, I have a fair number of new reads too. This time though, I made myself choose a tbr first. If it fit I had to read it. Or finally admit defeat and take it back to the library. I rarely choose to re-read in group challenges. Not sure why.

Well done, team!!! Y'all have been the best and I've been on some awesome teams. Thanks for the fun and the win!

Jen wrote: "I’m curious what everyone’s favorite 2-3 books were from this challenge. I’m always looking to grow my tbr."

I think a few people listed some faves a few pages back. I had so many good reads that it's hard to narrow down but Artificial Condition, White Teeth, The Goldfinch, A Closed and Common Orbit and All Together Dead were in the tp with 5 star ratings. I can tell you the only 1 star read was Fourth Wing.

Can you post the big book link here, Elinor? Please😊

Also, I think Game Night and AMMP themes overlap, so books will likely work for both. Assuming they aren't crazy specific tasks.

So just followed both Jackie and Janine's links to sign-up. And immediately when this one finished signed up to
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Ive read 7 since my last update. Tower Teams was pretty good for helping me clear my bookshelves. I think 7 tbr books is 2 months is pretty good for me. Especially considering that they've all been sitting around my house for well over a year.
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Jackie wrote: "Suzanne, I think the reason everyone stayed involved was directly connected to the fabulous job you captains did of keeping everything organized and the enthusiasm you all brought to the challenge...."

Totally agree! I often feel a little intimidated by the super fast readers in large team challenges. That's no fault of theirs. I just feel like I'm not really contributing. In this awesome group, however, I felt like I was actually adding something. And a great portion of that was because you super speedy readers and captains were really good at keeping us focused as a team, that ALL our contributions helped us reach the top.
Thanks captains for your hard work.

Actually, I want to be on a team with all of you always. Don't freak out if you see me lurking in the background of team games, trying to figure out where you're going to be.
Thanks so much eveyone.

Janeylou wrote: "Thats my last books team .
I would like to thank you all for making my first go at TT so enjoyable , ive had a blast and will definitely be back round next year ..😘😘😘"

Janine, you excelled. I always want to be on your team. 😍😍😍

I just finished my final book 😭😭😭 Thanks team for being awesome. You're all ace.

My final book was an anthology, there was one story in particular where the character that is believed to be a vamp turns out to be a werewolf was a real twist. Don't know if that would work for the challenge. But it was a surprise. I thought he was going to do his vamp reveal.