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

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

Sarah wrote: "Keli wrote: "Does the writing on this book look brown?
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Think I have different eyes/screen to everyone else, to me the author name seems brown. Title looks black though."

It does look brown on my kindle. I put it in tineye and it calls the author's name brown too. I'll mark it as brown on the spreadsheet but it you captains decide it's too close to red, then change it.

Sassafrass wrote: "All, my Mother-in-Law passed away last week and I will be traveling for a funeral this weekend. I may not be able to get much done although reading has been keeping sane through all this. I may not..."

Thank you, Sassafras. I'm sorry for your loss. ❤

✿~Danielle~✿ wrote: "Hope things improve for you, Keli."

Thank you. It's so horrible right now.

I'm so sorry team that I didn't finish either of my books and went a bit awol. Thank you to whoever moved my books to the next round. My IBS is kicking my butt (no pun intended). I'm on am extremely limited diet to try and sort it. Or at least the inflammation. I will hopefully be back on track.

Finished Invitation to a Bonfire last night. Will have Uprooted done tomorrow evening.

Does the writing on this book look brown?

I may not have Fellside finished by Saturday. But I will have my two I books, and possibly one other. I would have Uprooted finished but I think I'll save finishing thaf one for the next round.

Marie (UK) wrote: "Keli wrote: "Finally finished Spider's Bite. That was a chore.
Hopefully have two more finished by tomorrow."

Not my type of book but it has a decent rating what made ot a chore Kel..."

So many things. The writing was dull and full of cliché phrases. The characters were one dimensional. And there was this really weird and jarring scene towards the beginning where she is about to assassinate someone but has this intense sexual fantasy about the guy next to her target. It was so oddly placed. I'm not sure what it said about the MC. Oyher than she's a psychopath.

Finally finished Spider's Bite. That was a chore.
Hopefully have two more finished by tomorrow.

Claire wrote: "Thank you Cat and Keli.
Good news, yesterday my dad felt a little better. So fingers crossed that it just continues like that.
And my sister is just the nicest. I have no complaints about her. We..."

Fantastic news, Claire. Fingers crossed and best wishes that this continues. ❤🧡💛

Claire, I hope your family gets well soon.

Kristine wrote: "I just finished another GR Book, from Historical Fiction. , which was about a nurse assisting women giving birth and having the Spanish Flu. I can not even..."

I quite enjoyed that book. I liked it more than The Wonder. But I think she does a fantastic job of showing how religion and poverty combined affects people.
I thought it was a searing indictment on stranglehold the church had over the poor and voiceless. The abuse inflicted on and advantage taken of Ireland's most needy was shameful. Donoghue didn't pull any punches to soften or sanitise the depravity the church inflicted. I appreciate that kind of brutal honesty. And she did the same in The Wonder.

Mine kindle is like $50. It isn't great in direct sunlight but otherwise brilliant. It's a tablet but i only us it for reading/audible and it's perfect for that. It's not waterproof, so no reading in a swimming pool. I only have 8 font choices and four background colours but I've never changed either, so i guess 🤷. It's not heavy or an awkward size. The battery definitely doesn’t last as long as the expensive ones though. Mine needs to be charged once a week.

I won't be finishing spider's bite this round but, like Danielle, will have a head start for the next round.

I have a amazon kindle fire 7 (9th gen) and i don't know about temp control but i can make it yellow or blue. I never had it without blue until now. The yellow is weird but very easy on the eyes. Even with brightness controlled the blue is harsh compared to the yellow. So my two cents are if you read your kindle alot then look after your eyes but don't pay too much for it.

If read The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean and Dead as A Doornail today. I have moved Spider's Bite to the next round as I don't think I will have it finished by tomorrow night. I'm still going to try, so it might sneak back in to round 3. I'll let you know the liklihood of me finishing it on time a couple hours before the deadline.

I've got a few I books in my pile.

I've read exactly one book from all nominated. I thought I'd read a fair amount of 2021 books, but guess none worthy enough to be nominated. My one book was Klara and the Sun, a meh book.

I've crossed Down Under: Travels in a Sunburned Country and Girl, Woman, Other off my list. Down Under was boring. Didn't sell me Australia at all. And Girl Woman Other was underwhelming. It packs a verbal punch but instead of a story I got lessons in wokeness.
They were a two and three star read, respectively.

On to the next.

Marie (UK) wrote: "Keli wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "Cat wrote: "Finished Jonathan Strange and also the Dino Island madness. I genuinely have no idea what was going on in that book!"

i was hoping to finish tonight but..."

😭😭😭😭Sarah & Aljaz

Marie (UK) wrote: "Cat wrote: "Finished Jonathan Strange and also the Dino Island madness. I genuinely have no idea what was going on in that book!"

i was hoping to finish tonight but become embroiled in Strictly an..."

I love Strictly. Go AJ and Kai💗💗

Finished after 5!!! Years
My first ever challenge is finally complete. "I want it all," every letter has now been found.
Please see
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
And
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Thanks for the challenge.
I'm so happy to finally be done, but also a little sad too.