Vikki’s Comments (group member since Dec 11, 2011)

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

The Day Is Dark
Author: Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Pages: 421
Finished: 14/02/16

Possible goals
Set in Iceland & Greenland
Icelandic author
Working in an isolated environment
Missing people
Murders
Spanish flu
Inuit people
Alcoholism
Doctor / lawyer / explorer / IT expert characters
characters: Thora, Matthew, Fridrikka, Bella, Igimaq, Naruana, Oqqapia, Finnbogi, Alvar, Eyjolfur, Arnar
Genre: mystery / crime / thriller / scandinavian / contemporary / fiction / cultural
Folklore / mythical creatures
4th book in series

Finished a book for next detour. Going to focus on the Kindle less than 300 pages now

Over the next week or so I'll be reading The Selection (43 on best dystopian list) if no-one else has anything on the list. I'll be reading it for another challenge

Think I've books sorted now for the pink cover & GR Awards. The 2 I'm currently reading work for less than 300 pages and character 1st name beginning with T

The Thirty List
Author: Eva Wood
Pages: 411
Finished: 10/02/16

Possible goals
Set in London
Bucket lists
Sky diving / horse riding / filleting fish / eating strange food / getting a tattoo / buying a car / playing in a band
Relationship breakdowns
Haemophilia
characters: Rachel, Patrick, Alex, cynthia, Emma, Ian, Rich, Michelle, Sophia, Dan
Genre: chick lit

Sounds good to me

I've nothing for the title with X either... it's not an easy one. :o(

It's quite windy here tonight as well, although I think we're escaping better than other parts of the UK for this latest storm. Last Sunday night - Tuesday midday was bad here with Storm Henry. My rooms at the front of the house, which is very exposed, so I've gotten well used to all this wind by now.

I've lots of kindle books under 300 pages so it'll be no bother getting one for stop 3. I've one in mind that I'd like to read and it will tick off another challenge too :o)

My favourite that I've read so far for this challenge is Ashes to Dust

Gray Mountain
Author: John Grisham
Pages: 384
Finished: 07/02/16

Possible goals
Set in Virginia, USA
American author
Edition publlished 23rd October 2014
Hardcover edition
coal mining
lawyers
lung disease
loss of job
learning new skills
characters: Samantha Koffer, Mattie Wyatt, Annette, Donovan Gray, Jeff Gray, Marshall Koffer, Karen Koffer, Pamela Booker, Francine crump, Buddy Ryzer, Mavis Ryzer, Vic canzarro, Izabelle,
Genre: fiction, mystery, thriller, legal thriller, crime, suspense, environment

Sandy wrote: "We've got a boon to use by tomorrow - suggestions? I'll finish the ghost book tonight or tomorrow.

My thought - the life-saver goal, since it's been awhile. The food... one has too, but it's easie..."

or what about the high priestess one? Is it hard to find?

Murder to Go
Pages: 149
Author: chloe Kendrick
Finished: 05/02/16

Possible goals
Kindle edition
1st in series
cozy mystery
characters: Maeve Kinkaid, Lander, Donovan
Food truck
Main character has inherited something

Alison wrote: "Thanks Catherine. I've actually finished the book I was reading. Only works for E or L I think so let me know which would be the preference as I see Vikki is also down for the same letters."

I've finished my L book, so maybe use yours for E? Then I don't need to worry about finishing it too quickly :o)

Death by Darjeeling
Author: Laura childs
Pages: 256
Finished: 02/02/16

Possible goals
Set in South carolina, USA
Tea shop / tea blends / drinking tea
Poisoning
Jealous character
1st in series
Genre: mystery / cozy mystery / crime / contemporary / adult / fiction / food / tea
characters: Theodosia, Samantha, Bethany, Drayton, Tanner, Haley, Lleveret, Jory, Timothy

Finished another book but doesn't fit any of the current goals

I've finished my T book, but discovered it also worked for N (character's surname Neville) so moved it there and used my other book for T as it has a character Thora

Ashes To Dust

Author: Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Pages: 455
Finished 31/01/16

Possible goals
Set in Iceland
Icelandic author
Translated
Genre: mystery, crime, scandinavian lit, contemporary, thriller, fiction, cultural, adult
Volcano eruption
Past comes back to haunt characters
Botox in storyline
character with eating disorder
Severed head
Murders
Rape
Evacuation in storyline
characters: lawyer, police, fishermen/sailors
characters: Thora Gudmondsdottir, Markus, Magnus, Alda, Adolf, Johanna, Bella, Soley, Gylfi, Orri, Dsi, Agust, Leifur, Maria, Hjalti, Gudni, Stefan
Published 1st April 2011
First published 2007
Paperback edition

I don't think I've anything that would work for lion either

I've finished a book that would work for:

A, G, T for stop 1 or
O, T, L, and A for Fortaleza (thinking ahead)

I got hooked on it, so haven't read as much of the book I'd originally planned for T. But I'll have it finished within a couple of days.

Been very stormy here this evening (most of the day too actually...) and was raining. Think it might have stopped now. Still seeing snow forecast for tomorrow. Hope not too bad as it's my friend's engagement dinner tomorrow evening.

We have more than a week if necessary sure :o)

Alison - are you in the UK too? We've also got snow forecast later today / tomorrow (in Northern Ireland)