Cat’s Comments (group member since Jan 28, 2015)

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

I had a quick peek at the BR chat for Hunger Games - really interesting convos going on. but not sure I'll be joining in

I've never got into the Psy/Changeling books. no idea why not when I first came across them, but now there are just tooo many it intimidates me!

there's always at least one moment during a challenge when GR decides to make life SUPER hard for us challengers, isn't there?!

How's everyone going? any book recs from the first week? what are you looking forward to reading the rest of the month?

for me, I enjoyed the short and meditative Small Things Like These. Rather than go large on the awfulness of the Magdalene laundries, it looks at it a bit more sideways, at how they got away with it via the silent complicity of the general population, with a large dollop of Christmas atmosphere to boot.

I'm wondering, maybe I should move Traitor Baru Cormorant into Heathcliff & Catherine for the page count and MC bent on revenge. It's against two +page count at the moment, but they are probably easier fills (wall in text / makes you uncomfortable).

thoughts? shall I shift?

whooop!

Can't believe I missed out on voting for Hiddleston! Was out at office party last night.

This round I've no really skin in the game, but knee jerk for the bad guy!

grabbed 1, 3 & 4 of Cmmdr Waterford

Melindam wrote: "Sophie,

would your book Falling for His Practical Wife kind of fit the "cheesy" category?

If yes, we could finish off Zachary Smith. :)"

if nothing else it's a cheesy cover!

128 pages

Current total: 783,072

BOMs for June!

The BOM threads are up for June, if anyone want's to volunteer to write DQs:

2 Jun - Starling House
16 Jun - The Wishing Game

Thanks for the update Natasha! hope you are enjoying them (or finding it interesting, in the case of the Challenger book)

356 pages

Current total: 780,801

FYI, if you are interested in the Backroom BOM, there's a poll up to pick it: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

not a dinosaur in sight!

unless the line's moved, this should put me over the top!

early mention of Take That initially sent me for a spin - was this going to be soundtracked by jaunty 90s boyband music?! thankfully not, it rapidly returned to the dour le Carre we know and love!

ETA: grrrrrrr! line is 38.9%. I'm now at 38.3% gah! I hates that line!

♞ Pat wrote: "My next question is this....

We built a MOAT with my book sTOrMy weAther. My next book
has a shark o..."

Love it! And we have another water source defense too, so won't even be like the poor beluga in S Korean shopping centre - animal welfare is important to the livestock district!

next lot (brings me current)

368 pages
340 pages
483 pages
404 pages
170 pages
223 pages
159 pages
401 pages
281 pages
273 pages
353 pages
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400 pages
240 pages
654 pages
528 pages
383 pages
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368 pages
262 pages
400 pages
212 pages
596 pages
358 pages
257 pages
274 pages
549 pages
848 pages
484 pages
101 pages

reporting: 11,160

Current total: 777,446

I am SO far behind..... so catching up 2 months now.

44 pages
434 pages
169 pages
174 pages
192 pages
162 pages
368 pages
448 pages
188 pages
144 pages
419 pages
755 pages
353 pages
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380 pages
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128 pages
100 pages
123 pages
461 pages
544 pages
422 pages
352 pages
328 pages
446 pages
161 pages
257 pages

reporting: 8533 pages

Current total: 766,286 (updated)

I got another cleared off! I can almost touch that line! annnndddd I'm currently reading not one but TWO more books from the closet! I will show that line who's boss!

Book finished: The Tower slightly jumbled story line, a bit of a mess, not gripping

not read that one. and 600 pages seems like a LOT of le Carre to get through! he's not your most upbeat of authors, is he?

reading a le Carre..... up to now my reading experiences with him have been of the Smiley novels, in grimy post-war times. (watching The Night Manager doesn't count!)
So it's a bit of a shock to have reference to Take That in this one! original era, too. their jaunty 90s pop is not my expected musical background to a spy book!