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

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

Tricia wrote: "Love this challenge! It really helps me get through all those old books that are lingering. In 2023 I read everything on my TBR from 2015 - 2018..."

That's fab work! I was happy to have got rid of those hanging around from 2015, but you've excelled there!

I'm good with that! :D

Thank you everyone for being such good teamies! Danielle & I had a very easy challenge because of that - love playing with you guys!

Danielle, thanks for being an amazing co-captain!

I hope everyone has a peaceful New Year - and maybe see some of you in challenges next year (Perks UNO anyone?!)

Finished my last book

Unclaimed tasks

in one easy place as a reminder:

*Seal or dog on cover
*Read a book with a ecological message/ theme (your interpretation)
100-150 pages
Author initials (all) in TORCHWOOD
* 350 to 450 pages
* MPG Mythology
* Torso on cover

*the first two and last three are friends, so books that cover seal+ecological or 350-400+MPG+torso for the win!


I've a a couple more that I need to focus on for Wheel, then I might have more time for hunting down specifics for this :)

I can take MC has brothers (mentioned but they don't get page time mind)

Oh, yes, finished Run Rose Run yesterday

oh! also: Death in Paradise! how is that (fictional) island still getting so many rich holidayers given the murder count. If I were the government of Saint-Marie I'd ban tourism - the loss of income would be more than made up by the saving on police overtime!

Yeah, I mean, they are ALL unbelievable, but most mainland UK press no long have local papers with extensive crime and/or court reporting. IoM, however, does, with marvellous name-and-shame court reporting (eg "Joe Bloggs (26) of 3, Somewhere Close, fined ££ for being drunk and disorderly and causing damage to a bush" - and I'm genuinely not exaggerating!) And the population across the whole island is something like 70 - 90k, so they'd really notice odd things like murder sprees! (fun fact: IoM didn't abolish death penalty until the 1990s!)

other short X books, if you can tolerate the stupidity: Diana Xarissa (in particular the "Case of..." series are all at the 105 - 115 page range, iirc)
The ones set on the Isle of Man I struggle more than most cosies to deal with. Going over there to visit my mother I see the local newspaper (one of my favourite things about a visit!) and they manage to spin out a "person was rude to a police office" court case over 2 pages, so I cannot cope with all the random murders in those books!

I thought it was marginal; Tin Eye says yellow so happy to say yellow!

Same, Sophie. well, 800 pages, but soooooo annoying.

yup: dogs tagged 32 times :)

I've popped in a yellow text book, so that's #3 covered. just need a shortie to finish it (though not in a hurry if Mel's not picking up the book till next week)

by my Poverty Safari is missing the K. pesky pesky letters!

Finished the Devourer.

did a foolish, and respun:

Hound of the Baskervilles
1 100-150
2 Tagged "dog" (5 or more times)
3 Bright yellow or green text on cover
4 BASKERVILLES in title (any order)
5 "Phosphorus" in text


feel free to hate on me!

New spin

100-250 pages

reading:
listening: Hazard, by Richard Marx

link: the character in the song feels poor (certainly disenfranchised). also: being poor is a hazard (sorry, that sounds more flippant than I mean)

Danielle, what are you going to read when you run out of Anita Blake? I'm amazed at your commitment in getting through them!

grabbed three of ROPEN, witha possibility of the "goes out at night" as I read.

As for next wheel? Entirely up to the spinner which they go with I reckon :)

I've started a south asian tagged book, so we can get rid of the long hanging about one.