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

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

We are doing great, half way through round 2!

however, except those already on the sheet, I'd very much appreciate that any books featuring a K spellout, ALSO have another letter - we are way ahead of Ks compared to our U L Es, so some flexibility would be very helpful for the Captain Tetris (we can only end up with one incomplete word)

Marie (UK) wrote: " completion The Thorns Remain will add to SS"

Can you add to your shelf please Marie?

Letters, but I've got that, author initials and scream covered 😄

Finished off the jackalope, was very brave and respun....


Jersey Devil
1 500 to 650
2 scream in text
3 Author initials in PINE BARRENS
4 LEEDS in title
5 MPG Humor

Finished a Montreal book, , which was surprisingly heart warming despite the drugs, underage sexual abuse and poverty. The POV was very engaging!

also, isn't Lonesome Dove like 700 pages?? do you think I've time to read that AND make sure my team gets all the cities found?! (currently we've read for 14/25, with 5 more being actively planned for. Kingston looking like the surprisingly tricky one to fill right now. though I've not scoured the crappy KU romances / cosies yet)

or play the sedentary role in it!

I've yet to tackle it, but have do have the books hidden somewhere....

Sophie wrote: "If you'd found one set in Nashville that would have been a great double hit.

I'll take the risk of the spin for you if I'm about."

I was somewhat hopeful for Austin, but ran out of hunting steam!

Taking a break from far flung unusual locations, and picked up a Western MPG book. I want that jackalope gone! And thus, when I finish it, I am refusing to respin that wheel!

Lucy wrote: "Wrong Place Wrong Time mentions Liverpool so much but the action itself barely spends any time there! But it was due back at the library so I had to get it read."

Oh no! I think there are others reading that for Liverpool, or who planned to, anyway...
Quite good though?

and Brazzaville-Congo!

oooh! that's not one that I turned up. And an E nickname :)


and yup, copying other ideas is an excellent plan!

Andy's rec was super quick read - it's a collection of vignettes

I'll volunteer, with an extra entry too (Britpop)

https://www.theguardian.com/books/202...

Richard on books.... :)

I think just enough purple! :)

is that the Half the World Away book, Sarah? it wasn't bad.


Liverpool and Kingston, Jamaica are proving recalcitrant to good books. Or at least, free audio books!

But I have titles for Varanasi and Bogota as well as the Brazzaville one, so will get those read before hunting down other places :D

Andy wrote: "just got How to sell a Haunted House from the library, wasn't planning to start yet,but when is too late to complete?"

15 Nov :)

sorry that I didn't twig earlier :(

just finished one set mainly in Chengdu - another location down!

Current situation on locations is:

Bogotá, Colombia	
Havana, Cuba	
Kingston, Jamaica	
Liverpool, United Kingdom	
Milan, Italy	
Montreal, Canada	
Sydney, Australia	
Varanasi, India (aka Benares)

Austin, USA		planned
Brazzaville, Congo	planned
Jo'burg, South Africa	planned	
Melbourne, Australia	planned
New Orleans, USA	planned
Toronto, Canada		planned
Vienna, Austria		planned

Berlin, Germany	found & read
Chengdu, China	found & read
Chicago, USA	found & read
Detroit, USA	found & read
Manchester, UK	found & read
Nashville, USA	found & read
Paris, France	found & read
Seoul, S Korea	found & read
Shanghai, China	found & read
Tokyo, Japan	found & read

Save the last chapter for the next round?

V_Nerdbooks wrote: "Finished my U book I'll add it to the SS.
I'm also starting Trevor Noah's autobiography and it's set in Johannesburg so we can mark that off the list too"

oh! V, we won't be able to use that, if it doesn't work for the spell out we can't get bonuses :(

it's a very good book - I listened to it and he read it very well, as you'd expect!