Melindam’s Comments (group member since May 02, 2017)

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

Fiona wrote: "Very heavy on the comfort reads.. the heatwave completely fried my brain, I have a constant headache and getting dizzy spells, so at least physical reading is not it at the moment.
Will be on anot..."

I find audiobooks under these circumstances a blessing.

We have been sooo lucky, b/c even with temps in the 35-36 Cs (97F), today 37-38C, the nights cool down enough (to an unbelievable 17-18 C) to open windows and we only need to use A/C for an hour or 2. Although "thanks" to the fever I find myself shivering all the time.... 😖

A resounding yesss, about needing Ilona Andrews. 😊

I went down with sth (really bad sore throat & fever) and that pushed me off a bit my reading course. My brain tells me to give it some comfort read.

I have a book that mentions Don Quixote. 😊

Our next destination is SPAIN

WW86 Author born in Spain
WW87 Red and Yellow on cover
WW88 features a bull
WW89 church or cathedral on cover
WW90 mentions Don Quixote
WW91 character eats seafood
WW92 S
WW93 P
WW94 A
WW95 I
WW96 N

We have finished India, will request a new country spin... 😊

Nice to have U back, Lauri. Sounds like U had a great time!😊

Kari wrote: "Hello! I'm reading a book with an X character name, do you want me to use it for Bánh Xèo (Vietnam)? Or is there someplace else you need it? Mexico would be great but I see it's not currently open."

Please use it for Banh Xeo, Kari. :)

Day 1, Chapters 1-11 (1-18%)


1. Warm-up question: have you read any other books by Fredrik Backman before? If yes, what do you like/dislike about his themes/style, etc?

2. In the first chapter we are intorduced to quite a memorable auction scene with super-rich people who all want to possess THE PAINTING, though their intentions are questionable. Did this make you think of some similar events happening in the world right now?

3. "Artists vs Normal People" - another apsect of these first chapters is the great divide between true artists and normal people. Backman seems to suggest that most people don't/cannot get true art and artists are so much more different (possibly better people?). Do you agree with this? Or is it a generalisation?

4. In a sequence of weird events, Louisa ends up in possession of The Painting.
Any guesses what may happen to her and to it?

Bonus Q: do you have a favourite artist or a favourite piece of painting/sculpture?

Ah, ok. The EN version is on your shelf.

🤭 Mixing challenges happens.

Denise wrote: "I'm about to finish up Shopgirls. I'll list character names, etc for the spell-it-outs and let a captain decide what we need most.

I haven't listed this, but please use it if you..."

It's country locations we are after, so San Francisco in itself is not useful. But it'll fit in the spell-out tasks. Thank you, Denise. :)

Claire,

could you please add Moordgids voor lieve meisjes and Wij leugenaars to your TT shelf, please?

Thank you.

I added We were liars to the sheet as it was on your shelf.

Claire wrote: "I have added my book Het mysterieuze Kamogawa Café as ‘set in Japan’ as the original task has been done. Could this please replace my De stad en zijn onvaste muren..."

I added it as Japan, as requested.

I would use your Tokyo book for the food spell-out, as it has an I character and we need lost of I letters.

Thank you for taking the pesky MPG Spirituality. 😊

New Monster

Hamlet

1. 350 to 450
2. skull on cover
3. takes place in Europe
4. author initials WS or SW
5. MPG school

I don't think it can be done via the App, so we'll just wait until you can do it via the website. :)

Andy,

Could you fix your Brandon Sanderson book edition, please? The one on your shelf has a different page count from what you listed on the Books tab.

Thanks. :)

KayLynn wrote: "The book I'm reading for 'author born in India' The Candid Life of Meena Dave also has turmeric, naan and mango in the text. I'm guessing turmeric is going to kind of hard to fill. ..."

Hmmm...

Let's leave it with India, please and see if turmeric can be found later. :)

We are awesome! ☺️

Total audiobooks read this year so far: 64

Audiobooks in monthly category read: 2



Audiobooks NOT in category read: 3
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Deadline to answer BOM DQs for Great Big Beautiful Life in 2 July!