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

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

Will check if I have anything to suggest. :)

I have On the Road and Off the Record with Leonard Bernstein: My Years with the Exasperating Genius for WOMBAT.

But it can be kicked out, no hard feelings. :))

Cat wrote: "generally feeling boo hiss about that Australia location too. :(

and sad that my current has an invisible M in the title (The Shadow Cabinet would be vastly improved if it smuggled an M in there s..."

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Sammy wrote: "Yay for pesky state task! I just finished one in New orleans for another challenge, so I expect to need one of those here in the next half-dozen monsters or so 😆"

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I have a book with fire in title, but first I want to finish my 2 current chunky reads before committing to the next one.

Work is crazy this week and the peaking the next, so I'm much slower than anticipated.

😅 thanks

Please drop it in as I still need a few days to finish. :)

The other Hesse book I had read was Steppenwolf and I liked that one too, but definitely prefer N & G to it. :))

Judy wrote: "#14 -

ough... this was so so so good - one my parents were definitely right about! Stylistically captivating and never boring, and all of that while I really..."

I loved this book when I read it many ...... many years ago for the university studies and then again when I re-listened to it a few years ago. ☺️

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I hope you'll enjoy the books as much as the first time or more, Keli! 😊

True, but I've bought books 7-10 on a previous audible sale for sth like 2-3 usd each and I'm unwilling to buy the ebooks for so much more when I have such an ambiguous relationship with the series. 😅

I'm listening to my 600+ pager, and can only start on disabled author (MC) at the end of next week only.

Just in case you come across sth that may work. :)

I'm totally OK with -ing. 😊

#43

2,5-3 stars

This has been the weakest book of the series for me after book 1. After the epicness of Magic Breaks, it was trying way too hard to live up to that and fell flat for me.

I'm not a fan of the narrator in general, but for this instalment and at 1,95x! speed she still sounded like she was paid by how long she could drag out pronouncing individual syllables.

Ugh, sounds like a person thriving on toxicity, the absolute worst.

Fingers crossed you manage to get rid of her quickly. 🤞❤️

OMG, so sorry about this mess, Sophie. 😪

Sounds horrible.

Let's see if I can persuade Domi to read the Kipling short stories/ a short story to cover MPG Animal. ;)

Cat wrote: "I've decided that LA is famously a dry place, so claimed that task :)

ETA: also got a 500+ book :)"


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Domi will finish his Wimpy Kid book soon, but I can only start on the 500+ pager tomorrow or the day after, so I'm the weakest link. ;)