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

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

One of my intended TT books has War MPG, though finish date uncertain.

I'll put it there and wil see.

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We are proud of You!!

Sammy wrote: "It is usually split into several volumes Karen, each around 1000 pages. But rather than kill my wrists with all that weight, I opted for the single -volume kindle edition instead 😁"

Well done!!!!! Sammy the Awesome. 😍

Andy wrote: "beautiful,
love John Martyn - May you never
but hadn't heard that one before"

I have this treasured double Anthology album by him with this song included. It's a favourite. It was also featured in the Inspector Rebus series with Ken Stott (wow, was there a time when I actually had the time to watch TV series? 🤭).

For the lazy (or melancholy) mood, I would also recommend other Martyn favourites.

Bless the weather
One day without you
Send me one line

Claire wrote: "I will read the BOM of june. In may I might be a bit more absent due to traveling."

Thank you Claire for letting us know. Hope you'll enjoy your travels. 😊

Thank you, Keli for the recommendations! 😊

😆 mine too.

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Thank you, Lauri.

As Sophie said -and it skipped my notice as well, sorry! - we get more extra points (10) if a book gets used for a Mini 2 or 3 task than if it's used for an easy country option (5) in Mini 1.

So read your books and enjoy them and we will find the best place for them for maximum points. 😊

Hmmm, how about

- David Bowie As the world falls down

And

- John Martyn Don't want to know 'bout evil

With a bit of a cultural difference here and there, I guess they are roughly the same.

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Thank you. 😊

Andy wrote: "Melindam wrote: "BOM threads for June books have been created in case you'd like to volunteer for DQs. 😊..."

have just reserved all three in the library... won't volunteer for anything yet until I..."

Sure. If you can participate by answering DQs that will also be fab.😊

BOM threads for June books have been created in case you'd like to volunteer for DQs. 😊

MAY

📒 by Isabel Ibañez

starts on 17 May - Louise got chosen for DQs
Link to BOM Discussion


JUNE

📘 by Emily Henry

starts on 2 June
Link to BOM Discussion


📗 by Amanda Peters

starts on 16 June
Link to BOM Discussion

Cat wrote: "ETA: In not-Tower and not-Monster related reading, I am really struggling to get into The Trees by Ali Shaw . don't know why, other than maybe the excitement of planning... .."

Same here. I'm struggling with my present book a bit. It's not exactly outstanding, but there's nothing wrong with it per se. And yes, I got totally caught in my country plans. 😊

All non-fic and hard countries. 🤭

On the tracking sheet I have created a separate tab called "Countries - Book Recs".

I added Claire's recs already, but feel free to add some more for other countries. Maybe after the title you can add the genre, up to you.

There is a separate column for authors you would recommend, if you know they were born in a country.

I will add some from Hungary where I can vouch for an excellent English translation.

Louise,

you have been chosen to write DQs for What the River Knows.

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Claire wrote: "For Nigeria, I recommend My Sister, the Serial Killer and Children of Blood and Bone, great for the fantasy fans here."

Thank you, Claire. 😊

Once I finished with my first 2 books, I have my eyes on Monaco and Uganda. 😊

Keli wrote: "Melindam wrote: "Keli,

that's a great link.

We will ask Sophie to add it to her Message 9, where country website links are collected.

Concerning the novels set in a country, actually I just re..."

Personally I would be very happy 🤭😉if you could claim this one, please.

And just read at your own pace!! We would like all of you to have fun and not to feel stressed out. 😊

My DR Congo audiobook does not sound like an easy one, so I'll probably be some time with it as well.

🏯🏯🏯 H*O*U*S*E*K*E*E*P*I*N*G 🏯🏯🏯

Teamies,

apologies for the oversight concerning the country itineraries, it is my fault!

For each itinerary 2 hard countries and 3 mid-level countries are MUST-HAVES. There can be more of these 2 types of countries for each itinerary, which is also good for higher points, but not less.

If Keli undertakes Sri Lanka (mid-level), we will be good with the requirements for the first itinerary, but we need to move one easy country for the second itinerary.

@Lauri
Would you mind, if any of your books (Mexico, China or Ireland) would be moved for the next round?

Keli,

that's a great link.

We will ask Sophie to add it to her Message 9, where country website links are collected.

Concerning the novels set in a country, actually I just realised that we MUST have 3 mid-level countries in one itinerary, so your Sri Lanka book would be a great-to-have. 😊

Here is our tracking sheet link where you can add your books on the books tab. (everything else should autofill if you add your book code task).

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...