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

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

For me, for monsters wheel yes. ;)

As we are less strict on rules here. If it were TT, I'd say no. :))

Very headless!!🤭

Coke-club here as well, please.

Although I appreciate the occasional G&T experience. 😊

Sammy wrote: "Nothing against the people (I even like some Glaswegians 😆), but I much prefer to be listening to less abrasive accents when I "have my ears on", as hubby calls it 😆"

🤭

I see the sentiment and also the ratio behind a Northern Irish narrator, obvs, but yes to preferring less "abrasive" accents. 😊

For me the Indian accent is the most difficult to undersand.

It's not so much not understanding it, because it's understandable, if a bit harder to do so, but disliking it very much (which makes me feel bad!!!) :(

Sammy wrote: "So this month's picture... the hair is making me think a young Whoopi Goldberg.
But the fact that that is where my brain immediately went is probably showing my age a bit... 😆"

I also automatically associated the pic with her (and I'm older than you!! 😅)

I find I may have to switch from the audiobook version to the kindle with Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland.

I forgot to check the narrator as I took it on full trust, but I find his Northern Irish (Ulster?) brogue super difficult to follow. Very surprised at and disappointed with myself, as I have no problem whatsoever with the Scottish accent or the Irish-Irish one, but for some reason I just cannot warm to this. 😥 I'm giving another chapter or 2 a try and then I'll just purchase the kindle version.

Cat wrote: "I finished my long book yesterday, spun us a shortie:"

yes, now that UNO is over, we are spinning shorties dammit 😅

If nothing else, it may be considered a blunt weapon in itself, no? 😅

It JUST HAS to be put somewhere!! 🤭

Sammy wrote: "Melindam wrote: "Sammy,

I haven't stared this yet, but does Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend: A celebration of gay gods, sapphic saints, and queerness through the ages have any tric..."

Yuss! Thank you. :))

For headless person.....

I have this cover where you can see Greg Wise's hand only, so in a way he is headless, but not ideal ... 😅

Sammy,

I haven't stared this yet, but does Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend: A celebration of gay gods, sapphic saints, and queerness through the ages have any trickster characters?

I'm guessing there bound to be(?). :))

The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

From the author of Me Before You, set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond.

Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically.

The leader, and soon Alice’s greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient woman who’s never asked a man’s permission for anything. They will be joined by three other singular women who become known as the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky.

What happens to them–and to the men they love–becomes an unforgettable drama of loyalty, justice, humanity and passion. These heroic women refuse to be cowed by men or by convention. And though they face all kinds of dangers in a landscape that is at times breathtakingly beautiful, at others brutal, they’re committed to their job: bringing books to people who have never had any, arming them with facts that will change their lives.

Based on a true story rooted in America’s past, The Giver of Stars is unparalleled in its scope and epic in its storytelling. Funny, heartbreaking, enthralling, it is destined to become a modern classic–a richly rewarding novel of women’s friendship, of true love, and of what happens when we reach beyond our grasp for the great beyond.

Mountain setting

Total audiobooks read this year so far: 52

Audiobooks in monthly category read: 5
- author from the US
- author from the US
- author from US
- authors from Russia & US
- author from Israel

Audiobooks NOT in category read: 4
(England)
(Scotland)
(Wales)
(England)


MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why): all excellently researched, written and narrated books

Monthly Recommendations

, a strong 4 stars,

, 5 stars, one of the best and most demanding historical fiction series I have read, excellent narration

, 5 stars, great docu-drama and history

, strong 4 stars

#27

3,5 stars

A nice little cosy fantasy story, but I am undecided whether to pick up Book 2 or not. Maybe later.

Added this to my TBR in 2022.

Kobold chased away. We have a

Gremlin

1. 200 to 299
2. Trickster character (your interpretation)
3. MPG Historical Fiction
4. 2nd in a series
5. Author first or last name starts with R, A ,or F

#26

3 stars

It was an OK read.
Have to admit it wasn't clear why I had bought this book in the first place, but I realised that it must have been this 0.99 usd sale some time ago. No regrets.