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

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

Happy New Year! 🥰🥳

Thank you, Cat, thank you Sammy. ☺️

Already read Daughter of Smoke and Bone and agree that it's a pity it went down the slippery slope of ya.

Also read Hrabal, although I just realised that I've never marked it as read here on GR.

Talking of Prague: do you have any recommendations for books set in Prague? (And I don't mean Kafka-esque 🤭)

Prague is a wonderful city, but once again and of course: hardly any reading done despite loving my current reads. Maybe once we are back ... 😅

Sophie wrote: "Complete with voices!"

That's practically all cast narration. ☺️

Don't think kids books are cheating either, with you also doing the hard work of narration. ;)

I managed 2 chapters from Niccoloʻ 6 on the train. 😆

Yaay for new Wheel! ♡

And on behalf of hungry Hungarians, can I ask for the slight adjustment of the country name for Elizabeth Bàthory on the Master Sheet, please? 😅
terrible pun under the spoilers
(view spoiler)[If you are from Hungry, why don't you go to Turkey? (hide spoiler)]

Sammy wrote: "New wheel! New wheel! 😁

Also, I have managed a whole 15 pages since I got back! 😂"

😅

Found an interesting article on audiobooks

Listen up! Why 2024 was the year of the audiobook https://www.theguardian.com/books/202...

New 2 U Authors 2025
Goal level: Devil May Care - Round 1

Read: 20/20

1. Eric Metaxas - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4,5 stars)
🥰 2. John Carlin - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Camilla Townsend - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (3,5 stars rounded up)
4. Coinneach MacLeod - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. Ronan Farrow - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. Alexander Mariotti - , ⭐⭐⭐
7. Bonnie Garmus - , ⭐⭐⭐
🥰 8. Mark Seal - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. Rebecca Keegan - , ⭐⭐⭐ (3,5 stars)
10. Donald Spoto - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐
11. Ben Aaronovitch - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🥰 12. Uzma Jalaluddin - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🥰 13. Mary Ann Shaffer -
14. Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
15. Karen Valby - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐
16. Dennis E. Taylor - , ⭐⭐⭐ (3,5 stars)
17. Olivia Williams - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐
18. Valentine Low - , ⭐⭐⭐
19. Charlie N. Holmberg - , ⭐⭐⭐ (3,5 stars)
🥰 20. Patrick Radden Keefe - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


Devil May Care - Round 2

Read: 17/20

21. Dan Jones - , ⭐⭐⭐
22. Emma Thompson - , ⭐⭐⭐⭐
23. Ray Bradbury - ⭐⭐⭐
24. Alexander Larman - ⭐⭐⭐
🥰 25. Stuart A. Reid - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
26. Saul David - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
27. Aaron J. Klein - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
28. Carrie Fisher - , no rating
29. Edward Gross - ⭐⭐⭐
30. Michela Wrong - ⭐⭐⭐⭐(3,5)
31. Richard Fletcher - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🥰 32. Robert Jackson Bennett - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
33. Max Hastings - ⭐⭐⭐ (2,5)
🥰 34. John Thavis - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🥰 35. Jo Walton - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
36. Hella S. Haasse - ⭐⭐⭐
37. Judi Rever - ⭐⭐⭐⭐

It's quite natural. :))
I managed to finish a shorter book just before Xmas (that fits exactly nowhere, lol) and made a little progress with MPG War & the 651+ but at a very leisurely pace.

We'll be travelling to Prague tomorrow by train and I'm hoping to make some progress on the 6.5-hour journey. :)

And I just realised that my kindle edition of Niccolo Book 7 is over 800 pages, though that particular edition is not listed here on GR.
Nevertheless, I'm adding it to that spot as I will finish it still this year (or intend to anyway). 😉

Happy Christmas to all the Awesome Monster Hunters & Families!!

❄️🎄⛄🥰

Enjoy Scotland, Sammy!

On 28 Dec we'll be travelling to Prague and stay until the New Year.

Dios is gone, there is

Hungry Grass
1. 100 to 175
2. MC mentions being hungry or finding food is important to the plot
3. Title starts with letter in GRASS
4. Someone finds a corpse
5. Tagged Fae (at least 10 times)

Sonia wrote: "Melindam wrote: "Thank you, Sophie. It seems to have been translated into Hungarian but currently unavailable. Will do some digging. :))"

My niece loves whimpy kid. She has a few, and we raided ou..."

Domi keeps reading out excerpts for my benefit and laughs out loud at them. 🥰

I have one 800+ book, but it will take me some time to finish.

We'll see. :)

Great! :)

Have you already finished Guards! Guards!, Cat? 😉

H-H is gone.

Our next Monster is a worthy opponent:

Dragon Queen (Guards! Guards!)
1. 651+
2. Dragon on the cover
3. features a trans character
4. tagged POLICE at least 5x
5. new beginning is important to the plot (your interpretation)