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

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

Lemme see, b/c we had it twice.

Last time Cat read "The gargoyle from general management" for this. (and the Wheel admin mini ;)

Ummm... and how about strategically placed monthly tasks, like "books you need to read for a challenge"? ;)

or audiobooks with colour covers? ;)

Thank you, Sana. :)

I have found carrot/lobster in Hogfather, so I added them as mini extras.

Sophie,

to squeeze the 2x5 extra points from your The Warden book, I found potato + lobster, so added it to Feeding mini.😊

kat (wanderfulbooks) wrote: "I have finished all my books. It was fun doing Wheelathon with you all. See you all again in the next one (is it UNO?)

Thank you for the recommendations! I'll check them out and since 1 book got ..."

Thank you, Kat.

Hope to see you at UNO! 😊

Audrey Jane wrote: "Melindam wrote: "The author Stella Riley has been on my radar for some time now, I should really try one of her books. 😊"

I honestly think you might enjoy Stella Riley's Rockliffe..."

I have A Splendid Defiance on my TBR as I think it was mentioned by my Dorothy Dunnett loving GR friends, but will put The Parfitt Knight on my TBR, too. 😊

Audrey Jane wrote: "Finished my last book for this round, The Nightingale's Castle which is based on the real Countess Elizabeth Báthory.
I recently listened to a podcast about Elizabeth Bathory and ..."

Oh, considering she was Hungarian, I should really pick something up about her. The HU materials I found less than satisfactory, so it would be really interesting to read about her from a non-HU POV. 😊

Richard wrote: "How to Not Give a F*ck at Christmas: A No F*cks Given Guide to Surviving the Holidays

Good for an under-50-page book."

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And while we are asking for recommendations:

what would you recommend as a Christmas read? 😊

Elisabeth wrote: "And I finished my final book! It had coffee tables, pants and in the last dozen pages a piano playing Christmas carols which is what I wanted."

Thank you, Elizabeth. 🥰

Audrey Jane wrote: "I second Mel's recommendation of the The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery ! I plan to re-read that book around Christmas.

A couple of my favourites historical romances were [book:The Pa..."

The author Stella Riley has been on my radar for some time now, I should really try one of her books. 😊

This is recycling, but I really loved it when the monthly task was to listen to a book those of us who participated in this challenge read/recommended. 🥰

Richard wrote: "I've enjoyed playing with you all as well. Half the fun for me is finding a book that fits multiple challenges over different groups. I'm sure we'll cross paths again, in other games. 🤓"

Thank you for playing with us, Richard. It was lovely to have you on our team and throw all those books at us. 🤭🥰

Elisabeth wrote: "Finished with the Romans. Unfortunately they didn’t wear pants or use quilts. I’ll have a good crack at finishing my last one. Will be a much quicker read.

This has been the best team whether we c..."

How inconsiderate of those Romans not to wear pants or feeding Chipmunks. And they call themselves an Empire! SCOFFs! 🤭

And definitely agree with you on being an awesome Team. 🥰

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "So completely off topic. But question for our European team mates.

Next year my friend and I have been besties for 50 years through thick and thin. We are thinking of doing a Christmas Markets tr..."

I think the ones in historic German and Austrian cities are safe bets. Audrey can probably chime in the ones in France.

I would definitely recommend Vienna and Salzburg (which is one of my favourite places on Earth to be 🥰).
In Germany the market in Nuremberg is also gorgeous and should definitely be visited. 😊

I'll be finishin my Annotated Emma with its 928 pages by tomorrow afternoon. I'll be sending son & hubby away for the day to be able to read in peace. :D

And on St Nicholas day, we just got our first snowfall for this winter (getting rarer all the time :( ) not much, but it was enough to stay on bushes, trees and rooftops and give a Xmas-postcard vibe.

Here in Hungary, the morning of Dec 6th is when children get small presents in their boots from Santa. On Xmas Eve it is Baby Jesus/Angels bringing the presents. :)

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With Karen's Thailand book, we also finished another set of feeding mini.

In case any of your books fits some task in a new round, we appreciate the extra points, but it's now really about page points mostly. 😊

Hmmm, I really liked Much Ado About You by Eloisa James.

And two of my favourite comfort reads are The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer and

The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

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