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

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

⌚⌚End of Round 3 / Start of Round 4⌚⌚
23 November, 9pm UK time
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

If it's over 3 hours, it can count for 100 pages, Kat. :))

Update:

Audible says it's 4h 19 m so it's accepted as 100 pages long

🥰 With such a Team it's very easy! 🥰

Teamies,

Just in case you check and find your book has been moved to another spot:

I have been playing a bit of Tetris to make every empty spot covered in words that are almost done, so a new spell-out could be started. :)

BTW, we are still smashing it and are currently at #1. Fantastic reading!!! 🥰😘😍

Woo-hooo! congrats, Karen! :)

Sounds good, Elisabeth. :)

Awesome! By all means. :))

Sammy wrote: "Hey, I'm not judging, it's just not the first kind of book I'd have expected from you 😁

I've been reading quite a few of those kind of books over the past year or so purely because they have been ..."

I know! You were just teasing and it's fine. And in my turn I was trying to say that this series is really OK, despite not being my first choice. 🥰

After this round is over, I'm finally getting on with the family tree book, I promise.

😅
I've grown old and cynical.

But believe it or not, it's a re-read. 🤭

These books are on-off in the Audible plus catalogue, short enough and snarky enough to make them bearable, I can listen to them at 2.0 speed + I really like the male narrator, Zachary Webber. Also, there's an I-character in all of them.

I don't have any environment books, at least not any that I would consider re-reading right now, so I'm happy to wait.

Sammy wrote: "The martini book looks suspiciously like an admin mini read 😆"

How did you guess? 😅

It is, but not a bad one at that. This series is quite digestible, especially the audiobook versions. 🤭

I can cover part of a series with more than 5 and martini in text.

Sammy wrote: "yes, will update in a mo. 😁"

🥰

Sammy, I think you have finished your Spain book, right? :)

I added the Round 4 tab to our tracking sheet.

Also, we could do with 2 N books for our last-but-one word. :))

Thank you. 😊

Mel's DQ tracking

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A "U" included, lol. But it was to be expected. ;)

I have been keeping 2 more U books lined up for this eventuality. ;)

DQs Day 4
Ch 11 to 13

14. How do you like Poirot's style of revealing what happened? Do you enjoy reading whodunnit mysteries?
I'm used to it and I expect it from AC mysteries. I enjoy the Golden Age detective fiction varieties (Agatha Christie, Erle Stanley Gardner, Dorothy L. Sayers, etc), not that keen on them in general.

15. The mystery has been unraveled and we now know what happened to Mrs. Inglethorp. Have you guessed who it was or were you surprised?
It was a surprise for me the first time I read it.

16. Is there anything you would have changed about the narrative? Something you didn't like? If so, here's your place to rant :)
All fine. :)

17. If you haven't already, would you consider picking up another Hercule Poirot book or any other of Agatha Christie's works?
I'm an Agatha Christie fan and love most of her mysteries, but not all of the. This one is not a favourite, but it's a good, solid book. I gave it 4 stars.