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by Max Hastings 2,5 - 3 starsOnce again, it was not the actual book, but the author who had been on my TBR for some time and while overall this book got very high ratings, it didn't manage to engage me in the least and I struggled to finish it.
I'm not sure if it was myself (reading at a bad moment) or the writing that failed. It wasn't a bad book, I guess, but simply that I have read a lot in this genre that were so much better (for me).
KayLynn wrote: "
I haven't read this yet, but from what I gather the characters live under the sea and amongst the coral. Does that count as "visit a coral reef"?"
Sorry KayLynn, I thought I have posted about this, but apparently no. Which may be my brain serioulsy affacted by another heatwave. For a blissful month there was no problem whatsoever, but again we are having 37-40 C (98-104 F) lasting until Saturday apparently, so....
Anyways, this is OK for the reef task if you feel like reading it. :))
Eldarwen wrote: "Ah, yes, that could ruin an author entirely. Gives certain remarks a bitter aftertaste upon reading them in a book. Because he does like his snark and his commentary in the novels. I just either gr..."I usually manage to keep my distance, so for the reread it was my disappointment of not loving the book any more that was the deciding factor, but the other one probably gave me the final push.
STOP IT, ANDY!!! Some of us are drinking coffee at this time of day, you know. 🤣🤣🤣 (and now snorting it through our noses while laughing, which is NOT the sophisticated way!)
Sammy wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "Finished #27
Book: The Sixth Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
Date Read: 10th August
Rating: 3.5 stars
Not quite as good as previous ones but still a good one, and a worthy ending to the series.
I'm gonna have to re-read the rest of the series again before I get to this one 😆"
This was my intention as well and then I reread book one and I found that I absolutely disliked it on reread, so I have abandoned the project and removed the last book from my TBR. (view spoiler) 😪
Looks good to me, Denise. :)
And after China, we are going to ARGENTINAWW294 Author born in Argentina
WW295 Blue, White and Gold on cover
WW296 character goes to a musical
WW297 letters STEAK in title (any order)
WW298 character is a dancer
WW299 "tango" in text
WW300 A
WW301 R
WW302 G
WW303 E
WW304 N
WW305 T
WW306 I
WW307 N
WW308 A
Lauri wrote: "Melindam wrote: "@LauriJust to let you know that you have read 10 books for this month and with the next one you'll be reaching your book cap. :)"
Oh NO! How did THAT happen? I actually just did..."
Do you maybe have a book that has a higher page count so takes a bit longer to finish (until 17 Aug)? :)
That could be a solution. :)
KayLynn wrote: "Melindam wrote: "And another great rally of reading, Team!! 😊 We are done with Greece, so have requested a new spin (and I did write "sin" first, but managed to catch it. ;)"
China is now done to..."
Awesome, thank you. :)
KayLynn wrote: "I haven't read this yet, but from what I gather the characters live under the sea and amongst the coral. Does that count as "visit a coral reef"?"
It works for me, but would like Sophie's & Fiona's opinion for a final decision.
🇲🇽 MEXICO WW183 Author born in Mexico
WW184 Red, White and Green on cover
WW185 character eats mexican food
WW186 character visits a (coral) reef
WW187 letters AZTEC in title (any order)
WW188 "Day of the Dead" mentioned or celebrated
WW189 M
WW190 E
WW191 X
WW192 I
WW193 C
WW194 O
And another great rally of reading, Team!! 😊 We are done with Greece, so have requested a new spin (and I did write "sin" first, but managed to catch it. ;)
Oh no, get better soon, Denise! 😳
It's good, no worries. 😊
One of our lovely Mods, Cat, has created some further fun stats (based on the state of play on 5 Aug) concerning the countries we read for Mini 1 on the sheet.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Based on this, we are the 2nd most widely-read team country-wise (that is, we don't have many duplicates). 🥰
"Widely read teams (i.e. those who haven't duplicated countries much) include:
Eiffel (88% of their countries have been different)
3P (85%)
CNT (82%)"
I checked the Arbookfind websites as well as audible, but the German edition is only a bit over 2 hours long, so its no good. :(It's OK, Claire. I hope you liked it. :)
Ars Amatoria is MPG Poetry, so unless we can verify the word count, we cannot use it. :(
Thank you. :)
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no probs :))
