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

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

I found a reference to an existing book, but no "bath" in text. Everything else is covered. :)

I need to check my non-fic audiobook I just finished on Amazon. It may have bath in text and possibly refers to existing authors. It certainly mentiones Leonard Bernstein who wrote at least 1 book that I know of (The Joy of Music).

I'm taking the Xmas time book instead, have a shortie for that task.

Yaay!

Oh, please do, Sammy! I haven't even started on that one yet. :)

Catherine wrote: "Melindam, I have tried to hold back to get through all my current books, but its soooo hard. It's always cool to see/know you got the ARC to a book that gets popular. But also sad to see the ones that you think deserve it, not go anywhere ..."

Yes. :) I am trying to hold back on requesting Netgalley ARCs nowadays, because I don't have the time to be able to finish them all, but sometimes I still slide down the rabbit hole. :)

On the contrary, by TBR standards it adds up beautifully and logically. LOL

Yayy!

I am joining this time. I got a bit trigger happy and now I need to work on the ARCs I received. 😊

Books to read on NG shelf:



Feedback ratio beginning of month: 89%

Read: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Feedback ratio end of month:

Sammy wrote: "My book after next is a 500-pager though!"

That's great! :))

I can take "teeth on cover" :)

Cat wrote: "erm... I think it's marginal.

Knives and Gnomes and the like would be a clearer fit."

👍

OK, so phonetics is not my strong point (I actually hated it when I had to study it for linguistics!), for "word in the title that is not prounounced phonetically" does the word "Maestro" work for this?

Cat,

could you add the DW wheel link to your 1st post, when you have the time? Thank you. :)

And here we go, let me present our first DW Monster:

Jonathan Teatime

1. 500 to 650
2. Teeth on cover
3. story is set around Christmas time
4. has a word in the title that is not prounounced phonetically (e.g. silent letters)
5. MC in his 20s

Almost there. ;)

Updated our ss with the DW Monsters.

I'll be finishing my Islam book soon, so we can spin for 1. 😊

The years: 2017, 2020

Start of Month

Audiobooks in monthly category to read:

2017


2020:



FINISHED

In category: (3)
- 5 stars
(2017)
- 3 stars (2017)
- no rating, the narrator was simply terrible, I hated it (2020)


Not in category: (8)

- 3 stars
- 3 stars
- 3,5 stars
- 4 stars
- 5 stars
- 5 stars
- 5 stars
- 4 stars

Total number of audiobooks read this year: 80

My monthly recommendations:

Well, bummer.... no pets in the close family! Are we that heartless or what?!! 😮😳

Oh, OK, I'll ask my 2 BFFs, about their dogs. 🤭

Yaayy! ♡