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

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

lol, TBR Math is a science unto itself.

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I started out with 127 books on my TBR shelf in jan, read 40 books so far and still have 117 and that's surprisingly healthy .... :D

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My reading has slowed down considerably besides me needing a bit of a challenge-break (present challenge not included) with going back to work and Domi's ongoing school preps, but I'll be done with my "islam" book in a day or 2.

(yes, my ignorance of tv series shows... ;)

And who's JDM, anyway... scoffs...

The less we talk about THAT, the better. I still haven't recovered from the shock...

Found my motivational quote for exercise for today. 😅

I nominate an undeservedly obscure classic (it would make such a great, classic miniseries, imo)

The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Shuttle is about American heiresses marrying English aristocrats; by extension it is about the effect of American energy, dynamism and affluence on an effete and impoverished English ruling class. Sir Nigel Anstruthers crosses the Atlantic to look for a rich wife and returns with the daughter of an American millionaire, Rosalie Vanderpoel. He turns out to be a bully, a miser and a philanderer and virtually imprisons his wife in the house. Only when Rosalie's sister Bettina is grown up does it occur to her and her father that some sort of rescue expedition should take place. And the beautiful, kind and dynamic Bettina leaves for Europe to try and find out why Rosalie has, inexplicably, chosen to lose touch with her family. In the process she engages in a psychological war with Sir Nigel; meets and falls in love with another Englishman; and starts to use the Vanderpoel money to modernize ‘Stornham Court’.

The book’s title refers to ships shuttling back and forth over the Atlantic (Frances Hodgson Burnett herself traveled between the two countries thirty-three times, something very unusual then).

The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst

The Spellshop is a cottagecore cosy fantasy following a woman's unexpected journey through the low-stakes market of illegal spell-selling and the high-risk business of starting over . . .

Kiela has always had trouble dealing with people, and as librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium, she hasn’t had to.

She and her assistant, Caz, a sentient spider plant, have spent most of the last eleven years sequestered among the empire’s precious spellbooks, protecting the magic for the city’s elite. But a revolution is brewing and when the library goes up in flames, she and Caz steal whatever books they can and flee to the faraway island where she grew up. She’s hoping to lay low and figure out a way to survive before the revolution comes looking for her. To her dismay, in addition to a nosy—and very handsome—neighbor, she finds the town in disarray.

The empire with its magic spellbooks has slowly been draining power from the island, something that Kiela is indirectly responsible for, and now she’s determined to find a way to make things right. Opening up a spell shop comes with its own risks—the consequence of sharing magic with commoners is death. And as Kiela comes to make a place for herself among the quirky townspeople, she realizes that in order to make a life for herself, she must break down the walls she has kept so high.

Perfect for fans of Travis Baldree and TJ Klune, The Spellshop is a romantic and cosy fantasy.

Just dropping by to say hello to the new Team. Love the name and the image! :))

Love it.

Sammy wrote: "Picture? no. Artist? Yes. I'm a big Josh Kirby fan 😁"

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I'm not really partial to any of them, so am happy to go with what the others suggest or you choose, Judith. :)

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Oh, I completely forgot to add

#40

3 starts - It's quite good as an audiobook with the excellent Penelope Keith as narrator, but it is a product of the Discworld Emporium rather than by Pratchett and all-in-all there isn't much content.

And this means that I have met my up-updated goal, so I'm also going to raise my goal by 5 books to 45. 😊💪

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Yaay :)

Finding a book for 3-3,5 rating is tough. I found only 2 books on my TBR which are even close and still don't work, the rating average is 3.54 / 3.55. 😣