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

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

Sometimes he uses a similar technique to one of my favourite Hungarian writer, Magda Szabo, what I call puzzle-building. He starts off somewhere and offers us pieces of info, but it is only at the very end we get the full pic and all things start to make sense. This is not unique in itself, obvs, but only the best of authors can pull it off to full effect and I think he is one of them. :))

I love Heinrich Böll, but this was not among my "favourites". :)

I either try to check them on Amazon lookinside or in google books.

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For Wheel 8, I read one of Ali Hazelwood's novellas, b/c of a U-title, ;) which was OK, precisely b/c it was short, but I don't think I could have taken the same in a full-length novel. :)

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And indeed, how un-Aussie-like of you not to like Nicole or Liane Moriarty. ;)

Lisa - I have read about the finding and have a great respect Philippa Langley's activity and also her passionate dedication to her cause. I'm less impressed by her efforts to present certain findings as incontestable facts about Rick's innocence. ;)

Another book I've been avoiding is The Sunne in Splendor by Sharon Kay Penman, simply for the fact that I cannot buy into Richard III not being complicit in some way in the disappearance/possible murder of his nephews. I don't say he'd done the deed himself, but either he ordered it or knew about and condoned it.

I have read quite a few non-fic books about the Yorks & Tudors and I am siding with those historians who think he is the likeliest of suspects: had both motives and possibilities.

I don't believe the Tudor propaganda about him being super evil, but neither do I think he was an angel of shining light.

Ah yes, Diana Gabaldon and Outlander I've also been avoiding. (sorry, Sophie ♡)
On the other hand I'm planning to listen to the Scotland/New Zealand frolicks of Sam H & Graham McT. :)

2 that comes right into my mind are Kristen Hannah & Emily Henry for me.

Until a few months ago, Julia Quinn with her Bridgerton series was among them, but I finally gave in a listened to Book1 in that series.
It was OK, but it didn't make me a fan. :)

Kat,

your comment reminded me of a question I wanted to ask the team.

There are these books or authors that are super popular (overhyped maybe (?) and you keep hearing/reading about them and yet you feel kind of unwilling to give them a try?

If you know what I mean, I'd be curious to know who/what are these authors/books for you?

You would need to nominate a book in the dedicated thread for it to qualify for polls/voting. :))

Unfortunately it's too late for this Wheel as the niminations are 2 months ahead. In the other hand you can nominate it for January if it meets the requirements. :)
(am on the phone now so cannot share the link, but you can check the NBRC group page for the BOM nomination threads.)

Don't worry Elisabeth. It's actually a very short book (official page count is set at 174) and even with the extra points it isn't that much we can show for it. So if you read a book above 300 or 400 pages, we get higher points for it. :)

This may be the reason our Mods decided to launch an extra BOM with a longer book to offer better chances to teams.

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Thank you. :))

:D

And I'm done, phew... ;)

Because it's tagged Thailand enough times. :D

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Greetings from the Austrian Alps, Teamies. We are at a wonderful place and today I can up my reading a bit.

Talking of underwhelming, I need to finish Anna and the King of Siam, as it is one of those books which if I give it a break, I may never pick it up again. It's not bad, but fails to impress me. There's less of the white Victorian superiority than I expected, but it's there nevertheless.