Vi’s Comments (group member since Jun 04, 2011)

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

Hahahaha!! Leslie, too funny!!!

I agree completely, Leslie. Most of her books have that irritating ability and from the books I've read was the worst. And those characters whisper a lot. Oh, I forgot to mention the best thing about MM - there was only a little "whispering" involved.

~Melissa~ wrote: "Vi - I have to say I went in not expecting much as I didn't really care for Tack all that much in the other books. You have to get about halfway in - I ended up loving this book. Hope you at least don't hate it,lol "

Melissa, I finished yesterday and I really liked it. The first half of the book, I was like: Get AWAY from him!! When she was thinking of breaking up, I was completely cheering her. Tack was horrible in the first half. The second half picked up and I was able to buy into their relationship. And from my recent KA books, I think this was the best edited of the lot, in the sense that it was cohesive and I didn't feel like there was a lot of un-needed stuff in the book. I think I surprised myself by how much I ended up liking the book. :D

I finished yesterday and it was just awesome. I loved it! A sad, sweet love story with a unique setting & Time combination. Now I need something less intense to read..

I'm thinking - Even though I'm not a biiig fan of KA, I need this book for another challenge. Or something else.

I finished today for another challenge. It's a YA PNR/Fantasy lite with settings based on Russia. It was ok but I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to. I can't put my fingers on the exact reason though..

I finally got around to starting and Leslie, you're right on the recommendation. The prose is so lyrical, the setting is so different from the usual England and the characters... they are darn good. I couldn't put the down at all. Thanks for the rec!

LOL, Catherine!!

Catherine, yes post it here so that we can all shamelessly steal it :P

Catherine - Great! Let us know if you encounter any interesting books :)

Catherine: If you want to check out the books our "enemies" have read, then you have to go to their "view books" link. Instead of going to each team's challenge, you can use this spreadsheet where there is a link next to each person. Let me know if you encounter any errors. I'll be happy to help :)

Thanks, LK!

Mary, yes it can. I asked LK the same q earlier and she said yes.

Yes, for Fall of Giants.

ETA: Do you want to join us, LK? ;)

Chris - I'm not giving up.. Not with you and Leslie giving favorable reviews. Hmm.. If I can, I'll wait till September. I do have the shiny book syndrome taking over me now and then. But I would highly prefer reading it with someone. Short of it - we'll talk again in September.

Leslie, I agree with setting up a thread. I have asked in the Read It With Me thread to set up one for us. It should be done soon.

Gwendolyn, it was not me who read the book. I think it could be Rebecca?

Oo, it's ok. I've been putting it off just thinking about the number of pages. But I really like Japan and I'm very interested in Samurais n stuff.. So basically I don't if/when I'll pick it up.

Oo, I have no idea. I haven't actually read the first two. The people who recommended to me just said which I'm assuming to mean it's a standalone.. Though my OCD is starting to kick in.. Maybe Leslie can help as she's read the first one and Shogun but not the second.

For FoG, I'll ask LK to set us up a BR with start date as Aug 9. We can always change the date later on.

And you don't get lost in your TBR?

Catherine - nuh-huh. No way I'm going to believe that. I'm very easily tempted. My combined TBR (standalone & series) is at 500+ now. I don't want that to increase even though it is.

Leslie - We'll start July 1st? Earlier is fine with me too as long as you are able. :) The number of doorstoppers that I'm reading makes me immune to numbers like 1000. Anything less than 500 makes me think it's a short book!

I just remembered this book - . It's been recommended SO many times. Anyone want to buddy read that? It's 1200+ pages and I would really love to BR.

Thanks for setting up, LK!

Captain Cupcake, do you mean puzzle #46? #43 is crossword..