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

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

I hate to say this but Shosho, you can't say the Dresden files as from my bookshelf. The books have to be read on/after April 12. So they won't work. Sorry.

LK, can I also use Heart of Obsidian from ShoSho's shelf provided that she finishes before/same day as me?

Melissa, how was ? I haven't heard about that author.. But the cover looks good..

@Leslie - Could you recommend other books by her that you enjoyed? Her backlist is huge that I don't know where to start with.

Good Morning, Leslie!

I finished

- An ok HQN read. There were a few phrases in the book that kept repeating and I wanted to have a drinking game. Plus the heroine was just ok. Typical HQN.

- A really good contemporary romance. I loved it. The characters, the setting and the mystery portion was all great. Works for the monthly challenge with letter I

I have started and 6 chapters in.

Have a great day, everyone!

Yay! Thanks, Lisa Kay! I can start those doorstoppers soon, then.

Prospective Mauve covers - DO they work?:



Would any of these two count as black?

I've been preparing some books for the 7%. Mauve is the color behind us. Since there is no separate listopia for that, I've gone to its closest cousin - Purple. Please note that this list is serve as inspiration for you to choose a book and not all covers are mauve. Please post the cover here if you have any clarification.

1. Purple cover shelf 1
2. Purple Cover Shelf 2
3. Listopia Black Books

Snooping on Mauvelous Thread for the R-a-T, here are confirmed mauve colored books that can be used: (Yes, I need inspiration for this color!)

June is 4 days days but it seems like forever. All those books I listed for the challenges are just staring at me, taunting!

But I got a new Kindle Paperwhite and I've fiddling with it today! I've loaded few books to read. YAY for new gadgets!



I'm calling it a night. Have a great day, everyone!

So I persevered and finished . I liked it but I really was not in the mood for it. I had to finish it for a challenge. Doesn't work for the monthly.

LK, I knew you'd offered but not that part about keeping. LOL! That would definitely have clued me in. :)

Or you could do that too. If only I'd realized that earlier. All those clicking..

Lisa Kay: (view spoiler)[I was actually wondering why you didn't participate in the BR. Now I understand. After I finished, I saw your rating and realized you didn't enjoy it that much either.

I don't know the reason why but the characters were not that great. Lily was absurd at times with Mary Sue-ish and TSTL ish. Apart from that though, I don't know what the author was trying to accomplish. I felt loads of things would be solved easier if they all sat down to talk frankly. I've read say 2-3 books of hers and I've liked them much better than this.

I agree about first time reads. I wonder what the others will think.
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Lisa Kay wrote: "Vi wrote: "I just finished ...It was ok. I'm not that impressed with the book, actually."

Vi, spoilers removed "

Midu, I posted on your profile page but I'm posting here also. For #1, the book has to be on that person's Tower Team Challenge. In the SIster Group, go to Challenges, any team and any member. Click view books and those are the books that you can read for that. Got it?

That bug is very very irritating especially when you are trying to find a book from the mobile app.

I just finished - a BR with Leslie, Melissa and Rebecca. It was ok. I'm not that impressed with the book, actually.

I also need to finish for another challenge and it's also due at the library.

Okay, I couldn't stop and I just finished the book. I found it ok. I predicted a few of the stuff and the way it came about was not that different than I expected.

Lily still has few Mary-Sue qualities. She's so very accepting of everything. It was still hard for me to get a read on her even after I finished. (view spoiler)[I didn't get why she didn't tell Neville at least about that rock incident. Quite stupid of her to go off alone in London as well. She can't be that dense enough to realize that something is going on, right? (hide spoiler)]

Neville was ok. I liked him too. He was trying to do the right thing but muddling about it. This book will work if you accept Lily and Neville love each other. The why's and the process was not that clear.

@Leslie - the view is amazing! Melissa is right. She should have brought all of us.

Leslie - Mac annoyed me in book #1 & 2. God, The PINK Mac was horrible. The series got exponentially better after book #3. Trust me. I was having the same reaction as you when reading that series. People convinced me to read book #3 which really was the turning point.

Melissa - DiA is a bit dragging in the sense that you know a certain thing is going to happen and you are trying to guess how/when that happens. Colum and Dougal do come. So do additional people.

Midu!!, I was heading over to you now. Love the new avatar. And the salwar too. You look so pretty!

How are you now? Back to normal?

So true, Rebecca. Very very irritating.

@Lisa Kay: I agree. I tend to do the same. I think I'm very spoiled by Nalini Singh. The other PNR I read don't seem to be on the same level as hers excepting a very few.

Loretta Chase has some serious writing power. Lord Perfect is one of my favourite romance of all time. And i love the characters in Lord of Scoundrel esp Jessie. She's kick-ass. Have you read her latest series? The dressmaker ones?