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

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

So, two more days for the monthly challenge - Have you people read ALL the short books that you can lay your hands on? C'mon team!

On May 1, the Read-A-Thon starts on 8 AM PDT (Please convert to your timezone; the ever-helpful Lisa Kay Jex has given us a link to covert - Link to convert time) and ends at 8 AM PDT on 12th May.

We need to read TWO books - one for Color (white, pearl or blue) and one with a strong female character. Have you shortlisted books for these two categories? Post your choices here so that I can get inspired everyone can check it out.

Way to go, team!!

Rebecca, awesome work this week. We appreciate it very much :) :)

Kristin - take care!

I finished

(245 pages) and Author starts with A working for the mini.
- 420 pages. Both were good reads. The cover shows open sky which I think works for the mini.

I'm job hunting so I have to force myself to.. hunt. But I have & started today.

If we talking libraries, then I will have to start on Geo-restriction which will turn into a really big rant. But I'll side-step it.

I've started for the sole reason that it's bound to be short. Weekend's going to be busy so short books are going to win it for me.

How's everybody's reading going along? Is anybody participating in Dewey's Read-A-Thon? Which is supposed to be today IIRC.

Leslie - aren't you able to re-authorize?

Seconding Leslie - seriously awesome, Rebecca!. When Marguerite asked, I just clicked on all our members only.

I've got to say - I'm agreeing with everything you say. Just reinforcing what you said. :)

True - I re-read those series periodically too. Her Quinn brothers series is one I've re-read multiple times.

Again, I agree with the recent series being disappointments. Totally. A member at one of my group basically said this - all her characters are so perfect and nice - there aren't any flaws on any of these people. And they always do the right thing which he basically said he didn't prefer. (He does read the In Death series, IIRC). As you said, I realized it was true but didn't really bother me. But lately, it does.

For example, in WB, I found both the characters not to have that big a hang-up. Especially the h. Not sure if you'll agree but everything was done in so right way that it was frustrating.

I want to hope it gets better because the In-Death is also getting a little formulaic. Those are like a staple read. Do you read In-Death series?

Midu, how are you? Feeling better? Graduated from khichri yet?

I'm starting the third - - as well tomorrow - all planned out!

LK - Just curious but do you sleep? You seem to be OL all the time!

Lol! Me, a spy?!! I was just checking up on an old teamie :D

So true! I totally agree. She releases books periodically (you can see 2 In Death + 1 standalone + 1 new trilogy book per year) which is something I like but lately, the books have become more formulaic. Like take the recent books - it's like she's showcasing a different walk of life in each of that one. Chasing Fire and The Search being her more recent ones. Both these, I felt the settings and the profession took the centrestage with the characters coming up way short. Really, you can interchange any of the characters from any of the books and you won't see a difference. (Yeah, I've thought about it a little..)

I re-read two of her earlier books recently and I could really see the difference.

Oo, really? I finished WB a couple of days ago and I thought it was a very typical NR. I skimmed a few pages and didn't miss anything at all. A little disappointed. I'll wait for you to finish it!

Welcome, Marguerite! Keep up the great work, Team!

Leslie - I was glad I didn't heed the cover. LIsa Kay's recs haven't gone wrong for me either :)

Currently we are at 69 books and a light click at other teams shows that we are the first. Electric Lime is close at 63. This number can change anytime - the cache might update later.

Wow, TMB has an ebook page count of 160 and it's 308 pages in PB? Amazing!

Thanks for your help, LK!

Good Evening, Team! I just got up - it's raining so lovely up here that I just want to curl up with a book and hot chocolate.

I finished late yesterday night. I loved it. A really good western. It qualifies for the mini(author name starts with H) and the monthly with 384 pages (1 Point) It also had the worst cover ever - . Seriously it looks like a bodice ripper. Thankfully, it wasn't.

Have fun, Chris! We'll miss you too :)

Hi LK - just wanted to confirm on both these books. I couldn't find word count in smashwords.

- Children's book with cute drawings beginning of each chapter. I have the hardcover version and I can confirm it as 247 pages but I don't know if that's acceptable for this challenge.

- GR's ebook version says 160 pages (a little uneasy) but paperback is 300+ pages. I have the ebook version and I can't seem to find the word count.

Thanks for your help, Lisa Kay!

I love the Weather Warden series too! I inhaled the whole series in a couple of days - and this was just before the last book in the series came out. I was glad though cos the author wrote Cliff-Hanger ending in all her books IIRC. Just a warning. Though, I have to say, the librarian from where I borrowed the book was obliging enough to keep aside the books for me (they had multiple copies).

My next update: I finished:

- Middle Grade book but with really cute drawing beginning of the chapter. A little simple (as intended for the audience) but one I enjoyed nonetheless. Perhaps a little less than I expected though. 247 pages for the monthly and the title starts with T fitting the mini. (It is Thursday afternoon where I am)

- Cute, easy read. Finished within a couple of hours and now my GR challenge is telling me what a great work I'm doing. Happy! So, the ebook version says 160 but MMPB says 300+. I'm going to verify it. It fits the Mini as well with title starting with T.

Ok - GR was mis-behaving today morning for me. Here goes another try.

Congrats, Kristin & Chris!!

I finished - didn't find it as creepy as Leslie but enjoyed it very much all the same. Will definitely be picking up the next book. 276++ pages

Also managed to finish today - Loved it. I liked this much better than the previous one. JJ is still rocking. 276++ pages

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