Preeti’s Comments (group member since Sep 26, 2021)

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

Aldis Hodge!

Keely wrote: "The Mini has begun!"

Yay!

Chris Evans!

Keanu Reeves!

Book: Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Date Read: Jun 29
Page Count: 312


Weapon:
Pg. 13: No one else will bear the Starling sword after him.

Shelter:
Purple on the cover, house in the title

Food:
Pg. 39: The sun is fat and low by the time I pause to crack my spine and eat a slightly squashed Pop-Tart.

Defense:
Green, blue and brown on the cover

June



Book: Salt & Broom by Sharon Lynn Fisher - Jun 1
No. Of Pages: 282

Book: Saga, Volume 3 (Saga) by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples - Jun 2
No. Of Pages: 154

Book: Saga, Volume 4 (Saga) by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples - Jun 2
No. Of Pages: 153

Book: Iron Flame (The Empyrean #2) by Rebecca Yarros - Jun 3
No. Of Pages: 640

Book: The Ice Princess (Fjällbacka #1) by Camilla Läckberg - Jun 6
No. Of Pages: 393

Book: A Most Efficient Murder (Mr. Quayle Mysteries #1) by Anthony Slayton - Jun 9
No. Of Pages: 309

Book: A Quite Deadly Affair (Mr. Quayle Mysteries #0.5) by Anthony Slayton - Jun 9
No. Of Pages: 97

Book: The Malevolent Seven (The Malevolent Seven #1) by Sebastien de Castell - Jun 11
No. Of Pages: 412

Book: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez - Jun 13
No. Of Pages: 422

Book: Eeny Meeny (Helen Grace #1) by M.J. Arlidge - Jun 15
No. Of Pages: 464



Book: Silas Marner by George Eliot - Jun 16
No. Of Pages: 262

Book: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner - Jun 18
No. Of Pages: 239

Book: So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens - Jun 19
No. Of Pages: 352

Book: Mandu by Malathi Ramachandran - Jun 20
No. Of Pages: 217

Book: Cupcakes for Christmas (Return to Willoughby Close #1) by Kate Hewitt - Jun 23
No. Of Pages: 212

Book: The Girl in the Window by Renee Pawlish - Jun 26
No. Of Pages: 250

Book: Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries #5) by Martha Wells - Jun 27
No. Of Pages: 350

Book: Tallowwood (Tallowwood #1) by N.R. Walker - Jun 28
No. Of Pages: 287

Book: Starling House by Alix E. Harrow - Jun 29
No. Of Pages: 308

My June Total: 5803

Running Total: 1,016,821

New Group Total: = 1,022,624

Jamie Dornan!

Do the series books have to be started after a specific date or can they have been started already?

Also, I can read for any of the MPGs. I have a very long Historical Fiction that I was planning on reading from the 1st anyway.

Book: Tallowwood (Tallowwood #1) by N.R. Walker
Date Read: Jun 28
Page Count: 287


Weapon:
Author’s initials NW can both be found in WeapoNs

Food:
Pg. 48: There were toasted ham, cheese, and tomato sandwiches and bottled water for everyone…

Defense:
Both the MCs and many of the other characters are police officers.

Christian Kane, please and thank you!
(Yes, despite the towel, which is🔥)

Laura wrote: "Murderbot is my favorite!..."

Mine, too!
I am so excited, my audiobook subscription app not only now has book 7, they have also added the dramatized versions of all 7 books. The only thing is I don't like the voice of the person who plays Murderbot as much as Kevin R. Free.

Book: Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries #5) by Martha Wells
Date Read: Jun 27
Page Count: 350


Weapon:
Pg. 13: …this was the compartment with the control station for the large boat-busting projectile weapon that was currently pointed at our facility.

Shelter:
Murderbot is the perfect person to shelter with. It can provide security and entertainment at the same time.

Food:
Pg. 131: Amena was nervously eating processed imitation vegetable fragments out of a container from the galley.

Defense:
Brown on the cover

Ryan Reynolds!

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow - Day 3

Chapters 14 - 19

11. Starling House reminded me up to a point with some vibes of Beauty and the Beast, although lesser now as the story progresses. Is the book reminding you of any other stories you have read before?

It reminds me of many books, none of which I can specifically name, which are set in towns where the residents are clearly aware of the horrible things that have and are happening but choose to ignore them and instead create these weird myths that tend to discriminate against specific people.

12. Ch 14-19 have answered a lot of questions about Opal, the house, Arthur, the history of the place and what's going on. Has anything revealed in this section been surprising to you? Does the explanation so far of everything that has happened ring true?

This part was very interesting as it answered many of the questions I had while reading the earlier parts. Things are so much clearer and at the same time, so many new things have come to light that I want more information about. I have had many “aha” moments when something has connected to what was hinted at earlier.

13. Jasper and Opal are clearly close, although he is sometimes moody and surly. He seems resentful at times of Opal going out so far on a limb to take care of him and get him out of Eden. What do you think of the character now that he has more fleshed-out scenes and more has been revealed about him and their relationship?

I am glad we get to know Jasper better and it makes more sense that his mood has been the way it has. I think that he looks at all Opal has done to get him out of town as her way of getting him out of her life. I don’t think he is aware of just how much danger Opal and he are in and I have a feeling that his resentment of Opal for that will disappear once he learns of it. That said, I wish the characters in this book would all just talk to each other and stop with the hiding of important information. This is my least favourite plot device and possibly the only thing so far that I have found to criticise about this book.

14. Arthur and Opal have heated a few things up. Do you think they fit each other well with these developments?

I kind of like them together as they seem to both be people who are in need of affection and they complement each other.

15. There is humor in the book that is overshadowed by genuinely creepy horror like tales, What do you think about Underland "beasts" revealed so far?

I have been enjoying the dark humour and can totally understand Opal’s using it as a coping mechanism.
As for the “beasts”, why do I get the feeling that they will turn out to have been misunderstood all along? One of my thoughts at the part where we learn Eleanor Starling’s advice of befriending them was that it would be really funny if it turned out they were “good guys” all along but none of the wardens had ever taken the time to get to know them and so the battle was only continuing as a result of miscommunication. Anyway, we will definitely get to know one way or the other in the following chapters.

Book: The Girl in the Window by Renee Pawlish
Date Read: Jun 26
Page Count: 250


Weapon:
Pg. 25: As they waited, I could see a bulge under the woman’s blazer, where her gun was holstered.

Shelter:
Interior of a house on the cover

Food:
Pg. 170: I fixed a sandwich and ate it slowly while standing at the kitchen counter.

Defense:
Blue cover

Tom Ellis!

Hi, all. The July BOTMs are here.

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo - Jul 24 Adult / Non-Fic BOM (starts 2 July)

The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence - July 24 Theme BOM - Time Flies (starts 15 July)

I have volunteered for the Mark Lawrence book. I have to check with my library to see if I can get the Leigh Bardugo book.

I volunteer for the Capitol.

Idris Elba!

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Preeti wrote: "By the way, I noticed something interesting in the Wiki page that Opal copies into her document at the end of Chapter 4."

Oops, sorry! I was supposed to add spoiler tags and completely forgot all about it. Seeing your message reminded me of it.