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

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

October



Book: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke - Oct 1
No. Of Pages: 1024

Book: The Ex Hex (Ex Hex #1) by Erin Sterling - Oct 2
No. Of Pages: 308

Book: Dracula by Bram Stoker - Oct 7
No. Of Pages: 488



Book: House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City #1) by Sarah J. Maas - Oct 8
No. Of Pages: 803

Book: All Our Hidden Gifts (All Our Hidden Gifts #1) by Caroline O'Donoghue - Oct 9
No. Of Pages: 400

Book: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson - Oct 10
No. Of Pages: 182



Book: A Dead Djinn in Cairo (Dead Djinn Universe #0.1) by P. Djèlí Clark - Oct 11
No. Of Pages: 43

Book: The Angel of Khan el-Khalili (Dead Djinn Universe #0.2) by P. Djèlí Clark - Oct 11
No. Of Pages: 32

Book: The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe #0.3) by P. Djèlí Clark - Oct 12
No. Of Pages: 130



Book: The Turn of the Screw by Henry James - Oct 13
No. Of Pages: 180

Book: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas - Oct 15
No. Of Pages: 1276

Book: Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot #9) by Agatha Christie - Oct 16
No. Of Pages: 274



Book: Pines (Wayward Pines #1) by Blake Crouch - Oct 17
No. Of Pages: 320

Book: The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1) by Agatha Christie - Oct 17
No. Of Pages: 381

Book: The Secret of Chimneys (Superintendent Battle #1) by Agatha Christie - Oct 18
No. Of Pages: 400



Book: The Polar Bear Explorers' Club (The Explorers' Club #1) by Alex Bell - Oct 19
No. Of Pages: 336

Book: The Roman Hat Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective #1) by Ellery Queen - Oct 20
No. Of Pages: 320

Book: 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King - Oct 21
No. Of Pages: 470



Book: Old Man's War (Old Man's War #1) by John Scalzi - Oct 22
No. Of Pages: 318

Book: The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2) by Agatha Christie - Oct 23
No. Of Pages: 375

Book: These Feathered Flames (These Feathered Flames #1) by Alexandra Overy - Oct 25
No. Of Pages: 496



Book: Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin - Oct 26
No. Of Pages: 368

Book: Déjà Dead (Temperance Brennan #1) by Kathy Reichs - Oct 26
No. Of Pages: 532

Book: The Secret, Book, & Scone Society (Secret, Book, & Scone Society #1) by Ellery Adams - Oct 27
No. Of Pages: 290



Book: The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie - Oct 28
No. Of Pages: 248

Book: The Secret of Chanel No. 5: The Intimate History of the World's Most Famous Perfume by Tilar J. Mazzeo - Oct 29
No. Of Pages: 320

Book: Little Women (Little Women #1) by Louisa May Alcott - Oct 29
No. Of Pages: 566



Book: Murder, Mayhem and Bliss (Myrtle Grove Garden Club Mystery #1) by Loulou Harrington - Oct 31
No. Of Pages: 308

My Oct Total: 11,188

Running Total: 1,552,418

New Group Total: = 1,563,606

September



Book: Seveneves by Neal Stephenson - Sep 2
No. Of Pages: 880

Book: Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega - Sep 3
No. Of Pages: 256

Book: Wildseed Witch (Wildseed Witch, #1) by Marti Dumas - Sep 4
No. Of Pages: 352



Book: The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf - Sep 5
No. Of Pages: 352

Book: Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu - Sep 6
No. Of Pages: 108

Book: An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson - Sep 7
No. Of Pages: 300



Book: 11.22.63 by Stephen King - Sep 9
No. Of Pages: 866

Book: Petal Plucker (The Flower Shop Sisters #1) by Iris Morland - Sep 10
No. Of Pages: 230

Book: All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers - Sep 11
No. Of Pages: 314



Book: The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa - Sep 12
No. Of Pages: 192

Book: The Body in the Library (Miss Marple #3) by Agatha Christie - Sep 12
No. Of Pages: 191

Book: Cursed by Jennifer L. Armentrout - Sep 13
No. Of Pages: 288



Book: Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry (42328 words) - Sep 14
No. Of Pages: 224

Book: All the Things We Never Knew by Liara Tamani - Sep 15
No. Of Pages: 384

Book: A Deal with the Elf King (Married to Magic #1) by Elise Kova - Sep 16
No. Of Pages: 345



Book: Wishbones by Virginia Macgregor - Sep 17
No. Of Pages: 384

Book: Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens - Sep 17
No. Of Pages: 825

Book: The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy #1) by S.A. Chakraborty - Sep 18
No. Of Pages: 533



Book: See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon - Sep 18
No. Of Pages: 432

Book: A Dance with the Fae Prince (Married to Magic #2) by Elise Kova - Sep 19
No. Of Pages: 429

Book: Sofi and the Bone Song by Adrienne Tooley - Sep 20
No. Of Pages: 416



Book: The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern #1) by Shannon Hale - Sep 21
No. Of Pages: 432

Book: Illuminae (The Illuminae Files #1) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff - Sep 23
No. Of Pages: 695

Book: Little Bird by Tiffany Meuret - Sep 24
No. Of Pages: 185



Book: The Dry (Aaron Falk #1) by Jane Harper - Sep 25
No. Of Pages: 336

Book: How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie - Sep 27
No. Of Pages: 368

Book: A Killer Collection (Antiques & Collectibles Mysteries #1) by Ellery Adams - Sep 28
No. Of Pages: 224



Book: A Night Too Dark (Kate Shugak #17) by Dana Stabenow - Sep 29
No. Of Pages: 464

My Sep Total: 11005

Running Total: 1,433,800

New Group Total: = 1,444,805

August



Book: The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea - Aug 2
No. Of Pages: 392

Book: The Camel Club (Camel Club #1) by David Baldacci - Aug 3
No. Of Pages: 708

Book: The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #1) by Caleb Carr - Aug 7
No. Of Pages: 498



Book: Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot #13) by Agatha Christie - Aug 8
No. Of Pages: 264

Book: It Started with a Duke: Fortune's Brides, the Beginning (Fortune's Brides #1,2,7) by Regina Scott - Aug 10
No. Of Pages: 549

Book: Dying For Christmas by Tammy Cohen - Aug 10
No. Of Pages: 400



Book: No Good Tea Goes Unpunished (Seaside Café Mystery #2) by Bree Baker - Aug 13
No. Of Pages: 330

Book: Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell - Aug 14
No. Of Pages: 952

Book: Cruel Candy (Cozy Corgi Mysteries #1) by Mildred Abbott - Aug 15
No. Of Pages: 282



Book: Traitorous Toys (Cozy Corgi Mysteries #2) by Mildred Abbott - Aug 16
No. Of Pages: 278

Book: Bickering Birds (Cozy Corgi Mysteries #3) by Mildred Abbott - Aug 16
No. Of Pages: 280

Book: Aloha Alibi (Charlotte Gibson Mysteries #1) by Jasmine Webb - Aug 18
No. Of Pages: 272



Book: Maui Murder (Charlotte Gibson Mysteries #2) by Jasmine Webb - Aug 18
No. Of Pages: 268

Book: Beachside Bullet (Charlotte Gibson Mysteries #3) by Jasmine Webb - Aug 19
No. Of Pages: 292

Book: Pina Colada Poison (Charlotte Gibson Mysteries #4) by Jasmine Webb - Aug 19
No. Of Pages: 318



Book: The Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple #2) by Agatha Christie - Aug 20
No. Of Pages: 307

Book: Up to No Gouda (Grilled Cheese Mysteries #1) by Linda Reilly - Aug 21
No. Of Pages: 312

Book: No Parm No Foul (Grilled Cheese Mysteries #2) by Linda Reilly - Aug 22
No. Of Pages: 318



Book: The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart (Matchmakers #1) by Nancy Campbell Allen - Aug 23
No. Of Pages: 336

Book: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka - Aug 24
No. Of Pages: 128

Book: Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb #1) by Tamsyn Muir - Aug 25
No. Of Pages: 479



Book: Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly - Aug 26
No. Of Pages: 349

Book: Dashing Through the Snow (Regan Reilly Mysteries # 11.5) by Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clark -Aug 26
No. Of Pages: 259

Book: The Quantum Curators and the Fabergé Egg (The Quantum Curators #1) by Eva St. John - Aug 28
No. Of Pages: 306



Book: The Forsaken Inn by Anna Katharine Green - Aug 29
No. Of Pages: 218

Book: The Unexpected Guest by Agatha Christie & Charles Osborne - Aug 30
No. Of Pages: 287

Book: The Irish Nanny by Sandy Taylor - Aug 30
No. Of Pages: 348

My Aug Total: 9730

Running Total: 1,315,614

New Group Total: = 1,325,344

NBRC - Serious Readers Challenge 2022 - Level 2 - Part 2

Level 1: 1 - 100 books
Completed: Part 1: 50/50 & Part 2: 50/50

Completed: 150/150
Part 1



161. The Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple #2) by Agatha Christie - Aug 20
162. Up to No Gouda (Grilled Cheese Mysteries #1) by Linda Reilly - Aug 21
163. No Parm No Foul (Grilled Cheese Mysteries #2) by Linda Reilly - Aug 22
164. The Matchmaker's Lonely Heart (Matchmakers #1) by Nancy Campbell Allen - Aug 23
165. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka - Aug 24
166. Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb #1) by Tamsyn Muir - Aug 25
167. Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly - Aug 26
168. Dashing Through the Snow (Regan Reilly Mysteries # 11.5) by Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clark - Aug 26
169. The Quantum Curators and the Fabergé Egg (The Quantum Curators #1) by Eva St. John - Aug 28
170. The Forsaken Inn by Anna Katharine Green - Aug 29



171. The Unexpected Guest by Agatha Christie & Charles Osborne - Aug 30
172. The Irish Nanny by Sandy Taylor - Aug 30
173. Seveneves by Neal Stephenson - Sep 2
174. Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega - Sep 3
175. Wildseed Witch (Wildseed Witch, #1) by Marti Dumas - Sep 4
176. The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf - Sep 5
177. Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu - Sep 6
178. An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson - Sep 7
179. 11.22.63 by Stephen King - Sep 9
180. Petal Plucker (The Flower Shop Sisters #1) by Iris Morland - Sep 10



181. All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers - Sep 11
182. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa - Sep 12
183. The Body in the Library (Miss Marple #3) by Agatha Christie - Sep 12
184. Cursed by Jennifer L. Armentrout - Sep 13
185. Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry (42328 words) - Sep 14
186. All the Things We Never Knew by Liara Tamani - Sep 15
187. A Deal with the Elf King (Married to Magic #1) by Elise Kova - Sep 16
188. Wishbones by Virginia Macgregor - Sep 17
189. Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens - Sep 17
190. The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy #1) by S.A. Chakraborty - Sep 18



191. See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon - Sep 18
192. A Dance with the Fae Prince (Married to Magic #2) by Elise Kova - Sep 19
193. Sofi and the Bone Song by Adrienne Tooley - Sep 20
194. The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern #1) by Shannon Hale - Sep 21
195. Illuminae (The Illuminae Files #1) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff - Sep 23
196. Little Bird by Tiffany Meuret - Sep 24
197. The Dry (Aaron Falk #1) by Jane Harper - Sep 25
198. How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie - Sep 27
199. A Killer Collection (Antiques & Collectibles Mysteries #1) by Ellery Adams - Sep 28
200. A Night Too Dark (Kate Shugak #17) by Dana Stabenow - Sep 29



201. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke - Oct 1
202. The Ex Hex (Ex Hex #1) by Erin Sterling - Oct 2
203. Dracula by Bram Stoker - Oct 7
204. House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City #1) by Sarah J. Maas - Oct 8
205. All Our Hidden Gifts (All Our Hidden Gifts #1) by Caroline O'Donoghue - Oct 9
206. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson - Oct 10
207. A Dead Djinn in Cairo (Dead Djinn Universe #0.1) by P. Djèlí Clark - Oct 11
208. The Angel of Khan el-Khalili (Dead Djinn Universe #0.2) by P. Djèlí Clark - Oct 11
209. The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe #0.3) by P. Djèlí Clark - Oct 12
210. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James - Oct 13



211. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas - Oct 15
212. Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot #9) by Agatha Christie - Oct 16
213. Pines (Wayward Pines #1) by Blake Crouch - Oct 17
214. The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1) by Agatha Christie - Oct 17
215. The Secret of Chimneys (Superintendent Battle #1) by Agatha Christie - Oct 18
216. The Polar Bear Explorers' Club (The Explorers' Club #1) by Alex Bell - Oct 19
217. The Roman Hat Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective #1) by Ellery Queen - Oct 20
218. 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King - Oct 21
219. Old Man's War (Old Man's War #1) by John Scalzi - Oct 22
220. The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2) by Agatha Christie - Oct 23

Part 3

It was great taking part in this challenge with all of you!!! Hope to see you in other challenges.

I finished my last book for this challenge. I doubt if I will be able to read anything else before the deadline but am glad I managed to end with a big book. I reread Gone with the Wind. I find that I love different bits each time I read it. The movie is next on my to-watch list. I haven't watched it since I was a teenager.

Lexi wrote: "SS should be cleaned up now with no duplicates. I am not sure on my story; it may need a second go. I was playing around with using as many titles as possible without extra sentences and second per..."

Wow, Lexi! I would want to read the rest of a book that started with this.👍🏻

Judith wrote: "All you need to do is add the date to our tracking sheet and then on the planning thread in Mythics just say you finished the book."

OK. Thanks, Judith.

Hi. I have completed my book for battleships. Do I need to add a completion post anywhere? Thanks.

Truitt_T wrote: "As we're getting closer to the end and most of the books we read will be for the stories, what are you looking for in titles? Am I right in thinking it's best to avoid titles that might be tricky t..."

Same question here as well...

I have added a book to the spreadsheet - It Started with a Duke: Fortune's Brides, the Beginning, and listed it in the mini under the ball outfit category. The GR entry is missing a page count though Amazon says it has 549 pages. I have asked for the page count to be updated over at Turf Wars.

July



Book: The Yorkshire Shepherdess by Amanda Owen - Jul 1
No. Of Pages: 334

Book: Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie - Jul 2
No. Of Pages: 288

Book: The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories by Martin Edwards (Ed.) - Jul 3
No. Of Pages: 228



Book: Capital Crimes: London Mysteries by Martin Edwards (Ed.) - Jul 3
No. Of Pages: 411

Book: Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen - Jul 4
No. Of Pages: 520

Book: Deep Waters: Mysteries on the Waves by Martin Edwards (Ed.) - Jul 5
No. Of Pages: 329



Book: Mirror Mirror by Cara Delevingne & Rowan Coleman - Jul 5
No. Of Pages: 355

Book: Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries #6) by Martha Wells - Jul 6
No. Of Pages: 168

Book: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov - Jul 7
No. Of Pages: 432



Book: Wilder Girls (Wilder Girls) by Rory Power - Jul 14
No. Of Pages: 357

Book: Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot #22) by Agatha Christie - Jul 14
No. Of Pages: 224

Book: Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank - Jul 16
No. Of Pages: 427



Book: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot #3) by Agatha Christie - Jul 18
No. Of Pages: 304

Book: Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende - Jul 19
No. Of Pages: 432

Book: I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb - Jul 23
No. Of Pages: 928



Book: Excellent Intentions by Richard Hull - Jul 23
No. Of Pages: 207

Book: The Summer that Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel - Jul 24
No. Of Pages: 320

Book: The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand - Jul 26
No. Of Pages: 386



Book: Liar's Bench by Kim Michele Richardson - Jul 29
No. Of Pages: 304

Book: An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde - Jul 29
No. Of Pages: 140

My Jul Total: 7094

Running Total: 1,212,642

New Group Total: = 1,219,736

Truitt, that is good to hear, the Covid test, that is. I hope you are feeling better soon.

Judith wrote: "Preeti wrote: "I finished reading a book - The Last Time We Say Goodbye. If anybody has a book that they have read or are planning on reading with Hi or Hello in the title then they..."

Sorry! My brains aren't working very well at present. I added the book to the spreadsheet for the song lyrics task and then promptly forgot all about it. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I finished reading a book - The Last Time We Say Goodbye. If anybody has a book that they have read or are planning on reading with Hi or Hello in the title then they would work for our last book pair.
I have a book on my TBR but it is going to take me some time to get to it as I have 2 other books that I have to complete first.

Hi. I am listening to the audiobook of The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand and the MC quotes the lyrics of A Thousand Years by Christina Perri. I have added it to the spreadsheet but will update the exact page number later once I find it.

Lexi wrote: "Also, Preeti can you add the page number for the poem? That is much harder than musical instrument and a great find."

Done and updated.

Gunit Kaur wrote: "Preeti wrote: "Hi, all. Sorry I've been missing. I have been going through a bad bout of allergic rhinitis which is threatening to go into allergic bronchitis territory (keeping my fingers crossed ..."

Thanks, Gunit!

Judith wrote: "Right when Monsters ends. Friday 9pm GMT (London) monsters ends and Inspired by the Muses begins."

Excellent. Thanks.

Thanks, Judith!

When does the July mini start? Or has it already started?😳 I am so very lost where it comes to deadlines and starting dates at present.