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

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

Hi, all. I need your help with another cover. Would you say the top line of the title and the author's name are in pink? The evil website is playing nasty AGAIN...

Thanks.

Melindam wrote: "Currently it seems I can only commit to 5 books for Round 4 instead of 6, as I will have a job interview on 1 December for which I need to prepare quite a bit.

I will let you know in case I can re..."

Good luck with the interview, Melinda.

Hi, Jenny 👋🏻 Nice to see you here. Thanks and welcome 🙂

Sammy wrote: "And thanks to Magic Mike, I know he looks equally good in a birthday suit, lol!..."

And he can sing...😍
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gh-Z...
(One of my favourites)

Sammy wrote: "Glasses breaking is no fun at all! Just the idea gives me cold sweats. I certainly couldn't read without them!

I shall have to find a way to... distract... Sonia in retaliation. ;)"

Nice 😜 😈

I have completed the last book I had listed on the spreadsheet - Celestial Bodies and added another which I hadn't originally planned on reading - Midnight in Everwood. If anybody wants to read a retelling of The Nutcracker, this is a good one. It has some meh bits but on the whole, it was a solid 4 star read for me.
I have a series of 3 books that I am going to start but am planning on keeping them for the next round as they are not only longer than my usual books but they work for I's.

Eni wrote: "Just Fyi Sonia is trying to sabotage us.... She stepped on my glasses today... Broke one of the side pieces... So now I walk around looking like I'm watching an opera with those weird binoculars :("

I feel your pain. I have to go to the ophthalmologist as well to get my power checked. At present, I own 4 pairs of specs none of which has the correct power. Luckily though I only need them for distance and since I haven't been going to the cinema and I don't drive, I haven't really needed them.

I've found two more books with both pink text and family tags -

7 tags (Pg. 2)

58 tags (Pg. 2)

Audrey Jane wrote: "Preeti wrote: "I'm having the same problem. Everything I see turns out to be violet. I thought this would be a good excuse to read The Love Hypothesis but Tineye informs..."

It's definitely pink t..."

Thanks, Audrey. I am keeping it as a standby if I can't find any other books.

Melindam wrote: "I will also grab a 1000pager, but I don't know yet whether it should be Dombey and Son or The Magic Mountain.

But no luck on pink letters. :( All the pink-looking texts ..."

I'm having the same problem. Everything I see turns out to be violet. I thought this would be a good excuse to read The Love Hypothesis but Tineye informs me that the text is violet 😒

While there are a few genres I would much rather not have to deal with, on the whole, I am ok with everything except shapeshifters. Luckily, we only have to read 10 of them.

Btw, our word hasn't been updated yet. Hopefully, soon🤞🏻

Edit: OK...ignore what I just said. I was looking at the wrong spreadsheet.🤦🏻‍♀️
Anybody holding on to "Y" books until now can rejoice.

I stopped voting in the GR Choice awards a while back. I realised that I was only voting for a book because it was one of the only books I had read from of the nominees. Now I just use it as a recommendation list.

Hi, all. The last few days have been crazy. We had some family stuff that had to be done and involved waiting in several offices to get paperwork completed. The good thing was that I managed to get a good amount of reading done.
I am almost done with Where the Crawdads Sing. I have a chapter left which I will complete tomorrow morning.
I am halfway through the audiobook of Celestial Bodies and should be done with it if not tomorrow then definitely the day after.
I have one more book that I have to read before Saturday for another challenge which luckily also works for this challenge.

I'm still planning on reading The Left-Handed Booksellers of London but am not going to search for the audiobook after seeing the reviews. I managed to get the ebook and I will stick to that.
Like Audrey, I am reading it for the points plus the length is decent-ish.

I have two books to complete (Where the Crawdads Sing & Red, White & Royal Blue) and then I am going to read the Dino book.
By the way, it seems I accidentally added News of the World twice. I have deleted one of the entries.

Melindam wrote: "Finished "Dêsirée" by Annemarie Selinko. I loved it in my teens and still dis on this reread. Actually this should be a coming-of-age book, but not too many people seem to have read it, so there ar..."

I watched the movie for the first time when I was 5 or 6 years old and absolutely fell in love with Marlon Brando. It was only years later that I discovered that it was based on a book. I found a copy in a charity store and enjoyed reading it. Coincidentally, we cleared out my grandparents' old house recently and I found my copy. I have it on my TBR shelf and am looking forward to seeing if I still love it as much.

Sammy wrote: "I think the world would be a far nicer place if people on the whole took themselves a little less seriously (yes, ok, there's a time and a place, during brain surgery may be a good time to be very ..."
👍🏻 👍🏻 👍🏻

Sammy wrote: "Just to let you guys know, the Backroom BOM is up and running, and discussions are already plenty of fun, in case anyone was planning to join in.

I suspect much hilarity is still ahead... ;)"

I wasn't planning on reading it... totally not my cup of tea. But it is on KU. And I am trying to read outside my comfort zone. And it is short-ish.

Hi, all. I'm back from my tiny vacation. It was such a pleasure to be out of the city even if only for two days.
I managed to finish listening to a book on the way there as well as read a full book and start 2 others while I was there. I have updated the spreadsheet.

Sammy wrote: "And the December BOM is up!

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo"

Nice. I have the audiobook on my TBR. I read the book 2 years ago and loved it. I have been meaning to listen to the audiobook ever since I found it.