Melissa’s Comments (group member since May 12, 2019)

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

Beth wrote: "I'm squinting at this to see if it's green enough:

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Ooof. That one is really tough. I could go either way.

Amy the book-bat wrote: "I am looking for some horror recommendations for books under 250 pages. If anyone has any ideas, I would appreciate them... can be novels, manga/graphic novels, poetry, whatever."

Have you read anything by Samantha Schweblin?
She is an Argentinian writer. They are more psychological horror. Fever Dream is 183 pages. I've read a collection of her short stories, and I'm still kinda freaked out by it!

I started The Daughter of Doctor Moreau which is pretty interesting - hybrids and all. While I was looking for the book on Libby, I found The Island of Doctor Moreau and I thought, hmmmm are these related?
I will find out!

Happy Reading !!😊

Beth wrote: "Yay Louise!

I've read and enjoyed Chirp. Messner is a solid kidlit writer. I'm very impressed that you all seem to know what book you are going to read next..."

:) Thanks!
It's probably because I'm going to teach this book later in May.....

I think I will read
for white
and

for bright yellow

I'm just finishing up for some other challenges these days, but I did get a book certificate for my birthday, and picked up ! It's a dark green though, so I'll keep looking for other covers :)

Beth wrote: "I picked up a book and then put it down again to concentrate on some of the dozens of books I already have bookmarks in. See, this team is helping me even before the challenge starts!"

Nice!!

Nikki the Sapphired Book Dragon wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Fantasy and sci-fi peeps - I just recently discovered Brandon Sanderson (late to the game, I know....) and James Corey. I'm really enjoying the Mistborn series and the Expanse serie..."

The Wheel of Time has been on my tbr for a while now. It's good then?

Maritza wrote: "Goid Morning Guys. I have been looking over my books looking for colors for the towers. I usually just read what I want and try to read BOM fir additional points. I will probably be on lower page c..."

Excellent. It looks like we need all kinds of books - including those low page counts.

Emma (M) wrote: "Brandon Sanderson is one of my favourite authors. I’ve got book 5 of the Mistborn series Shadows of Self on the list for reading this challenge.

Warbreaker is probab..."

Ooh. Good to know. I'll have to check that out.

Delitealex wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Fantasy and sci-fi peeps - I just recently discovered Brandon Sanderson (late to the game, I know....) and James Corey. I'm really enjoying the Mistborn series and the Expanse serie..."

Nice! Do you have favorite sci-fi authors?

Amy the book-bat wrote: "Hi
I'm Amy from Ohio. I am a book addict that has little time to read. I work as a caregiver for a young man with spina bifida. It can be challenging at times, but he can do a lot for himself and j..."

Welcome Amy!

It sounds as though you are very busy! I am glad you can come hang out with us :)
Yes, please drop the links for the Booktube challenges! It will be fun for us to look them over.
I look forward to checking out the books you have recommended.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Delitealex wrote: "Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Delitealex wrote: "@Karen What was the interesting Scifi you read? I'm trying to get caught up on a few older series by David Weber, Elizabeth Moon and Tanya Huf..."

I agree! I only read the first one, but would like to read more.

Saar The Book owl wrote: "Hi everyone,

my name is Saar and I'm almost 40.(I'm scared of that age!)
I live in Bruges (Belgium) with my husband and my son of 10. I've got 2 cats (+ 3 strays in the garden), 2 chickens and a h..."

The 40s are great years. Don't be afraid! I felt I finally figured out who I was then :)

Fantasy and sci-fi peeps - I just recently discovered Brandon Sanderson (late to the game, I know....) and James Corey. I'm really enjoying the Mistborn series and the Expanse series.

I've never been on such a big team! This is great!!

Vicki wrote: "Louise and/or co-caps, I'm trying to remember if I may start a book prior to the beginning of the challenge as long as I finish it after it begins or do I need to wait to begin a book?"

Hello Vicki!
For this challenge, you need to wait to start until the challenge begins.

Hello all!
I am one of the co-captains. I live in Vermont, US, with my husband, 2 somewhat spoiled cats, and one very attached blue-heeler. I'm a middle school teacher. (phew) One of my daughters is in college, and the other is off adventuring in the world!

I love reading challenges. They boosted my reading from 25 books a year to over 100 - and I have my eye on 200 :) I read and also listen to audio when I have to do the dreaded housework..

I enjoy nonfiction, sci-fi, fantasy, historical fiction, and genre mash-ups. I've read some horror / historical fiction books that were really interesting. I love anything with nature - or people fighting for nature. I'll read just about anything though - and throw in a romance every now and then - although I prefer them to have a historical bent.

Louise - so sorry about your partner. What a stressful time that must have been.
Karen- I hope you tell us a bit about your trip! It sounds amazing. I love all things animals, and even love insects :) I bet there are some really cool ones there.
Emma - my family all loves soccer, so I'll have to ask about this. What does this excitement look like in Wales?

I'm really looking forward to hearing about you all and checking out what you read :)
My TTX shelf is linked above.

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