Claire ’s Comments (group member since Dec 09, 2016)

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

🌍 Where are you journeying from?
I am from Antwerp, Belgium.

💖 A book, author, or genre that’s always “preciousss” to you?

I love fantasy, thrillers, classics and contemporary literary fiction.

The Robin Hobb series are high on my top list. The The World According to Garp is one of my all time favourites as is Antigone, Madame Bovary and the Elly Griffiths crime series

🍫 Optional snack check: if you were bringing second breakfast for the road, what’s in your pack?
Croissants or coconut cookies. And coffee, lots of coffee.

(While I was writing the Qs, Sauron overtook the thread, so don't be surprised at what's coming.)

🧿“Who is your favourite villain… and why is it obviously Me, Sauron?”

I happily forget villains but Joffrey Baratheon en Pete littlefinger are bad enough to be remembered

💍 Which unread book on your shelf whispers to you most like the Ring?
The books which I am waiting for to be published: the ending of game of thrones series and of Patrick Ness’ trilogy

🌋Which books/characters did you feel like throwing into Mount Doom?

All the people that do very very stupid things in books. I sometimes yell at my books esp. when reading a thriller. If you hear something outside in the dark, stay inside!

🥾What’s your favourite real-life walk… and why is it clearly the Road to Mordor?

I love to walk around in the city around the docks and in the medieval parts of it


🎒 Would you survive the Tongariro Alpine Crossing carrying Sam’s cookware set and Frodo’s the Mighty Lord Sauron's Ring?

Definitively not.

⚔️ If you needed rescuing, which literary character(s) would you choose would you choose the Nazgûls, the Balrog or the Orcs?

The Nazgûls, they are so mysterious.

Oh these answers are so much fun. Claire, thanks for changing your name. Quite a coincidence we both are from Belgium.

Fiona wrote: "Would love to be on a team with y'all again :)"

Me too 😀 I love this team.

Melindam wrote: "Hello 3Ps,

In case you haven't seen this yet... the new Wheel challenge will be rolling in shortly. :))

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Thank you. I miss this challenge

Wonderful. It was my favourite challenge this year.

KayLynn wrote: "Tell me more about Turf Wars. What group is doing it?
And what is the Wheelathon, Mel?"
Turf wars is in this group https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

Melindam wrote: "Claire,

could you please add your book Door het vuur to your shelf, please?
Thank you. :)"

Just updated and added another one.
Thank you all for playing this challenge. It was really fun. And thank you especially for the captains who did an amazing job.

Melindam wrote: "@Claire,

could you add Little Eyes to your tt shelf, please? Thank you. ☺️"

Done. Sorry, i have been a bit absent the past week as my daughter’s marriage was yesterday.

Fiona wrote: "Claire, could you please add De namen to your shelf? Thanks :)"

Done.

Melindam wrote: "Ars Amatoria is MPG Poetry, so unless we can verify the word count, we cannot use it. :("

The problem here is the MPG. While the book Ars amatoria is a long poem, this book actually has the poem with an extensive comment on it and an introduction about the writer and his work.

So sorry. I don’t see how I could verify it. I checked on Amazon and it doesn’t contain the word count.

I’ll read another O in a few days.

Melindam wrote: "@Claire,

could you please add Ariadne to your bookshelf? Thank you. :)"

Done. It was on my bookshelf, but when I just note I read the book and forget to add the date, it doesn’t show:-(

Melindam wrote: "Claire wrote: "I have an author born in the Chinese enclave of Saigon. Would it count? If so, can someone add Gouden lotus for me?"

I'm sorry, but I'll say no this. :( We need to ..."

No problem for me.

I have an author born in the Chinese enclave of Saigon. Would it count? If so, can someone add Gouden lotus for me?

Denise wrote: "Melindam wrote: "Denise wrote: "I have a 144 page book on my shelf by a Columbian author (level 2 country). Would it be more helpful to read this short book to complete an itinerary or to read a lo..."

I recognise that. Sometimes a difficult choice if it is for spelling out.

Fiona wrote: "Claire, could you please add Markering to your shelf? Thank you :)" Done. I keep forgetting because I don’t put every book on and thus I mess up :-)

Would this De huisgenotecount for red, white and blue on the cover ?

Sophie wrote: "I swear I had nothing to do with the flinging of cheese after the mention of the cheese bar."

Well, it looks a suspicious coïncidence if you ask me:-)

My cathedral book is done, so Spain is finished. I have one more book to go, but I’ve read a few. Could the letters Y,W or Z be of help? Otherwise I’ll read a longer book.

I can also take De stilte van de witte stad for cathedral/church on the cover. If it’s not okay for these two, please let me know.

If a hard country is needed, I can read De hemel is van blik for Senegal. I have only 2 books left this perios, so want to chose the most needed.