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

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

Polyphemus

TASK: character engages in some sort of trickery (your interpretation

BOOK: Yellowface R.F. Kuang
PAGES: 316 p.
DATE READ : 10 march
HOW IT FITS: MC uses book dead friend and acts as if she wrote it

SIRENSTASK: takes place on a boat or a ship
BOOK: In orbit Samantha Harvey
PAGES: 192 p.
DATE READ: 7 march
HOW IT FITS: spaceship

Erymanthian boar

Title starts with a letter from MOUNTAIN

Moord aan tafel (Moord op het menu Book 1) Tom Hillenbrand 260 p. 5 march

Charybdis

Task : characters take a boat trip (of any type)

James Percival Everett 320 p. 5 march

Caucasian eagle

character goes to prison/jail (or is already there)

De zaak Magritte Toni Coppers 287 p. 2 march
Page count oke 200-299 p.

2. Caucasian eagle moderate
◾️Bird on coverDe ravenjongens Maggie Stiefvater 365 p. 26 february

POLYPHEMES

TASK 1 takes place on an island

Good-Bye, Mr. Chips James Hilton 144 p. 22 february 2025
Set in england

Erymanthian boar

Task 3 character gets drunk De val van Thomas G. Nelleke Noordervliet 288 p. 21 february 2025

MC gets drunk

4. Charybdis

Task 2 MC is forced to make a hard choice (your interpretation

Het gefluister achter de deur T.J. Klune 440 p. 23. february 2025
Go through door or not

Greek monsters

1. Erymanthian boar very hard
◾️Hit points 500 to 650 p.
✔️◾️Title starts with a letter from MOUNTAIN
✔️◾️snow on cover
✔️◾️character gets drunk
✔️◾️MPG Animal

2. Caucasian eagle moderate
✔️◾️200 to 299 oke
◾️Set in Russia
✔️◾️Bird on cover
✔️◾️The letters liver in title
✔️◾️character goes to prison/jail (or is already there

3. Sirens
Easy
◾️100-175
◾️takes place on a boat or ship
◾️character is deaf
◾️Rope on cover
◾️Mermaid in text

4. Charybdis how are you alive
◾️651+
◾️Author's name (first or last) starts with one of the letters in POOL
✔️◾️MC is forced to make a hard choice (your interpretation
◾️fig in title or text
✔️◾️characters take a boat trip (of any type)

5.Polyphemus very hard
◾️500 to 650 p.
✔️◾️takes place on an island
✔️◾️character engages in some sort of trickery (your interpretation)
◾️sheep AND people on cover
✔️◾️MC is a farmer MathildeLeïla Slimani 3 april 356

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6.The ABC Murders Agatha Christie 252 p.
7. De Japanse minnaar Isabel Allende 319 p.
8. Rechercheur De Klerck en de sluier van de dood P. Dieudonné 274 p.
9.Achter de spiegel Cornelia Funke 296 p.
10. Verdwenen Willow Rose 304 p.
11. Het kamermeisje Nita Prose 336 p.
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13. Zie mij Jennifer Hillier 384 p.
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18. Violeta Isabel Allende 322 p.
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21. Blauwe maan Lee Child 381 p. 28 january 2025
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23. The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 276 p. 31 january 2025
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26. . Ragnar Jónasson part 1 in series 224 p. 2 february 2025
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39. Het gefluister achter de deur T.J. Klune 440 p. 23. february 2025
Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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43. De Liefde, Natuurlijk Carlos Drummond de Andrade 125 p. 25 february
44. De pianiste 296 p. 28 february
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47. Bezonken rood Jeroen Brouwers 152 p. 2 march
48. James Percival Everett 320 p. 5 march
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51. In orbit Samantha Harvey 192 p. 7 march
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60. De winter van de profeet 442 p. 20 march
61. Kat & muis Ian Rankin 231 p. 19 march
62. Bride and Groom Rona Halsall 321 p. 21 march
63. Lieg nooit Freida McFadden 271 p. 22
64. Jaag je ploeg over de botten van de doden Olga Tokarczuk 298 p. 23 march
65. De Cock en kermis in de hel Peter Römer 144 p. 24 march
66. De dag van de Jakhals Frederick Forsyth 476 p. 25 march
67.Rosa & Hannah. De (on)mogelijke revolutie Joke J. Hermsen 69 p. 26 march
68.Het transgalactische liftershandboek Douglas Adams 27 march 192 p.
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72. The Lives of Lee Miller Antony Penrose 350 p. 30 march
73. Met onbekende bestemming Agatha Christie 195 p. 31 march
74.Dageraad boven de boete Suzanne Collins 464 p. 1 april
75. Mathilde Leïla Slimani 3 april 356 p.
76.Noem me bij jouw naam André Aciman 257 p. 4 april
77.Nooit, nooit, nooit Linn Strømsborg 5 april 256 p.
78.BloedverwantStuart Neville 296 p. 8 april
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Itinerary around the world 2025
1 january 2025-31 december 2025

Itinerary around the world 2025
1 january 2025- 31 december 2025

Itinerary 9

✔️1. Gunnison (US) - Florence (US) Read a book that was originally published between 2006 and 2010
Je bent gewaarschuwd originally published 2007

✔️2. Florence (US) - Bermuda (BM) Read a book where a character is a mythical creature

Achter de spiegel Cornelia Funke
Read 13 jan 2025 , 296 p. Name
Fairies and ghoals

✔️3. Bermuda (BM) - Abuja (NG) Read a book that has 3 vowels in a row in the title

The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life—Before 8AM Hal Elrod 224 p. 9 february 2025
Obvious

4. Abuja (NG) - Hurghada (EG) "Read a book with the phrase ""hot potato"" in a book"

5. Hurghada (EG) - Nizhny Novgorod (RU) Read a book with a ball gown on the cover

6. Nizhny Novgorod (RU) - Almaty (KZ) Read a book written in first person narration

7. Almaty (KZ) - Petropavlovsk (RU) "Sort your ""to read"" shelf by 'date added' and read a book that is within Numbers 1-50 on your list (the first column before the book cover image)"

8. Petropavlovsk (RU) - Gunnison (US) Read a book where the edition you are reading was published on the 16th of a month

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link
I will start with ten. Have allready read a few in 2018

I finished 42/40 here.
I’d like to go for 50 this year
1. The Comfort of Strangers Ian McEwan 127 p. 4 january 2019 4 stars
2. Hunger Knut Hamsun 134 p. 7 january 2019 4 stars
3.De tweeling Tessa de Loo 480 p. 1/14/19 3 stars
4. The Good Soldier Švejk Jaroslav Hašek 752 p. 20 january 2019 5 stars
5. The Secret Agent Joseph Conrad 304 p. 29 january 2019 3 stars
6. The Turn of the Screw Henry James 176 p. 30 january 2019 3 stars

Thank you for the game!

Wildernis Jane Harper 368 p. 4 december 2018 3 stars

JH W
Aaron Falk series A
Characters:
Aaron Falk AF
Carmen C
Alice Russel AR
Jill Bailley JB
Breanna and Beth. B



Life Sentences Laura Lippman 390 p. 4 december 2018 1 stars

LLL
Characters

Calliope Jenkins CJ
Cassandra Fellows CF



Dumb Witness Agatha Christie 317 p. 4 december 2018 3 stars ⛄️
fits task 3
DAC
Series Hercule Poirot H
Characters:

Characters
Arthur Hastings AH ,
Hercule Poirot HP,
Emily Arundell EA,
Wilhelmina ‘Minnie’ Lawson WL
, Charles Arundell CA ,
Theresa Arundell TA
Bella Tanios BT,
Dr Jacob Tanios JT
Dr Rex Donaldson RD ,
Dr. Grainger. G

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Benjamin Alire Sáenz 359 p. 5 dcember 2018 4 stars
ABAS

CHARACTERS
Aristotle "Ari" Mendoza AM
, Dante Quintana DC

The Day of the Dead Nicci French 416 p. 6 december 2018 4 stars
TNF
Series: Frieda Klein F
Characters
Yvette Y
Olivia O
Lola L
Frida Klein (FK)
Josef (J)
Chloe (C)
Jack (J)
Karlsson K



Parker Pyne Investigates Agatha Christie 320 p. 7 december 2018 3 stars
PAC
Series Ariadne Oliver A
Characters
Parker Pyne, PP
Miss Lemon L
It might fit fourteen, but someoneon computer can check? I’m on ipad

Ohio Stephen Markley 496 p. 8 december 2018 4 stars
OSM

Lisa (L)
Bill (B)
Stacey (S)
Danny (D)
Rick (R)
Fits task 14 and 18

The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo 1 december 2018 4 stars
(Paperback edition The Poet X 361 p. )
TEA
Characters:
Xiomara Batista (XB)
Aman (A)

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Roddy Doyle 307 p. 1 december 2018 4 stars
PRD
Characters

Paddy Clarke (PC)
Sinbad (S)
Francis(F)
Kevin (K)
Charles "Charlo" Leavy (CL)
Aiden and Liam O'Connel (ALO)
Ian McEvoy (IM)

Fits: 33 green text in the cover


Dark Saturday Nicci French 400 p. 2 december 2018 4 stars
DNF
Series: Frida Klein 6
Characters
Frida Klein (FK)
Hannah (H)
Josef (J)
Chloe (C)
Jack (J)



That Darkness Lisa Black 363 p. 3 december 2018 3 stars
TLB
Series Gardiner and Renner G

Jack Renner JR
Maggie Gardiner MG
Patty Wildwood PW

Die laatste zomer Tatiana de Rosnay 351 p. 3 december 2018 3 stars
DTR
Characters:
Antoine Rey (AR)
Melanie (M)
Astrid (A)
Serge (S)
Margo (M)
Angele (A)

Fits task 11: body of water on the cover