Karen ⊰✿’s Comments (group member since Sep 23, 2012)

Karen ⊰✿’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Elisabeth wrote: "I'm starting my green book next. I think I'm right that we're still a few short? My other two can go to the city tally so will read them after this one."

We have 8/10 green read :)

Great! I just started by Seoul book.
My family is away camping this weekend and I’m still home bound and SSoooooo bored 😂 a friend is coming over tonight for a girls night but before then I am getting some good reading done

I finished my Havana book, and Lisa finished her Sydney one, so we now have 9/10 initial locations done! One more unique one and then we can start to double/triple up :)

woohoo

:)

Keely wrote: "I found a book in Tokyo that I can probably get done tonight. It's pretty short but it will help cross another location off the list."

Great! I also found a book in Seoul I can pick up once I finish Havana

Happy Friday!

Which means it has been a week since my foot operation. Just 6 more days until stitches come out. Yay!

We have completed THREE spell it outs of Didgeridoo. Great work team! And Cats just finished a 1000+ page book. Amazing.

we have also completed 6/10 green covers and 6/10 initial locations

I'm currently reading my Havana book which is interesting as I really know very little about Cuba and this book follows two time lines - one with a family having to escape in 1958 ; and then 2 generations later their granddaughter in 2017 travelling to Havana for the first time.
I'll start looking for other unique locations I can cover :)

Nice! It looked fun, but I couldn't get it from my libraries. I need to get my audible credit for the month ;0

Melindam wrote: "Karen,

should you choose Clean Sweep, or whenever you get to it, I very much recommend the Graphic Audio, full cast production.
It's a lot of fun! :)"

Thanks!!

I finished

which is my 3rd read of this book (unusual for me!). Having finished the series recently I just really wanted to go back to where it all began. Love Kate.

woohoo. Now I can stalk your shelves too, Kristie😁

Elisabeth wrote: "I read the third one in round 1. I think they're getting better and better. So much fun. I can hear Richard Osman's voice as I read. Such dry wit ..."

Yes, his humour and also experience as a TV writer really comes through.
I love the interviews at the end of the books with him too (on audio at least) where he talks about the writing process and the characters

Fiona wrote: "I can't wait to read this one! I read the other ones in German though, so I have to wait for the German translation which takes sooooo long..."

Maybe you could do both? ;)
This book really deepens the characters

Sammy
Did you read these on audio? (I just did a compare shelves to what I have as to-read that you read in 2023!)

Sammy wrote: "Probably not as I'm not allowed to buy any more books this year, lol.

But if you read it, lemme know if it's any good for when my ban ends😁"

haha
I would have bought it this week but it has no letters that work for our Wheel spell it out! *pout* so need to wait for our next spin

I really want to read which is somewhat surprising to me! Anyone reading that in Oct? ;)
It is narrated by Michelle Williams too....

Sammy wrote: "Melindam wrote: "That's Mr Dickens to you. 🤭"

Hey, at least I didn't call him Chaz! 😂"

lol!

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "These are much faster (and happier) reads than Cormoran!
Did you watch the TV series? So well done"

I'm Loving the TV series! Just finished Lethal White. The casting is fantastic...."

I agree!

These are much faster (and happier) reads than Cormoran!
Did you watch the TV series? So well done

I finished

which was a great addition to the series! And it works for every letter in Digeridoo which is a bit exciting ;) Too bad it isn't a green cover based in one of our locations lol

Fun! I'm looking forward to see who is in for November so I can scan shelves :)

--edit-- and I'm very sorry I don't shelve my audios separately!!! But if you find something on my shelf I can confirm which media I used. The majority of my books I get on audio along with a kindle/paperback so it's probably good odds

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Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read: 6
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 3

Books in category:
Will be choosing from these:

From Melindam


From Sammy


From Kristie


From Alisha


FINISHED

from Kristie
from Alisha
from Sammy
from Mel

End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: 77
Audiobooks in monthly category read: 4

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why): They were all so good, but hard to go past . Julia Whelan writing a book about audiobook narrators.... it just can't get better