Denise’s Comments (group member since Mar 31, 2021)

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

I was excited to find a copy of Princess of Burundi on my shelf, but it isn't actually set in Burundi. It's set in Sweden. :(

Lauri wrote: "Aloha!
I’m Lauri from Hawaii & am very excited to play! I think Towers is my very favorite challenge! I’ve done a bunch of them so far. BUT I still can’t do a link to save my own life. So…

My shel..."

I almost said Janet Evanovich! I changed my answer because I've read almost everything she has written. Even some of the super old stuff. No judgement here!

Hello teammates!

I'm Denise. I live in the U.S. I'm a little rusty on Tower Teams, but I have played it a couple of times in the past. I'll be the one over here asking lots of questions. :)

I'll read just about anything, but definitely read more mysteries, thrillers/mild horror, or rom coms (the com is important!). I also love magical realism and quirky characters.

Here's a link to my tower teams shelf: Tower Teams 2025

🏯What are your favourite places in the world? Santorini, Greece (in the off-season. I'm not a fan of crowds). I also loved Hawaii and Roatan, Honduras.

🏯 What are the places you would love to visit the most? I'd love to visit the rest of the Hawaiian Islands, Ireland, Spain...it's a pretty long list, actually.

🏯Preferred mode of travel? Ohhh....I've never really given this much thought. Maybe airplane? Although I think a cruise would be fun. We haven't done that yet.

🏯Desert Island question: if you were allowed to take the (all) books of only three authors with you, who would they be? This is also tricky. I'll say Stephen King (because he has tons of books and writes multiple genres), Jojo Moyes (I just like her writing), and J.D. Kirk (I couldn't decide on a third author and I just discovered him, so his books would keep me busy for a while).

Honorable mention: M.C. Beaton (she has tons of books, too!)

I'm looking forward to this challenge. We do have a busy summer planned, but I'll do my best to keep up!

Hello Team Lotus Tower. Just popping in to say hi and admire the pics of your beautiful tower. Seriously - so pretty! Happy reading! :)

MelanieJoy wrote: "I’ve been seeing Donna Andrews in my library search once I searched for similar to “Every time I go on Vacation Someone Dies”. I May check her out!"

I just got approved for an advanced copy of No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding! It might have to be an early Tower Teams read.

RachelG. wrote: "Denise wrote: "RachelG. wrote: "One of my favorite cozy mystery author's is Donna Andrews. I'm re-reading all her books this year and they still are just as good the second time."

I've actually ne..."

Ok, thanks. I'll check them out. It's so hard to tell if cozies are serious or silly because they all have silly titles. 😂

RachelG. wrote: "One of my favorite cozy mystery author's is Donna Andrews. I'm re-reading all her books this year and they still are just as good the second time."

I've actually never read her. Are they funny? Or am I thinking of someone else...

Kelly (Maybedog) wrote: "Gosh, my TBR just for M/M was at 1379 books I think. I got it down to two hundred something. But it doesn't go down because most of what I read are series and when I'm done with one I often then ad..."

Cozy mysteries are kind of addictive if you get a good writer. I'm working on Emmaline Duncan's and Vivien Chien's right now.

I cleaned up my TBR during the Covid months and deleted a few hundred that I wasn't interested in anymore, but I need to do it again.

I am loving these recommendations! My TBR list is getting longgggg.

Christina wrote: "MelanieJoy wrote: "A good gateway book for thriller in my opinion would be The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware. I read it in this group as a BOM and it opened my eyes to some lighter thrillers that ..."

There's also a second book out this summer! The Woman in Suite 11

Here's a question not related to wine or dairy (but feel free to continue this discussion as well. Mr. Chonks is my favorite)...

I tend to read my comfort genres almost exclusively, but I always say I'm going to branch out. If you were going to recommend a book (from any genre) that would be great for people who don't normally read that genre, what would it be? What's a good "gateway book" to get people hooked?

Kelly (Maybedog) wrote: "I'd eat that way if someone cooked for me. :)"

Same.

I'm cracking up at how long we've kept this gin/wine/cheese topic going. 😂

Shelby wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "MN Lisa wrote: "Saar The Book owl wrote: "I love sweet white wines"
Moscato is my favorite"

..and mine lisa...😋😋"

I'll be joining you ladies on the Moscato and sweet whites are m..."

Mmmm. Our nearest grocery store started stocking refrigerated moscato splits by the checkout. It's dangerous. 😂

Leslie Ann wrote: "I will be flying back from Greece on the 17 th !!! Just in time. How do I edit my submission?"

If you need a restaurant recommendation in Greece, my favorite was Athinaikon in Athens. Enjoy your trip!

I signed up. I think our summer may be a little chaotic (I feel like I've been saying this for all of 2025), but I also have FOMO, so I signed up with a conservative number of books per month.

Teddie wrote: "Stephie wrote: "Agreed this was seriously the most organized challenge I've ever jumped into not knowing what it was about! I loved the spreadsheet!"

The spreadsheet was amazing - thanks for all t..."

Feel free to reach out to me if there are other fun challenges I'm missing! :)

P.S. I just started a book with cupcakes on the cover. 😉

Thanks again for organizing us, captains! This has been a great team. It was honestly more fun than some of the winning teams I've been on. I love that everyone collaborated and kept it light and fun.

Donna wrote: "Denise wrote: "Donna wrote: "Speaking of team challenges... if anyone is interested. I could use another player in one of mine over in Game Night."

How does that work?"

It is called It's a Space ..."

If you want, you can send me a link. I tried to find it, but didn't have any luck.