Aiswrya’s Comments (group member since Mar 30, 2020)

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

M wrote: "Book: Poison Study Author: Maria V. Snyder
Date Read: 7-1-20
Pages: 427
Works for letters:
Y – MC Yelena Zaltana
P - Title
A – MC Ari
R – ..."

I’ve had this book on my TBR forever! Was it good?

Laura wrote: "Aiswrya wrote: "Completion Post
Book: Silent in the Grave
By: Deanna Raybourn
Read: 6/30/2020
Pages: 441
Works for: 'S' Title, 'R' Author, 'N' Male MC Nicholas, 'P' ..."

I quite enjoyed the book. The murder plot is simple and straightforward. It becomes the main subject only towards the tail end of the book, the rest of it focused on Lady Julia. Even so, I thoroughly enjoyed the humor in the writing and the characters were entertaining till the very end. I just finished the second book. Same feedback again :) the murder is an afterthought in this series haha

Completion Post
Book: Silent in the Grave
By: Deanna Raybourn
Read: 6/30/2020
Pages: 441
Works for: 'S' Title, 'R' Author, 'N' Male MC Nicholas, 'P' Character Portia, 'A' character Aquinas, 'E' character Edward, 'U' character Ursula

Tags: Someone has tagged it 'Spy-Games'. If that works, this is the link - https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Tasks:
#67 Read #1 in a series

Laura wrote: "Aiswrya wrote: "Laura wrote: "Aiswrya wrote: "Laura wrote: "Teddie wrote: "Aiswrya wrote: "I’ve got two! I’m reading one called Silent in the Grave. Three chapters in, I’m already hooked. Has a ver..."

Great, if you have audible escape, the first three are on it. I think the entire series is on Unlimited.

Laura wrote: "Aiswrya wrote: "Laura wrote: "Teddie wrote: "Aiswrya wrote: "I’ve got two! I’m reading one called Silent in the Grave. Three chapters in, I’m already hooked. Has a very Agatha Christie feel to it! ..."

Oh, try secrets of the zodiac. It’s very light, more romance than mystery. Silent in the grave is pretty light too (going off of the first half, I can’t imagine it suddenly taking a dark turn)

I haven’t tried anything by her before, let me go look her up!

EDIT: Oh, vampires and military romance. Not my cup of tea haha

Laura wrote: "Teddie wrote: "Aiswrya wrote: "I’ve got two! I’m reading one called Silent in the Grave. Three chapters in, I’m already hooked. Has a very Agatha Christie feel to it! The other Devil in Spring. No ..."

Yeah, I’m roughly 33% through. I’m liking it so far, even though book is set in the 19th century, the characters have a very modern view on life (the widow’s father hints at her to have an affair LOL) and the writing is humorous. The murder has been more on the background than the forefront so far, but I’m hoping that would change soon.

Is there an audio version of the book? I couldn’t find it in any of my libraries :(

Teddie wrote: "Aiswrya wrote: "I’ve got two! I’m reading one called Silent in the Grave. Three chapters in, I’m already hooked. Has a very Agatha Christie feel to it! The other Devil in Spring. No feedback yet on..."

I’ll add that to my TBR :) thanks!

No, restaurants are open for take out only. Indoor dining starts on July 2nd. I’m looking forward to it!!

Kayaks sound lovely! Hope you have fun :)

Me too! We get the week off from work for 4th of July. I had a coast to coast road trip planned, but we had to cancel it ☹️ now all I want is to be able to go to a restaurant and eat a meal!

I’ve got two! I’m reading one called Silent in the Grave. Three chapters in, I’m already hooked. Has a very Agatha Christie feel to it! The other Devil in Spring. No feedback yet on this one

Completion Post
Book: A Reckless Soul
By: Elizabeth Cole
Read: 6/29/2020
Pages: 349
Works for: 'A'/'R' Title, 'E'/'C' Author, 'S' Female MC Sophie

Tags: Someone has tagged it 'Spy-Games'. If that works, this is the link - https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Tasks:
#118 Read a book with multiple points of view- the book is told in both Sophie's and Bruce's points of view.

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Book: Schooling the Duke
By: Christi Caldwell
Read: 6/27/2020
Pages: 304
Works for: 'S' Title, 'C' Author, 'T' Tim Campbell Narrator, 'R'/'E' Female MC Rowena Endicott, 'G' Male MC Graham, 'A' Female MC 'Ainsley', 'T' Character Jack Turner, 'S' Character Lady Serena

Tags: None

Tasks:
#83 Read a book set in mainland Europe - set in London

My library is reopening on July 6th 🥳

Awesome! Thanks Laura :)

Completion Post
Book: Jane Eyre
By: Charlotte Brontë
Read: 6/26/2020
Pages: 532
Works for: 'E' - Female MC - Jane Eyre, 'R' Male MC Rochester, 'A' Adele - character,

Tags: None

Tasks:
#84 Read a book with three people on the cover

Laura wrote: "Aiswrya wrote: "I have a few more hours to go to finish Jane Eyre. That should give us close to 600 pages :)"

Ohhh nice. Are you liking it?
I’m halfway through a book that I need for another chal..."

Yeah! I'm really enjoying it :)

Laura wrote: "Team Pants-
I'm amazed at the number of books you have read this round. It's totally awesome. Well done everyone.
I'm a big believer in letting and telling teammates to read what they want for tea..."

Oh wow! That's awesome.
Question though - why is it better to read longer books than to read more books? For eg - I would enjoy reading 2 medium length books (~300 pages each ) more than I would enjoy reading one 600 page book because the longer book will definitely have some draggy bits in the middle and I'd just lose interest. And I feel like the longer books take forever to get to the main story LOL. I have read very few long books that have been fast paced start to finish. Any thoughts?

I have a few more hours to go to finish Jane Eyre. That should give us close to 600 pages :)

Laura wrote: "Aiswrya wrote: "No, I quite enjoyed it! It was just taking me forever to finish. And the narrators pace wasn’t ideal. But the story was great!"

Great! Glad you enjoyed it. I think I loved book 1 t..."

Cool - Jane Eyre has been on my TBR forever! I'll read that :)

Has anyone read it? I feel like the classics are always a hit or miss. You either love it or hate it!

What letters do we need next?