Nistha’s Comments (group member since Apr 16, 2023)

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

I am reading for the BoM which is needed for a Mini as well - should be done before deadline


Edit: Done now for round 1!

Fiona wrote: "We sent 2 and I’ll send another one within the next hour 😊"

Ahh that's great! There are so many mini-embedded-challenges in book games, I keep forgetting but I am also loving it hahah

Btw, have we sent any books for the supply drop? Conscious we received 2 from them already right

This sounds great to me!

What should we do about the supply drop? I almost forgot about it.. Any interesting books we can send?

Edit:

I saw quite a lot of books that can work for a lot of prompts (probs just need to check for the mini as well - offcourse where we are not lagging)

Christina, Judy, so sorry about that! I am in the same boat work-wise, getting so little sleep is draining me. And I have a feeling things won't be good for me this month at work, so just doing some breathing sessions in.

Currently, focusing on one book and one audiobook to finish.

Woo! Top position! Great job everyone 🥳🥳

Judy wrote: "Nistha and Anna, can you please add The Hunger Games to your shelf?

Gwen, can you please make sure these are on your shelf/have a read date:

The Temporary Wife
An Ugly Love
Bad Boss
The Prince"

Done!

Question: I am planning to read Dating Dr. Dil and it has the word Harvest in form of someone's name, does that work?

"Kareena thanked the driver, and within seconds of approaching the front door of Harvest Grill, someone called her name."

Judy wrote: "Nistha wrote: "I was planning to read Malevolent Seven but thinking about doing Salt and Broom now.. I was contemplating between BoM or mini but I think BoM gives us more points"

Yep, BOM is worth..."

Actually Salt & Broom does have the word harvest in it!

Judy wrote: "Fiona wrote: "My parents are flying to Crete on Sunday, can I count their messages as reading? 🤪
I wish I could read for the Crete task but can’t find anything that interests me at the moment"

Tha..."

I was planning to read Malevolent Seven but thinking about doing Salt and Broom now.. I was contemplating between BoM or mini but I think BoM gives us more points

Fiona wrote: "My parents are flying to Crete on Sunday, can I count their messages as reading? 🤪
I wish I could read for the Crete task but can’t find anything that interests me at the moment"

The timing with the mini is hilariously perfect!

Judy wrote: "Nistha wrote: "I have Circe which I can potentially read for Crete (have been putting off for a while)."

Unfortunately, Circe is actually only set on Crete for a very short time and won't work for..."

Oh damn! Just when I thought I would pick it up haha

I have Circe which I can potentially read for Crete (have been putting off for a while).

ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "Haha, Nistha - I was just thinking that last night as I was finding books that fit a lot of the mini tasks. I was setting up my posts on the spreadsheet and searching books for words inside the tex..."

Literally me right now haha!

Gwen|| Bookish Blondie wrote: "I typically just add books that look interesting to my currently reading and fit them in between the impulse books I read that randomly get recommended on kindle unlimited or on here. But if it it’..."

I feel I spend more time finding / deciding on books than reading them haha.. I quite enjoy the planning part also.. There was a time when I was young and did a lot of impulse reading

I feel like I start 3-4 books at the same time, finish them within one day from each other and then again start 4-5 haha.. So I have a few concentrated days where I finish books then a long stretch where I am progressing on all.

I will have a look at the mini later on.

I finished it tonight and I loved it to be honest! More than I thought I would. I am quite intrigued by the coming parts now.

The ending took a love triangle turn (which I don't mind). I quite liked Peeta and his innocence - the character grew on me, but initially did not feel much. I mean it was a huge assumption on Katniss's part to think he was also faking/acting/playing love angle when he put his life in danger for her.

The berries scene at the end feel a bit rushed to me, but I overall like the conclusion.

I finished part 2.

Rue's part finally came but it hit me less than when I watched the movie. I liked her character and what she meant for Katniss at the games. It's interesting to see how Katniss is using strategy along with skills to win a game where they are quite an underdog. I wonder what the point was for Capitol to announce that 2 people can win from the same district?! Maybe I will uncover it once I read on.. I remember it being a trap to be reverted by the end or something like that. I felt Katniss and Peeta had some sort of plot armour in some scenes but overall quite a compelling read still.

I kind of hate how the movies have put Jennifer Lawrence's face whenever I think of Katniss. I would have assumed her a bit different. Thankfully, I forgotten about Peeta from the movies

Christina wrote: "❗July BOMs polls open until June :

- July Adult or Nonfiction https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...
- July Themed BOM "Time Flies When You're Having Fun..."

I also voted for the same books (The Measure has been in my TBR for a long time). I have already read Silent Patient and This is How You Lose the Time War. The latter is one of my favourite books of all time and I can re-read it again in case it gets selected.

I was very tempted to vote for Funny Story as I love Emily Henry.