KayLynn’s Comments (group member since May 01, 2025)

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

Homegoing both the author and book are Ghana.
What Storm, What Thunder both the author and book are Haiti.
The High Mountains of Portugal is set in Portugal but Yann Martel is from Spain. Also - he is the author of Life of Pi
The First Mrs. Rothschild author is from Israel.
And shocking to me...Leigh Bardugo was born in Israel as well.

I added a bunch of books and authors to the recommendation tab.

Keli wrote: "KayLynn wrote: "


Would any of these count as a statue for the cover?"

KayLy..."

Good! I bought it like a billion years ago and got distracted and never read it.

Andy wrote: "at little off topic, but guess it's ok before the serious work starts 😁
it's 8:20 here, sun sets in about an hour,
book and tea beside me , out in the hammock
and the perfect song just came on
Laz..."

I like to listen to Andy Grammar when I want lazy, happy music.

These lists are incredible! Thank you Keli!

I have what may be a dumb question. Is Carnival the same whether it's celebrated in Brazil, New Orleans, Italy, etc. Those are all the same festival, right?

Sophie wrote: "KayLynn wrote: "When I log into the spreadsheet today, it says I'm 'view only' and all of the data we input isn't showing."

The most likely thing that's happened is you've opened the official shee..."

I sure did. Thank you!!!

When I log into the spreadsheet today, it says I'm 'view only' and all of the data we input isn't showing.

Would any of these count as a statue for the cover?

Ok! I've spent the last two days going through my very very large book library (not bragging, more like questioning my life choices and why I have so many books I've never read...) and making a list of all the different countries or settings besides USA, UK and Canada. I figure most books in English take place in those countries and since we are speaking English here we are probably going to read those the most. Could be wrong, but I figure it's not going to be a challenge to get those ones.
ANYWAYS...I have over 50 different countries between settings or author birth places. I could probably read all of them in the 3 months, if we needed...but since I'm not entirely sure how it works I'm not sure I'll need to.
And, well, there are plenty of things we need besides location.
Oh! I have some from Brazil AND Iceland, which I noticed were our first World Wheel countries.
Alright, think I'm done rambling for now. ;)

Sophie wrote: "MelM - can you remember whether more than 50% of Caprice and Rondo is set in a particular country? Can see he starts in Poland, but they also mention the Crimea and Flanders."

Question about that. How does one determine whether it's 50% or not. Is it best guest / honor system?

Hi! I'm KayLynn. I have never done this challenge. I'm hopping over here after finishing the Uno Challenge with the Perks of Being a Book Addict group. (Hey Claire, imagine meeting you again so soon!) I'm actually entirely new to Nothing But Reading Challenges, so I'm probably going to have a ton of questions about how this works.

My challenge shelf is: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

🏯What are your favourite places in the world? Anywhere with a sandy beach. I'm easy. Actually, my favorite favorite place in the world is Park City, UT. So gorgeous and yes, there is a lake nearby so I have my beach.

🏯 What are the places you would love to visit the most? Practically anywhere. I don't even have a passport, never left the USA. Top choices would be Netherlands, Greece, and Germany.

🏯Preferred mode of travel? RV life! My family has done a cross country trip in the USA in our RV. I love traveling that way. If I could drive my RV to Europe, Asia, Africa, etc, I absolutely would.

🏯Desert Island question: if you were allowed to take the (all) books of only three authors with you, who would they be? I've thought about this question for a long time and I really don't know. Here's the thing about me, I don't have just one or two or even three favorite authors. And I very rarely reread books. I don't have comfort books that I read when I'm sad or need a recharge. I already know I would have to be immortal to read all the books I want to read, so rereading doesn't have a lot of appeal. Must.Read.All.The.Books. BUT...if I HAD to choose? Agatha Christie - because she just has a lot of books and I love her. John Scalzi - because only reading murder mysteries would get boring eventually and his books are *chefs kiss*. And I'll need some romance to lighten it up so maybe Penny Reid or Cara Bastone.