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[Melindam]

Sammy wrote: "Nothing against the people (I even like some Glaswegians 😆), but I much prefer to be listening to less abrasive accents when I "have my ears on", as hubby calls it 😆"

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I see the sentiment and also the ratio behind a Northern Irish narrator, obvs, but yes to preferring less "abrasive" accents. 😊

[Cat]

We think this works for "headless person on cover"?

[Melindam]

Very headless!!🤭

[Cat]

well, but is it sufficiently a person ? ;P

[Melindam]

For me, for monsters wheel yes. ;)

As we are less strict on rules here. If it were TT, I'd say no. :))

[Sophie, The other one]

That's sufficiently a person for me too.

[Sammy]

Definitely works!

My family arrived yesterday, so I've not been able to get online much. I'll be quiet for a couple of days, then hopefully business as usual 😉

[Cat]

finally finished April Lady!

spun
Micajah and Wiley Harpe (Mississippi River)
1 200 to 299
2 Takes place in Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois and Mississippi
3 two authors
4 features siblings
5 character takes a boat ride

[Melindam]

Purchasing the kindle edition for Say Nothing really helped. I kept switching between it and the audio and eventually grew accustomed to the accent. 😊

[Melindam]

According to GR The Halloween Tree is set in Illinois. I have it in Audible Plus, so I can take that task.

Sammy,

I know you read that one. Is this correct?

[Sammy]

Yes, I enjoyed it.

I know you're not a fan of horror, but not sure what your threshold is. I'd call this creepy, rather than scary.

[Sammy]

(It is a kids' book, so not even that creepy either, lol)

[Melindam]

Sammy wrote: "(It is a kids' book, so not even that creepy either, lol)"

I checked that it's a kid's book, that's the only reason why I'd even consider it, LOL.

You can be blamed for this one making it onto my TBR, just sayin'. 🤭

[Sammy]

lol!

Bradbury is a very atmospheric writer. but you should be ok. either way, it's a short one too! 😆

[Sammy]

And that's those pesky Gelth gone!

Snowmen (The Great Intelligence)

1 350 to 450
2 Letters of CLARA in title
3 Snow on cover
4 Teeth visible on cover
5 "nanny" or "governess" in text

[Melindam]

I got my Kobo today, a slightly delayed mother's day present. (In HU it's the first Sunday in May.)

Very excited with my new toy and downloading all the books I have purchased so far. 😊

[Sammy]

Ok, here's an interesting one:

For character takes a boat ride...
I'm re-reading Anything You Can Imagine, which - being non-fiction - would normally not have characters, but it mentioned the fellowship (as a group and also individual characters) travelling by boat in 'Fellowship...'. so talks about characters in boats.

Use it for the task? Too twisty-turny headache inducing trying to make it fit? 😆

[Sammy]

Melindam wrote: "I got my Kobo today, a slightly delayed mother's day present. (In HU it's the first Sunday in May.)

Very excited with my new toy and downloading all the books I have purchased so far. 😊"

Ohhhh, new shiny!! Enjoy! 😁

[Melindam]

I'm perfectly fine with twisty, if you all are. 😊

And thank you. Tower Teams will be a nice way of officially launching it.

And talking about TT, Sammy, your expertise is needed. 😊 I know you recommended a book set in Oman previously, but too lazy to look through the threads. Could you please repeat? 🥰

[Sammy]

Celestial Bodies - Definitely worth a read! 😁

[Sammy]

Adding the book to the task, but happy to remove if moddish individuals veto it 😉

(just, you know, do so in the next hour or so, because that's when I'll be finishing it 😆)

[Melindam]

Mods Almighty 😉

And thank you!! Consulting Kobo first. ;)

[Sammy]

Went ahead and finished that one and spun a Discworld. would have done a world monster, but I'm assuming we're gonna be spinning lots of those during TT? 😉

Carcer

1 350-450
2 a psychopath or sociopath character
3 MPG Time Travel
4 features a character with a trait you find annoying
5 knife/dagger on the cover

[Sammy]

I need a time travel book for another challenge, so lemme go find something for that...

[Melindam]

Sammy wrote: "Went ahead and finished that one and spun a Discworld. would have done a world monster, but I'm assuming we're gonna be spinning lots of those during TT? 😉"

Correct. 😊

And no pressure, but I'm totally expecting one of us (myself included, obvs) to spin Leopold for DR Congo before!!! I finish my book the The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination which I just bought at a 2-for-1 credit Audible sale and prompted by TT. 🤭

The page count would also be just right.

[Melindam]

I will start my historical fiction only after TT is officially on (I know it's non-fic month for you, Sammy), so if anyone finishes one before, then just kick mine out.

[Sammy]

I'll do my best! 😆

Yeah, the non-fiction is starting to get a bit much now, and I still have a few to go. I should finish Decline and fall... in a few days at least, so that will allow me to breathe a little easier (excellent read, but oh there is so very much of it! 😂).

Have around 3 other non-fiction to get done after that. But taking a short break to squeeze in a couple of other challenge tasks, including some St. Mary's because I need it!

[Melindam]

The mind/ears/heart want what they want!

Unintentionally, but so far it seems May is also a non-fic month for me, at least in ratio. 😊

And while this TT will certainly push my boundaries, I'm trying to find mostly non-fic books for the hard country tasks if I can. 😊

[Sammy]

I am very fond of non-fiction, but I prefer my reading to be mixed up as much as possible. So the "genre of the month" part of that challenge is actually quite hard on me, especially as I've committed to the full year.

Almost all of my non-fiction this month has been history-based, so it's getting far too "samey" for my liking 😆

[Melindam]

Yes, it is refreshing to mix although I'm really satisfied with myself considering how little non-fic I used to read even just a few years back.

Age... maturity may have sth to do with it in my case I guess. 🥶 Also wonderful GR friends with their prompts and recs + maybe challenges? 🙄

[Sammy]

Challenges responsible for book choices? As if that would be a thing! 🤣

[Melindam]

Sammy wrote: "Challenges responsible for book choices? As if that would be a thing! 🤣"

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[Sophie, The other one]

I manage 1 non-fiction every couple of months at most so I'm v impressed with you managing a month of it.


MPG Timte Travel will be finished v soon small people allowing. Have been comfort re-listening to St Mary's.

[Sophie, The other one]

If you have a yearning for TT fun, please swing by and see us in the 3 pagodas.

[Sammy]

If you finish first, feel free to boot mine! 😁

[Sophie, The other one]

Carcer now just needs a knife/dagger on the cover and it's done.

[Sammy]

- probably more of a sword than a dagger?

I have sooooo many swords, lol.

[Melindam]

Sammy wrote: " - probably more of a sword than a dagger?

I have sooooo many swords, lol."

Nah, it's a long dagger?😅

[Sammy]

Chased them there headless horsepeoples off and went for a Greek spin:

Chimera

1 350 to 450
2 takes place in Asia Minor (Italy, Greece, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Egypt, Libya, Israel and Lebanon)
3 "spear" in text
4 MPG War
5 features a lion, goat, or snake

[Sammy]

2nd task a good one for next week! (I have a Bulgarian one I'll be reading shortly if no-one has these lined up)

[Cat]

I've got Egypt and Albania planned :) but both shortish, so if your Bulgaria covers the page count, have at it!

[Sammy]

nope, only 220 pages!

[Sammy]

you'll probably get to it before I do, so feel free to snag!

[Cat]

Yeah, I'm probably going to get the Egypt done first, for the Wheel (author born in Egypt oddly harder than you'd think!), then shift to tricky countries.
The Egypt book is a collection of short stories barely tipping 120 pages, so should be swift (absent me getting stuck on culture shock!)

ETA: In not-Tower and not-Monster related reading, I am really struggling to get into . don't know why, other than maybe the excitement of planning... Must absolutely get my head down and get it down before the end of the week!

[Sammy]

Yep, that should be relatively quick, fingers crossed.

I have to read mine on my PC, so despite being a short book will take me a while.

[Melindam]

Cat wrote: "ETA: In not-Tower and not-Monster related reading, I am really struggling to get into The Trees by Ali Shaw . don't know why, other than maybe the excitement of planning... .."

Same here. I'm struggling with my present book a bit. It's not exactly outstanding, but there's nothing wrong with it per se. And yes, I got totally caught in my country plans. 😊

All non-fic and hard countries. 🤭

[Sammy]

DONE! It's taken me months, but I finally reached the end of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire this evening!!

Typically, there's no chunky page count slot to put it in, but I grabbed the spear in text and lion tasks. surprisingly, for a book that is around 65% warfare, there's no MPG of such. Grrr...

[Melindam]

🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

We are proud of You!!

[Melindam]

One of my intended TT books has War MPG, though finish date uncertain.

I'll put it there and wil see.

[Melindam]

As for that pesky blunt weapon .... what is a blunt weapon anyway? 😅