Karen Karen’s Comments (group member since Dec 18, 2024)


Karen’s comments from the Mount TBR Challenge 2025 group.

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Nov 15, 2025 07:30AM

1256310 Does not sound like my thing at all. Thanks for the link.

60. Whispers and Wishes by Heather Long.

3 stars. I kept forgetting I was reading this. It is a sweet book though.

On TBR since tbc
Nov 08, 2025 03:39PM

1256310 59. The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif.

5 stars. I read this 20 odd years ago and really enjoyed it. I read it now and I adored it. Just gets better on a reread.

On TBR since I acquired a second copy last year. I believe my original copy is still at my parents' house.
Nov 07, 2025 05:54PM

1256310 58. If You Don't Love Me, We Both Die by C.M. Stunich.

4 stars. Weird but enjoyable. Still don't know what a boba is though.

On Kindle TBR since tbc
Nov 04, 2025 03:25PM

1256310 57. Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire by Judith Herrin.

4 stars. Intriguingly told with different themes mixed in with the main events.

On TBR since before 2015.
Nov 04, 2025 03:25PM

1256310 57. Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire by Judith Herrin.

4 stars. Intriguingly told with different themes mixed in with the main events.

On TBR since before 2015.
Oct 28, 2025 02:24PM

1256310 56. Bella Poldark by Winston Graham.

4 stars. A little long winded at the beginning but I care about these characters so much. I cannot believe I have finished the series.

On TBR for several years.
Oct 22, 2025 02:58PM

1256310 55. The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta by Giovanni Boccaccio. Translated by Mariangela Causa-Steindler and Thomas Mauch.

4 stars. So happy to have read this at last.

On TBR since 21/01/2018.
Oct 17, 2025 02:36PM

1256310 54. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black.

4 stars. This is a reread. I read a library copy when it first came out but later acquired a Kindle copy. I loved the descriptions of the world and the court but I still do not feel particularly drawn to Jude. However, I have thought about the book since the last time I read it and feel it deserves more than the 3 stars I originally gave it.

On Kindle TBR 03/12/2019.
Oct 06, 2025 08:01AM

1256310 53. The Unseelie Prince by Kathryn Ann Kingsley.

5 stars. Weird. For labyrinth fans.

On Kindle TBR since 03/12/2022.
Oct 04, 2025 06:41AM

1256310 52. House of Bones by Graham Masterton.

4 stars. Great story idea. Very chilling.

On TBR since...
Oct 04, 2025 01:40AM

1256310 51. West Side Love Story by Priscilla Oliveras.

3 stars. Nice concept but it did not fully work for me.

On Kindle TBR since 02/05/2022.
Sep 27, 2025 11:56AM

1256310 50. Getting Rid of Bradley by Jennifer Crusie.

4 stars. Somehow forgot to add this earlier. I read the book in July. Entertaining read but not as good as Fast Women.

On TBR since approx 10/10/2021.
Sep 27, 2025 11:51AM

1256310 49. Silent Hostage by Sarah Gainham.

4 stars. Old fashioned but enjoyable. Somehow missed this off this list earlier in the year.

On TBR since approx 10/10/2021
Sep 27, 2025 07:10AM

1256310 48. Carte Blanche by Carlo Lucarelli.

3 stars. Reads like an older American hardboiled crime novel. Interesting and I liked the end.

On TBR since approx 28/06/2018
Sep 24, 2025 02:04PM

1256310 47. The Cat that Lived on Park Avenue by Tracy Sinclair.

3 stars. Good fun. Nice to read a romance book that does not have billionaires in it.

On TBR since I will have to check.
Sep 18, 2025 05:50PM

1256310 46. The Twisted Sword by Winston Graham.

4 stars. This is one of the strongest books in the series.

On TBR since my dad gave it to me a few years ago.
Sep 12, 2025 04:18PM

1256310 45. The Little Drummer Girl by John Le Carre.

4 stars. Complex and absorbing thriller.

On TBR for a few years as I bought it for my dad when the BBC adaptation came out and gave it back to me.
Sep 08, 2025 04:06PM

1256310 44. Remembrance by Jude Deveraux.

3 stars. I enjoyed the Edwardian and modern sections more than I expected but the book took a detour into the Elizabethan period and was far too long and a bit silly.

On TBR since 2024?
Aug 27, 2025 06:11PM

1256310 43. Life. the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams.

4 stars. Loved the little Marvin cameo. The whole book was funnier than I remembered it.

On TBR since my partner bought it for me last year. I had read it before.
Aug 26, 2025 02:29PM

1256310 42. A Catch of Consequence by Diana Norman.

4 stars. I have read this before but only remembered the beginning. It goes off in a completely different direction.

On TBR since approx 21/11/2021.
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