Louise’s Comments (group member since Aug 29, 2015)

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

Hello from Team Rob, dropping in to invite you to check out some favorite reads from our team here

I tend to read across a wide variety of genres and have read some interesting reads. These were all 5-star reads.






- pretty much anything by this author
any of this series

- this whole series

- this whole series

Other Team Recommendations

Our Team Recommendations

Sonia wrote: "Hi Team!

A visiting from Team Rincewind with some books just for you:




I just may pick up the Charlaine Harris books, I think I've actually got a PB of Grave Sight lying around here somewhere.

Marie (UK) wrote: "Hi Team Rob Anybody Marie from team Ventinari here

Try one of my all time favourites
Pride and Prejudice
Sophie's World OR
The Great Alone

Try something f..."

Highly recommend The Great Alone in fact anything by this author especially on audio, and the In Death series.

Good evening all, hectic few days but have got a week off from Friday so can catch up on some reading. Please post 3 or 4 books that you would recommend. These will be collated and posted on the first page for ease.

Yasmine wrote: "Also, sorry if this is a dumb question, what does MPG stand for? (In the tasks)"
No such thing as a dumb question - stands for Main Page Genre. Basically the 5 or so shelves that are listed on the books main page. A little tip - if your shelf is at the bottom of the list, post in this thread for visual verification by myself or Jenny as sometimes they can drop off the main page.

Yasmine wrote: "Geri wrote: "I just looked at the tasks list, bingo and jackanory. Will we be working on them all at once during TT? Or concentrating on one at a time? Do we use book titles for jackanory? And for ..."

Geri wrote: "I just looked at the tasks list, bingo and jackanory. Will we be working on them all at once during TT? Or concentrating on one at a time? Do we use book titles for jackanory? And for bingo, do we ..."

We will be working on all parts of the mini games. When you finish a book we can gain points for the page count of the book and then additional points for using in one of the games

Tasks
These are pretty self explanatory - we will aim to complete these in the following order
R - Rincewind 40 points
CW - City Watch 40 points
W - Witches 30 points
IR - Industrial Revolution 30 points
D - DEATH 25 points
TA - Tiffany Aching 25 points
O - Others 15 points

If you’re book doesn’t fit any of the above we’ll try for
Bingo
We can be as creative as we like with the spots as long as we can justify it. Cover items, title/ series names, plot elements can all be used
E.g Sock - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Dobby is given a book from Lucius Malfoy in which HP has hidden a sock, essentially freeing Dobby from servitude

Jackanory
If we can’t get your book to fit any of the above then chances are we can fit it in here.
We are basically writing a story with books. We can use titles, cover items, text, plot, authors and of course genres to write our story. We may want a paranormal comedy where a trainee witch falls in love with Curran and puts a spell on him to turn him into a little kitten.

BOMs and team recommendations are linked above for ease.

Posted recs in Team Sam Vines

Good morning Team Sam Vines, Team Rob here, thank you for the recs.

In return I give you some 5 star reads
I was pleasantly surprised with this book. A feel good read about overcoming prejudices and so much more.

I read this for UNO and it was oh so good. Follows the friendship of two friends through school and beyond, heart warming and gut-wrenching at the same time.

some of the best I’ve read that are set in World War 2 tend to be set in Britain Martha's Girls: A Heartwarming Novel of Family Bonds and Wartime Romance or France The Nightingale. This epic tale set in Russia tells of a love story set in the middle of the war. There is courage and heartbreak in this emotional story

And not quite a 5 star read but worth a mention
this one actually brought a tear to my eye while reading this. Good job I was working from home.

Melindam wrote: "

Hello, Team Rob!

*waves to Jenny, Louise, Rina, Colleen* :)

Team Sam Vimes here. Thank you for inviting us for book recommendations!


Personally I recommend the following books

- All the City..."

👋 Thanks for the recs, my TBR is growing 🤭

Good morning all. Glad to see so many of you have found your way. I think this is probably my third maybe 4th TT. It’s great for all readers and I love the creativity of the mini games.

@Cilla that’s an impressive TBR, when I joined GR nearly ten years ago, where did the time go, mine was around the 1k Mark then I discovered freebies. I get a daily e-mail with free books to download so not matter how much I read my TBR keeps growing currently just under 7000 books. On a positive I can generally find something to fit the more obscure tasks in challenges.

@Audrey than you, she’s a 4yr old spaniel/daschund cross who still thinks she’s a puppy. She’s been my strength over the last year, my partner of 18 years passed away suddenly last summer, and she gives me a reason to get through each day.

I had my first COVID vaccine yesterday and other than a sore arm I feel fine. 🤞

Welcome all I’m Louise from South Wales and am pretty much a challenge addict. I haven’t read any Terry Pratchett but I have managed to reserve the 3 BOM so will be participating for those bonus points. I have a wide variety of tastes in books and love nothing more than finding a book that fits as many challenges as possible. The best I have ever come up with is 1 book to 7 challenges, and yes I am in that many team/partner challenges at any one time if not more.

Since the start of the pandemic last year I have been working from home and have found audiobooks a welcome substitute for office noise. I am finding that I am reading a book a day on audio whereas a print or ebook will take me 2-3 days.

As TT is all about the pages I have been saving some juicy books for this:
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 1006pg
Chain of Iron 591pgs
The Sinner 512pgs

As well as the discworld BOMs I will also be doing the regular BOMs for points.

I will be sending out friend requests over the next 24hours please accept them when they come through. It will make checking books easier. 😀

My shelf
Discworld TT8

My reservation came in early, it’s on audio so I will volunteer for Discussion questions. 2nd or 3rd day please Team Rob Anybody

Our Recommendations
Filipa


Colleen


Geri


Yasmine


Audrey Jane


Jammin Jenny


Cilia


Louise


Rina


Kristel




Lindsay

Team Recommendations
Sam Vimes


Ventinari


Rincewind

more Racewind recs

Cherry Littlebottom

DEATH


Lady Sybil


Team Moist Listopia

Nanny Ogg

The Librarian

Cheery Little Bottom

Archancellor Ridcully

Tiffany Aching

Alyana - Lord Vetinari

Luggage

BOM
Writing a day's worth of discussion questions = 40 points
Participating in a current BOM = 20 points

Discworld BOMS
May - Equal Rites - Discussion (May 22)
Official Page Count: 288pgs

June - Mort - Discussion (June 22)
Official Page Count: 320

July - Guards! Guards! - Discussion (July 22)
Official Page Count: 432

Regular BOM
May - The Foundling or The Lost Orphan Discussion (May 2)
Official Page Count: 400pgs

Dumplin' Discussion (May 16)
Official Page Count: 400pgs

June - The Midnight Library Discussion (2 June)
Official Page Count: 304

Firekeeper's Daughter Discussion (June 16)
Official Page Count: 496

July - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Discussion (July 2)
Official Page Count: 560

The House in the Cerulean Sea Discussion (July 16)
Official Page Count: 400


Back Room - BOM
June
Prickly Business Discussion (June 9)
Official Page Count: 287

July
Pumpkin Spiced Omega Discussion (July 12)
Official Page Count: 194


Where Will My Book Fit
Tasks
These are pretty self explanatory - we will aim to complete these in the following order
R - Rincewind 40 points
CW - City Watch 40 points
W - Witches 30 points
IR - Industrial Revolution 30 points
D - DEATH 25 points
TA - Tiffany Aching 25 points
O - Others 15 points

If you’re book doesn’t fit any of the above we’ll try for
Bingo
We can be as creative as we like with the spots as long as we can justify it. Cover items, title/ series names, plot elements can all be used
E.g Sock - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Dobby is given a book from Lucius Malfoy in which HP has hidden a sock, essentially freeing Dobby from servitude

Jackanory
If we can’t get your book to fit any of the above then chances are we can fit it in here.
We are basically writing a story with books. We can use titles, cover items, text, plot, authors and of course genres to write our story. We may want a paranormal comedy where a trainee witch falls in love with Curran and puts a spell on him to turn him into a little kitten.

Shelby wrote: "Tammie wrote: "Bingo - Prejudice, Nationalist, racism themes - Fantasy, whimsical POV

I just finished The House in the Cerulean Sea
What a delightful book! ★★★★★
Prejudice theme an..."

I finished this yesterday and I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised.

Never read a Discworld book but willing to try for TT, reserved from the library