Elinor’s Comments (group member since Apr 06, 2022)

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

Sonia wrote: "Hey team Ashara!

I'm visiting from team Dez... Since Elinor inspired today's "reading motivation" I thought to give her a prompt :)"

Hey Sonia,

Thanks for stopping by - I'll go check out that reading motivation :).

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Looks white to me!

That's really interesting about the ratings - I rate most books too high imo but I tend to realise this in hindsight rather than in the moment.

I've started reading The Scorch Trials, a slow start for me tbh - I'll be at a family gathering from the 5th to the 10th, so I've been busy preparing. Also, I won't be checking in this week-end. I will check in after I return - and hopefully get down to more reading than I have these past few days :)

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Hi Team Neeznáá,

I'm on team Ashara and promised to pop by to say hello - I played UNO with Laura this year (and we both love crumpets and the Isle of Wight :-)). Have a great time everyone!

Elinor

@Sonia and @Lucy,

Bad-asses are THE best! Great picks - I also like Nairobi in Money Heist and Lisbeth Salander (both of them) kick(s) ass too!
Just like us when we're reading (*what do you mean 'whishful thinking'?*) :-)

And you've inspired Mel with Eowyn too :-)

Happy reading all, and thanks for your warm welcome to your thread.

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Melindam wrote: "Elinor wrote: "Hi Team Dez,

I'm Elinor from team Ashara - just popping by because I played UNO with Mel and Lorn♡ this year and promised I'd drop you a line. Our UNO thread was much tamer than thi..."

Right back at you! ♡

Hi Team Zèng,

I'm Elinor from Team Ashara - I promised to drop by and say hi to Michael and his team, after playing UNO together this year :).

So, hi everyone and Happy Towers to you all :). The rainbows look such fun - enjoy the reading and building!

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Hi Team Dez,

I'm Elinor from team Ashara - just popping by because I played UNO with Mel and Lorn♡ this year and promised I'd drop you a line. Our UNO thread was much tamer than this one - btw, where are the girls?! :P

Enjoy making as many towers as possible and hope you all discover some great reads in the process!

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@Vi, Keukenhof definitely THE place to be this year 🙂. Hope you enjoyed as much as I did -
The displays were just… wow!

Yay, hi Mel - lovely to see you ❤️. All the best to Team Dez too, I’ll pop over, haven’t had the time yet 🙈.

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@Nanci, I went on April 18. Wonder how close that was to your visit. x

Welcome Leslie and Andrea :).

I’ve got a copy of Docteur Moreau on its way and have volunteered for DQs too. Seems like an interesting way to earn extra points.

Happy to be backup DQs for team Ashara.

I’ve updated the sheet to RT07 :).

@Janeylou, lol it might 😅

Thank you Suzanne for confirming about the “be creative” tasks :).

Perhaps I could use it for RT07 which is a sort of darkish orange?

Hi everyone again,

I think I've caught up with the most of the thread -

@Nicole, a bookshop... *I've just died with envy*

@Suzanne, wow thanks for mentioning they're is no cap this year. I thought the cap had been added to avoid a free-for-all? I'm excited either way lol. But that is cool because we can mix in shorter reads without worrying about the cap (at least I think that's how it worked) - yay :)

@Nanci, my aunt used to live in Bath - I'm hoping to travel over to England for the coronation ^^. Controversial I know, but I'm happy to spend the day with my family (we'll probably miss the show tbh lol) - we're spread out across England and Jersey mostly - but here I hope to be staying in Kent for a couple of days. And yes, we could have met up easily (Belgium is so tiny!) - Brugge does tend to be a favourite.

@Keli, Wales is on my bucket list, it's gorgeous!

@MN Lisa, wow, that's an impressive SS! :)

@Apoorv, agreed about using the BOMs for extra points.

@Everybody, agreed about the app - perhaps some of our more technical teamies could help lift that app (a).

The last UNO mini was challenging - great fun, but lots to read - we didn't think we'd make all the prompts but it looks like we will :). Good luck to all others who joined this year!

And back to TTX, I'm a mood reader so I usually pledge books a couple at a time at most.

I wonder whether this cover could be used for a brown prompt in the rainbow challenge:

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(tbf, it looked orange to me rather than brown but TinEye says its mostly various shades of brown)
Otherwise I'll just use it for one of the other prompts.

I've claimed MT12 with The Scorch Trials, and shall definitely read Hellbent (can't wait) so hope it will also fit one of the mini prompts - I'll probably default to Crayola otherwise.

I'd love an example of how to claim one of the Winners prompts - for instance, could I say that Circe has to do with Mythology and Anubis is a God ? Or could I say Team C has a C and Circe starts with a C? I'm afraid I always get a little confused with how creative we're allowed to be... so any help here much appreciated.

Two days and we're off - exciting!! :)

Vi wrote: "Wow, the thread exploded. Nice to meet everyone. I'm sure we will have a great time together. I looked at the mini challenges and wow, they sure are interesting. And I realized I was on Team Moonst..."

Hi Vi :),
Coincidentally, have just been to visit the beautiful gardens in Keukenhof - absolutely splendid! Not to mention the cycle paths - so healthy.

Suzanne wrote: "Thanks Lisa for linking that - and for creating such a wonderful sheet for us to track on!

And Elinor thanks for checking the other link - I will get that fixed right now - oops!"

No worries, thank you - I've found the other sheet I was looking for "planning" - wow, lots has been happening! Still catching up on the thread now I've finished my last read for UNO. x

Kerri wrote: "Suzanne - Thanks for checking out the blog. My kids groaned when I told them the name I picked, but I love it 😂

Keli - Thanks for checking out my blog, too! Also, hearing how you met your husband..."

Cheers - I'm waiting for it to grow lol :D