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

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

Easy to believe! Once you add in stops for rest and safety - time just flies. A few years ago, it took us about 4 and half hours to get from Folkestone to North Walsham - that’s an hour more than Google Maps would have it. Beautiful winding roads mind you - worth the time - but jam packed with the evening commute by the time we got to Norfolk.

Re challenge, yes I’m still planning on reading The Violin Conspiracy - it’s on its way 🤞. We could use one token for each of those two BOMs or use them all for one or the other, or for the upcoming fourth BOM. I don’t know who else is planning on volunteering for which BOM or if anyone else has extra entries. Would be great to work out what seems best for us as a team and use them accordingly.

Lol. I get interrupted too! 🤷‍♀️😅

In for DQs, can add extra entry if necessary 🙂. Can’t wait for this one!

@Jenny, and it came out *just* before wheels 🤦‍♀️. Just wondering, as I’d never read him before and it sounds like you’re a big fan: are all his books written with the same kind of humour? Any recs on which others by him to read welcome 🙂 (please don’t say « all of them » 😁).

Volunteering for Team Country too.

Thrilled we did more than we’d pledged in round 1 -
way to go! 😎

Yay! That was quick Sammy 👏🥳

Wow, can’t imagine reading 100 books a year - or 500 - with kids! That’s awesome! 🤩

Lol, yes and we'll make it (though must say Heavy Metal seem to have crushed this round!).

Go team :-)

I did learn Dutch BTW (see what I did?! 😇).

x

Okay, I’ll finish it today - I have a bad cas of expat I think - hearing lots of languages but only knowing a fraction of them 😅. I love languages so much though 😌.

Just thought: we can use Harry Potter for Voldemort - AND the chamber of secrets has a green cover too :)

I’m ~20 pages away from finishing Starter Villain and have put it on hold. I’ve rather enjoyed the ride and have reached the final bend. Looking forward to knowing what will happen next!

I’ll be back around 4pm UK time and can finish today or tomorrow - let me know which is best ☺️.

Am I the only one whose brain keeps tricking them into reading titles with varying accents / letter inversions to fit these letters (from hell, let's be honest)?

You know...
Ze Vitches by Rowald Dahl,
'Um if ya don' know the words, mate! by Bianca from the Vic (wha' you lookin' a'?)
And so my day goes on... goofy brain - who would have guessed the vuvuzela could be so tiring 😁!

Wow team - 9 out of 10 cities already - way to go for Round 2! :)

I have a bit of a dilemma here: I could finish Starter Villain for this round BUT I'm not sure it makes sense. I've got at least one A character that will fit the instrument (of torture 😁) we have been assigned for Round 2. I'm assuming we can't bank finished books, so let me know if I need to wait until Sunday morning to finish it so it doesn't get lost as I'm a slow enough reader as it is! 😅

Happy reading everyone.

x

Thank you for the tripfiction link, hadn't heard of it - excellent website!

Also, cheers for the Almond rec :)

Sophie, here are a few extra ones for your tricky letters list (either title or author) - U/V/Z:

The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
Verity by Colleen Hoover
The Voyage of the dawn treader (Narnia #3) by CS Lewis (53 k words)
Vet in harness by James Herriot
Vets might fly by James Herriot
Vet in a spin by James Herriot
Vanishing Trick (children's but should be >30k words) by Jenni Spangler
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Nightwatch by Richard Zimler
Tomorrow tomorrow and tomorrow by Gabrielle Zvelin - I wish I had this one!!
Where the forest meets the sky by Glendy Vanderah
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
(Series) Sunshine Vicram by Darynda Jones

Edit
Also Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, character Vi

Aaw thanks Mel, Vincent Parkman Sammy! 🙂

You’re right. Those letters are really tricky!!

I’ll switch to A Bad Day for Sunshine (Vicram) if we have enough greens - no sign of any of those letters in Hum…

Lol, not sure I like this instrument all of a sudden! 😅

Oh soz, you said 50% - not sure I can claim Johannesburg, I’ll only know once I’ve read the book! :)

Yay!!! Can’t wait - I’ll be reading Hum if you don’t know the words which is green and is (partly) set in Johannesburg.

Re location - does it have to be the primary location or any location in the book?

Okay. I’ll push through on Starter Vilain in the next 3 days. Just so you know, it can also work for M - so if it’s easier to find an S, we can switch.

AFAIK, this is the sheet where the mods track our BOM participations:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

I’ll use my two extras for the challenge - can’t wait for November BOMs to kick off. I hope the haunted house one is interesting for the horror fans!

Yup, 💯 Melissa!