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

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

So, have we won???

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Here’s the link - lmk if it doesn’t work for you -

https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

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Aaw thank you Nanci, so kind of you to say 🙂. I do get the feeling we’d enjoy the same kinds of activities too!

Jackie, you are so right. Everyone on the team, especially the captains, made sure all our contributions were valued 🙂. This year I’ve had my best UNO ever with Mel and my best TT with you! What a year 🤩!

It would be nice to have the results confirmed 🤞.

I’ve joined a very relaxed challenge - Big Book Summer Challenge 2023, I love the discussions every year about which books we all enjoy/don’t.

Hope you are all having a good time too (sounds like it)!!

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What?! And to say I find TTX challenging - can’t imagine having 10 going. Go Janine!!!

You know what they say about a good night's sleep after ploughing through a couple of books that weren't as bad as anticipated and half a pack of custard creams for the sugar rush? :)

It's my turn to thank all of you - it's been such a tremendous ride! Whether we win or not, we've given our absolute best. You pushed my reading above and beyond - thank you so much for being so supportive throughout. I've been having a tough time IRL and this has helped me enormously as did UNO earlier this year. You guys absolutely rock! Special thanks to Suzanne, Lisa, Shannon, Nanci (I hope I haven't forgotten anyone and I apologize if I have) for your expert guidance, and all the help with the Spreadsheet. This was Management 3.0 personified :).

Like Apoorv I've been planning to check out everyone's reads now the challenge is over. If it's of any use, these where my faves of TTX: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, If you want to make God laugh by Bianca Marais, I can't think straight by Shamim Sarif, The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli and of course Orphan X #3-6 by Gregg Hurwitz. I'd love to know yours.

I'll be missing you all and hope to see you again soon - I am joining The Keli Lurkers Club for other challenges though tbf, I'm giving myself a breather lol. Have any of you got other challenges lined up?

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Finished my last book and turning in for the night. Too shattered to express how grateful I am, so it will have to wait for tomorrow. x

My last book has a white cover and I think contains the word luggage. I see you’ve started a final RT - let me know what’s best. I’m reading until I finish!!

Oo I know this ain’t the time (apologies for the intrusion!) but just wanted to say good luck on this last lap!

Also here’s a countdown (thanks to Suzanne, Ashara captain) to when we all go into withdrawal from our reading challenge 🥹:

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown...

Have a great time and hope to see you next year starting with UNO! Thanks for your warm welcome when I butted in at the start of the challenge - I’m ready for next year’s sex symbols already 🙈.

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H-24 it’s gone so fast… 🥺

Lol. I don’t know about you guys, but I’ll go into withdrawal after the challenge - having your daughter around will help with that too. Enjoy her stay 🙂.

Right. I’m off for a walk and then back to finishing possibly my last book (I did manage to find a few shorter ones right at the back of my shelf, but they’re at the back for a reason!). x

Wow. Yes looks like all the TT letters have been claimed and are almost finished! Can’t believe how much reading has been going on - I feel like we might even be able to rush in another rainbow? I wish I had more time to read this week-end and probably going to do my own crazy thing this afternoon Suzanne. Crazy book readers are THE best :).

Way to go team - absolutely stunning!

BOM Participation Tracking:
(think the original got drowned out somewhere or I may have missed a reply)

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6

Way to go! 🎉🥳

Concentrating on colour covers so we can move them across to rainbows if we can -

This looks light blue to me:


What do you think?

Not sure I’ll manage to finish more than that - but if I do find extra time, I’ll make good use of it. What’s the official end of TTX - is there a countdown somewhere?

Happy reading and fingers, toes and everything crossed! I’m never good with endings - I’ll be missing this and all of you - this is so thrilling, what a marvellous team, I’m enjoying every minute.

Do you know Kirsten, I’ve just realised I literally have no shorter books. They’re all minimum 300 pages long - not tactical at all right now!

Oo sounds like a great plan! Go Kirsten!!

Completed the sheet for Gryffindor/Ravenclaw Janine.

Let’s finish all the TT? Easy for me to say… I’m all with you fast readers at the moment & doing my best to get some more reading done. I’ll have to stop reading for a couple of weeks when we finish TTX - my brain will need cooling 😂.

Here’s what I found for the Sorting Hat:

« Gryffindor: traits - bravery, daring, nerve, and chivalry; animal - lion; gemstone - ruby; colours - scarlet and gold
Hufflepuff: traits - hard work, dedication, patience, loyalty, and fair play; animal - badger; gemstone - yellow diamond; colours - yellow and black
Ravenclaw: traits - intelligence, knowledge, curiosity, creativity and wit; animal - eagle; gemstone - sapphire; colours - blue and bronze
Slytherin: traits - ambition, leadership, self-preservation, cunning and resourcefulness; animal - serpent; gemstone - emerald; colours - emerald green and silver »

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It feels like we could catch up with Ti (and not get overtaken by Jeih.

Signed: The Eternal Optimist :)