Catsalive’s Comments (group member since Feb 05, 2022)

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

Michelle's Empty Nest wrote: "We are going to Europe for 24 days next March for our anniversary. The trip was originally planned right when COVID caused the first lockdowns and border closings, so we had to cancel. Now we'll ce..."

Sounds fabulous. Renewal after the lost years.

Melindam wrote: "Sophie wrote: "I would say that the cover is grey enough. Looks pale grey rather than white to me. 3rd opinion anyone?."

In the meantime I had a look at it on hubby's laptop, as his screen is bigg..."

Yay!

A list of books tagged space opera.

I see my start time in Sydney is 8am on Tuesday 15/11 - I should be nice & fresh & ready for the off... unless I stay up reading until the early hours on Monday :0)

Is this grey enough?

Michelle's Empty Nest wrote: "Welcome, everyone!


Just curious...have you read Outlander? If so, what did you think?


It's my favorite series of all time and I'm on my 2nd re-read of the whole series. I also really enjoy the ..."

I loved Outlander but got a bit bored after the 5th book so that's as far as I got about 15 years ago. I do intend to give them another try some time. Sigh! Too many books, too little time...

If you can't have Sam Vimes then Jamie Fraser is a pretty good alternative :0)

Hello, I'm Kylie - you can put that on the spreadsheet or just call me Cats, if you like. I'm in Australia. Not working at the moment so getting lots of reading done.

This is my first wheelathon so I'm not sure what goes on, although I'm certain it will be fun.

My shelf is wheels.

Catsalive wrote: "Moderators of NBRC wrote: "All teams will also be getting bonus points for books tagged SPACE OPERA used in your spellouts - get planning!"

Did I read somewhere that the tag has to be on the first page of Top Shelves? Or am I imaging that?"

I think the answer is that it has to have 10 tags, is that right?

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "All teams will also be getting bonus points for books tagged SPACE OPERA used in your spellouts - get planning!"

Did I read somewhere that the tag has to be on the first page of Top Shelves? Or am I imaging that?

377: All About Us 1/11
176: Dragonsong 2/11
448: Keeping Up Appearances 3/11
347: Dragonflight 3/11
331: Dragonquest 4/11
252: Dragonsinger 4/11
193: Dragondrums 5/11
352: The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison 5/11
424: The Friday Night Knitting Club 6/11
218: A Touch of Magic 7/11
460: Night School 8/11
220: Tom Brown's School Days 9/11
352: Conviction 9/11

pages: 4144

current total: 1,610,542

I'm completely new to this challenge & have just submitted my signup form. Fingers crossed :0)

Bookmobile comes to my suburb every Friday 7.30-9.30am.

November: A Time to Honour
DURATION: 2 Months - 1/11-31/12/22
Level: Lest We Forget: 27 +books
Option3: Mix & Match
30/27

*Read a book with the word "Honor " in the title or series
Love, Honour, and O'Brien by Jennifer Rowe 19/11 3★
*Read a book tagged military
Night School by Lee Child 8/11 3.5★
*Read a book in which there is a war - Napoleonic
Persuasion by Jane Austen 15/11 5★
*Read a book in which someone dies
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs 6/11 3.5★
*Read a book set in WWII
Ambulance Girls by Deborah Burrows 13/11 3.5★
*Read a book set in Europe
Twelve Days of Christmas by Trisha Ashley 14/11 4★
*Read a book with the word "poppy" in the text - She isn't a bit like Poppy. p.80
Mr. Zero by Patricia Wentworth 12/11 3★
*Read a book in which a character goes away to war or comes back from war
A Touch of Magic by Nadine Miller 7/11 3.5★
*Read a book with the word "respect " in the text - ...looking with much increased respect at Tom... p.56
Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes 9/11 3★



W- The Women Who Ran Away by Sheila O'Flanagan 22/11 3.5★
A- The Magic of Christmas by Trisha Ashley 17/11 3★
R- The Anchoress by Robyn Cadwallader 20/11 3.5★


S- The Book Lovers' Companion by Lionel Shriver 10/11 3★
O- An Improper Alliance by Olivia Sumner 20/11 1★
L- Lessa - Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey 3/11 4★
D- The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison by Meredith Jaffe 5/11 4.5★
I- Foundation by Isaac Asimov 15/11 3.5★
E- All About Us by Tom Ellen 1/11 4.5★
R- Robinton - Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey 4/11 4★


W- Ray Windsor - Conviction by Frank Chalmers 9/11 5★
R- Ramoth - Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey 4/11 3.5★
E- Doc in the Box by Elaine Viets 17/11 2★
A- Albert - Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood 21/11 5★
T- Keeping Up Appearances by Tricia Stringer 3/11 3.5★
H- Secrets We Keep by Faith Hogan 16/11 3★


P- Piemur - Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey 5/11 4★
E- Never Kiss a Duke by Eileen Putman 21/11 1★
A- Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey 2/11 4★
C- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie 18/11 5★
E- Eliza - Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw 21/11 4★

432: The Girl I Used to Know 28/10
252: You Can Heal Your Life 28/10
256: The Body in the Birches 29/10
288: Queen of the Flowers 30/10
277: Earthly Delights 31/10

pages: 1505

current total: 1,552,418

Completed

October 2022 Queen Elizabeth
Level: Queen
29/25

1. Read books set in a country that she either ruled over or that is part of the commonwealth.
Joanna by Patricia Ormsby 2/10 2★ - England
Requiem for a Wren by Nevil Shute 25/10 4★ - England, Australia
A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond 27/10 5★ - England
Lady Cat by Joan Overfield 27/10 4★ - England

2. Read books with page numbers made up from 21/04/1926 or 08/09/2022.
292p - Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris 1/10 4★
221p - Omnivore by Piers Anthony 3/10 3★

3. Read books with a member of the royal family playing a key part.

4. Read a book published during her rule, by a female author from the Commonwealth.
Summer in Bellbird Bay by Maggie Christensen 3/10 3.5★
The Stationmaster's Cottage by Phillipa Nefri Clark 5/10 3.5★
The Bad Mothers' Book Club by Keris Stainton 6/10 3.5★
The Bellbird River Country Choir by Sophie Green 10/10 4★
The 24-Hour Café by Libby Page 13/10 3.5★
The People on Platform 5 by Clare Pooley 15/10 4★

5. She worked up until 3 days before her death. Read a book with the main character being a working woman.
Rumble on the Bayou by Jana Deleon 1/10 4★
Fatal Isles by Maria Adolfsson 8/10 4★

6. She celebrated her Platinum Jubilee earlier this year. Read a book with Silver, Gold, Diamond or Platinum in the text.
The Ladies' Midnight Swimming Club by Faith Hogan 18/10 4★ - A silver glinting stem... p.9

7. She was a keen horsewoman. Read a book where the characters ride horses.
The Bartered Bride by Anne Hillary 7/10 2★
The Shining Ones by David Eddings 23/10 3.5★
The Hidden City by David Eddings 24/10 2.5★

8. Spell out some key places and people from her life.

S- The Sapphire Rose by David Eddings 22/10 3.5★
A- Arsenic and Old Books by Miranda James 16/10 3.5★
N- A Confusion of Princes by Garth Nix 9/10 2.5★
D- The Ruby Knight by David Eddings 19/10 3.5★
R- Cationary by Harold Reitz 12/10 5★
I- Takes One To Know One by Susan Isaacs 18/10 1★
N- Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton 11/10 4★
G- The Girl I Used to Know by Faith Hogan 28/10 4★
H- Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill 4/10 1★
A- Allan - The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson 20/10 5★
M- It Started with a Secret by Jill Mansell 26/10 4★

432: The Bellbird River Country Choir 10/10
244: Aunt Dimity's Death 11/10
176: Cationary 12/10
407: The 24-Hour Café 13/10
378: The People on Platform 5 15/10
304: Arsenic and Old Books 16/10
322: The Ladies' Midnight Swimming Club 18/10
355: Takes One To Know One 18/10
444: The Ruby Knight 19/10
463: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared 20/10
652: The Sapphire Rose 22/10
608: The Shining Ones 23/10
616: The Hidden City 24/10
414: Requiem for a Wren 25/10
298: Yeats Is Dead! 26/10
416: It Started with a Secret 26/10
128: A Bear Called Paddington 27/10
286: Lady Cat 27/10

total: 6943

current total: 1,539,687

Book Pictionary
26/10-25/11/22
Level: Illustration
Option2: Draw It
30/21
(author, title, character, series)

1. bowtie
Yeats Is Dead! by Joseph O'Connor 26/10 1.5★

2 & 21. sun
It Started with a Secret by Jill Mansell 26/10 4★
Conviction by Frank Chalmers 9/11 5★

3. hat
A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond 27/10 5★

4. glitter
Lady Cat by Joan Overfield 27/10 4★

5. & 10. door
The Girl I Used to Know by Faith Hogan 28/10 4★
All About Us by Tom Ellen 1/11 4.5★

6. heart
You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay 28/10 2★

7. tree
The Body in the Birches by Katherine Hall Page 29/10 3.5★

8. person
Queen of the Flowers by Kerry Greenwood 30/10 5★

9. shoe
Earthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood 31/10 5★

11. & 29. girl
Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey 2/11 4★
Persuasion by Jane Austen 15/11 5★

12-13. outside
Keeping Up Appearances by Tricia Stringer 3/11 3.5★
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey 3/11 4★

14-15. boy
Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey 4/11 3.5★
Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes 9/11 3★

16. landscape
Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey 4/11 4★

17. drum
Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey 5/11 4★

18. flower
The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison by Meredith Jaffe 5/11 4.5★

19. horse
A Touch of Magic by Nadine Miller 7/11 3.5★

20. light
Night School by Lee Child 8/11 3.5★

22. beach
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Sri Lanka by DK Eyewitness Travel 10/11 4★

23. book
The Book Lovers' Companion by Lionel Shriver 10/11 3★

24. water
Sydney by Ferry & Foot by John Gunter 11/11 5★

25. mouth
Mr. Zero by Patricia Wentworth 12/11 3★

26. aircraft
Ambulance Girls by Deborah Burrows 13/11 3.5★

27. house
Twelve Days of Christmas by Trisha Ashley 14/11 4★

28. aircraft
Foundation by Isaac Asimov 15/11 3.5★

30. key
Secrets We Keep by Faith Hogan 16/11 3★

Grow Your Garden
Duration: 26/10/22-25/1/23
Level: Co-Op Chairman
39/25
(author, title, series, character, narrator, translator)

Preparing garden - 3+ books
Decide on garden size
Large: Read a book 401 to 500 pages long
It Started with a Secret by Jill Mansell 26/10 4★


Pick Garden Type (flower, vegetable, herb)
H- You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay 28/10 2★
E- Earthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood 31/10 5★
R- Ruth - Queen of the Flowers by Kerry Greenwood 30/10 5★
B- A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond 27/10 5★


Gather Tools
B- Derek Brown - The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison by Meredith Jaffe 5/11 4.5★
O- Yeats Is Dead! by Joseph O'Connor 26/10 1.5★
O- Lady Cat by Joan Overfield 27/10 4★
T- The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs 6/11 3.5★
S- Sophie - The Body in the Birches by Katherine Hall Page 29/10 3.5★


Planting and Growing Garden - 3+ books
Pick Plants: Decide on the types or varieties of plants for your garden.
S- Keeping Up Appearances by Tricia Stringer 3/11 3.5★
A- Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey 2/11 4★
G- The Girl I Used to Know by Faith Hogan 28/10 4★
E- All About Us by Tom Ellen 1/11 4.5★


Dig Holes & Plant: Dig the holes and plant all of your plants or seeds.
D- Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey 3/11 4★
I- Foundation by Isaac Asimov 15/11 3.5★
R- Robinton - Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey 4/11 4★
T- A Touch of Magic by Nadine Miller 7/11 3.5★


Maintain and Grow Garden: Water, mulch, and weed your garden so it grows full and healthy.
W- Ray Windsor - Conviction by Frank Chalmers 9/11 5★
A- Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey 4/11 3.5★
T- Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes 9/11 3★
E- Anne Elliott - Persuasion by Jane Austen 15/11 5★
R- Todd Riggs - Secrets We Keep by Faith Hogan 16/11 3★


M- Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey 5/11 4★
U- Hungry, the Stars and Everything by Emma Jane Unsworth 23/11 2★
L- The Book Lovers' Companion by Lionel Shriver 10/11 3★
C- Night School by Lee Child 8/11 3.5★
H- Holly - Love, Honour, and O'Brien by Jennifer Rowe 19/11 3★


W- Mr. Zero by Patricia Wentworth 12/11 3★
E- Never Kiss a Duke by Eileen Putman 21/11 1★
E- Eliza - Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw 21/11 4★
D- Ambulance Girls by Deborah Burrows 13/11 3.5★
S- Sydney by Ferry & Foot by John Gunter 11/11 5★


Harvesting Garden - 2+ books
Harvest Vegetables, Herbs, or Flowers Reap the rewards for your gardening efforts!
Read a book with picked (no longer attached to the plant) vegetables, herbs, or flowers on the cover.
Doc in the Box by Elaine Viets 17/11 2★
Read a book with a basket or vase on the cover.
An Improper Alliance by Olivia Sumner 20/11 1★


Prepare Garden for Next Season Clean up the garden and have it ready for next year.
Read a book that takes place in winter.
The Magic of Christmas by Trisha Ashley 17/11 3★
Read a book with snow on the cover.
Twelve Days of Christmas by Trisha Ashley 14/11 4★


BONUS SECTION: Decorate Your Garden
Read books to decorate your garden with gnomes, suncatchers, fountains, statues, scarecrows, etc.
Swallows would be nice: The Anchoress by Robyn Cadwallader 20/11 3.5★
Gate: The Women Who Ran Away by Sheila O'Flanagan 22/11 3.5★

Completed at message 419 - 36 tasks & 163 spell

416: A Walk in Wildflower Park 27/9
249: No Place for Secrets 27/9
233: Put Out the Light 28/9
384: Aria’s Travelling Book Shop 29/9
222: My Sweet Valentine 30/9
325: Rumble on the Bayou 1/10
292: Dead Until Dark 1/10
224: Joanna 2/10
289: Summer in Bellbird Bay 3/10
221: Omnivore 3/10
368: Heart-Shaped Box 4/10
306: The Stationmaster's Cottage 5/10
304: The Bad Mothers' Book Club 6/10
256: The Bartered Bride 7/10
514: Fatal Isles 8/10
337: A Confusion of Princes 9/10

total: 4940

current total: 1,481,755

Completed at msg58.