Elisabeth’s Comments (group member since Apr 23, 2022)

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

I like having something going between the team challenges 😀

Lisa, do you do the Aussie Readers individual challenges? They have some really fun ones. The Aussie author quota makes me read much more widely.

Jhmingos wrote: "If they can make it work, Sammy, I don't mind being on a team with you too. I'm going to be one of the chunkster readers BUT I'm not competitive about team rankings at all 😁. I never expect to win ..."

I love finding tricky task books, too. It really broadens my genre reading and new author finds. My husband has given up asking why on earth I’m reading something and getting the answer ‘It has a pink cover’ or ‘the author’s name starts with Y.’

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Fantastic, I've been wheely, wheely waiting for this! (Sorry, LOL)"

And me too! Tragic, isn't it?

Thanks Insiyah and the co captains .
. Lots of fun as usual.

Did you watch Little Fires Everywhere last night on SBS? I’ve read it but can’t remember much.

Finished the cycling midwives book. It was really good! Focussed more on the patient cases and the Docklands society than the nuns and midwives although a couple are there we know eg Chummy and old Sister Monica. It was really interesting as well as funny and sad.

And that’s my cap reached

Found a cycling book. Don't know why I didn't think of it earlier, it's been sitting there on my bedside shelf for weeks! . Those midwives cycled all over the place. I'll have a good crack at getting it finished.

That cycling task is a toughie. I keep hoping Don Q will pop up in my current book because they talk about literature a lot haha maybe they’ll have fish and chips instead.

I was thinking 7pm Sunday.

Another great effort, Richard. I think I can manage to squeeze in another book to reach my cap.

Is everyone okay? Our leaders have been very quiet and our planning spreadsheet is chockers.

We stayed in Bomerano on the cliffs above Amalfi once ( hair raising bus ride down to Amalfi). There was a grocery shop which sold the best ricotta I’ve ever had. It didn’t come in supermarket tubs it was in with all the other cheeses on display and they scooped out how much you wanted.

Elisabeth wrote: "Good that’s sorted but you’ve given it the task F39 which is already already filled by a different book of mine. 😀"

Sorry—it’s getting closer 😄 but now is one slot out. Should be F94 not F93. I feel like such a spy and I know our leaders are busy and doing a terrific job. I’ll shut up and go and read my books now.

There are a few places in Canberra with impressive cheese stocks but it’s mind boggling looking at them all! I need a list to ask the assistant for help. Some of them are also eyewateringly expensive😀

Good that’s sorted but you’ve given it the task F39 which is already already filled by a different book of mine. 😀

For France I've just finished a book for wine drinking and have a very short one for MPG Romance.
I'm going to read shorter books now targetted to help get through the tasks.

Would a book set mainly in Syria in Roman times count as Syria? The book is Last Act in Palmyra part of the Lindsey Davis Didius Falco series.

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "LIsa, is Memorial Days showing up correctly now? For some reason even though I'd marked it as read no Finished date had been listed so I added it. Apart from that I don't know wha..."

Oops, sorry. That was because I'd just read your watermelon post.

LIsa, is Memorial Days showing up correctly now? For some reason even though I'd marked it as read no Finished date had been listed so I added it. Apart from that I don't know what would be awry. Sorry.

Btw it was a 5 star read for me. It's a beautifully written memoir about dealing with the aftermath and the delayed grief after her husband died unexpectedly-- he literally dropped dead in the street.

Tina ❣ wrote: "@Elisabeth - Can you add Memorial Days to the challenge shelf please?"

It’s there already in my shelves—tt25. That’s odd.