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

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

Good! I was expecting some sort of music to pop up in it based on the other books I’ve read in the series.

My last round 3 book done. Now I can get a head start on my book about Dame Nellie Melba—small print on small margin pages. Looks as though they were trying to save on printing costs.

I have a nonfiction book Song for My Fathers: A New Orleans Story in Black and White about a young white boy who grows up in the black jazz community in New Orleans playing clarinet in the marching bands. It covers all the mini sections so what will be hardest to find, do you think?

Done.

I just finished As Though I Had Wings: The Lost Memoir which is a memoir by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker. I read it for MPG Music but it fits multiple locations in Road Trip. He moved all over the US and also France, England, Germany and Italy. Should I move it? I have something else for Music if we need it and it fits the new countries. Husband and I are both musicians so we have lots of books that fit MPG Music but they're nonfiction so a bit restricted.

Agree! I’m reading The Castle of Otrantofor the published in 1700’s slot. An original romantic type thriller which had everyone enthralled. Years ago I read a better known one of those The Mysteries of Udolpho which was always being read by heroines in 19th century novels such as Jane Austen. They’re great fun.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "I just came across an I name in . I have it in A slot should I move it?"

Yes please 🙏"

Done.

I just came across an I name in . I have it in A slot should I move it?

Is there are a Dutch word for defenestrate?

It’s surprising we haven’t filled ‘moderate’ yet. Defenestration not so much!. I have read it in crime books though.

Alysa wrote: "Just finished a short book that I decided to read because I needed an extra break from the extremely disappointing Libriomancer. Wow what a waste of a great idea."

Such a bummer when a book doesn’t live up to its blurb.

Woohoo! Now we can do it all over again, I want to read an Agatha Christie and it will fit the cozy mystery slot. And Mystery, Crime, Thriller ,Historical and Classic. Sure to have a timepiece for mini 6 in it too if that is still empty when I get to it. hahaha I've read lots of hers for these challenges and there are so many its years between reads.

My husband was born in Rotterdam and they came to Australia when he was 7. We’re planning a final trip overseas next year taking in The Netherlands. We lived in Den Haag for about a year in the 70’s.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Sorry to hear it is so bad Elisabeth :( As you say, the light is that it is very useful!"

She really needs to open and actually read at least one history book or read Ken Follett. hahaha

I could finish my terrible book but it’s better in Rd 3. Apart from being awful it’s a useful challenge book with it’s niche task filling ability and reasonable letters.

I also put a Thomas Hardy in for first published in 1880.

Melindam wrote: "Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Alysa wrote: "Wow that's amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a party!

👏👏👏👏👏👏"

I agree. Amazing!"
Thank you, Hobbitses. Apparently Fruit Tarts are not the way to the Randomisers cold-cold h..."

Great story, Mel. Thank you.

ClaireB wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "Claire has Mini 6 TT covered so I put mine in 0CE --1500 seeing it's set in 1426 Scotland. Although you'd never guess with some of the anchronisms and language oddities."

Sorry E..."

That’s fine, Claire. The era is probably hard to find. I’ll be just glad to finish the thing. Worst book I’ve struggled through for a long time 😀

Claire has Mini 6 TT covered so I put mine in 0CE --1500 seeing it's set in 1426 Scotland. Although you'd never guess with some of the anchronisms and language oddities.

Found a Nature book. I was so sure we had Gerald Durrell My Family and Other Animals but it’s disappeared and the one we have of his I read earlier this year. Anyway the I do have is worth a reread. It’s about areas that for various reasons have been abandoned and left to nature eg no man’s lands between borders, old factories, islands that are no longer inhabited etc. Fascinating.

Yes. Unless it’s an exact 10 tags they want. If that’s the case I can look at where else it might go. Sure to be somewhere.