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

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

A few Agatha Christie’s qualify. If no one finds anything I can read The Man In the Brown Suit.

Eldarwen wrote: "Haley wrote: "I have The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks on my radar for popular science, but it's a 7 week wait on my libby app :/ If no one ends up fin..."

That Popular Science tag is hard because some of the books in those PS lists don't have it on the main page but they've been tagged by lots of readers.

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Do we still need any U books for the spell it out?"

We've done the Crayolas now we're on Tower Teams spell outs and there are lots of everything needed, I think. Check out the spreadsheet.

Eldarwen wrote: "My Pullitzer is good fun but it's slow-going. I'll hopefully be able to invest more concentrated reading time in it this weekend :-)"

I picked up The Age Of Innocence in an Op Shop yesterday for $1. Along with three other $2 books for a grand total of $7. One is a thick Marion Keyes with a purple cover. I'll get to that in July.

Eldarwen wrote: "New Chipmunk Task!

72. X-Rays - Read a book with bone(s) on the cover"

Does a skull count as bones?

The book I’m reading now is listed with the wrong cover. It took me ages to find the right edition. . This is the edition I have— correct publisher, ISBN, pages etc but wrong cover. My cover is the same as the hardback
Interestingly my paperback has about 100 pages more than the hardback.

Gosh, only 1 for me. I've read Daisy Jones and the Six and didn't like it at all so I was put off her other books. I added Lessons In Chemistry to my Want to Read shelf just now because I read an interview with the author this afternoon. I think I should give those Sarah Maas books a try too.

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Julius by Daphne du Maurier
Date: June 19th
Pages: 308
3 stars
Julius is a remarkable creation. He's ruthless, supremely selfish
and incapable of love or empathy but Du Maurier is such a terrific storyteller I just had to keep reading.
Rainbow: Brown cover
Tower Team: J, D Characters: Rachel, Gabriel,

That said, crime stories can rely on massive lies or misdirection so could be an easy find as well. We expect criminals to lie. Agatha Christie could be the go for that.

Laurie B wrote: "Insiyah wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "New Chipmunk Task!

71. 10 Commandments - "Don't lie" - Read a book with miscommunication as a plot point"

That should be relatively easy to find - most Romcoms se..."

With my romance author hat on, I agree. When I started out on the road to publication that was one of the big no-no's that was dinned into aspiring writers at conferences etc. If the two characters can sit down and talk through the problem you don't have enough of a conflict. The other thing I learned early on was that editors hate plots that rely on coincidences like overheard conversations or someone arriving unexpectedly at just the wrong time. Still, authors get away with those things and I suspect with the rise of self-publishing those aspects aren't picked up as much anymore.

And then there's the Too Stupid To Live heroine... the one who confronts the bad guy alone in the dark at an isolated location.

Michael wrote: "Can someone let me know what this means?

Read a book with MPG Popular Science"

I had a look at the Lists and came up with this: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/most...

It seems to include a range of books covering psychology, chemistry etc that are written for non scientists eg I've read 21 Lessons for the 21st Century which I enjoyed and we have Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by the same author which I don't really want to tackle but will if we're stuck.

This looks interesting Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullsh*t

That sounds fascinating. She's a terrific author.

When we were in Cornwall in the the mid seventies there was such thick fog (about 15 degrees in June) we could barely see the water when we stood at Land's End. Very atmospheric though, crossing the moors with those little ponies appearing out of the gloom. Have you read Lorna Doone? It's set in Exmoor rather than Cornwall but is similar in mood.

My husband picked Julius up somewhere. He said it's quite unpleasant because Julius is such a horrible selfish person.

Now reading Julius by Daphne du Maurier
Brown cover

I'm having so much fun this TT challenge. Great team and I'm reading lots of books I've been meaning to but haven't and others I would never pick up but have.

Thanks everyone.

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by John Grisham
Date June 17th
Pages 496
3 stars

Rainbow: Purple cover
Team Tower: T A J G Characters: Kyle McAvoy, Bennie, Dale

Does MPG science count as Popular Science? My book has Science listed.
At the moment it’s a Rainbow Blue cover and 300 pages.

I have Northanger Abbey but in the 100 pages of editions mine isn’t there. It’s A small hardcover published in about 1966 /67 similar to this but without any text at all.

Monochrome means one /single colour doesn’t it, not necessarily white?
Eg would work. I may have another old book like that.

My next book is by Daphne du Maurier Brown cover according to TinEye.

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Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
Date June 14
Pages 223
GR has 152. My edition is a Penguin publication, same cover, 1971 edition. GR says 1977. Mine is definitely earlier because I wrote my maiden name in it and I was married by 1977.

Chipmunk task: Nobel prize author John Steinbeck