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

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

I listed my current book as Art in the genre mini thinking it might be harder to find but it's also full of food and drink hmmm Should I leave it where it is? I think I'll finish it today.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "Happy birthday! Our birthdays must be close because my excursion to Sydney for Rent last week was my and daughter-in-law’s annual birthday treat to ourselves. We had a lovely time..."

Loved it! I didn’t know it at all although I’m very familiar with La Boheme and recognised a few references to it, The siniging and dancing was fabulous.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Busy weekend here. Yesterday we went to a Spanish lunch at Barrangaroo, took the ferry from the restaurant over to Pyrmont to see the Back to the Future Musical (so good!) and then had a 50th birth..."

Happy birthday! Our birthdays must be close because my excursion to Sydney for Rent last week was my and daughter-in-law’s annual birthday treat to ourselves. We had a lovely time too.

I can’t finish anything else in time this round. I usually read faster but my books seemed to be slower reads or I was busier. Any way should we now focus on mini 3 for our tasks? I found coffee, French Champagne, gin, whisky and dancing in my current book but it fits other mini tasks.

Christmas is good. Lots of food, drink and decorations and people celebrate anywhere. At least, here in Aus they do, and can because it’s summer.

I’ll definitely finish my I book which I’ve added to the spellout. I’ve started one which fits J, B and T but haven’t added it in case I don’t get it done in time. It has more scope for our new word, I think.

Melindam wrote: "I'm glad you find it so, Elisabeth! :))"

Is your Bernstein book ? My husband has lots of music bios etc. We’re musicians 🙂

Melindam wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "The Odyssey is finished. Really enjoyed it but I always feel I've read a much longer book when I read an old Penguin edition. The print and the page margins are small so I reckon ..."

A friend gave it to my husband. It seems to be a study of Satie by the author who is a critic but it’s a mix of essays and comments about Satie rather than by him, now that I look more closely. Still interesting though. Erik Satie Three Piece Suite

The Odyssey is finished. Really enjoyed it but I always feel I've read a much longer book when I read an old Penguin edition. The print and the page margins are small so I reckon the 378 page book nowadays would be more like 500 hahaha

Now for something completely different --a book with writings by composer Erik Satie.

I just found ‘challenge’ in The Odyssey. I’d listed it as Classics for genre but perhaps ‘challenge’ is harder to find. I have a heap of books that fit Classics.

I occasionally heard of people who had had scarlet fever back in the dark ages when I was a kid. Not recently.

The bus hit a bump... I was trying to say there'll be a sprint to the Opera House. Not in sparkly anything though.

I'm staying near the Quay so there'll be a sprint to the zooer

Bussing to Sydney today to go to Rent tonight at the Opera House with my lovely daughter-in-law. It’s our annual birthday treat to see a show together as our birthdays are close together. Also brings 3 and 1/2 hours of reading time each way.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Drama in our house with my 10 year old admitted to hospital last night. He is happy, but had a temperature and a spreading rash. So IV antibiotics while they do all kinds of tests.
My husband was w..."

Ooh, it's always extra worrying when our kids are sick. Hope the antibiotics take care of it.

Melindam wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "My book has brown, vanilla and vinegar. I’ve put it in Asian continent but maybe one of those words is harder to find. I can read another one in the series if we need Asia."

Vine..."

Perfect! The characters in my book are Singaporean Chinese and are always cooking and eating yummy sounding food with lots of spices and more unusual ingredients. It’s a really good series set pre, during and after the Japanese invasion in WW2.

My book has brown, vanilla and vinegar. I’ve put it in Asian continent but maybe one of those words is harder to find. I can read another one in the series if we need Asia.

Thanks Mel.

Should we take the read date as the GR date which for us in Aus is a day behind, or our date?

Oops. I miscalculated my pre challenge book reading time and have 120 pages to go. Luckily it’s a fast ish book and lots of fun. Anyone read the Bill Slider crime series? Full of terrible jokes and puns and also a character is a pro orchestral violinist so lots of musical jokes.