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

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

I'll finish my Botswana No 1 Ladies Detective Agency book today that has Mma Rambotswe as MC if the R spot is still open. Also has a character called Charlie.

So basically we need to prioritise the cheese. I like pecorino.

Reading in the Eurovision ad breaks. is going to be a wild ride!

It says in the rules they must have a verified word count above 30k. No idea where you’d find that though.

There doesn’t seem to be a minimum for the easy countries, is that correct? So we can aim to fill up our itineraries with the other levels and use the easy country books for other tasks. It’ll be easy to fill a few gaps with easy countries to finish an itinerary quickly.

Thanks Karen.

For Hard I have Algeria and Cameroon in my bookcase. Also Mali is coming up in July for my book group read. How about this for a title?
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts

For "mid -level" I can do Kenya and Singapore.

For the colours on covers slots does that mean exclusively eg for Canada a red and white cover? Or is it simply that those colours need to be there somewhere amongst other colours?

Also what if a book doesn’t fit anything? Can It be held in store for later? I’m thinking about my first book Money: A suicide note. It only fits the country USA atm but as we can only have 2 books set there it’s limited.

Hi Team Mates. So nice to see so many familiar names again!

I’m kicking off with because I’m using it for a May challenge and then . They are both set in the US but a look through my book cases turned up a book set in Algeria and another in Cameroon both in the tough category.

I like going up a tower although The World Trade Centre was disconcerting as it moved quite noticeably. That was in 2000. Also been up the Empire State, The Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Eiffel Tower plus a few smaller ones like the Galata Tower in Istanbul.

Richard wrote: "I live in an area (in Australia) where there are about 10 wineries all less than 30-minute bus-rides between them. So 1 weekend a year, there's a 'Winery Walkabout'...where hundreds of people can b..."

Hi Richard, we were on a great team together late last year. Wheels, I think. Hope you get onto a team this time.

What's the date of the winery weekend? It sounds fun. There are lots of top wineries around Canberra too.

And I finished my final book! It had coffee tables, pants and in the last dozen pages a piano playing Christmas carols which is what I wanted.

Finished with the Romans. Unfortunately they didn’t wear pants or use quilts. I’ll have a good crack at finishing my last one. Will be a much quicker read.

This has been the best team whether we come 1st or not! Thanks everyone.

We're off to the coast for the weekend leaving today, For the Aussies, Narooma then Tathra where my husband has a gig at the pub, I'm taking my bloodthirsty, ruthless Romans (I, Claudius) with me and will definitley finish it. Also taking my other listed book The Weekend. I'll know by tomorrow if ther's any chance of reading that.

Elisabeth wrote: "I, Claudius is a slow read so if anyone has something that fits the ‘beach holiday’ bonus mini slot go for it because I may not get to that book in time. It’s called The Weekend."

Or I could leave Claudius and read The Weekend which is shorter and then focus on the Roman conniving and manipulating. Such an interesting book. Richard, you might like it because it’s basically factual.

I, Claudius is a slow read so if anyone has something that fits the ‘beach holiday’ bonus mini slot go for it because I may not get to that book in time. It’s called The Weekend.

Melindam wrote: "I'm sorry, but I won't be able to look at them before tomorrow night.

But if it would mean moving too many books around, I would prefer not to upset the way they are now."

I can get onto my Garden mini book and finish it before the one I’m reading now. It’s in the food mini so a lot of slots open there still.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "I've read it a number of times, and watched it on stage and screen. I love the actual story, and I appreciate Tolstoy's societal ideas but it just gets a bit much in that book for me!
I did visit h..."

Your visit to Tolstoy’s house reminded me of visiting Chairman Mao’s house in Wuhan, China. They had his pj’s on his bed, and his chopsticks and bowl on a table ready for his breakfast. Quite spartan and austere. He also had an Olympic sized swimming pool built in his gardens because he was a keen swimmer.

Richard wrote: "As other people still have books to finish on the Mini, I can have the 2 remaining Relaxing Mini tasks done in the next few hours.

I found the JP books interesting, but AK dragged on a lot. But th..."

Anna K turned into such a pain of a woman I wanted to give her a swift kick and tell her to shape up. It’s such a famous book I expected it to be better. I found the farming stuff quite interesting actually. All that stuff about the workers not wanting to use modern equipment etc. no wonder the whole system broke down.

It dawned on me that the book I'm reading (with okra in it several times as well as the bonus vinegar) was made into a movie starring Robert Duvall and Blythe Danner . I thought the character's name was familiar. I'll have to see if I can find it to watch.

Thought it might be. Thank you both.

has a dog called Okra. Is that a better mini choice than ‘sky on cover?