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

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

I’d say world domination is hardest of those options. Does multiple generations mean a family saga type thing or where the characters are from different generations as in, grandparents, children and grandchildren all living together?

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "Finished my book Precipice pubbed in August 2024. It was interesting. Set just before and during WW1 and is a fictionalised historical about the true and bizarre ..."

Apparently he burned all her letters but she kept his. He wrote three times a day for a number of years. Mail was delivered very quickly back then. 😀Totally obsessed. Nobody really knows how far the relationship actually went but he clearly loved her to the point of madness.

Finished my book Precipice pubbed in August 2024. It was interesting. Set just before and during WW1 and is a fictionalised historical about the true and bizarre infatuation PM Asquith had with a young society woman to the point he wrote hundreds of letters to her and sent Top Secret cabinet and war plan info for her comments. Very strange. Also has a lot of the cabinet discussion detail about the disastrous Gallipoli campaign which was Churchill's brainchild.

It just occurred to me that the Travelling task in which a character seeks world domination could be a businessman/woman. Eg a fast food giant, a car manufacturer, pharmaceutical, technology person etc.
Something you may come across, Richard?

Exiles which I just finished has three points of view. I didn’t realise until the last few chapters when it switched pov to two other characters.

And the book I just finished has a Zara.

I’m half way through Exiles by Jane Harper and set in South Australia so I can do task 54.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Thanks Richard!

Hmmm. Well the British did end up taking countries across the world, but were they actually after world domination? I’m not sure. Any history buffs in here?"

They certainly gave control back hence the British Commonwealth. It wasn’t always through uprisings but probably mostly.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "New tasks

Read a book with a character who desires world domination


Anyone into James Bond? Plenty of world domination aspirants there.

I’m amazed how many I’ve read on that list. Also have at least 2 I’m planning to read soon but could take on now unless someone has one on the go. It’s an odd collection of books.

Excellent!

Richard wrote: "The book I have is:

- Ice Cream Social: The Struggle for the Soul of Ben & Jerry's"

Friesian cows the same as Hendrika in my book which is a kids book with 32p so no use here. But I was delighted to find it!

Is it . I found our tattered and much loved copy while foraging for challenge books.😀

My MC visits the Imperial Crypt in Vienna where generations of Habsburg are in ornate coffins. That counts as a museum doesn’t it? He paid to go in and it had limited opening hours. I’ve added it to the sheet but can remove it.

Gosh , your poor child. Have the docs any idea what’s going on?

And I found one on my TBR list pubbed in August 2024. 😀

Thanks. Good work with the cheese time thing!

Karen, the busy bustling place is already filled on the team spreadsheet by my book The Fifth Witness, just not on the planning sheet.

Also is it better to have a book on the itinerary than another task? The book you listed of mine for pubbed in June is set in Zimbabwe.

It's probably good to have X's and other odd letters like Q in stock especially as the cheeses don't interfere with regular tasks.

I've read a few books by Chinese writer Xinran. She's written a lot of books and I should read more.

You might like Buy Me the Sky: The remarkable truth of China's one-child generations. Richard. It's about the generation of spoilt only kids. She overheard one small boy demanding his parents buy him the sky. Very readable.

I also really liked Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet. Very moving true story.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Absolutely, Karen! Here are some romance novels where the main text begins with the word “They”:

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📚 Romance Novels Starting with “They”
1. They Do It with Mirrors by Agatha Christie
Opening lin..."

I have an old copy of this book and it starts with: "Mrs Van Rydock moved back from the mirror and sighed." She and Miss Marple then go on to discuss dresses and being at school together.

The line starting with they isn't there at all that I can see.
Wonder how the text can change so drastically from edition to edition...