Lisa - (Aussie Girl)’s Comments (group member since Sep 26, 2012)

Lisa - (Aussie Girl)’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

That's s fantastic, Carrie. Lots of meals there. Great job.

We may have another team member from another team possibly disbanding, CC. Waiting for her to get in touch.

Player drop out may be high because of the initial complexity of the challenge. It's quite fun once you get the hang of it.

Sorry that you have to disband your team but happy to have you. Pop over to our thread Team Tienuurtj when you are ready. As our player was a no show you can add all the books you have read since the challenge started to our team spreadsheet. Woo Hoo.

I wonder if we have say 5 plates of sandwiches do we have to have a separate description for each plate?

And I've got one for coffee - "A hot cup of Joe perfect to to kick start your day".

Thanks Carrie.

I did a quick tally up of what we've got so far -

32 completed meals comprising of -

Fish and chips with vinegar - 4
sandwiches - 10
coffee - 4
curry - 3
tea -4
pasta -3
salad -2
quiche -2

And 4 books over 500 in progress to add some desserts.

I think we're going okay. Especially with only 5 of us. I've advertised for another player too.

Team Tienuurtj has a no show - and five committed players so we have a vacancy.

Anyone interested pop over to our thread, CC if your team has to disband we are happy to take one of you guys.

Thanks Nikk. That’s what I thought as well looking at the rules. Vinegar twice in one book... too good to pass up!

Just a quick question -

If the word vinegar appears twice in the same book, can we use it in two different meals?

Tina ❣ wrote: "I'm okay with that Lisa. She didn't respond to me."

Thanks Tina. If she doesn't respond by the morning I'll post in the Looking for Team Mates Thread.

And thanks for doing some of the meal descriptions. I'll have a go too but I'm not very imaginative.

I just sent Susan a PM - if she can't play or doesn't respond we can post in the thread for a replacement.

Hi Team,

Is everyone okay with advertising for a replacement for Susan in the Finding a Team thread?

And I just found another vinegar, woo hoo.

Finished stop 4. - Canadian writer.

3.5 stars

Sally906 wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Great Sally,

Let's go with the song then..

If Celia and I don't have one, that just leaves 2 for Read Any Book."

As we don’t have to start until the 6th October I h..."

What a great road trip, Sally. Maybe soon us NSW people will be able to do the same.

Great Sally,

Let's go with the song then..

Reading for A Song in the book -

Jenny
Louise
Sally
Maddy
Namita

Maybe - Celia, Lisa, Abir

Hi ladies, looks like we are getting the hang of this challenge. I can't believe how many food words there are in the average novel.

Susan, still hasn't checked in. Should we be looking for a replacement or give her till the end of the week?

- I LOVED this book. It had me thinking about it days after I finished. Reese Witherspoon has optioned the rights for it, looking forward to seeing it on screen.

I don't have a book with a song but if I come across one that's great, otherwise there's always Read Any Book..

Nice one Tina.

Is Susan still playing? She hasn't checked in yet.

It sure is a work in progress. It's going to be interesting to see how it all plays out and is scored at the end of the first round.

Carrie wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Rina wrote: "The formula on the SS says min 4, max 5, so I thought we could use vinegar instead of one of the ingredients, but let's play it safe; I'll move salt back :..."

I was thinking the same thing, Carrie. And how can you have a sandwich without the bread as an item. But the rules don't specify so I think we're good with weird combinations.

Carrie wrote: "I will have my first book finished today. I’m going to have the starts to several meals but most likely won’t finish them. When filling the ss out, I just leave spaces for others to complete, right?"

Think so, Carrie. As Rina suggested, having a gap between the meals for clarity is a good idea.

Rina wrote: "The formula on the SS says min 4, max 5, so I thought we could use vinegar instead of one of the ingredients, but let's play it safe; I'll move salt back :-)"

Thanks Rina. The way I read it is you have to have four items and the vinegar makes the five for bonus points.

So I have another set of four items for fish and chips -

Fish, potatoes, salt and lemon from . Just needs vinegar... which I think Tina has somewhere. I'll pop it in the spreadsheet as an unfinished meal.

How's everyone enjoying the challenge so far? It's fun, once you get the hang of it.