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

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

Emma and Ariel. Yes, it can be a bit confusing but you'll get the hang of it. You can use an item if it used several times in a book, coffee is a common one. But as depending on the number of pages you only have a limited number of ingredients, so it comes down to the best use of them. See Kaley's awesome table.

I'll be finished my first book later on today. Or maybe one of the other previous players might finish. Just hang off a tad and follow on the spreadsheet and you'll get an idea. Or if completely lost, come back here and post your books, items and pg numbers and I'm sure someone will post on the spread sheet for you till you get the hang of it. It's fun, I promise.

DAY 1 QUESTIONS - PROLOGUE - CONCIERGE

1. Lucy Foley has been a very popular author over the last few years starting with The Book of Lost and Found in 2015, this is her sixth book. How many have your read? Have you a favourite? What is it about her writing style that keeps you coming back? And if you are a newbie what are you expecting from The Paris Apartment?

2. Ahhh.. Voila. Paris the city of love and light. 💕 How important do you think the apartment's location will be to the story? Have you been to Paris or is it on your travel bucket list? Any memories/stories you want to share.

3. And now to the prologue. Does is set the scene? What are your initial thoughts of Ben and what is to come? PS Isn't the key so cute with the Paris landmarks on it. I want one!

4. It's a bit of a femme fest with all the main characters at this stage women. Jess, Sophie, Mimi and the mysterious Concierge - all seem to be full of subterfuge and secrets. Compare and contrast these women and what do you think their ongoing role in the novel will be?

Thanks for checking in Ariel. Enjoy that party!

Only Emma to check in .. and we’re off🥰📚🥪🥗🍔👨‍🍳

Great to see you Vicky and CB. Happy reading!

Only half an hour or so till start time.

I'm going to start off reading and writing the DQ's for the BOM. If we read for BOM we can swap out two meals for meals of our choice which can come in handy. Hope I can find some nice juicy food words as well. I'm hopeful, it is set in Paris.

CB, Emma, Ariel and Vicky.. can you check in. Happy reading everyone.

Awesome. Only one more day to go.. hope everyone is ready to read and eagle eye those ingredients.

Kaley wrote: "So . . . if you're like me, you might wonder . . . what is the best way to maximize points?

So, I compiled this list of what the highest value points per ingredient is if using the minimum require..."

Hi Kaley, just checking back about your incredible points calculator! Amazing. So say the meal is the Special for example are the points 13.33 or 13.33 x 6( minimum) for total points of 79.98?

Judith wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "All good for me too.

Mods, can we still earn the BOM credits for extra entries or has that finished now?"

That runs year round, and you just bank the credits until y..."

Fantastic. 😍

That's really helpful Kaley. I'll definitely be using those stats! Thank you. And thanks for having a go at the blurb. Feel free to let your imagination run wild. Anything that fits the name, I guess.

Vicky, last time I played it was nearly all scavenger items. Spell it out used for books with few ingredients. Not sure why, maybe more points? Or players found it easier using words not letters to make meals?

All good for me too.

Mods, can we still earn the BOM credits for extra entries or has that finished now?

Great Vicky. Not much longer now and our Restaurant is open for business.

Anyone who is creative can write the blurb for our cafe.

Hi Team,

I was just thinking that with about a week to the challenge starts it was time for everyone to check in. 😍

That's absolutely great info Kaley, so it totally works to get those fresh meals done, there is a monthly special also this Challenge with maximum points so quite a few of those would probably be good as well. And books over 500 pages contribute to desserts if they are in the book.

Last time I played we created our own meals or contributed to partial with other teamies finishing it off, just as you described. Putting what number meal it was and leaving the gaps if it needed some extra ingredients by others - it worked really well. For those who haven't played before don't worry, it isn't really complicated and you'll soon catch on by having a look at the spreadsheet or posting your books and ingredients here and someone else can fill them in .

This is such a fun challenge looking forward to starting with you all next week.

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "got it! (sorry for the delay - busy doing other, more boring life stuff)"

Haha, thanks. Yes sometimes RL has to take priority over Goodreads.. but only sometimes. 🤣

Hi Mods, my nomination is above in Post 9.

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "Can we get a thread for our team, Pantries in a Twist?

Will be me, Brittany McCann, and Robin (Saturndoo)

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/us..."

Great name . 🤣

I loved everything about TTIX! 😍 Three months goes sooo quickly.
Although I do admit the Battleship rules absolutely bamboozled me.. so I left it to bigger brains and just did what I do best... READ.

Thanks so much Mods and all the Team Captains for an awesome challenge once again.

And a further book of darkness to contribute to the theme..

And it looks like there may be a lot of food items in this book...( just sayin' if anyone needs them for a challenge... hee hee )

The Sin Eater

Can you uncover the truth when you’re forbidden from speaking it?

A Sin Eater’s duty is a necessary evil: she hears the final private confessions of the dying, eats their sins as a funeral rite, and so guarantees their souls access to heaven. It is always women who eat sins – since it was Eve who first ate the Forbidden Fruit – and every town has at least one, not that they are publicly acknowledged. Stained by the sins they are obliged to consume, the Sin Eater is shunned and silenced, doomed to live in exile at the edge of town.

Recently orphaned May Owens is just fourteen, and has never considered what it might be like to be so ostracized; she’s more concerned with where her next meal is coming from. When she’s arrested for stealing a loaf of bread, however, and subsequently sentenced to become a Sin Eater, finding food is suddenly the last of her worries.

It’s a devastating sentence, but May’s new invisibility opens new doors. And when first one then two of the Queen’s courtiers suddenly grow ill, May hears their deathbed confessions – and begins to investigate a terrible rumour that is only whispered of amid palace corridors.

Set in a thinly disguised sixteenth-century England, The Sin Eater by Megan Campisi is a wonderfully imaginative and gripping story of treason and treachery; of secrets and silence; of women, of power – and, ultimately, of the strange freedom that comes from being an outcast with no hope of redemption for, as May learns, being a nobody sometimes counts for everything . . .

Janeylou wrote: "I looked at SS and thought OMG what have i let myself in for 😄😄😄😄"

You'll be fine.. we all think that at the beginning.

I promise you'll never read vinegar in the same way again.. 🤣

Morning Kaley, and team BBBC

I know, I love TT and glad to be launching into another Challenge. And this one is crazy fun.

I think it's good as well that we have plenty of options with number of books as usually things happen (real life!) and teamies can't always read their usual number. ( I'll be away for the last couple of weeks in November and don't know how reliable the internet will be for instance) And sometimes books don't have heaps of food choice items either.

Cause we've got choices for the the first month why doesn't everyone choose which books they log in with the best potential meals for the first two weeks, see how we've going and then we can cut back or increase for the last two weeks. What does everyone think?

Looking forward to a fun challenge with you all. 😁

Congrats Judith. I read this not so long ago so won't participate this time... just a heads up, tissues needed 😭