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

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

Judith wrote: "Yes, I'd accept that"

Fabulous! 🌠

Task - RAB with a celestial body in the title.

A Court of Frost and Starlight

Does Starlight count as a celestial body?

The Clockwork droids have clocked off.

New Monster is George and Martha (Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf)

The Clinic by Cate Quinn

From the critically acclaimed author of Black Widows comes a thriller set in a remote rehab clinic on the Pacific Northwest coast, in which the death of a woman inside prompts her sister to enter the clinic as a patient in order to find the truth. Perfect for fans of Stacy Willingham and Tarryn Fisher!

Meg works for a casino in LA, catching cheaters and popping a few too many pain pills to cope, following a far different path than her sister Haley, a famous actress. But suddenly reports surface of Haley dying at the remote rehab facility where she had been forced to go to get her addictions under control.

There are whispers of suicide, but Meg can't believe it. She decides that the best way to find out what happened to her sister is to check in herself – to investigate what really happened from the inside.

Battling her own addictions and figuring out the truth will be much more difficult than she imagined, far away from friends, family – and anyone who could help her.

Lady MacBeth has been defeated.

New monster is The Beast (Dr Who)

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "I would say go with the larger one, Lisa seeing you only have one book left.

I have found some freebies on audible for X that I can do if we end up in a pinch"

Will do, Definitely going to be upping my reading number for next challenge.

Hi team,

I've got one left book to reach my quota.

Would you prefer I read a shorter X book or a larger Sarah M Maas book? 264 pages or (703 pages)

Wow, Karen I'd like to see that.. although probably not at the moment.

My bucket list moment pilgrimage was to the Bronte Parsonage in Haworth, UK. The Bronte Society has been really active and got a lot of the furniture and belongings back to re-furbish the building over the years. The dining table where they wrote their books is the original. As there is no original manuscript of Wuthering Heights in existence the Society had a project in 2017 when we were there, to invite visitors to write a sentence in a manuscript of the book which is now housed in the Library there. After I gushed to the guides about how I had wanted to visit since I was 14, she invited my friend and I to write a sentence in the book. One of those moments I'll always treasure.

Elisabeth wrote: "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 ..."

My feelings exactly Elisabeth. She didn't show much resilience and made many bad choices. She just wasn't a character despite her sad ending that I could feel much empathy for. The story of the other young couple was much more interesting. I think I glazed over in the agricultural scenes, wasn't there one shooting geese in a marsh? That's my only recollection.

Anna Karenina, groan! Better to watch the BBC version. Thanks for taking one for the team, Richard.

I just finished The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte. It was the first one I've read of hers, and I found it a struggle. It did detail the heart breaking life of a woman trapped in a unhappy marriage of the time but didn't seem to have the magical writing and passion of her sisters' work.

And now back to the Thomas Hardy. Again, I think I prefer watching the BBC productions or the movie. Glad I've got a light weight read coming up next.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Mmmm, glad you're loving it Karen, but I'm not convinced. What happens if you want to drive 500 km, how often do you have to re-charge and where are the charging statio..."

That's interesting. Because we are driving between the farm and Sydney it's just under 500 km pretty frequently. But that GPS charging station guide would take the stress out. I was worried about finding somewhere to charge and didn't want to get stuck. I'm sure over the next twenty years we'll all be driving electric when these sort of issues will be worked out and people get more familiar with them.

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Melindam wrote: "Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Oh yay. I was really starting to regret creating that one 🤣🤣"

AH-HHA!!!

And now that you've been found out, could you tell us what driving an electric vehicle ha..."


Mmmm, glad you're loving it Karen, but I'm not convinced. What happens if you want to drive 500 km, how often do you have to re-charge and where are the charging stations?

Go for it! 👍

Tudor Tax Collector.. What a job and it didn't end well!

If it actually mentions him doing his job I'd say it would fit fine. But probably the other Mods should weigh in on the decision.

That's a lovely tradition, Elisabeth.

My DIL, granddaughter aged 8 and I have tried to see Beauty and the Beast twice. First it was a covid cancellation, then we re-booked and got a txt four hours before the show that because of cast illness the night's performance was cancelled.. again. One very disappointed little girl.. and I don't mean my grand daughter, LOL.

PS My absolute favourite show is Les Mis. I've seen it twice and eagerly awaiting the tickets to be released for the Arena show coming to our shores next year.

How exciting. Awesome job, everyone. One more round to go..

I dragged my daughter to Wicked the movie on Friday. Disclaimer - I'm a big fan of musical theatre, her not so much. And I was a bit nervous about the 2 hrs 40 minutes running time. So it was luxury cinema (Karen.. Gold Class, Macquarie) for us. Happy to report it was fantastic, and my daughter immediately wanted to read the book. Which I'd read years ago and is so much darker. So long story short - go and see it if musicals are your thing. Gush over.

Melindam wrote: "An interesting menage-a-trois-sandwich: classic pieces og bread with space smut filling. :D"

😁

Melindam wrote: "Lisa,

thank heavens for your secret space smut trash!! :D"

Nuh, you got it right the first time, it is trash, but very entertaining trash.

However, I've gone into my rock band/romance/erotica cause I found one with an X character, pants in the text (of course!) over 500 pages and written in 2015! And my library definitely doesn't stock it, I checked!

Will make an interesting week reading alongside the Thomas Hardy and Anne Bronte! 😉

Elisabeth wrote: "And 2 pages later there are the pants—- being unzipped."

Haha, Elizabeth. That sounds more like a book I'd read! I haven't had to delve into my space smut this wheel but there is still one more round and a mini task (not being found in your library) that would fit the bill.

You are the Tetris champion, Mel. Well done. 😍

And well done team!