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

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

Melindam wrote: "Lisa,

tasks are more important, so if you have a book that fits, just go ahead & claim it. :)"

Thanks. Will do. 😊

Captains, about the Mini...

If our book fits a task but doesn't contain the bonus words do you want us to use it, or prefer to wait for books containing the bonus words?

Elisabeth wrote: "Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "And here's my contribution to Dickens.. . Charles Dickens and Kate Hogarth who becomes his wife solve mysteries. It's light w..."

That's interesting, Elisabeth. I wonder if there are Dickens' descendants in Australia today. (Off to Google to find out.. )

And the answer is No. One died childless and the other had two daughters who went back to England in the 1920's. Gotta love Google!

And here's my contribution to Dickens.. . Charles Dickens and Kate Hogarth who becomes his wife solve mysteries. It's light weight but enjoyable.

Next book for spreadsheet. Lord have Mercy part 4- Big Son.

Author Lauren Gilley 483 pages kindle

Published September 2024.

I have finished The Ink Black Heart on 16 October if someone could mark it off on the spreadsheet. Thx!

I nearly guessed who dunnit, but not quite! I am looking forward to the tv adaptation later on this year, hopefully will make it to Australia!

Checking in from Nagasaki, Japan! Enjoying the trip immensely, but a sea day tomorrow so plenty of time to get stuck into my door stopper book. 🥰🇯🇵⛩️📚

Surname of 3 characters.. Gus, Katya and Inigo Upcott

1462 pages on kindle and published 30 August 2022

Hi team, my first book for the challenge is going to be The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith. It’s got lots of pages and a U. Feel free to pop it somewhere on the spread sheet. 🥰

Hi team, Lisa checking in..

I’ve had the pleasure of being in a team with quite a few of you, hello again. To those I’ve yet to meet , pleased to meet you.

I’m a mum of 3, Nanna of six, small business owner with my husband (dairy farm), avid reader and traveller.

I’ll be a bit quiet for the first week as I’m cruising around Japan right now but will be reading and adding my books when I return on 19 October.

I love searching for obscure tasks or letters and will read anything for the team including space smut and some real clangers. 😖

Happy reading all.

Hi Elisabeth, yes partners in crime again. Great to be teamies for another wheel.. I’ve been saving up my U’s. 🤣

Hello everyone in Team Interior!

Great.. heading over there now. 🥰

Hi wheelers,

i am away till the 19th and only have my phone.. and the team members aren’t coming up.

What team am I on?

Thanks.. after start date I have a loaded kindle and a few sea days.. so ready to read!

That’s a tricky one. If you run it through tineye it says dark blue., but we can make individual judgement calls. So I’ll leave it up to you. Vicky might weigh in with an opinion.

Cut the head off the snake - Python is defeated.

New Monster - Queen of the Elves (Discworld)

Yay... let's have a Wheely good time teamies (Sorry, I couldn't resist, LOL)

By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mad Honey comes an “inspiring” (Elle) novel about two women, centuries apart—one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare’s plays—who are both forced to hide behind another name.

Young playwright Melina Green has just written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. But seeing it performed is unlikely, in a theater world where the playing field isn’t level for women. As Melina wonders if she dares risk failure again, her best friend takes the decision out of her hands and submits the play to a festival under a male pseudonym.

In 1581, young Emilia Bassano is a ward of English aristocrats. Her lessons on languages, history, and writing have endowed her with a sharp wit and a gift for storytelling, but like most women of her day, she is allowed no voice of her own. Forced to become a mistress to the Lord Chamberlain, who oversees all theatre productions in England, Emilia sees firsthand how the words of playwrights can move an audience. She begins to form a plan to secretly bring a play of her own to the stage—by paying an actor named William Shakespeare to front her work.

Told in intertwining timelines, By Any Other Name, a sweeping tale of ambition, courage, and desire centers two women who are determined to create something beautiful despite the prejudices they face. Should a writer do whatever it takes to see her story live on . . . no matter the cost? This remarkable novel, rooted in primary historical sources, ensures the name Emilia Bassano will no longer be forgotten.

This looks really good so I'll be reading and answering questions but I'm away for the next two weeks so can't commit to doing the questions this time. Sorry.

Wintersmith is done.

New monster is Bad Romance - Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley