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

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

Michelle wrote: "Oooh, thanks to you both! Lots of things I haven't discovered yet. Adding to my list for the challenge."

Historical mystery - Here's some great ones -

Sebastian St Cyr -

Wrexford and Sloane -

Veronica Speedwell -

- Lizzie Hardwick

- The Bronte Sisters Mysteries.

Thanks for the challenge, Sophie. I really enjoyed it.. and had a blast trying to catch Sammy in the Edge category but she reigned surpreme. Congrats Sammy.

And to all the other winners and participants. Hope you all enjoyed playing!

Thanks Tina. That is super helpful. I've been on Goodreads so long I just work everything on Goodreads time, whatever that is. Depending on daylight saving midnight is usually between 5-7 pm Sydney time. After a while it just becomes second nature.

It's been wonderful for challenge addicts to go from Uno to TT and I had the individual Inside Out as well... I hardly watch TV now too many books to read and add, LOL.

Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "Team - I created a listopia for our book suggestions so people can see all the books in one place. I only added my suggestions currently as I didn't want to add others unless they requested it.

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Thanks Diane. I've added some on there too.

Me too.

For TT purposes, which version are we using? The one we are actually individually reading or a default one for everyone. Thanks Mods. 😊

Oh fantastic Stacey that you got picked for DQ's! I'll be reading along, I picked up my book yesterday..

Not long to go now till TT is go..happy reading everyone.

Here's another book for our recs. It was my favourite book from last year.

by V E Schwab. It was so imaginative and a killer ending.

Morning everyone, (or evening... )

My library has the BOM so I've volunteered for back up for Stacey for the DQ's. I'm guessing different readers can still use the BOM for different tasks even though it's the same book?

I'll be reading for next month. I have read and watched the TV adaptation with David Tennant and Michael Sheen which was a hoot. My first Sir Terry solo book though.

I'll in and will backup Stacey for DQ's for Team Carrot.

A Darker Shade of MagicA Darker Shade of Magic by V E Schwab


(Shades of Magic #1)
by V.E. Schwab
4.06 · Rating details · 228,570 ratings · 29,033 reviews
Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black.

Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see.

Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand.

After an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She first robs him, then saves him from a deadly enemy, and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.

Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, they'll first need to stay alive. (less)

The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley

The Seven Sisters
(The Seven Sisters #1)
by Lucinda Riley (Goodreads Author)
4.18 · Rating details · 50,365 ratings · 4,322 reviews
Maia D’Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, “Atlantis”—a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva—having been told that their beloved father, who adopted them all as babies, has died. Each of them is handed a tantalizing clue to her true heritage—a clue which takes Maia across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Once there, she begins to put together the pieces of her story and its beginnings.

Eighty years earlier in Rio’s Belle Epoque of the 1920s, Izabela Bonifacio’s father has aspirations for his daughter to marry into the aristocracy. Meanwhile, architect Heitor da Silva Costa is devising plans for an enormous statue, to be called Christ the Redeemer, and will soon travel to Paris to find the right sculptor to complete his vision. Izabela—passionate and longing to see the world—convinces her father to allow her to accompany him and his family to Europe before she is married. There, at Paul Landowski’s studio and in the heady, vibrant cafes of Montparnasse, she meets ambitious young sculptor Laurent Brouilly, and knows at once that her life will never be the same again.

In this sweeping, epic tale of love and loss—the first in a unique, spellbinding series of seven novels—Lucinda Riley showcases her storytelling talent like never before. (less)

If that's okay with everyone. Here's where we're up to - Itinerary 9.

Stop 1 - Complete
Stop 2 - Complete
Stop 3 - Complete

Stop 4 - Book starting with U or Read any Book - Abir

Stop 5 - "The" first word of text or read any book - Jenny, Celia and Abir

Stop 6 - Current stop - Book starting with W.

No worries Celia.

Let's have a breather at Stop 6 till everyone catches up before we finish the last two stops.

I've heard of Discworld probably through Goodreads but this TT will be my first real introduction to the world. I'm just amazed at some of the names of the characters..... I mean Moist von Lipwig, it's so gross that it's awesome, LOL.

No Tina, us here in NSW have only Anzac Day on the Sunday, the public holiday is always on the day it actually falls. Enjoy your long weekend.

So looking forward to starting.. just finishing of UNO now. Definitely join in next year Christina. My two favourite challenges back to back.. woo hoo.

bookswithpaulette wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "Hi from Team Ventinari

I wondered if anyone can give me a couple of recommendations

I enjoy most genres -
Mystery / thriller, historical fiction, JD Robb and some nonfiction"
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I just read The Four Winds my first Kristin Hannah. Even though it is beautifully written and well researched I initially thought it was a bit slow in the first half. But boy, that ending was so emotional it made up for the slow start. I think I used half a box of tissues and did the ugly cry. Will definitely read more of Ms Hannah.

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Hi there! This is Team Rob Anybody dropping in!!



Can you all provide some book recommendations? We'll supply some in return if you wish."

Hi there Jenny. There are some recommendations in above messages 58 and 59. We'd love some of yours as well.

Celia, Sally and Namita are all on this team as well... so from travel buddies to frenemies, LOL. Good luck and happy reading.

Marie (UK) wrote: "Hi from Team Ventinari

I wondered if anyone can give me a couple of recommendations

I enjoy most genres -
Mystery / thriller, historical fiction, JD Robb and some nonfiction"

Hi Marie,

Have you read the DI Kim Stone murder mysteries by Angela Marsons set in the Black Country of your country. They are enjoyable as they combine a lot of character development with the police procedural. Or Kendra Elliot has a couple of mystery/thrillers set in Oregon, USA. Anything Sandra Brown also crime thrillers are also pretty good. And Aussie Jane Harper writes thrillers where the country of Australia becomes an extra character, The Survivors is her latest.

Historicals anything Kate Mosse or Aussie Writers Kate Forsyth or Karen Brooks are good. Hope that helps.

Hi Celia, there are a few of us from Planes, Trains and Really Big Books on this team, Namita, Sally and I. And I'm pretty sure the other ladies are on other teams. Thanks for joining in, this is a great Challenge. Hope you enjoy it.

Day 4

14. We finally get Will's perspective of some of the events. Did you think that this worked in the story to build up to the end? I thought getting Will's perspective just re-enforced what the reader had already worked out about him. Sociopath. Everything was about him so no surprises he could justify to himself all his heinous actions.

15. The author has changed the pace a bit and we are now getting a lot of shorter sharper chapters before the perspective switches. I found this built up the tension; did it di the same for you?

It was a really effective tool in creating an exciting denouement!

16. The big reveal! I hadn't quite put together how Aoife was connected (but had wondered why she had been so determined to host this wedding). I felt like Johnno got a raw deal, and was surprisingly accepting - I suppose this feels like his punishment fir the death at school. Did you work it out?.

I had worked out it was Aoife mainly because of the knowledge that she had a family member buried in the graveyard. But I thought it may have been a sister also abused by Will. But now I know the outcome it makes perfect sense that "Loner" was her brother. Nice touch having her husband Freddie also one of the school boys.
Just an aside - those school boys were a perfect example of toxic masculinity that is being discussed right now. Somehow the system has to change!

17. I've added some more books by the author to my tbr. Will you be doing the same?'
This is my second read by Lucy Foley and both have been 4 star reads. Well plotted and easy to read, once you start you have to keep reading. Will definitely read more of her.