Karen ⊰✿’s Comments (group member since Sep 23, 2012)

Karen ⊰✿’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Hahaha
Yes, I understand space smut is in order!!

Nice - enjoy the time Lisa!

Yes … Empress Murders lives up to the critics of being completely wacky. It is one of the strangest books I’ve read for a while!!

HI all

Just checking in from the sunny Sunshine Coast in Qld.

We have been to Amaze World https://amazeworld.com.au/
and
did this free flight owl experience where you walk through the forest feeding a barking owl which was amazing
https://skywind.com.au/
and yesterday went to Australia Zoo. I first went about 30 years ago when Steve was still running in - very different experience then compared to now!! It is a great zoo, though, and a nice tribute to him
https://australiazoo.com.au/

Today we are heading out to an island to go snorkelling.

So I am reading, but slowly ;) and not online a whole lot. I hope you are all having a nice week!

Yum!

And we have covered it with our books :)

Oh my. Cat. Wendy, Yasmine! So close!

Yes they are weird additions to that!

Looks like a summer read!

Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read: 6
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 1

Books in category:


FINISHED


End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: 29 (end of June was 25)
Audiobooks in monthly category read: 0 failed this month. just too much going on

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):

I've updated our update above ; 2 new tasks:

94 Read a book that is on the Best Unknown but must be Known books List
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

95 Read a book first published in May of any year

I've not assigned any banked books to mini 4 as yet because we only have 5 more tasks in mini 2 left to reveal

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Ah, the return of "vinegar". My challenge is complete now, LOL.

And I got picked for DQ's for the early July BOM, that's three from three. 😁"

haha indeed

and well done!

Elisabeth wrote: "I looked up ube. https://www.google.com.au/search?q=ub..."

Very popular in Philipino desserts. Ube cupcakes are always so nice and fresh :)

There’s a new mini which can also use banked books :)

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Update

(my least favourite) Cheese is complete! We also have some new tasks

Mini 1 - countries
Countries we have read twice
Afghanistan
Bhutan
Cuba
Czechia (Czech Republic)
Ethiopia
Fiji
Ghana
Israel
Kenya
North Korea
Palestine
Poland
Romania
Rwanda
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Thailand
Uganda
Ukraine
Zambia
Zimbabwe
-we are in our 8th itinerary-

Mini 2 - tasks
Open:



70 Read a book that was originally published before 1900
80 Read a book tagged "Diary" at least 10x
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

83 Read a book which has the main location (setting) as a bus, train, or other road based vehicle
84 Read a book with the word car, vehicle, bike, bicycle, truck or lorry in the title (Plurals are acceptable)
86 Read a book which has the main location (setting) on the African continent
93 Read a book which has the main location (setting) on the Asian continent
94 Read a book that is on the Best Unknown but must be Known books List
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

95 Read a book first published in May of any year


Tina reading for 60 Read a book tagged "Education" at least 10x https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... and




Mini 3 - Wheel

China:

WW99 Dragon on cover
WW100 "rice" in text


Russia:
WW146 Author born in Russia
WW147 Red, White and Blue on cover
WW149 character (dreams of) going to St. Petersburg
WW151 letters VODKA in title (any order)
WW153 U
WW157 A

Banked books - if any of these are yours please check if they may work for any of the open mini 2 tasks:

Haunted Highways			Richard
Psycho Shifters				Tina
The Jane Austen Remedy			Kylie
Oryx and Crake				Insiyah

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Quick question Captains.. does Character goes to carnaval have to be in Brazil? Can they go in another country eg Carnaval in Venice? Thanks."

Because this one is specific to the Brazil country tasks I would say we can only use Carnaval in Brazil

Ok, I haver finally started!!

Has taken me a bit to get into it, but I think I am starting to understand the threads. Will post properly when I am done with Part 1

@Catherine - yes I noticed there is another! I'm glad as when I read Priory I was disappointed there weren't more books set in the world ;)

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "As it's been long enough to eat all of the last batch of cheese, the Chipmunks shout "think fast" and toss a literal bag of cheese into the tower.

Bouhezza

Bouhezza is a type of ripened cheese th..."


Sounds so interesting!!

I went to China pre Olympics, I think around 2002. It was an amazing, and eye opening, experience!! I have heard a lot changed with the Olympics, but when we went there was really no English around so we had a guide the whole time. Went around quite a large part of the country including down the Yangtze before it was damned. There were a number of "ghost cities" which were the evacuated towns which would be under water by now.

My world is a bit chaotic at the moment with work just killing me as I am going to a conference and then holidays next week which means everything just smashes up against itself and I feel like a headless chicken.
I'm still reading but not getting to a whole lot probably until this time next week when I'm in Brisbane for the conference so will have nights to myself

Richard wrote: "Oh great! My great-grandfather was Chinese. I know that only makes me 1/16th Chinese, but it's still a big thing in my family. Recipes handed down, etc."

Nice!

We live in a big Chinese community (c.90% born in China or Hong Kong) so we get a lot of recipes passed to us from friends and neighbours :)
Making one of our favourites tonight which is a pork and rice dish which just all goes into the pressure cooker and is super dimple

Oh no. Hope it is ok soon, Chava

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Insiyah wrote: "Elisabeth wrote: "The worst books list isn’t as bad as it sounds😀 I’ve read lots and some were 5 stars from me. Two or three are on my TBR and I own a few as well. I have a few othe..."

Totes!
So many good books on that list and Little Women is a fantastic classic