Sophie’s Comments (group member since Apr 28, 2013)

Sophie’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

No sure the expanse quite counts but the protomolecule is close.

Sanderson probably has something

Well that has very nicely landed at the top of the page!

More helpfully I've added a couple of links in my reserved post to websites that you can enter or choose a country and find some choices of books that have been written about them.

Melindam wrote: "Keli & Sophie,

I'll need the links to your shelves, please. :)"

Well that's not a great start to showing that I can be a responsible and helpful team member...

3pagodas here to make up for it.

Melindam wrote: "Sophie wrote: "MelM - can you remember whether more than 50% of Caprice and Rondo is set in a particular country? Can see he starts in Poland, but they also mention the Crimea and Fla..."

I had a suspicion she had too much fun moving round to be useful for the country setting. Timbuktu in Scales of Gold was the other that could have been helpful.

Denise wrote: "Lauri wrote: "Aloha!
I’m Lauri from Hawaii & am very excited to play! I think Towers is my very favorite challenge! I’ve done a bunch of them so far. BUT I still can’t do a link to save my own life..."

I want to read some of her books, but only seem to be able to get the later ones. My brain can't deal with series in the wrong order.

Keli wrote: "I'm here! I'll get my shelf up in just a mo. I'm in the UK so UTC time, I think. I can't remember how daylight savings affects is but I'm pretty close to UTC. 🤣 I'm really excited this is my 6th To..."

Ilona very nearly made my list but was edged out by Seanan.

Carcer now just needs a knife/dagger on the cover and it's done.

MelM - can you remember whether more than 50% of Caprice and Rondo is set in a particular country? Can see he starts in Poland, but they also mention the Crimea and Flanders.

If you have a yearning for TT fun, please swing by and see us in the 3 pagodas.

I manage 1 non-fiction every couple of months at most so I'm v impressed with you managing a month of it.


MPG Timte Travel will be finished v soon small people allowing. Have been comfort re-listening to St Mary's.

Hello everyone! I'm glad our travels have thrown us all together for this adventure round the world.

I'm Sophie, one of the Mods Almighty as Mel named us not long ago and more importantly one of your wonderful co-captains.

I'm a mum of 2 (7yr and 4yr) from Kent, UK. I've been about since the 2nd TT when I joined as a reserve and ended up as a co-captain. I became a mod during 2020 which helped my sanity in some ways and has lead to chipmunk induced deteriorations in others. The amount of searching I will do to find a book to fit a task is slightly unhealthy!

🏯What are your favourite places in the world?
I love Vancouver Island when I was there for a month, stunning scenery and an overriding sense of calm. Safari in Kenya was incredible. I think my favourite though is my parents house where I grew up in the countryside. Big cities are not so much my vibe.

🏯 What are the places you would love to visit the most?
New Zealand is high on the list, I think Japan would be awesome and I'd like to visit Scotland and Ireland, which despite being on my doorstep practically I haven't made it to.

🏯Preferred mode of travel?
Local area, cycling (cycling though African savannah was incredible if v sweaty). Further distances I'm easy honestly.

🏯Desert Island question: if you were allowed to take the (all) books of only three authors with you, who would they be?

Well the suggestion of a book swap with you lovely people would be fantastic because with every set of 3 you put in my choice gets progressive harder. Scalzi, Christie, Pratchett, Hobb, Roberts, Sanderson and Dunnett are all such fantastic choices and would be high on my list. ARGH I don't want to choose!

Right I'm going to go with Pratchett for the variety of subgenres and the comedy. Seanan Maguire with her various pen names for the range of world building. Adrian Tchaikovsky as a new to me author whose books have really made me think so far and there's a large number that would be new to me.

Less so

Website to help with international travel

https://www.travelbybooks.com/countries
https://www.tripfiction.com/
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

It's worth signing up for the reserve list - we can often shuffle people into teams.

I'm gin girl. Have a few different in the cupboard.

What I have noticed is that the tonic water makes an enormous difference to how it tastes too.

That's sufficiently a person for me too.

Kelly (Maybedog) wrote: "I have a question about the challenge before I sign up.


The BOM stuff is a little confusing. Do I have to participate in that way of getting points? I'm not always interested in the BOM.

There's no need to take part in the BOM if you don't want to. Think of them as bonus points.

Is th..."

Sammy wrote: "I hate to do it, but I think I'm gonna have to sit this one out. We're planning to put our house on the market in May and it looks like there is much chaos and uncertain internet connectivity ahead..."


Sensible but unwanted news! If internet chaos resolves, you'd be v welcome as a reserve.

Hiddleston dancing is a winner though.

Sammy wrote: "I thought about that, but it would mean yet another device, and they're not cheap!

As I rarely read e-books anyway, it hasn't seemed all that necessary to go there for me yet."

I know what you mean about devices. Luckily for now my phone will suffice.