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

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

I'd say grey on 1st look. Someone else might think different though.

Reading the tier rules, I think we could read for more than 10 locations if we can find them so could do all the locations 3 times for max points.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Sammy wrote: "I didn't think the character I had pencilled in for Our Man in Havana was significant enough, but luckily I could move it to L for the MC's assistant Lopez 😁

Quite a fun little spy t..."

Bah for the line about being significant for the plot.

Sammy wrote: "WOOHOO! 😁🤠

This is the first time I've been on a team that has had max entries into a BOM. I'm probably more excited about that than I ought to be 😂

Seriously though, that's gonna be so many love..."

First time for me too!

I've finished How to Sell a Haunted House but still need to answer the questions for points.

I'm not going to be reading violin conspiracy so that's one volunteer down for dqs.

We have visited the llyn peninsula in Wales and Newcastle for family based reasons. 5 hours in a car hits v different to 5 in a plane.

I can understand that! Bit like how I'd like to go back to Chester zoo but can't justify 5 hours in the car each way.

Colchester zoo is one of our favourite places to go. Meic's dad used to live 5 mins away so was a great place to visit. Bounced round the various parks to keep small people entertained while we looked at animals.

More volunteers! More!!!

I've spent the day at a zoo/theme park with the kids who had a fab time with all the Halloween decorations - even if little miss 2 got to the door of the haunted house and noped straight out.

Scalzi and Wheaton seem to have formed some sort of comedic duo - he's got the perfect voice for the snark that is written.

I started with The Collapsing Empire which is sci-fi and have been hooked since. Word of warning not to read this series of you don't like swear though - definitely not PG language!

Elinor wrote: "@Jenny, and it came out *just* before wheels 🤦‍♀️. Just wondering, as I’d never read him before and it sounds like you’re a big fan: are all his books written with the same kind of humour? Any recs..."

They are really variable in setting but not in humour so different books will appeal to different people.

https://www.tor.com/2022/04/04/which-... is an article by his publishers acknowledging the fact that people like different ones of his most and he is open about that.

Team country back up option here.

Sammy wrote: "Small children will do that... I think I spent 2 whole years reading nothing but Enid Blyton, Thomas the Tank engine and Bob the Builder books when my two were little. The only book I remember read..."

2 children and uni would def do that!

I manage through audiobooks and reading ebooks on my phone in spare minutes

3 rounds of bonuses yet to discover...

Sammy wrote: "Apparently "normal" people don't read every day.

Obviously I've always been abnormal 😂

To be fair, my reading has seriously gone into overdrive since discovering reading challenges, and more so a..."

Mine will probably jump again when my life isn't taken over with small children activities. Have watched 40mins of TV for me in the last 2 weeks.

People are stunned when I say I read over 100 in a year! Shows what big readers there are in GR world compared to general reality.

Team Heavy Metal have someone who reads a ridiculous amount (i.e. over 1000 books a year) on their team so while we have tried to keep them balanced, that just means that they can burn through pages.

More impressively, our team was meant to read 70 books in a week and we have managed 77 so above target even with a team member unfortunately vanishing.

I've got a U I can read in the next 2 hours (give or take) if it would help with using all the books we have. Alternatively I can finish it in the next round for the endless vuvu (main character is Victor)