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

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

In theory there is something on the official sheet that changes colour. Given ours is a lightly edit copy of that, it should turn red when the cap is exceeded.

Food pagodas are the type of thing that would have entertained her. Looking forward to seeing my cousins etc for the day. Hoping the sun comes out again so that the kids can all enjoy the pool as well (and hopefully the adults will play responsibly which isn't always a given with them!).

Need to find time on Friday to make a chocolate mousse from her old recipe - the pressure is on.

Cheese pagodas look wonderful.

We're having a party this weekend to commemorate 10 years since my mum's death. Wonder if I can persuade the person bringing cheese that it should be presented like this.

Thank you Sammy!

Feels overoptimistic to describe London as a cold climate! Is the closest my current 2 reads would get to working.

We can definitely use them for the cheese and 1 other mini.

Looks good for options on C.

Any offers for one of O or N?

Thanks Andy, that's good to know.

So with captain tetris of the books that have been finished today we have 2 letters left of our Pecorino snack:

N
O

Please let us know as you finish a book that would work for them.

Andy wrote: "book finished today (20th), but before the big cheese landed - guessing cannot be used?"

Mod discussion says that yes it can be as it was finished on the 20th.

Keli wrote: "Just finished my first book for the challenge. Really good read. Has some hard moments, but couched in the strange afterlife place Maali was in, it didn’t make me want to cry. The atrocities that h..."

That's now on my TBR shelf! Thanks for the recommendation.

P or C likely to be helpful. Going to to be I or O that is more tricky. The cheese letters are only worth 5 points so more value from reading for other tasks in my mind!

maria helena wrote: "Cheese never goes bad (at least it never lasts that long in my home)"

That is the right way to manage cheese!

Cheese never goes bad, just more full of flavour.

Pesky mods and additional challenges.

NEW TASK

Read a book first published in August of any year

Vi wrote: "Oh, I have another question - SO I started Wind and Truth on May 1 but didn't get too far. Only till Chap 10.. If I start over again, can I use the book for TT? It will take me a m..."

I'm leaning towards no on this. I've got a book that I'm 3 chapters into which is having to wait.

Melindam wrote: "Sophie,

I listened to an audiobook The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax earlier and I think it possibly gets away with 50% Albanian setting, if you'd prefer to give up your present book."

I'm over half way through and the app reckons it'll take 45 mins to finish from here so I'll power through.

Congratulations on the new horse! I hope it settles into its new home well.

I'm enjoying my audio on Brazil, but struggling more with The Dictator Calls for Albania. Normally I'd prefer fiction to non-fiction but that's not working for this one.

At least we were both saying the same thing!

KayLynn wrote: "Melindam wrote: "N*E*W T*A*S*K
Mini 2 - Travelling Around the World
Books can be banked for this Mini and this Mini only!
11. Read a book with a title that starts with one of the letters found in..."

Banked books are ones that were read before the task appeared. It's more relevant for the mini 3 where you can see which tasks will come up for every country, but we can't just read them all now and store them for when the country comes up.

For mini 1 we would just move books so the ones finished first are used in the earlier incomplete itinerary.

I'm reading an Albania ATM so Egypt could be switched.