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It's a Charles Dickens biography, so no characters :(But I'm planning on re-reading All Systems Red after, and Murderbot definitely has a devious streak 😁
Sammy wrote: "It's a Charles Dickens biography, so no characters :(But I'm planning on re-reading All Systems Red after, and Murderbot definitely has a devious streak 😁"
Definitely! 🥰
My sheperdess book also covers trickery (she uses "tricks" to win an auction, also tricks have to be used to deal with the sheep and cows).
But I remove my book from the 500 slot and use it for Yeti tasks instead.
Sammy wrote: "I remember visiting London as a child, when there was a popcorn shop. absolutely packed with loads of different flavours.Naturally I went for chocolate."
Naturally.
Eni and I were looking at Amsterdam maps yesterday, trying to decide where to park and which card to get - I wanted to do the Hop on Hop off circuit, she wanted the I am amsterdam card, and saw at one of the corners a building called Tony's Chocolonely Super Store. So of course I won't going to pass the opportunity to spend 6 euros (actually 18) and waaaaay too much time customizing my very own chocolate bar.
LOL
Yeah, so with your book for the trickery, since it's there already. I'm sure Murderbot will find another home when the time comes 😁
Sammy wrote: "Yeah, so with your book for the trickery, since it's there already. I'm sure Murderbot will find another home when the time comes 😁"👍
Sonia wrote: "Sammy wrote: "I remember visiting London as a child, when there was a popcorn shop. absolutely packed with loads of different flavours.Naturally I went for chocolate."
Naturally.
Eni and I were..."
Tony's is my son's favourite chocolate! (he adores the salted caramel) I got him a tony's advent calendar from Schiphol when we were passing through last November.
Must check that place out next time I manage to go over there!
Sonia wrote: "SEni and I were looking at Amsterdam maps yesterday, trying to decide where to park and which card to get - I wanted to do the Hop on Hop off circuit, she wanted the I am amsterdam card, and saw at one of the corners a building called Tony's Chocolonely Super Store. So of course I won't going to pass the opportunity to spend 6 euros (actually 18) and waaaaay too much time customizing my very own chocolate bar.LOL."
Sounds great. At the end of October, we are going to travel to Madrid and spend a week there. As my son is train-mad, we will be travelling to some other cities on RENFE, probably Seville and Cordoba.
He also loves chocolate, so I have to make some research into chocolate places. 😂
Sammy wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Sammy wrote: "I remember visiting London as a child, when there was a popcorn shop. absolutely packed with loads of different flavours.Naturally I went for chocolate."
Naturally.
..."
What I'm hearing is "up your chocolate budget and reserve baggage space, you're going to need it"
Sonia wrote: "What I'm hearing is "up your chocolate budget and reserve baggage space, you're going to need it""Your hearing is impeccable! 😁
Melindam wrote: "Sonia wrote: "SEni and I were looking at Amsterdam maps yesterday, trying to decide where to park and which card to get - I wanted to do the Hop on Hop off circuit, she wanted the I am amsterdam ca..."Spanish chocolate isn't as good as the Dutch one though. If you like honey and nuts, make sure you taste their Turrón. Nothing beats Spanish Turrón. They range between soft and hard, from almonds to pine nuts, and every single one is perfection.
Sammy wrote: "Sonia wrote: "What I'm hearing is "up your chocolate budget and reserve baggage space, you're going to need it""Your hearing is impeccable! 😁"
My favourite chocolate brand is actually Côte d'Or. On my last trip to Bruges I got A LOT OF THEM!!!!!!
And better yet, I ate them all, because it was "too rich" for some taste buds *giggles*
No holidays as such planned here until Iceland next summer, but hubby and I are planning a 2-night break in Northumberland in a month's time, to go visit Bamburgh Castle and stay on Lindisfarne (Holy Island).Nothing like a book-related getaway, lol.
My son, well-trained offspring that he is, went to Belgium for a gaming tournament last year and without prompting brought back chocolate for his mum. He's a good lad ❤️😁
Sammy wrote: "My son, well-trained offspring that he is, went to Belgium for a gaming tournament last year and without prompting brought back chocolate for his mum. He's a good lad ❤️😁"Awww! 😍
Sonia wrote: "Spanish chocolate isn't as good as the Dutch one though. If you like honey and nuts, make sure you taste their Turrón. Nothing beats Spanish Turrón. They range between soft and hard, from almonds to pine nuts, and every single one is perfection."Thank you, Sonia, I will.
Melindam wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Spanish chocolate isn't as good as the Dutch one though. If you like honey and nuts, make sure you taste their Turrón. Nothing beats Spanish Turrón. They range between soft and hard, ..."And you also need to go to the tapas market!!!
Sammy wrote: "My son, well-trained offspring that he is, went to Belgium for a gaming tournament last year and without prompting brought back chocolate for his mum. He's a good lad ❤️😁"That he is!!!
Sonia wrote: "Melindam wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Spanish chocolate isn't as good as the Dutch one though. If you like honey and nuts, make sure you taste their Turrón. Nothing beats Spanish Turrón. They range betwee..."Yummy! 🥰
Melindam wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Melindam wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Spanish chocolate isn't as good as the Dutch one though. If you like honey and nuts, make sure you taste their Turrón. Nothing beats Spanish Turrón. The..."That he is. Nobody does tapas as good. They even have mini paella dishes.
They also had cherries at 40 euros the kilo, which I ignored, because sure, we were in the middle of the winter... but fruit shouldn't be that expensive. It's Fruit, not the Queen's Crown.
I'm only half-way through so far, but I'm really enjoying
, and suspect you might too Mel! 😊
Glad you are, Sammy. :) I will make a note of this. I read an Austen biography by this author and really liked it.
Was that the one you read recently?And I have a re-read to do for another challenge, with a page count of 602! I'll not read that one for a few days yet, so will keep my eyes peeled for another 500 page monster, lol.
although having said that, it does also have a tiger on the over, so may work for at least a couple of Drop Bear tasks if it comes to it 😁ETA: Can't remember clearly, but I think it might also have a surprise-y kind of ending...
I read the JA biography a long time ago. :DRecently I read an Agatha Christie bio by Lucy Worsley. It was very good.
Feel free to kick my book out from those slots that will work for Drop Bear. :)
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Recently I read an Agatha Christie bio by Lucy Worsley. It was very good."
She was an excellent guest on the You're Dead To Me podcast about Agatha Christie.
Sophie wrote: "Melindam wrote: "I read tbe JA biography a long time ago. :DRecently I read an Agatha Christie bio by Lucy Worsley. It was very good."
She was an excellent guest on the You're Dead To Me podcast..."
Oh, will check that one out, Sophie. :)
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Just saw that for some curious reason, we have a new monster wheelhttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
with shorter page count requirements, but with everything else unforgiving about them. 😅
Melindam wrote: "I read the JA biography a long time ago. :DRecently I read an Agatha Christie bio by Lucy Worsley. It was very good."
Ah yes, that was the one. I remembered a recent biography but spaced on what it was, lol.
Melindam wrote: "Just saw that for some curious reason, we have a new monster wheelhttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
with shorter page count requirements..."
Welp... at least the page count is lower... lol!
I just finished Polyphemus. Should I spin the new wheel?I take it the new monsters will need to be added to the SS somehow in order to auto-fill the tasks?
Went for it... figured it couldn't be that bad... (famous last words, lol!)The Rephaim (The Bone Season) - Very Hard
350-400
MC is unusually strong
"veil" in text
Title starts with PH (can ignore article)
Book currently on the list: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/most... (series substitutions ok)
My current book is 365 pages but doesn't fit anything else. naturally.
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Feel free to move mine if you can fit multiples :)also, I managed to move monsters to the SS successfully. Woo!
Yay, enjoy the new wheel, as it made me very happy to make
These wheels keep on turnin', Proud Lexi keep on burnin'.... Sorry Lexi, but I couldn't resist the quote. Frustratingly awesome wheels. ♡
Looks like a fun one Lexi! (and we know who to blame if it turns out to be evil! lol)
With the drop bear task "read a book with author initials found in VEGEMITE", does it have to be both initials, or just any of them?
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I'm other news: finished my 800pager, which was popcorn. Though I didn't enjoy that all the baddies were also depicted as being sexually voracious and depraved with it...
okie dokie, in that case we need something for the VEGEMITE task still :)
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Oh, and VP!
I have an AT. Actually, a TM I may finish in a couple of days... 😁
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Cretan Bull
1 350 to 450
2 white cover
3 where something physical is destroyed (e.g., building burning down and not a relationship being ruined)
4 MC ignores important advice
5 7 in the page count
My next book in the Lymond series will cover tasks 3-5
Got another new monster from Urban Legends.Blood Mary
- 350-459 pages
- Repeated/reflected object on cover
- Red cover (>50%)
- Dark or variant in title or series name
- 13 in publication date or page number
I've I red cover with 448 pages coming up! 😁
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Although now I come to think about it, my sheperdess book also covers trickery (she uses "tricks" to win an auction, also tricks have to be used to deal with the sheep and cows)