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[Melindam]

Ah, we are having a curse of the short books now that we are reading tomes. 🤭

Judoon has been dealt with, we have

Dromes

1. 100-175
2. SPIN in text (can be part of a word, like spinning or spindle)
3. Character is trapped (can be physical or metaphorical)
4. Book setting is an imaginary land
5. letters DREAM in title

[Cat]

ah! oh! I picked up a vile office book with 100 pages, so I can take the short short shortie task

ETA: I say vile, it's not, but it is annoying

[Melindam]

Oh thank heavens, that 100-125 page range is the nastiest of all. Vile. :D

[Sammy]

No short books from me for a while... I read them all for turf! 😆

I'm looking forward to clearing a few 300-pagers finally once wheel is done!

[Cat]

I've been mainly reading for trickier tasks, so my page count has skewed lower. Happily I've had others who've tackled Count of Monte Cristo / The Stand etc

[Melindam]

I'm committed to 3 lengthy books right now, but also looking forward to picking up shorter books after Wheel. :)

[Sophie, The other one]

I'm trying to read whatever I can. My reading has been abysmally below target this challenge. Signed up for 4 a round and only managed 2.

[Cat]

Short short shortie done!

[Melindam]

♡

[Melindam]

Dear Cat,

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Dear Sophie,

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Sammy and I are propositioning you to join us and Karen in a Fellowship of a Tolkien reading challenge over at Perks.

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

Same laid-back, no-pressure approach as with this one, if you'd consider. 😊🥰

Putting the enticement under spoilers in case Domi may be around later. 🤭

[Cat]

Totally there with you! <3

even without the delicious eye candy start to the day! :D

[Melindam]

Cat wrote: "Totally there with you! <3

even without the delicious eye candy start to the day! :D"

🥰🥰

[Sophie, The other one]

I'll very happily come exploring with you!

The enticement was a v kind, but unnecessary gesture!

[Sophie, The other one]

Have the 3 of you got a plan regarding team names yet?

[Melindam]

Sophie wrote: "I'll very happily come exploring with you!

The enticement was a v kind, but unnecessary gesture!"

🥰🥰

Hooray.

[Melindam]

For sake of completeness I'm putting here the pic that Sammy enticed Karen with. 😉

For some reason, it wasn't of Gollam either.

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[Melindam]

Sophie wrote: "Have the 3 of you got a plan regarding team names yet?"

Not really. I kicked the discussion off by suggesting

"Challenge Wraiths" (or maybe the Fellowship of the Challenge Wraiths) as we are as attracted by reading challenges like the wraiths are by the One Ring. 🤭

But would love to hear other suggestions.

I also invited Karen over here to discuss this v-v important aspect of the challenge. 😉

[Sophie, The other one]

Fellowship of the Book is possibly a little straightforward.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Melindam wrote: "For sake of completeness I'm putting here the pic that Sammy enticed Karen with. 😉

For some reason, it wasn't of Gollam either.


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Don’t hide him under a spoiler 🤣

[Melindam]

Sophie wrote: "Fellowship of the Book is possibly a little straightforward."

I like it. 😊

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

From the robot 🤣

Here are a few suggestions for your Tolkien-inspired reading group name:
1. The Fellowship of the Page
2. Readers of Middle-earth
3. The Shire Scholars
4. The Rivendell Book Society
5. Tomes and Tolkien
6. The Wandering Words
7. The Lore Keepers
8. The Council of Readers
9. Hobbiton Book Club
10. The Entish Scrolls

Would you like more whimsical or serious names?

[Melindam]

Ooh, let's hear some more whimsical ones. :)

[Cat]

I quite like Council of Readers. but am intrigued by the possibility of more whimsy in the names :)

Do you have just the one robot that you are feeding, Karen, or a couple, to keep one clean of GR challenge nonsense?!

[Cat]

Bookses, My Precious

Always Time for Second Breakfast & a Book

[Melindam]

Cat wrote: "Bookses, My Precious

Always Time for Second Breakfast & a Book"

🤭

Awwww, love them both!

[Melindam]

Cat wrote: "I quite like Council of Readers. but am intrigued by the possibility of more whimsy in the names :)

Do you have just the one robot that you are feeding, Karen, or a couple, to keep one clean of GR..."

😅

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

lol Cat.
Just the one but I do tell it explicitly I am asking for personal reasons 🤣

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Here are some whimsical Tolkien-inspired group name ideas:
1. The Fellowship of the Bookworms
2. The Wandering Quills
3. The Elven Readers’ Guild
4. The Merry Minstrels of Middle-earth
5. The Hobbit Habit
6. Rangers of the Reading Realm
7. The Tales of the Tooks
8. The Silmarillion Seekers
9. Baggins’ Bibliophiles
10. The Inkling Adventurers

Would you like more playful or fantastical options?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Here are some playful and fantastical Tolkien-inspired group names:
1. The Literary Fellowship
2. The Tome Travellers of Middle-earth
3. The Shire Scribblers
4. Mithril Minds Book Club
5. The Lore-Loving Lórienites
6. The Quillwielders of Gondor
7. The Second Breakfast Readers
8. The Bookish Bards of Bree
9. The Barrow-Down Bookworms
10. The Wandering Wordsmiths

Would you like more options or a different tone?

[Melindam]

Adding up Cat + Robot:

Hobbiton's Precious Bookses Club

or

Council of Precious Readerses

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I like them both 🥰

[Melindam]

The Second Breakfast Readerses ??

As breakfast is my favourite meal of the day (especially if I'm left alone in peace to read a bit - rarely happens ;), I find the appeal of Second Breakfast very strong. 🤭

[Sophie, The other one]

Melindam wrote: "The Second Breakfast Readerses ??

As breakfast is my favourite meal of the day (especially if I'm left alone in peace to read a bit - rarely happens ;), I find the appeal of Second Breakfast very ..."

That's my favourite so far too!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Oh yes I always enjoyed second breakfast (not anymore I’m one of those annoying fasters that doesn’t eat until after noon), so it appeals to me 😊

[Melindam]

🥰

[Sammy]

I like them all. Which isn't any help at all. 😆

[Melindam]

Cat?

Would you be OK with The (Preciousss) Second Breakfast Readerses? 😊

[Cat]

I'm good with that! :)

And am looking forward to what image Karen's robot will come up with :)

(incidentally, did you know that robot is South African for traffic lights. very confusing)

[Melindam]

Cat wrote: "I'm good with that! :)

And am looking forward to what image Karen's robot will come up with :)

Me too, me too. 😊

I'm going to create the thread and can add the image later. 😊

(incidentally, did you know that robot is South African for traffic lights. very confusing)"

Wow. A new thing I learned today.

[Melindam]

Here we go

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

[Sonia]

650+ unread comments on this thread, wow, how long have I been away?

Anywoo... remember me needing a break from Michelle Notaro because her books tend to be... quite heavy on the bad stuff happening to MCs?

Weeeeeeeell, she wrote a short story for the holidays featuring her main characters from the Eldwood Chronicles. The newsletter had a snippet. I'm so glad I'm working remotely because I kinda laughed out loud and I'm still giggling.

That been said, lemme check my KU to see when that one will be available :D

How are you pretty ladies? And Domi?

[Melindam]

Hi Sonia!!!

So good to hear from you! 🥰

Domi is well, though fed up with school (as is healthy) and counting back the days to the Xmas hols.

How are You? Eni & your Niece?

[Sonia]

I'm recovering from a few weeks of overtime... and a bit under the weather with my allergies... darn climate changes can't decide which season we are....

Eni is cool... recovering from turf wars LOL

And my niece is on her final stretch before the xmas break.

I still need to put the tree up, but at least I managed to have the advent calendar for her to have fun and get in the spirit.

I also managed to have all Christmas gifts ordered by December 2nd, so, now my house resembles a large warehouse, with boxes everywhere. Because no tree, no place to put the wrapped up presents, so, they stay in the boxes.

We also got advantage of black Friday prices to get some stuff we have been postponing...

The delivery guys already know me by name. LOL

Anyway... No time or mood to put stuff away... BOXES EVERYWHERE.

[Melindam]

Talking about overwhelmed, lol.

In Hungary, traditionally we only decorate the trees on 24th Dec (though I usually do it a 1-2 days before), so we have time for that.

We have ordered Domi's present, but not much else, so tomorrow I'm going to do a little shopping. We already did some gingerbread baking with Domi and with one of my friend and her kids. It was so much fun.

[Sammy]

You were on a very well-deserved challenge break, and some of us talk too much (or so my dad always told me as a kid! 😆)

All good here, I have 2 working feet again, and an almost completed kitchen!

How are my favourite Portuguese family?

[Sammy]

We generally don't put our tree up until the 11th (day after daughter's birthday), but since we now just tend to go to my parents', there's no point putting one up at all, especially since it means moving half of hubby's office into the bedroom to do so, and I don't wanna climb over filing cabinets to get into bed any more! 😆

[Cat]

Hey Sonia! 👋
Though I could do without your Xmas present completeness! I'm so far from being sorted on that front it's depressing. And I'm uninspired for suggestions too....

But! New monster

Zygons
1 200 to 299
2 Read a military romance or MPG Military or War
3 Letters UNIT in title
4 3 in publishing date
5 Set in Arizona or a state/country that touches Arizona (Mexico, New Mexico, California, Nevada,Utah)

[Melindam]

Domi's Rowley book fits the page count. :)

[Sonia]

Cat wrote: "Hey Sonia! 👋
Though I could do without your Xmas present completeness! I'm so far from being sorted on that front it's depressing. And I'm uninspired for suggestions too....

But! New monster

Zy..."

Well... most of the presents were easy.

Minion's present has been decided for months (her tablet needed replacement), we just went a little overboard with accessories, like headphones, shock resistant cover and tablet pen since she's starting to explore drawing and whatnots.

Eni asked for a puzzle and a new cover for her tablet.

Since I am the only one tableless of the family, we decided to splurge and kinda duplicated the minion's order but for the headphones, since I already have a set.

Our stepdad is always complaining about his cell phone, so we went to check the senior mobile ones, and found one we liked.

The rest is ordinary, legos for the kids - we can't go wrong with lego, some funny t-shirts, we still need to take a Christmas picture for our aunts but already have the frames, yesterday I did some home made pomegranate and raspberry jam - it's a little runny, and tastes more of raspberry, but it turned out tasty. And some chocolates and Christmas mugs. Oh... and some electric toothbrushes that we also had on our to get list for ages.

For the advent calendar, I went a *little* overboard this year and got:
some nail polishes and lip glosses
fidget toys and a chewable necklace - our UK cousins have them and she seemed to want some too
some stationary items
some skincare products like face masks and blackhead stripes - she's 12, all age appropriated, she will not be a sephora kid :P
a fidget mood ring, that Eni is completely jealous
And a time turner necklace which I'm totally planning to steal if she doesn't like it

[Melindam]

Wow! ♡♡