Alyson's comments
(member since Jan 22, 2009)
Alyson's comments from the Arapahoe Library District Book Challenge group.
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Jill convinced me to do the Outlander books, Is "series of really massive books" a different genre I can count?
I am listening to the audio of Garlic and Sapphires The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise counts toward the challenge because I don't do much nonfiction
I think it was Mr. Impossible
I did read Knaves' Wager based on Melissa's recommendation. I liked it and then tried another of the author's romances and just was too "romance." I think I like the Regency aspect of Knaves Wager more than the romance. What I mean is that I liked the romance in story, but not how it fits the romance genre. Make sense?
Did I really add Bubble Trouble for "reading outside my comfort zone?" Really stretching the intellectual boundaries there! One of the best books I've read in awhile though.
Rachel and I both read Bubble Trouble and loved it. Of course, the last two things Rachel has had to read are Beowulf and Old Man and the Sea, so she was ready for a fun picture book.
Read Bone by Bone by Carol O'Connell during the snowstorm. I don't read many mysteries, so I guess this fits the challenge.
I just read Romeo, Romeo. Now I remember why I don't read romance. I like a little romance in my other books, but this seemed more sex than romance and certainly more sex than plot.
No - Tales should always be your first stop for information - although my adult westerns content might be a little weak. Does Jan Brett's Armadillo Rodeo count? If so, I will add to my challenge.
You know you could always put Graceling under fantasy and YA. Is that cheating?
Both Rachel and I just read Evermore. We both thought it was too much of a Twilight readalike, but we also both read it in one sitting. Probably will both read Blue Moon The Immortals, Book 2 when it comes out.
Just read The Season The book was really good but I don't like the cover. The book is a mystery/historical fiction/Regency book but the cover makes the characters look like snooty Gossip Girl type characters
Jill wrote: "We just finished Little House in the Big Woods--my daughter said she thought it was scary!"
Of course - I was terrified of the panther when I was her age. I reread that book at least ten times but never read that part.
I am reading Cutting for Stone and don't know where I'll put it for reading different genres. Epic, medical, literary....Abraham Verghese will be at the Tattered Cover Thursday night (March 5th)
A fun junior title about Henry II is A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver - it is mainly about Eleanor of Aquitaine, but the whole setting is in heaven waiting to find out if and when Henry will make it out of Purgatory. Probably would be more appreciated by adults than kids
Rachel and I both finished Envy A Luxe Novel and liked it as much or more than the others in the series. Can't wait for Splendor A Luxe Novel.
Might I suggest The Know-It-All One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World from the 000s) about a man who read the Encyclpedia Britannica Educational and very amusing!
You are worried about cheating, Karen is worried about cheating - REMEMBER THERE ARE NO RULES! So we can't cheat.
You have no Chick Lit yet! Try The Pajama Girls of Lambert Square. I would call it Chick Lit with a little substance!
Is anyone else having trouble with the "reading outside your comfort zone" thing. I really like reading IN my comfort zone. I guess if I am loose with a definition of literary fiction, I have read a few.
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