C.’s Comments (group member since Apr 20, 2013)

C.’s comments from the Clean,Non Religious-Reads group.

I am reading and very much enjoying~ .

OMG I Love this!~ http://www.jokebuddha.com/joke/Things...

I just thought of another one! Where the couple is attracted via letters, email or internet!

Found three Listopia lists with titles. I would like to read a book where they meet via internet forums about common interests such as books, pets, occupations, ect. Does anyone know of any?

Internet Connection: Romances that began on line
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...

Love Letters: Romance novels featuring written communication
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...

Love Text: Best Contemporary Romance with Love Notes
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

Hi Lyndsey, WELCOME to the group. That is really interesting that you found this group while looking for history groups, lol! I would not have expected that, but I am glad that you discovered us. :D

I don't know if you also like historical fiction, or prefer nonfiction, but there is some of both here[U.S. and U.K.]. You can find more on my profile bookshelf, [by clicking on my avatar to get to my profile], as somehow quite a few books were deleted from the bookshelf here in the group's homepage.

I totally agree with you about some stronger elements being in history books, and I have read quite a few, but I mostly read fiction books for entertainment, so those I prefer to be lighter reads. I noticed while looking for books with my criteria, in the different genre groups here, that there were many others like me who also preferred 'clean reads, so I created this group, to become a source for titles.

I hope that you find some to interest you, and don't forget to check my profile bookshelf.

Group Creator and Mod,
Chris

I forgot to mention that I really prefer if stories are set in the U.S. ,to be in the West and Southwest, and Appalachian areas, because I lived all over the west as an Air-Force brat, and after marriage to a G.I. from Kentucky, spent a lot of time visiting his family there.

I do not like the Midwest, and especially not the "Plains" states, and haven't been anywhere east except TN. to visit.

I loved gardening, vegetable, fruits, nuts, flowers, shrubs and trees. Hubby and I grew everything. After he passed away, I moved to an apartment for less maintenance, so I no longer garden.

How many gardeners do we have here, and what is going on in your gardens this month?

Hi All.....I have been a gamer since the old Pong game, then the first Atari, then Intellivision, and Nintendo 8-Bit. Next~Super NES. After Nintendo changed their controller to that new horrible many-button style with Nintendo-64, and we got fed up with the prices of console games, I switched to mouse-driven PC games on CD-ROM. Played the Original Sims for years and had all the exspansion packs. My out of state daughter and I used to dream about our Simmies! Also loved -Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.

Then I discovered Hidden Object games[finding objects hidden in the scene] via free play of Little Shop Of Treasures via Arcade Town online, and I've been hooked ever since. I was a subscriber for years at Big Fish Games, then/now~ Gamehouse.

I enjoy several types but my most favorite is Adventure/Quest type games like Wandering Willows, The Island Castaway 1-2, The Promised Land, Hero Of The Kingdom. Unfortunately game developers make fewer of those than any other type, but I do have about 7 good ones on my Kindle Fire, also.

On PC I also enjoy Hidden Object games like Campfire Legends-The Hookman and Campfire Legends-The Babysitter which I got both together in a Double Pack. Midnight Mysteries-Salem Witch Trials, Farmington Tales, Manor Memories and many more. I love the Delicious Emily's- Time Management games, and Bistro Boulevard, plus Heart's Medicine [a Hospital soap opera TM with really neat/unique bonus games], and lastly match-three games like Restaurant Rush, Burger Shop 2, and all three Shop-N-Spree games.

So how many here are gamers and what are your favorites?

Desiree wrote: "C. wrote: "Gave up on The Sparrow because of pervasive profanity and it was boring.


Thanks for the warning that is on my list to read!!!!"

You're welcome. :)

Great to hear Desiree, I have that one on my Kindle.

Now I'm reading ~Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory by Michael C. Carroll Based on declassified government documents, in-depth interviews, and access to Plum Island itself, this is an eye-opening, suspenseful account of a federal government germ laboratory gone terribly wrong. For the first time, Lab 257 takes you deep inside this secret world and presents startling revelations on virus outbreaks, biological meltdowns, infected workers, the periodic flushing of contaminated raw sewage into area waters, and the insidious connections between Plum Island, Lyme disease, and the deadly West Nile virus. The book also probes what's in store for Plum Island's new owner, the Department of Homeland Security, in this age of bioterrorism.

Couldn't get past 41% of the extremely bleak One Second After, too much gore, profanity and cardboard characters.

Now reading the interesting nonfiction~

My favorite mystery/suspense plots are the missing person.

Can anyone suggest some exciting 'clean' ones?

Could not finish Blackberry Summer, not clean, and too many unlikeable characters, including the H/h.

So I am now reading on my Kindle, the post-apocalyptic~

I thought it was such fun to read the golem's parts in The Hobbit and TLOTR books!

I have only read the first two books in the HP series, but I enjoyed them. Own and love the DVDs, just haven't gotten around to reading the rest of the books, probably because I watch the films so much, haha.

Fablehaven and Just Ella are on my TBR list.

I loved TLOTR, the Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black, and The Dreamhouse Kings series by Robert Liparulo.

What are some others?

I have read mostly nonfiction set in the middle east, about the oppression of females born into countries under Radical Islam, but I surely did enjoy ~

and

Another plot that I like is when a couple for whatever reason are pretending to be a 'couple' and end up falling in love.

This plot is more common in Contemporary or Chick-Lit books.

Oh Terri, that sounds sooo good, too! Thanks for sharing!

I love both historical and contemporary eras, and besides America, I love my stories to be set in the UK and Ireland.

I avoid books set in Russia, China and other places that I cannot even pronounce the character's/location's names because it kills the flow of reading.