Cecil’s Comments (group member since Jan 07, 2020)

Cecil’s comments from the Chapter Adventure Reading Challenges (Formerly GXO) group.

Yalonda wrote: "Cecil wrote: "I have three options of books I already have, looking for opinions on which one I should read. “A Cry in the Night” by Mary Higgins Clark; “If She Knew” by Blake Pierce, or “From the ..."
Thanks, decided to follow your suggestion, currently reading the one from Dean Koontz!

And who says you can’t reuse words? There are some that will be used in titles a lot, and some you rarely see. If you want, reuse some that were used a couple years ago, no one will complain, I’m sure. ;)

Now for Motif suggestions:
Plane, Train or Automobile, travel
ABC’s or School related
Royalty (King, Queen, Prince, Princess, Realm, Kingdom, etc.)
Harvest, Farming, Countryside settings
Shadows, Cemetery/Headstones (on cover maybe)
Black Authors month (March, of course)
Historical Fiction, or relating to actual history
Goodreads award from 2020 (I know there’s an awards challenge, but why not?)
Classics - (Agatha Christie, HP Lovecraft, Ann Rice, John Steinbeck, etc.)
Comics or Graphic Novels (Calvin & Hobbs, Bloom County, Peanuts for comics). Who says it always has to be a novel? Besides, we can use a laugh or two these days.
Comedy sub-genre
Hope that helps some.

Okay, ready? Here’s what I came up with scanning my TBR list. ;)
Dark, Wild, Woods, Girl, Me, Forget, Sister, Road, Other, Angel, Trouble, Low, Crack(ed), Life, Taste, Double, Lied, Game, World, Fell, Sea, Ocean, Mercy, Hero, End, Hide, Dragon, Season, Harvest, Partner, Black (and other colors), Smile, Lace, Point, Lost, We. Maybe some author’s first names? In my opinion, using simple words like - a, the, it, and - could be repeated occasionally, especially if the other keywords may be hard to find. If you need an easy way to keep track, just put them into a spreadsheet; one word per cell, and you can sort it all kinds of ways. Alphabetize, then color code the word/cells you use so you know you’ve used them. Lots of options. (I used to work with spreadsheets for a living, so know a few tricks.) Hope this helps!

Challenge Compete!
Enjoyed the trip down memory lane with Mr. Krueger, on to the Keyword challenge.
Trying to use some shorter books this month and next, to squeeze in more of the RIP challenge from Instagram. Have to get in as many horror genre for this fun challenge, it was a neat change last year from my usual fare.

Simone wrote: "I read this one in July. Unfortunately, I was in a reading slump in July and only finished Motif. I didn't finish Awards and Keywords.

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Hey, don’t feel bad, I think we were all getting in as much outside time as possible, knowing we’ll probably still be dealing with some excess inside time come winter, so save the reads for then. Or take your book outside, if your climate is agreeable!

I have three options of books I already have, looking for opinions on which one I should read. “A Cry in the Night” by Mary Higgins Clark; “If She Knew” by Blake Pierce, or “From the Corner of His Eye” by Dean Koontz. (More on my TBR list, but trying to use up as many of the ones I already have first. Need more room for more books!)

Planning on reading "The World of Cork O'Connor" by William Kent Krueger. It may not be a novel in the true sense of the word, but it has lots of pictures and details about his Cork O'Connor series (of which I read every last one). Looking forward to the review of this wonderful series. Can't really find anything else in my bunch that I know for sure has maps or other items that match the criteria.

Challenge complete! finished The Beekeeper by Juliet Moore. Not the best detective story I’ve read, but did have an interesting take on using bees and honey as part of the murder plot. Ready for next month’s challenge!

Challenge complete! Enjoyed my first round with this new author, yet older book. Read “When the Bough Breaks”, by Jonathan Kellerman. Will most likely read more of this series, a good time!

I'm planning on reading by Juliet Moore, have had this on my TBR list and in my Nook books for awhile.

Picking from my TBR list, probably will read either “When the Bough Breaks” or “Killers of the Flower Moon”.

. Challenge complete! Good round with an author new to me.

Challenge compete! Her Last Day was good, my review is on Goodreads.

Going to read , since I already have it and it both was written by an author who lives in, and it takes place in, England.

Reading for this month, almost half done. Pretty gritty, but so far so good.

Challenge complete! Read “1st To Die” by James Patterson. I’m not positive, but actually think it’s the first one of his books I’ve read! Won’t be the last, though, enjoyed the story and writing.

Challenge complete! (Not sure how to post a link to my review here, but it is on Goodreads.)

Elizabeth wrote: "For this month, I am reading “The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle” by Stuart Turton!"
Warning, you may need a notebook to track characters and events. It is a great read, but can be very confusing at times! Enjoy!

Going to try out James Patterson's "1st to Die", first of the Women's Murder Club series. Bonus, I already have it! (Trying to clean out some of my already-owned list, running out of bookshelves!)