Kimberly’s Comments (group member since Dec 31, 2019)

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

Vanessa wrote: "Ok I actually finished two January Award Winners...

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan 1/12/20
Winner of the 2013 ALA/RUSA Listen List
http://www.ala...."

Fantastic! I haven't read The Laramie Project but I really loved Mr. Prenumbra.

cat wrote: "woot! Finished Spinning Silver – Naomi Novik for my January read. :D"

One of my favorite books! It's so good.

Virginia wrote: "I just finished “This Time Will be Different” by Misa Sugiura for this one. I liked it, but didn’t love it. It was a fun read! Good history about Japanese internment made accessible to a YA audienc..."

Hmm. I've been wondering if this one was good.

Cecil wrote: "Challenge complete! Read “In the Bleak Midwinter” by Julia Spencer Fleming. Good mystery, enough action, red herrings and character depth to keep me up at night! Looking forward to the next one. (N..."

The best books are the ones we'll lose sleep for just to keep reading. ;)

Priya wrote: "Challenge complete for January..
I read "Disappearing Earth" by Julia Phillips..
Set in a brutally cold, bleak at times but very beautiful Russian peninsula."

Russian winters are so brutal!

Erin wrote: "Challenge Complete: Daisy Jones and The Six! I didn’t love it...I sort of felt if I was going to read in this format, I wanted it to actually be true. I warmed to the story in the end though and it..."

I liked it but didn't love it.

Tari wrote: "Finished for January: Angela Pepper 1/11/20, a snowy setting in a small town called Misty Falls, OR. Sounds like a little winter wonderland!"

That one looks like such a fun cozy mystery!

The Key Words for August are:

"Kiss, Flower, When, Happy, North, Right"

Please comment with your book selection below and mark it CHALLENGE COMPLETE when you've finished it.

Here are some suggestions from us:

The motif for August is Creature Feature.

"Read a book that includes a creature of some kind on the cover or in the story. Cat, dog, dragon, werewolf – mythical or real – find a book that features a creature."

Comment with your book choices below and mark CHALLENGE COMPLETE when you've finished reading it.

Here are our suggestions:

Pamela wrote: "CHALLENGE COMPLETE
The SUN Down Motel by Simone St.James. So creepily good!!!"

I am dying to read this one!!

Stacey wrote: "I've never read a Sherlock Holmes novel, so I was thinking to read one for April's motif. Maybe The Hound of the Baskervilles... Definitely published before I was born."

That's one of my favorite Sherlock Holmes books.

Kimberly wrote: "I was reading Life After Life. I know a lot of people love this book but I think its going to be a dnf for me."

Okay, I'm giving it another try but I'm so nervous! I just can't with books that make bad things happen to children. :)

Stacey wrote: "Moloka'i
Planning to read Moloka'i by Alan Brennert this month - set in Hawaii in the 1890s. This one has been on the TBR pile for a while."

The cover of this one is so beautiful! I hope you enjoy it.

Sara Archibald wrote: "The Bear and the Nightingale"

That is a great suggestion. I should be reading that one since I never have.

Cecil wrote: "In the Bleak Midwinter
Have not read this author, but looks like it fills the category, and is in the genre I favor."

Looks great!

Natasha wrote: "Finished Daisy Jones and the Six for this one. CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Looking forward to this challenge throughout this year"

I listened to the audio of Daisy Jones for this months challenge too. I liked it but thought The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo was better.

Tari wrote: "This was completely different from what I'd planned for the words, but I just finished Sunshine Hunter Maddie Cochere 1/7/20 and..."

Yep! That works just great.

Melissa wrote: "CHALLENGE COMPLETE Read Water Witches by Chris Bohjalian. You can check out my review at https://topplingbookpile.blogspot.com..."

Great! Loved your review.

Cecil wrote: "Picked this one for the title, but the reviews are good so looking forward to sampling yet another new author in my favorite genre.
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Awesome! I hope you love it.

I was reading Life After Life. I know a lot of people love this book but I think its going to be a dnf for me.