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

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

I finished Between the World and Me. It won an Alex Award in 2016. A 5 star read for me.

This was so good! I listened to the audio and the narration was phenomenal.

JULY Key Words:

+ Star, Next, Infinity, Iron, Word, People, Rise, Clear +

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(3) Did you like the book? What did you love (or not love) about it?! Let's help each other find great books to read!

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JUNE Key Words:

+ Sea, You, Hate, Perfect, Shade, Until, Beach, Little +

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I'm going to read Firekeeper's Daughter also.

Well, boo. I'll save it for next year and this year I'll read Between Me and You.

I'm hoping to finally read The Searcher considering I've been saying I'll read it for a couple of years now and still haven't. I bought the audio ages ago!

Daniel wrote: "
February:
Midnight, Never, Into, Sun, Love, Good, Spell, Search

I'll be reading Spellbreaker by Charlie N. Holmberg.

I got this one from Amazon First Reads an..."

I'm halfway through that one and so far I like it.

Well, I have several that I want to read this month that would work but since I didn't get to finish Legendborn last month, I think I'll choose that to start with.

Well, I had plans to read Midnight in Chernobyl which won an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence BUT I just realized that it won in 2020 and in 2020 the award was given at the end of January that year. @Tanya ??? Have I got that right?

My other choice was Between the World and Me which won an Alex Award in 2016. I think those are part of the ALA Awards and were given in February.

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Kimberly wrote: "Simone wrote: "Challenge completed!
I was going to read this one in 2021 but never got around to do it. I read Black Sun. It won the ALA Alex Award in 2021."

I'm looking forward to..."

Ooh! I didn't know there was going to be one.

I read One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston. I had already read, and loved, Red White and Royal Blue so I was excited to read this. I ended up really enjoying it although I did feel like it had a couple too many filler scenes in the middle that didn't really forward the plot much.

Simone wrote: "Completed January!
I traveled to the Ukraine in this one. The keyword in my title was "letzte" (last) It was fantastic. Baba Dunjas letzte Liebe (also available in English) is about..."

Wonderful way to use the key words!

Simone wrote: "Challenge completed!
I was going to read this one in 2021 but never got around to do it. I read Black Sun. It won the ALA Alex Award in 2021."

I'm looking forward to the sequel for this!

Rachael wrote: "Fire Keeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley - this is new author for me, so I am excited to get stuck in!"

I can't wait to read this!

MAY - Books to Screen

"Read a book set in a library or bookstore; with a librarian, author, or book loving character; OR a book with the word ‘BOOK’ in the title."

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MAY Key Words:

+ Thorn, Catch, Black, Under, City, Cloud, Sing, Legacy +

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APRIL - Books to Screen

"Read a book that has a movie or TV adaptation made based on it. For an extra challenge, watch the show after reading the book."

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I read Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine which won a Costa Award. I'll be honest, I'd avoided this book up to this point thinking it wasn't really for me. Turns out I really enjoyed it. A bit slow moving and I did find myself glazing over some of the longer stretches of Eleanor's internal dialogue, but overall I'm really glad I finally gave it a chance.

Daniel wrote: "
January:
Last, Kingdom, Girl, Dark, When, Winter, Light, Widow

I'll be reading [book:Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin|504034..."

This looks so intriguing!!