Megan’s Comments (group member since Jun 23, 2013)

Megan’s comments from the Reading Buddy Style group.

Please add nominations for the November group read.

Books can be any genre, you may nominate as many books as you wish, or second (or third, etc) any nominations.

Please check the group's bookshelf to make sure you are not nominating a book that has been a previous group read.

I'm in again! http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...

Partners will be randomly assigned. Each partner will chose a book from their partner's to-read shelf (or any other shelf you choose, such as "owned", "ebooks", etc.,) to read for the month.

If you wish to participate for October, please comment below. Partners will be announced on or around September 20.

I've read only one other book by this author and I liked it, but didn't love it. Her stories are light-hearted and there's always a bit of magic.

Karin wrote: "I'm still waiting to hear back from Julia :("

If Julia does not respond soon, I can chose a book for you, Karin.

Katie chose Mockingjay for me and I chose The Art of Racing in the Rain for her.

Partners pairings:

Megan and Katie

Julia and Karin

Ale, Kate, and Katrina

Please contact your partner(s) through a personal message to tell them what book you have selected for them. Please post what you will be reading on this discussion once your partner has selected for you. For the group of 3, you can decide how you want to choose for each other.

I finished The Hangman's Daughter. I was a bit disappointed in this book. I like that the author based this series on his ancestors, a dynasty of executioners in medieval Bavaria. I found the story sort of boring and I had a hard time keeping some of the characters straight. I'm also not sure why this was titled "the hangman's daughter". The hangman did have a daughter, but she was not a main character.

So glad you liked it!

Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer’s son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julián Carax. But when he sets out to find the author’s other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax’s books in existence. Soon Daniel’s seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona’s darkest secrets--an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love.

Plenty of teenagers feel invisible. Fiona McClean actually is.

An invisible girl is a priceless weapon. Fiona’s own father has been forcing her to do his dirty work for years—everything from spying on people to stealing cars to breaking into bank vaults.

After sixteen years, Fiona’s had enough. She and her mother flee to a small town, and for the first time in her life, Fiona feels like a normal life is within reach. But Fiona’s father isn’t giving up that easily.

Of course, he should know better than anyone: never underestimate an invisible girl.

Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant laborers.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

I'm thinking something spooky for October-witches, vampires, ghosts, werewolves, etc.
The Historian
Frankenstein
Dracula
The Witch's Daughter
Coraline
Something Wicked This Way Comes

Please add nominations for the October group read.

Books can be any genre, you may nominate as many books as you wish, or second (or third, etc) any nominations.

Please check the group's bookshelf to make sure you are not nominating a book that has been a previous group read.

The Host by Stephenie Meyer
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

This book is a quick, easy, laugh out loud, hilarious read! Thanks for the recommendation, Kate!

I'll be reading The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch for my August challenge. I'm excited to start this series! I've been wanting to read it for awhile! Anyone read any from this series?

Just finished this last night. Even though I read it as a teenager, I didn't remember it very well, except that I liked it. I fell in love all over again. What a wonderful, romantic book this is!

Is your to-read shelf getting longer and longer? Each month we will have a fun way to select your next book.

This month select a book from a series on your to-read shelf. Read the next book in a series you've already started or start a new one.

Please share your selected book and post your thoughts here.

I really disliked Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. I had to read this freshman year of high school and I think it was the only assigned book I did not read entirely. I haven't read anything else by Dickens. I don't remember if I had "great expectations" of liking this book, but in general, I did like the majority of the books I had to read for school. In a close 2nd place is Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. I know this book is beloved by many, but I thought it was terrible once I got past the "eat" part, and would not have finished it except that it was the only book I had brought with me on a field assignment for work. However, this was one of those rare exceptions where the movie was better than the book, I do recommend the movie!