Suzan’s Comments (group member since May 22, 2020)

Suzan’s comments from the 2020 Big Book Summer Reading Challenge group.

Amelia wrote: "The 'Big Book' I am reading is "The Glass Sentence" by S. E. Grove for a book club. It has 528 pages.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Happy Reading to Everyone! 📚"

Sounds like a good one, Amelia! Enjoy!

Joan wrote: "Now that I am semi-retired, I will be reading The Prince of Tides (for book club in July) and Wolf Hall. If I get a trip to the beach scheduled I'll probably add [book:B..."

Hey, Joan, I was focused on the books and just realized you said semi-retired! Congratulations!

Deb wrote: "Here are two books I plan to read toward the Big Book Challenge!

Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon

[book:Imaginary Friend|435..."

I'm hearing a LOT about Code Name Helene, Deb - sounds like a good one! And I LOVED The Perks of Being a Wallflower so would definitely like to try Chbosky's latest.

Allen wrote: "I’ll also read The book of longings"

Sounds like a good plan, Allen!

Debbie wrote: "I immediately thought of Barkskins, by Annie Prouix, 717 pages. It has been lingering on my bookshelf unread for quite some time. Then on my goodreads feed page popped up a review of the book. So B..."

Hey, Debbie, did you see the new Barkskins TV adaptation on National Geographic channel? I haven;t seen it yet but keep seeing the ads!

Davida wrote: "Right now I'm reading Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce that is 400 pages, and I'm almost finished with it!

Next up is Her Last Flight by [autho..."

Sounds like a great line-up, Davida! Remember to add your blog post to the links list on the challenge page!

Cheriee wrote: "I've finished Cold Falling White (The Nahx Invasions #2) by Gabrielle S. Prendergast. I almost finished it in one day except that it just got too late. I woke up and finished it fi..."

Wow, Cheriee! Congratulations - That might be a Big Book record!

So fun that you've found a series you love so much - enjoy the rest!

Allison wrote: "Looking forward to this!! Still trying to decide which book to read, I just put a few options out on my blog and am waiting for others to weigh in to help me decide!"

Welcome, Alli! I just read your blog post - some great choices there! I think you'll enjoy whatever you choose, You can share your post link here so others can see it, too!

Enjoy your Big Books this summer!

Pam wrote: "I'm in! I just started Outlander - 850 pages!"

Welcome to Big Book Summer again, Pam!! You'll love Outlander - enjoy!

Jeanette wrote: "I will be joining in."

Welcome to Big Book Summer, Jeanette! Glad you're joining the fun!

Brittanie wrote: "I would like to participate. No blog anymore so I will post here too. I hope to finally tackle Middlemarch, Portrait of a lady or Swanns way."

Welcome to Big Book Summer Challenge, Brittanie! Oooh, doing a Big Book Classic this summer, huh? I;'m hoping to include 1 or 2 classics, also.

I highly recommend Middlemarch. It IS a chunkster, but I ended up loving it. It's surprisingly witty and relevant today.

Whatever you choose, enjoy!

Karen wrote: "Right now I’m thinking of either Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhorn or The Knife by Jo Nesbo. Or maybe I’ll do both!!!!"

Welcome to Big Book Summer Challenge, Karen! Ooh, those both sound like great choices! My husband loves Nesbo (I still need to try him), and I want to read the Lawhorn novel, too. You might have to read both!

Joan wrote: "I'm in! Looking forward to tackling some of my longer books this summer."

Yay, so glad you are joining the fun this summer, Joan!!

Can't wait to see what Big Books you read this summer.

Susan wrote: "I am in and it works out prefectly for I am going to re read The Stand by Stephen King."

Welcome to Big Book Summer Challenge, Susan. The Stand is pretty much the perfect Big Book Summer book! It's an amazing novel (perhaps a bit extra-scary right now!) - hope you enjoy it!

Amelia wrote: "I'm in! 😊 This is my first time doing this challenge, and I think I will have a lot of fun!
Thank you! 🤗"

Welcome, Amelia, to your FIRST Big Book Summer Challenge! So glad you decided to join us! I look forward to seeing what you choose to read this summer.

Robin wrote: "This sounds fun Sue! Count me in. I have more than a few big books on my TBR book shelves. And without realizing it, I just started a novel that fits the 400+ page rule: Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld..."

Welcome to Big Book Summer, Robin! Glad you're joining the fun! Looks like you're off to a great start and have a nice stack to choose from this summer.

Jane wrote: "A summer tradition - I'm in!

https://janegs.blogspot.com/2020/05/2..."

Wonderful, Jane! Welcome back :)

Now, you just need to drop your blog sign-up post link on the Challenge page to make it official!

https://bookbybook.blogspot.com/p/202...

Melissa wrote: "You know I'm in too! As of right now, Apeirogon by Colum McCann is the only one on my list. There are other possibilities but I definitely want to get to this one.

http://melissafirman.com/2020-b..."

Welcome to Big Book Summer again, Melissa! I enjoyed your blog post, and you've picked a good one!

Karen wrote: "I will be reading “A Time to Kill” 500 pages John Grisham; “Mr. Mercedes” 436 pages Stephen King & “Truly Madly Guilty” 430 pages Liane Moriarty .."

Welcome to Big Book Summer, Karen! A Time to Kill is an amazing novel - still one of his best, after all these years (and all those books).

Mr. Mercedes and Truly Madly Guilty are both on my Big Book Summer list, too! We'll have to compare notes.

Enjoy your Big Books! Be sure to stop by the other discussion threads (Big Books Being Read and Completed) with updates!

Sue

Deb wrote: "I'd love to join you this summer!!


Thanks Sue!!"

Welcome, Deb!! Glad to hear you're joining the fun!