Karen’s Comments (group member since Mar 14, 2021)

Karen’s comments from the An Introvert's World of Books group.

Favorite season: Fall
Hobbies: Quilting, card making, collecting fountain pens, calligraphy, journaling, beekeeping, and READING!
Favorite Sport: gymnastics
On your travel bucket-list: all the National Parks, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Japan, Canada
Books you can't live without: 84 Charing Cross Road, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Inspector Gamache series,
Favorite Desert: Key lime pie
Favorite Color: green
Pets: dogs that live with me, but that I don't own & chickens
Birthday Month: June
Profession: retired elementary teacher, adjunct professor
State/Country: Maryland
Favorite Vacation Spot: Deep Creek Lake
Tea vs Coffee: hazelnut coffee with Kahlua, Baileys, and vanilla ice cream

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A- All Creatures Great and Small
P- Fiddler on the Roof
R- The King of Shadows
I- The Guernsey Literary and
Potato Peel Pie Society
L- P.S. I Love You

Sadie wrote: "Ok so I'm posting my list (what I have so far anyways--certainly not 21) you might notice a theme among the books. I'm a big fan of science fiction genre.

1984 by George Orwell --I have not read ..."

Hi Sadie,
I think I was supposed to read 1984 in high school. It's on my reading list for this month. Hope I get to it.

Molly wrote: "Song of Achilles is set in Greece.
Invisible life of Addie LaRue takes place in Paris, London, New York."

I definitely want to read Addie LaRue.

Jennifer wrote: "As a group, every time you read a book set in another country add it to this folder and let's see how far we can travel. I will add and edit this post to have a condensed list. Repeat destinations ..."

Miss Benson's Beetle was set in New Caledonia. I didn't even know where that was until I read the book. I loved this story! (The author also wrote Harold Fry and it's sequel about Queen.)

Janice wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Not too chatty at all. Rebecca is on my to-be-read. How was it?"

Thanks, Jennifer :) I loved it!!! Definitely a book to read. :)"

I read Rebecca in high school over 50 years ago! I loved it and want to read it again.

Hi, I'm Karen and am Jen's mom and Hope's grandmother. I also claim parenthood to Molly and Sadie. My kids say I'm not an introvert, but after 30+ years of teaching, I have had to push myself out of my comfort zone. I find most of my energy draws from being by myself, though. My favorite book on the subject is Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain.

I love, love, love Louise Penny and her Inspector Gamache mysteries. (You must start at book 1 and read them in order--some people think Book 1 is a little disappointing and don't go further.) I love most murder mysteries, but not violent ones (as if murder is not violent).

I also love historical fiction ('m in the middle of listening to America's First Daughter about Patsy Jefferson. I just finished Lady Clementine. I'm also in the middle of The Paris Library. I have to finish it by Wednesday for my book club that's been meeting for over 25 years. If I don't get finished I get scolded.

I love nonfiction books by Bill Bryson, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Edward O Wilson. I also just finished Old in Art School and could relate about the age thing.

I'm enjoying YA and middle grade books. I'll be starting Charlie Thorne and the Lost City, a sequel to Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation. Of course I'm a Harry Potter fan. I loved The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper and A Wrinkle in Time series. I love Jason Reynolds's Track series.