Jennifer’s Comments (group member since Dec 03, 2021)

Jennifer’s comments from the On The Same Page group.

Reading today. So far very engaging. The dynamic forced on Charlotte and her father by their situation creates an interesting relationship - he has to look after his daughter but behave like she's his servant.

Argh! You're too good at writing reviews. You didn't let on what conclusion Posner came to. LOLOL

Heh -- I think "five stars for holding your attention" is a great reason for that rating!

He wrote a book about Leonard Nimoy, too, Karol.

I don't know how I missed that there was a movie made from that book, Karol. I liked the book a lot. (Off to look for the movie...)

I hear such mixed reactions to those books, Denise. I may give the first one a shot though.

Please nominate a genre for June 2024 in this thread, if you would like to. The only rule for genre nominations is that you cannot nominate a genre that we've already read this calendar year.

Not planning to be a huge stickler on the "genre vs subgenre" thing. If it's a recognized book category (i.e. you can reasonably expect the average Goodreads reader to know what it is), post it.

Nominations open until 5/14, poll to follow.

If you want to see examples of genres and subgenres that Goodreads has some lists for, or figure out where a book/style of book you like happens to fit, try this link:

Goodreads Genres

Genres already chosen this year:
January - Science Fiction
February - Romance
March - Mystery
April - Historical Fiction
May -- Nonfiction

My poor TBR!

What Patricia said. I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for Harry and Meghan. Even if it's hard and takes a long time, it's better to stay and try to change something from within than to throw rocks at it from the outside. Particularly in this case, because the Queen was *obviously* nearing the end of her reign and Harry would probably have had many opportunities to help his father shape the look of the royal family going forward.

That being said, I haven't read the book or paid that much attention to Harry's claims, so mine isn't a particularly educated opinion.

Ringing praise! (moves it up on my list...)

I'll read since it was someone in this group who first alerted me to the book to begin with.

I read that I think in January of 2023 or so. That poor guy. Such a struggle - the only way to win it is not to try the drug for the first time. Unfortunately, when it's prescribed to you, you don't think about that.

Martha wrote: "Thanks, Jennifer! I need to read another Reacher.
Love your shelf!
[bookcover:You Must Remember This: A novel of..."

Oh great picks, and I'm especially looking forward to the Turnbull.

OMG Lance, you can't even pick for someone else without cluttering up my TBR!

The winner of the Genre Focus poll for May 2024 is nonfiction. Looking forward to seeing what you pick to read!

Wow, Martha -- most of your books are also on some shelf of mine or other -- hard to pick!

I'm going to go with .

Time to pick! Pairs are here.

Weyward
Emilia Hart

am a Weyward, and wild inside.

2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great aunt she barely remembers. With its tumbling ivy and overgrown garden, the cottage is worlds away from the abusive partner who tormented Kate. But she begins to suspect that her great aunt had a secret. One that lurks in the bones of the cottage, hidden ever since the witch-hunts of the 17th century.

1619: Altha is awaiting trial for the murder of a local farmer who was stampeded to death by his herd. As a girl, Altha’s mother taught her their magic, a kind not rooted in spell casting but in a deep knowledge of the natural world. But unusual women have always been deemed dangerous, and as the evidence for witchcraft is set out against Altha, she knows it will take all of her powers to maintain her freedom.

1942: As World War II rages, Violet is trapped in her family's grand, crumbling estate. Straitjacketed by societal convention, she longs for the robust education her brother receives––and for her mother, long deceased, who was rumored to have gone mad before her death. The only traces Violet has of her are a locket bearing the initial W and the word weyward scratched into the baseboard of her bedroom.

Weaving together the stories of three extraordinary women across five centuries, Emilia Hart's Weyward is an enthralling novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world.

You’re a devout recidivist.

I PMed Martha to see if she wants in, and we'll give her a bit to let us know before I post pairs.