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

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

Time to pick! Pairs are here!

Lance wrote: "My white book, , was MUCH better. Five stars and a must read for any fans of US Soccer"

I might have to get this for my sister-in-law. It's the one sport she watches.

Jackie, I'm choosing for you because I read it back when it first came out and liked it.

My three:

Fingers crossed, Lance!

Yes, Joy, it does, and it's been on my shelf far too long. :)

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "I'd add another one, but I'm struggling to find only the book I read, it keeps giving me a collection of books instead - The Catch by T M Logan, much better than The Holiday, and being made into a ..."

I found it when I browsed "catch hogan" but yes, those collections are popping up too.

Good show, Andrea!

Plus they died in such quick succession that I would imagine she was both overwhelmed and numb.

Joy, that cover is creepy.

I read The Almost Sisters a year or two ago and liked it, but every time I see that cover it reminds me of Siamese twins even though I know better...

Jackie wrote: "Another white cover.

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Oh wow, does that bring back memories.

In for five, please!
PIFM"

Hi, everyone!

For anyone unfamiliar, this is a monthly challenge where you post a link to a shelf you created. It can be named "PIFM" or "Pick It For Me" etc, if you want one dedicated only to this challenge, or you can use an existing shelf you already have, as long as it has 100 or fewer books on it. The link must be to the specific shelf, or you will not be partnered.. Indicate how many books you would like to have picked for you from that shelf for the month in question. There is no lower limit as to how many books you can have on your shelf, but, of course, they should be books you are interested in reading during the next month and have ready access to.

On or about the 25th of each month, I will post who picks for whom. In order to accommodate an uneven number of participants, pairs will not be reciprocal -- in other words, it won't be Joanne picking for Jennifer and Jennifer picking for Joanne. It may be Joanne picks for Jennifer, Jennifer picks for Herman, and Herman picks for Suzanne, and someone else entirely picks for Joanne.

IF anyone has not been "picked for" by the 30th, I will pick for them if the designated picker can't be contacted by PM.

When you are assigned someone to pick for, note the number of books in parentheses after that person's name in the pick list, go to the link for their shelf, and pick that number of books for them. Post the books in a new message here. That person has the entire following month to read his/her picks. Someone will be picking for you the same way. We all like to see what people think about their picks, so we hope you will keep us posted in this thread!

Example: "In for five, please!
PIFM"

The HTML template for linking your shelf can be found HERE and if you have trouble, PM me and I will help you.

Your designated shelf must be set so that others can see it. To set up a PIFM shelf for those who would like to, go to the "MY BOOKS" link in the GOODREADS toolbar, scroll down below your shelves on the left until you see the "add shelf" button, and click that. Name it PIFM or Pick It For Me. Add books to it, and post the link to it in this challenge as described above. Again, if you need help, please don't hesitate to PM me!

If you are in for February, post your shelf and the number of picks you'd like to have below. See you on picking day!


February pairs:
Jennifer picks 1 for Martha
Jackie picks 5 for Desley
Joy picks 1 for Jackie
Denise picks 3 for Joy
Beth picks 2 for Denise
Lance picks 2 for Beth
Desley picks 3 for Lance
Martha picks 5 for Jennifer

Hi everyone! February's colors are pink or light gray. Looking forward to seeing your covers!

Sounds like a very moving read, Karen.

You'll whip them right out, Prima!

Do what I do, Jackie -- tell yourself that you're adding them because if you don't, later on you'll try to remember "what that book was that you saw that was about XXXX" and you'll waste valuable reading time looking for it. Putting it on your list at least guarantees you can find it if it crosses your mind later.

I actually do put things on my TBR that I think I might be interested in, or don't have time enough to really take a look at at the time, with the intention of deciding later. The stuff I actually am pretty sure I DO want winds up on a "to read- get" list of some flavor. The stuff on the plain old "want to read" is stuff I threw on the list in passing and haven't vetted yet. I periodically vet the "to read- get" lists also, to see if there's stuff on there that I'm no longer interested in and can delete.

Then I can be all proud of myself for saving all that money taking all those now-deleted books out of the running. SOOOOOOOOOOOOO virtuous!

Glad it's not just my TBR being abused, Jackie.

Y'all are terrible for my TBR.

I've read a handful so far this year:

Cast of Characters: Wolcott Gibbs, E. B. White, James Thurber, and the Golden Age of The New Yorker - This is a must-read if you are at all a fan of The New Yorker magazine.

The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science A very short (less than 100 pages) contemplation about a book Mukherjee read when he was still in med school that has shaped his thinking to this day. Mukherjee is a must-read for me, a brilliant writer about medicine and philosophy. I loved his The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, which won the Pulitzer, and also his The Gene: An Intimate History. Those are both the works of an established master in his field, so the peek at the "early doctor" was fascinating. I have his The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human coming up soon!

The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder What a twisted little puppy this guy is.

Write It When I'm Gone - about the relationship between former President Gerald Ford and the journalist who wrote the book. During the Watergate days, Ford inadvertently spoke his mind a little too frankly in the author's presence, then made an agreement with him that he wouldn't publish what was said until after Ford died -- a promise the journalist kept. Ford liked and admired many journalists anyway: his relationship with them wasn't adversarial. But he and the author were a level beyond that for the rest of Ford's life. I believe the common consensus opinion about Ford is largely true -- he was a fundamentally decent, intelligent, clear-thinking person who happened also to be a politician. (The inevitable conclusion is that neither party could get him elected today, more's the pity....) He made one heroic decision and it cost him greatly. This was a good book for anyone who likes political history and it rounded out some reading for me, because I've always found the Watergate story to be fascinating and this end of it is one I hadn't read about before.

Heh, I'm in a similar boat -- I do read plays, but I ordinarily don't read short stories. However I've already read a short story collection this year. I'll be looking to see what plays you read because I really enjoy those.