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

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

Me neither, I just track it on my spreadsheet, but no reason not to if someone wants to. If you keep candidates there, you *can* just cut and paste them in when the time comes. So there's that.

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Hopefully this works "

Yep, totally works.

Recent NF reads (picking up where I left off at LOBA on Thanksgiving weekend):

an interesting but fairly typical story about embedding in the mob and outing their enforcer.

I've read a number of books about the opioid crisis. They're all horrifying and this one is no exception.

The one-woman theatrical performance of the book Didion wrote when her husband suddenly dropped dead in the middle of their daughter's life-threatening health crisis. I've read Didion's original of this as well as Blue Nights, which she wrote after the daughter also succumbed. Both have helped me come to terms with recent deaths in my own circle: I highly recommend them. And for those who are struggling with failing parents, I also highly recommend .

Interesting eye-witness stuff but too much agenda.

a four-star read but frustrating.

I love early mob histories. Too bad they didn't have a picture of YOUNG Al Capone for the cover! He looks a little worse for wear in this one. :)

Young Al Capone followed by Young Abe Lincoln.... there's a contrast! I'm also reading this author's

fascinating history of early Hollywood shenanigans.

I've also read his earlier work. He comes across as a genuinely decent guy who lives thoughtfully.

-- Monsters.

reads a bit like a masters thesis.

an excellent picture of all six and the circumstances they had to contend with.

I read this because I work in public safety and this aspect of it is totally foreign to me: how on earth do you look for someone lost in a million acres of rough terrain?

-- meh.

***ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING.***

-- covers not only the history and nature of the illness but its cultural influence as well. Good book.

Meh.

interesting book about how things we now think are obvious were groundbreaking when they began.

this is more a book about adult learning styles that happens to draw on politics for examples than anything else.

-- a few good insights but otherwise not the best example of this kind of book.

heartbreaking and introspective.

OK, I think that catches me up for the last few weeks. See you in a month or so!

Clearly I'm not going to get to this this holiday season but you are probably the sixth person who has had good things to say about it, so I definitely need to read it.

This sounds like an excellent approach, Denise!

Madeline -- From your PIFM shelf:

because why not,
which someone in another group I'm in just read and loved and
which is also on my TBR.

I’ll pick for you as soon as I get home.

Hi, everyone -- sorry, this is a little later going up than I intended. Please feel free to post your chosen books for January here. The cover needs to have white or dark gray in it, either or both, any amount.

You can have a thread for this if you like. No worries. I keep a spreadsheet with ten prospective picks per month myself!

Looking forward to seeing what you pick!

I've read "Seven Husbands" and really liked it. I hope you do too!

You're quite welcome. :)

Exactly. I just sorted my audio books by author (inexplicably it sorted them alphabetically by first name, wth) and never got out of the As. LOL

Oooh Elin Hilderbrand -- I didn't think of her!

Great picks -- I just had Bookshop recommended to me on another thread -- wait til I tell Andrea you picked it for me the next day! LOL

New Year, New Group, New Challenges!

All of us probably remember some grade-school geometry. First there is a single point. Then two points make a line. Three interconnected points make a triangle. And so on.

This is a progressive challenge where you choose the level you wish to read to, forming "polygons" with your titles or authors.

Here's how it works:

For level one, a "point in space" read ANY book.
For level two, a line, read two books that have a title word or author first or last name in common. (A, An and The do not count at this point.). Examples: Conviction and The Conviction (share the word "conviction" or The Last Child by John Hart and Stealth Attack by John Gilstrap (both authors have the first name, "JOHN.")
For level three, follow the same steps in level two except read three books. It continues in this pattern.

You can start at level one and work up to the level of your choosing, or you can choose a single level and finish just that one shape. Your choice.

Special rules:
1) For level 8 (Octagon) and above, you may use A, An or The PROVIDED they are not the first word of the title. For example, you could not use "The" in "The Firm" because it is the first word. You CAN use "The" in "The Murders at THE Rue Morgue" because "THE" appears in the middle of the title. Another example: in "An Apple A Day" you could not use "AN," but you can use "A" because it is not the first word.
2) Yes, you may use the same author more than once and count it as "author sharing the same first or last name."

The Levels:
1. -- A point.
2 -- A line
3 -- A triangle
4 -- A square, rectangle, rhomboid, parallelogram, quadrangle, quadrilateral, etc.
5 -- pentagon
6 -- hexagon
7 - heptagon
8 --octagon
9--enneagon or nonagon
10--decagon
11--hendecagon
12--dodecagon
13--tridecagon or triskaidecagon
14--tetradecagon
15--pentadecagon, pentakaidecagon or quindecagon
16--hexadecagon or hexakaidecagon
17--heptadecagon, heptakaidecagon, or septadecagon
18--octadecagon or octakaidecagon
19--enneadecagon, enneakaidecagon, or nonadecagon
20--icosagon
21--icosikaihenagon or henicosagon
22--icosikaidigon or docosagon
23--icosikaitrigon or tricosagon
24--icosikaitetragon or tetracosagon
25--icosikaipentagon or pentacosagon

Time Limit: Open ended from your start date.

My three

Adriana Trigiani


Alice Hoffman


Allison Pataki

Oh, I'm sure something will come along to fill them. It always does! :)

Because this is the first time we're doing this challenge, I'll repost the general info below. If you're in for January, please post your three authors. Looking forward to some good reading! We'll pick on Jan 1 this time, since we're starting late. :)

New group, new year, new challenges!

Most people are probably familiar with "series interactive" challenges, where someone posts multiple outstanding books from several series they are reading, and another participant picks which series they will read from in the following month, with the purpose of edging us all closer to being caught up in our favorite series.

This is the same idea, except we're doing it for authors who write multiple books that are stand-alones and **NOT** part of a series. Examples would be Marie Benedict, Jodi Picoult, Ron Chernow, etc. I find I get so focused on series books (in part because of challenges) that I forget to read these others and they pile up! I can't be the only person in this situation. :-)

How this works: on or about the 19th of the month (we're starting late but typically the 19th will be used), participants will be invited to post a list of three authors that they have at least two unread books by. On or about the 25th of the month, pairs will be posted. Everyone will pick the next month's "featured author" for the person they're assigned. I will pick for anyone who does not have a pick by the 30th if I cannot reach the member who is assigned the pick via PM.

The following month, participants should read at least one book by their chosen author. (If you don't get to it and have to backfill or skip it, that's fine -- the point is to whittle down that TBR and have fun!)

Books can be any length, and can be fiction or non-fiction -- they just CANNOT be part of a series, and you need at least two books by an author for that author to qualify for this challenge.


Come join us for January! Because we're starting late, pairs will be selected on 1/2/2022

New group, new year, new challenges!

Most people are probably familiar with "series interactive" challenges, where someone posts multiple outstanding books from several series they are reading, and another participant picks which series they will read from in the following month, with the purpose of edging us all closer to being caught up in our favorite series.

This is the same idea, except we're doing it for authors who write multiple books that are stand-alones and **NOT** part of a series. Examples would be Marie Benedict, Jodi Picoult, Ron Chernow, etc. I find I get so focused on series books (in part because of challenges) that I forget to read these others and they pile up! I can't be the only person in this situation. :-)

How this works: on or about the 19th of the month (we're starting late but typically the 19th will be used), participants will be invited to post a list of three authors that they have at least two unread books by. On or about the 25th of the month, pairs will be posted. Everyone will pick the next month's "featured author" for the person they're assigned. I will pick for anyone who does not have a pick by the 30th if I cannot reach the member who is assigned the pick via PM.

The following month, participants should read at least one book by their chosen author. (If you don't get to it and have to backfill or skip it, that's fine -- the point is to whittle down that TBR and have fun!)

Books can be any length, and can be fiction or non-fiction -- they just CANNOT be part of a series, and you need at least two books by an author for that author to qualify for this challenge.