Irphen’s Comments (group member since Dec 09, 2021)

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

Denise wrote: "I haven't read any of the books on your list. Wish you the best of luck with your challenge."

Thank you Denise! Good luck to you as well! :-)

Alondra wrote: "Great choices, Irphen. I like the posting of just 4 books from each genre. That makes it doable. I may rethink my current way of listing out my challenges, because this seems doable.

I love the Fa..."

Thanks Alondra! I find this way of organizing makes my reading orientation between all my to read books less chaotic ;-)

I understand fantasy and sf are probably my all time fave genres :-) And I must agree indeed the last Dune movie was quite impressif! I've never heard about Caliban's War before but it seems rather interesting :-)

Good luck and happy reading to you as well!^^

Ioana wrote: "Interesting list. I rarely read fantasy, and even rarer I enjoy it, but The Night Circus is one of my all time big favorites. I hope you'll enjoy it too."

Well fantasy can't be everyone's cup of tea! I have always loved it and if even someone who doesn't like fantasy enjoyed it it muct be pretty good! ;-)

Bill wrote: "American Gods was great."

I've heard a lot of good about it and I've read other books by Neil Gaiman which I loved so I'm having high hopes about it! :-)

MYTHOLOGY /4
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson
- The Gospel of Loki by Joanne M. Harris
- The Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymous

FANTASY 1/4
- The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
- some J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- some Robin Hobb

@Jackie & Bill: Thank you!! :-)
@Desley: I hope I will like it as well! :-)
@Lea: Thanks! The fact you enjoyed those makes me feel even more eager to read those books! ;-)

SF /4
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Ursula K. Le Guin
- The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- The October Country by Ray Bradbury

CLASSIC /4
- Walden by Henry David Thoreau
- A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
- To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
- Maurice by E.M. Forster

Hello again!
The attempt to stick to my 2022 reading plans wasn't exactly a succes but I will be trying it once again in 2023! Maybe this time I will succeed! ;-)
Last year I organized my books by categories and I will stick to that this year as well!

Alondra wrote: " Life happens and readers can be moody; what're gonna do?? I'm surprised I got mine completed, because I was feeling moody, as well."

Yes we can'tdo much about it, and the most important is to be reading and enjoying our reads after all! And congrats on completing your challenge!! :-)

Well it's been a long time I haven't been checking anything around here so as expected it wasn't doing great with my progress! XD I suppose I will have to come to a thing were reading half of the books I planned to read should satisfy me. And obviously as a result I tend to put the books I didn't read on the list for next year, but it's more of an indication because I'm the kind of person who reads what she wants to read on a given moment. ;-p
So if indicated some thoughtful changes that could have made me complete the challenge, maybe next year I will make better reading plans and fit them a bit more, you never know!^^

Faouzia wrote: "I like the way you organized your list Irphen! I have some of those in my TBR, so i'll be looking forward to see what you think of them.
I only read Utopia. It was an interesting book.
Good luck :)"
Thanks! Cool^^ I think it will be interesting indeed! Thank you and good luck to you as well with your reading :-)

Lillie wrote: "Really like how you organized your lists. I’ve only read The Night Circus, which I enjoyed. Need to set aside a bit of time to look at the other books because based on your categories and titles, t..."

Thanks! And go ahead check them out if you want :-) I've just finished The Witch's Heart and if you are interested in nrdic mythology I can really recommend it! ;-) And if you are into gothic horror and vampire stories Carmilla is also very cool!

John wrote: "Good luck to you!"
Thank you!

Ann_R wrote: "A nice way to organize your challenge, Irphen. I think splitting it up by genre somehow makes it feel a little less daunting. I almost put The Haunting of Hill House on my list but cho..."

Thanks, and yes I think so as well^^ Well The Hauting of Hill House will be for a next time then :-) Thank you and same to you!^^

Alondra wrote: "Thanks, Irphen! Horror is horror. Gothic, classic or new. I love it all. Some of the best horror written, is the classic stuff. HP Lovecraft called Cthulhu and Cthulhu answered. *shudders*"

Quite true indeed, they are classics for some reason after all! ;-) Haha, don't talk to me about Lovecraft! I've been super obsessed with this author for some time and by now I've read all of his work XD

I've read none of your books but some seem quite interesting^^ Deadlands cover looks pretty amazing by the way! Though I read some horror as well most of the time those are more classic horror or gothic like. Anyway, goodluck with your challenge!

Denise wrote: "Even though I don't normally read the genre I enjoyed Mexican Gothic. Wish you the best of luck with your challenge."
Well I do read this genre so maybe I will enjoy even more ;-) Thank you and good luck to you as well!

Alondra wrote: "So, i've read books by many of the authors; but not these particular works. I did read The Night Circus and loved the atmosphere of the book. The characters weren't very memorable, except the ones ..."

Haha, well there are quite a few authors who write quite a few books so you can't read everything by them ;-p
Sounds nice, I will see what I think of the atmosphere and everything :-) Thank you!^^