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

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

I've started with a non fiction, Celtic Myths by Miranda Jane Green, which I've nearly finished. Next will be a classic vampire story Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu and a modern retelling of episodes of nordic mythology, The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec.

Alix wrote: "Irphen wrote: "Alix wrote: "Irphen wrote: "Good luck with your challenge!^^ I will be reading The Night Circus as well for my challenge, if you are interested in a buddy read I would be glad you do..."

Haha, indeed you do well at double checking! XD But actually I've been wanting to read Nights at the Circus as well so we can do our buddy read ;-) I just don't have a copy of it yet so won't be able to start off the year with this buddy read ( also have a couple of other buddy reads planned for the beginning of the year ), but maybe around spring would be a good time?

Saar The Book owl wrote: "@Alondra: thank you. The book is huge! Did you see the series they made of? When are you planning to read it?

@Irphen: Thanks. Yes, I would love to BR it with you. I think on starting early this y..."

Okay, not sure I will be able to start with it right away in january but end january begin february should be ok for me^^ Does it suits you if we plan this buddy read for end january/begin february? :-)

Alix wrote: "Irphen wrote: "Good luck with your challenge!^^ I will be reading The Night Circus as well for my challenge, if you are interested in a buddy read I would be glad you done one with you for it :-)"
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Well it's quite simple, we read the book more or less at the same time and we discuss about it in a discussion set up previously and which indicates the book we are going to read. It's to give our opinion on certain passages and reflection anything linked to the book :-)

Good luck Saar!
Nice list!^^ I will be reading The Hauting to Hill House as well this year, maybe you would be interested in a buddy read? In any case I'm looking forward to see what you think about it :-)

Good luck with your challenge!^^ I will be reading The Night Circus as well for my challenge, if you are interested in a buddy read I would be glad you done one with you for it :-)

Good luck with your challenge and enjoy your books! :-)

@Patricia: Exactly, for me there is not really a point at reading if you always read the same thing, but still as everyone I have some kind of books that interest me most. Thank you! And hope you have fun reading as well!^^

@Ioana: Well there is a first time for everything! I wasn't expecting to come accross anyone knowning Mircea Eliade either ;-) And I haven't heard of that one so I will go check it out :-) Thank you and happy reading to you as well!^^

@Emily: Thank you Emily! Well my shelves tend to crawl under those genres so I thought about brining them some relieve! ;-p You are welcome to drop in at any moment :-) Thanks^^

@Lea: Cool, I hope I will enjoy them too! :-) Thank you and good luck to y you as well!^^

@Bill: Oh, well that sounds interesting :-) I've read We Live in The Castle and also The Lottery so I wonder what this will bring. ^^ As for Ursula LeGuin I hope this one will be nearly as good as The Disspossed that I read this year :-) Thank you!

@Desley ( Cat fosterer ): Thank you and same to you!

@Vikki: Thanks! I hope I will ove The Night Circus as well^^ Oh that is a pitty, I've heard quite some good about The Starless Sea but taste is personnal after all and sometimes this happens...

GOTHIC/HORROR Progress: 4/4
- I, the Vampire by Henry Kuttner
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson read in january
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia read in november
- Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu read in january

PHILOSOPHY/UTOPIA Progress:1 /4
- Utopia by Thomas More
- The Island by Aldous Huxley
- Walden by Henry David Thoreau
-Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

This section should rather have been PHILOSOPHY/SPIRITUALITY ( 4/4 XD ) given my readings!
- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul by Jane Roberts

SF/FANTASY WOMEN Progress: 3/4
-The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- Instead of Cloven Hooves by Megan Lindholm I read Neige by Anna Kavan
- The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin read april
- Morwenna by Jo Walton

If I haddent limited myself to only women I would have completed this without any problem!
- The Ice People by René Barjavel
- This Immortal by Roger Zelazny
Several Stephen King books in the series The Dark Tower

MYTHOLOGY: Progress: 4/4

- Celtic Myths: A Guide to the Ancient Gods and Legends by Miranda Aldhouse-Green read in january
- Instead of Myths, Dreams and Mysteries by Mircea Eliade I ended up reading Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott read in september - october
- The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec read in january
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller read in april

So here I am again. I'm not really good at picking my books ahead, thus I didn't complete my challenge of 2021, but I will try again in 2022! :-)
I liked my organisation of last year so I'm going to divide again my books in groups of 4 by genre or the like. Also some of my books from past year that I planned to read but didn't are moving on to my 2022 challenge ;-)

Progress: 10/12 ( + 4 )