Renee’s Comments (group member since Feb 03, 2014)

Renee’s comments from the The Reading Challenge Group group.

Mission: Read a book set in Mexico, or about the Mexican-American experience.
This is a one book mini-challenge to be completed between May 1 - 31.

Information on Cinco de Mayo...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco...

If April showers bring May flowers, what do Mayflowers bring?
Another mini-challenge!!!

Mission: Read a book that has the name of a flower in its title. Or a flower displayed prominently on the cover. This is a one book mini-challenge to be completed between May 1 - 31.

Examples:
White Oleander
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation
Daisy Miller

Congrats to Amanda and Rosemarie! :)))

Lol. So, I was doing The Power of One as a buddy read with a friend and she bailed. I had stopped reading to give her time to catch up, but she decided it wasn't worth the hours. I can't blame her... With all the great books out there, why stick with one you don't enjoy?
Unfortunately, I still have about 30% left to read. I just need to get back into the right mindset!

Glennis wrote: "I re-read King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian...a favorite from childhood. I think I read it at least once a month, yet my mother never bought the book for me. Luckil..."

Such a great story!

I went with Rain by W. Somerset Maugham, a fairly long short story. So well written! Although the subject is dark, I really loved it.

I've never heard of those. Is the main characters a little person or more like a leprechaun?

The chase was terribly exciting! I was on the edge of my seat, too! I have mixed feelings about Javert, too. He's probably a good man, but he sees everything in black and white. I keep thinking about how hard he was on himself when he thought he had misjudged Madeleine/Valjean. However, he seems to judge everything based on what he's told by figures of authority, like the church or the courts.

I'm going with Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice which had more humor than romance in my opinion.

Renee's First Pie 2017

1. Comedy: Brewster's Millions**
2. Crime: My Cousin Rachel**
3. Family & Self: The Bell Jar**
4. Love: The Good Soldier**
5. SciFi & Fantasy: Solaris**
6. State of Nation: Passage to India**
7. War & Travel: A Town Like Alice**

And it was a tasty one! I found every book to be interesting on some level; with a few that are current favorites of 2017.

Lovely!

I'm technically finished as well. But I'm doing a slow read of Tennyson's In Memorium with another group... And I've become addicted to the sound of poetry being read aloud to me! So I will continue feasting at the banquet of words for a while longer.

This little mini ended up being a great one for where I am right now. :)

An Odd Collection of writers famous for other things...

22) Goblin Feet, JRR Tolkien
23) Kitchener, George Orwell
24) Mole, Aldous Huxley
25) The House of the Soul: Lay, Dorothy Sayers
26) De Profundis, CS Lewis
27) Une Ballade des dames perdues, William Faulkner
28) The Dying Man and the Vulture, Kahlil Gibran
29) Cynics and Romantics, Robert Graves
30) Snake, DH Lawrence
31) Ultimately, Ernest Hemingway

I tried The Third Policeman but abandoned it. I think I'm burnt out on this type of humor by Ulysses for a good long while.

Yeah. The beginning was rough. The parts about BOXING aren't as harsh as those mean little boys.

I finally started The Power of One and read more than half in 2 days. (Partly because I wanted to get through his miserable years at boarding school)

I really enjoyed that one, Cindy. There are three main storylines or romances that intertwine, which is why it's so long. One is quite funny, the other two are more traditional. Trollope is a terrific writer and writes women particularly well for a man in his times.

Glennis, I completely agree with you! Rest and restore. You have a few months to work on a bingo and hopefully not all your weeks will be so intense.

It all started with you, Karen, my dear! So grateful for your inspiration!

Yes, they are quite heartless people.

Anti-Alphabet Challenge

This one is a twist on the Alphabet Soup challenge; however, for this one you are looking for books titles that are MISSING a particular letter.

Mission: 26 books, each missing one letter of the alphabet

No A- Little House in the Big Woods**
No B- A Town Like Alice**
No C- The Bell Jar**
No D- Framley Parsonage**
No E- Hot Dog**
No F- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress**
No G- The Quiche of Death**
No H- Rise of Empire**
No I- The Jungle**
No J- The Old Curiosity Shop**
No K- Still Life**
No L- Theft of Swords**
No M- Heir of Novron**
No N- Life After Life**
No O- Hide**
No P- The Neverending Story**
No Q- A Passage to India**
No R- The Swans of Fifth Avenue**
No S- Brown Girl Dreaming**
No T- Alone**
No U- Bel Canto**
No V- The Woodlanders**
No W- The Game of Kings**
No X- The Signature of All Things**
No Y- The Good Soldier**
No Z- Heidi**