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

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

I'll probably do about one book per month because I want to read other things, too.

Lol. Well at least your house won't have that empty feeling when you take the tree down!

That's what I do on my phone with anything that can't wait for a regular computer.

A few of us are planning to read (or reread) the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Any are welcome to join us.

Okay! I'll set up a Buddy read for the series.

Renee's January Total: 16 books
Number of books to date: 16 books

This challenge is a little different and a throw-back to the origins of the Reading Challenge group.

Mission: Read 50 books this year.

Plan: Keep track of your books any way you wish (in the Personal Goal folder, for example), then update here each month with your total for the month and the year so far.

p.s. I have no plans to keep an overall group tally.

Lol and Awww! Well, I guess I can't complain then. :D

Once a theme is chosen for January, members may want to consider suggesting a Buddy Read for a book they plan to read that others might also enjoy.

This topic can be located in the Group Read Archive.

I'd be interested in the Little House series in 2017, Camille. Shall I set up a thread?

We never chat anymore. What's up with you these days?

Since most people have started playing Bookopoly in the 2017 Year-Long folder, I'm going to move this thread to the Challenge Archive.

Level 3: Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!

I reread the first 10 books of the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian. These books are just wonderful! Especially if you enjoy the Nineteenth Century. (Which, of course, I do.) ;-D

Master and Commander
Post Captain
H.M.S. Surprise
The Mauritius Command
Desolation Island
The Fortune of War
The Far Side of the World
The Surgeon's Mate
Treason's Harbour

I intend to read the last 10 books of the series for this challenge in 2017.

Level 2: Pour the Milk!
I read the 5 books Janet Evanovich has published so far in the Fox and O'Hare series. Very cute! Lots of banter.

The Heist
The Chase
The Job
The Scam
The Pursuit

Level 2: Pour the Milk!

I reread the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling.
As always, they were wonderful. <3

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Level 3: Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!

I read all of the Dance To The Music of Time by Anthony Powell (one book per month) working with a GR group devoted to just that this year. What a great experience!

First Movement...
Jan : A Question of Upbringing**
Feb : A Buyer's Market**
March : The Acceptance World**

Second Movement...
April : At Lady Molly's **
May : Casanova's Chinese Restaurant**
June : The Kindly Ones**

Third Movement...
July : The Valley of Bones**
Aug: The Soldier's Art**
Sept : The Military Philosophers**

Fourth Movement...
Oct : Books Do Furnish a Room**
Nov : Temporary Kings**
Dec : Hearing Secret Harmonies**

Level 3: Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!

I read all the books in The Vorkosigan Saga (series) by Lois McMaster Bujold this year. They were FABULOUS!

Falling Free (historical)**
Shards of Honor**
Barrayar**
The Warrior's Apprentice**
The Mountains Of Mourning**
The Vor Game**
Cetaganda**
Ethan of Athos**
Labyrinth**
Brothers in Arms**
The Borders of Infinity**
Mirror Dance**
Memory**
Komarr**
A Civil Campaign**
Winterfair Gifts**
Diplomatic Immunity**
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance**
CryoBurn**
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen**

I think I'm going to have to call this one done for myself at 3 of 5 completed. I just don't think I'll finished the last 2 in time. :(

This is one of my favorites. :)
RENEE IS HAUNTED BY...
1) A Passage to India
2) Charles Dickens**
3) One of Ours
4) Dead Souls**
5) Gone with the Wind**

VANQUISHED _3_