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

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

You can choose to join any or all of the Group Read discussions. It's up to you.

Hooray for Bingo! So glad to have so many members join the game!

Hurrah! I've done a bit of research and I think the current polls will show up at the top of the Polls page. Yay!

Thanks for your patience. :)

P. S. I also loved Cry, the Beloved Country, The Return of the Soldier, and Silas Marner. All of which are a bit shorter that the Victorians above. But equally powerful.

Clare wrote: "The State of the Nation 'flavour' is proving to be a tough one for me. I stated White Teeth and battled with it for a week and and ended up putting on my Try and read another day shelf ..."

I loved both Bleak House and Little Dorrit. You also might like The Mayor of Casterbridge, which was excellent. And Elizabeth Gaskell is really terrific, even though you don't hear about her as much as Dickens and Hardy.

LEVEL ONE ACHIEVED! (Huzzah!)

Level One (5 TBR books) = List Tickler
1. Our Mutual Friend (hardcover)**
2. Shards of Honor (ebook)**
3. The Odyssey (Great Books)**
4. Barrayar (ebook)**
5. The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 (ebook)**

WINTER BINGO (January-March)

B1: Award Winner: Barrayar (Hugo)**
B2: Graphic Novel
B3: Silver Lettering
B4: Mystery or Thriller: Lady Audley's Secret**
B5: Current Event Related

I1: Start a Series: A Question of Upbringing**
I2: Middle Grade: The Dragonet Prophecy
I3: Blue Cover:
I4: > 400 pages: Our Mutual Friend**
I5: Personal Improvement

N1: Classic:
N2: Made into a Movie: The Last of the Mohicans**
N3: FREE
N4: Science Fiction: The Vor Game**
N5: Humor

G1: Magical Realism
G2: LGBTQ+:
G3: White Cover
G4: Published In Your Birth Year: The Spy Who Loved Me**
G5: Biographical

O1: Published Last Year: After You**
O2: Epistolary: Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School**
O3: Gold Lettering
O4: Based on Mythology: The Odyssey**
O5: Math/Science

BINGOs
B4, I4, N4, G4, O4

Hi, All! The polls are up for April. Polling will close on March 30, 2016.

To access the current polls, click the word "polls" to the right of the screen, then scroll to the last page of the polls.

Holly is so much better at this! I can't seem to get the April polls to show up at the top. :( Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yeah. That would be a challenge. :(

But you'll have lots of time to read other lovely books! :D

It's great that you found a series do so perfect for this challenge.

Yes, I'm pretty sure that you would need to. Also pretty sure they're starting with The Warden.

Looks great, Jackie!

Mission: Read Three books with April, May, and June in the title before the end of spring. June 20.

Examples:
The Enchanted April
May We Be Forgiven
Happy Birthday, Wanda June

Last Call for Crazy Calendar (Winter 2016)

How goes it in the Pie Shop?

Great! Glad you got it in!

I think Manga Shakespeare is a brilliant concept. Reminds me of the old Classic Comics which did illustrated/graphic versions of classic novels. They were addicting.

Looks perfect. Hope you enjoy!

I'm in a group called Readers Review that's planning to read all the Barsetshire and Palliser novels as part of a Trollope Project. I believe the plan is to begin with The Warden in June, if you're interested.

Great to hear it, Linda! I'll definitely move that one up my Trollope list.