Holly’s Comments (group member since Nov 05, 2013)

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

Its positive peer pressure, we promise, Megan! ;)

My flatmates keep on looking at me funny because I'm usually up, dressed and doing things by 9am. It's currently 2pm and I'm still lounging in bed in my PJs! :)

Time to get started on Othello!

NEW BANNER!

In the celebration of the weather finally turning decent, there's a new banner up!

I couldn't think of a caption, so if you have an idea for a Spring or general reading one, send me a message or post here!

Hope you guys like it!

24. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
25. Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) by Hugh Howey
26. When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales of Neurosurgery by Frank T. Vertosick Jr.

I really need to get better at updating this thread, oops!

Natalie, unfortunately not, I've been eying Do No Harm on Goodreads for ages.

I actually spotted this one in my university library, it's 'When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery'. It was a really interesting read, and the writing style made it really enjoyable. Definitely recommended if someone wants a book about neurosurgery (something I've always been intrigued by)!

Time for a lazy day in my pajamas reading! Even though I have an essay to plan.

Priorities ;)

I wish I could read them all for the first time all over again!

Hmmm. I'm reading a memoir on Neurosurgery. Would you say that fits in with this month, or is it more science..?

I definitely am going to try fit this in! I absolutely loved The Woman in White, and I purchased The Moonstone ages ago. It is awfully long though! :P

I seriously hope so... I need to claw back my widget. It keeps on mocking me!

I'm gonna go for it!! I'll updated this as a go along!

B1: Exploration
B2: Congratulations!
B3: Participation
B4: Information - When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales of Neurosurgery by Frank T. Vertosick Jr.
B5: Collaboration - Wool by Hugh Howey

I1: Listed it - The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
I2: Bought it - The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
I3: Eyed it - Othello by William Shakespeare
I4: Downloaded it
I5: Scored it! - In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination by Margaret Atwood

N1: Oldie but goodie
N2: New kid on the block - Pansy by Andrea Gibson
N3: FREE
N4: Yesterday's news
N5: Everybody's talking

G1: Nice to meet you
G2: You seem familiar
G3: One of the girls
G4: One of the guys
G5: Old friends - Pole Dancing To Gospel Hymns by Andrea Gibson

O1: Take a stand
O2: Take a friend
O3: Take a trip
O4: Take a look
O5: Take a break

I've just checked out the reviews of this on Goodreads, and half of me is freaked out, and the other half is super intrigued.

It definitely seems to be either one you absolutely love, or one you absolutely hate!

Hopefully it can get some good discussions going!

Is anyone else planning on reading this this month?

Me too! I have a load of essays due at the end of May, but I find that when I'm really stressed, I read rather than watch TV, so I get more read!

Well, I'm hoping I can trick myself into believing that...

I hope you enjoy Divergent, Amber!

My list for May is going to be an attempt to get back on track for my challenge!

Pansy by Andrea Gibson
Pole Dancing To Gospel Hymns by Andrea Gibson
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Othello by William Shakespeare
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

6 books behind schedule... Eek!

(Eek, this is slightly late, sorry!)

It's a new dawn, it's a new month!

Hopefully, for many of us, the wonders of spring are in full bloom, and the weather is finally getting nicer! (Unless you're in England, because our weather is always awful)

It's a whole new 30 days to challenge yourself with reading. What's on your list for May?

I have just finished Wool by Hugh Howey and wow. That was one big tense rollercoaster of dystopian awesomeness.

I didn't think I used it that often! Maybe I'm subconsciously showing off my Britishness!

I managed to finish North and South, and got started on Wool, and completed the readathon with a total of 395 pages.

Which I'm really chuffed with considering I didn't read anything at all in the rest of April...