megan’s Comments (group member since Dec 18, 2014)

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

[x] a book based on a true story: The Invention of Wings
Based loosely on the lives of Sarah and Angelina Grimke - Born into a Southern, slave owning family, the Grimkes use first hand experience to stoke the fires of the abolitionist movement - simultaneously powering the under currents of what would become modern day feminism and the women's suffrage movement.

Madness...
We're all mad here.

[x] A book that became a movie: Still Alice
Now, to see the movie.

Just started Still Alice after being harassed by my sister for not reading it yet.

Looks like ARWAV is being moved up on my Netflix to-watch list.

[x] A book with magic: The Night Circus

[x] A book set in high school: The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend

I'd be up for a buddy read. I guess check out my to-read and compare them with yours?

[x] A memoir: Coming Clean

[x] A book with a color in the title: One Lavender Ribbon

[x] A book set in a different country: Last Train to Istanbul: A Novel - France, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Turkey

The Rosie Project is featured as my city's book of the month for February. I stopped at Half Price Books, Barnes & Noble, and Books & Co and none of them had any in stock. Fourth stop was Target, which had a whole display and 20% off the already cheaper price. <3 Target

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I have a spreadsheet as well.
I haven't gone as far as creating a Gantt chart for proposed readings, but I get closer and closer as my to-read list grows.

How many points for a double bingo??

Read a general book: 1 point per book
The Maze Runner
The Man in the Window
Unraveling You
A Slight Change of Plan
Clandestine
Under Different Stars
6
Read a "shortie" (short story, poem, play): 0.5 points per
Read a group read book: 5 points per book
Persuasion
5
Read a buddy read book: 5 points per book you read with a buddy
Read a book for the genre challenge:
Read a book for a mini-challenge: 3 points per book
It Never Ends
The Light Between Oceans
The Handmaid's Tale
Those Who Save Us
Looking for Alaska
The Glassblower
The Ladies Room
Love, Rosie
Running Barefoot
27
Bonus** - read a "chunkster" (500 pages or more): 5 points per book

Total = 38

[x] A book by an author you've never read before: The Ladies Room- A non-smut romance and fiction author who has published over 50 books.

Welcome Christina! Having non-reader friends is the reason I'm here as well.

Just thinking about reading this much makes my eyes hurt.

There is a 100% chance I will read them back to back. This will include an emergency trip to BAM for #2 because I won't plan ahead. I could stop on the way home today, but will only remember as I pass the exit and tell myself I'll stop tomorrow. Repeat.

I read the Wikipedia entry for the book if I feel like there's going to be a plot twist or just can't hold out until the end.