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

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

Welcome, Julie!

Yay! Squirrel tea party!

Looks like The Martian is winning the Genre Group Read poll by a landslide nutslide, so you'll have a good excuse soon! ;)

LOL! I wondered what the squirrel thing could be about. :D

My main squirrel is my own imagination. I spend most of the day daydreaming about shiny new story ideas, when my plan was to work for a few hours a day on the Trilogy of Doom I'm writing and spend the rest of my free time doing creative things and reading. By the time I've done my writing on top of the useless daydreaming, I have very little time left to read, and when I do read, it's not at all the kinds of books I was expecting to read this year.

Whatever happened to my Year of Living Dickensously?? I've read 2 and a half Dickens novels so far this year. I was planning to read that many each month! But all I can seem to handle this year are nonfiction and lighter fast-reading fiction.

One squirrel that I enjoyed chasing around with grabby hands, ignoring everything else in life while we frolicked happily for a few days, was The Martian. Fun times, man. Fun times.

You can do it, Iasa and Erin!

Way to go Gavin and CaptKirk!

Cindy wrote: "I have a question for my friends in the UK. Do you still celebrate Guy Fawkes night? I was reading the Great Train Robbery and the police were going to make their arrest during the fireworks on Guy..."

I don't live in the UK anymore, but... yes. Yes they do. It was always my favourite night of the year as a kid. :)

Welcome, Julia!

Cindy wrote: "I have a quote that says once you read a book, a part of it is always with you. I recently read The Birds by Daphne du Maurier. Yesterday I was sitting at the bus stop. Across the street there were..."

LOL I always think of The Birds when that kind of thing happens, too.

You could just kind of jig a bit in your seat if you'd like, Cindy. It does the job just as well. :)

Way to go!

Thanks, Iasa!

Thanks, Holly!

Now to keep it on track...

Thanks, Kassandra!

Yay! Welcome back, Holly!

Renee wrote: "Wow. That's dark. It got such great reviews last year. Now I'm scared."

It also got some pretty angry/offended reviews, so I think it's a love-it-or-hate-it book.

Hee! Thanks, Renee!

I'M ON TRACK!!!! I'M FINALLY ON TRAAAAACK!!!!! *happy dance of joy and great excitement* :D

I got about 5 pages in and quit, I'm afraid. (view spoiler)[Dude standing over a crime scene fantasizing in detail about the drugged-up sexy times that were had right before the crime? Sorry, but I found that even more disgusting than the dead-body-soaked-in-acid visual. (hide spoiler)]

Jenny wrote: "This book is apperently very popular, as I am number 3 on the waitlist at my libary. Looking forward to getting it soon!"

Erik Larson is the master of nonfiction! :)

Welcome, Marina! I'm so jealous of your ability to read multiple languages. My lifelong dream!

Welcome, Lilly!