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

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

Every book counts, Mags. :)

Holly wrote: "Surely that's really uncomfortable, Faye?

There's nothing like sitting outside and reading a book in the sun! (I definitely wouldn't recommend sitting out in the rain)"

I should rephrase - I sit on a very comfy chair on my porch reading for hours. :P

Holly wrote: "I'm coming down with a cold. 5 days before my exams start. Typical."

Boo. :(

I'm enjoying these numbers, everyone! Nice work!

Roseanne wrote: "Some of you have said you spend more time outside during the summer and that is why you don't read as much. I just read outside. I take a book to the beach, the pool or wherever I go. Doesn't anyone else read outside?"

Me! I sit on my porch reading for hours.

I read 9 in May.

How many books did you read in May? We need to pick up the pace a little bit! No pressure. :P

(For our new members: We're trying to see if we as a group can read 10,000 books this year, so at the end of each month each member counts up how many books they've read, and they post that number to that month's tally thread. Every member is free to join in!)

Note: No conversation in this thread, please. If you have questions or comments about this challenge, you can post them in the Group-wide Goal: Can We Reach 10,000 thread - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Welcome, Gareth!

I got so deeply in the habit of summer reading as a kid that it has carried on throughout my life. The weather starts to warm up, and I immediately think "SUMMER READING LIST!" :P

Laura wrote: "Summiting peaks and dangerous adventures: Latin lover included.
(Most of the stuff in the book hasn't happened yet)."

LOL I like the optimism!

Does your summer reading tend to be different from your usual reading? Do you make a loooong summer reading list? (I'm guilty of that one!) Do you pick books with a summer theme? Or ones that are easily picked up and put down for when you're sunning yourself on a beach?

Nice work, Pat!

Laura wrote: "I picked up 4 leatherbound classics from Barnes and Noble the other day. All on sale. Adventures of Huckleberry and other novels, Isaac Asimov The Foundation Trilogy, Ernest Hemingway 4 Novels, an..."

Leatherbound?! Nice!

Amy wrote: "Ah, score Faye! What's their name? I may have to investigate..."

Dover Thrift Editions. They have hundreds of titles, and it's all awesome literature. :D

Amy wrote: "Receiving books from Amazon must be one of the best feelings! I don't think I've bought a book new from waterstones in at least 2 years.. I just cannot justify spending like £7 on one book. Charity..."

But that's the beauty of the books I bought, Amy - they're all (except the Wombles) published by a company that does thrift editions of classic books, so they're new but only cost as much as (or less than) books in second-hand stores! :D

Basically, I searched the company's name and just kept clicking "Add to cart" whenever I saw a title I haven't read yet, haha!

Sandy wrote: "Interesting - another YA "genre" read. :-)"

Would you like to set up a buddy read for an adult contemporary novel? I don't want anyone to feel excluded. :)

I had a garage sale today, and I promised myself that I could spend half of the proceeds online in a splurge-like fashion. I got more money from it than I expected, so I've made out like a bandit on Amazon! :D

Fathers and Sons
White Nights and Other Stories
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
White Fang
The Invisible Man
Selected Poems
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
The Wombles Go Round the World (don't judge me :P)

I AM SO EXCITED TO GET THIS PACKAGE!!!!!

Renee wrote: "I've been considering the Contemporary Fiction category. I'm trying to stick with Realistic Fiction written in the time and place of the author's likely life experience. I'm including Contemporary ..."

Yeah, I'm not sure about books like The Lovely Bones either... doesn't that have a lot to do with the hereafter? That would seem to make it more "speculative" fiction, but I don't know!

Basically, if you guys think a book could be classified as contemporary, go ahead and count it for the challenge. There are no genre police here! At least, none that I'm aware of... ;)

Sandy wrote: "Faye wrote: "Contemporary fiction is a hard genre to figure out! I think the easiest way to explain it is - books that are set in the real world, and where the action takes place within the same de..."

Wow, that definition doesn't work at all! Technically a book that was written a thousand years ago and was also set a thousand years ago would have been "contemporary" at the time. ;)

Amber wrote: "Gone with the wind for a buddy read at Tattered Tales
Under the dome buddy read
and then go from there.

Got to finish some ebooks up this month with a library book and then will be ready for June ."

Ohhh, I love Gone With the Wind. :D