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

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

Brianne wrote: "So I posted a bit above but I didn't really say much about myself. My name is Brie and I'm from LaSalle, Ontario, Canada. This group caught my eye because I wanted to challenge myself to read a c..."

Yay Canada! :D

That's a great goal, Brianne. It's nice to see people pushing themselves to read that little bit more this year. Good luck!

Holly wrote: "I've just started this. After doing some research, many people said that The Odyssey references aren't major, and you can just read a summary of each character to get a feel for how they link to th..."

Wow, there's no holding you back this year! Go, girl. :)

Welcome, Kate!

I'm about to start reading The Zookeeper's Wife. Looks good!

Ola wrote: "Just finished this on my way to work... meaning I'm at work now so can't really write much more! Will post again when back home later. The only thing I wanted to say is that, erm, I must be the onl..."

I've had that happen before, where I feel as though I should have liked a book but maybe read it at the wrong time or something. I've even liked books that I feel as though I normally wouldn't have because I read them at exactly the right time.

Amber wrote: "When I was a teen in middle school, I also got into the Fear Street series by R.L. Stine. They were pretty good."

I loved those, too. :)

It's been a few days since I finished this book, and I still can't fully articulate how I feel about it. It's still haunting me, in the best of ways.

John wrote: "Faye - what a good thought about the sense of the ridiculous helping to preserve one's sanity. Wodehouse certainly does that for me too now. Of modern authors, Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels ..."

I just looked them up, and they sound hilarious! I'll have to check those out. Thanks, John!

Sarah wrote: "My favourite has to be Victoria Plum Victoria and the Prickly Hedgehog I love the illustrations."

YES!! I loved that one!

Welcome, Vikki! I love non-fiction. :)

Welcome, Annie!

Your challenge has a nice wide range, Gabor! Good luck. :)

Welcome, Gabor!

John wrote: "P.G. Wodehouse! Your childhood reading hours were well-spent indeed, John!

Lucky me - I then went to Dulwich College where Wodehouse was a pupil, and there was/is a P G W library there!"

Wow... lucky doesn't cover it! I didn't start reading Wodehouse until my late teens, but I grew up watching the Jeeves and Wooster series on TV with Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry, so I've been a big fan my whole life. He instilled in me a sense of ridiculous towards life that has sustained me and preserved my sanity through many a trial.

Sarah wrote: "I received S by JJ Abrams & Doug Dorst. Yet to delve into it but it is a thing of beauty and cleverly thought out."

I'm hoping to read that this year, too. The description of it sounds amazing.

Welcome Kirsten, Sarah, and Sara!

Iasa wrote: "Only very recently have I learned to stop reading a book that I am not enjoying. This year I have already thrown aside 15 or 14 books but there have been a few I read through that I really should ..."

Oh dear, that's not good, Iasa! You need some recommendations for non-wall-worthy books!

John wrote: "Loads of P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves and Wooster books."

P.G. Wodehouse! Your childhood reading hours were well-spent indeed, John!

Jelliebeans wrote: "Honourable mentions go to Judy Blume, Robin Jarvis and the Sweet Valley High books"

Oh! I forgot Sweet Valley! I loved the Sweet Valley Twins books as a kid. :)

Irene wrote: "Anne Of Green Gables which I still have and it was given to me in 1953 and I have all the rest of them given subsequently for Christmas, birthday and Sunday School Presents"

That is awesome, Irene! I still have all of my original L.M. Montgomery books as well, but I got those in the 80s/90s! I hope mine last for many years as well. :)