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

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

Ick, I hate getting rain on Christmas! You know, I've never understood why they call an un-snowy Christmas a "green" Christmas - they always look brown to me, especially when it rains!

Roseanne wrote: "I love giving books but sadly there aren't too many people I am buying gifts for who appreciate that. Fortunatley, I am an easy person to shop for and everyone gets me gift cards for amazon."

Ohhh, I would LOVE to get Amazon gift cards! I never do, sadly.

Emad wrote: "A month ago, I gave Coelho's Aleph to one of my friends.
And just two weeks ago I gave Charles Dickens' Bleak House to my brother.

^_^"

That's excellent! Spread the Dickens love. :)

What did YOU get for Christmas this year? Any good books? Anything you wished so hard for that you actually got against all odds? *wish wish wish*

What about the presents you GAVE? Did anyone give any good books this year? I'm giving books to most of my family members -

For my 14-year-old niece - Dracula/Frankenstein/Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde one-volume collection.
For my 12-year-old niece - Half of the Golden Filly series I loved at that age.
For my 11-year-old niece - Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass in one volume, and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, which was always my Favourite Christmas Book Ever as a kid.
For my 8-year-old niece - The Magic Faraway Tree series, 3 books in one.
For my 4-year-old nephew - Two Thomas the Tank Engine books.
For my 2-year-old nephew - There Were Ten in the Bed, which is utterly adorable.
For my dad - One of the Clive Cussler books, hopefully one he doesn't already have, haha!
For my mom - One of the Scarlet Pimpernel series, which I don't think she knows exists! She loves the first one and reads it over and over.

Also, for my mom's stocking my dad and I got a bunch of P.G. Wodehouse and Georgette Heyer books from the used bookstore to stuff it full with. Two of her favourite authors!

I get just as excited about giving books as I do about receiving them, LOL. What about you?

CHRISTMAS TOMORROW!! I HAVE SO MUCH WRAPPING TO DO!!!

We're having a white Christmas here, which is kind of rare in this part of Canada, oddly enough. What about everybody else? What's the weather like where you are? Anybody else getting a white Christmas this year?

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it! :)

Ohh, safe journey, Erik! But sorry, we still have...

8 days left to go!!

Welcome, Misty and Roseanne! :)

Geoffll63 wrote: "I have to finish one more novel to make 24 for 2013 and I am on track and past my target of 20 for the year. I intend to make 20 a base-line target from now on. As a busy teacher with a young famil..."

We don't meant to put anybody else to shame, Geoff! As long as everyone feels inspired to fit as much reading into our schedules as we can, this group is doing its job. :)

Oops, I'm late... 9 days left to go!!

Holly wrote: "Now I really want to read more Dostoevsky...."

Do iiiiiit!

Good luck, Jamie!

10 days to go!!!

That's awesome, Holly!

LOL Okay, maybe "yet" was the wrong word... :P

I just tend to push myself each year to read more than the year before, but I guess I've reached my limit!

Only 1 book left? I'm jealous, haha! Last year I read about 120 books, but this year I haven't even reached 100 yet.

I finished The Outsiders last night, which was awesome, and now I've started Haroun and the Sea of Stories, which my brother loaned to me because it's his favourite book ever. It's really captivating so far.

11 days to go until the new year!! Who's excited?? :D

Me, I'm frantically trying to read the FOURTEEN BOOKS I still have to complete to meet my 2013 reading goal (EEK!), while also trying to deal with the busyness of the Christmas season. SO MUCH TO DO!

Welcome, Inkeri! That challenge sounds awesome - good luck!

We do have a fun group assembled here, don't we? I'm so excited for sharing my 2014 reading with everyone. :)

That's a great list, Debi!

I've been wanting to read Bonhoeffer for years. Maybe this year I'll follow your example and finally get around to it. And Chuck Colson! Love him. :)

Ohhhh, Hitchhiker's! Jane Eyre! Count of Monte Cristo! You will have a wonderful reading year, haha!

Great list, Emad!

I plan to read some Proust this year, too, so maybe we can encourage each other as we go. :)