Melissa’s Comments (group member since Apr 01, 2018)

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

This looks like the right challenge for me!! Let's go!

B1: Award Winner
B2: Graphic Novel
B3: Silver Lettering
B4: Mystery or Thriller
B5: Current Event Related

I1: Start a Series
I2: Middle Grade
I3: Blue Cover Bloody Rose
I4: > 400 pages: Bloody Rose
I5: Personal Improvement Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

N1: Classic Ender's Game
N2: Made into a Movie Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
N3: FREE Mystic River
N4: Science Fiction
N5: Humor Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

G1: Magical Realism Bloody Rose
G2: LGBTQ+
G3: White Cover
G4: Published In Your Birth Year
G5: Biographical

O1: Published Last Year
O2: Epistolary Gilead
O3: Gold Lettering Leaders Eat Last
O4: Based on Mythology Bloody Rose
O5: Math/Science Permanent Record

For this mini-challenge I read The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier

Much of this book takes place in the waters off the coasts of Asian countries. The stories of the people from those countries and their mistreatment while on these fishing boats broke my heart. No one advocates for them and this book exposed that clearly. Excellent book and very eye opening.

Eileen wrote: "Nele wrote: "I finally want to continue the Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix and the next book would be for me. It is not magic magic but necromancy and a r..."

I forgot about this series!! Read the first one but that's it. I should circle back, thanks!

For this challenge I read The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates. There is a sense of "magic" to this book and it's really beautiful and well done. Truly breathtaking and such a wonderful book. Loved it!

For this challenge I read Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. It is a series of letters from a father to his son, knowing that he had his son late in life and will not be there for much of his son's life. It was dense, thoughtful and rich with prose. Not the easiest book I've ever read but very rewarding in the end!

Hello! Melissa from Michigan. I have been a part of a reading challenge group for 2 years on goodreads, but my previous group ended and are not holding a challenge in 2018. So I am looking for a new reading challenge group. I read over 100 books a year. Favorite genres are: true crime, psychological thriller, non-fiction biography and history, horror.