Ann’s Comments (group member since Dec 20, 2013)

Ann’s comments from the CPL's Book a Week Challenge group.

I finished reading My Name is Mary Sutter (the sequel- Winter Sisters comes out in late February), and Secrets in Death by J.D. Robb. I am currently reading Looking for Alaska by John Green. Not sure what to read next, maybe Dear Fahrenheit 451.

I have read three of the titles: Little Women, The Little Prince and The Handmaid's Tale (I haven't seen the tv show... yet, but I want to). I think I've read Madame Bovary, but I can't remember. And I started The Secret History... and grew bored and didn't finish it. The Russians are on my mountain of books to be read, maybe during a nice stay at home snow day. :)

I finished Death by Coffee by Alex Erickson, This Old Homicide by Kate Carlisle, and The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (I am still working on Wired to Create by Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire). I have also recently read: Drama by Raina Telgemeier, This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki, Murder in the Bowery by Victoria Thompson, and Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes.I am currently reading My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira. Next up is Secrets in Death by J.D. Robb, Looking for Alaska by John Green, Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown, and most likely finishing The Lord of the Rings. :)

1) I finished The Fellowship of the Ring, which could also be used as #2 (Joanna gave it a 4 star rating).
4) Not sure about the based on the novel part, but I did read 2 graphic novels: Drama and This One Summer. I think I liked Drama better.
That means I've done all of them. Yay! :)

I've finished reading The Mech Who Loved Me by Bec McMaster, and somehow have 4 books going now: Wired to Create, This Old Homicide by Kate Carlisle, Death by Coffee by Alex Erickson, and The Fellowship of the ring.
I think it would make more sense for everyone to read the same book, that way there would be more to discuss, and the discussion could be more detailed.

I enjoyed it, and of curse the book is better than the movie (although they did a good job on the movie, I thought).

I agree with Jodie, it makes discussion easier if everyone has read the same book (just not Stephen King's It- perhaps his On Writing?)
I've read The Paris Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal, A High-End Finish by Kate Carlisle, Winter at Death's Hotel by Kenneth Cameron, Knockdown by Sarah Graves, Mission: Improper by Bec McMaster, and The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs (it's been a couple of weeks). I'm now reading The Mech Who Loved Me by Beck McMaster, and finishing Fellowship of the Ring (started last month).
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Here are mine so far:
3) The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs
5) Tie between The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien and The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King- both amazing books that give a glimpse of what language can do in the hands of a master.
6) Another tie (both books I couldn't finish)- the first is The Shining by Stephen King (I don't need other peoples nightmares) and Tristram Shandy by Laurence Stern.
7) I got my first library card at 4, but didn't start using the library regularly until I got to Stetson for my undergrad degree. I didn't start using public libraries until I moved away from home. When I lived in NC while in grad school, I joined the Henderson County Public Library, and discovered the joys of Interlibrary Loan. I started reading Carola Dunn's mysteries, and needed the 1st book in the series and the library got it for me-- from the Chesapeake Public Library.

I've read 3 on the list: The Chronicles of Narnia (I've read The Lion, the Witch, the Wardrobe so many times I wore out my copy, but have only read the complete series once, about 4-5 years ago), The Da Vinci Code (I remember reading about it in Library Journal before it came out), and of course Shakespeare (I've taken classes on Shakespeare as both an undergrad and a grad student- still haven't read everything).
Hamlet is awesome, Henry the Fifth is good (if you want to watch the movie- get the Kenneth Brannagh), Midsummer's Night Dream is fun (the version with Kevin Cline and Michelle Pfeiffer is great). And don't forget the sonnets. :)

I only read two books that fit your challenge (I started Fellowship of the Ring- which could have counted for 2, but didn't finish).
They are:
1) Black cover- Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate by Justin Lee
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4) The Paris Spy by Susan Elia Macneal (set in Paris during WWII).

Job from a book? Duh, Rivendell (or even librarian in Minas Tirith -after the war), or maybe a traveling library through Rohan, on horseback. Or librarian in the royal library in Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar (awesome series of series).

This week I've finished Dark Terror by Kate Douglas and am now reading The Mark of the Moonlight Manzanilla by Lauren Willig, If I'm not mistaken I have one book left in the series: The Lure of the Moonflower. Then it will be on to another series, and finally The Paris Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal (it's taken me a week and a half to get to B&N).

I finished The Garden Intrigue by Lauren Willig, and have read The Passion of the Purple Plumeria also by Lauren Willig; Word of Honor by Radclyffe, and New Leash on Life and Leader of the Pack by Roxanne St. Claire. Next up will hopefully be The Paris Spy, even if I have to go buy my own copy (it's out I Hardcover).

I just finished reading Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate by Justin Lee (interesting book), and am now reading The Garden Intrigue by Lauren Willig. Next up is The Paris Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal.

I was looking for books with a cover similar to The Very Hungry Caterpillar, but couldn't find any (in my Nook library), did you have any specific title in mind that we could use as an example?

I found a new series: The Victorian Bookshop Mysteries by Kate Parker. I've read all 5 that are out: The Vanishing Thief, The Counterfeit Lady, The Royal Assassin, The Conspiring Woman, and The Detecting Duchess. I've also recently read Red Rising, The Orchid Affair by Lauren Willig, Sit...Stay...Beg by Roxanne St. Claire (the 1st in another series), and Passion's Bright Fury by Radclyffe.

I've done three:
1) Found on a greeting card- Eye of the Beholder by Dana Marie Bell
2) History of America- Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial by Kenji Yoshino
5) Find Me Unafraid by Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner- included letters and emails (and I think text messages).

I've only read one: Brave New World. I think I'll try reading Bryson's book as well. I've been told I should give him a try.

Hey, the link to the trivia question isn't working.
I've interrupted my nonfiction kick to read a series of shifter romances written by a friend of mine (fun books- lots of humor). Not sure what to read next, although I did notice that B&N has some great mysteries on it's ebooks under $3 sale. :)

I'm still on my nonfiction kick, for the most part. I've finished Churchill & Orwell, I've also read Option B by Sheryl Sandberg, Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial by Kenji Yoshini, Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum by Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner, and Wired to Create by Scott Barry Kaufman (which I have started, but not finished yet).