Heena’s Comments (group member since Oct 13, 2014)

Heena’s comments from the RMFAO (Reading My Frigging A** Off) group.

Adelaide wrote: "3) The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. 4 stars. Great audiobook. (I am doing a lot of rereading this month on audio. I am finding it very soothing.)"

This is one of my favourite books! Though I haven't yet listened to the audiobook. I hope I will someday soon!

I was thinking if anyone here would be interested in a buddy-read for The Tattooist of Auschwitz?
4 of us at the WhatsApp group are planning to read it this weekend, so if anyone here wants to join in then I can create a thread here too!

Also, in case if anyone wants to host a buddy-read, then please feel free.

Dagny wrote: "1. The Ghost Pirates

Cheryl, our first books for May Genre by same author. :-)"


Dagny and Cheryl - Even I will try and read this one seeing as Cheryl said that it is kind of like Lovecraft's writing. Thanks for the recommendation!

I have uploaded a couple of books (both new and old) for anyone to download and read.
Here is the Google Drive link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=159L...
Simply go to the link and download the title you want.

Following are the titles this folder has:

- CHASING CASSANDRA by Lisa Kleypas
- SUCH A FUN AGE by Kiley Reid
- GOLDEN IN DEATH by J.D. Robb
- THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ by Heather Morris
- THE DUTCH HOUSE by Ann Patchett
- THE GIVER OF STARS by Jojo Moyes
- THE LAST WISH by Andrzej Sapkowski
- COCONUT LAYER CAKE MURDER by Joanne Fluke
- LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng
- WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens
- AMERICAN DIRT by Jeanine Cummins
- THE WARSAW PROTOCOL by Steve Berry
- BLINDSIDE by James Patterson and James O. Born
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
- The Sundial by Shirley Jackson
- The Road Through the Wall (The Other Side of the Street) by Shirley Jackson
- The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
- The Bird's Nest by Shirley Jackson
- Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson
- Come Along with Me- Classic Short Stories and an Unfinished Novel by Shirley Jackson
- Haruki Murakami's Books

New additions:

- 50 Positive Habits To Transform Your Life by Michael Chapman
- Brain Training: How To Learn And Remember Everything
- The Night Boat by Robert McCammon
- The Other Woman by Claire McGowan
- The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager

Seeing as the lockdowns are going to be extended in most of the places, I think it is increasingly getting difficult for everyone to hang on there (it is certainly getting on to my nerves now), so I think a really good way is to read new books. As books are not very readily available everywhere, let's share whatever we have with others.

You can do it through drives or directly by sharing source links or through emails - whatever suits you.

Let us help each other in getting through these tough times.

#18 Those People by Louise Candlish - 3/5
A great read but the author completely botched up the ending.

#19 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari - 1/5 - DNF - it was too much for me right now.

Thanks a lot, Cheryl for posting the thread :)

#16 Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis - 3/5 - Okay-ish as compared to the first 3 books.

#17 The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen - 4/5 - An absolutely amazing read!

Fran wrote: "(Drum roll please..) Here's the list since the end of March:

1.) Magpie Murders - Anthony Horowitz (AB)
2.) The Whispered Word - Ellery Adams (HB)
3.) The Camel Club - David Baldacci (AB)
4.) Here..."

Hey Fran, I can relate. Sometimes anxiety overwhelms me too so I avoid most interactions. Please don't worry about it. Take your time and post whenever you like it and how much ever you feel comfortable sharing. We all love you and look forward to reading your recommendations!!

Please do let me know how was Aurora Rising?

2) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - 4/5
3) The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis - 3/5

#14 The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis - 3/5

#15 The Optimist by Roy E. Schreiber - 3/5

#9 The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis - 3/5

I didn't like it as much as I liked the previous books. I am going by the Chronological Order and this was #3, so the next one is Prince Caspian and I'm sure it'll be definitely better than this one.

I totally forgot posting about the books I read here. Here's what I read since the lockdown:

1) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror by Robert Lewis Stevenson - 4/5
2) The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson - 5/5
3) The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis - 4/5
4) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - 4/5
5) Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - 4/5
6) Breaking Free: How I Escaped My Father-Warren Jeffs-Polygamy, and the FLDS Cult by Rachel Jeffs - 3/5
7) The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson - 4/5
8) The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis - 3/5
9) The Optimist by Roy E. Schreiber - 3/5

I'm a big-time anti-social, so I have been distancing myself socially since forever! Though I do go out once a week (very much like you, Dagny.) In this trip, My husband, Vishal and I watch 2 movies back to back followed by a nice lunch and coffee and then dinner.
I don't much miss going out to eat as I started my new diet two months ago and have been on mostly home-cooked meals since then, so the only thing I miss is the movie-ritual!!

Andrew wrote: "Now, it's ok! Thanks, Heena. :)"

Pleasure :)

Ravi wrote: "A lot of things came out of this period which I call QuaranTime! Here's my list:

Had no time to read books before this and here is what I caught up with:

The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides
The..."

Thank you Ravi for sharing your experience. You can share about the books you read in other threads dedicated to the books.
Take care.

Dagny wrote: "Well, I now have at least two classics coming up - my first for the year! - since I'm proofing a couple to go up at Project Gutenberg."

Wow! You are a hero, Dagny! Thanks for doing this, it makes it so much easier for all of us to read these books because of you and others who do this. Many thanks <3

Dagny wrote: "I've seen numerous cases of multiple versions. Except for translations by different translators which I don't consider multiple versions, it is usually just a case of different readers. Some readers are better than others. Occasionally two people might be working on the same one at the same time and both go up, There are some instances with a cast of people, multiple people doing different voices. Once in a while it might be from an updated edition of the book, with new material or something added. Mostly though I've just found it to be the same version but with different reader(s)."

That makes sense. Thanks for explaining it to me. I was wondering about this ever since I saw two versions of Jeckyl and Hide book and was thinking if I was missing out on something by not going for the 2nd version.

Cheryl wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "I am having trouble getting any group notifications today. The little "bell" notification icon shows a number in a red circle, telling me I do have notifications. But when I click on..."

I was also having this trouble yesterday, but it seems to be working fine today. Maybe it was a technical glitch after all.

Series #2: The Chronicles Of Narnia by C.S. Lewis:

Book #1: The Magician's Nephew - 4.5/5
Book #2 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by - 4/5