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

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

Started with The Gods Themselves by Issac Asimov.

I have added a couple of other books to my list, so here is my updated list:

1) Seveneves by Neal Stephenson- Audiobook
2) The Memory Tree by John A. Heldt - Ebook
3) Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert - Paperback - not sure about this as I am not able to find this book (I guess it's packed in one of the boxes I left unopened when we shifted our place last year.) I'll read it if I can find it.
4) The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
5) Renegades by Marissa Meyer

How about Swan Song by Robert McCammon? I liked it, a decent dystopian read. Though I've heard that in many ways it is similar to The Stand by Stephen King.
Another goodie is A Boy's Life by Robert McCammon (not sure if it is 500+ pages, but remember that it was more than 400 for sure) and a very, very good read.

Dagny wrote: "There is a wealth of Classic Science Fiction books available free in various formats from either Project Gutenberg (written) or LibriVox (audio). No need to list the standard authors like Jules Ver..."

Thanks for these excellent recommendations, Dagny!

#6 Six of Crows - 5/5

A beautiful dark fantasy read with amazeballs world-setting and a very engaging plot. I loved the characterization and I'm planning to read all the other books by Leigh Bardugo!!

I'll be adding Six Of Crows duology to my list as well as the entire Grishaverse. Though I'm not sure if I'll be able to finish the entire Grishaverse this year so I might take this for 2020 as well. ANyway, I'm just going to try and read as much of this series as possible.

I just posted my review of this book: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I've edited my list to add The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov.
Also, I have the first three books in the Shatter Me series, which I was earlier planning to read for Fantasy month this December, but seeing as they are sci-fi too, I might read at least the first one and begin the series for the series challenge.

Andrew wrote: "Hi, Heena! I have not been very present in the last months,
favoring the readings rather than books discussions. But I hope to be with you for the next year. :) "

Hi, Andrew. No worries. And I hope to see you around more often!

Jennifer wrote: "Hi all! I'm Jennifer. I'm 37, and I love books, animals, gardening, music, games and most combinations of the above. :) I took a combination of business and literature in university so while I may ..."

Hey, Jennifer, welcome to RMFAO. I hope you'll enjoy participating in the buddy read and the reading challenges for next year as well!

Dagny wrote: "Re: Huntingtower
I don't know that I would call it a cozy exactly. There's no real violence or gory scenes so it fits in that respect. But to my mind the focus isn't really on a mystery, but more on the recently retired gent's adventure. That's what I'm using it for this month - the adventure part of the Genre Challenge. I'm wondering who all will be with him in the next two adventures. Looks like the 'Gorbals Die-hards' will be, but I don't know about John Heritage. "

Oh, okay. Thanks. I'm not sure if I'll have enough time this month, but I do get a day free then I'll try and listen to this for December itself. Even if not I'll be reading this for sure for Mystery next year.
Thanks, Dagny :)

I'm going to go for Level-4

1) Seveneves by Neal Stephenson- Audiobook
2) The Memory Tree by John A. Heldt - Ebook
3) Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert - Paperback
4) The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov

Will add more to the list once I go through my NetGalley shelf too.

Attention everyone

The thread for January is up for 2019 Genre Challenge: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Happy 2019, everyone! Hope this year brings with it a lot of books, happiness and reading time for you all!
At RMFAO we always begin our year with a Science-Fiction month and this year, keeping up with this tradition, we'll be starting 2019 with a month full of amazing science fiction reads, old and new alike.

There are absolutely no limits so you can interpret this genre in its broader sense and include other similar genres and/or subgenres that you feel might have a wee bit of similarity with the main genre. You can also include books that are not particularly centred around the main genre but has its components or elements somewhere in the story.

The main intent of this challenge is to incorporate different kinds of books and genres in our normal reading routine to make the experience more fun and entertaining. Please do not lose yourself in the technicalities as we all know how literary genres can be confusing.
If you have any doubts or questions, then post them below and we'll be happy to answer/discuss them.

Here is the DEFINITION for this month's genre:

Science-Fiction: Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or scifi) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. Science fiction often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations, and has been called a "literature of ideas." It usually eschews the supernatural, and unlike the related genre of fantasy, historically science fiction stories were intended to have at least a faint grounding in science-based fact or theory at the time the story was created, but this connection has become tenuous or non-existent in much of science fiction.

Here's a quick summary of the levels:

Level 1: Casual Reader: 1 book (easy)
Level 2: Frequent Reader: 2 books (moderate)
Level 3: Bookworm: 3 books (mildly strenuous)
Level 4: Bibliophile: 4 books (strenuous)
Level 5: Bookiopath: 5 books or more (challenging)

Please mention what type of books you'd be reading:

PB: Paperbacks
HB: Hardbacks
EB: E-Books
AB: Audio Books

Please feel free to announce your to-read books along with the level you are targeting for below. Though it is not necessary as you can announce your reads as and when you decide or read them.

PLEASE READ (especially new members):
1. You can read any number of books for the respective genre every month.
2. You can join the challenge at any stage (in any month.)
3. You can drop out of the challenge any time you like.
4. You can select different levels every month.
5. Use this discussion board to share your reads with other members of the group.
6. Please be active and don't hesitate to ask questions or recommend books.
7. You can couple this challenge with any other challenge here (or anywhere else.) We all do it and it makes it all the more fun!

Happy reading!

'Geels smirked. "Kaz Brekker, the great escape artist. How are you going to wriggle your way out of this one?"
Going out the same way I came in."'

- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

The last line is the first line of Page 33, but I added the previous line for context.

PS: I am really, really loving this book!!

Pooja wrote: "Hey I m new here ,but not new to reading lol! I have been reading for years and one site that really helped me finding books is VK .com I don't know if you have heard about it or not and also if it..."

Sounds good!

Andrew wrote: "I this days I'm reading Theft of Swords a wonderful book. The story is intriguing with a couple of characters that complement each other."

Hey Andrew, do join us for the reading challenges next year. It was so much fun to have you every motnh and to discuss books with you!!

Pooja wrote: "Heena the last one was even more off track than the second one. Tris irritated me so much in it that in ending when* spoiler alert*she died i almost felt that she deserved it ,harsh I know but I ha..."

I'm just so glad I didn't read it that time.

#5 Braidy von Althuis and the Dastardly Djinn - 4/5

It was a great followup to the previous instalment in this series and I enjoyed reading it. I'm really looking forward to read more books in this series and otherwise by the author

Mere wrote: "I will at some point remember to update this as I read the books!

#13 The Colossus Rises [HB] -- I did not like this one at all! It was a disappointment to me. I think I read it ..."

Wow! Great going :)