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

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

SumitRK wrote: "Heena wrote: "Find Me A Book: I'd like to read a book on Elves. Elves should be the main/lead characters and not just the side ones. Dark fantasy books would be really great but any kind of fantasy..."

This suits me perfectly well! Thanks a lot, Sumit :)
Do let me know if you know any more elf-based series.

Find Me A Book: I'd like to read a book on Elves. Elves should be the main/lead characters and not just the side ones. Dark fantasy books would be really great but any kind of fantasy would do except erotica.

Thanks in advance.

Sorry about this. Will keep an eye out though.

Yay! (Though it began for me yesterday, I live in GST+5:30 time zone, but nevermind.)

I'm on page 25 and this book's hook is really good and unique. I'm already in love with the concept! The writing is good and so far I've already come across a couple of names of the video games that I've played in the nineties. I knew about the story of how the creator of Adventure hid his name in the game, so it was good to read about that. This is turning out to be even more interesting than I was expecting.

I'm feeling so elated reading about video games that I have to share my experiences here! I love(!!) playing video games!!!! I'm not an expert, but I do know my games and gaming consoles. I started playing my first video game when I was 3 years (or so my mom told) - I just remember playing them since like forever. My childhood favourites were - Tank, Mario, Contra, Tetris (I can still play this game silly for hours) and Duck Hunt. Though Jaws, Donkey Kong and Ice Man were also good. Presently, I have a PS3 but it has not been cracked yet, so I have limited number of games, though the 10 I have are super awesome and I have already finished 4 of them. In Play Station, God Of War is my absolute favourite!! Sly Cooper is next and Uncharted comes after that. Though presently I've just started playing the Assassins' series games and they are absolutely brilliant. I do want to play The Last Of Us so that is on my radar for when I'll be buying my next game.

I've posted the Bonus Challenge in the first comment (the description) on this thread.

Cheryl wrote: "I will be aiming for Level 5. There are alot of YA science fiction books I've been wanting to read, so I'll put them on my list for the January challenge."

All the best, Cheryl!

It's 4th already! I'm so excited that I might start reading before midnight (though I'll try not to.)

Welcome to the group, Ashley. Even I face difficulty socializing for similar reasons. But this is where nothing matters except for one's love for books :)
Do join us for some of the reading challenges and/or buddy reads.
Have fun!

Donna wrote: "Hi--I'm currently reading a mystery for my other group challenge, but I looked through my TBR list, and found The Martian was a book that I had wanted to read. I didn't see the movi..."

Great pick! I wanted to read Martian too for this challenge but other books came in the way. I've watched the movie and it was really good, so I'm sure the book's going to be great. Happy reading!

Dagny wrote: "OK, the only science fiction for sure this month for me is The Lost World (Professor Challenger #1) by Arthur Conan Doyle. Notice this is not the Michael Crichton book which is a great read. This i..."

After reading your suggestions on Classics' page, I also wanted to read this book (even series), but Jan looks packed already. Though I'll be reading it in the later months. Do let me know your thoughts on the book.

Hey Donna, welcome to the group. We're glad that you decided to join us! Please feel free to read as many books you can manage for the genre challenge. Even if you fall behind some month and can't read for the genre challenge, it's not an issue. The main thing is that you might come across some books that others read or recommend that might catch your interest. :)
Hope you'll have fun here.
Happy New Year to you too!

So far even I'm liking it. The writing is a bit too rich, but I'm getting the hang of it the more I'm reading.

Sarah wrote: "Hi everyone I’m Sarah. I’m 35 and I live in Northern Vermont. I’ve been a stay at home Mom for 10 years... I have 3 kids, a 13 year old daughter and 10 year old twins (a boy and girl). I am a book ..."

Hey Sarah, welcome to RMFAO! It's great to know that you're a book hoarder and a dystopian and fantasy fan; I am too :)
Do join us for reading challenges and buddy reads.

Dean Koontz's Frankenstein? This sounds great. Thanks for the names. I'll check them out.

Happy New Year, guys!!

I'll be going with Level-5 this month. My to-read list for Sci-Fi for Jan:
1. Stranger in a Strange Land - Paperback
2. Ready Player One - Paperback
3. For the Glory of the Motherboard: Rise of the Robotariat - E-book
4. River Rising (by one of my favourite Sci-Fi authors) - E-book
5. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - Audiobook

Hey all,

Here's the link to the January's discussion thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Dagny wrote: "Of course I'm a bit of a Frankenstein freak, so I've read several later renderings, continuations, whatever."

Really? That's great. Do let me know what all books should I read on Frankenstein then.

Is it this one?

Hello everyone,

Happy New Year guys! Hope this year you get to read tons and tons of new and amazing books!
At RMFAO we always begin our year with a Science-Fiction month and this year, keeping up with this tradition, we'll be starting 2018 with a month full of out-of-the-world sci-fi reads.

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.

⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯BONUS CHALLENGE⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
Read a book with a popular expression for the title (eg. Gone With The Wind, Carry On, Catch-22)

PS: We're having a sci-fi buddy read this month starting from 5th January for Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. You can join us anytime throughout the month of January here: Buddy Read: Ready Player One

PLEASE READ (especially new members):
1. You can read any number of books for the respective genre each month in one particular month.
2. Take your time and go through your entire TBR-list before deciding the books to read.
3. You can join the challenge at any stage (in any month.)
4. You can drop out of the challenge any time you like.
5. You can select different levels every month.
6. Use this discussion board to share your reads with other members of the group.
7. Please be active and don't hesitate to ask questions or recommend books.

Happy reading!

Thanks, Cheryl! :) Books are the best gifts ever!!

Here's what I got: