Zaz’s Comments (group member since Dec 27, 2014)

Zaz’s comments from the 2015 Reading Challenge [Closed] group.

I liked it too :)
The art was pretty interesting, with the shapes and the colors. It was a little puzzling at the beginning but easier to read when I knew the characters.

I loved Nancy Drew when I was a kid! I don't know how I'd feel about the series now, maybe I've to try to read one. Have fun!

Welcome :)
You can use the books you read so far this year to check some categories if they fit.

For my high school book, Eleanor & Park was cute and moving. I was a little tearful in the first half and less interested in the 2nd as it was more focused on the romance. I enjoyed it better than what I expected.

Just finished my bad reviews book and I need to wash my eyes. It's the worst book I read this year, with disturbing things for a 3rd person POV.

Side-reads:
- Legend, a nice dystopia with too much perfect heroes but a good world building; Les Demeurées, lent by my mom and a nice read; Nine Princes in Amber, an old fantasy book, short and with gentlemen-like characters, something I enjoyed a lot :)
- comic books: Revival, Vol. 5, always nice on the paranormal/zombie side; Asterios Polyp, a strange graphic novel but interesting; Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 2 which I enjoyed more than the book (Changeless).

What did you read this week? The Magicians

Did you enjoy the book? No, I would have stop after the 1st 100pages if it wasn't part of the challenge. Perhaps to enjoy it you have to consider it's a second (third?) degree humour or a satirical book?

What is your rating? One star!

What parts, according you, are the biggest reasons for the bad reviews?
3rd person point of view sexist (look the women in the breasts), uninteresting story (it's wonderful to read pages about being drunk...), the characters are supposed to be VERY smart but they have all the time stupid and boring discussions and the heroes are jerk (and I won't talk about the female oriented insults).

Welcome Elizabeth :)
I'm not sure the group will help you to decrease your TBR as, obviously, everybody here doubled or tripled his reading list because of what other members are reading. Anyway, it'll help you to decide what to read next.

Some interesting ideas in this batch, but it was easier to decide than the previous week. I would like to see one of the paranormal books in the winners, so we'll have something to read for Halloween!

Oops, I forgot to answer when I finished!

What did you read this week? The Annotated Peter Pan

Which place did you visit? Neverland!

Did you enjoy the book? Peter Pan was as great as ever and the annotated part was nice.

Does another destination interest you? Lots of them! I travelled in all continents with books except Africa, so it will be interesting to read some stories happening there :)

Same for me, more monsters (under the bed) and vampires, as ghosts are not really just night things.

2 spots left :)

Only 20% left, I'm looking forward to the end, I found it boring and awful! Probably a 2 stars.

I would like 1 monthly book for the group (or 2, so people have choice).
Maybe some short challenges too.

Jennifer > I think in September or October as we have people joining us this summer and maybe they'll want to continue with the group too next year :)

I see a trilogy as a true trilogy when it's the same story running on 3 books. Otherwise, it's more a series with several books in it. For the challenge, the 3 first books in a series are ok for these weeks of course :)

I read these just after finishing watching Avatar and found they did a good job with the comic books. I've to catch-up with The Legend of Korra.

We are halfway done with Week 32! You just started your trilogy.

This discussion thread is solely for your progress. (Book discussions go in individual threads.)

Which trilogy are you reading and what is its genre?

What is the title of the 1st book?

Did you enjoy the book?

Do you typically prefer series or standalones?

10 (+1 on hold) suggestions so far :)

Francesca, you can totally read it as a standalone as it has an end.

I re-watched the movie this week and the differences with the book were really obvious. Sophie has a more interesting character in the book and the stories around Howl and the king (etc) are more complex. Anyway, the movie gives a good idea of the atmosphere, so it's interesting to watch it before reading the book.

Haha, I think everybody here has/had the same problem as you. Searching new books and deciding what to read for each week is so fun :)

For the moment, I'd prefer to keep all the winners and decrease the number of polls, than voting for a final list. If we had more people who vote, selecting the most disliked/liked topics could have work well, but I agree with Peter, 100-200 votes for 52 won't give good results.

I'll have to find something I'm embarrassed to read in public,no idea what to choose...
I'm happy the drink/food finally did it, because I want to read Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe and it will be perfect for this topic :D