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

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

Is it one of the Percy Jackson books? I know he's a son of a god & a mortal. Never read the stories, so I'm not sure about the thief thing :)
If not, no idea :D

I never read Kafka too, I've to try a book one day.

Yes, of course you can improve the summary or give clues :)
No idea for this book too for the moment.

Jessica > you have to read it ;)

Richard, master of the side reading! It's impressive :D

Michelle > congrats, I hope you're enjoying reading 2 books ;) (I'll try The Wicked+The Divine, I never heard of them before and they seem unusual).

Never heard about Baby Sitter's Club & the Boxcar children, but I don't see translation for this last one, so it doesn't help.
I enjoyed some series too :
- Fantômette by Georges Chaulet (I thought there were translations as I remember a cover with another name...)
- Alice detective by Caroline Quine (wait, the girl's real name was Nancy Drew???? I hate translations :O ).
- The Tillerman cycle by Cynthia Voigt.
- The Three Investigators.

Of course, I read a lot of Roald Dahl too. I read Little Women, The Little Prince and A Little Princess when I was older.

Elizabeth I feel like re-reading some children books too :)

Jessica > Eric Carle's picture books are great, I've some of them and I like what he does a lot ^^

I liked so much Empire of Ants :)
I've Origin of Species since the last summer in my reader, but I never started it. Some opinions on it will be nice.

Lol you'll read the same book as me for the recommended one, I hope we'll like it a lot because I don't want to disappoint the friend :p
I liked Arsène Lupin when I was young, I have to read it again when I'll finish the Sherlock's ones.

I'll read Elantris by the same author than your trilogy. If I'll like it, it will be nice to know your advice on this one.

Why is there a Soldier Son book on week 16? You didn't had enough of this bad story during the past year? You want to suffer more? :D

I'll start :p

It's a book about a boy who is not really a boy. He wants to live new adventures and leaves his father who becomes really sad. He'll meet some nasty people, discover that boys can be real donkeys and that faeries exist.

So, what's this book? :)

Hi there :)
A tiny game for those who like playing with books and words.

Rules:
1. A member writes his own summary of a book he knows.
2. Other members try to guess which book it is and give the title.
3. If nobody succeeds to find the title, questions are authorized.
4. When someone finds the right title, a member writes a new summary.
5. If a title isn't found after a week or its author isn't around, a member can choose a new book.
6. Have fun ;)

Ender's Game has similarities with the movie Starship Troopers. I read the book just weeks later after watching the movie, the atmosphere reminded me the book.

I don't know Insignia but yes, the setting seems similar. It could be interesting to see the difference between a new young author and someone likes Orson Scott Card who is now famous. I think he's a talented writer, I enjoyed his stories a lot because of their deepness, he writes books which make me think. I've to read more from him.

I find the book so much better than the movie. I liked it a lot, the hero really evolves and the story is really well paced :)

For the under 30, it's: book writen by an author who was under 30, so you can read an old book ;)
I've the same problem with memoir, true story and maybe non fiction.

Britteny, there a "mark as read" link when you are on computer ;) For a more easier following, at the bottom of each thread you have the notification settings, so you can follow with notif only the important threads (for you) and go with the unread when you want to discover new things ;)

If you think you'll read too fast your romance, maybe you can start another book from the list? Like a big one or one where we have not a lot of discussions (initials for example).

I vote for Honor Among Orcs :D

I agree with Michelle because if each book with a love story is a romance, it means I read only romances. No way! :p
But if you really want to read the book and if it's all the romance you can deal with, it's ok :)

Haha, it's again the french editors favorite joke u__u They like A LOT to cut an english big book in 2 and release 2 books (for example, we have Dome 1 & 2 by King and the same for all the Robin Hobb's books). It's a very expensive joke :(
So I've to buy the 2 stories book.

There's religion in LotR? Never saw it :p

A good example of "religion ruined the book" for me is The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman. I read the 1st & 2nd in the series without too much problems but the last one... ouch, it was too much.

Ok, Mistborn is on my list too, the summary seemed nice. I'll have a look at Ways of Kings too after reading Elantris (if I like it).

How is Elantris sequel? :p (I'm asking a lot there, but I can buy one book with the 2 stories or just the 1st story)

Great to hear so good things about the book :)

Lora > Which other books do you recommend for those who liked Elantris and want to read other books by the same author?

Hi :)

I'm curious about children books as I'm sure I missed a lot of interesting titles. I just read How to Train Your Dragon and want to discover other awesome stories!

The ones I loved a lot and re-read many times are:
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren (a medieval little girl runs away and decides to live in the forest :D)
Niourk by Stefan Wul (a different boy runs away and discovers the post-apocalyptic world he lives in)
Le Messager d'Athènes by Odile Weulersse (a boy becomes messenger in the ancient Greece)

What were your favorite readings when you were less than 10 years old? If you have children, what are/were their favorite books? :)

Lora > Lord of The Rings yes (but I skip a lot in the first). I read it at 12 and re-read it several times since.
I liked only Narnia 1 and 2, not the sequels. I bought the box set but stopped at Caspian (#4) and gave them all to a friend.