L Y N N’s Comments (group member since Nov 10, 2018)

L Y N N’s comments from the Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge group.

Andrea wrote: "Right now, City of Night Birds, the new Reese Witherspoon book club pick, has below a 3 star rating. It looks like a lot of people gave it a low rating solely because it featured R..."
I just checked and it is already at 3.83 on December 7, 2024.

Denise wrote: "I like this one but I'm not sure what I'm going to read for it. I read You Should See Me in a Crown and I did like it!"
One of my favorites!

Lisa wrote: "Just want to put a plug in here that all of the books in the ‘No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency’ series would fit, and they are great reads that are a snap to get through and also funny and charming!
Though the series is long, each book features its own mysteries, so if you don’t plan on reading the whole series, you could read any of them as a standalone.
I’ve read several and they’re fantastic!

I will make a disclaimer that although the main characters are women in Botswana, the author is a Scottish/Zimbabwean white man. I mean I *think* he does a good job, but not being a woman of Botswana or knowing any, it’s hard to be certain..."
This is one of my all-time favorite series. And Smith was not just born and raised in Zimbabwe, but he was educated there and has worked there establishing a school, etc. He is such a brilliant person talented in so very many areas!

Anyway, to your point about you "think" he has depicted these women accurately... No matter what 'group' of people being considered, the scope of differences will be just as wide. (I learned that in an introductory sociology class.) So, IMO at least, there is never just one stereotypical representation that should be considered "right," but I know there are many readers who feel differently. So, IMO, Smith has accurately depicted Precious and Grace. 😊 Glad to see I am not alone in my enjoyment of this series!!

Jen W. wrote: "I remembered these on the interconnected short stories thread. Blackout and Whiteout are interconnected short story anthologies I read last year, featuring love stor..."
Question. I own a copy of Blackout and have been wanting to read it, but are the stories of BOTH books intereconnected? Or, I assume, I could just read Blackout OR Whiteoutand those stories are interconnected within the one book. But I wanted to check to be sure... Thanks in advance!

Kimberley wrote: "Definitely going to read Becoming by Michelle Obama. She's such an inspiration"
I loved it!

Deb wrote: "I think Ready Player One and V for Vendetta may work for this prompt."

Yes, Ready Player One definitely works!

LeahS wrote: "I'm just hoping I come across a left handed character in my ATY reading. Could we stretch this to The Left Hand of Darkness?( (Probably not)"
I don't even consider that a stretch! LOL

Jen W. wrote: "I guess I'll finally read one of those super-popular books I've been dodging, like Fourth Wing or Educated."
Ooohhh, Educated was excellent! Scary and certainly made me appreciate my own childhood much more!

Jeniece wrote: "Such an open ended prompt. I need guardrails.....But I will either go for a Homer or Shakespeare. Other thought is I am planning on reading the Ramona Quimby books to my daughter next year, and Bev..."

Wow. I had no idea she was that old! Cool info! Thanks for sharing!

Gail W wrote: "I highly recommend Less by Andrew Sean Greer. I'll be reading the sequel, Less Is Lost."
Ooohhh, that's one I want to read soon! Thanks for reminding me!

Jen W. wrote: "I think any fantasy or sci-fi where LGBTQ identities are just part of the world by default and not questioned would satisfy this prompt."

Excellent point!!

Tania wrote: "Travel makes up the bulk of my bucket list, some of my choices are:

Austria (and specifically going to the Spanish Riding School): [book:The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Pr..."
That looks like an amazing list! Thank you!

Katherine wrote: "@Lynn, may I suggest "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer? It's a middle grade book, but pretty good. Afro-future, traveling around the area including a "traditional" village, little bit..."
Thanks for the rec. I don't do Amazon unless forced to...except for Goodreads, of course! :(

Katherine wrote: "sorry about triple posting, my phone was lagging something bad when I tried to post initially"

No problem! I deleted two of them! :)

Jennifer W wrote: "Lynn, there isn't a live link to our listopia for this prompt."
Sorry! I fixed it! :)

Kelly wrote: "The Listopia link doesn't work"

Sorry! I fixed it! :)

Chelsea wrote: "I have like 1,200 books on my TBR and am definitely not going through all of them. I'm going to approach this as the oldest *living* author on my physical TBR, a much more approachable task, which ..."

Follett is one I have not yet read.

Dubhease wrote: ""Always" is tricky. I might read one of the books that's been on my TBR the longest. The one I keep passing up for newer or shinier books."
That's a logical rationale!

I see someone added An American Marriage which definitely works and was excellent, IMO!

Laura Ruth wrote: "Jennifer W wrote: "War or military books- Little Women, March, Dinner with the Smileys: One Military Family, One Year of Heroes, and Lessons for a Lifetime
..."

Those are good suggestions. For a couple separated by slavery, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" would qualify.
Yes! That definitely works!