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(group member since Oct 04, 2017)
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from the Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge group.
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Anne wrote: "I realized last night I like family trees more than maps. I started a book last night that had a family tree right at the front and I poured over it for ten minutes. I didn't even know any of the c..."I actually have done that too, and for that I do go back!
Hello everyone,Second week of college down and all though I am keeping ahead (like an overly organized lunatic) my brain feels like it is melting sometimes. Not a lot of reading going on except textbook and required reading.
Regular 21/40
Advanced 4/10
Finished:
Read this for my SOC class. Interesting stuff.
ATY Picture Books
Currently Reading
QotW:
Do you try to keep an internal map in your head of the setting of the book? Do you love studying maps when they are included with a book?
I do enjoy looking over maps in books and I will go back on occasion to remind myself of where we are but all in all I do not study or spend too much attention to them.
Hello reading friends. I am exhausted. Monday started a four week college course. Haven't done any school in a long time so it's a little much. They shove a whole semester in a month, thank goodness I am a pretty good reader. I am very tired though. 21/40 Regular
4/10 Advance
Currently Reading:
Finished
24. Takes place in a single day
*I wanted to go see the movie but it's not available to widely at this point. Will have to wait for DVD
ATY Picture Book Challenge
Question of the Week
Do you like to read humorous books? What are some favorites? It is not something I tend to lean towards. I did listen to Ellen's Seriously... I'm Kidding on a long drive which was very funny and a long time ago I read Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits and as I recall, I found it hilarious at the time.
Hello! I'm hoping to crush some reading this weekend because as of Monday I am not only a full time worker but a full time student as well. Plus I have a kid, husband, dogs and book club that I have to keep up with it. Needless to say I shall be busy. I love busy though.Regular 20/40
Advanced 4/10
Finished
34. Book with a wedding. I read The Kiss Quotient last year and loved it. This one was ok but didn't have the same "it" IMHO.
Currently Reading
DNF
I will return to this later. Well done and beautiful but was too hard (subject matter wise) for me right now.QotW:
What do you do when you come across a word you don't know while you're reading?
I love this question!!!! I am very similar that not knowing a word doesn't generally impact my reading due to context clues but I do mark down the word and look it up at a later time. I want to know ALL THE WORDS!!! lol
Hello everyone. Vegas is being particularly wonky in the wx dept. It's in the 60's, which is preferable to 115 but the constant shifting gets me sick. Literally. Just make up your mind. I am behind in my checking in and reading in general. I have been working on enrolling in the summer semester for college. I am super excited to go back to school! It has been my priority though. Ok let's get to the good stuff.
19/40 Regular
4/10 Advanced
Finished:
Not for the challenge. Very meh
All for ATY Picture Book Challenge, got behind.
Currently Reading:
DNF
Question of the Week
(From Jen) Is there a book you read in high school or your children have read in high school which you think should have had a trigger warning?
I agree with a lot of the comments of concern that schools or parents would use trigger warnings as a reason to ban books. Censorship does make me weary. However I feel like people need to be aware of situations in the case of triggers. Like extreme situations. Graphic things. I agree with disturbing content just being something that will create censorship. Too answer the question, the only book I can think of that may have been triggering that I read in high school (that I recall) was Hiroshima.
Hello everyone,Last week was a killer reading week for me. This week, with a wedding, a birthday and Mother's Day I ran out of time. Plus the books I started have not yet proven terribly interesting.
Regular-19/40
Advanced-4/10
Currently Reading
I will finish the poems because I only have a few left despite not loving them. Strong possibility the other two are getting dnf'd by next week.
Finished
So cute!
Question of the week:
(from Cendaquenta) Do you prefer stand alone books or series?
I like both but I will ONLY read series if it is written in it's entirety. or non-linear series where the volumes do not depend upon each other. This is because of the Harry Potter Series. I read the first 3 books when I was 12. The 7th was published and released when I was 21. Can't do that ever again. I am HIGHLY impatient. lol
Title:In the Midnight RoomAuthor:Laura McBride
Was it a close knit biological family, or a "found" family of friends and neighbors?
Both
Would you recommend?
Probably not
Can somebody explain what the backlist challenge is? Or OWLS? Sorry.
Hello one and all!Great reading week for me. My best friend is getting married on Saturday and I am so excited! Beyond that I am starting to get to the point in the challenge where it is getting harder to find books I want to read.
Regular 19/40
Advanced 4/40
Finished:
#16 Question in the title
#2 Makes me nostalgic
#50 Set in a vicarage or other religious house
Currently Reading:
Does anyone know if The Secret Garden or Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats are responsible for any famous idioms??? I was going to read my daughter Alice's Adventures in Wonderland but forgot what the prompt was and thought it was childhood classic I hadn't read (which was last year I think) and blew it.
QotW:
(This question is from Raye) What other reading challenges are you participating in, if any?
I am doing a picture book challenge for ATY because last year I overdid it. I am doing this challenge in order and weekly so I am up to date on it. I also have a pantone color of the year challenge, trying to read 10 books with covers that at In Living Coral or similar. I think I've done 3 or 4 on that.
Hello everyone. I cannot believe it's May already. I am going to try to ramp up my reading this month. I have a few books that I have been working on for ages that I am going to officially put on pause or burn through this month. Regular- 17/40
Advanced- 3/10
ATY- 18/52
Finished-
#12 Inspired by myth. (So good!)
ATY Picture book challenge - Also really good
Currently Reading
Pause
QotW:
Have you ever found something unusual tucked inside a library book? Could be something interesting or something disgusting (just google "things found in library books" if you dare).
I will skip that google search. Receipts mostly. Not necessarily library ones though. I believe I found a candy wrapper once. I enjoy inscriptions sometimes found in the library book sale. It's interesting to see the life a book had before it found you.
Hey everybody. Took a little vacation and just stayed home but didn't do much. Had some family in town so I didn't get around to updating last week (or reading anything, lol)16/40 Regular
3/10 Advanced
Finished
28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire - Emma Watson recommends and is on her "our shared shelf" club. Loved it.
both for ATY
Currently Reading
Was listening to the audiobook on overdrive (narrator has the best voice) but it expired so borrowed a friends copy
These 3 are just keeping my nightstand warm at this point but I'm not ready to DNF
QotW:
What's more important to you: beautiful writing or a strong plot?
Plot. 100% plot. Perfect example is the Harry Potter series. J.K. Rowling writing is a little on the clunky side but the story itself is so amazing it goes mostly unnoticed. Now I am not against beautiful writing but I need plot first.
Elizabeth wrote: "Emotionally I had a crap week (TW: death my grandma had a fall earlier this month and was in rehab to help with her broken shoulder but expected to recover most function, then had a stroke and surg..."Very sorry for you and your family.
Been suffering some terrible allergies this week so I have been off on everything, including reading. I feel like i am coming back a little bit. 15/40 Regular
3/10 Advanced
Finished
Nothing
Currently Reading
QotW:
Do you think about writing a review while you're reading?
Nope. I have only just started even leaving reviews. I suck at it.
Hello. I woke up sick yesterday and I am still not feeling great. Bleh. It was a busy week for me. Went to Arizona for 2 days for a baby shower and a birthday party. Wrapped a film I've been working on for 5 weeks. Regular work. Getting ready for a spring cleaning garage sale. No wonder I'm sick.15/40 Regular
3/10 Advanced
Finished Reading
For ATY
46. A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters
Soooo GOOOD!!!
Currently Reading
QotW:
Where do you get most of your books from? Do you buy, borrow from the library or from friends?
So far this year it looks like most of the books I am reading I own. Whether I have had them a long time or bought them on a whim. I go to Barnes and Noble probably once every two weeks. I definitely buy more books then I probably should. lol. I hate that shops keep closing and I believe when they are all gone the amazons of the world are going to pull us over hot coals with price gauging because they have no competition. We don't have any used bookstores or small retailers in our area otherwise I would shop there as well.
I do go to the library at least once a week but with due dates that is harder to get through things. For my ATY challenge I get all of those from the library. I have also been using hoopla and overdrive a lot for audio books.
I do borrow from friends sometimes. My book club have our own private group mainly so we can see what we each own for borrowing purposes
Title: The Last RomanticsAuthor: Tara Conklin
Was the plant a part of the plot (for non-fiction: was the book about plants)? There is mention of plants in the book but I wouldn't call them plot based
Would you recommend? Absolutely!
Megan wrote: "Finished up two during the week both in the same series:Finished Confessions of a Murder Suspect. This was interesting. A quick read. Using for amateur detective since the young g..."
I enjoyed the confessions series a great deal. Trying to convince my daughter to pick it up.
Hello everybody. Hope you are well. The weather is getting gorgeous again. I hope it stays this was for a while before it gets surface of the sun levels of hot. I am still a bit "off" on my reading but I had book club this week which forced me to push through the book.15/40 Regular
2/10 Advance
Finished
I disliked her writting style immensely, as did my entire book club.
31. A book about Family
27. Featuring an extinct or imaginary creature
ATY
Currently Reading
QotW:
(this one is from Lauren) Do you prefer novels that end neatly, tying up loose ends, or novels with endings that leave you guessing?
I don't need to have everything tied up but I at least need to feel like it's over. Sometimes ambiguous endings still give you closure. I HATE endings that just scream "read the sequel". Ugh. Write one book at a time.
Hello! Hope everyone is doing well. I am seriously burnt out right now on reading. So I am slow going and not expecting a lot of progress for a bit.13/40 Regular
2/10 Advanced
Currently Reading:
I do not like this but it's for my book club so I am trying.
Finished
Both for ATY
QotW:
Book-to-screen adaptations have a reputation for being truly horrendous. I know we all have our lists of worst adaptations, but that’s not what I want to talk about today. There have also been some truly spectacular adaptations in the last couple of years (Netflix, Hulu, etc). What are some of your favorite recent book-to-screen adaptations?
And I apologize to our international members who may not have access to all of these. Please feel free to share anything you’ve found in your area that you’ve loved!
I actually don't think that the book is always better. Sometimes I find them equal but different. Lately there have been more the movie is better, than I am used to.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before Love, love, love this movie. The book was ok. The film is the winner. I'm so excited for the rumored sequel (which I have also read and is also only ok)
Bird Box I liked both the book and the movie. There were a few things I liked better in the book and a few things I preferred in the film.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society movie and book are totally different animals imho but I loved them both for what they were.
Crazy Rich Asians absolutely adored everything about the film. Did not care for the book.
A Simple Favor I did not love this movie by any means. It was ok. The book was a dumpster fire and I don't understand how it got optioned for a film to begin with. The movie was a VAST improvement.
I love the show/film but haven't read the book
Dumplin'
Big Little Lies
Deadly Class #1
