Cinder’s Comments (group member since Oct 16, 2015)

Cinder’s comments from the 2017 Reading Challenge group.

I'm reading Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho. I've never read his most famous, The Alchemist, which I hear is his best but so far this one is pretty interesting.

I decided on this for my S.A. choice. So far pretty interesting.

OOOOO I used to have a card from NYPL but I'm guessing they probably changed it by now lol.

LY wrote: "I would recommend getting a library card from the larger city in your state. Get multiple library cards from various cities/counties. I have cards from 5 different library systems and if I can't fi..."

I currently have two from 2 different states so I guess I need to drive around to the surrounding towns here to collect. Do you find though when you search through overdrive that it only searches one library and not the others....or is that just my luck lol?

I wouldn't know how to get pirated anything if it smacked me in the face lol. I am not the greatest with tech advances haha.

Well, I won't be much use because it seems I've only read one YA or adult book published in '94, which was Girl Interrupted (which is also listed as published in '93 so I'm not sure). However, I have the following books on my to read list from '94 but I'm not sure if you're interested in them but here ya go: The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness, Lori Schiller; Prozac Nation, Elizabeth Wurtzel & Girl Missing, Tess Gerritsen. Sorry I'm not much help lol.

Hey All,
If anyone is interested in joining a facebook reading group here's the link https://www.facebook.com/groups/badas.... Just another fun way to connect and share ideas!

Cristine

Shucks! It's so darn expensive for 1 credit. Then I'm always unsure if I want to "waste" that credit so I end up hoarding them lol. There's some audiobook sites but they all seem to be the same. I'll keep you posted if I learn of anything new :)

Hey All,

I'm curious where everyone finds their free ebooks or audiobooks. I normally borrow my ebooks through my library or kindle unlimited but if they aren't there I am clueless where else to get them. For audiobooks, I also use my library's borrow feature and had an account with Audible but I feel like it's a waste of money. Any help would be appreciated....pretty please!

Thank you,
Cristine

Thomas wrote: "I'd count it. You decide how you make this challenge fit your reading."

Thank you, Thomas! :)

I apologize if I already posted this question somewhere but I can't find it anywhere. If part of a story takes place in Africa, can it be applied to this category or does the entire story need to take place here?

2016 Reading Challenge -

Tier one: 36
Tier two: 52
Total To Date: 37

Read a book that takes place on each continent, or is written by an author from that continent (fiction or non-fiction)

1. North America - The Grownup, Gillian Flynn
2. South America - Veronika Decides to Die, Paulo Coelho
3. Africa - Cress, Marissa Meyer
4. Antarctica
5. Europe -The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes
6. Asia - Confessions, Kanae Minato
7. Australia
8. A banned or challenged book - The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein
9. An award winning book (Pulitzer, Hugo, Man Booker, etc.) - Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowell
10. Memoir/Autobiography/Biography - Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl
11. A dead author's last book - The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
12. A book with LGBT matter or character(s)- Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns, Lauren Weisberger
13. A book your favorite author loves - Ready Player One, Ernest Cline
14. A retold fairytale - The Little Android, Marissa Meyer
15. A Young Adult book - Fairest, Marissa Meyer
16. A history book (fiction or non-fiction)- Fatal Puzzle, Catherine Shepherd & Julie Knobloch
17. A book where you have seen the movie, but not read the book - The Giver, Lois Lowry
18. A book from the NYT Bestseller list - Cinder, Marissa Meyer
19. A book with the point of view of an immigrant
20. A controversial book - Impulse, Ellen Hopkins
21. The first book you see when you walk into a library or bookstore - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs
22. A classic -The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
23. A debut novel - The Outsiders, SE Hinton
24. Published this year (2016)- Stars Above, Marissa Meyer
25. Based entirely on the cover
26. Own but never read
27. A book by an author you never read before - Between Friends, Debbie Macomber
28. A book recommended to you by a friendly librarian
29. A book by a Nobel Prize winner - Blindness, José Saramago
30. Mythology (not just Greek)
31. A book written by someone born the same year as you
32. Dystopia - Glitches, Marissa Meyer
33. Reread of a favorite book - To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
34. A book about books
35. Book published the year you graduated high school
36. A book a child/teen/someone younger than you loves - Winter, Marissa Meyer
37. A book about/set by the sea
38. A book with two authors
39. Author from your own state, province, or country - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
40. A book about a trip (road, cruise, around the world) - Dark Matter, Blake Crouch
41. A book with the name of a person in the title - Scarlet, Marissa Meyer
42. Science Fiction - The Queen's Army, Marissa Meyer
43. Fantasy - Carswell's Guide to Being Lucky
44. Wild card- Wake Up America: The Nine Virtues That Made Our Nation Great--and Why We Need Them More Than Ever, Eric Bolling
45. Wild card - The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
46. Wild card - Attachments, Rainbow Rowell
47. Wild card - The Girl in 6E, A.R. Torre
48. Wild card - Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
49. Wild card
50. Wild card
51. Wild card
52. Wild card

I'm reading Confessions by Kanae Minato... so far Wow!!

Loved this book. Dying to read Scarlet but there's four people ahead of me to rent it as an ebook from overdrive :(

I just finished Cinder the other day and really liked it. Totally not the normal type of book I would read but sure glad I did. Definitely recommend it. :)

I think I will join those reading A Clockwork Orange. It's been on my "to read" list for quite some time. :)

Hahaha that's for sure. :)

Whoops, you can disregard that. It's Bc I was on the ap and not on the regular site. :)

By any chance, do you have this somewhere that you could send me the list so I could check them off for myself? I tried to copy and paste and it won't let me!! :(

I just realized everyone is a teacher lol. I'm not. I'm an athletic counselor in a college. Since I entered this field, my work hours are insane and I have very little time to read for myself (or do anything else for that matter lol) . I've been trying to find a way to get back to being the avid reader I was many moons ago and have made slight progress but definitely not enough. Thank heavens for audio books too so I can listen on my commute and pick up where I left off. I'm always looking for recommendations so I'm happy to be part of this group. Feel free to add me as well. :)