Cheryl’s Comments (group member since Nov 29, 2022)

Cheryl’s comments from the Beyond Reality group.

Reading an anthology of the stories by Hans Christian Andersen. After having been reading mostly modern picture-books and original fairy tales for the last many years, these sure strike me as preachy; kids must have been desperate. Good bits of clever writing, though.

Not really my kind of thing, but I have requested it; I'll give a try!

Discord's Apple is fun for grown-up fans of Percy Jackson. And for other folks, like me. I find myself liking quite a bit of Carrie Vaughn's work, even though it's not really my thing.

The Last Unicorn is actually one I thought about mentioning in my above post. I loved the graphic novel version, and recommend it to fans.

I have intentionally read different editions, ebook, audio, and paper, of some favorites. But I only own a few paper books, am always trying to read through and cull.

I can def. imagine having two copies of certain special books. Maybe, one a treasured but fragile heirloom, one to actually read. Or, one to mark up, one to keep clean.

I just finished Bea Wolf and would love to have an excuse to read it again, for fantasy. My adult son and I agree; it's not just for middle graders!

For SF, we could try/get caught up on Robert J. Sawyer with Illegal Alien, a book that I actually bought because I've enjoyed so much of his other work.

That sounds interesting. Most of us, I think, spend far too little time thinking about it.

One part of me is like one part of Ofelia, from Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon. I would certainly do whatever I could to stay behind on the planet alone, unburdened by that family.

I'm also a bit like Meg in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, as I'm the oldest and feel the need to be the most responsible, the most devoted and dutiful.

Last Light: How Six Great Artists Made Old Age a Time of Triumph. I don't really know that much about art, so am glad that the author writes so clearly about not only the artists, but their works in the context of the times, and general history, too.

Let's just say "too many." But I am actively working on them, honestly. Once I finish the two long series (Animorphs and STToS) I'll be at probably less than fifty.

Btw, all physical. I do not own any digital books. Oh, wait, maybe one, a big anthology of Time Travel stories. Thanks for the reminder; I need to see if I can find it on my tablet and get to reading it.

Ah, yes, Mission Child, excellent book.

I'm currently living in a suburb west of Oklahoma City, but have lived in several other places in the US since growing up in NW Wisconsin.

Oh, gosh, The Long Winter is an excellent book. It held up well to my reread, and in fact I noticed themes as an adult that I'd taken in only sub- or un- consciously as a child.

I also loved The Wolves of Willoughby Chase as a child, but not as an adult.

I've started Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders. I'm not a fan of Gaiman, but don't know why... maybe a sampler would help me find a handle.

My goal is to read fewer books, and to get a life beyond reading and reviewing. Not sure what that would look like, but a gal can dream. ;)

I am participating in the Bookcrossing group's "24 in 24" challenge that has 24 different prompts. That's to help me get books that I own off my shelves.

I also just picked up Terraformers. But first I'm going to re-read all the Murderbot so I can catch up to the newest.

I hope your stressors back down if not go away soon.

I don't know if I want to go through the trouble of looking over my list, but last night I did read, and love, The Adventures of Superhero Girl... and I do recommend it. (It's short, and even if you aren't sure you'll like it, see if your library has it.)

Good enough!

Some of my favorites from childhood, for example The Secret Garden, can help encourage me to enjoy life, and reading, more. I have collected some works by Michael Perry to reread at will, and, for example, I think Truck: A Love Story would work. Ditto Becky Chambers, for example The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.

Most things on my "to enjoy again" shelf would probably qualify. I don't read challenging things more than once very often!

The Animorphs series. I had the complete set, but loaned it to someone, and didn't realize book 8 is missing. While waiting for that to come in from paperbackswap, I'm just reading assorted library books, because this time I do want to read the series in order in a timely manner, tyvm.