Sherri’s Comments (group member since Nov 10, 2019)

Sherri’s comments from the Around the Year in 52 Books group.

No problem Emily. Thank You.

August Complete.
1 b. Read a YA book. Furia

2 a. Read a contemporary novel. Where the Grass Is Green and the Girls Are Pretty

3 b. Read the next book is a series you've already started. Dim Sum of All Fears. I started the series on 5/15/2020.

4 c. Read a book featuring a character that travels to multiple countries. Journey to Munich Maisie travels from England to France to Germany to Italy then back to England.

Question. Can I use One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow for the July 1b prompt a book divided into multiple parts...? It doesn't have chapters but different narrators. Each person's name that is telling the story is at the start of each new part of the story.

Emily wrote, Sherri, I'm impressed with all of your reading! Thank You Emily. Have a safe trip.

Scarsdale,New York. Where the Grass Is Green and the Girls Are Pretty by Lauren Weisberger

I finished Where the Grass Is Green and the Girls Are Pretty by Lauren Weisberger. I used it for 6+ words in the title. 3 stars. Enjoyable read. It is a summer or beach read. It could be used for a book you associate with a certain season or time of year. It's set in the summer.

1. What are you reading? Where the Grass Is Green and the Girls Are Pretty by Lauren Weisberger
2. Did you have a lot of options for this prompt? No
3. What would you recommend?

I finished Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell yesterday. Not for this challenge 5 stars. This book was beautiful. It took my breath away. The final words brought tears to my eyes. I told my husband,"I just finished my second best book of the year. I'm going to sit here & cry now"

I finished Midnight At The Barclay Hotel by Fleur Bradley, Illustrator Xavier Bonet. Not for this challenge. It's a middle grade mystery. 4 stars. I had a good memory reading this book. I remember reading other middle grade books a long time ago. I remembered holding the shape of the book & reading books with illustrations.

I finished Broken (in the best possible way) by Jenny Lawson. 5 stars. I used to for #44 title contains a negative. I really enjoyed the essays. Very funny.

I read Broken (in the best possible way) by Jenny Lawson. She is a new to me author. I will definitely read her other books. I laughed out loud & read parts out loud to my husband.

I read Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart. 5 stars because of the writing. The story was a hard one to tell but the author wrote it so well I kept going. It wasn't for this challenge. I read it thinking it would fit a prompt in another challenge but it didn't. Also it was a book I wanted to read in 2020 & didn't.

I’m embarrassed to ask this question because I should know the answer. I googled it but never got a yes or no answer. Can I use Shuggie Bain for set completely on an island. It’s set in Scotland which I consider an island but I’m not a 100% sure. There is definitely a big hole in my geography education.

I read The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention,Master Myself,and Win by Maria Konnikova. Not for this challenge. 4 stars. I learned a lot about poker.

Cleveland, Ohio. Dim Sum of All Fears (A Noodle Shop Mystery #2) by Vivien Chien

I finished Dim Sum of All Fears (A Noodle Shop Mystery #2) by Vivien Chien. This is a cozy mystery series. I gave it 4 stars because I enjoyed it so much. It was really 3 stars. I used it for #14 set in a made-up place. Ho-Lee Noodle House located in Asia Village.

I read Furia by Yamile Saied Mendez for the summer reading challenge & another group challenge. 5 stars. I'm glad I accidentally found this book. It's YA contemporary,soccer, romance. Set in Rosario Argentina.

This was a good month. I picked Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon as my main book. Then Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reidas an add on.

Puerto Rico & Miami, Florida. Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Diaz

I finished Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Diaz. 3 stars. It doesn't fit any of the prompts I have left for ATY Challenge but it does fit a prompt for the summer reading challenge. I read it for my face to face book club read.