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

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

Is the miles of pages thread up & going? I haven't found it.

I just finished The Mirror & The Light by Hilary Mantel. I enjoyed this book a lot. It is the end of the trilogy.

I finished The Mirror & The Light (Thomas Cromwell Trilogy #3) by Hilary Mantel for the historical-fiction tag. The story is of the final years of Thomas Cromwell. I gave it 5 stars.

Sherri H Tracking Record

CURRENTLY READING
Your Perfect Year by Charlotte Lucas

DAILY TRACKING
Monday, 4/20: The Mirror & The Light by Hilary Mantel,pg 127
Tuesday, 4/21: Death At La Fenice by Donna Leon pg 67
Wednesday, 4/22: Death At La Fenice by Donna Leon pg 144
Thursday, 4/23: The First Mrs. Rothschild by Sara Aharoni pg 144
Friday, 4/24: The First Mrs. Rothschild by Sara Aharoni pg 160
Saturday, 4/25:The First Mrs.Rothschild by Sara Aharoni pg 182
Sunday, 4/26:Your Perfect Year by Charlotte Lucas pg 172
TOTAL PAGES: 836
TOTAL AUDIO HOURS: 0

BOOKS COMPLETED
The Mirror & The Light by Hilary Mantel
Death At La Fenice by Donna Leon
The First Mrs..Rothschild by Sara Aharoni,Yardeen Greenspan (Translator)

Thank You. I love read -a-thons

For April so far I have read 2 books.
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I used it for prompt #3 A book you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019. I gave it 4 stars. I enjoyed it. I was a teenager during the period the book was set in.
The other book was Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips. It is set in Russia on a very remote Siberian Peninsula. The story is about the kidnapping of sisters told over a period of time by women connected to the plot. The connection can be through location or anything really. I felt like the book was comprised of short stories or vignettes. Location is as much a character as the people involved. The writing is beautiful & the book is unique but I was mad for a while after reading it. I gave it 3 stars but almost changed it to 2 stars. I don’t know how others feel about the book. I used it for prompt # 16 a book set in a rural or sparsely populated area.
I’m currently reading The Mirror & The Light by Hilary Mantel. She is a great writer. Rather I read a sentence,paragraph,or page I’m instantly hooked. I do back up a lot to reread something to make sure I got it right. When I finish I can probably count this as a reread. There are several prompts I can use it for. Will choose after competition.

I read Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips. It is set on the remote Siberian peninsula of Kamchatka, Russia. The setting is as much a part of the story as the main storyline of sisters abduction. I gave it 3 stars but right now I am still mad about the book & think I should of given it 2 stars. I put the book on hold in December & waited all this time to read it. Now I’m just mad. The story is told through vignettes involving women that are connected to or influenced by the children’s kidnapping. I felt let down for some reason by the ending. It seemed ambiguous to me. I reread the last pages several times but still didn’t come away feeling I knew exactly how it ended. I was left frustrated.

Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips. Siberian Peninsula Kamchatka

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I read a lot of good reviews about this book in 2019. It was on everyone’s Best Books of 2019 lists. Won Goodreads 2019 Historical Fiction.

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. LA, California

Daisy Jones & The Six. Taylor Jenkins Reid. 1979

MyDear Hamilton: A Novel by Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie. New York State. I guess mostly NYC.

My Dear Hamilton:A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton by Stephanie Dray & Lara Kamoie. 1757-1854

My Dear Hamilton:A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton by Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie. I really liked it. I gave it 4 stars.

Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson
5 stars
Audiobook. My first audiobook. The author narrated. It was good.
A prompt from a previous ATY challenge. 2016 an autobiography or memoir.
I loved her verse & her cadence while reading. The stories were powerful.

Emily,somehow I have changed the alinement on column AJ on the spring reading challenge spreadsheet. I’m sorry & embarrassed. I can type normally on AK but AJ doesn’t space right. I didn’t want to leave AJ for others to deal with. I didn’t know if you can fix the alinement or delete AJ. Thank You for your help.

This what I can figure out.
Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker. 8th Century BC
Darktown by Thomas Mullen. 1948.
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. 1996-1997.
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey. 1921.
Cherokee America by Margaret Verble. 1875
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. 1873-1900
Endurance:Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing. 1914
A Woman of No Importance:The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell. 1942
A Gentleman In Moscow by Amor Towles. 1922
Tidelands by Philippa Gregory. 1648
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson. 1960-1970

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson. South Carolina

1. What are you reading for this prompt? Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson.
2. What year? What prompt did you use? Prompt from a previous challenge. 2016.
3. How did you decide which prompt to use? The prompt fit this book.

South Coast of England,Tidelands by Philippa Gregory.