Penny’s Comments (group member since Jan 01, 2017)

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

It's right at the top of this thread, and had I read it properly I could have saved you some time!

Aha! My error. Thanks.

Going back to the top message that randomly came up on a thread that I thought I was following on to, but it kind of got off topic. Clearly it went to the wrong place, so apologies for that. But, I am still curious - where is the fiction in Julia Child?

I'm not sure why Julia Child would be historical fiction. She's a chef, isn't she? Unless there's a different one.

Do you have the dates in, as well as just marking it read? Not sure if it matters or not.

I am going to try to read books in the month they are assigned for. Doing it week by week is pretty hard as I am trying to use my library to the max, but have some definite ideas about books I want to read.

1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 (link)
Small Great Things - Jodi Picoult
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view)
The Red Pyramid - Rick Riordan (January)
3. A book you meant to read in 2016
Cazalet Chronicles, 1. The Light Years - Elizabeth Jane Howard
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"
Truly, Madly, Guilty - Lianr Moriarty
5. A historical fiction
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title
8. A book written by a person of color
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list
10. A dual-timeline novel
11. A category from another challenge
12. A book based on a myth
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors
14. A book with a strong female character
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
16. A mystery
17. A book with illustrations
18. A really long book (600+ pages)
19. A New York Times best-seller
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read
22. A book by an author you haven't read before
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link)
24. A book written by at least two authors
25. A book about a famous historical figure
26. An adventure book
27. A book by one of your favorite authors
28. A non-fiction
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link)
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)
33. A magical realism novel
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee (link)
37. A book you choose randomly
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature
39. An epistolary fiction
40. A book published in 2017
41. A book with an unreliable narrator
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link)
45. A book with a one-word title
46. A time travel novel
47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link)
48. A banned book
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)
52. A book set in a fictional location