Keira’s Comments (group member since Jan 18, 2016)

Keira’s comments from the It's Not Just a Book Club group.

Luke wrote: "Keira wrote: "Luke wrote: "Keira wrote: "Luke wrote: "Jacqueline (Fall In Love With The Sound of Words) wrote: "A book less than 250 pages long.

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For sure! I was reorganising my bookshelves my target audience and genre the other day and realise how much I've been expanding my adult section, but also much I hadn't actually read of it! This will be a great way to knock some of those books off without feeling guilt over all the other books I could have read in that time!

Luke wrote: "Jacqueline (Fall In Love With The Sound of Words) wrote: "Luke wrote: "Jacqueline (Fall In Love With The Sound of Words) wrote: "Luke wrote: "Jacqueline (Fall In Love With The Sound of Words) wrote..."

Bildungsroman is also german :D

Luke wrote: "Keira wrote: "Luke wrote: "Keira wrote: "I might go with Six of Crows myself, as Jackie recommended it to me. Here are a few recommendations for the general public:

- I'll Give You the Sun by Jand..."

That's awesome; I will definitely be reading Six of Crows for this challenge then!

Jacqueline (Fall In Love With The Sound of Words) wrote: "For me I am adverse to reading anything by Jodi Picoult. Her subject matter is way out of my comfort zone. I don't like reading heartbreaking contemporary! So I will be reading Great Small Things f..."

I've only ever read one book by Jodi Picoult; it was the YA one she co-wrote with her daughter. I find the subject matter of her adult books to be quite disturbing. Her writing, however, is very good! Good luck with reading it. I'm going to be reading Persuasion by Jane Austen as it is supposed to me the most enjoyable of her novels in terms of lack of exaggeration on the social commentary. I'm also going to try and review each book (its already pencilled in on my calendar) to hold myself accountable!

Luke wrote: "Keira wrote: "Luke wrote: "Jacqueline (Fall In Love With The Sound of Words) wrote: "A book out of your comfort zone.

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Yeah, or just something that you're slightly unsure if you will like, I guess! It's quite hard when you're open to everything. Good thing for me I have my little Jane Austen problem, or I would probably have to go with some creepy horror book with lots of bugs; practically my worst nightmare.

Luke wrote: "Keira wrote: "I might go with Six of Crows myself, as Jackie recommended it to me. Here are a few recommendations for the general public:

- I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (YA Contemporary)
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I know, I know. It's just that I own Shadow and Bone and haven't read it yet. I want to read Six of Crows more than I want to read Shadow and Bone, but I don't know if I can go back and read the Grisha trilogy after the Six of Crows duology and still enjoy it...

Luke wrote: "Keira wrote: "Luke wrote: "Jacqueline (Fall In Love With The Sound of Words) wrote: "A book less than 250 pages long.

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I sort of think that if you're looking for the books in the first place, you are already half-winning because you are broadening your horizons!

Luke wrote: "Keira wrote: "Luke wrote: "Wow, that could be all over the board! I can't wait for this one! (Here's to hoping my librarian doesn't recommend me The Summer I Turned Pretty!!!) :o"

I mean, that boo..."

It's definitely not an incredible book, but it was quite a nice light, summery read! An easy, quick one.

Luke wrote: "Keira wrote: "This is going to be a tricky one!"

Best of luck, Keira! :D"

Thank you! Hopefully I'll go book shopping on the 30th or 31st and pick one then. But what if I don't like it.... hmm, I guess we'll hope for the best! I almost wish I hadn't read The Essex Serpent already, because that was the first book I saw in a bookshop and I absolutely loved it....

Luke wrote: "Is Rebecca 20th or 19th century?"

I assume you are referring to Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (from my quick Goodreads search) and that would be 20th century (1900s) as I believe it was a contemporary novel at its time of release. I may be mistaken though!

Luke wrote: "Yeah, this one is really fun because there are so many options, and it would be really cool to read a book that really does the culture/country justice. :)"

It's a really cheap way to travel!

Luke wrote: "I also thought

Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Poison by Lan Chan
Gypsy by Trisha Leigh
Burning Glass by Kathryn Purdie

and most importantly

Caraval by Stephanie Garber (I must read this one!) :D"

Oooh! I forgot new releases! Yes, Windwitch by Susan Dennard would also work for this one!

MY PLAN AND CHALLENGE LIST IS...

January:
The Book: The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Why I chose it: I will only be reading 'The Yellow Wallpaper' in my edition. I loved Herland by the same author when I read it in 2016.
My Thoughts/Review: 5 stars. See review on book.

February:
The Book: Pull by Anne Riley
Why I chose it: Felt like it :)
My Thoughts/Review:

March:
The Book: The Fever Tree by Jennifer McVeigh
Why I chose it: One of the books on my TBR.
My Thoughts/Review:

April:
The Book: A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab
Why I chose it: Keep meaning to read a book by her and haven't done so yet even though I own two.
My Thoughts/Review:

May:
The Book: The Muse by Jessie Burton
Why I chose it: It's gorgeous and sounds really good.
My Thoughts/Review:

June:
The Book: Rolling Blackouts by Sarah Glidden
**I changed this book**
My Thoughts/Review:

July:
The Book: The Icarus Show by Sally Christie
My Thoughts/Review:

August:
The Book: The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood
Why I chose it: My primary school teacher recommended it to me, so I wanted to go back and revisit for the first time in 6 or 7 years.
My Thoughts/Review:

September:
The Book: I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
My Thoughts/Review:

October:
The Book: Jessica Haggerthwaite: Witch Dispatcher
Why I chose it: I really liked the other book I've read by the author and it's short, so why not!
My Thoughts/Review:

November:
The Book:Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Why I chose it: I've been wanting to read it forever.
My Thoughts/Review:

December:
The Book: Persuasion by Jane Austen
Why I chose it: I've been meaning to read a Jane Austen book forever, but I really hated the first line of Pride and Prejudice when I first read it (I was about 10 and didn't appreciate it as a commentary, so I put it down) and so now the whole prospect has me rather intimidated.
My Thoughts/Review:

Remember that although the month is a guideline, you don't have to read it in that month. However, please do use the guideline month so that we can use it to reference which challenge that is! Thank you!

For me, this is going to be something by Jane Austen. I've struggled with it for ages, so this will be the year I finally buckle down and face my aversion to her.

Luke wrote: "Jacqueline (Fall In Love With The Sound of Words) wrote: "A book out of your comfort zone.

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That bad is it? What's outside of your comfort zone!

Well I can't really recommend any books for this one! Let us know what is out of your comfort zone and maybe we can help you!

I might go with Six of Crows myself, as Jackie recommended it to me. Here are a few recommendations for the general public:

- I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (YA Contemporary)
- Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi (Middle Grade Fantasy)
- A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (New Adult Fantasy)
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (Adult, Classic)
- The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge (Middle Grade, Classic)
- Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (YA Fantasy)

Luke wrote: "Jacqueline (Fall In Love With The Sound of Words) wrote: "A book recommended to you by someone in the club.

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Any recommendations from any of the lists or this one would work for this one; the options are endless, especially since I'm recommending books for all of the categories!

Here are a couple of ideas if you're stuck:

- The Ice Dragon by George R. R. Martin (Middle Grade, Fantasy; this is a companion to the ASOIAF series, but you don't need to read the main series at all to enjoy this book). It is picture heavy.
- Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Adult, Classic, Social Commentary)
- The English Roses by Madonna (Picture Book- definitely a read more for the gorgeous illustrations, but not a bad fable either.)
- The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (Middle Grade, Fantasy, definitely one for the cartographers)
- How (not) to Make Bad Children Good by Emma Barnes (Middle Grade, Fantasy, rather hilarious)

Two I am considering are:
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
- Jessica Haggerthwaite: Witch Dispatcher by Emma Barnes