Kaseadillla’s Comments (group member since May 04, 2016)

Kaseadillla’s comments from the EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club group.

recommending North and South (521 pages) by Elizabeth Gaskell, published 1854

second the pillars of the earth and the way of kings (also loved it!!)

second the hunger games, tomorrow 3x, the things they carried

second brave new world

too late to join for november?

Nov 6 - These Hollow Vows - 432 pages - 1 pt
Nov 6 - These Twisted Bonds - 512 pages - 2 pts
Nov 8 - A Court of Wings and Ruin - 719 pages - 2 pts
Nov 20 - Les Miserables - 1,532 pages - 6 pts
Nov 21 - Patriot Games - 503 pages - 2 pts
Nov 22 - Enemies: A History of the FBI - 537 pages - 2 pts
Nov 25 - The Diviners - 578 pages - 2 pts

Total points: 17

Nov 20
1,532 pages


Nov 21
503 pages


Nov 22
537 pages


Nov 25
578 pages

TOTAL GROUP PAGES: 740,246

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@Luffy we do read some classics too =) if you're inclined to join...

November 8
578 pages


November 7
719 pages


November 6
439 pages


November 6
496 pages


October 29
624 pages


October 25
419 pages

Total group pages: 719,281

Steven wrote: "I read this series over the last year and a half or so. I enjoyed this book just fine, but I definitely thought that books 2 and 3 were better then there was a steep decline for books 4 and 5...."

Totally agree books 2 and 3 were better than 1. Haven't started 4/5 but wanted to... sounds like they might not be worth it?

Andi wrote: "I read the series earlier this year and Rhys is my favorite."

So, Wobbley, I TOTALLY get this. This first book was so meh for me, especially the first half. I didn't really like any of the characters and the plot felt very "girl meets boy in half-baked high fantasy" trope that I almost stopped.

Then the last like 50 pages happened, and BAM it almost made up for the really meh beginning.

The second book was my favorite (at least thus far). The narrator character grew a backbone and the character arcs for the rest were well done in a way that was completely missing for the first half of the first book, at least for me.

If you do decide to pick it back up, curious your thoughts...

Just re-read books 1-3 of this series as inspiration.

Usually available through public libraries / lots of e-book versions to borrow if folks are looking...

Second invisible castle

Second court of thorns and roses

Second goldfinch

I nominate Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
336 pages

This was a mind-f$$$ and I LOVED IT.

Unlike Where The Crawdads Sing, I was genuinely surprised by the twist. Lots of potentials I was flip flopping between that I didn't guess the actual villain(s) - read in a day-ish.

My ONE gripe... the character-building wasn't fully there for me. A lot of the ppl felt like caricatures more than real people. But overall highly recommend.

Second World War Z

Second a gentleman in Moscow

Andi wrote: "I thought the book was OK. I liked Anne, maybe not "too good to be true" but inexperienced. I liked Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility better."

Agreed! Haven't read Sense and Sensibility yet - how does it compare to Pride and Prejudice?

Just finished this!

I love Pride and Prejudice but was only so so here.

Similar to my feelings about Piranesi (the other book club book this month), it had too much of things I didn't care about and not enough about the things I did. Wentworth felt like a minor character, he was so absent; and I felt like I barely knew that Anne cared about him. However, I knew allllll the intricacies of her father's vanity. And I just didn't care about that.

Unfortunately not my favorite.