Rachel’s Comments (group member since Jan 04, 2017)

Rachel’s comments from the 2022 ONTD Reading Challenge group.

Hmmmm I need to find a book!

book post for this month's theme is up! http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/...

I ended up reading:

The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova (loved it)
Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey (loved it)
Beautiful Broken Girls by Kim Savage (hated it)
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice (loved it)
Human Acts by Han Kang (loved it)
The Black Wolves of Boston by Wen Spencer (it was okay, but i liked it)

I think the month for me went well because I finally crossed off two books I've been wanting to read forever (Interview and Kushiel's Dart). My only regret is not reading more diverse authors from around the world. If I do this theme again I will definitely make that a priority. I wish I didn't read Beautiful Broken Girls because I really did not like it. I also started Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac but ended up abandoning it.

I finished my last book, The Black Wolves of Boston by Wen Spencer. It was fun, but sometimes the plot lost me and some of the dialogue was not great. If I was younger I would have liked it more. I don't regret reading it though and may read the sequels when they come out because it has potential.

I finished Human Acts sometime last week and loved it. Definitely recommend it.

I'm almost done with Human Acts by Han Kang and it is so good. Devastating, beautifully written.

I finished Beautiful Broken Girls and it was awful!

Then I started Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac and I'm not sure if I "get" it? I set it aside to start something else and I guess I'll go back to it but IDK.

I finished a horrible book called Beautiful Broken Girls by an American author. ugh. then I started a South American book called Savage Theories and can't really get into it so I switched to Interview with the Vampire. which I am loving! lol

I've been reading a fantasy novel called,Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey. I am liking it more than i thought; I thought it would be just trashy sex book but it's a lot more than just sex! its super long though.

oh god my phone autocorrect and I hit submit before I realized lol. KAT. not lay. lemme try to edit asap lol

that sounds like a great list, Kat!

I finished The Shadow Land (I had started it a few days before July began lol) and now I'm reading a YA book called Dreamland Burning. it takes place in Tulsa, OK and is split in 2 perspectives; the main characters of the current day story are Rowan and her friend James, and the story in the past takes place in 1921 about a white young adult male named William who targets a black teen named Clarence because William is jealous. their stories are linked somehow with a skeleton found on Rowan's family home, and will have something to do with the race riots. only about 34 pages in but its pretty short so I will hopefully finish it today.

Not a stupid question! for me I would agree with you and say America :) what do you think Lea?

I chose The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova. She is from North America. This novel is set in Bulgaria and I'm learning a little bit about the country. It is a mystery about an American woman who accidentally takes an urn full of ashes from a family she meets in Sofia. So the book follows her and her wonderful taxi driver as they seek out the family to return the ashes.

awesome, thanks for doing that! my first book is The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova, so ill post about it in the america thread

the continent thread idea is great!

I need a tracking post. Here's my list of books I've checked out of the library (or will pick up in the next week). I'll see how many I can get to before the month ends, I'll have to go into August to finish them :(

The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss
Human Acts by Han Kang
Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac
Beautiful Broken Girls by Kim Savage
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Sounds like that counts to me, too! also. now I want to read that to, Alyssa!

I got my O book done! I read Old Flames by Jack Ketchum. I only gave it 2 stars.

I'm definitely going to make all my books in July be women-authored. Excited!