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

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

I loved what ever happened to baby jane!!! so twisted!! I've never seen the film though, I need to change that

I finished... WOW!!!

I'm on page 110 (about to jump back into it before bed!) and i really, really wanna know what the motivation was for the killers.

I'm so confused (not by the writing - it's so well-done) that the killers didn't even take anything (or take much) from the house. right now i don't understand their motivation or how they even found out about this family and i want to know! i feel terrible that a poor innocent family has been killed over what seems to be nothing.

so i'm really liking how the story is unfolding because there is a lot of suspense here.

edited to add: I really liked the one part where it was quoting Mr. Fox (bonnie's brother) about forgiveness. In my copy it's on page 107.

I'm up to page 84 now.

The way the story switched back and forth between the killers and the victims was so chilling. Knowing it was the family's last day on earth was so disturbing.

I just started it!

Wow, it's so good already and I'm only on page 27... Going to jump back into it on my lunch break! can't wait to keep reading.

I am going to pick it up today! I went to the wrong library on Saturday lol, sigh. So I will start it tomorrow on my commute.

Dessi wrote: "I will be reading In Cold Blood. I am excited, i am a total wuss so I never read thrillers/true crime, but i have been using this challenge to go out of my comfort zone and has been w..."

Dessi, I made a thread for in Cold Blood! I will go to the library either today or Saturday to pick up my copy so I will start the book this weekend.

Thread here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Discussion thread for those of us planning on reading In Cold Blood!

SYNOPSIS: On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues.

As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of American violence.

My copy is on hold, but it hasn't come in yet.

Lea wrote: "I learned my lesson not to be overly ambitious with my reading challenge. I ended up having a very busy month and I only read one book recommended by a celeb, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie..."

OH! I couldn't remember where I had heard of The Dry; now I remember it was in the celeb thread. So I guess I did read two books for March because I ended up reading that one, too! It was really good.

I only read one book for the challenge, A Head Full of Ghosts. My spoiler-free review is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I really loved the book. I'd definitely recommend it!

Goodbye, March! Let us know how your reading went in March, if you had trouble completing this month's task, if you enjoyed the book you read and whether you'd recommend it!

Discussion thread for those of us reading The Silence of the Lambs!

SYNOPSIS: There's a killer on the loose who knows that beauty is only skin deep, and a trainee investigator who's trying to save her own hide. The only man that can help is locked in an asylum. But he's willing to put a brave face on - if it will help him escape.

April post is up! A ton of recs here: http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/...

thanks!!! i just put Silence on hold at the library! I'm definitely gonna read that and Rosemary's Baby.

Kelly, this may be a silly question but is it necessary to read red dragon before Silence?

just as FYI, a big book post for April's challenge will be submitted hopefully tonight or tomorrow morning at the latest! so if you still need ideas for a book, we've got you covered :D

I'm going to start it this week. Pretty late, but better than never! And then I can finally click your spoiler cut lol

I have to read Noughts & Crosses and Oryx and Crake for another challenge I'm doing, so I will be reading those.

Maybe I'll try to make all the books I read in May to fit this challenge, we'll see!

EDIT: going to start tracking books under a spoiler cut

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BOOKS I READ:

POSSIBLE BOOKS:
Noughts & Crosses
Oryx and Crake
The Orphan Mother

BOOKS ON HOLD:
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I loved what you wrote... I had a similar reaction to it!

I definitely want to read HIdden Bodies, too