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

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

ok, post is up! https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com...

Sam wrote: "I probably will finally finish reading The Bell Jar for this month.

Would The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy The Shocking Inside Story by Ann Rule count? I know her writing..."

I would say yes
I found this when I googled her: https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/articl...

I just submitted the challenge post.. should be up soon!

My copy is on its way FINALLY so i will be starting it soon!!!

I haven't gotten my copy yet, I think it came in while I was away so I missed it. I put it on hold again, hopefully I'll get it soon :( I'm going to read it and come back to the thread though regardless of when it comes in! I'm so behind in my reading this month!

Hopefully you can find something that appeals to you! BTW, the recommended books are just that, feel free to read a book that we haven't recommended.

Doomsday Book & The Handmaid's Tale have been on my shelves so I think I'll tackle them in March :)

Katie wrote: "Just want to let anyone know who's still not sure that I started 1808 and it's SUPER FUN. It's a really easy read because it's so interesting and bizarre that the whole thing actually happened. Wou..."

wow, i may have to check it out!

oh! i forgot, today I am going to pick up the Little Stranger!
Anyone wanna buddy read it? I won't start it until next week.

EJ wrote: "Kim wrote: "EJ wrote: "I just finished Picnic at Hanging Rock. It's a pretty quick read that I highly suggest for anyone that's reading The Haunting of Hill House. Picn..."

Picnic is a beautiful film, I LOVE it so much. Very dreamy and unsettling. I still want to read the book, I'll have to do that at some point this year!

I still plan on reading The House with a Clock in Its Walls if anyone else wants to join me. Eli Roth adapted it with Jack Black and it's coming out late this year. I'm also reading it as a buddy read in another group, so I plan on starting it over the weekend.

So for those who read it, what do you think was going on with Nell?

(view spoiler)[Did the poltergeist from her childhood (with the stones on the roof) follow her to Hill house? Was it a different supernatural entity? Was it supernatural at all? Was she mentally disturbed or was there something sinister at play? (maybe both?) (hide spoiler)]

I really liked her as a character, and i could identify with her in her moments of anxiousness and fantasy thoughts early on in the story. i also could relate for her desire of liberation, to break free of confinement, (view spoiler)[so the ending was ironic i guess. (hide spoiler)]

i started out liking all the characters and then at the end i wanted to reach through the pages and shake them. Esp Theo!

the ending gutted me, i didn't expect that at all. (view spoiler)[the moment of "why am i doing this?" right before she crashed the car was really powerful. i felt so bad for Eleanor. (hide spoiler)]

So far, I finished The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. *****!!!!

It's time for the January wrap-up! I know people have been posting in the original topic, but feel free to comment here and let us know how your reading went this month, if you had trouble completing this month's task, if you enjoyed the book you read and whether you'd recommend it.

Kelly wrote: "Just jumping in here to rec a book. I read this one two years ago and it's really disturbing but I also really liked it. It's a fast read as well. The author is Brazilian (book originally written i..."

I plan on reading this if anyone wants to join me!!!

totally agree with what u wrote in your spoiler!!!

because of your comment i was picturing Ruth the whole time as Nell lol. my god i wish she was playing Eleanor for the series!!!!!!!!!

I JUST FINISHED

book was brilliant.

best opening paragraph of all time.

i can relate to Eleanor in many ways. Damn, I feel for her. An amazing literary character. I don't mean that in terms of personality but how she was written. So often in horror "character" gets thrown out the window. But we really got to know her and to be inside her head. The story was truly terrifying at times.

AH! I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH ALREADY

EJ wrote: "I just finished Picnic at Hanging Rock. It's a pretty quick read that I highly suggest for anyone that's reading The Haunting of Hill House. Picnic at Hanging Rock is s..."

Ohh I want to read Picnic! I LOVE the film. Curious about the tv adaptation!