Rebekah’s Comments (group member since Jun 22, 2013)

Rebekah’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

I was pretty surprised by the results as well! Dang, I wish I could just read all of the time! :) Jealous!

I moved to Dallas Oct 1 to start a new job but am going to be able to go back to my hometown in small-town Kentucky to spend Thanksgiving with the family. I will be there Wednesday-Sunday! Looking forward to some good food and relaxing times

I was able to get discussion going for Stardust so I should get BR points for that. Updated in the thread.

I am going to tackle The Lies of Locke Lamora next for BOM

The movie is available on Netflix & Amazon Prime! Yay, so I will watch and get back

I have not seen the movie, but I think I will definitely try to hunt it down! It sounds like reading the comments that the movie/book are quite different.

I definitely want to read more Gaiman, so thanks for those recommendations!

I think Neverwhere is a Tower Team buddy read, so maybe I will jump on board with that one.

I have never read Neil Gaiman before but he seems like someone everybody loves, so I was excited. I read this very quickly. I found it absolutely charming and delightful! I had a big grin on my face the entire time I read it. Parts were really funny, but mainly it was just a great story. I will definitely read more Gaiman.

I tend to be very hit-and-miss when it comes to fantasy. Most of the stuff that is really popular I do not like (i.e.Game of Thrones) and I find fantasy to often be misogynistic or at least male-dominated (tolkien). Loved HP though. I think Gaiman was playing off those misogynistic fairy tale tropes though and then upending them by the end of the tale.

There were some beautiful memorable lines in here. I think my favorite was the one where the only people who go to Faerie are minstrels, lovers, and the mad.

Renee wrote: "@ Rebekah - read Stardust and just start paying comments in the thread. When people see it come up in the notifications, they might pop in to comment too. That worked for me with The Time Travell..."


Thanks!!

Yes on that thread they have a spreadsheet with all of the books that have been buddy reads or BOMs. I may go through my TBR list and see if I can get any that count. It seems like BOMs are easier bc you just have to get a discussion going but the buddy reads you have to find another team member to participate?

Stardust is a former relaxed buddy read. I posted in the other thread (Reading an old BOM or BR?) but so far no takers. I don't usually plan that far ahead in my reading so I am willing to jump on board with any as long as I can get it from my local library pretty quickly. Seems like participating in a BOM is the easiest route?

Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Total Points: 510

Finished:
1. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (834 pages) - 11/09/14 = 90 points
2. Stardust by Neil Gaiman (248 pages) - 11/12/14 = 20 points + 30 points for BR = 50 points

3. The Kilgore Curse by Larry Pivnick (328 pages per Amazon - 11/23/14 = 20 points
4. The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT by Russ Harris - 240 pages - 11/23/14 - 20 points

5. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch - 499 pages - 12/8/14 = 50 points + 30 points BOM = 80 points
6. High Stakes by Vanessa Waltz - 336 pages per amazon - 12/7/2014 = 20 points

7. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd - 373 pages - 12/23/14 = 20 points

8. The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee by Marja Mills - 278 pages - 12/28/14 = 20 points

9. Frommer's EasyGuide to Las Vegas 2014 by Rick Garman - 256 pages - 1/15/14 = 20 points

10. Papillon by Henri Charrière - 576 pages - 1/16/14 = 50 points + BR 30 points = 80 points

11. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt - 771 pages - 1/31/15 = 90 points

I am currently reading Stardust by Neil Gaiman. It was a former relaxed Buddy Read.

The thread is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Yay! Tower Teams started and I ended up finishing The Luminaries this weekend. I had NOT finished it when I went to my real life book club on Wednesday! Only two people had finished it! It was a doozy, had no idea it was so long when I started, but an interesting read nonetheless.

Up next is Stardust, my first Neil Gaiman!

1. How many books are you currently reading?

Was reading 3 at the same time, but am down to 2. Usually only read 1 at a time.

2. Which of these are you enjoying the most?

I was just trying to finish The Luminaries for my real-life book club. Didn't make the deadline but did finish it this weekend. I am reading The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT for work & it is fantastic! And I started Stardust for a fb book club.

3. Do you have any pets, if so what?

I do not but I love cats & dogs.

4. What is your favourite non reading hobby?

Writing, photography, music

5. What do you do for a job?

Clinical child psychologist, professor

I am working on a 800+ page book. I have my real life book club today and I am only halfway through! Oops! But it will help us out!

I hear this year's Halloween Drinking Game is "Drink every time you see a character from Frozen." I don't have any kids but at my apt Halloween party tonight I saw a Darth Vader, Elsa, and a very elaborate little girl in a beautiful sort of Spanish cowgirl (kinda Zorro-ish?) outfit. And lots of dogs were in costumes!

Ha! I do not read that fast and these were my October books for a couple of real life book clubs. So I am not that far off my expected date of completion, so I might as well make it to the 8th! I just wanted to make sure it was the finish date that counted, not the start date.

Do you guys know if books that we started but do not finish until November 8th count? I am reading 3 books concurrently, but I will slow down if it counts. :)

TT3 Shelf

Hi everyone! I am on my phone so I hope that I am the Rebekah that is on this team! If so, I love the name and cannot wait to play this round !

ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "The Outsiders is already up, Rebekah. :)

Oh, I remember loving The Chocolate War when I was in high school."

Thanks!!

I'll add The Catcher in the Rye

The Phantom Tollbooth
The Little Prince
Peter Pan
Matilda
Interview with the Vampire