Colleen ’s Comments (group member since May 02, 2018)

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

Ugh! I have yet to start! I need to get a move on, except the first one listed (super goal) is so long! Fall of Giants - but I'm sure it's good....

We Need to Talk About Kevin 4/13/16 p. 400
Life and Other Near-Death Experiences 4/17/16 p. 254
The Tumbling Turner Sisters 4/20/16 p. 352
Last Ride to Graceland 4/29/16 p. 352
The Turner House 5/19/16 p. 338
The Martian 5/26/14 p. 369
The Unfortunates 5/28/16 p. 353
The War that Saved My Life 5/30/16 p. 316

Current total: 1,146,108

Multiple Listings 4/6/16 p. 322

Current total: 692,076

I'm in!

1. Fall of Giants - so long, ugh
2. How to Be an American Housewife
3. Olive Kitteridge
4. A Game of Thrones - another long one, but heard it was so good. Also haven't watched the show either.
5. The Round House
6. The Orphan Master's Son
7. Wolf Hall - people either love it or hate it
8. The Cove
9. The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
10. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

I can only hope... :-)

Catching up -

Daughter of Fortune 3/13/16 p. 399
Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League 3/17/16 p. 439
Try Not to Breathe 3/22/16 p. 368
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena 3/31/16 p. 379

644,629 + 1,585 = 646,214

Snow 426 pgs

Current total: 453,976

Fahrenheit 451 250 pages

Current Total: 395,658

Pride and Prejudice 332 pgs

Current total: 357,920

Eleanor & Park 2/3/16 - 325 pgs

Current total: 324,939

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag 1/30/16 pgs. 364

Current total: 213,374

The Middle of Everywhere: Helping Refugees Enter the American Community 1/27/16 -367 pgs

Current total: 185,798

A Window Opens 1/24/16 - 368 pgs

Current total: 157,429

A Tale of Two Cities 351 pgs

Current total: 94,958

The Flood Girls 1/9/16 - 336 pgs.

Current total: 37,556

I'm in for this one and will post as I go!

Read 17/26

A. - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
B. - The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
C. - Life and Other Near-Death Experiences by Camille Pagán
D. - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
E. - A Window Opens by Elisabeth Egan
F. - The Flood Girls by Richard Fifield
G. - Inside the O'Briens by Lisa Genova
H. -
I. -
J. - Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League by Jonathan Odell
K. - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
L. - We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
M. - A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
N. -
O. - Snow by Orhan Pamuk
P. - The Middle of Everywhere: Helping Refugees Enter the American Community by Mary Pipher
Q. -
R. - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
S. - Try Not to Breathe by Holly Seddon
T. - Multiple Listings by Tracy McMillan
U. -
V. -
W. - Last Ride to Graceland by Kim Wright
X. -
Y. -
Z. -

New 2 U Authors 2016 - Come What May level
19/20 read

1. Richard Fifeld - The Flood Girls
2. Charles Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities
3. Elisabeth Egan - A Window Opens
4. Rainbow Rowell - Eleanor & Park
5. Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice
6. Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451
7. Orhan Pamuk - Snow11691]
8. Isabel Allende - Daughter of Fortune
9. Holly Seddon - Try Not to Breathe
10. Anthony Marra - A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
11. Tracy McMillan - Multiple Listings
12. Lionel Shriver - We Need to Talk About Kevin
13. Camille Pagán - Life and Other Near-Death Experiences
14. Juliette Fay - The Tumbling Turner Sisters
15. Kim Wright - Last Ride to Graceland
16. Andy Weir - The Martian
17. Angela Flournoy - The Turner House
18. Sophie McManus - The Unfortunates
19. Kimberly Brubaker Bradley - The War that Saved My Life
20.

Inside the O'Briens 1/1/16

368 pgs

Current total: 1,927

I read this book a couple years ago and really enjoyed it. The discussion is very interesting and I can recall a lot of it. Wonderful, fairy-tale/fantasy read. I wish the circus was real!