Shomeret’s Comments (group member since Oct 15, 2012)

Shomeret’s comments from the Read by Theme group.

I am going to be reading The Castlemaine Murders by Kerry Greenwood which takes place in the town of Castlemaine in Australia.

I'll be reading Journey of the Pink Dolphins: An Amazon Quest for April.

Brie wrote: "I actually finished all the books I was planning on reading! Except for Midnight in the Century...that one was set aside for a while and a few others took its place...

Of all of them, I would stro..."

Unfortunately, the edition that my library has doesn't have a purple cover or any purple at all on the cover.

I hope to read In a Dark Wood by Michael Cadnum which is a variation on the Robin Hood legend.

I just started Forty Days Without Shadowby Olivier Truc which is a translation of Le Dernier Lapon. It's a thriller that takes place in Lapland. The central characters are officers of the Reindeer Police. One of them is a Sami. It's fascinating so far.

I read The Sharp Hook of Love: A Novel of Heloise and Abelard which is historical and deals with a romance, but the romance is tragic. There is no HEA (Happily Ever After).

I started reading . I hope that's red enough. It's a biography of Joan of Arc written by a physician.

I read The Romances of George Sand. There are only three reviews and six ratings. I thought that George Sand's life was fascinating, but that the book should have been published as a non-fiction biography rather than a novel.

I am going to be a theme rebel. I overdosed on dystopias some time ago.

I'll also be a theme rebel. I'm in grad school and I don't have time to give books second chances.

I finished Guises of Desire, my first British author book. I recommend it for people who are interested in character studies, women in the 19th century or the history of psychoanalysis.

I am now reading The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Languageby Mark Forsyth. I got it because I'm interested in etymology, but he too turns out to be a British writer.

I have just started The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Languageby Mark Forsyth,a British blogger on the origins of words. I'm finding it very entertaining.

So I was reading Guises of Desire by Hilda Reilly which is a novel about the first psychoanalysis patient, Bertha von Pappenheim who is called Anna O. in the case study. I wouldn't have thought that this book applied to the theme. I was reading it as an R2R (Read To Review). Then as I was reading, I noticed that Bertha called her sister a "duffer" in the novel and I realized that I was completely unintentionally reading a British writer as you can see at http://www.hildareilly.com/ where she says that she's a Scot. Of course the real Bertha would have used some German equivalent for "duffer", but the book is in English, not German. BTW, I know a great deal of British slang because my father was brought up in England.

I am hoping to read Dickens and the Workhouse: Oliver Twist and the London Poorby Ruth Richardson which is book about a British author by a British author.

I'm taking a chance on a holiday anthology called A World of Joy because an author whose blog I'm following recommended it.

I just started The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death, and Happiness. The author is a philosophy professor whose wolf accompanies him everywhere. I like the author's self-deprecating humor. For example, he says that his wolf occasionally howls when he doesn't like a lecture, and thinks that this made his wolf popular with his students because they would like to do the same. I am also finding him insightful.

I'm also an animal lover, Paula. I have a memoir on my TBR dealing with the evolutionary cousins of dogs. It's called The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death, and Happinessby Mark Rowlands. At least I consider it a memoir. It deals with the author's reflections about his experiences with adopting wolf pups. It was nominated as the BOM for the GR group, All About Animals.

Amara wrote: "Shomeret wrote: "I'm currently reading a very engaging children's fantasy book about four young people with a mystical gift. They have summoned spirit animals who are legends in their kingdom. Thes..."

I finishedWild Bornyesterday. It was a quick fun read. It is not for someone who is looking for thematic depth, character depth or cultural authenticity. One of the two female central characters might be regarded as authentically Chinese and the other authentically African if Disney films were your only exposure to these cultures. Since I'm in grad school I wanted something light for a change from my course reading. I'd give this three stars which means that I liked it. I won't be reviewing it any time soon. I've been working on a review of a Net Galley book for two months at the rate of a sentence at a time when I have a spare moment.

I'm currently reading a very engaging children's fantasy book about four young people with a mystical gift. They have summoned spirit animals who are legends in their kingdom. These spirit animals have become bonded to them. There is a certain amount of irony in the animals that have come to them. For example, the shepherd found that it was a wolf spirit that came to him. The book is called Wild Born, the first book in the Spirit Animals series. I see that the second book in the series is by Maggie Stiefvater who is best known for her YA werewolf novels.

Shomeret wrote: "I'm hoping to start October with Sold for Endless Rue which is an interpretation of Rapunzel. I expect it to contain folklore as well because it involves "hedge witches" and midwives."

I couldn't get into Sold for Endless Rue. The good news is that I have a different theme related book as my first October read: Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography