D.G.’s Comments (group member since Jan 26, 2012)

D.G.’s comments from the Pick-a-Shelf group.

Tien wrote: "D.G., I LOVED LOVED LOVED Uprooted and Daughter of the Forest. Both fantastic reads!"

I've heard great things about Uprooted but thanks for letting me know! I may get to it before September because it fits a team challenge I'm in.

Here are the ones I have on my TBR. I'll definitely read Uprooted and maybe The Winter Long. It's time I catch up with that series.

I read two books for this shelf and I rated them both 3 stars: .

Neither was great but at least they're out of my TBR - both have been there since 2013. :)

Finished book 49...

Books Read per Year Added
2010: 4
2011: 6
2012: 13
2013: 11
2014: 15

Finished a mystery set in Ancient Rome. I enjoyed it but it took me a while to get the humor. The narration by Simon Vance was outstanding as usual. I own the next two books in the series so I'll definitely continue.

Finished book 46! https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Books Read per Year Added
2010: 4
2011: 5
2012: 11
2013: 10
2014: 15

In the last month, I've read 3 books from 2010.

I found another book I've read this month that fit this shelf: , a funny historical romance. I gave it 3 stars - I laughed in moments but the book was just ok.

Charity wrote: "I finished The Art of Racing in the Rain. Despite the fact that when I read the summary of this book I decided I was not really going to enjoy it. I like animals, but I'm not an anim..."

I loooved that book! I should re-read it one of these days.

Amanda wrote: "Yep, definitely Colin Firth makes that series worth viewing! I keep going to download his reading of The End of the Affair from Audible, but I don't want to spend my monthly credit on a book lasts less than 20 hours! "

Oh you didn't get it when they were giving it away some time ago? (It may have a long time ago though). That's how I got it.

Still haven't listened to it though but it's on my list!

Tien wrote: "I did this in high school too and I vaguely remember something about 'respecting private moments' or something like that and / or also that Austen may not have actual (real-life) experience so she opted out from writing this scene?"

I think she didn't write it because Elizabeth had had two proposals already and she just didn't want to fill the story with just proposal after proposal!

When I was in my teens, one of my boyfriends was a GREAT fan of Crime and Punishment. I had read it and thought it was OK so he told me...wait 10 or 20 years to read it and you'll see what I mean.

I haven't re-read it yet but it's definitely on my list!

Great shelf, Lyn!

Here are some I'll be considering....

Lahni wrote: "The BBC version of P&P is the Collin Firth one right? I have heard it's fabulous and I really want to see it!"

Hubby and I watch it every year (well, I watch it and he watches it with me...he loooves the romance between Jane & Bingley.)

Lahni wrote: "I really wish Austen would have had the final proposal scene written in more dialog and less 3rd person narrative. We wait so long for it and it really was a let down to hear how it happened rather than hear it happening! "

Agree 100%!

Finished and gave it 3 stars because the clusterfuck ending made some sense (before that, it was a 2-star.) The "hero" wasn't appealing to me at all and there were so many NA cliches that you wouldn't believe. Not sure if I'll continue reading because I'm tempted to see what happens next.

Oh thanks, Susan! But I already found a book. It always surprises me what I have on my TBR, hahaha!

Tien wrote: "ooh, Lahni asked the same question for Readers Pursuit... & Dee posted this from wiki ;)"

LOL, thanks!

Right now I'm reading a book for the "space opera" shelf (from 2011!) but I'm not sure exactly what that means (a drama set in space maybe?) I'll have to Google it, LOL!

Tien wrote: "Wow, D.G., I'm glad someone is getting a really good clean of their TBRs :)"

I'm doing great if I say so myself, LOL! Pretty much every book I've chosen in the last few months has been with this challenge in mind so I've read lots of good things off the TBR. Right now at I'm at 37 so I'm thinking I'll probably make 60 or 70 if I keep it up. The only thing is that I'll be reading a lot of obscure shelves! Right now I've had to go more than halfway through the first column of shelves as I'm trying not to do different spellings of the same shelf, i.e. if I've read Young Adult, I skip YA, etc.

I don't know how you mothers do it! And you with so many, Lahni!