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

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

Read my 8th book...another 4-star. :) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I'm moving at a good clip in this challenge. I may add more books but for now, I'm feeling really good about my list. :)

I thought the same too but then I checked the date of the post. :)

Dee wrote: "it looks like culture won"

That was last month's Dee.

I've been wondering the same thing, Amanda!

Finished and gave it 3 stars. This was more of a romantic suspense but there was definitely lots of crime happening.

This was one of those books where the daughter of the heroine was almost as much an important character as the hero, which I think was a diservice to the story. There was not enough background on the heroine and the injuries of the hero weren't explained very well. The villain was one of those guys that acts all evil and then goes conviniently crazy at the end.

Finished another book on my list! https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I finished Crocodile on the Sandbank and ended up loving it! (4 stars) What a romp! There wasn't too much of a mystery but the shenanigans of these characters were so funny. I loved Amelia and Emerson, they are such a great couple...and what a "courtship". This is one of those books where the couple bicker a lot but they were so funny together. He couldn't have been more perfect for her.

The crime aspect is not great in this book but it's terribly funny. Emerson, the love interest was particularly hilarious. Some quotes:

"God help the poor mummy who encounters you, Peabody. We ought to suply it with a pistol, to even the odds." - Emerson

“Don't talk of duty to me; you men always have some high-sounding excuse for indulging yourselves. You go gallivanting over the earth, climbing mountains, looking for the sources of the Nile; and expect women to sit dully at home embroidering. I embroider very badly. I think I would excavate rather well.” - Amelia

"I pay the lady the compliment of assuming that she has a brain and is capable of using it." - Emerson

"Emerson proposed to stand out in the open and consume an entire bottle of wine, and then collapse upon the sand as if overcome by intoxication. This last idea was received with the silent contempt it deserved."

Amanda wrote: "I don't think the characters in The Community, in general, knew what was going on. Apart from those involved in a Release, I really think they had no concept of what it was."

Maybe "in general", meaning, that maybe the majority of people didn't know the details but like in every place, there must be have been some people smart enough who noticed things that didn't add up and just didn't say anything because they didn't want to get involved, or just because they didn't want to believe it. His father definitely knew what was going on, which was a shocker.

Yes, I listened to that one...it was pretty good!

I did the same, Dee. Yesterday, I listened to a couple of short stories. Now I'll put my energies to finishing those two books I've been reading since the start of the month!

These are on my list of possibles, all from my Moving Mountains list:

I've read 4 books from my list. So far there have been 3 books under 3 stars. Hope my average improves soon!

Dee wrote: "i remember liking the Chase when I read it (several years ago) - but i have a feeling now, I'd probably want to slap both the characters - because I know i've wanted to in later books in the series..."

He was very reasonable but she was just too stupid for words. She was all insecure because she couldn't have it all. I mean, really!

Forgot to mention another audio I finished this month - An Introduction to Pleasure. Oy vey but what silly plot. I gave it 2 stars.

I finished another audiobook The Chase and gave it 2 stars. I wanted to slap the heroine SO HARD and wished another woman would come and sweep the hero at the end. I hate romances where only one side makes all the effort while the other just screws up.

I loved The Giver when I read it a while back and cried my ass off at the end. Don't know that I want to read the rest of the series though.

It's definitely a different type of dystopia than you read about these days with lots of more depth. There was no "revolution", just this boy's dawning about how terrible the world he lives in is. That his parents are less than perfect and that in fact, they can do horrible things because they've stopped thinking and just accept the way things are. It made me think this was the way lots of Germans behaved during the Nazi years. If I don't think it's happening, it's not happening.

Tien wrote: "Ebony wrote: "This month for crime I will start with:

Death Comes to Pemberley"

I hate to say this, Ebony, but unless you actually own a copy of this book -don't bother. :( It's really NOT a goo..."

Totally agree with Tien here. That book is boring with a capital Z.

Hahaha, Susan! That happens sometimes in audio. There are some sentences that you wonder...what the hell did they mean?!!

Great list, Catherine!

I loved this three! The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, And Then There Were None, The Cuckoo's Calling