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

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

Two people have put in the Europe shelf - it's set in a Fantasy world but the customs and language are heavily influenced by Russian culture, so I get why!

Anyways, I gave it 3.5 stars. Really conflicted about it because I'm sort of in the side of the villain. :) I don't think the main character is completely right, I just don't agree with the path she took. That's why I'm not sure if I'll continue the series.

Hmmm...here are some of the ones I'm considering...

Great choices...when I voted, it made it a 3-way tie! LOL!

Melissa wrote: "Found a few of my TBRs, unfortunately not the ones I have ready access to. But, my daughter is reading The Great Gatsby for school so I may read that along with her;

is awesome!!!

Great choice, Amy!!

JuliaC. wrote: "orig msg#-48 > JuliaC. wrote: "I did start reading "Anne Frank: Diary Of A Young Girl". I both love and hate this book. I may also have to put this aside as I just lost my cousin 2 weeks ago and am still very raw emotionally and don't know if I'll be able to handle this. I'm going to give it a shot though b/c this book is all I can think about. "

I'm sorry about your cousin, Julia. That's a rough book to read while on bereavement. I started reading it while I was on Amsterdam last year but couldn't continue after going to the Anne Frank Museum. It was so tough!!

I think we have a spammer in our midst (see msg. 4)

Leo wrote: "I will try to read and , as those two have been waiting to be read for ages already."

Frankenstein is fabulous!

Debi wrote: "Is there a way to do a search on the thought provoking list, in particular? With so many to choose from I like to see if some from my TBR are on the list."

There isn't an easy way to search books in the lists, I'm afraid. You have to check them page by page to see what it has. In general, I check between 10-15 pgs to come up with a good list - but then I like to have tons of choices. Books that are on your To Read shelf here at GR, will be marked as such on the list but if you don't have many books, then you won't see many.

Love the avi! Great choice, Coralie!

Yup, plenty of good choices there. I looked for like 20 pages because I wanted to have plenty of choices. My goal this year is to read books that have been on my TBR a while and most of these fit the bill. I think I've gotten a lot into UF and Romance that I've been abandoning more 'serious' books. This shelf will be great for me to work on those.

All these books from my TBR are in the shelf



I'll be sure to read one of them!

Lots of books from my 'get from library' shelf! Luckily, I also found tons of books from my TBR. This year my big push is reading books that have been on my TBR more than a year.

Coralie wrote: "After much tought, I have chosen thought provoking for the February shelf."

Interesting choice, Coralie! Let me see what I have in my TBR that fits the shelf.

Susan wrote: "I found Agatha Christie's first Miss Marple book Murder at the Vicarage on this shelf. It was a good reminder to me not to assume I know all about the classics if I haven't read them m..."

Well, that was contemporary when written so it makes sense it's there. :)

LynnB wrote: "I read . Set in Iceland, it's a detective story with a good background of his own life. It's #5 in the series, which I've been enjoying. 4 stars."

I have one of the books in that series. I should try to move it up!

Bondage & Discipline is one of the candidates because the origins of the acrynoms are unclear. :)

Started my second pick:

Yesterday, I read , very sexy BDSM book with geeks as main characters. I gave it 4 stars because that life really fit the hero.

Some funny quotes from , no clue which page they came from 'cause I listened to the audio.

“Damiãno is hot,” Lucia murmured, then realized she’d spoken aloud. “And by that, I mean, I respect his mind.”

“Please put your penises away, gentlemen. Dinner is procured. By a woman.”

“Ship, lady. This here’s a ship,” he said defensively, as if she’d told him, “Your penis: I find it minuscule.”