Lyn (Readinghearts)’s Comments (group member since Apr 07, 2009)

Lyn (Readinghearts)’s comments from the Pick-a-Shelf group.

From Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder:

I wandered through the market, marveling at the variety of goods available for sale. Practical items like food and clothing sat side by side with jewelry and handicrafts. A pine scent from the torches dominated, but it didn't take long for me to discern the smell of roasting meat. I followed the mouthwatering aroma to a fire pit. A tall man covered with sweat turned the meat that sizzled in the flames. His white apron was streaked with soot. I bought some hot beef from him to eat right away and some smoked jerky for later.

KarenF wrote: "I loved The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America and Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History ..."

Karen F - Larson has a new book coming out in May. It is In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin. I am almost finished with an ARC of it and it is pretty good. Really interesting.

Assassination Vacation sounds really interesting. I have put it on my TBR and may have to see if the library has it.

My first thoughts for what to read are:

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
Beloved by Toni Morrison
First Family: Abigail and John Adams by Joseph J. Ellis

What a great pick, Dee. I'm sure I have tons of books from that shelf waiting to be read!

Man, I wish we could use books we already read, lol. BUT I am going to do a REAL sandwich and read Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder for number #10. It is the middle of a trilogy and therefore "sandwiched" between the first and last book.

Luann wrote: "Wow, I feel so old! I joined in Nov. 2007 and have been addicted ever since. :)

Congrats on your GR anniversaries, Lynne and Lyn M!"

OK - you definitely had to be one of the original members, Luann. Glad you are still around.

Delicious Dee Challenge Addict wrote: "i was on a deployment there - normally Navy, but we were supplementing the Army on the Counter- IED mission...so I was in the middle of my tour. Been home for a year now

Lynne wrote: "Delicious D..."

Thanks for your service to our country, Dee. As an American, I appreciate all that you all do for us.

I know, D.G. Man, how do they read so fast, huh? LOL

Darn - I was hoping you were right so that I could get more points, too. :)

Lauren - I thought we could only use P,Q,R,S, and T for that one??

I told you to join Goodreads, but you told me to joing this group. I checked and you joined a day before I did.

Natasha - Looks like you were one of the original members.

Dee - Congrats on your anniversary, too.

We sure do appreciate it, Karen. This challenge is so much fun!

I actually like poetry, but don't read it very often. This will be a fun one, Karen. And I agree, Project Gutenber is such a great site for free on-line reading. Their files can be easily downloaded to an e-reader, too.

Good idea!

HA! April is my two year anniversary, too. Imagine that, lol :) (Actually I might have joined in March). This was also the first group that I joined, thanks to you, and it is still my fave. I have met so many great people on this site and in this group.

Glad that you joined and that we are sharing this experience together.

That would be great if you wouldn't mine. When is your break, BTW?

Delicious Dee Challenge Addict wrote: "ouch, it took some doing but i think i managed to locate some poetry from 5 different centuries...whether I can read it all is another story"

I know. I found some from 5 centuries, too, but it took some doing. It helps that they don't have to be over 100 pages. Not sure if I will get to all of mine this month, but I have them on tap.

Kazza wrote: "Susan, I'm really not sure whether we did or not and I don't particularly like to limit our readings in that way. I might be confusing it with other challenges I'm doing (don't ask how many cuz I ..."

Actually, Karen, that really helps cuz it will make the Poetry reading much easier as many books of poetry are only 70 or 80 pages long.

Lynne wrote: "I have a suggestion for anyone wanting to read a funny book that has "Christ" in the title...Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal. Too bad I already read it...it..."

I actually have that one slated to read next month. Maybe I should bump out up a month. Do you have a copy?