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

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

Karin wrote: "I finally have one for this! In the Woods by Tana French. I am not likely to like this book much but got it cheap and need a book for Ireland somewhere else. (someone ..."

Good luck with it, Karin. I read it a few years ago and enjoyed it, but then, this is my type of book. Hope it is not too hard to get through.

Katie wrote: "I read First Frost.

3 stars

It was good and what I typically expect from Sarah Addison Allen. It was lacking some of the magic from Garden Spells, but I still enjoy..."

I agree, Katie. I liked Garden Spells a bit better than this one.

Tien wrote: "Am on my last book for my first championship round (though of course, the finalised reads do NOT at all look like the planning!) and will attempt my second with less books ;)

*Left Foot | *Red:
ol..."

Wow, I thought I was doing good cuz I am on my third book!

Marina wrote: "@Lyn, I read The Lady of Shalott for an English Lit exam and loved it! I hope you'll like it.

I used to read a lot of poetry until some 5 years ago or so... but now I don't anymore. ..."

These all look great, Marina. As I said above, Leaves of Grass is one of my favorite books of all time.

And I am really looking forward to The Lady of Shalott.

Ariel wrote: "I'm going to go with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Loved Arthurian legends as a child, so looking forward to entering that world again"

I looked at that one, too, Ariel. I love Arthurian legend.

OK, so I have requested three books from the library:

The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Tennyson
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
and A Treasury Of Great Poems, English And American, From The Foundations Of The English Spirit To The Outstanding Poetry Of Our Own Time, With Lives Of T by Louis Untermeyer

As a child I had The Golden Treasury of Poetry a collection of children's poems put together by Louis Untermeyerso I thought I would see what he did with adult poetry.

Thanks to Ariel who is our shelf picker for the month of April 2014. The Academy of American Poets designates April as National Poetry Month, so she figured we can all celebrate by reading a book from the Poetry shelf!

I have to admit, I grew up reading the poetry of Louis Undermeyer, Robert Louis Stevenson, and others, but sadly have not read much poetry since college. And that was MANY moons ago....

I will say, however, that one of my prize possessions is a 150th anniversary annotated copy of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition By: Walt Whitman.

So let's all peruse the list and see what strikes our fancy!

We have a shelf picker for April! Thanks to Ariel for picking our shelf for April. In honor of the National Academy of Poets designating April as National Poetry Month, she has picked the Poetry as the shelf for next month.

I am running out for a while, but will be back this afternoon to start the appropriate threads. Hope everyone enjoys the Poetry!

Sue wrote: "We need someone in this group named 'Cee' ;)"

Lol

We are working on this. Hopefully an announcement will be here soon!

Susan wrote: "I have a puzzle about how to count books that are on Goodreads shelves other than my primary "To Read" shelf. A couple years ago, I thinned out my "To Read" shelf, and moved many books to a shelf c..."

I have a number of TBR based on a lot of different things, and I, too, move books from list to list. I have been using the date that I first listed it on any Goodreads list as that is the date that Goodreads supplies. So I would say that your scenario would be a Left Foot item.

Bea wrote: "Dee wrote: "cover -

from the book description (on GR)
When famed archaeologist Arthur Evans unearthed the ruins..."

I'm not sure....my inclination would be yes, also, but I know there was a lot of discussion around not being able to use obscure references or discriptives like yellow flower for Y....hopefully Tien will weigh in soon.

Bea wrote: "Lyn, your plan looks good. However, you could have used The Wednesday Sisters for (f), if you had wanted."

Thanks Bea. I thought about that and might do that, but I have to read both books this month for monthly challenges in other groups, and I am not really sure I even want to read The Painted Gun, so I figured if I have to read it, I may as well use it for more than just one thing, lol. Hopefully I'll like it more that I think.

My second one for the month (believe it or not, lol)

The Good Neighbor by A.J. Banner

4 stars

This was a relatively quick read, sort of an introduction to the author for me as I have her second book to read for review. I really enjoyed the way that the author wrote the characters, and she did a pretty good job and misdirecting me through out most of the book. I did figure out the twist before it was revealed, but not early on....I was only too happy to follow the author down the rabbit hole that she built. In the end, I was glad that I was wrong, though, but it taught me a bit about my preconceived notions.

I'm looking forward to the next book I have by her.

Sassafrass wrote: "I read another one off this shelf this month:

Behind Closed Doors finished 3/15/17 *4 STARS*

this was good and creepy. I really thought I ..."

I have this one to read someday. Thanks for the review.

Here is my April:

April Letters W A M C P

April List

a. shelf 1 - Writers - The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
b. shelf 2 - Aviation - Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon
c. shelf 3 - Most Anticipated - The Lost Girl of Astor Street by Stephanie Morrill
d. shelf 4 - Chevy Stevens - Never Let You Go by Chevy Stevens
e. shelf 5 - Post Apocalyptic - The Handmaid's TaleMargaret Atwood
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) - The Painted Gun by Bradley Spinelli
g. any word in title but NOT first (excluding a, an, the) - The Lost Girl of Astor Street by Stephanie Morrill
h. author's first name - Never Let You Go by Chevy Stevens
i. author's last name - The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
j. item on cover - Pen -
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) - Kiss of the Sun (Martha Covington #2) by R.K. Jackson
l. name of character - Martha Covington - Kiss of the Sun by R.K. Jackson

I've done that a number of times myself, Bea. This just happens to be a genre that I read all of the time anyway, lol.

Tien wrote: "Lyn (Readinghearts) wrote: "b. shelf 2 - Val McDermid - The Distant Echo "

If 'Val McDermid' is the shelf, that starts with a V not M? ;p

You could do 'mcdermid' or 'mcdermid-val' or even murderm..."

It is supposed to be mcermid-val. Thanks for the catch! Although I like murdermostfoul. :) I might change it....

March List

a. shelf 1 - Gothic - The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
b. shelf 2 - McDermid Val - The Distant Echo
c. shelf 3 - Netgalley - The Devil's Prayer, finished 3/10
d. shelf 4 - Terror - Lightning
e. shelf 5 - Library - Indigo Slam, finidhrf 3/04
f. first word in title (excluding a, an, the) - The Twilight Wife
g. any word in title but NOT first (excluding a, an, the) - The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
h. author's first name - The Devil's Prayer by Luke Gracias, finished 3/10
i. author's last name - The Distant Echo by Val McDermid
j. item on cover - trees by A.J. Banner
k. any word in Series name / Subtitle (excl. a, an, the, novel, trilogy, series, chronicles, memoir, biography, autobiography) - Whispers in the Mist, County Clare Mystery #2 by Lisa Alber
l. name of character* - Laura in Lightning by Dean Koontz

Good Job Nicki!