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

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

Bea wrote: "Looks good, Lyn. Thanks for catching it all up."

Thanks for nudging me. Sorry it took me so long. Usually I get a notification if anyone has posted to the thread and then I check it, but somehow I didn't. :(

This property is now owned by Lusie. The link to her request thread is here

Lusie wrote: "Thanks Tien. I've created a thread here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Bea wrote: "Finished Something Rotten for Lord of the Flies. I gave this book 4* - mostly for the entertainment quality of the story. Thursday works both in the book world and in keeping the books..."

Lusie wrote: "Sorry Bea {hugs}

Thanks Tien!! Here is the thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Tien wrote: "I'm going to read The Other Side of Summer to purchase Animal Farm.

Review due June-14."

My sincerest apologies all. I believe I have made all the necessary changes to this thread. I will do the list copy and pasting in a bit. Let me know if the changes I made at the beginning of this thread are not correct.

OK, I am WAY behind here. Here is the synopsis, though. Lusie now has The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Don Quixote, which completes her limit of two.

Bea has given up Don Quixote and purchased Lord of the Flies

Tien is reading for Animal Farm.

Off to make the changes

Somehow I missed this, Lusie. Sorry, I will get all the updates made.

Marie wrote: "I have read quite a few of the books on this list and some are on my TBR but are not doing it for me at the moment. Will never understand how [book:The Perks of Being a [book:600 Hours of Edward|69..."

Maire - I agree about Jasper Fforde. Love his books and the pure escapism of them.

As for the books your chosen....I highly recommend Never Let Me Go. It was an amazing book imo.

Lusie wrote: "I am going to read



I might read more, but I'll see how it goes"

Me Before You is one of my faves of all time! Amazing book!

There are so many books on the list that I have had on my list for quite a while, some of them are even on my LOST list. The first one that comes to mind is A Tale of Two Cities, but I would never finish it during the month, so I think I will go for something shorter. Here are a few suggestions:

The Book Thief
The Help
Wuthering Heights
and I might finish Cinder, which I started last year.

Wow, there are many things that make a book a must read for me. Of course there is the fact that I was so enthralled I didn't want it to end, like Anne of Green Gables or The Pillars of the Earth, but another consideration is whether the book has something important to say like Animal Farm or In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin. And then there are the ones that surprise me, like Gone Girl. Some books are a combination of important themes and entertainment like Me Before You and If I Stay. But the underlying theme I think, is that the book has to move me in some way.

Me too! Set me up!

Bea wrote: "I would like to purchase Lord of the Flies. My book has been chosen (Something Rotten - 385 pages) and must be completed by 5/11/16. This will be my second property."

I will list it as Frozen, Bea. :)

Dee wrote: "Probably not for a few days - my picks for audies winners is due May 6 and I'll prob be listening up until then

Let me know"

I'm inclined to give you another week or so since no one is waiting for the property. Let me know if you aren't going to finish it by mid-May.

Dee wrote: "i missed my month deadline again for my sci-fi-fantasy category - was going to listen to Grave Peril, after I failed with my first book attempt - but got caught up in listening to my a..."

Are you going to get to it soon? If so, you can still keep TKAM. There are not really a plethora of people waiting to buy properties, that is for sure, but if it is going to be a while before you get to the book, I will go ahead and list it for sale.

Let me know what you think.

Debi wrote: "Did You Ever Have a Family Going to have to start with this one.
Having a problem with getting my Billy Crystal audiobook going. Hope to add that before this theme is done. I prefe..."

I didn't realize that was on the Humour shelf. I will have to read that one for a review, so I will add it to my list!

Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland is now owned by Amy. Make your book requests here.

Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland is now owned by Amy. Make your book requests here.

I have to agree with Tien that most of the humour/humor books that I read are really not that funny, although some of them are faves for their quirkiness. That said, I think it is time for me to finally read the next Thursday Next book by Jasper Fforde, which for me is The Well of Lost Plots. I loved the first two books in this series and agree with LynnB, he is such an imaginative and inventive writer.

If I have time (right, sure) I will move on to Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal which has been on my list for years.

Amy wrote: "I'm currently on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and am reading a book of the correct length to buy the property (No Way Back). I began the book before the repossession post was pu..."

Yep, That works! Let me know when you finish.

Several Properties have been repossessed and Requests are now moved to Book Requests folder. Here is the current list of NON PURCHASED properties:

P: Goodnight Moon

P: Where The Wild Things Are

P: Charlotte's Web

P: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

P: Roll of Thunder, Here My Cry

P: Animal Farm

P: Lord of the Flies

P: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

P: Moby Dick

Several Properties have been repossessed and Requests are now moved to Book Requests folder. Here is the current list of NON PURCHASED properties:

P: Goodnight Moon

P: Where The Wild Things Are

P: Charlotte's Web

P: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

P: Roll of Thunder, Here My Cry

P: Animal Farm

P: Lord of the Flies

P: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

P: Moby Dick