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

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

Debi wrote: "I finished A Clockwork Orange. I didn't like the book as it's just not my style. But that said the moral of the book, can a man be truly good or evil if he doesn't have free choice to choose, was f..."

I loved your review of the book, Debi. It is interesting when you like what a book has to say, but not the book itself. I have read a few like that myself. Have you ever seen the Stanley Kubrick film? I don't think it had the redemptive ending either.

LynnB wrote: "This isn't a genre I'd normally read, but I have been reading The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer, which are well-known fairytales retold cyber-style. The first one, [book:Cinde..."

I am reading Cinder as my book this month. :)

I am actually looking forward to seeing what this genre is all about. It is a really new one for me.

I'll probably start with The Book of Life since I just finished with the first book in the series. Might as well start with the longest one, right?

Lauren wrote: "Picks for Lyn

- I loved this series.

- like this title."

Thanks Lauren - I just finished A Discovery of Witches and loved it.

Thanks for the recommendations, all. And as Bea said - we are ready to read!

Bea wrote: "@Dee: yes, that is what you recommended - the next one in the series. I was just commenting that I am ready for it now. I am really liking this different take on demons and other immortals. Nice sw..."

I never seem to be able to finish Tien's games, lol. You are in good company. They are a lot of fun, though. She is so creative!

I may actually have to try the series that Dee and you were talking about if it has a different take on immortals. I am always looking for something different.

Bea wrote: "Lyn, thanks for the info on each book. I have been iffy about Never Let Me Go since Scatagories."

Did you try to read it and couldn't?

My picks:

Dee

An Inconvenient Wife
Luck Be Delanie - Love this title
Love, Technically - And this title, too.

Lauren

What Remains of Heaven - a series I really want to start
Fireproof - I just started this series and am on book 3. I love them.
The Crossing Places - another series I want to start.

Bea

Never Let Me Go - This was a 5 star book for me.
Storm Front - My favorite series of all time. The first books are a bit average, but stick with it. They build on each other and it gets REALLY good.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Beautiful book.

Fairlee wrote: "Since we have not pair yet I wait until the next round. Sorry"

Fiarlee - sorry you are dropping out for this round. Hope it is a good reason. Sign ups for the next round will start on July 15th. Hope to see you then.

Sorry for the confusion everyone. I was thinking I would give everyone until June 1 to sign up. I will go ahead and make the pairings tonight and they should be up in the morning.

I am enjoying all of the suggestions from those who are more familiar with the genre. :)

I will be really interested to see which books you all like the best.

Interesting choice. I was doing a challenge that asked to read a book from a non-traditional genre and I couldn't come up with one. Well, now I have. I have gone through the first four pages of the list before I found any books that I have listed as wanting to read, and to page 5 before I found one that I have read.

I think I will try to go with either:

Quicksilver
Cinder
Or
Cryptonomicon

Carol wrote: "Lyn (Readinghearts) wrote: "LynnB wrote: "D.G. wrote: "I found To Kill a Mockingbird in the Gothic shelf. The only questions I have are...HOW? WHY?"

That's the beauty of Goodreads shel..."

well....it had Mice in the title.....

A new one not on the list, but it just came out this month and it DEFINITELY fits the bill, all the way down to the Gothic mansion as the centerpiece.

House of Echoes by Brendan Duffy

Journalist Brendan Duffy's debut novel is deliciously creepy. Ben and Caroline move away from the city to a small village in Upstate New York with their two boys. The plan is to renovate an old mansion into a B&B. The book gripped me from the first page and is one of those great horror books where everything seems okay on the surface, but you just know something not quite right is lurking. Just what that was, I could not quite figure out until the last 50 pages or so. Very reminiscent of 'Salem's Lot to me or probably The Shining, but I have never read that one). Highly recommended.

I'm in again for one book. This time from my archives shelf

I know we are all still reading Session Two books, but we had decided to have sign-ups the last two weeks of the prior session, so that we can have more time to nominate books and, ultimately, to read. So....Sign up below if you want to participate in the next session, which will run from June 1 to July 31.

Don't forget to post how many books you want to read, and the list you want people to pick from.

Participants:

Fairlee - 3 books - dropped out
Dee - 2 books
Amanda - 2 books
Lauren - 2 books
Susan - 3 books
Lyn - 1 book
Bea - 2 books
Charity - 1 book
Lahni - 1 book

Here are the pairings for Session Three:

Team 1:

Amanda - 2 books pots 15
Susan - 3 books POTS-2015
Charity - 1 book POTS Session 3
Lahni - 1 book challenge-maybes

Team 2:

Dee - 2 books Dee's Shelf
Lauren - 2 books 2015 src summer
Bea - 2 books PAS Challenge
Lyn - 1 book archives

I finished Black Water Rising, and while I enjoyed the book in general and the historical perspective of the Black Liberation Movement from the early 70s, I found the main character quite annoying. In fact, I found both he and his wife quite annoying and wished other characters had a bigger part in the book.

Susan wrote: "I finished The Casual Vacancy. I have to say I was rather disappointed in it. I hardly liked any of the characters at all. Not that the characterization was bad, but they just weren..."

Wow, Susan you are cranking along. Sorry you were disappointed in the book.