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

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

Poison study is a really good book, Susan. Hope you enjoy it. :)

Tara wrote: "I edited my comment above. Totally forgot to do that... thanks for the reminder."

Thanks. I always like to check out the books if I like the quote. :)

Tien wrote: "Ha! 10 pages into friends-to-lovers, I founds 2 books on my shelf. One was DNF whilst one is still to-read and coincidentally the author's last name is Maxwell... still looking...

Who we need to..."

Ooh, I need to read Mockingjay, the only one I haven't finished. I think I will use that one.

Tara wrote: "We did miss the quotes! I am so sad I already gave my book away. I did find a good quote on the book's page though.

“In this moment I'm not defined by the other things, the things that happened ..."

I really like this quote, Tara. Can you post what book it is from?

I forgot to post a quote from my first book, but here is one from the current book, Bellman & Black: A Ghost Story:

William fidgeted with the cloth he had separated from the rest. He looked as if he was making up his mind to something.
"His blue is good, Uncle. His black is good. The other colors are hit and miss because his dye cupboard is a shambles and he doesn't keep proper records."
Paul put his head in his hands, and William started to look like a man who had said mare than he should.
"You have been into Mr. Lowe's dye cupboard."
"Yes."
Paul felt weary to the core. He was more than willing to defend his nephew against he father, but he needed William to meet him halfway. The boy showed no remorse, though, and had no sense of the boundary he had transgressed.

LynnB wrote: "The God of Small Things is a book I had to give up, but here's a quote showing why I stopped reading. Way too much of this....

"It was raining when Rahel came back to Ayemenem. Slant..."

It seems like the author was trying to hard for "lyrical prose" or to be too poetic. Sometimes that fits, sometimes it doesn't.

Congrats to Karen (the Bookworm) for completing the challenge by reading 24 books and completing your book title.

Congratulations, also, to all who completed the challenge, and those of you who attempted it.

Sorry I have been missing lately. I'm not sure anyone missed the quote thread anyway, but I still like to see them. Leave a quote here from your Contemporary reads and let us know how they went.

And another one - The House on the Cliff: A Novel by Charlotte Williams.

My first finished book of 2014. this was a contemporary book of the gothic mystery type. I thought it was an entertaining read, but totally predictable. 3 stars.

I actually got to read a book for this month's shelf! It was The Candidate: A Luxembourg Thriller By Daniel Pembrey

A quick, but enjoyable political thriller. In fact, I enjoyed it enough that my biggest complaint is that it was too short. I think both a longer story and more detail would have made it a 4 star book. 3 stars

Bea wrote: "Lyn, I also read The Bodies Left Behind. I gave it 4*. I rallly like Jeffrey Deaver's writings."

I have heard great things about Jeffrey Deaver. He is one of those authors I have on my TBR to read. Thanks for the update. I have posted it to the top record.

Tien wrote: "readinghearts (Lyn M) wrote: "Sorry I have been missing again all. December was a blur for me. I believe I have the list above updated for everyone's books, but if not, let me know and I will mak..."

It was great, but SO busy. I thought it was going to be more relaxing, but no such luck. Lots of family and fun though. I am now back and renewed.

Hope your Christmas was great, too, Tien.

Sorry I have been missing again all. December was a blur for me. I believe I have the list above updated for everyone's books, but if not, let me know and I will make the changes. :)

Tien wrote: ""At" And "And" are not excluded."

Ohhh, cool. My At book works then. :)

Is At also excluded? I would imagine so, but thought I would clarify.

Happy Birthday to Dionisia! Hope you have a great day.

D.G. wrote: "Tien - Can you remove me from the list? I've decided not to do many challenges in the coming year (unless they are of the super easy variety). I'm starting a new job next week and I don't want to s..."

Congrats on your new job, D.G. Good luck with the first week. :)

Adrienne wrote: "Alrighty. Because I have made a goal to read stuff I already own (my shelves are groaning), I have decided to set up my Moving Mountains list on my on-my-bookshelf shelf. Woot!!

I just turned 40..."

Another neat title on your list...I think number 9 is really an interesting title. Have you ever read People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks? The main character is a person who restores ancient manuscripts and she finds all kinds of interesting things between the pages of the book she is working on. That always fascinated me.

Adrienne wrote: "I have to bite the bullet and admit that I just won't finish Lost 2013. I have 2 books left. I guess I will go ahead and move them to my Lost 2014 goal. Oy.

1. The Paris Wife
2. ..."

Adrienne - I really want to read number 10 on your list. It sounds really good.

Tien wrote: "nope, you don't have to read them in order. just like I told Bea, take a screen print of your last book's page so you know approximately where you're at for your next planning, if you get there ;)"

Ya, IF I get there, lol. You know how bad I am with that....