Cat’s Comments (group member since Jan 12, 2017)

Cat’s comments from the The Perks Of Being A Book Addict group.

So Melissa, is it Iced next? ;-P

@Camilla. Washing windows seems a very odd family bonding Easter activity! I can't help being glad that it's not happening for you this weekend! Reading & drinks & chat with neighbours is more like it!

Finished 13 Apr
A Monster Calls
Fits standalone, O'Conor char, Patrick author
Ness author

And, Yay! Two nine books! Just what we need!

I haven't seen the recent Mark Rylance film, no. Though I gather it's pretty good (the nephew says).

Melissa wrote: "I might pick up that book for my own daughters - it looks extremely interesting and necessary for all children to read!"

Yeah, there are a few out now with similar vibe, including ones promoting women in STEM careers. I went for that one because of the historically kick-ass women and women in all sorts of careers - creative as well as STEM.

Melissa wrote: "Oh no!!!

That is terrible! and a bit funny :D

I wonder where he got that idea from tho - it's funny how much kids hear things other adults don't think they do.

I hope the book works it would be a shame if he continued to grow up thinking those things :(..."

I've no idea where it came from! His mother works, his aunties work (and he sees us a lot!)
I can only blame his current obsession with knights & fighting.
Happily, though, they live near-ish to Colchester, home of the brilliantly fierce fighter-queen Boudicca, so he'll learn about her & love her.

But there is a sad lack of knight books with the princess/girl as the knight. I try my best, and he's a big fan of Matilda & the BFG (Roald Dahl - how great an author is he?!)

oh! I want to share this horror from the nephew:

The other day I was playing with him, who a year ago would play at being the queen or princess or what have you. We were playing with Lego people, and mine was the queen. I tried to have her fight with his knight, or do some police stuff (ride a police bike - you know, stuff).

"No! You can't do that Auntie Catherine!"

He announced that queens and princesses do NOT fight or have jobs. Their jobs are to stay in the castle and have babies.

Honestly!

He then added that they could come out sometimes if they were needed to cut a ribbon to open a building, but then they must go back to the castle to have their babies.

You should've seen my horror & outrage!

So I'm buying him & his sister (who is too much into princesses for my liking) Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

Your update to easter egg hunt sounds great - I can imagine that working well! :) Only hope you don't regret it too much with the movie choices!

Melissa wrote: "We're about 10 books behind where we should be at this point but nothing too crazy we cannot overcome :)

I plan on reading quite a bit over the weekend so hopefully I can complete 2 or 3 books by ..."

have we heard from Sarah? she Ok? life taken over?

Nothing specific. They're going to a local castle which is having a knights day - jousting & such, but I'm wimping out of that (think tickets are sold out anyway, which helps!)
It'll be a fair amount of running around playing knights & wicked witches (or similar) with my nephew (4) and being bossed about by my niece (2) - wordlessly, mind you. She's awesomely good at getting her own way with very little talking. Her brother at that age you couldn't shut up!

In light of our need for 9s, I'm reading Nevernight right now, and snagged a couple of Patrick Ness books off KU (including A Monster Calls which is pretty short)
I'm aiming to get at least 2 Ns done this long weekend, though I do have a day with the niblings & family which'll put paid to full on read-fest weekend.

Do any of you guys have particular Easter weekend plans? or just food & family?

finished Lady Susan
fits
4 - Frederica char
6 - Susan char
0 - standalone
7 - Vernon char
8 - England setting

Finished For Fukui's Sake: Two Years In Rural Japan 12 apr
For title
Standalone
Sam author

:)

though how will you get any reading done, with that sitting, tempting you?!

Camilla wrote: " Great about the reverse, I hadn't realised that! "

I'd read it before I joined GR, so it wasn't marked as read in the system. I've done so now. :)

Camilla, I'm sad to hear that the audio of A Passage to India isn't great :( I enjoyed the book (reverse! tick!) very much (and the film), probably more so that the other Forsters I've read. The culture clashes and perils of a romantic outlook were well explored, I thought.

The Wonder Fin 11 Apr
Fits
Standalone
O'Donnell character
The title
Ireland setting
Emma author
Kitty character

63 books still to read, in 19 days! we can do that!

Books I am reading / plan to read are:
Early Warning (2/3/4/6/8)
The Wonder (0/1/5/8)
Lady Susan (0/6)
For Fukui's Sake: Two Years In Rural Japan (0/4/6/??)
Inspector Hobbes and the Bones (3/4/5/??)
Nevernight (1/9/Skip/??)

There'll be others, but these are the currently known plans

Melissa wrote: "Is anyone reading for the 2 Yellow or has a book that will fill it and will read it?"

I have a possible, yes. but wouldn't get around to reading it until later this month

Melissa wrote: "updated to here - Emma go for it! I'm still planning on finishing my book but I'll shelve it for later in the month and work on other stuff. It was slow for me to get into it anyway."

more or less slow than Iced?? #notforgotten!