Rachael’s Comments (group member since Mar 09, 2013)

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

I'm reading William Napier's second book about Attila now. Would that fit in somewhere on the spreadsheet?

Yay my third book is done.

Is there any gaps that need filling for this month?

Second March book is finished! I am loving Simon Scarrow

I've finished my first March book- Under the Eagle and it was great. Rushing to read the next one!

I feel a bit odd reading books like this- ones that I guess I consider as man's books. If I wanted to borrow one off my parents' shelves they would be the type I would avoid but now I've found I actually really enjoy them. Has anyone else noticed their book tastes changing over the years?

Am I able to add three books: Simon Scarrow's first three Eagle series as either S books or first, second and third of a series?

Snowtulip wrote: "Looking at the spreadsheet we really have a wide diversity of books...love it!

Rachael, how did you like Atilla? I'm kind of curious about it :)"

It was good actually, it's one of the better Roman fiction books I've read. It was written with a really modern tone and the blurb said it started with two boys in the fields of Asia but that doesn't happen until right at the end but it was still good enough that I'd probably read the sequel.

Eldarwen wrote:
Roswell is one of those series, like Friends, that I rewatch on a regular basis, though I watch Friends more often than anything else.
Roswell was s..."

I love Roswell! No one else I know has ever heard of it so I'm happy to find someone that has :)

I have finished my book so hand 5 is now done!

I think I'm going to read Attila next so I think that could count as Nine, or as the first of a series or as the random one.

Hi all,

I'm sorry this is so late! I was somewhat conned by Tess of the D'Urbervilles. When I flicked to the back it said it was 277 pages so I thought I'd whizz through, I didn't realise that was the number of pages of part two so it took me longer than I planned and I've been on holiday so not had a chance to get on here. I have now finished it.

I'm ready for my next book and can see the spreadsheet is full up so should I go for the Wild Card 4 or does someone want to trade one of their ones that they haven't read yet?

I will do :)

Could you put me down for 3 (or wild) in hand one with Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Hi all,

I'm very excited to be part of this challenge! I am from England and I read as much as I possibly can. I average around 3-4 books a month depending on how busy I am and I read all genres. I probably lean more towards thrillers or historical fiction and I'm not as keen on Fantasy but give everything a go.

I have hundreds of books so could match any card. Happy to take an unpopular one.

My book list is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Some of my recent favourite books are Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China and anything written by Derek Hansen but most particularly his Lunch with Mussolini

1. 3-4 books a month
2. England, GMT
3. Would rather not be captain

Maggie wrote: "My favourite book is beyond a doubt Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I love the Triwizard Tournament, and all of the challenges they have to go through. I think the most exciting one for me is the Mermaid Challenge."

It's mine too. I think it's a lot more exciting, has some really exciting new characters and we see a lot more character development from Harry, Ron and Hermione.

Hannah wrote: "Apart from the first film - I always thought that Hermione's hair was never bushy enough - and for some peculiar reason that always bugged me. Come on ... her bushy hair were hair trademark.."

Definitely agree! She needed a bit more frizz.

Yay finished! I am incredibly impressed with it and think it's well worth the hype. I was expecting it to be more Tolkien-esque with a quite long descriptive style but it's quite simple to read although there's so many characters that it's hard to remember who's who at times.
I keep looking at the rest of the series on my shelf thinking 'what on earth can he make the characters go through next?!'

Vanessa wrote: "I just finished watching season 1 and I absolutely loved the show. I'm now thinking of reading the books so I'm wondering what did many of you do, read the books before watching it or after watchin..."

I was going to ask that too. How many have watched the tv series? I've been going out of my way to avoid seeing it/hearing about the series so that I can read it first.

Territadlock06 wrote: "I wanted more than the one chapter. I would have loved a follow up book of their adult lives. I think it would have helped me say goodbye. For me , I needed closure. But maybe I just wanted her to keep writing the series. lol "

Would you have wanted it from Harry's perspective or someone like Luna or Neville?

The Harry Potter series are some of my favourite books of all time. I was the lucky generation in that I was basically the same age as Harry when each book was released so it really felt like I was growing up with him.
My favourite book used to be number 3 as it was very different from the others and gave us a break from Voldemort. However the more times I've read them, the goblet of fire has pushed its way to the front as it's so exciting and there's so much going on and then of course it finishes with Voldemorts big comeback!
For the film I'd say number 5 was great as it turned what is really a long and at times difficult book into a very exciting film.
My favourite character is Ron as he is just like any typical teenage boy who feels jealousy, struggles to fit in, too shy to tell hermione how he feels and puts up with Harry's mood swings.
The last book is fantastic but I really didn't like the last chapter with them as grown ups. For me it wasn't necessary and was just cheesy. What did anyone else think?