Eileen’s Comments (group member since Nov 29, 2020)

Eileen’s comments from the Between The Pages group.

Sylvs (NOVELty Reads) wrote: "Eileen wrote: "Oooh, actually, Illuminae is on my list and comes highly recommended, so I think I'll use books 1 and 2 for LoveOzYA and Co-written! Hee hee!"

Ooh yay! It's my favourite series so I hope you like it a lot :D"

Oooh, you make me want to read it even more!

Team: Villains
Book: The Riviera House
Pages: 480
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Prompt: PLACES, France
Extras: n/a

Team: Villains
Book: Lost in the Never Woods
Page: 384 pp
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Prompt: n/a
Extras: n/a

Team: Villains
Book: Pet
Pages: 228 pp
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Prompt: Genre, Magical Realism
Extras: n/a

Team: Villains
Book: Midnight Flight
Pages: 128
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Prompt: n/a
Extras: n/a

Oooh, actually, Illuminae is on my list and comes highly recommended, so I think I'll use books 1 and 2 for LoveOzYA and Co-written! Hee hee!

I enjoyed Vespertine quite a bit, but I agree with you that it's fairly dark. I haven't read any other works by that author though. I can't wait to see what you all think of Bitter. I loved their two other books and I will now read Pet, which is the first book of the Bitter Series. I didn't realize right off that Bitter was a prequel. What would you all recommend for IloveOzYA? Does it have to be set in Australia or can it be by an Australian author? I was seriously thinking of doing a reread of Abhorsen which takes place in the Old Kingdom (fictional place) but Garth Nix is a well known Australian author.

I think I have a book for each of the Tropes, but haven't started them yet. However, I've made a serious dent in the Diversity category. Bitter was the latest for LGBTQ+ Main Character and it blew my socks off. But the other two books I've read by the author have been equally good, so I was pretty sure I'd like this one. I also read a collection of Amanda Gorman Poems, plus a children's book for BIPOC Author. The Goldfish Boy was pretty cool for Mental Health Rep, and I mentioned Baraka beats up above. I also read New Kid, which was a graphic novel for First Book in a Duology. And Graveyard Book worked great for Britain. None of my books are especially long so far, but I'm having a blast with them. I did rack up some points for the Jimmy Carter Book (His Very Best) since it's 800 points and I wrote a review. But no prompt for that one, lol.

Team: Villains
Book: Bitter
Pages: 272
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Prompt: Diversity: LGBTQ+ Main Character
Extra: n/a

Team: Villains
Book: The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
Pages: 272
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Prompt: n/a

Team: Villains
Book: New Kid
Pages: 256
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Prompt: All for One, First in a Duology
Extra: n/a

Team: Villains
Book: The Graveyard Book
Pages: 325
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Prompt: Britain
Extra: BOTM (January)

Team: Villains
Book Name: His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life
Pages: 800
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Prompt: n/a
Extra: n/a

Okay, cool, thanks!

Team: Villains
Book Name: Call Us What We Carry
Pages: 240
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Prompt: BIPOC Author
Extra: n/a

Do books that don't fit a prompt count just for the readathon? LIke for page numbers and reviews? Or just the ones for the prompts? Trying to figure out if I should be recording my other books here. Thanks!

Sarah, I think I might read Bronzed Beasts for the Shimmy Pick, unless my request for Lore comes in on time. I'll save that slot for later. Supposedly it will become available from my library in 7 weeks, but it's usually faster than estimated.

And I'm glad my review made the Baraka Beats interesting. My sister recommended that one to me, and I'm so glad she did!

Okay, wow, I've read 7 of the books that won the Book Shimmy Award, lol!

I LOVE Lore. Hmm...maybe I should give that a reread. I read it as an ARC before it was published, so maybe I should listen to it. If I can fit it in, I'll do so!

Team: Villains
Book Name: Barakah Beats
Pages: 288 (3 points)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (5 points)
Prompt: Diversity, Asian Author Rep (2 points)
Extras: n/a