December Book Pals ~ Post Your Thoughts

[Autumn]

Once you and your Book Pal have selected and read your book, post what you thought of the book on this thread. Partners are listed in this thread below. Can't wait to hear about your book choices!

You can go to the original thread Book Pals and click on your partner to see their books and friend them.

** Just a Tip - I like to give my partner at least three books to choose from with one being my top choice. That way they have some freedom as well.


★ ★ IF you have made an attempt to contact your partner with no response, please private message me letting me know so I can work on getting you a new partner for the month. Please give it at least 7 days before posting a comment as not all of our members log in every day. THANK YOU!

Message 19 - Amy & Message 15 - Deb
Message 28 - Time & Message 8 - Chelsea
Message 23 - Dominique & Message 44 - Amber
Message 32 - Faouzia & Message 20 - Claire
Message 18 - Manju & Message 36 - Angela
Message 3 - Hannah & Message 30 - Lisa
Message 34 - Wolfrott & Message 43 - Kelly
Message 47 - Vera & Message 29 - Brenda
Message 21 - Laura & Message 46 - Taryn
Message 25 - Vera & Message 33 - Malia
Message 22 - Kim & Message 14 - Darkslyric
Message 13 - Perri & Message 39 - Christine
Message 6 - Lalla & Message 45 - Jamie
Message 27 - Denise & Message 38 - Jul
Message 4 - Kelby & Message 35 - Lee
Message 11 - Carla & Message 12 - Ray
Message 16 - La Tonya & Message 24 - Juliana
Message 17 - Kirsten & Message 48 - Autumn
Message 7 - Agnieszka & Message 26 - Daisy
Message 9 - Christina & Message 10 - Kerry
Message 37 - Gerard & Message 2 - Kim
Message 31 - Devi & Message 49 - Jamie

[Christine]

How do I figure out whom I've been partnered with?

[Devi]

Hi Autumn, i am not in the list :(

[Autumn]

Got you covered, Devi! Jamie will be emailing you!

[Chelsea]

Tim and I will be reading The Book of You. Not sure why it's been sitting on my shelf so long but excited to start it!

[Autumn]

Kirsten and I will be reading Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg. Cannot wait to read this winter themed book!

[Kirsten]

I'll be reading it in front of the fireplace with a blanket and a cuppa!

[Kelly]

Wolfrott and I will both be reading The Terror!

[Malia]

Vera and I are reading Angela Marson's Evil Games!

[Christine]

Autumn I haven't heard from my pal, after reaching out to her twice. She wrote me the first day and I responded , and wrote an additional time. What should I do ?

[Brenda]

Vera and I are going to read 18 Seconds by George D. Shuman. I'm looking forward to it!

[Kerry]

It's been seven days since I contacted my book pal and I haven't heard from her at all :(

[Autumn]

Christine, I emailed you, so check your messages! Kerry, I will see what I can do!

[Autumn]

Elgee and I will be reading Younger. This is her first time to do Book Pals, and missed signing up, so everyone make her feel welcomed! I know you will!

[Chelsea]

Kerry- do you still need a partner?

[Kelby *TwistedCactusReads*]

I will be reading The Gingerbread Man and Lee will be reading The Christmas Train

[Agnieszka]

Daisy and I will be reading

[Darkslyric]

Kim and I are reading . I have been wanting to read this one for quite awhile.

[Gayathri]

Yay am partnering with Autumn and we are reading 'Younger'.. this is my first book pal read, so all excited :)

[Christine]

Autumn wrote: "Christine, I emailed you, so check your messages! Kerry, I will see what I can do!"

Thanks! I heard from her.

[Agnieszka]

Welcome Elgee and you got a great book pal ;-)

[Faouzia]

Claire and i will be reading The Surrogate, looking forward to discussing this book :)

[Perri]

Darkslyric wrote: "Kim and I are reading . I have been wanting to read this one for quite awhile."

Christine and I are going to read this one too! What are the chances?!?

[Lisa]

Hannah and I decided to read Memoirs of a Geisha. If we have time we both ordered The Christmas Joy Ride from our libraries for fun.

[Brenda]

Vera and I have finished reading 18 Seconds and we both loved it!!

[Kirsten]

Just finished reading Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg, my and Autumn's Book Pal selection. (I think Autumn should be done soon.)

Here's my review:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Perri]

I loved The Perks of Being a Wallflower-a book I wouldn't have selected by myself https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Gayathri]

Yay.. Autumn and I finished our book and we love it.

Here is my review http://goo.gl/TKwRiq

[La Tonya]

Juliana and La Tonya read the The Great Christmas Knit Off. Below is my review. We both loved the book.

This is was delightful book that will make you laugh and feel good about Christmas. The story begins with Sybs being jilted at the alter by her husband-to-be Luke for her twin sister Sasha. Sybs goes to Tindledale to visit her friend, Cher, to get away from her sadness. In Tindeldale her heart is mended and all her dreams come true. It is a true Christmas story for those who still believe in Christmas.

Quote:
So news really does travel fast in Tindledale; at this rate the whole village will know all of my business before the weekend is out.

"Hurrah! How very civilized!" roars Marigold, making me want to shrivel up in the corner of the bus shelter and quietly evaporate.

"So I've got nothing now." And I end the call.

"I'm not your pal." "Then who the fuck are you?" Silence follows. "I'm Hettie"s son!"

[Famine]

Still reading with Kelly, slowly, as she had been busy so I paused my progress.

[Kirsten]

Wolfrott wrote: "Still reading with Kelly, slowly, as she had been busy so I paused my progress."

I want to read that. Unfortunately, my library doesn't have a copy.

[Famine]

Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "Wolfrott wrote: "Still reading with Kelly, slowly, as she had been busy so I paused my progress."

I want to read that. Unfortunately, my library doesn't have a copy."

I'd hold back before buying it though - its seriously dragging :( 300 pages so far and nothing's happened after the initial crisis.

[Famine]

Kelly and I to abandon The Terror :(

It was a bad book. I wrote a spoiler-filled review on the page, so here is a spoiler-free short version,

The other 1-star reviews nailed it; the story, the little there was, was overridden and bogged down with Simmons explaining what scurvy, frost-bite, and how food is prepared over and over.

The 'horror' and the monster was tossed away 300 pages in as the story/villain was replaced with in-fighting amongst the sailors due to homophobia, rum & food shortages, and marriage + political scandals that took place decades BEFORE the story.

Characters were extremely unsympathetic, boring, and one dimensional. Characterization was inconsistent and once again pushed aside in favor of another history lesson on scurvy, clothing, food prep, and how cold it was.

We were very sorry we picked it up :( first 150 pages or so were really promising.