Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge discussion
2022 Weekly Check-Ins
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Week 9: 2/25 - 3/3
Jennifer W wrote: "Same! If I didn't have at least 2 other Jennifer's around me, it was weird. Oddly enough, the job I'm just leaving after almost 15 years, I only had a Jenny coworker the last year I've been there."I know exactly what you mean. I'm also a Jennifer W., and I was often Jennifer #3 or #4 in classes in school. One time at work, we had the three women named Jen(nifer) on a team together. We actually called ourselves Team Jen.
Jen wrote: "Jennifer W wrote: "Same! If I didn't have at least 2 other Jennifer's around me, it was weird. Oddly enough, the job I'm just leaving after almost 15 years, I only had a Jenny coworker the last yea..."O my, you have to listen all the time when they are saying Jennifer :-)!
I like not having people with the same name around me. On the other hand: my name is so rare people often mispronounce or misspell it... O, the problems with names... *smile*
Jennifer W wrote: "Jessica wrote: "Nadine in NY wrote: "Harmke wrote: "There’s 1 other book my name is in. It was so weird. 999 out of 1.000 times when I read or hear my name it’s for me. So this was really really we..."I'm right there with you. I don't think I've ever had a single class or job without another Sarah around!
Right there with all of you too -- I remember my US Gov't class in high school, there were three Ashleys. In a class of 20 people.
When I was in college, we had a single post office for the entire campus (it was not a large school). Every year before the start of the fall semester, the post office staff would go through their process to assign people to mailboxes, making sure anyone with the same first and last names shared a box. If mail came for Peter Swanson, for example (there were a lot of Scandinavian names), we would put it in the box they shared, and Peter M and Peter J would have to figure out which of them it was meant for. In my year, we had two Emily A Ericksons. They had to go by Emily Anne and Emily Ashley for their entire college career. It took everything in me the one time I met Emily Anne to not ask what that was like. Made me grateful to be a Melissa.
There was one other Erica in school but usually nobody else with that name. Although at the library requests are put out on a shelf with initials and I seem to have a twin who reads middle grade things.
Melissa wrote: "They had to go by Emily Anne and Emily Ashley for their entire college career."I just died laughing. Could you imagine how much worse it would've been if they had the exact same name?? They might have to be Emily 1 and Emily 2
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I just have to ask. What was the award?
"Today is book day at my nephew's school and he's dressed up as Willy Wonka, looking absolutely adorable."
How cool!
"This week I finished The Last Graduate. I'd forgotten a lot of aspects of the first book so I was pretty confused for the first few chapters. Luckily I got sucked back in but I hate cliff hangers when the next book isn't published yet"
I always have mixed emotions about being left with a cliffhanger and the next book is yet to be published...kinda like an itch I can't scratch! LOL
"Currently reading: Reputation which is basically regency Mean Girls and I'm loving it."
That's quite a description!
"Also reading Alone in Antarctica: The First Woman To Ski Solo Across The Southern Ice. Antarctica books are one of my niche obsessions."
That reminds me of The Right To Be Cold: One Woman's Story of Protecting Her Culture, the Arctic and the Whole Planet which I intended to read last year and never got to...this year! This year! Definitely this year!! LOL
"QOTW: I don't follow the theme months tbh"
Fair enough!
Carmen wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Hi Everyone!Summer Reading Program is getting close so I'm starting to finalize my plans for the six weeks of it. As Bartok say, "Stress. It's a Killer."
It's been okay weather wi..."
don't forget the dokuga (sesshomaru x kagome), and fanfiction.net. AO3 is the newest of my fanfic obsessions.
i'm even having a friend bind up some ghost hunt fanfic and an inuyasha one for me. there may be a Labyrinth one on the horizon later too. love having physical copies of beautiful stories.
Mandy wrote: "Carmen wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Hi Everyone!Summer Reading Program is getting close so I'm starting to finalize my plans for the six weeks of it. As Bartok say, "Stress. It's a Killer."
It's been ..."
I left ff.net behind me a looooong time ago. Their censuring and incredibly strict rules severely put me off. Not to mention their searching system is a disaster. AO3 is the way to go for me, haha!
I have truly fallen into the Suits trashcan again, though. Watched 9 episodes of the first season with a friend today (their first time) and got them hooked so this is going to stick for a while, hahah!
Not so late this week, lol.Snow Crash was my Popsugar choice for a character who lives a double life. This book was an experience and I went back and forth on if there was enough of a double life.
The Sweet Taste of Murder wasn't for a challenge, but was a good cozy mystery.
Death at La Fenice was for Popsugar sister cities, Venice. My other one will be Israel, I think.
Cocaine Blues was for ATY, my third book set in a different country. I amused myself greatly by picking books set in the 1920s.
Flying Too High was for ATY historical fiction.
QotW: I'm not really planning anything in particular. I do have a lot of female authors up next, but that's not planned. For a recommendation, maybe Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype.
Mandy wrote: "In truth, I've been reading fanfiction this week. Archive of My Own has gripped me in its grasp and has not let go yet..."Girl, you know we are always up for fanfic recs 👀 As Carmen once pointed out, anything posted on AO3 could, theoretically, fulfill the "Hugo award winner" prompt.
I just kept plugging along on books this week! I was right that I had WAY too many checked out, and had to let a few go, but they were ones I hadn't started yet. I have also picked up a somewhat dangerous habit. When I have some time to kill but I don't want to go home in between, I walk into Barnes and Noble and wander around reading the backs of books. I take pictures of the ones I want to remember. It really isn't helping my TBR, but I found a bunch of new books that I want to read!Overall, I am now 15/50 for the challenge, which is a better start than I have ever had on one of these.
Finished:
The School for Good and Evil - 17. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022
⭐⭐1/2
Look, I am sure some people will LOVE this book. I read Howl's Moving Castle earlier, and that loved it. That is a middle grade book too. But for some reason, this one just felt like a middle grade book. Throughout the whole book, I really thought I was going to rate it higher. The culmination of the action is where is lost me. It was cringy to me at many points. Anyway, I think the characters had promise, I think the themes were important, and I liked the overall storyline. I just found myself trying to get through it to finish it.
The Last Thing He Told Me - 46. A book about someone leading a double life
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Maybe it is because I listened to the audiobook for this, but it really sucked me in! It didn't get five stars mainly because the plot was pretty predictable. I did see most of the twists from a mile away. The second reason is I wasn't really sure things were always as feasible as the author made them sound. Just dropping everything and leaving town when Owen was under investigation? No search warrant the whole time? I just would have thought if they were investigating the boss and Owen was this tech-savvy guy... why didn't they seize his laptop right away? That being said, those are minor details. The ending was so good, and the relationship growth was so beautiful. Some reviewers mentioned grammatical mistakes, but the audiobook narrater was wonderful (once I sped her up).
Currently Reading:
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
Under the Whispering Door
In Five Years
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
House of Earth and Blood
QOTW
I have been making an effort to intentionally read more books based on the month's celebration. I am not sure exactly what I will read yet, but I am going to look through everyone's suggestions and pick one!!
Been absent from the group for a few weeks, but back in the reading habit now and still on track to meet my goal of 50 books this year. Handed in my notice at work and getting ready for my start date for my new role next month. Also finding the situation in Ukraine terribly difficult and my thoughts are with anyone who has a loved one directly impacted by the war. It is a worrying world we live in right now, especially after COVID, but so heartened to see the acts of generosity, support, and humanity throughout the world against this unconscionable act. Lent season is upon us and, despite being an atheist(!), I am using it as an opportunity to build my meditation into a daily habit - 4 days in and so far so good!PS: 15/50
Finished this week Get A Life, Chloe Brown for 18. A romance novel by a BIPOC author- later than anticipated, but enjoyed the book. More raunchy than I had expected, but struck by the exploration of the daily life of someone with fibromyalgia and how it affects every part of their existence. Two characters with their own struggles that found a way to find happiness together. The monument scene was.... surprising!!
Currently Reading Half way through The Underground Railroad audiobook. Started Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (my fave HP book) for Harry Potter and the Sacred Text and started The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Also planning to listen to The Island of Sea Women this week.
QOTQ I don't tend to read towards these themes - not organised enough to make it happen!!
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What's the deal here? Last time I spent any serious time reading fanfic was back in 2006, and I think I used fanfiction.net a lot. But obviously I'm not up on any recent developments.
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That's really interesting!! I know a lot of atheists who celebrate Easter (in a secular way), but I've never met an atheist who observes Lent before!! Were you raised with it?
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I had to speed this one up too. I didn't like Lowman at all in the last audiobook I listened to read by her (the second Veronica Mars book) but now I wonder if I just needed to speed her up. I don't usually change the speed.
My reading slowed down in February, but seems back on track and this week I finished three books:Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson for a book set on a plane, train or cruise ship
A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow for a book I know nothing about
The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher for a book by the same author I read last year (I read A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking in 2021).
I'm up to 10 books completed for the challenge, but I am reading a lot of other books that don't necessarily fit the categories, particularly nonfiction. Though I did just start How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu, which was published in 2022, and I'm working on You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo, which has a blurb by one of my favorite authors (Ann Leckie) on the cover.
I'm sort of also reading Seveneves by Neal Stephenson which I started back in January. I am committed to finishing it, but as much as I liked the first half of the book, the second half really drags. And even more so in the last quarter or so. I guess that's a risk with such a long book, which could really easily be a whole trilogy. Just be forewarned.
Nadine in NY wrote: "What's the deal here? Last time I spent any serious time reading fanfic was back in 2006, and I think I used fanfiction.net a lot. But obviously I'm not up on any recent developments."ff.net went corporate, so you get all kinds of ads in your face to start with. Then they are *very* strict. No song lyrics, no E rated fics (they never had an E rated option but a lot of the Mature stuff would be E). Being called out on using song lyrics already sat wrong with me, so I was debating finally trying out AO3, but then they did a purge of the site to get rid of anything explicit.
Only to then proceed to leave straight explicit fics up, and take down a whole bunch of queer fic that wasn't even remotely explicit.
On top of that you can't really filter to find what you're looking for which was starting to really bother me, so I moved to AO3, took some time to get used to it, and never looked back.
There is also no protection whatsoever on ff.net, whereas AO3 will fight for you. Donations go towards keeping the site running, expanding on how many users can use it without glitches, and for lawsuits when they arise. And like I said before, they won a Hugo Award! How cool is that, haha!
These days the Main 3 for fics are AO3, ff.net, and Wattpad. The latter is pretty much ridiculed among most, as the quality there tends to be Not Great (a lot of young people), but it is the place where you can find original fiction as well. ff.net used to be the biggest one, but most people stay away from it now due to everything that's happened, and with AO3's tagging system as it is, most don't even *want* to go back, because now they can search for what they want to read so specifically! Currently AO3 is the Big One, and in my opinion, very well deserved too.
Recently some Dutch journalist wrote an article on fanfiction and went 'Harry Potter is the most written fandom with xxx fics!' so I went to look at AO3 and just ... no? Turns out she'd only looked at ff.net, which these days is a major rookie mistake.
*coughs*
Thanks for coming to my presentation xD
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thanks!! that's a very clear & detailed answer!
Nadine in NY wrote: "That's really interesting!! I know a lot of atheists who celebrate Easter (in a secular way), but I've never met an atheist who observes Lent before!! Were you raised with it?"Yeah raised Catholic so used to observing Lent as a kid. Plus my partner is Catholic and always gives something up over Lent. I like the personal challenge of it and always seeking a way to ingrain healthy habits!
Nadine in NY wrote: "thanks!! that's a very clear & detailed answer!"Any time! :D
No time for a proper post, just wanted to jump in on the name discussion. My name is pretty rare to encounter in a book or in person. Might be more common in Europe or South America, but not here. I used to joke that I could never find one of those souvenir license plate things with my name on it. My co-worker went to Argentina for vacation one year, and brought me one from there. It was very sweet of her to remember.I just went into Outlook and checked. My company of over 16,000 employees (plus volunteers and interns makes more than that) has only one other Milena.
I missed last week's check-in and almost forgot to check in again this week. None of the books I finished worked for any open prompts (well...I'm debating on one so this may change), but I've finished three books since my last check-in. I'm still at 2/40 and 1/10 for this challenge but am now at 10/75 for my overall Goodreads Reading Challenge. Finished:
* Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear, which was a book club pick for February -- we had a good discussion last Friday;
* The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb by Neal Bascomb, which was another book club pick for February. I didn't get it finished before that group discussed it, but still enjoyed the discussion. I had a hard time concentrating on a WWII book about a potential nuclear threat with everything going on in the world right now but did find the book interesting -- well-researched and well-written; and,
* The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner and narrated by Lorna Bennett, Lauren Anthony, and Lauren Irwin. This is one of my book clubs' picks for March. I've been debating about using it for one of the advanced prompts (double life or two POVs...though there are three).
Currently Reading:
* Something to Hide by Elizabeth George, which is my latest Goodreads Giveaways win and 700+ pages. I'm finally over the halfway point (near the 400-page mark) and feel like the story has finally picked up/gelled a bit more; and,
* The Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
QotW:
We have another month’s celebration for March: Women’s History in Australia, the UK, and the US. Are you planning to read any specific books in honor of this celebration during March? If so, what are those? And…are there any specific books you would recommend? I don't typically plan out my reading, so don't have any specific authors or titles lined up. I tend to read a fair number of female authors in general (the book I just finished was written by one and one of the books in progress is, too), so I think I'll just naturally read something this month that would fit. Off the top of my head, I'd recommend anything by Lisa See, Megan Abbott, and Laura Lippman since I love how they explore female relationship dynamics. If I hadn't already read (and loved) The Island of Sea Women, I would have read it for this month's group read. For non-fiction, I'd recommend A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell, which was one of my favorite reads from last year.
Lynn wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Wow, I can't believe I'm actually on time for a check in! I'm currently on my way home from Scotland after my awards ceremony for work. Thankfully I didn't have to make a speech or an..."I was employee of the year for my hotel. I was a runner up for the company overall which is still pretty good. I was dreading the awards because they sounded like an introverts worst nightmare but I actually had fun. It was nice to have my hard work recognised too
Running way late this week. I've switched Ballad & Dagger by Daniel José Older to the prompt A book about a band or musical group which it fits beautifully. I found another book for the prompt I was using it for.
I also read the second book in the duology for the A duology (2) prompt Faith: Greater Heights by Julie Murphy I felt underwhelmed. How disappointing.
QOTW No, I tend not to read to themes much. Instead I try to support women authors year round. However I am reading Queen of Thieves: The True Story of "Marm" Mandelbaum and Her Gangs of New York right now so that should count
Kind of late check in, this week really got away from me! Work has been busy, busy, busy- but it's wild, even when there's something stressful going on, this new job is still so much better than the last place I was at.Finished
I'm So (Not) Over You- this was really disappointing. I had such high hopes- it started strong, but fell apart at the end. I feel like there were all these things being hinted at, but then it never went anywhere. Like, did they decide to change the plot halfway through?? This would work for 18. A romance novel by a BIPOC author, but I think I'll use a book I actually like
This Is Paradise: Stories- I really liked this collection of short stories. The title story will probably one of the best short stories I read this year. Highly recommend this collection
15. A book by a Pacific Islander author
Currently read
Several People Are Typing- started reading this a couple hours ago, and I'm really liking it. About a dude who gets sucked into the slack app and is trying to get out. Told all in slack messages, so it's super quick to read. Don;t think it works for any prompt
QotW
I haven't planned anything specific for Women's History month. I think most of the books I read are written by women anyways. I did get a copy of The Island of Sea Women from the library so if I have the time, I'll read that one. I also have been wanting to read Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship, so maybe I'll get to that. We'll see.
Nadine in NY wrote: "Chloe wrote: "Lent season is upon us and, despite being an atheist(!), I am using it as an opportunity to build my meditation into a daily habit - 4 days in and so far so good! ..."That's really interesting!! I know a lot of atheists who celebrate Easter (in a secular way), but I've never met an atheist who observes Lent before!! Were you raised with it?"
I do this too. While I don't observe any religions myself, my Dad's entire side is Catholic and so we used to have to go to church with our Grandparents when we were with them. My mom was a Buddhist (went to church with her too) and my dad doesn't go to church since he left private school.
Some years I decide to use the time of lent to help with something I may be struggling with or want to change. One year about 10 or so years ago I gave up Cola for lent and I was doing grave shifts at the time, boy was that hard!
My name is not rare but it isn't common either. It never is in style or out of style. However there are different spellings and the 'H' spelling never pops up on those mugs or magnets or whatever. Or perhaps I should say rarely. A few years ago a friend and I were checking out souvenirs at Grand Canyon when she started complaining how her name 'Elizabeth' is no longer fashionable and she can't find it on mugs etc. But there were 3 variations of 'Tiffany'. I of course started in on my rant of never finding the correct spelling, etc. We both wandered off in different directions. I never checked the mugs.Hours later, over dinner, she handed me a bag with a souvenir Grand Canyon mug - with my name correctly spelled! I was so excited! I of course treasure it.
My name spelled with an 'h' shows up in books from time to time.
In this weird part of the year where one day it's 60 degrees and the next it's supposed to snow. I'll take the nicer days when we get them, and struggling that it's already Sunday- I'm just not ready to give up my weekend just yet. Desperate to plan some vacations this year- feel like I haven't gone anywhere in 2 years.12/80 GoodReads Challenge
11/50 PopSugar Challenge
Finished:
1.) The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai (#42 2 languages) ⭐⭐⭐: I went with the audio and I think I appreciated the dialect and correct pronunciations, I somehow didn't connect as much as I had hoped.
Currently Reading:
1.) All Things Reconsidered: How Rethinking What We Know Helps Us Know What We Believe
2.) Pachinko
3.) The Golden Couple
QoTW: Are you planning to read any specific books in honor of this celebration during March? If so, what are those? And…are there any specific books you would recommend? No, not specifically planning to read any books for these celebrations.
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yeah I never check the mugs! It's not going to happen for me.
Theresa is one of those names that everyone knows, but there's at least four different ways to spell it. My mom's middle name is Therese. (And her first name is Dianne. It's like her mother wanted to curse her with a common name that would never be spelled correctly. Oddly enough, and this was unplanned, the spelling of Dianne means that my mom and I have the same letters in our names!)
Katy wrote: "Mary wrote: "Wow. This week flew by and I'm going to be teaching sexting class all morning, so I think today will go by fast as well. .."Sexting class? Do I want to know?"
I KNOW I Do!!! LOL -
I still have the sticker set that was the first and only time I even found my name on a personalized item. If I was willing to settle for 'Ken' I could find a bunch, but not always. Usually, the uglier the design, the more likely 😋
Nadine in NY wrote: "Theresa wrote: "My name is not rare but it isn't common either. It never is in style or out of style. However there are different spellings and the 'H' spelling never pops up on those mugs or magne..."How cool you are an anagram of each other!
Therese is the French version, though Thérèse needs the accents to be truly french.
This week I finished two books, which puts me at 13/40 for the PS challenge.1. Dawn by Octavia E. Butler - Absolutely frightening and creepy, yet I couldn't stop reading. I will not be finishing the series. This was for prompt #39 SFF own voices book
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid - I have a new favorite author. This book was so good. I have more books slotted into my reading plan by her this year so I hope I love them as much. This was for prompt #11 #booktok recommendation.
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1. Dawn by Octavia E. Butler - Absolutely frightening and creepy, yet I couldn't stop reading. I will not ..."
Kindred was the first book I read by Octavia Butler, and back when I picked it up, I hadn't heard much about it, Butler wasn't as well known as she is today. Either I'd previously heard the vague plot outline of Dawn and got them confused, or I made assumptions based on the title, but I was NOT expecting what I got with Kindred. I was FULLY expecting the "Kindred" to be creepy time-traveling aliens who had landed on earth and were rounding up enslaved humans. I was quite a ways into the book before I finally gave up on expecting aliens and realized I had been way off. Basically, I was expecting something like Dawn. (I have read both Kindred and Dawn by now. I never did finish the series. Butler's writing style is kind of dry and lacking in flourishes, and it's weird that I'd complain about that, because I hate purple prose, but I guess I like a little bit of it.)
Morning everyone. Sitting here in slightly wet Armidale. Hubby went back to Balranald to work yesterday and the dog and I are here by ourselves at least for the next month. I should be using that as granddaughter cuddle time but I have Shingles. Yeahhhh.....bloody chicken pox lays dormant until it thinks you've forgotten about it (I had it around 50 years ago) and then one day bam. Remember me?? Nasty things. Lots of nerve pain. I did see somewhere that the Covid jabs/boosters are triggering it in some people. It also hits when you've had cancer treatment or if your body is run down for some other reason. You know...like having 80% of your stomach taken out. So it's probably the Weight Loss Surgery that did it with the subsequent dehydration and lack of decent nutrition. Dr Google says that you can give chicken pox to someone who has never had it but you can't actually give someone shingles. Actual Doctor says that's unlikely but maybe possible so I'm not risking it with a 13 month old. It was heart breaking when she wanted me to pick her up yesterday. She couldn't understand why I wouldn't pick her up. Hopefully the stupid thing goes away soon. It's also making it hard to sleep. Anyhoo....Haven't read anything at all this week. I have put together a few Lego sets though. Mostly Harry Potter as well as a bunch of flowers (I'm away so often and usually home for only a small amount of time so I decided to get something that wouldn't die to put in my pretty cut glass vase). Just finished the HP Fluffy encounter one. Got to pick up the Hospital wing set this afternoon from the shops. And I just ordered a few more online. One I've been looking for that I couldn't find anywhere that's being retired (HP Ravenclaw/Charms class) and a couple of flower ones, a small Disney castle and a Donald Duck brickhead. On Friday I found my reading area again and I took all of my daughters DVDs off the shelves in the lounge room (she lived here for 3 years by herself before moving away with her boyfriend and I've still got a heap of her shit hanging around) and replaced them with my collectibles again. It does mean that I have bags of DVDs in the hallway ready for them to be taken home but it does also mean that I can look at my own things for the first time in nearly 2 years. Also today I'm granddog sitting as my daughter and her fiance are going to the next big town to pick up their wedding rings and he is Darcy's twin brother and they like running around the farm like maniacs. It has been raining and they want to come in but that means drying them which is annoying. Darcy went in there yesterday for a play date. He loves playing with his brother.
So yeah no finished books and I'm still currently reading all that I was reading before and no progress on Popsugar or ATY. Haven't even bought books this last week. Just Lego. Pretty boring life really.
I finished:A Discovery of Witches (#16). I tolerated this book but it was way too long. I also felt the background characters were more developed than than main character.
Muted (#38). I picked this book because I thought it was going to be sapphic. SPOILER ALERT! It's not. I didn't enjoy this book at all. I completed it because my students were doing verse novels and I was reading one with them.
Still reading:
The Bennet Women (#18). I am liking this but not fully engaged in . Started:
Atonement (#25). I am already not really liking this. I am listening to it as an audiobook, so I will most likely complete it. However, I will be slow going.
Shout (#19). 
Blood & Bone (#36) I am reading this as part of a book club. Not sure what this is about.QOTW: I don't typically read for a particular month. I try not to force my reading because that tends to make me not want to read. I just go with how the mood moves me.
I have decided to get back into running and working out, so I find myself with so many more books. I’d rather listen to a book then music while running, that way I’m not slowing down to change a song. Though I do find it annoying to have to fast forward through the more spicy parts. QOTD: I didn’t really have any particular books picked for this month; just trying to get through my lofty pile of library books. I just realized that my library is doing a “Women’s Month Reading Challenge”, so I have to see if any of the books would fit any of the prompts.
2021- I only have 39 more for last year
PS: 40/50
RW: 15/28
RH: 18/24
HP: 52/52
ATY: 36/52
2022-
PS: 7/50
RH: 2/24
GR: 58/365
HP: 8/52
ATY: 8/52
Currently Reading:
Witch Please
James Potter and the Hall of Elders’ Crossing
All the Young Dudes
Goblin
Cackle
Spells like Teen Spirit
Nancy Drew Diaries: The Red Slippers
Call Us What We Carry
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
The House in the Cerulean Sea
The Quick Fix Kitchen
Waiting for the library to renew:
No Words
Witches Steeped in Gold
Finished:
Payback’s a Witch
The Stranger in the Lifeboat
The House in the Cerulean Sea
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Mary wrote: "Katy wrote: "Sexting class? Do I want to know?"So I'm a juvenile probation officer and my county has a huge problem with juveniles sending nude photos to others and forwarding other people's pict..."
And we thank you. I do not understand the concept of sending a photo. Are you submitting this for approval? Like, "behold my junk and view it's splendor!" I feel that very few relationships were cemented by a blurry, untouched photo.
Allie wrote: "Mary wrote: "Katy wrote: "Sexting class? Do I want to know?"So I'm a juvenile probation officer and my county has a huge problem with juveniles sending nude photos to others and forwarding other ..."
I just spat out my orange juice at "behold it's splendour!"
Katrina wrote: "I finished:A Discovery of Witches (#16). I tolerated this book but it was way too long. I also felt the background characters were more developed than than main character.
[book:..."
Atonement is slow for the first third (intentionally). Once you get past that, the pace improves. I wound up really liking it, but stab me in the eye with a pen over that first section...
Jennifer W wrote: "Katrina wrote: "I finished:A Discovery of Witches (#16). I tolerated this book but it was way too long. I also felt the background characters were more developed than than main cha..."
Thanks for that because I thought I was going to crash my car this morning while she talked about a vase for 15 minutes. I am going to try and hang in there at least to 25% of the audiobook.
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I will never understand men and their desire to send unsolicited photos of their junk.
Allie wrote: "Mary wrote: "Katy wrote: "Sexting class? Do I want to know?"So I'm a juvenile probation officer and my county has a huge problem with juveniles sending nude photos to others and forwarding other ..."
I thinkif anyone sent me a "behold it's splendour" pic, I'd send back a laughing emoji. That ought to do the trick.
Jennifer W wrote: "Katrina wrote: "I finished:A Discovery of Witches (#16). I tolerated this book but it was way too long. I also felt the background characters were more developed than than main character.
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Atonement is slow for the first third (intentionally). Once you get past that, the pace improves. I wound up really liking it, but stab me in the eye with a pen over that first section......"
I loved Atonement the movie so I assumed I'd love the book but I DNF'd it after a few chapters, which took the whole of my 21 day library borrow to get through...
Shannon wrote: "Also, just a fun fact for everyone here, Cindy is my mom. :)"AHhHHHHH Welcome Cindy!!!! How fun is this?!!! I wish my mom even read, period.
Mary wrote: "So I'm a juvenile probation officer and my county has a huge problem with juveniles sending nude photos to others and forwarding other people's pictures around school."This is so interesting Mary! Thanks for expanding on this. 🤗
Kelsey wrote: "It's been quite the week and I haven't done much reading. I found out on Monday that my mom passed away. I was adopted as a kid by my grandparents so I haven't had much of a relations..."Oh Kelsey, I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your mom.
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