The Reading Challenge Group discussion

The Librivox audio for Enchanted April was so good that it just flew. Also, the professional audio of Eleanor and Park was terrific and that one flew, as well.

I think you were interested in both at one time, Holly, so I'm putting it out there.

I'm struggling so far, too, but only until tomorrow (I hope) - I'm preparing for a big craft sale tomorrow morning, but then I will be freeeeeeeee! Unless I get custom orders. Which would be awesome, but would also kind of suck.

Holly - there will be time to pick it up over break. Perhaps in the meant time some audiobooks? I know you've mentionned that you have quite a walk to some of your classes, so this might help.

Good luck with the craft sale, Faye!!!

Perhaps a topic out of left field..
Does anyone else get requests from complete strangers with nothing discernible in common? I have at least three recent requests from people with 2000-odd friends, no groups in common, and barely any books in common. I get a sense that they are authors and my guess is that they are trying to widen their audience. Is this familiar to anyone? What's your response?

Karen wrote: "Perhaps a topic out of left field..
Does anyone else get requests from complete strangers with nothing discernible in common? I have at least three recent requests from people with 2000-odd friends..."

Yes, Karen, this has been happening to me also lately.

Ditto. I only accept Friend Requests from people I've actually seen posting in the groups to which I belong.

Be needing good thoughts for my kitty. Bladder infection

I hope your cat feels better soon.

I hope your cat feels better soon, Sonya.

I'm so excited! Yesterday I ordered books for the first time in many, many months (darn budgets!) and my package is already en route and will be waiting for me when I get home tonight. Woot! I'm so excited to dive into As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride and Gray Mountain among others. #NewBooksMakeMeHappy

I know the feeling, Kassandra. Ordered The Madness Vase yesterday, a collection of poems by one of my favourite poets, Andrea Gibson. Thought I deserved a reward for writing all my essays. Still have to edit them, edit them some more, and hand them in, but they're written!

Should be here in the next few days, so it'll be a lovely reward for getting my first lot of coursework done.

#NewBooksDefinitelyMakeMeHappy

He might have to stay, overnight tonight

Staying up til 1am reading. #bookwormproblems

Best way to spend the night Hilly! I'm doing the same. #SweetDreamsAreMadeFromBooks

Well, now I'm kinda regretting it. Breakfast is way too early....

Lol. Yes. Always was.

Goodreads makes me laugh sometimes. When attempting to add my latest read to my Personal Challenge thread, the 'add book/author' search wasn't working.

It came up with this:

Search is temporarily unavailable.
Use this time to read a book!

Holly wrote: "Search is temporarily unavailable.
Use this time to read a book! "

LOL I haven't seen that one before!

It's mah berfday, and there is snoooooooooooow!!! *dances* So for those of you living in the part of North America that is unseasonably white - yes. That was me. I requested that. :D

Haha! Everyone should get their birthday wishes!!

Happy berfday Faye - Have a wonderful day :)

Thank you! :D

Faye wrote: "It's mah berfday, and there is snoooooooooooow!!! *dances* So for those of you living in the part of North America that is unseasonably white - yes. That was me. I requested that. :D"

Have a fun filled Berfday, Faye! Besides the snow, I hope there is quite a bit of cake. :D

Thanks, Melissa!

Happy birthday, Faye.

Thanks, everyone! And sorry, Sandy. ;)

Happy birthday Faye, hope you had a great day with lots of cake:-)

Happy birthday Faye! I'm glad your birthday wish was granted...but I hope you set a time limit on that wish...I hate having to brush snow off my car :)

Happy birthday, Faye. I hope you get spoiled!

In line waiting to get a copy of Revival signed by Stephen King in person!

I tried to find the thread in which we discussed children's book recs, but I am apparently blind as a bat, and can't locate it. :P

Anyway, I told Sandy I'd let her know what I ended up choosing, and in the end I went with Neverending Story as I indicated. However, I also remembered in the eleventh hour (ie after the order was already made) about the Diane Duane's Young Wizards series. They certainly meet all the requirements I posted about, but as I haven't personally read them, I'll discuss it with my mom whether it's something my sisters would be into. I will probably drag her to Powell's to have a look at the children's lit section. >:D

Thanks for all the birthday wishes! I had a great day and got spoiled rotten with tons of gifts, including two books - a beautiful one-volume hardcover edition of C.S. Lewis' space trilogy, and Tess of the D'Urbervilles, which is one of my favourite books but wasn't on my bookshelves yet. Yay!

Yay! It sounds like you had a wonderful day Faye.

Just noticed that the group has a chit chat thread going :) We're having weird weather right now (freezing temps and lots of snow-a month early for us), and it's caused me to want to bake and read, lol. I made up 4 batches of muffins and a pan of brownies today and I'm now trying to decide what book I want to start next (had The Giver lined up, but not feeling it right now). What's everyone else's weather like right now?

Cold and rainy here. Doesn't matter though. I'm going to KateKat's house for home-baked goodies!

it's cold here in tn and it snowed but didn't stick. it feels like winter already. :)

Renee wrote: "Cold and rainy here. Doesn't matter though. I'm going to KateKat's house for home-baked goodies!"

I made a new recipe today and it's amazing-Toasted Oat Raspberry muffins (you actually toast oatmeal before adding it, never done that before!). I wish I could pass one on to everyone so they could give it a try :)

KateKat, they sound wonderful, I'll try one! I've made a raisen-bran, banana with buttermilk muffins. Sooo good!

Here in Colorado for the last week, it has been snowy and below zero at night. You would think this is normal but we are usually around 50-60 degrees about this time of year. Its warming up to about 45 in the next couple of days. Yah!!! I can get out of my flannels.

Colder weather does the same for me, I get this overwhelming urge to bake. I have had so many different varieties of scones in my house over the last couple weeks, and baking French bread every week... Mmmmmmm. It's not even that cold, but it's cooler than summer. We're in the low to mid 60's here.

All you people using Fahrenheit confuse me! :P

And now I really want some muffins or something. I hate being a poor student :(

No, I do. My mum keeps on sending me chocolate and popcorn! :P

Microwaveable packets. Plus our microwave is really good at doing them, so it comes out great!

Today, I shocked my poetry tutor and seminar group when I said that I'd read the whole of Paradise Lost. Apparently that isn't something first year undergraduates have done?

Excuse me, do you know how awesome Satan is in it? Why wouldn't you want to read it?!

Clearly I'm just weird. I read hard books for fun. :P

One of the things that proves the awesomeness of our Holly. :)

Holly wrote: "Today, I shocked my poetry tutor and seminar group when I said that I'd read the whole of Paradise Lost. Apparently that isn't something first year undergraduates have done?

Excuse me, do you kno..."

I doubt very many people these days have read all of Paradise Lost. That's an amazing accomplishment.

Holly wrote: "Today, I shocked my poetry tutor and seminar group when I said that I'd read the whole of Paradise Lost. Apparently that isn't something first year undergraduates have done?"

This is a sad, sad world.

Becca, it's actually a really awesome read. I really enjoyed it :)

And Faye, I agree, it's a sad sad world. We are, however, studying parts of it in my Intro to Poetry module next week. Which is going to be super exciting!

Holly - it will be really exciting to see the reaction of all of your peers as they catch up to your level!

Who knows, Holly, maybe you'll inspire some of them to read some of these books on their own time rather than reading only the parts they need to read for the class!

You're an optimist Faye!