Alondra’s Comments (group member since Dec 01, 2021)

Alondra’s comments from the On The Same Page group.

Lindsey wrote: "Alondra wrote: "Congratulations, Lindsey!!! Woo-Hoo!!! 🤗📚📚"

Thanks!!! 😁 now if i can hit 13 books read on the other 3 lists."

Exactly; I feel you on that one!

Quarterly Update - October: Well, I've read quite a bit since July. Catching up on a bunch of Kindle books, and finding mojo after being away from my lists. Not too many duds. Thank goodness.

Completed:

23. Deal or No Deal: A Case from the Midnight Eye Files 4 Stars
24. Night Terrors 4 Stars
25. The Girl Who Hid in the Trees 3 Stars
26. The Book of Riley 1 4 Stars
27. Flesh Harvest 3.5 Stars
28. Zombie Fallout 3.5 Stars
29. Marrow's Legacy 4 Stars
30. Peace Talks 3.75 Stars

August

31. The Cat Who Wasn't There 3 stars
32. Mapping the Interior 3 Stars
33. Blood on the Boardwalk: A Nightshade Station Short Story 3 Stars
34. Monstress, Volume 5: Warchild 4.5 Stars
35. Sentinels 3 Stars
36. Night and Day in Misery 4 Stars
37. The Indigo Room 3 Stars


September

38. Photographing the Dead 4 Stars
39. The Skydivers 3 Stars
40. The Blanks 3.5 Stars
41. Eerie Basin 3.5 Stars
42. Sad Cypress 3.5 Stars
43. No Man's Land 4 Stars
44. A Farewell to Arms 3.5 Stars

Currently Reading:

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy - Yes, Non-Fiction. Trying to get back into NF again. Its always immersive, interesting and comforting. I say comforting, because i'm learning something new or getting more in depth with something I already knew.

Midnight Mass - So far, this is nothing like the show. The vamps have tiers and have taken over a significant portion of the U.S. Sounds about right....

I'm still thinking about Orbital Cloud. I need to just stop overthinking it, and just plow thru!

On the Nightstand:

An Overdose of Death
Killadelphia, Vol. 2: Burn Baby Burn
Battle Ground
Record of a Spaceborn Few
Set in Darkness
The Secret Place

Pam wrote: "Thank you Alondra! I can't even predict what I am going to read for the upcoming month, let alone the year! I don't know why it is so hard! But, I do manage to read a few on my list every year. I will definitely add some of the unread ones to next year's lis..."

You're so welcome! The challenge is hard, because we're asking readers to stick to a plan. Reading is finicky and many times based on mood. It is really hard sticking to the list, when there are millions of books out there.

Congratulations, Alissa!! So proud of you! Woot! 🥳

Congratulations, Lindsey!!! Woo-Hoo!!! 🤗📚📚

Pam wrote: "For this challenge, I only expect to read 1 or 2 more books, maybe I Capture the Castle, Time out of Joint, or The Backyard Bird Chronicles. ..."

..and THAT is fine. Just glad you joined the challenge and glad that you are reading. ☺️

John wrote: "Alondra wrote: "Hey John, just checking in to see how you are feeling about the challenge??"

Wow, I didn't have my notifications on so I just saw this. As with every challenge, my reading takes un..."

no problem, and I hear you. Life be Lifin'..... 😂

Mary wrote: "Hi Alondra

Gardening and being outside sounds lovely. Sometimes the books just have to wait! Fall is the perfect time to get back into it."

Thanks Mary; and yes, it was lovely and just a great year for gardening.

☺️🪴

Congratulations, Vikki!! Woot!!

Sorry it ended on a sour note though. I hate when trilogies or a series doesn't end well.

Jami wrote: "Alondra wrote: "Congratulations, Jami!! Woot!!"

Thanks!!!! Onward to 2026 LOL!"

🤗🥳🥳

Karen wrote: "I admit - I started my list for next year. I am always thinking - what will I read next??"

Good grief. I just can't..... 😩😩😭😂

Also; 10 books down and only 2 to go!!! Woohoo! 🥳

Completed All Our Wrong Todays



3.5 Stars

I hated the MC; Tom/John/Victor? (🙄) The science jargon and multiverse/past/time travel story was very interesting; but Tom? No. I don't find the "charm" that gets mentioned, as something that should be attributed to a literal "f*c* boy"... sorry, not sorry. No matter how flawed he tries to make other characters in order to make Tom look like a great guy; it's not working. This is one of those times where I should have read reviews before reading. IMHO, the mc is selfish. He uses his so called ignorance to mold the world how he wants it. Just ugh.

Like I stated before; the time travel and science in the novel was interesting and pretty easy to follow. I am no science/time travel expert; so, if any of the things mentioned are inaccurate, then don't blame me.

I would like to state that my review should not dissuade anyone else from reading this novel. Apparently its great.

Lea wrote: "Alondra wrote: "This was a rough one. I had the nerve to read this, Sula, and Tar Baby; back to back. I was a wreck."

Wow. I am hoping to read this book this month or next...and I already know I c..."

Yeah, I was young and in my feelings. LOL

I really enjoyed The First Law trilogy from Joe Abercrombie, and have this new on my tbr ready and waiting. I don't think I have any grimdark on my lists this year. Only on my series.

Great update, Bill

Glad you are still enjoying Murderbot. I think book 5 is the full length novel (or is it 4), and its not as good. I think she needs to leave the formula alone and keep these as novellas. It was still enjoyable though.

The Screwtape Letters is actually pretty good. Gave it 4 stars. I love a good classic.

Alissa wrote: "Completed another Banned book, and the one I was both looking forward to/ dreading immensely

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison



4 STARS ..."

This was a rough one. I had the nerve to read this, Sula, and Tar Baby; back to back. I was a wreck.

Laurel wrote: "#56 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
4 red stars. Reread.

A childhood favorite and one I reread several times, although not for many years n..."

Enjoyed both of these classics. A very different time and both books bring about tough discussions. I managed to grab copies off kindle which were divvied up into smaller books for some reason. It made it more digestible for me.

Patty wrote: "Brilliant

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I've read it twice; both times as a teen. Not sure if I have the time to delve back into it after all of these years. Glad you enjoyed it.

Ioana wrote: "Across the Sand was published 8 years after the 1st book in the series, which I read as the "Sand Omnibus" about 7 years ago. While this new one was entertaining, I don't think it w..."

I've been reading some of the shorts of this on kindle, and enjoy them; but they do not have the spark of the Silo series.

Kudos on all of your progress. 16 books is amazing. :)