Francine’s Comments (group member since Dec 05, 2013)

Francine’s comments from the The Reading Challenge Group group.

Rebecca wrote: "I'll post now since I won't have internet for awhile. I read 70 in July."

Oh, my word! 70? That's incredible!

5 for me.

I got 7/10, but I guessed on a number of them. :)

There are 127 books for 1985 and I've read 2 for sure and there are 2 that I think that I've read (they were from series' that I read as a child). :) What a fun thing to look into!

Renee wrote: "Widget says I have reached my goal of 100 books!!! Yay, me!

Now I need to work on my genre goal. :)"

Wow, Renee, that's fantastic!

Sinead wrote: "Thanks Iasa, hopefully over the next few weeks I will find some time to catch up!

Francine - any tips on how you managed it? Did you find it took long/a lot of extra time to catch up?"

It was a combination of a number of things - I re-read a couple of my favorite standbys, I marathon-ed through a 5 book middle-grade series and I just chose to read as opposed to watching TV. I did have a vacation in there as well, so I did have extra time on my hands. :)

Sandy wrote: "Yesssss! On Track! (finally)"

Yay!!! Way to go! :)

Rebecca wrote: "GR has my count at 101,223, but my count is 105,903."

Rebecca, that is amazing! How do you find the time to read all of those books?

I'm currently at 10,517. I don't actually have a page goal for the year, but I'm looking forward to see how many I complete. :)

I read 6 books in June. :)

I just started Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.

Roseanne wrote: "Francine wrote: "Roseanne wrote: "Currently reading Under the Dome and Emma"

I had to smile, Roseanne, when I saw the combo that you're reading. Two books that are seemi..."

I never thought about it that way. That is a really good idea! There are definitely times when I get bogged down in certain books.

Roseanne wrote: "Currently reading Under the Dome and Emma"

I had to smile, Roseanne, when I saw the combo that you're reading. Two books that are seemingly on both ends of the spectrum. :)

Iasa wrote: "My widget says "You're a real bookworm". Yes, yes I am."

This made me laugh. :)

Wow, I don't know how I missed this thread! I am getting ready to go on vacation and, being the book nerd that I am, the books that I'm going to bring are almost as important as everything else (clothes, toiletries, etc). I'm hoping to read a lot this summer, when I'm gone as well as when I come home.

1. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - I adore the 2006 BBC adaptation with Toby Stephens and Ruth Wilson and it's about time that I read the book!
2. Proxy by Alex London
3. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
4. Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
5. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
6. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
7. Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
8. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
9. Say Goodbye to Survival Mode by Crystal Paine

Well, that's as far as I'm going to go. I'm sure that I'll read more, but if I make the list too long I know that I'll panic and just give up. In certain instances, I find it best to aim a bit low and then I'll be pleasantly surprised when I'm an overachiever. :)

Congrats. Keep up the good work and try to stay on the high ground from here on ..."


Thanks. That's my plan!

I'm currently one book ahead (29 out of 60). :) I came back from being 9 books behind in mid-May.

Most book to movie adaptations disappoint me. I've gotten to the point where I just have to see the movie as its own entity. Same name but different story. :) Most BBC adaptations - Pride and Prejudice, North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, etc. are quite accurate and I enjoy watching them but almost all of Agatha Christie's books that I've seen rendered on television are laughable. You shouldn't mess with success, people!

11 in May!!

Gavin wrote: "I don't think I'll be reading anything else this month:

I'll say that you outdid yourself! Do you read one book at a time or are you working through a number of them at once?