Andy’s Comments (group member since Aug 18, 2025)

Andy’s comments from the Bookish Challenges group.

currently, I have nothing for those remaining 5 tasks :(

North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail by Scott Jurek
Date: 19th Sept
Task: 67. Read a book that made you feel empowered
How it fits: personal account of endurance and athleticism and extraordinary will power

The Place of Tides: A Journey to the Land of the Eider Duck and a Life-Changing Encounter with the Women Who Gather the Birds’ Precious Down on Remote ... the acclaimed author of The Shepherd’s Life
Date; Sept 18th
Task: 99.Read a book that soothed your soul
How it fits: author deals with a crisis of confidence by immersing himself in a simple, isolated lifestyle close to the rhythms of nature

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Date; Sept 18th
Task: 100.Read a book that felt like a punch in the gut
How it fits: repeated blows to main character, Anna, as isolated rural community deals with plague and decimation of families, community and faith

take care of yourself Richard

Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Date Read: September 15th
Task 97.Read a book that felt surreal or dreamlike
How it fits:
As Lolly throws off social and family pressures to disappear into middle aged spinsterhood her new independent life becomes blurred with the magical and fantastical, and hinted at witchcraft quickly becomes more real


Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
Date Read: September 15th
Task 98.Read a book that pushed your boundaries
How it fits
the extremity of the despair, the abuse and exploitation, the violence
very impactful, uncomfortable read

Book: The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
Date: 12/Sept
Task: 96.Read a book that reminded you of a song
How it fits: the book features the river Liss as the embodiment of grammar and language and it is an agent of change
reminds me of Lisa Hannigan - Undertow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwaBo...

"I want to swim in your current
Carry me out, up and away
I want to float
On every word you say"

Denise wrote: "Maybe one of these?
Days of Wine and Roquefort
You Feta Watch Out..."

thanks for the cheesy diversion Denise 🧀

couldn't source either of those
but now I have Linda Reilly - Escape Claws (Cat Lady Mysteries #1) on request at the library
darker evenings coming in here - so definitely time to add some cozy fiction into the mix

Denise wrote: "I knew you would pick #96!.."

I'm getting predictable :)

I'll claim

100.Read a book that felt like a punch in the gut
99.Read a book that soothed your soul
98.Read a book that pushed your boundaries
97.Read a book that felt surreal or dreamlike
96.Read a book that reminded you of a song

sign me up please