Mandy’s Comments (group member since Jan 10, 2010)

Mandy’s comments from the 52 books in 52 weeks 2010 group.

the good earth, by pearl s. buck. fabulous! highly recommend it. definitely worth a pulitzer.

This week I read 'The Philosophy of Wicca' by Amber Laine Fisher. It was interesting; Amber made some good points. It didn't totally jump out at me though. To be honest, I would probably have to read it again to take everything in. I enjoyed it, though.

i read the circle of nine by josephine pennicott. it was okay. not as good as kate forsyth's series of a very similar story line. the characters were hard to connect with and i didn't feel much empathy for the main character. there's a lot of telling and not much showing. it amused me for a week regardless.

oops - forgot to update! i read addition by toni jordan for my fourth week in january. it was good. i liked jordan's characterisation of grace, unfortunately, i found the rest of the story rather dull. i think it could have been fleshed out a bit more. otherwise, quite enjoyable.

so my book for week three was 'The Tea House on Mulberry Street'. It was cute - a little easy bit of chick lit, bit of a no-brainer, i finished it by wednesday.

Cat wrote: "Yes, that is correct...no where in the form field is there an option to 'add new folder'."

okay, so yes, only moderators can make folders. except daria did and i have no idea how! perhaps ask her. other than that, i've made everyone a folder so that they can add their weeks under their name. :)

for my second week, i read 'the little red writing book' by Mark Treddinick. Great book. Mark makes some valid points about writing clearly and concisely. Helped to refresh my knowledge of writing. I enjoyed it!

testing

Cat wrote: "When I get to the place where I can select a folder, I click the drop down menu, and the only options it says is 'select...' and 'mandy's books'. I would expect to have an 'add folder' option, but..."

just so i can confirm - it's not in the drop down menu - it's next to the drop down menu. it should say 'add new folder' next to the drop down menu. is that not available to you?

Cat wrote: "I'm so sorry to bug you again, but how do you make a folder? I tried to create a new discussion, and it allows me to select a folder, but the only folder it allows me to select is "Mandy's Books"...."

mmm, okay, that's interesting. when you get to the place where you can select a folder, is there a little thing next to the drop down menus that says 'add a folder'? you should be able to click it.....

let me know!

everyone - you can make a folder in this discussions section to put entries under. if you make a folder with your name, then you can post your books under it week by week and it will be easily defined by your name.

see my example: 'mandy's books'

Cat wrote: "To the moderator...

Should we start our own individual thread with our reads for 2010?

Thanks!
~Cat"

yes, by all means! that's what i want everyone to do, so that we know what everyone is reading. and anything you want to recommend to the group, post these books in the 'bookshelf' section!! :)

mao's last dancer. such a wonderful book - so inspiring! teaches you to be SO grateful for the things you have in life. loved it.