Jana’s Comments (group member since Jul 07, 2012)

Jana’s comments from the Read by Theme group.

I will be tackling my first David Sedaris book, .

I will read .

Confession: I listed Shift as my first read for this theme...and apparently I was mistaken about the gender of the main protagonist. Oops, I'm an unintentional rebel (but it's reeeeally good so far).

I plan to read , , and possibly .

Aaaand, I'll add since it was available at the library and I just saw it on the list of our group's best books of 2012.

I've been very off theme lately, but I'll try to finish the month with this ug-o . I just finished which doesn't count since I like the cover, but it was good so if you find the cover particularly unattractive, go for it!

I'm planning to read and possibly . I started for the author I've never read theme, but haven't finished so maybe it will overlap the two! I really want to read before seeing the movie, so I might not be overly ambitious on this month's theme. Surely they eat at some point in Les Mis, right? :)

Edit: was a Kindle Daily deal, so I better add that to the list as well!

For this theme, I decided to read and actually just finished it (a-ma-zing). I'm currently listening to . Now I'm planning to move onto and . Yes, it's my first Gaiman. No, I don't know what took me so long. But now I'm glad, because it works for this theme! :)

I'm about 85% through it and LOVE it so far, but I'll wait to post more discussion here until I finish. However, unless something goes horribly wrong in the last few chapters, I can't imagine not completely loving it.

I will be reading the first two books in the Light series and To Light the Pathwhich were written by my cousin! I'm then moving on to and trying to get to if time allows.

Dana wrote: "Looks like I'll be reading Shadow Magic, which luckily just got rereleased in paperback, since I definitely don't want to do an ebook."

Me too! This will be my first Patricia C. Wrede (whom you've recommended to me in the past). I, on the other hand, and thrilled to get it in eBook since I can get it from the library for free!

Update: Hmm...library doesn't have it afterall (this is what gloating gets you), so I'll instead be reading the next two books on my list since I already own them: and

I'm finishing up for the Set in England theme, so I'm going to finish this trilogy as the Teenage Protagonist with . I'm also planning on getting back into Game of Thrones with the second book, . I think with the insane number of characters, I could easily argue there are multiple teenage protagonists (plus I'm really ready to read more of this series)!

The Maze Runner was by far my favorite book in this series. I would recommend also reading the 2nd book, The Scorch Trials, but I could do without the third book. I don't feel like it added anything and provided no real closure.

I was also not thrilled with the ending, but I thought the book overall was extremely interesting and unique. The idea of banning traditional literature, art, music, religion, and even meaningful relationships in order to remove emotional feelings and passionate reactions and therefore create a universally "happy society" was a powerful statement (how much more so present day?) I've seen recent movies and read other books with a hint of this premise and it's exciting to now see what was very likely the basis. It's definitely not going on my "re-read" list, but I'm glad I finally got around to it.

I will be reading and . If I finish those, I will try to also read and .

Yay! I'm so glad you joined, Autumn!

Yes, please :)

I'm stretching the theme a tiny bit with the blue gem looking thing on the cover pictured there :)

Absolutely read it! It's hard to explain without spoilers, but there is a type of action throughout, I just wanted them to move on to the next phase of action sooner :) I'm excited to hear what you think! Mine is definitely not the popular opinion, the book has stellar reviews!

This book was beautiful. It made me wish I kids so I could read this to them under a fort of quilts with a flashlight (and I have every intention of doing so when I do have kids). I caught myself smiling while reading repeatedly. It left me utterly happy, the way only a good book can.