Vicki’s Comments (group member since Jul 14, 2012)

Vicki’s comments from the Read by Theme group.

Candace, reading Still Alice literally changed my life! I cried several times while reading it because the main character's love for using, teaching, and manipulating language was slipping away due to her disease. That broke my heart.

I was extremely touched (and bawled) when reading how her relationship with her husband and children changed. I have 5 children and 19 grandchildren so that aspect hit me hard!

The reality of life changing events is what changed my life. Lisa is definitely one of my favorite authors now. Left Neglected was not as good as Still Alice, but another life changing event further changed how I view and live my own life as we never know!

I hope you read Still Alice because I am certain you'll get a new perspective on this dreadful disease. But at the same time I think it'll help you to understand it and therefore help your mother through this difficult time.

I will be reading

Glad you read & liked it Jalyn. Green is an excellent author! Now give Pushing the Limits a go. :)

Claire-Jane wrote: "Bleak House, Infinite Jest, & Drood spring to mind but there are a fair few other behemoths lurking up there waiting to have the spines cracked."

Really? I'm going to check out these!

Liza wrote: "I guess I am reading The Ways of White Folks in November. It is the highest average rated book that I actually own, on my reading list"

I LOVE Langston Hughes! Have you read his poem "Mother to Son"? I love that one! One of my favorite all times books is . Have you read that one? It's a very pivotal book in African American lit!

I am in the same boat as Jayme, but I decided to pick one from the highest ratings, even though only a person or a few rated it, and one of my other highest ratings that have a few more ratings:

Hi Emily, what grade are you in? I teach English to freshmen in high school. :o)

@Clair-Jane, good for you!!! What are some of those monster books? Just curious.

Eruwenn wrote: "Vicki wrote: "I"d love somebody to go to my Paint Me Red Challenge shelf and choose a book for me to read. I am already reading Anomaly, so not that one. I'll finish that one tomorrow. Thanks."

I'..."

Okay, I bought it and have it. Thanks.

I started today. It grabbed my attention right away!

I"d love somebody to go to my Paint Me Red Challenge shelf and choose a book for me to read. I am already reading Anomaly, so not that one. I'll finish that one tomorrow. Thanks.

I will be reading

Amara wrote: "Vicki wrote: "When will sign-ups begin because I'm in!"

I'll be posting the rules above (or the final draft of the rules above) in their own thread in the Off Topic folder on October 1st. Partners..."

Very cool. Thank you!

Amara wrote: "Vicki wrote: "Ok & do we find our own pick-it partner?"

Ah, sorry, missed your comment! So far, it's that people will be offered partners in order of who signs up requesting a partner, but potenti..."

Oh, I see. That's a great idea too. When will sign-ups begin because I'm in!

Ok & do we find our own pick-it partner?

Love this one!

finished and . Now I am nearly finished with

I love it!

Currently reading with some reading buddies. :o)

I wasn't planning to read now, but my daughter happened to open it and look at it two days ago and asked me if I wanted to read it with her. I said, "Not now," but looked at it to see what it was all about because she said it was "crazy good." Now I have about 13 pages left. LOL I wanted to just "see what it was about" and it hooked me!