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(group member since Jan 04, 2017)
Courtney’s
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from the 2022 ONTD Reading Challenge group.
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I ended up reading Bitter Greens and Dragonfly in Amber. I enjoyed both! (Honestly cannot remember who mentioned them but I noticed Bitter Greens popped up a bit in the fairytale post recently.)
I'm just trying to work through some of my (never ending) to-read pile, I ripped through My American Duchess and struggled with Year of the Orphan and now I'm going to try and plow through Dragonfly in Amber, so that'll probably be my entire month
So far I've read The Woolgrower’s Companion, A Distant Journey, How to Build a Girl and Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in ThoughtI'm hoping to attempt The Luminaries before the month is up.
Sam wrote: "I'm so excited this month's challenge! I'm planning on reading The Natural Way of Things and Everything I Never Told You. I'll possibly read [book:Girl at War|232099..."it's been like six months since I read the Natural Way of Things and I still catch myself thinking about it. I hope you enjoy it.
I have at least four books lined up for this month. I love this theme.
Lea wrote: "Courtney wrote: "I'm just struggling to pick up the flow of the writing. But that could just be me. "Could be the translation, too (I imagine you're reading in English?)."
It could be. I just feel like there's a lot of unnecessary words but that's sort of the style of the era I guess. I had the same problem with Pride and Prejudice so i think it's just me not being smart enough tbh.
Lea wrote: "Courtney wrote: "I decided to go with The Count of Monte Cristo and I am regretting that decision only fifty pages in. Oop@me"why? is it boring? I was about to pick it up but I don't ..."
I'm just struggling to pick up the flow of the writing. But that could just be me.
I decided to go with The Count of Monte Cristo and I am regretting that decision only fifty pages in. Oop@me
I just finished Talking To My Country by Stan Grant. It was a mixture of memoir and essays on the meaning of aboriginality within australia. It was extremely powerful.
I thought this would be a perfect occasion to re-read Picnic at Hanging Rock but it turns out it the film was never nominated for an oscar. Complete travesty. I've got Postcards from the Edge as a back up
Rachel wrote: "Courtney wrote: "I just picked up a copy of The Dry for this month's challenge and realised I have a little theme going on. All the books I've picked so far are by Australian women...."DAMN! It's popular. I've heard good things so I'm keen to read it.
I just picked up a copy of The Dry for this month's challenge and realised I have a little theme going on. All the books I've picked so far are by Australian women. Go me.
Elissa wrote: "Courtney wrote: "I just finished The Hate Race and it was sooooooo good. I recommend it to everyone."Adding it to my list!!"
I hope you like it! I just found it so powerful. I want to go out and buy everyone a copy.
I just finished this. What a wild ride. I'm actually super excited for the tv series now. Though it's changed settings though, hasn't it?
Would The Hate Race meet the requirements? I've been meaning to read it for awhile but IDK if memoir is non-fiction or not.
Jan 05, 2017 04:08PM
Rachel wrote: "Courtney wrote: "I picked up Big Little Lies yesterday and I'm tossing up between that and A Picnic At Hanging Rock (Foxtel is doing a new adaption this year)(winterlace on ONTD btw)"
OMG, there..."
Yeah dude! They're doing 6x60min eps apparently! It's big news locally for me because I live down the road from Hanging Rock.
Make sure to get ahold of a copy of the book with the additional chapter added. It was published after Joan Lindsay died so most of the earlier copies don't have it. :)
Jan 05, 2017 03:28PM
I picked up Big Little Lies yesterday and I'm tossing up between that and A Picnic At Hanging Rock (Foxtel is doing a new adaption this year)(winterlace on ONTD btw)
