Rose’s Comments (group member since Mar 16, 2013)

Rose’s comments from the r/books group.

I'm actually quite a fan of children's classics like Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, etc.

Here's another question... what're your reading goals for the new year?!

Welcome to the club, Tyler!

Hi everyone! GUESS WHO FINALLY HAS INTERNET AFTER LIKE...4 MONTHS. Don't ask how I lived. Just don't. (But to be fair, I pretty much live in cafes and have a decent data plan on my phone... too bad the Goodreads app is so cumbersome.)

I recently just finished my 2013 reading goal of 30 books (which honestly, I exceeded but didn't actually give myself a goal until...March? April? I was late in the game.)

What was the first book you read this year - assuming you remember, and what was the book that ended your year of reading?

The ONLY thing I want to read during the holidays is Chris Hadfield's book. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything. Currently I'm reading Doppler which is...interesting...?

Loved American Gods, would be willing to read this again and join in on the discussion... internet permitting -_-;

@thebarrelmonkey is mine! Add me and I'll add you! Twitter is the best way to get a hold of me until I get internet again! (What is my life? Kill me now.)

Megan wrote: "Footnotes to be are a distraction. It takes me away from the flow of the story line and then I need to put myself in another place and time, almost to a scholastic place, then back to the story. Wh..."
I agree completely with you. I'm not exactly one to read the footnotes as I find it really distracting, but I tried in this case. It was quite distracting and confusing to read.

Darliza: That's great! I'm excited to see what questions arise and what his answers will be.

I don't write in books, not even my own textbooks! I feel that I don't benefit from it as I have a separate notebook if I do need to write, and my journal writing is meticulously organized.

Just an update on my life: I moved and my appearances will be sporadic at best until my own internet is hooked up on home. Meanwhile, I'm finding refuge in cafes.

I'm wondering if the group would benefit by perhaps something like a twitter feed?

I am currently reading! haha.

Right now I'm finding that Oscar Wao is a book that's really difficult to hook myself on. I'm not having too much issues, per se, with the language but the use of a foreign language definitely creates a sort of barrier for the reader.

Keeping that in mind, the last translated books I've read were Haruki Murakami and they were translated beautifully. I think the presentation of language in Wao could be more...eloquent, in my opinion and could perhaps be the reason why I'm finding it hard to keep my attention focused on it.

I'll be participating on this one! I have a reading schedule I need to set for my own blog, but I'll be able to start this once the weekend begins :)

So we already have a great list of classics as required readings in schools, but the attitude towards them is usually met by a groan from those who aren't like us and don't read for the enjoyment of reading.

What books would you love to see on a required reading list that's more recent and you think would be relevant to those who are in middle to high school?

A weird one, which I think would be fun but teach a lot about cultural divides and war would be World War Z. It's a pretty realistic account on what would possibly happen whether it's zombies or something completely different.

Ahh, it's just the end of the convention season for me (I work at anime and comic conventions around Canada and sometimes the US) and in the midst of all that, I'm in the middle of relocating. I haven't been able to check in as much as I would like to all summer since there's been so much going on, but I'm hoping that the group will be more active as fall approaches

The age range I think would be particularly appropriate for ages 5-10 :)

Oi oi! Decided to resurrect this topic to post a link about my experience with the Neil Gaiman live!

http://iliveliterary.blogspot.ca/2013...

I think this is a great idea. I'd love to participate but I'm currently bunking with folks until my apartment is ready and thus, do not have a proper mailing address.

I've won a Goodreads giveaway for a book called Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction... I have yet to finish reading through it and reviewing it, mostly due to the fact that I'm in the middle of moving (technically, twice...stupid leases...) So far, it's an optimistic view of how we could possibly survive a mass extinction ie.,, dinosaurs.

I never used to be heavy into analyzing what I'm reading up until I started needing to do it for my blog. Then I found myself having to jot down notes as I was reading. I don't necessarily like to look at little details, the exception being House of Leaves where everything was carefully thought out.

Most of what I look for are prominent themes, ideas and larger details of significance.

Thanks for the suggestions! These are all really great :)

My favourite thing to do on a plane is essentially sleep through it, or read. Basically anything that can distract me from my neighbours! Haha.