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message 1: by Jessica (last edited Dec 29, 2017 06:18AM) (new)

Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments Books Read So Far:

1: Mum's the Word- Kate Collins
2: I Work at a Public Library- Gina Sheridan
3: On What Grounds- Cleo Coyle
4: The Gospel of Loki- Joanne Harris
5: My Mortal Enemy- Willa Cather
6: The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo- Amy Schumer
7: The Long Quiche Goodbye- Avery Aames
8: Moll Flanders- Defoe
9: Choose Your Own Autobiography- Neil Patrick Harris
10: Books Can Be Deceiving- Jenn McKinlay
11: The Three Musketeers- Alexandre Dumas
12: Hooked On Murder- Betty Hechtman
PIKE'S PEAK ASCENDED

13: Passing- Nella Larsen
14: Pamela- Richardson
15: Due or Die- Jenn McKinlay
16: The Children's Hour- Lillian Hellman
17: Shamela- Fielding
18: Book, Line, and Sinker- Jenn McKinlay
19: Read It and Weep- Jenn McKinlay
20: Death by Darjeeling- Laura Childs
21: Strawberry Shortcake Murder- Joanne Fluke
22: The Bane Chronicles- Cassandra Clare
23: Romeo and/or Juliet- Ryan North
24: Blueberry Muffin Murder- Joanne Fluke
MOUNT BLANC ASCENDED

25: Orpheus Emerged- Jack Kerouac
26: Pygmalion- George Bernard Shaw
27: A Raisin in the Sun- Lorraine Hansberry
28: Evelina- Francis Burney
29: The Enchantress Returns- Chris Colfer
30: Murder is Binding- Lorna Barrett
31: We Have Always Lived in the Castle- Shirley Jackson
32: The Big Chili- Julia Buckley
33: Lemon Meringue Pie Murder- Joanne Fluke
34: The Fire Next Time- James Baldwin
35: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie- Alan Bradley
36: Scrappy Little Nobody- Anna Kendrick
MOUNT VANCOUVER ASCENDED

37: Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda- Becky Albertalli
38: Northanger Abbey- Jane Austen
39: A Grimm Warning- Chris Colfer
40: Sula- Toni Morrison
41: A High-End Finish- Kate Carlisle
42: And then There Were None- Agatha Christie
43: The Rest of Us Just Live Here- Patrick Ness
44: Peaches and Scream- Susan Furlong
45: Murder on the Orient Express- Agatha Christie
46: Staged to Death- Karen Rose Smith
47: Atonement- Ian McEwan
48: Sailor on the Seas of Fate- Michael Moorcock
MOUNT ARARAT ASCENDED

49: Puntos de Partida: An Invitation to Spanish, Spanish 1110 and 1120 Special Edition for Ohio University
50: Kernel of Truth- Kristi Abbott
51: Homicide in Hardcover- Kate Carlisle
52: One Foot in the Grove- Kelly Lane
53: Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation- Bill Nye
54: Grace Under Pressure- Julie Hyzy
55: Pancakes and Corpses- Agatha Frost
56: Glazed Murder- Jessica Beck
57: Catering to Nobody- Diane Mott Davidson
58: A Story to Kill- Lynn Cahoon
59: One Bad Apple- Sheila Connolly
60: Murder in the Mystery Suite- Ellery Adams
MOUNT KILIMANJARO ASCENDED

61: Eggs in Purgatory- Laura Childs
62: Isla and the Happily Ever After- Stephanie Perkins
63: Hag-seed- Margaret Atwood
64: Berried Secrets- Peg Chochran
65: Sprinkle With Murder- Jenn McKinlay
66: Just Killing Time- Julianne Holmes
67: Dying for Strawberries- Sharon Farrow
68: The Red Pyramid- Rick Riordan
69: Leaving Home- Garrison Keillor
70: Big Sur- Jack Kerouac
71: Franny and Zooey- J. D. Salinger
72: Weird of the White Wolf- Michael Moorcock
73: A Pale View of Hills- Kazuo Ishiguro
74: Mostly Harmless- Douglas Adams
75: The Girls of Slender Means- Muriel Spark
EL TORO ASCENDED

76: Crazy for You- Jennifer Crusie
77: Hold Me Closer- David Levithan
78: 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl- Mona Awad
79: Sourcery- Terry Pratchett
80: Gunpowder Green- Laura Childs
81: Cheddar Off Dead- Julia Buckley
82: Grace Interrupted- Julie Hyzy
83: Girl of Nightmares- Kendare Blake
84: Sam Adams- Ira Stoll
85: Pirate Cinema- Cory Doctorow
86: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay- Michael Chabon
87: The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag- Alan Bradley
88: Crime and Punishment- Fyodor Dostoevsky
89: 11/22/63- Stephen King
90: A Red Herring Without Mustard- Alan Bradley
91: Down and Out in Paris and London- George Orwell
92: One Foot in the Grape- Carlene O'Neil
93: Midnight Riot- Ben Aaronovitch
94: I am Half-Sick of Shadows- Alan Bradley
95: Snow White Red-Handed- Maia Chance
96: The Square Root of Murder- Ada Madison
97: Speaking from Among the Bones- Alan Bradley
98: The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches- Alan Bradley
99: A Midsummer Night's Scream- R. L. Stine
100: Better Homes and Corpses- Kathleen Bridge
MOUNT EVEREST ASCENDED

101: Pop Goes the Murder- Kristi Abbott
102: Americanah- Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie
103: The Fire King- Paul Crilley
104: Daisies for Innocence- Bailey Cattrell
105: Catch Me If You Can- Frank Abagnale Jr.
106: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library- Chris Grabenstein
107: This Old Homicide- Kate Carlisle
108: Stone of Tears- Terry Goodkind
109: Misery- Stephen King
110: Clammed Up- Barbara Ross
111: Mistletoe Murder- Leslie Meier
112: Yes, Please!- Amy Poehler
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MOUNT OLYMPUS ASCENDED

RESULT: DEFEATED BY LAST MOUNTAIN.


message 2: by Jessica (last edited Dec 29, 2017 05:47AM) (new)

Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments Currently Reading:

The Count of Monte Cristo- Alexandre Dumas
Collected Poems 1947-1997- Allen Ginsberg
Engaged in Death- Stephanie Blackmoore
Guilty as Cinnamon- Leslie Budewitz


message 3: by Jessica (last edited Dec 26, 2017 01:44PM) (new)

Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments Planned TBR:
*More will be added to the different sections as I go along. These are simply what I think I'll start with. I might get to them, I might not. I am a fickle, fickle reader. I'll be deleting them from the list as I go.

Cozies (I haven't the time to list all that I own):

First in Series

Midsummer Night's Mischief- Jennifer David Hesse
Toasting Up Trouble-Linda Wiken
The Chocolate Cat Caper- JoAnna Carl
Thyme of Death-Susan Witig Albert
Meet Your Baker- Ellie Alexander
State of the Onion-Julie Hyzy
Death Takes Priority-Jean Flowers
Kneaded to Death-Winnie Archer
A is for Alibi- Sue Grafton
Engaged in Death- Stephanie Blackmoore
A Killer Read- Erika Chase
By Book or By Crook- Eva Gates
Assaulted Caramel- Amanda Flower
No Farm, No Foul- Peg Cochran
Iced Chiffon- Duffy Brown
Bloom and Doom- Beverly Allen
The Diva Runs Out of Thyme- Krista Davis
A Spoonful of Murder- Connie Archer
A Peach of a Murder- Livia J Washburn
Crime and Poetry- Amanda Flower

Continuation of Series

Killing Thyme- Leslie Budewitz
Slay It With Flowers- Kate Collins
Dearly Depotted- Kate Collins
Through the Grinder- Cleo Coyle
Latte Trouble- Cleo Coyle
Bookmarked for Death- Lorna Barrett
Bookplate Special- Lorna Barrett
Shades of Earl Grey- Laura Childs
Dead Men Don't Crochet- Betty Hechtman
By Hook or By Crook- Betty Hechtman
Grace Among Thieves- Julie Hyzy
Rest in Peach- Susan Furlong
War and Peach- Susan Furlong
Crowned and Moldering- Kate Carlisle
B is for Burglar- Sue Grafton
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust- Alan Bradley
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd- Alan Bradley
Rotten to the Core- Sheila Connolly
Red Delicious Death- Sheila Connolly
Murder in the Paperback Parlor- Ellery Adams
Murder in the Secret Garden- Ellery Adams
If Books Could Kill- Kate Carlisle
The Lies That Bind- Kate Carlisle
Lost and Fondue- Avery Aames
Clobbered by Camembert- Avery Aames

Classics:

Les liaisons dangereuses- Laclos
Anna Karenina- Leo Tolstoy

Non-Fiction:

You Can't Touch My Hair- Phoebe Robinson
Learning to Bow- Bruce Feilor
Booky Wook 2- Russell Brand
Testament of Youth- Vera Brittain
Motorcycle Diaries: Notes On a Latin American Journey- Che Guevara
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives- Leonard Mlodinow
Flags of Our Fathers- James D. Bradley
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee- Dee Brown

Children's/Preteens:

The Lost Hero- Rick Riordan
The Son of Neptune- Rick Riordan
The Mark of Athena- Rick Riordan
The House of Hades- Rick Riordan
The Blood of Olympus- Rick Riordan

Young Adult:

Lair of Dreams- Libba Bray
Rose Under Fire- Elizabeth Wein
Frostbite- Richelle Mead
Fangirl- Rainbow Rowell

Adult Fiction:

The Ask and the Answer- Patrick Ness
Monsters of Men- Patrick Ness
It- Stephen King
Underground Railroad- Colson Whitehead
The Sugar-Frosted Nutsack- Mark Leyner
Inferno- Dan Brown
The Memory of Trees- FG Cottam
S.- JJ Abrams, Doug Dorst
Colors Insulting to Nature- Cintra Wilson
Bloody Red Baron- Kim Newman
The Dark Heroine- Abigail Gibbs
The Weirdness- Jeremy Bushnell
Prince of Magic- Anne Stuart
We Were the Mulvaneys- Joyce Carol Oates
A Tap on the Window- Linwood Barclay
The Woman in Cabin Ten- Ruth Ware

Nerd Reads (Fantasy and Sci-Fi):

American Gods- Neil Gaiman
Next- Michael Crichton
Mistborn- Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Shadows- Brent Weeks
The High King's Tomb- Kristen Britain
The Mists of Avalon- Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Bone Doll's Twin- Lynn Flewelling
Feed- Mira Grant
Smoke and Shadows- Tanya Huff
The Outstretched Shadow- Mercedes Lackey
Dragonsdawn- Anne McCaffrey
Altered Carbon- Richard K Morgan
Dragon Wing- Margaret Weis
Elven Star- Margaret Weis
Fire Sea- Margaret Weis
Serpent Mage- Margaret Weis
The Hand of Chaos- Margaret Weis
Into the Labyrinth- Margaret Weis
The Seventh Gate- Margaret Weis
The Fairy Godmother- Mercedes Lackey


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Kenzie (kenziejo15) | 17 comments Also know as "I Don't Have Room For More Books Anyway".


message 5: by Jessica (new)

Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments Pfft. I just got that new shelf... Which might hold some of the books for this challenge, I think. One shelf of it, maybe. To stare at me in judgement.


message 6: by Jessica (last edited Jan 05, 2017 11:50AM) (new)

Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments JANUARY READS

1. Mum's the Word- Kate Collins

Verdict: 3/5

Because of the thought and discussion that goes into the books I have to read for school, I've made a large chunk of my leisure reading Cozy mysteries for about the past month.

This one started off badly. It didn't spell out good news for the series. The heroine was dangerously close to TSTL and had no reason to get involved with the murder investigation aside from thinking that the dude who hit her car was coming from the right alley at the right time. Fortunately, things smoothed out and I ended up deciding to continue this series. Ya know, after I start other ones first. Variety is the spice of life and the reason for my towering TBR shelves...


message 7: by Jessica (last edited Jan 05, 2017 11:51AM) (new)

Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 2. I Work at a Public Library- Gina Sheridan

Verdict: 4/5

Very quick read that I received in a Litsy secret santa exchange. I do, in fact, work in a public library and this book is pretty much what it's like all the time. People who are goofy, funny, perverts, hateful, forgetful, and odd. There's also a section on people who are excited about the library and who were a pleasure to meet. Those are the people who make working in a public library the best thing.

Actually, they all are excepting the perverts and hateful ones. And at least they make great stories.


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Bev | 357 comments Mod
Faelan wrote: "Like the title for your little corner of Mt. Olympus.
I suspect a lot of people will be able to relate. :)"


Yes, great title! I think I should have called mine--"I Need Another Bookshelf" (make that a "book room")


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Fr. Andrew (nitesead) | 93 comments Your thankfulness that you bought your university books in 2016 reminds me of how I grabbed some books at the end of the year because I REALLY wanted to read them but also wanted to count them toward my TBR mountain this year.....

Er, did I say that out loud?


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments Bev wrote: "Faelan wrote: "Like the title for your little corner of Mt. Olympus.
I suspect a lot of people will be able to relate. :)"

Yes, great title! I think I should have called mine--"I Need Another Book..."


I feel like that's something we all want/need. XD


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments Andrew wrote: "Your thankfulness that you bought your university books in 2016 reminds me of how I grabbed some books at the end of the year because I REALLY wanted to read them but also wanted to count them towa..."

If it counts, it counts. Make that system work for you :D

This is my first time doing this challenge, and I didn't decide to participate until the 2nd. I looked at the massive pile of cozy mysteries I bought at the end of December (as a brain cushion to the former and impending semesters... I've found nothing better) and felt so happy they make the cut, too. It's an.... impressive stack.


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 3. On What Grounds- Cleo Coyle

3.5/5

A FEW SPOILERS HERE

I had a few issues with this book. The idea that the victim was "fallen" or "trash" because she worked as a stripper once made me furious. (view spoiler)Woman's fault all the way, eh?

And then there's the part where lattes=gay? I'm sorry, what? But, guys, it's okay. A gay guy in the story thinks they're too frilly, too, so it's cool. *insert eyeroll here*

Also, using 9/11 as a way to draw sympathy for a fictional coffee shop only two years after? Low. I really don't know what to say to that. It made my skin crawl to read it.

So why did I rate it reasonably high? Cause it was written in 2003 and I'm going to give it the benefit of the doubt. 2003 wasn't THAT long ago, but it was still long enough ago. I was 17 then and clearly remember similar beliefs and language. Hopefully the series will grow with the times.

As for the 9/11 mentions? I'm hoping it's in there to draw attention to something actual coffee shops did. Maybe? Hopefully?


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 4. The Gospel of Loki- Joanne Harris

5/5

Full disclosure: I am a raging Marvel fangirl. I adore Tom Hiddleston and his Loki character in the movies. I love the Loki of the Thor comic books. However, I also dig Norse Mythology. This is definitely Loki of Norse Mythology as far as what happens... ish.

In this book, Loki gets his say about how things went. From his "birth" to Ragnarok. This book is hilariously entertaining. It taught me that I am a Grade A Loki Fangirl. This book probably could have been boring as hell and I'd have loved it. As it was, it made very long trips to class very enjoyable for a week.


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Fr. Andrew (nitesead) | 93 comments Hahaha...just thought I'd toss out there that I'm gay, but no one knows that when they first meet me, but I LOVE lattes. What does that do to that book's assumptions? *snicker*


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments Andrew wrote: "Hahaha...just thought I'd toss out there that I'm gay, but no one knows that when they first meet me, but I LOVE lattes. What does that do to that book's assumptions? *snicker*"

You're playing right into their hands! You're making their point! lol. But really? I don't know if it was a New York thing at the time, but espresso and steamed milk? I feel like at that point coffee shops in general are out of bounds for the uptight hetero population.


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Fr. Andrew (nitesead) | 93 comments Well what I was playing at was I don't "act gay"...people don't know I'm gay. Okay, I see your point. Oh well!

I did try a London Fog a couple days ago with regular black tea instead of Earl Grey, and it was not very good...but that's not technically a latte I guess...what the heck am I going on about....

Hmmm...all of this made sense back when I wrote it! Anyhoo...the Loki book sounds good. Ahem.


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments Andrew wrote: "Well what I was playing at was I don't "act gay"...people don't know I'm gay. Okay, I see your point. Oh well!

I did try a London Fog a couple days ago with regular black tea instead of Earl Grey..."


Ah! I got ya! Then you're BREAKING the book stereotype. There we go. Either way, the barista was afraid to tell the cop he was drinking a latte cause she didn't want to insult his manhood and it was a ridiculous hot mess. I probably should have clarified that a bit more in my review type thingy. :D

I just looked up a London Fog, and it doesn't look particularly good. Earl Grey and English Breakfast are good, though. I want tea now.... And I did find a couple sites that called it a latte so that's not entirely wrong. It wasn't made with coffee on any of them, but still....

It's cool. I'm fluent in babble. :)

The Loki book is good. Ashamed of myself for not taking this time to post a Tom Hiddleston pic, though.


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Fr. Andrew (nitesead) | 93 comments Oh, Let me fix that for ya.




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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments Andrew wrote: "Oh, Let me fix that for ya.

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And he's so happy to be here!


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 5. My Mortal Enemy- Willa Cather

3/5 (subject to change)

Reading this one in an American Lit class. It was interesting and sad, but I can't say I understand it as it's meant to be understood. We'll be discussing it tomorrow and Friday so maybe I will appreciate the subject matter more afterward. Currently, the status of reading-for-class is simply to Get It Read.


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 6. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo- Amy Schumer

5/5

I knew very little about Amy Schumer before reading/listening to this book. It was funny and heartbreaking, and made me have so much respect for her. She's been through some shit and come out strong. When I have more time, I'm definitely going to watch Trainwreck.


message 22: by Jessica (last edited Jan 20, 2017 11:46AM) (new)

Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 7. The Long Quiche Goodbye- Avery Aames

5/5

Good cozy. Can't wait to continue the series. Have yet to find a cozy series that I wouldn't continue, really....


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 8. Moll Flanders- Defoe

2/5

This is a classic. And like some classics it is important, but supernaturally boring. Dear God. I never want to read this again. Two stars because I acknowledge that Defoe was raising awareness about a variety of bullshit, and also a feminist.


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Guy I agree


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 9. Choose Your Own Autobiography- Neil Patrick Harris

5/5

In the past year, I've listened to quite a few author-read, celeb auto-bios. They have all been pretty awesome, but this one was the best. NPH is hilarious, dorky, self-aware, and prone to being human.

While it was fun to hear about his work and his pursuit of magic, it's his personal interactions with friends and family (especially his husband, David Burtka, and their children) that make the book such a good listen.

I definitely recommend this book/audiobook to anyone who likes celeb memoirs/autobios or NPH. Definitely worth a read/listen.


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 10: Books Can Be Deceiving- Jenn McKinlay

4/5

A patron asks the main character if she can find her a photo of Leonardo DaVinci. I greatly relate to this because of a patron asking me to find her a photo of Jesus.

Libraries are fun, and this is accurate.

The cozy part was fun, too.


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 11: The Three Musketeers- Alexandre Dumas

4/5

Not as good as I remember, but still a fun, frolicking, romp. The other books that follow (Man in the Iron Mask and Twenty Years After, specifically) are far more enjoyable to me.


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 12: Hooked On Murder- Betty Hechtman

4/5

She had better not get back with the jerk cop who pushes her to make decisions/makes decisions for her. Jerk.


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 13: Passing- Nella Larsen

4/5

Wonderful short novel. "Passing" refers to lighter-skinned black people who either attempted to or succeeded in passing as white. This novel is told from the perspective of Irene as she watches a childhood friend (they are now adults and married), Clare, live her life passing. Clare is married to a white man she's not told the truth to. There's a lot of emotion in this tiny book, and I recommend it to anyone, especially those who are interested in the Harlem Renaissance and its writers.


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments FEBRUARY READS

14: Pamela- Richardson

1/5

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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 15: Due or Die- Jenn McKinlay

3/5

I liked this one, but half the time I forgot what type of book it was. A little too much romance in it.


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 16: The Children's Hour- Lillian Hellman

5/5

Wow. Great play. I would love to see this performed.

This was another selection from my American Lit class. This professor has made an amazing reading list for this class. Thoroughly enjoying everything he's chosen.


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Fr. Andrew (nitesead) | 93 comments I watched a lecture on Pamela recently. While considered a big deal at the time, seems to me it's more important as a piece of literature against which more interesting novels were written as acts of rebellion!

In other words, no thanks!


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments Andrew wrote: "I watched a lecture on Pamela recently. While considered a big deal at the time, seems to me it's more important as a piece of literature against which more interesting novels were written as acts ..."

Yes! The significance of it as far as form goes is really interesting. Also, the idea that this is what women were expected to act like (ideally) is an eye opener. Quite frankly I read it as Pamela manipulating Mr. B, because otherwise I was going to start bashing my head against a chalkboard.

In other words, I understand why it's being taught, I'd just rather it be summed up.

We're getting ready to read one of those rebellious texts :D Shamela.


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments Quirkyreader wrote: "I tried reading "Pamela" but jut couldn't do it. It was one of the few DNF that I have had

There was a BBC adaptation of it and I rather enjoyed it. It cut out most of the repetition from the book..."


Oh! That was Clarissa! We'll also be reading that. This does not give me much hope for it. The repetition is still there though.

Why so much repetition, I ask of anyone willing to answer?!


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Fr. Andrew (nitesead) | 93 comments If I'm going to go back and read a long English novel from the golden age of great British literature, I'm going to try my hand at The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments Quirkyreader wrote: "Were the stories originally serialized? If so that could be the reason for the repetition. That way a person could have picked up the story at anytime and not feel lost.

Also, please forgive my sc..."


It was originally published in two volumes in the same month (probably cause it's about 600 pages). Dickens's length is pretty understandable because of it being published in serial AND him being paid by the word. I'd write as much as possible, too ^_^

No worries :D Both by Richardson, both concerned with virtue.


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments Andrew wrote: "If I'm going to go back and read a long English novel from the golden age of great British literature, I'm going to try my hand at The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman"

That one actually looks pretty awesome :D


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 17: Shamela- Fielding

5/5

Fantastic parody. Helps that I couldn't stand Pamela, but seriously, this was just perfect


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 18: Book, Line, and Sinker- Jenn McKinlay

3/5

This series is veering dangerously toward contemporary romance. It's focus is more on Lindsey and Sully than any murder mystery and when the murder does happen, it's really far into the book and it's ignored half the time. I'll give it one more book then I might leave off the rest of the series. Shame.


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 19: Read It and Weep- Jenn McKinlay

1/5

I got a third of the way into the novel and there wasn't even a hint of the mystery coming up. Just a love triangle. I enjoyed the first and most of the second of this series but I'm cutting off here.


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 20: Death by Darjeeling- Laura Childs

5/5

Yes. This was a perfect cozy. Desperately want to be home drinking tea right now. Really liked all the characters in this. Especially loved that they got genuinely snippy with each other when they were under stress. Can't wait to read the next one.


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 21: Strawberry Shortcake Murder- Joanne Fluke

4/5

Good continuation. Right at the end the MC is really horrible to the two men she's dating. They're getting along and talking, then in front of the other she talks to one about a house they're designing (for a contest), and gets upset when tension builds between them. What did you expect when you shove it in their faces? Fuck off, lady.


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 22: The Bane Chronicles- Cassandra Clare

2/5

I love me some Malec. Magnus is awesome alone, but Malec is my OTP (newsflash, I'm a bit of a fangirl). They are what made me read the entirety (skim the second half) of the Mortal Instruments series. But I just don't like the other characters enough. The world is nifty, I like the show, but I don't like the people enough to really want to read these short stories. Even if they are about Magnus. There's not enough Alec. There are too many other people. The Peru one was good, though....


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 23: Romeo and/or Juliet- Ryan North

5/5

I was given this book by a super awesome Litsy member I did an exchange with. IT IS AWESOME.

I need to make clear that I HATE Romeo and Juliet. HATE it. Mostly because of how stupid the characters are and what The Shakes stole it from, but...

BUT

This book was spectacular. I feel safe in marking it read because I did roughly 15 different paths. I'll continue doing paths, because this book succeeded in making me laugh each time I turned the page. It pokes fun at the Shakes tale, and also drifts off into completely unrelated territory. My favorite character was Jake Wheeze (spelled Jacques).


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 24: Blueberry Muffin Murder- Joanne Fluke

3/5

Good story, but I can't stand how childish Hannah has been in the last couple of books. I have one more of this series on audio book and I'll listen to it. Maybe they are better read than listened to? Dunno. But either way, it gets one more shot. I've seen how long this love triangle lasts and lemme tell you. No me gusta...


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 25: Orpheus Emerged- Jack Kerouac

2/5

Exactly what you would expect 22-year-old Kerouac to write.


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 26: Pygmalion- George Bernard Shaw

3/5

I'm a firm believer that plays are better seen than read, for me anyway. This was interesting but I've no clue what most of the dialects sound like so I'd be very interested in hearing them performed. If, in fact, they're actual dialects and not mostly made up for the purpose of the play.


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 27: A Raisin in the Sun- Lorraine Hansberry

4/5

Excellent play. Read it ten years ago for a different class and couldn't remember it, but now I own my own copy of it.


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Jessica (covered_in_rust) | 123 comments 28: Evelina- Francis Burney

2/5

This book is probably better than I give it credit for. I enjoyed it. The hero was actually a decent guy (but a Gary Stu), and the heroine was smart.

Unfortunately, this book is the third in a series of epistolary novels with the names of their MCs as the titles, that feature white British chicks ascending from the depths of obscurity to become wealthy, socially affluent, and sometimes titled.

I'm so sick of that shit.

Maybe I'll give it another try later.


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