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Post by oped on May 30, 2019 14:01:26 GMT -5
Lol. That’s what I thought maybe. I listen to audiobooks in the car and while I do chores... I just kept cleaning so I could power through the 10 1/2 hours in 2 days It wasn’t my favorite I don’t think, but I love the characters and this was Edison’s story...
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Post by Chocolate Lover on May 30, 2019 14:14:20 GMT -5
Lol. That’s what I thought maybe. I listen to audiobooks in the car and while I do chores... I just kept cleaning so I could power through the 10 1/2 hours in 2 days It wasn’t my favorite I don’t think, but I love the characters and this was Edison’s story... I'd forgotten you do audio as much as actual reading. I feel better now. I still haven't started it because I got 3 library holds at the same time. I am interested to see Edison's story though.
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Jun 2, 2019 8:22:27 GMT -5
I started on author Viola Shipman, a pen name. I just finished The Summer Cottage. Reader discussion questions in the back. I will start The Charm Bracelet. On my list are The Hope Chest, The Recipe Box. In process of being written, The Heirloom Garden. I will be reading Alan Alda's book If I Understood You Would I Have This Look On My Face for a discussion group with the local college later in June.
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Post by cktc on Jun 11, 2019 10:20:46 GMT -5
I'm reading Bad Blood about Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes. Hadn't really followed this in the news so I'm kind of gobsmacked by it all. Have to wonder how many medical innovations are stymied by terrible business practices.
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Post by chiver78 on Jun 11, 2019 10:28:01 GMT -5
I brought Fall and Rise with me last week to Austria. yes, I know, a 9/11 book for a trip requiring long flights. nobody ever said I was the brightest bulb in the box. I finished it at the start of the flight from MUC-BOS. that poor FA must have thought I was losing my mind, I basically had tears streaming down my face as I read the last section - "Rise: From The Ashes" let me just say that the research that went into this book was mind boggling. the author has stories and anecdotes for almost all of the innocent passengers of the four planes, and still lists out the names of the ones he didn't. his attention to detail was painful at times, and the physical details of the impact points put things in a different, more real if that makes any sense, light. I mean, I watched everything as it unfolded with the rest of you.....but one chapter starts by explaining what infrastructure of the North Tower was sliced through by AA 11. I had the chills. ETA: I figured out a way around it. code still works, even if I don't see the button right now. trigger warning - there's a reason I used the spoiler. Forty-seven minutes after takeoff, carrying eighty-seven hostages, five tons of cargo, ten thousand gallons of fuel, and five terrorists, American Airlines Flight 11 completed its forced conversion from a passenger jet into a 283,600-pound guided missile. Its nose aimed slightly downward, its right wing tipped update, the silver Boeing 767 with red, white, and blue stripes and an "AA" on its tail smashed into the north face of the North Tower and 8:46:40 am. Its violent arrival carved an airplane-shaped gash in the steel and glass that stretched at an angle from the 93rd to the 99th floor.
As it entered the building, what remained of Flight 11 sliced through thirty-five exterior steel columns and heavily damaged two more. It severed six core columns and damaged three others. It shattered at least 166 windows. It broke the concrete floor slabs of the 95th and 96th floors eighty feet deep into the building. It launched a fusillade of flying debris that knocked or scraped fire-retarding insulation from forty-three core columns. It stripped the insulation from sixty thousand square feet of steel floor supports over several floors. It severed pipes that fed water into the fire sprinkler system.
.....paragraph continued, but this is where my picture ends. I had sent a shot to my sister over messenger, it was still on my phone.
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Post by azucena on Jun 11, 2019 11:15:29 GMT -5
I just finished Rise and Fall too. I had to switch up my reading time to be earlier in the day because it is not a bedtime book. I agree with all of Chiver's comments.
SPOILERS I was most struck by just how unprepared our country was for something that wasn't so far out of the realm of possibility. We couldn't foresee the twin towers being struck, but there were details about the chaos singular hijackings caused among those who should have been responding. I also can't get over how many 911 operators told folks to stay in place instead of get the hell out. Pure chaos and raw emotion.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 11, 2019 11:20:46 GMT -5
I just finished Rise and Fall too. I had to switch up my reading time to be earlier in the day because it is not a bedtime book. I agree with all of Chiver's comments. SPOILERS I was most struck by just how unprepared our country was for something that wasn't so far out of the realm of possibility. We couldn't foresee the twin towers being struck, but there were details about the chaos singular hijackings caused among those who should have been responding. I also can't get over how many 911 operators told folks to stay in place instead of get the hell out. Pure chaos and raw emotion. Reading it now and last thing I read last night before lights out. Had a dream or two about it. No bad dream(s) but related to the events of the day.
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Post by azucena on Jun 11, 2019 11:57:41 GMT -5
Yeah, I was having trouble falling asleep after reading it.
I've enjoyed being pushed out of my reading comfort zone by the picks in this thread.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2019 21:45:21 GMT -5
I just finished Baby Teeth, which I borrowed as an e-book from my library. I borrowed it once before, based on a review somewhere, and just now realized the library had my email wrong so I didn't get it.
I am sure it was advertised for fans of Gone Girl, but the protagonist and antagonist are a mother and her seven-year-old daughter. It has its twists.
I highly recommend!
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jun 13, 2019 22:42:36 GMT -5
I just finished Baby Teeth, which I borrowed as an e-book from my library. I borrowed it once before, based on a review somewhere, and just now realized the library had my email wrong so I didn't get it. I am sure it was advertised for fans of Gone Girl, but the protagonist and antagonist are a mother and her seven-year-old daughter. It has its twists. I highly recommend! Which one is it?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2019 10:01:50 GMT -5
I just finished Baby Teeth, which I borrowed as an e-book from my library. I borrowed it once before, based on a review somewhere, and just now realized the library had my email wrong so I didn't get it. I am sure it was advertised for fans of Gone Girl, but the protagonist and antagonist are a mother and her seven-year-old daughter. It has its twists. I highly recommend! Which one is it? The first one pictured, the one by stage.
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Post by cktc on Jun 27, 2019 10:49:53 GMT -5
I'm on book 6 of the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. It's nice to find a lengthier fantasy series that is not only finished but consistently entertaining. Unfortunately I've just discovered a TV show adaptation optioned to Hulu is not likely to be developed. I really hate when that happens.
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Jun 27, 2019 16:30:19 GMT -5
Started reading The Game of Thrones books. They’re available as ebooks from my library. So far I like them. They are somewhat different from the series though.
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Jun 27, 2019 16:43:42 GMT -5
The Peacock Emporium by JojoMoyes.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Jun 27, 2019 16:44:42 GMT -5
I'm ready for book 4 of the McClane Apocalypse series, I received book 5 and am still waiting on 4 so started it last night. It may get things a bit out of sink but think it will be ok, I ordered them from different vendors, they are used, got them from Amazon, not sure how many there are. This set has more romance then I normally get. Problem is after awhile the romance lines or the adventures see to develop the same way. When they do that is when I generally get tired of them and move on if there are to many of them in the series.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2019 16:52:34 GMT -5
I'm reading the Rizzoli & Isles series, which were written before it was a tv series. My sister bought the dvds at a garage sale and brought the first 3 seasons for us to watch this year. We will finish next summer. But as much as I liked the series (and I did!), I am truly enjoying the books. The best thing of all is that they were free in a combination of hardbacks and ebooks from my public library!
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 27, 2019 17:16:06 GMT -5
I just bought Sleeping Beauties, written by Stephen King and his son, Owen. It finally came out in paperback.
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Post by irishpad on Jul 1, 2019 22:45:43 GMT -5
Just about finished with Resistance Women (on audiobook) by Jennifer Chiaverini. Recommend it. www.amazon.com/Resistance-Women-Novel-Jennifer-Chiaverini/dp/0062841106 WWII novel following women in Germany who obviously were in the resistance movement. Finished Tiamat's Wrath, (Kindle) the latest in The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey. A very good sci-fi read. I have not watched the TV series based on the novels (SyFy network and now Amazon Prime)
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jul 2, 2019 11:17:23 GMT -5
I may have mentioned this already when I started reading it: The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared.
It's long, and I took a break from it. I have the physical copy, and I was reading books I'd checked out on my Kindle that had a due dates. Anyhoo, I just finished it. It's thoroughly entertaining.
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Post by shanendoah on Jul 3, 2019 15:22:30 GMT -5
For those of you who do audio books (and really, for anyone), I cannot recommend What You Have Heard is True by Carolyn Forche highly enough. It is a memoir of her experiences in El Salvador leading up to the war and then after. She doesn't really mention any of her poetry at all. Sometimes we get snippets of things she wrote in her journal, but that's it. Still, her poetic sensibilities really come out in word choice, pacing, the rhythm of the sentences, and what she chooses to mention and when. She does the narration herself, and it is just beautiful. Which for me made the absolutely awful things she was talking about - the living in fear, finding dead bodies in the middle of the road, the "disappeared" even more powerful. It was the juxtaposition of the beautiful writing with the terrible content that just really focused my brain.
Other than that, I now have my side hustle which has me reading and reviewing books for small amounts of money. Most of these are very new authors or authors from small publishing houses where they are looking for a wider audience. I am currently reading a book called The Right to Nominate which is about the history of political parties in the US, and how regular citizens can take back the power from the parties (or at least I think we'll get to that last part, I'm about halfway through, and we're still firmly in the history portion). This one is actually a really interesting book. It was written in 2016, and I am guessing the author/publisher are trying to drum up some more publicity for it going into another election year.
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Post by daisy on Jul 20, 2019 21:47:09 GMT -5
Just finished "The Bones of You" by Debbie Howells..
One of the reviews and absolutely true! Read it in one sitting this afternoon, def a page turner.
"An intriguing dark psychological thriller—truly brilliant!"
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 21, 2019 10:19:58 GMT -5
Just about finished with Resistance Women (on audiobook) by Jennifer Chiaverini. Recommend it. www.amazon.com/Resistance-Women-Novel-Jennifer-Chiaverini/dp/0062841106 WWII novel following women in Germany who obviously were in the resistance movement. Finished Tiamat's Wrath, (Kindle) the latest in The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey. A very good sci-fi read. I have not watched the TV series based on the novels (SyFy network and now Amazon Prime) Have now added Resistance Women: A Novel to my future read list.
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Post by obelisk on Jul 22, 2019 7:29:04 GMT -5
Wilbur Smith books, I have collected all his first editions since 1964. I recommend him as an adventurer book writer regarding Africa from the colonial days. Much entertainment.
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Jul 23, 2019 14:10:01 GMT -5
Flirting with Pete by Barbara Delinsky. "Weaves 2 fascinating narrative that merge in a dramatic highly emotional and totally unexpected conclusion as a daughter's struggle to win the approval of the father she never knew become a journey of self discovery.
Shadow on the Crown by Patricia Bracewell. "A rich medieval tale of power and forbidden love revoking around a courageous young queen."
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Post by cktc on Jul 23, 2019 14:21:11 GMT -5
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*#$. Not enjoying it very much so far. There are some good points, like focus more on your top priorities, but then it just seems this disorganized jumble of tangential thoughts and judgments and I can't quite follow.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jul 30, 2019 12:16:34 GMT -5
Finished Daring Leadership By Brene Brown. Good for work relationships.
Just finished The Last Policeman
I thought it was excellent. It’s a series, so I’ll look for the next one.
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Post by chiver78 on Jul 30, 2019 13:44:58 GMT -5
I posted about this on FB, but I know some of you aren't on there, and not all of us are linked. I finished Madeleine L'Engle's An Acceptable Time last week, it's the 5th in the A Wrinkle in Time series. oped wanted a few days to locate a copy, wondering if she found it? I've got some loud opinions on it.
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Post by bean29 on Jul 31, 2019 9:44:24 GMT -5
I like to listen to audiobooks in the car. I have an Audible membership, but I also borrow from the library. Currently listening to George and Barbara Bush written by their Granddaughter Ellie LeBlond Sosa and Kelly Anne Chase. I am enjoying it. They started dating in 1941 I think when they were 17 and 18. I am still at the early part of the book. I am marveling that so much of the correspondence survived. Apparently his Grandmother Dorothy Bush kept copies of all the letters. They said Barbara Bush kept everything in scrapbooks but only one of his letters to her survived. They said the letters were lost in one of their many moves. The Government had something called V-Mail where they took photographs of the letters, then put them on a reel of film and transported them on aircraft. The letters were censored, but that is another way that correspondence has survived. Amazing what you learn, I do not remember ever hearing about that before.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-mail
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Post by steph08 on Jul 31, 2019 9:56:06 GMT -5
I'm stuck about 30% into a re-reading of The Art of Racing in the Rain and a first read of American Gods. I'm listening to JK Rowling's A Casual Vacancy. I desperately want to start another (somewhere around my 20th or 30th) re-read of the entire Harry Potter series, but I'd like to finish up one of the other books first. Mainly, I've been spending my free time watching Hallmark Christmas movies instead of reading. I'm real productive.
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Post by oped on Aug 1, 2019 10:24:00 GMT -5
I posted about this on FB, but I know some of you aren't on there, and not all of us are linked. I finished Madeleine L'Engle's An Acceptable Time last week, it's the 5th in the A Wrinkle in Time series. oped wanted a few days to locate a copy, wondering if she found it? I've got some loud opinions on it. I'm so busy. Sorry. I'll try this weekend. I have to start homeschooling 3 kids on Monday, finish Spelling and Writing planning for the year for my OG tutor student and a math notebook for my cousin's kiddo. Maybe i'll see if i can grab the audio... I do get into my swim spa every day regardless of the rest of the stuff that needs done and usually listen to a book during warm up and cool down.
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