Euphoria by Lily King I think I would pick Euphoria based on the cover alone, but I would really want to read the Kazuo Ishiguro novel instead. (I just finished one of his last week.) I finished 4 books this last week and picked up The Count of Monte Cristo again. I think I am far enough in that I won't want to put it down again until I finish it. (I'm going back and forth between reading it and listening to it, so hopefully I will be able to finish it soon.) I still haven't decided what I am going to do about Virginia Woolf. I did get Days and Nights from Audible.com and also put a copy of it on my Kindle, so MAYBE I will be able to do 18 hours of Virginia Woolf before the end of March. Here's my 2015 read list: 9. Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan - good, great characters 8. Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James - awful, wish I hadn't bothered to read it 7. Plea of Insanity by Jilliane Hoffman - pretty good, but not great 6. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro - good 5. Emma by Jane Austen - very good 4. First Grave on the Right - meh (great narrator, lots of potential, but mostly disappointing) 3. A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami - weird but good 2. Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler - pretty good 1. A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny - pretty good

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The Iliad and The Odyssey! Really...jump in. They are awesome. :thumbup1:

Please don't make her read Wicked. It has so many icky/inappropriate scenes that I can't ever recommend it. (And what wasn't icky was oftentimes boring. IMO.)

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You got: “The Magician’s Lie†by Greer Macallister Looks like I'm in good company!

I tried again within the last 5 years or so, and while I made it through Mrs. Dalloway, and it was much better than when I was forced to read it my senior year of high school, I still did not like it. I found one of her early works at Amazon ($0.99) and Audible ($3.49), but it is about 18 hours long! I might try that one (the name has slipped my mind), or I may just try To the Lighthouse instead.

I just couldn't bring myself to "like" this post. I have really disliked anything I have ever tried by Virginia Woolf. Anyone have a recommendation of one of her works that I might be able to tolerate, maybe even like a little bit?

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I finished Emma this week. It was fun. Having watched Clueless so many times, I knew the story and could identify the characters, so that made it a little different than if I had just read it cold. I think I'm going to get Jane Eyre in this month because I have never read it. I got The Mysterious Death of Miss Jane Austen this week, so we'll see if I like it. I still have Death Comes to Pemberley and The Book of Chameleons sitting next to my bed. Also still reading The Blood of Olympus and A History of the American People. Read in 2015 1. A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny - pretty good 2. Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler - pretty good 3. A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami - weird but good 4. First Grave on the Right - meh (great narrator, lots of potential, but mostly disappointing) 5. Emma by Jane Austen - very good

The rash in that photo does not look like chicken pox to me. (I've done chicken pox with 8 children - 2 of which were vaccinated.) Please let us know what the doctor has to say.

For the games to play idea....Apples to Apples is the only game my family can handle without a major upset.

I would throw in a bit of baking soda (the oxy or borax would work too) and wash. I figure the clothes are mostly coming clean from the water and agitation anyway, and there's probably enough embedded detergent that could stand to be washed out that a time through the machine without actual detergent won't hurt anything. (I live about an hour from the nearest Target and am picky about my detergent not having any perfumes, so I improvise at least once or twice a year.) :)

I tried Topamax, but the side effects were awful! Unless I was willing to fundamentally change our entire way of living, it wasn't worth it. I am the one who makes all the appointments, teaches our children, pays the bills, handles taxes and insurance paperwork. In short I am the hub of the household, and I couldn't even schedule a simple appointment; dh had to do it. AND I still had migraines at times. My migraine pain relief meds make me spacey and emotional, but I can still function. Topamax left me feeling lost and unable to be me.

I don't think I have finished anything this week. I'm still working my way through: Emma by Jane Austen The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan A History of the American People by Paul Johnson Completed: 1. A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny - pretty good 2. Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler - pretty good 3. A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami - weird but good 4. First Grave on the Right - meh (great narrator, lots of potential, but mostly disappointing)

I wouldn't wear the same dress again if my husband expressed his dislike of the idea. (If you knew me, you would know that I am not a wife who is quiet, unassuming, or always in agreement with my husband. Far from it. LOL) But if he expressed that he would be uncomfortable with me wearing a particular dress, I would then feel uncomfortable wearing it. (Does that make sense?) At that point it would just be easier and more comfortable for me to find a different dress. Hope you find a solution that works for you!

Congrats! :party:

My first thought was - A Tennis Player! (and now coach) But I have been watching the Australian Open for the last week or so. :) Dh from Kansas says his friend's mom from Iowa calls her couch the davenport, where dh says his mom calls it a divan. We use couch, but sofa works too. The word my children dislike is "loveseat" probably because they have to sit on it with a sibling and that doesn't make them happy.

I'm with you Pam! Brothers Karamazov is a favorite of mine, but I did use the audio book to help me along. (Oh, and did I mention I was dealing with an aging Catholic grandmother and totally dysfunctional family stuff at the time?)

We've all been sick with one thing or another for ALL of January. I don't think I finished anything last week. I have a bunch of books going right now, but can't seem to settle on any of them. I'm still listening to Paul Johnson's A History of the American People, and several other books from Audible.com. I started First Grave on the Right yesterday. (I really needed mind-candy to help me get to sleep!) The narrator is the same woman who reads the Janet Evanovich - Stephanie Plum novels, and I really enjoy her readings. I also started Emma. I don't know if having watched Clueless a billion times is helping or hurting my reading of this one. I got the audio book, Kindle book, and even found the old paperback copy I had in a box upstairs, so hopefully, I will make it through it one way or another. And I think I want bonus points when I make it through the Paul Johnson book, as it is over 47 hours long! :scared:

We had a cat named Smudge years and years ago. He looked like he had a smudged mustache. Our male dog is white and fluffy (3/4 bichon frise and 1/4 cocker spaniel). He weighs about 30 lbs. Our female dog is a black lab. She weighs about 60 lbs. Everyone gets them backwards. He's definitely the alpha male, and she is the submissive one, so it's kind of funny due to their looks and size.

If you need to send the scores to a different school, or there are more than four you want to list, you will have to pay to have the score sent. It isn't a difficult process. Also, if you have him take the test again, you get to pick 4 schools each time. HTH

I only have the concealer, but it's great for covering all the little things that need covering.

Our electric bill runs between $100 and $200 per month, but we heat with propane, and I just wrote out a $700 check to them.

loesje, I will try to find an Austen quote for you later, when I have time. Northanger Abbey has a biggish one where someone says she and her sisters didn't go to school and someone else comments that her mother must have been a slave to their education. The one I happened to be thinking of was the description in Sense and Sensibility of the family settling down to their "work", which was studying music or art. Nan I remember this one from Pride & Prejudice: Lady Catherine deBourgh - "Has your governess left you?... No governess! How was that possible? Five daughters brought up at home without a governess! I never heard of such a thing. Your mother must have been quite a slave to your education." (my quote thing isn't working...sorry)