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(((Hugs))) Stacia and Faith! I'm so sorry for the loss of your kitties. It's so hard to lose a member of your family.
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My reading buddy for this leg of our trip was the audio version of the first Wheel of Time book, Eye of the World. It is the perfect book for such travel as I slept through half of it but missed nothing! High praise indeed for the book, but my boy in Japan has been begging me to read the series so we can talk about it. He says he has never equally loved and hated any other books, and I can see why. Great world building, basic fantasy epic hero trope, a dark and mysterious power. There are strong female characters who are unfortunately portrayed as stubborn and shrewish. What's not to love and hate?
Welcome home Jenn! I've been reading Robert Jordan since the 90's, so I couldn't let this pass :P and I just couldn't agree :DThere are plenty of strong female characters throughout the series portrayed with a wide range of personalities. Not all are stubborn and shrewish. I was thinking of who you've met in the first book. Moiraine is neither. And she is a large part of the first book. Nynaeve, um, yeah she is pretty stubborn, and shrewish. Egwene is just a young girl in the first book, growing up trying to imitate one of her female mentors. I'm trying to think of who else you meet in the first book. Elayne is the daughter of a queen. I guess I only see Nynaeve as the stubborn/shrewish one. So I'm really interested in your statement ;) In fact, one of the things that annoyed me throughout the whole entire series is how the women put the men down. I'm pretty sure Jordan was trying to funny there but that was grating on my nerves. It's cool that you are reading them for your boy. I love some of the books, really disliked a few. Will you continue on with the series? Can't wait to see pictures of your trip!
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Hi All!
I finally finished a couple books I've been working on. Yeah me! I am still kind of shocked at my audio book listening this year. I'm kind of getting used to listening before bed because I've been SO tired I just can't pick up a physical book and read. Of course, it would help if I could listen to a book that I am not familiar with, but hey, I'm getting better at this audio book thing so I'm going with it. It IS hard to find books on audio that I've read before that I would want to listen to. My library doesn't have all of David Eddings books on audio and the wait for Harry Potter is ridiculous. But I'm muddling through.
Ok, so that was a bit of a ramble. :rolleyes:
I finished listening to Talking to Dragons by Patricia Wrede. It was fun revisiting this series. The first two books were definitely my favorite though. I did love the last line of the last book, however, where the character says "...and I followed happily after." All throughout the series there are little mentions and cameos by numerous fairy tale characters. I thought the last line was a clever twist on the Happily Ever After.
I finally finished reading Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weiss and Tracey Hickman. This is the first in the Dragonlance Chronicles. This is one of my husband's favorite series, and I've read it so many times. Aly read the first book over vacation in February for the first time so I wanted to revisit it as well. I love it when a book can make me laugh out loud, and a couple characters in this book make me do just that. I would like to read the series along with Aly as she reads but I have so many other books on my tbr list that I don't know if that will happen.
I am halfway through Anne of Windy Poplars for co-op class. I started Hidden Figures which was our Book Club pick for March. I'm enjoying it but it is a lot of information here at the beginning and I would really rather just get on with the story. I'm hoping it picks up a bit. I finally settled on Twilight as my audio. Every time I revisit these, I remember why I love them. I know that really bothers some people, but I think they are good fluff. Those should last me for a while. Though I really want to find the Harry Potter books on audio somehow because we will be visiting the parks twice this year with friends and family. It just gets us in the right frame of mind :laugh: Maybe I'll have to get the audio cd's from the library.
I'm hoping to do some spring cleaning and painting next week before Aly's Singing in the Rain dress rehearsals ramp up and it gets really crazy around here. So there may not be much in the way of reading over the next couple weeks.
Happy St. Patrick's Day and Happy March Madness :hurray:
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Last night was frustrating. Not only is multi-quote not working for me, but code isn't working either. I couldn't even quote manually. Anyway...
I thought this was interesting. Whether or not one things the obscenities should be taken out, as a former teacher I know it wouldn't get approved with them in. I think it's wonderful when teachers are able to use fiction as a teaching tool.
Andy Weir's Best Seller 'The Martian' Gets a Classroom Friendly Makeover
Negin - Belgravia has been on my to-read list for a while but since my library has it, I'll just check it out when I'm ready.
Penguin - Voices from Chernobyl looks interesting. My library as the print copy. I remember when word of the accident started trickling out - back then when the Soviet Union still existed - it was difficult to get accurate information about anything that went on inside that country.
Mumto2 - Lucifer's Tears looked interesting, then I realized it's the same series as Snow Angels (was that you who mentioned it here a while back?). I had Snow Angels on my library wish list but hadn't added it to Goodreads. It's there now. :)
Onceuponatime - Yes! It's fun to see the connections between these threads and Goodreads. I didn't get the sexy shirtless guy book recommendation though. I wonder what you all are reading that I'm not. ;)
I am SO thrilled that they've made a classroom version of The Martian!! I have been wanting to read it, and I'm fairly certain Aly will love it. Thanks for this info! I'm going to use it next year in science.
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Aly has been reading through history this year with a variety of classics and historical fiction. We've not made it through as many books as I hoped for but that's ok. Anyway, quite a few of you recommended Jospehine Tey's Daughter of Time. Aly finished it last night, and it was her favorite so far. So thanks for the rec everyone! Her top three so far are The Daughter Of Time, The Shadow Spinner, and The Odyssey. Definitely a weird grouping of favorites!
I'm not finishing much lately, which is annoying. Currently reading...
Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Hidden Figures
Anne of Windy Poplars
And listening to Talking to a Dragons
What I'm really in the mood for is a fluffy, light, quick read. Sigh.
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At least three of these books were exchanged among our extended family at Christmas this year. My mom, a kindergarten teacher and fan of all things undead, was quite tickled to open The Very Hungry Zombie.
So I was off to look up The Very Hungry Zombie, and I was laughing out loud at the excerpt. I need someone to buy this for 😃
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Angel, Not sure if you have ever read any of Blaize Clement's cozy mysteries which are set on Siesta Key. I am doing a read/reread of the series because I realized I had only read a couple of them when I discovered this listhttp://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2012/11/the-ten-coziest-cozy-mystery-series-traditional-mysteries-kerry-hammond. I am only a few chapters into the first one Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter which is a reread and enjoying it.
Oooh! Thanks! A couple new to me authors! I would have loved to have known about the Blaize Clement one before traveling. I added it to my long TBR pile ;)
ETA: Do the animals die???
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Yup, that is an Osprey--also known as a fish hawk. It has a very distinctive whistle.
It was amazing!! Skye and I debated the whole way back to the condo about whether or not it meant to dive all the way in the water. I looked it up finally 😀We love seeing wildlife.
I finished listening to Calling on Dragons by Patricia Wrede last night before bed. It was ok. Part of that may have been the voices, because the donkey about drove me bonkers! Though on thinking about it, I never really liked the storyline at the end.
Between a sore back and a tornado watch last night, I slept very little. So far we seem to have fared ok weather wise.
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We had a lovely and relaxing vacation at Siesta Key! Not a lot of reading got done by me, but dh and the girls knocked out some books! I am trying to share a couple pictures but since I'm new to both my iPad and Flickr they may come across as links. (Jane, if it shows up, is the bird an osprey??)
As far as reading, I can't remember what I posted last so here are the last few books I've read...
Searching for Dragons
A Fine Romance: Falling in Love with the English Countryside- I LOVED this book
Anne of Avonlea and
Anne of the Island - enjoyed this almost as much as Anne of Green Gables and Aly and her friend found lots to discuss in this book!
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Poppin in to say a quick Hi! I've been keeping up with the thread but life is a little busy now. I, too, have yet to find my reading groove. Sigh. We are headed to Siesta Key on vacation soon so I hope the groove is found there lol!
Of non-reading news...Aly got her driver's license this weekðŸ˜ðŸš˜. I'm pretty excited for her.
A weird thing has happened in January, I've listened to more books than I have read!
January books...
Jotham's Journey - leftover from 2016
Etiquette and Espionage - audio - leftover from 2016
Arctic Drift by Clive Cussler - interesting but a bit too much of the plot focused on the end of the world global warming
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien - audio
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede - also audio, and a great one at that! It's been years since I've visited these stories and they are so good! Rose and Amy your girls might like these!
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I am having trouble settling in to a new year of reading. I'm not sure why. I finished only two books this year, both carry overs from 2016.
Jotham's Journey - a Christmas devotional for kids which I really didn't enjoy as much the second time around and obviously didn't finish around Christmas!
And Etiquette and Espionage - my audio book after Christmas. I thought the reader was great, but I realized that my audio skills are still not great. I've only read this book once and found myself not able to follow along well.
I'm in the middle of two books now.
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From last week... a fun "E" book would be Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger. A fun YA book!
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Oops...double post! Still getting used to posting from iPad 😯
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Literary bliss! Yesterday was the first meeting of the Junior Great Books discussion group I organized for half a dozen young ladies, aged 13-16, and it went off swimmingly. They dug through and discussed the ideas they had found in good and careful readings of three Chekhov short stories, with an intelligence and maturity that would have done an undergrad seminar proud. Next month, Sophocles!
Meanwhile, our library discard store had a bonanza of fifty-cent books, where I picked up-
Christopher Isherwood, Down There on a Visit
Thomas Hardy, Under the Greenwood Tree
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (1818 text!)
St Ignatius of Loyola, Personal Writings
Henri Pirenne, Medieval Cities
Dylan Thomas, Adventures in the Skin Trade & Other Stories
Jacques Barzun, Darwin, Marx, Wagner
D. H. Lawrence, Selected Poems
Herbert Spencer, Essays on Education
Giovanni Verga, The House by the Medlar Tree
Goethe, Elective Affinities
Dostoevsky, Best Short Stories
H. R. Ellis Davidson, Gods and Myths of Northern Europe
Aristophanes, The Wasps, The Poet and the Women, The Frogs
Cicero, De Finibus (Loeb edition!)
Must ... read ... faster....
ETA: Also a trove of Alcott for Middle Girl, who likes everything LMA wrote except Little Women.
Your book club sounds wonderful!
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I settled on reading The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes for most of the week, but then got frustrated with my giant stack of in progress books and decided to pick something short just so I could have the satisfaction of finishing it.
I read Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard. I expected to like this, but I didn't. I think it's because I really don't get existentialism. I have a feeling that the play would be funnier if I saw it performed instead of reading it, but it just seemed confusing and sad to me. There were funny parts -- I mean, I got the jokes -- but ultimately a play about the pointlessness of life and the inevitability of death just seemed rather bleak to me. I mean, why live at all if that's what you think about life? Anyway, it left me scratching my head. I felt the same way about The Stranger when I read it years ago, but then The Stranger wasn't supposed to be a comedy.
And of course I know I am really in the minority, as the play has an average 4 star rating on Goodreads!
The Case Against Sugar is good. Full of Taubes' meticulous reporting about food politics, which will make you paranoid about any dietary advice you may have heard in the past 50 years. Having read Good Calories, Bad Calories and yet having had a bad experience personally with a low carb diet, I found it interesting that he backpedals a little in this book by saying that maybe it isn't excess carbs per se that cause diabetes and heart disease but specifically sugar. He's making a good case for it so far and my own personal experience with sugar is making me inclined to believe him.
To add yet another book to my stack, I pulled out a book I was planning to read last year in the hospital after Abby was born. Onward and Upward in the Garden is a collection of Katherine S. White's gardening columns from The New Yorker, edited posthumously by her husband, EB White. It's funny and charming and optimistic and had things gone well it would have been a nice recovery read for me (I like gardening). But with Abby's diagnosis, normal life kind of got shoved to the side. Now I'm finally in a spot where I'm getting back to it, and it seems appropriate to begin the new year reading about growing things.
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I read Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead almost immediately after reading Hamlet. I pretty much had the same reaction as you! It left me scratching my head and wondering what kind of stupid I was for not "getting" this book. I not only didn't get it but also had a hard time following the story. Ugh! I was only glad I had not assigned it to my dd along with Hamlet. I just don't feel the love.
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I feel like I am too. I check out a ton of books that I end up sending back. First for style reasons - if it isn't really well-written (by my standards, admittedly) then i won't bother with it no matter how great the story is supposed to be. I frequently read just a few pages or the first chapter then reject. But sometimes I will be in the middle of a book, and I'll think, "Why the hell am I reading this?" and drop it despite having invested hours in it. I'm working on getting better about doing that sooner. :tongue_smilie: And then sometimes the book is fine, it's just not the right thing for the mood I'm in at the moment. I read more than 200 books last year, but I rejected over 100. It will be interesting to see what I do when I get nearer the end of this Big Bingo challenge - will I obsessively fill out each square? Or will I let some go? I'm looking at two categories right now that I know will prove troublesome: "Man-hunk on the cover (a bodice-ripper)" and "I would be embarrassed to be seen reading this on the subway." Because about the only thing I think I'd be embarrassed to read in public is a bodice ripper. So does that mean I have to read two things I'd never pick up voluntarily? :scared: ;) :D
ETA: I hope that didn't insult anybody - I'm not trying to say there is anything wrong with romances or bodice-rippers! They just aren't my thing, and I especially think I'd feel uncomfortable reading one in public.
I have no idea what you just said, but I think I love it ;) :D
Since you love Georgette Heyer, can I recommend Judith McNaught's historical books aka bodice rippers. I don't read them anymore...too much everything lol...but they are still some of my favorite stories (minus the bodice ripping lol). My very favorite is Almost Heaven. Another one that I loved was Kathleen Woodweiss's Shanna, though that is not a regency.
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Don't know if this will get buried but what is the best Wodehouse to begin with? Is there a specific order? Thanks!!
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Where did your reading take you this year?the Arctic, Switzerland, Germany, England, Scotland, Norway, Nigeria, Zanzibar, Tanzania, USA, Madagascar, Indonesia, Italy, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean, Egypt, Brazil, Antarctica, Iraq & Afghanistan (children's books w/Stacia), Christmas Island, Turkey, Iran, Cambodia, China, Japan, Canada, Russia, Mexico, and AlbaniaHow many books did you read and did you meet or beat your own personal goal? Or did you get caught up in reading and forget to keep track like me? *grin*I read 58 books! That exceeded my goal of 52!What countries and time periods did you visit?Well, countries see above. Time periods 1st, 8th, and 18th-21st century, a lot of time spent in the 18th and 19th centuries, but I was surprised to realize I read quite a few modern time period books as well.What were your most favorite stories? Any stories that stayed with you a long time, left you wanting more or needed to digest for a while before starting another? Which books became comfort reads.Beauty, The Belgariad (reread), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (reread), The 6th Extinction, Squashed, Venetia (reread), Anne of Green Gables (reread), The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (reread), and Pride and Prejudice (reread) were probably my favorite stories of the year! I really enjoyed discovering James Rollins.What is the one book or the one author you thought you'd never read and found yourself pleasantly surprised that you liked it? I don't know that I had any of these this year.Did you read any books that touched you and made you laugh, cry, sing or dance.Anne of Green Gables and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever made me laugh and cry. Squashed really touched me, too. I can't put my finger on why, but it was such a lovely young adult story.Any that made you want to toss it across the room in disgust?The Pearl definitely made me want to throw it across the room in disgust. Non-fiction would probably be Women's Ministry in the Local Church which I read because my Pastor's wife asked me to. Frankenstein and Mansfield Park both had characters that I wanted to toss across the room in disgust :laugh:Please share a favorite cover or quote."The things we respond to at twenty are not necessarily the same things we will respond to at forty and vice versa. This is true in books and also in life." from The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry. I didn't love this book but it had some great quotes.Also, "As you contemplate the days schedule, be sure that nothing you have planned robs you of the joy God wants you to have." from Be Joyful.Each year I enjoy this thread more and more. I am happy to have participated a bit more this year and glad to call you all friends.
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I'm a little late on getting my wrap-up done!! Dh was home a lot over the holidays so we spent many hours watching tv.
Here's my final list of books for 2016...
*01. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (classic - the Arctic, Switzerland, Germany, England, Scotland - 18th century)
*02. Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan (children's book - historical fiction - Norway - 20th century)
*03. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (BaW rec - Nigeria - 19th century)
*04. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (classic - reread - England - 18th century)
*05. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (fantasy - reread - England)
*06. Lost Empire by Clive Cussler (Zanzibar, Tanzania, USA, Madagascar, Indonesia - 21st century)
*07. The Original Miss Honeyford by M.C. Beaton (BaW rec - England - 19th century)
*08. Bab: A Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rineheart (BaW rec - dusty - USA - 20th century)
*09. A Room with a View by E.M. Forster (classic - BaW Feb. author - Italy and England - 20th century)
*10. Beauty by Robin McKinley (fairy tale)
*11. The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry Gabrielle Zevin (USA - 21st century)
*12. The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (fairy tale)
*13. The Bobbsey Twins Toy Shop by Laura Lee Hope (children's book - USA - 20th century)
*14. Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs (BaW rec - USA - 21st century)
*15. Be Joyful by Warren Wiersbe (non-fiction)
*16. Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings (fantasy - reread - audio)
*17. The Hawk and the Jewel by Lori Wick (reread - England - 19th century)
*18. The Night Villa by Carol Goodman (dusty book - England & Italy - 1st & 21st century)
*19. Magician's Gambit by David Eddings (fantasy - reread - audio)
*20. Castle of Wizardry by David Eddings (fantasy - reread - audio)
*21. Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (non-fiction)
*22. The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree by Susan Wittig Albert (USA - 20th century)
*23. The Willow Valley Kids: The Treasure Hunt by Jean Pennington (children's book - USA - 20th century)
*24. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (fantasy - reread - England)
*25. Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper (fantasy - England - 20th century)
*26. Enchanter's End Game by David Eddings (fantasy - reread - audio)
*27. Jaws by Peter Benchley (reread - USA - 20th century)
*28. Jackaby by William Ritter (BaW rec - USA - 19th century)
*29. The Lost World by Michael Crichton (reread - USA, Costa Rica - 20th century)
*30. Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen (classic - reread - audio - England - 19th century)
*31. Meg by Steve Alten (reread - Pacific Ocean & USA - 20th century)
*32. The Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling (fantasy - England)
*33. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by The Countess of Carnarvon (non-fiction - England & Egypt - 19th & 20th centuries)
*34. Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen (classic - reread - audio - England - 19th century)
*35. The Mystery of History Volume 4 by Linda Lacour Hobar (non-fiction - 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st century)
*36. The 6th Extinction by James Rollins (USA, Brazil, Antarctica - 21st century)
*37. Women's Ministry in the Local Church by J. Ligon Duncan and Susan Hunt (non-fiction)
*38. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (reread - USA - 20th century)
*39. Nasreen's Secret School & The Librarian of Basra by Jeanette Winter and Walter the Farting Dog by William Kotzwinkle (children's picture book - Iraq & Afghanistan - 20th & 21st century )
*40. The Judas Strain by James Rollins (USA, Italy, Christmas Island, Turkey, Iran, Cambodia - 21st century)
*41. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (classic - reread - audio - England - 19th century)
*42. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd by Alan Bradley (England - 20th century)
*43. World War Z by Max Brooks (China, USA, Japan, Canada, Russia - 21st century)
*44. Squashed by Joan Bauer (YA - USA - 20th century)
*45. New Spring by Robert Jordan (fantasy - reread - audio)
*46. For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund (YA - England(?))
*47. Persuasion by Jane Austen (classic - reread - audio - England - 19th century)
*48. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (sci-fi - YA)
*49. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (classic - reread - Canada - 19th century)
*50. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman (Mexico, USA, Albania - 20th century)
*51. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (classic - reread - audio - England - 19th cent.)
*52. Venetia by Georgette Heyer (reread - England - 19th century)
*53. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson (reread - USA - 20th cent.)
*54. King Lear by Shakespeare (classic - England - 8th cent (?))
*55. The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami (reread - Japan)
*56. Emma by Jane Austen (classic - reread - audio - England - 19th century)
*57. The Pearl by John Steinbeck (classic - Mexico)
*58. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling (fantasy - New York - 20th century)
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I just finished The Pearl by John Steinbeck. This completed my Nobel Prize author for my Bingo card. My gut reaction here is - why write a book with no hope. Followed closely by what deranged people have decided that our teenage children should read so-called "classics" like this? From the beginning there was no hope that this would turn out well. I do not appreciate that in any story. There is always hope. I felt manipulated in some way that I can't even describe. And the logistics of a bullet going through that cave are ridiculous. Ugh. No need to go on about the value of a moral or some such. I'm kind of surprised I feel so strongly. I can't even express my feelings coherently. Maybe needs some reflection. :cursing: :p
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Ds has final exams this week. He works quickly so he likes to take a book with him to read as he usually finishes early. He wanted something new that he hadn't already read.
I handed him The Plover this morning and told him that I loved it and had recommended it to many of you here in our book group. He said, "Mom, I think most people wouldn't read books you recommend because, well, you're you." He continued to clarify for me by saying, "Here's a list of the 99 weirdest books you've never read and you're like I read that one, and that one, and that one...."
Rofl. I was laughing so hard! I guess my ds knows my reading habits well.
(And, yes, he carried The Plover into school this morning and I feel pretty sure he's going to like it.)
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The tree is untrimmed, many cards are unaddressed, packages to be wrapped. But who cares?
I feel like the Most Fortunate Woman on Earth. Truly blessed. And the friendship of my bookish friends only adds to this.
Bravo! :hurray: I have presents to wrap, cards to address, a house to clean before my parents arrive, and presents still to shop for but I was at urgent care this morning for a sinus infection. I got a steroid shot and antibiotics and came home and got under the electric blanket and said who cares! I've not sent out cards before, my parents have seen my house messier and I have a few more days to shop when my nose isn't being bi-polar. ;)
Packages keep arriving, all under the same name, and we are all afraid to open them for fear of spoiling a surprise. So... we,ve decided to put them under the tree unopenned and sort them out Christmas morning. We,ll take turns openning them randomly.
Nan
I acutally started laughing out loud and this and immediately shared with dh! This week he started ordering things and my older dd started ordering things and I'm still ordering things and we are not sure what we are going to do when all the boxes arrive. :lol: At least now you've given us an idea!!
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I've been busy with Christmas parties all week so not much time to read. I did manage to finish listening to Emma. I'm so excited about that! I listened to all 6 Austen novels this year! I was a little surprised by how snobby Emma was and surprised by my reaction to her. I have always enjoyed Emma but this time around I was mostly annoyed. Once again, listening gave it a different dimension! Emma does grow and reform during the course of the book and becomes properly contrite, but wow to her character at the beginning.
I'm about halfway through The Pearl by John Steinbeck, which is the last book I'll read for Bingo. Now that I'm done with all the Austen's and my library doesn't have any more David Eddings books on audio so I need to find something else to listen to. For now I picked Etiquette and Espionage. I have read this once, so kind of familiar, and the reader is really great. I'm also reading Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Not getting much done today, though, as dh and Aly shared their colds with me.
I've enjoyed seeing everyone's Goodreads lists. I'm more visual, and I love seeing the covers of the books! When I get to feeling better I'll try and figure out how to post mine.
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I'm an only also, so I agree about the interesting challenges there. But my parents both have issues that make me sympathetic to the challenges of being manipulated by an elder parent who is struggling with their own loss of control/power over their own life. Hence I can find sympathy with all 3 sisters, but definitely agree that Cordelia handled the challenge more honorably. Although look where it got her! I find that play probably the most challenging of all Shakespeare's plays just because of all the buttons it pushes for me.
I will have to pull Cotillion out next time I need a GH fix!
I thought you were an only! It is not an easy place. I have a very large extended family, though, so that put me in a unique situation. I agree that it was a difficult play, though.
Ok, there is no time like the present. I pulled out Cotillion out and started reading it. I actually had to tape the cover back on before I could start, it's so dusty. I remember now, it's very funny! It has a similar plot to Friday's Child, which was one of the first I ever read - the one that my mom read aloud funny excerpts from, that made me want to read GH the first place. So I always considered Cotillion a little bit of a recycled plot. But still very funny, I'm enjoying it. If you like Cotillion you'd like Friday's Child too.
These books - Cotillion, Friday's Child, Arabella, all belong to the category of the young,naive heroine - think Catherine Morland, rather than Ann Elliot. There is another category of GH books, among them The Grand Sophy, Venetia, Frederica, Lady of Quality, which have a more mature heroine. I like the latter category better. But they are all delightful.
Cotillion was the first GH I read! I haven't read Friday's Child, but I think I found it at a thrift store recently! I will need something lighter once Christmas is over :)
I finished A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things that Really Matter by William Deresiewicz. It's partly a memoir, partly about what he thinks each of the novels is really about and what he learned from it and how it applied in his own life. I really enjoyed it, as would anybody who loves Jane Austen and who thinks about what literature actually has to teach us about life. It made me think more deeply about Jane's novels, and about what I have learned about life and love from reading, as well as experience. And what my lovely dds have yet to learn!
I am definitely adding this to my TBR list! I have read Miniatures and Morals, which is about Jane Austen's novels, but it has a more Christian approach. I think literature has so much to teach us about life! I think that is one of the reason's I'm so particular about my girls coming to literature as it's own experience, without comprehension questions and essays but really connecting with the work - whether in a positive or negative way - because literature is so personal.
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I second this!!!!!
And we also randomly quote the one hump poop quote🤣