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Yes, I really paid close attention to Emma's character development this time, and you are right, the closer you read, the more you are struck by her snobbery. Emma learns a lot about herself over the course of this book, and she learns some humility and how to be a better friend. For sure.
I read Lear for the first time a few years ago while embroiled in the midst of a crisis with my parents. Which is ongoing, but not as crisis-y as it was. It was an interesting headspace to be in to read the play, I found myself more sympathetic to Regan and Goneril than I think I would have been otherwise. Yes, yes, they are villains, but didn't you feel for them, a little bit? Dealing with a manipulative, entitled and delusional parent who pretended that things would be one way while always intending something different? Not the majority reading of the play, I'm sure! But it is all about conflict between adult parents and children, a very mature play, for grown-ups.
Definitely yes to Emma! I'll have to read King Lear again to get a better feel. I did not feel sympathetic to Regan and Goneril. I sympathized for Cordelia and her honesty. I'm an only and that poses it's own interesting parental challenges? but I admire Cordelia's love and honesty. Watching my dh's sibling's interactions with his parents, well it leaves me a bit sour on telling people what they want to hear :glare:
I love Kafka on the Shore, but I'm not sure if you would like it.
I think A Wild Sheep Chase might be a good place for you to start if you want to give one of his novels a try.
It would be cool if you did the Murakami read-along in January! I think we're reading Norwegian Wood (?). I haven't read that one yet but I know it is one of his most popular books. I would also like to read his non-fiction work Underground.
Thanks! I'll have to look into it!
Looking at the spines on Stacia's shelf, I found myself creating a small poem from three titles:
A lighter book also came out of the dusty stack, Margaret Powell's Below Stairs, the memoir that inspired Julian Fellowes, the creator of Downton Abbey. This looks like a quick read. When I am finished, I'll be happy to pass it along in case any of you have been wanting to read this or are in the mood for a sort of Downton fix.
I read and enjoyed this a couple years ago! It was certainly interesting!
It certainly pleases me! The Grand Sophy is my favorite GH, and I agree that it reminds me very much of Jane Austen. I know you have another one from Amy - Cotillion, I think? Which I haven't read in a long time and don't remember off the top of my head. But if you do keep liking Sophy, I recommend Venetia, it's my 2nd favorite and another very Austen-esque type of plot and characters.
The Grandy Sophy is certainly my favorite but Cotillion and Venetia are other favorites, as well as Sylvester!
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It seems that December is my "catch-up" month as I try to complete the BaW Bingo and my A-Z Challenge. This is only the 2nd time trying a Reading Bingo for a year and the 1st try at A-Z. I needed a translated book for Bingo, and though I thought about going with a Gabriel Garcia Marquez book, I couldn't find one that was short enough to fit my goals. I decided instead to revisit Murakami's The Strange Library, hoping the second time through would give me a little better insight. Unfortunately, if there is a hidden meaning or theme, I'm still missing it. The language Murakami uses to describe the world he has created is a treat. It's still an odd little book though.
So I'm now wondering what a normal sized Murakami is like. Would I like it? It's definitely a stretch outside my fantasy/Flufferton box.
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Rose - I'm in the middle of listening to Emma. I hope to finish it by the end of the year to round out my Austen reads. I've always enjoyed Emma, not as much and P&P or S&S, but probably right behind them. I'm not sure if it's the reader but Emma's snobbish-ness is really blatant this time around. More than I have ever noticed before. It has really put me out of humour with her lol.
I thought I wasn't going to be able to find a "K" book that would interest me or that I'd want to read, when King Lear popped up on the list. A Shakespeare I haven't yet read. Perfect! I went into it cold, something I always tell me kids not to do with Shakespeare, but after the initial "getting used to the language & flow" was over, I was drawn in. Knowing that it was one of the tragedies, well, that gave away that most characters would die. By the time I got to the 5th Act, however, I stopped reading the little summaries at the beginning of the scene and allowed the story to unfold. Though I knew it was probably pointless, I still found myself wanting to see King Lear and Cordelia survive. Once things settle down a bit, I would like to find a version to watch. (I had a quote but forgot to mark it and can't remember it)
King Lear becomes my "Play" for Bingo and my "K" book for the A-Z challenge. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever was my book published in Birth Year. Right now I'm rereading The Strange Library for my translated book. And John Steinbeck's The Pearl should be waiting for me to pick up at the library for my Nobel Prize Author. And I'll be one short of the BINGO Blackout. I have decided that I'm not going to try finishing The Odyssey before the end of the year but that would have been my Epic.
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the Gospel of Nicodemus (incorporating the Acts of Pilate) are orthodox, though apocryphal; the former is an important source for a great deal of Christian legend and iconography, while the latter resulted in a rehabilitation of Pontius Pilate in Eastern churches, to the extent that the Copts included him in their calendar of saints.
I found this so fascinating that I shared with my dh.
Read last week:
I'm reading lighter, faster reads this month to see if I can catch up in our family competition of bird species seen in one year versus books I've read. I'm trailing behind by 24 books. I don't think I'll be able to do this competition next year as my spouse is traveling to the Dominican Republic to help build a Habitat house and will surely see more species than this year!
I, too, am reading lighter and faster reads this month!! I had a personal goal of reading A-Z, and then the Bingo here on the BaW. I fear I will fall 1 short on the Bingo, though. I am fairly certain I will not finish The Odyssey by Dec 31st and may give up on it entirely.
Speaking of tree decorating... For those of you interested, or who have kids who would be interested, here is a link to a video of Disneyland being transformed for the holidays. My ds is part of the team that transforms the park, and there are glimpses of him on the cherry-picker lifts. It was 6 weeks of graveyard shifts and overtime to put the sparklies on the castle, hang garland and lights and build that tree! We won't be seeing him the next several weeks because that same team has to maintain all those lights, trouble shoot electrical problems, and work regular tech shifts in the parks.
I enjoyed watching this! Thanks for sharing!
I read Gone with the Wind - 5 Stars - If I could, I would give this book an endless number of stars. This is my favorite book of 2016 and it will rank way up there as among my all-time favorites. I’m sure that I’m in the minority in that I had never read or seen the movie until now. I wasn’t particularly interested, incorrectly thinking that it would be a sappy, romantic story about a spoilt Southern belle. I was quickly proven wrong. Anyway, had it not been for my daughter, I don’t think that I would have ever read it. This is among her favorite books also. As I was reading it, she was continuously asking me where I was in the book and whether or not I liked it. I will someday miss those funny memories. She said that she loved re-reading the book vicariously through me. We had a blast!
Since I did not grow up in the U.S. and regrettably never took a U.S. history course while in college (it wasn’t required for my degree), my knowledge of the Civil War and especially its aftermath is quite limited and one-sided. Margaret Mitchell did a wonderful job educating me, especially with regards to the frustrations of Reconstruction.
My three favorite characters are Rhett, Scarlett, and Melanie, although all of the characters were truly memorable, thanks to Margaret Mitchell’s writing. Rhett was entertaining and put on no airs or sense of pretension. Scarlett had plenty of flaws, of course, but she also had many qualities that I admired – being able to cope during difficulties, and so on. Melanie annoyed me at first, but then I admired her so much.
This book was powerful and incredible. I told my daughter that I will be forever grateful to her for pushing me to read it! Once I finished the book, we sat down and watched the movie. This is seldom a good idea to do right after finishing a book. Let some time pass, I say! The movie was good and they did what they could, given that time period, but the book is far, far superior. I’m quite sure that any book I pick up will pale in comparison for quite a while.
Some of my favorite quotes:
“Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect. We take what we get and are thankful it's no worse than it is.â€
“Hardships make or break people.â€
“Like most girls, her imagination carried her just as far as the altar and no further.â€
“Don’t holler – smile and bide your time.â€
MY RATING SYSTEM
5 Stars
Fantastic, couldn't put it down
4 Stars
Really Good
3 Stars
Enjoyable
2 Stars
Just Okay – nothing to write home about
1 Star
Rubbish – waste of my money and time. Few books make it to this level, since I usually give up on them if they’re that bad.
Gone with the Wind has been one of my favorite movies for as long as I can remember. I read the book in 8th grade, and Skyeler read it in the past couple years. Funny enough, I have never done a reread of it! Reading your comments makes me want to revisit it as an adult. I love Scarlett O'Hara! What strength and determination she possesses! As a young teen, I never cared for Melanie, but I bet as an adult I would appreciate more of her qualities.
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Angel, that's what I did (one work by someone who had won the prize).
Thanks! I'm trying to finish up my Bingo and my A-Z! 4 left on Bingo and 4 left on A-Z challenge! That's 8 books in one month! I don't know if I can do that!
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BaW Bingo Question -- Is the Noble Prize Author any work by that author?
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I pulled The Best Christmas Pageant Ever off the shelf to give to my Pastor's wife to read (she had never even heard of it!!), but just couldn't pass it on without rereading it myself! I finished it last night and decided that I will read it every December! It is so funny and sweet and poignant and makes me look at Mary and Joseph and the Wise Men with fresh eyes :) I love the part where the mom has to tell Imogene the story of Baby Jesus' birth! What a wonderful little book!
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I don't know I feel like it's my duty to convert as many people as possible to reading GH but I guess I do ...
Lol! If they don't convert, they just don't know what they are missing!!
Why have I never heard of a book advent calendar?!
Do you have a link???
The book-related spEEding accident actually happened to a friend. She was listening to one of the Harry Potter audio books, it got to a tense part, and she put the pedal to the metal. $200 speeding ticket... She's grounded (at the age of 72!) from listening to Harry Potter while she's driving.
As to book-related links... This bag and this travel mug are headed my way.
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Book #120: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I listened to it on audiobook. I never listen to audiobooks. I just can't focus. Apparently, the exception is when I am doing something utterly mindless. We've been redoing my daughter's bedroom for months and I had to fix the edges of the triangles on her wall and that took about 40 hours. So that's why I started listening to Order of the Phoenix. In July. I finished it yesterday. I'm really not a fan of audiobooks. But I am, of course, a fan of the book. I love Harry Potter and Order is my favorite of the series.
My record for most books read in a year is 126 (set last year). I don't think I'll beat it this year.
Thant sound utterly tedious!! I listened to an audio book while painting the grout in my tiny little downstairs bathroom. Also a tedious job, Ugh!!
sorry about lack of caps. fell and can't lift my right arm. i've already come up with 4 inventions for holding things. and my phone was turned off by mistake so i have an iphone now and am struggling with it. not a good week.
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I think we should all read a book about finance because I have four in my to be read pile and haven't got around to them yet.
Rosie, no one wants to think about FINANCES near CHRISTMAS!! :lol: :lol: Or after Christmas...or at tax time...or during summer break...hmmm...I guess I NEVER want to think about finances :P
I read plenty in that vein; my reading history is rife with books on d8ing and m8ing.
Regards,
Kareni
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Yay - Angel! I think audiobooks totally count. I find that I actually pay more attention to an audiobook than a paper book - you can't skim long scenic descriptions in an audiobook.
I am just the opposite!! So far I can only listen to books I know really well! I'm a daydreamer and NOT auditory, so I'll be off in my own little world and then realize that I missed Gandalf's great line or Elizabeth Bennett's witty one :rolleyes: I don't have good retention with the audio books. But I'm trying to improve that a little.
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I was able to finish listening to Northanger Abbey while packing last week. That makes 5 out of 6 Jane Austen books I've managed to listen to in 2016. And it's been so fun! Henry Tilney must be one of the more patient heroes of an Austen novel. Even Mr. Knightley loses his temper with Emma. Catherine Moreland manages to be naive while at the same time feeling that other people just might not be acting right. She needs some more confidence in herself as she is actually a better judge of character than she thinks. I'm hoping to finish Emma before the end of the year!
I had hoped to get more reading in last week seeing it was Thanksgiving Break but filling in for Skye at work really took up some time :) I'm glad that I picked an easy, fluff read for the week! Venetia by Georgette Heyer was a perfect book for break. It was a reread, but still totally enjoyable! This time I really felt Edward's condescension! Yuck! Anyway, this book ranks up there with The Grand Sophy, Cotillion, and Sylvester as favorite Heyer's.
And Venetia makes 52!!!!! This is the first time I've hit 52 before December :hurray: To be fair, I have done 10 audio books this year, and I counted the three children's banned/challenged books that Stacia and I read as one book. I always feel like "listening" to a book doesn't count :blush: :lol: I've started my Christmas book for my IRL book club, and I need to start Anne of Avonlea this week too for our co-op class. I don't know what I'll read for fun!
Here's my 52 list...
*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 - banned/challenged )
*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 century)
*52. Venetia by Georgette Heyer (reread - England - 19th century)
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I but wound up instead with Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. I figure I'm on a roll this year with alternative Londons, might as well visit Gaiman's version.
I had this out from the library in October, but it went back without me reading it. I will await your review to see if I should check it out again. I've only read one Gaiman - The Graveyard Book - so I'm not super familiar with him.
Well, you are in luck because I have a 3-year-old that would love to spend a few days with Auntie Stacia. Warning - he's not potty trained. Warning - he wakes up REALLY early.
Let me just check out shipping rates and get back to you ...
Whew. Can you tell it's been a long day?
This had me smiling!! I remember the days when Aly was 2 & 3. I would say the same thing to my mom!
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Mom-ninja, I know you have a Calvin & Hobbes fan. Saw this Calvinball tee & thought you might want to know about it. (Use code HOHOHO at checkout for 20% off through the 28th.)
I'm so glad you linked this!! I just bought it for dh for Christmas :)
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For my book club's November's Mysterious Book I read The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman. I thought it was a cozy mystery, and though there was a little bit of mystery, I'm not sure it was a mystery. In fact, I'm not sure what I would categorize this book. I enjoyed it nonetheless! Mrs. Pollifax was hilarious, and I loved her character with her propensity to not only look for adventure but to persevere when the going got rough. This book also fulfilled my "U" book :) I'd read more Mrs. Pollifax if the time allowed.
Mrs. Pollifax was my 50th book of the year! I'm excited about that :)
I started Venetia by Georgette Heyer last night. It's a reread but I'm still loving it :)
My girls and my nephews and the bunny went to my parents for the week (we will join them later), so it's been a quiet two days. That'll all change in about an hour, though. I'm babysitting the kids Skye nanny's for while she's gone, and they are coming to spend the night tonight with Miss Angel. Fun times!
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#113: The Odyssey by Geraldine McCaughrean. It was a really good children's version. Everything was there, but it was easy to understand. My 8-year-old read it out loud to me. He handled everything fine until Odysseus's old dog died of happiness right in Odysseus's lap. Adrian burst into tears and sobbed and sobbed.
Also, I WILL BE WATCHING FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM IN THREE HOURS!!!!! My 10-year-old is currently in the 5th Harry Potter book. We don't usually take the littles when we go see stuff on opening night (or, rather, the night before opening day), but this time we are taking them. He has been practically vibrating with excitement and then he got his second migraine of his life this afternoon so he's working hard on getting rid of that with ice and dark because nothing will keep him from that movie!
Hugs for the migraine! I hope he recovered and was able to enjoy the movie! I started having migraines young so I sympathize.
And we saw Fantastic Beasts last night. We all thoroughly enjoyed it!
In honor of Flufferton, I pulled a Georgette Heyer off the shelf - I've recently liberated my large hand-me-down collection from a box and made room for them on a shelf. I picked Cousin Kate, which is slightly darker and more Gothic than most of her other Regency romances, but still plenty Fluffy. I like Kate very much, she's a favorite Heyer heroine. I think I always liked the older heroines (the ones that are "on the shelf" at 24!) better than the very young ones, and that has only gotten more true as I've gotten older, of course. Anyway, I'm enjoying it immensely and relieved that I still like GH as much as I did in my teens. Not all authors travel with you through your life, but apparently this one does.
I enjoyed Cousin Kate! Definitely creeped me out a bit, though :laugh: I'm going to reread Venetia over Thanksgiving break. I need a fluff read and it will fulfill my "V" spot in the A-Z Challenge
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Oh, and Angel, I finally got to read Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan for our picture books banned books reading. Lol. While heartbreaking, it's also inspiring, & hopeful. I'd definitely recommend it for kids. I also liked the style of the illustrations and the layout of the pages -- almost like a book within a book.
I enjoyed this one too!
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Some book-ish posts ~
For Jane Austen fans ~ Goodnight Mr. Darcy: A BabyLit® Parody Picture Book by Kate Coombs and Alli Arnold
Regards,
Kareni
Karen, my older dd bought this for a friend's baby girl last Christmas! It is just darling!
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I read about a third of Illuminae before giving up. I had been attracted to the book because of the epistolary format. Had I been in a different frame of mine or were there not more compelling books awaiting me, I might have continued on; however, it also did not live up to my expectations.
Regards,
Kareni
I almost gave it up after over 200 pages. Then I realized that I at least wanted to know what happened or if they were just going to float around in space forever, and it was going quickly, and (more importantly) it was the "I" book I had picked for the A to Z challenge. :lol:
I had just picked this up from the library, but now it's going back in the bag. Thanks for saving me the effort . . . it's not really a format I enjoy anyway.
I didn't mind the format, though it really doesn't allow for any flow of the book or deep character development...hmm, maybe that means that I did mind the format.
Anne was one of those books that I wish I had read when I was 10. I read it as an adult and loved it but I feel like there would have even been more magic in the book if my silly 10 year old self would have read it.
I did read it as a kid, and boy did I identify with Anne's imagination! :laugh: I was so pleasantly surprised that I still felt the magic of it as an adult!
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I was trying to find an "I" book for the A to Z Challenge, and though I ran across a couple good options, I decided to try Illumine by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. I bought this for Skye last year for Christmas, but she hasn't read it yet. It was a long book at 599 pages, but the formatting was unique so their wasn't really 599 pages of reading. I give it kudos for imagination. The storyline picked up about a third of the way through when a virus was introduced. The format, while unique, made it hard to attach to the characters, that and I didn't feel a large amount of character development. Overall, though, it was just ok. The last 20 pages or so ended up salvaging the book. Though most of the really bad language was blacked-out in a redacted form, there was still plenty left which was off-putting. I don't like to see that in a YA book. I'm not sure I get the praise that this book received.
I finished Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery last night. I wish I had had the time to really savor this. Though it's a reread, it has been awhile and it's such a joyful read. I adore Anne! Aly and her friend are reading this for co-op (we are going to go through the whole series), and I am looking forward to sharing and discussing the books with them! So many quotes and morals! Just delightful!
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I just finished The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21416690-the-invisible-library. Someone here read it first and recommended it.....it was great! :) I wish I could remember who!
Librarians travel between alternate worlds collecting books for a master library. It was a bit of a paranormal, steampunk, sci fi mash up. I think a pretty wide variety of BaWer's might like it.......Jenn, Robin, Noseinabook, Kareni, Sadie, and maybe even Angel come to mind. Yes, pretty broad spectrum....... Jane would not like it. ;) I am waiting for the next one.
Sorry, forgot to multi-quote! This does look like something I'd like! And Aly, too, if it's fairly clean! I'll put it on my list.
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Angel, The Cursed Child is my play. ;)
Argh! I didn't think of that!! Oh well, I only had two books published this year, and the Alan Bradley book has a number, and the other number book is the only book I picked because of the cover. I need a "K" for my A to Z challenge so maybe I'll get to King Lear ;)
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I had to read this twice. I thought it said, "I don't have A Book in my Birth Year. I might read King Lear." :huh:
Proof positive that the Book a Week thread welcomes readers of all ages! ;)
:lol: I look pretty good for my age ;)
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Needing a distraction from the mountain of laundry that is setting on the end of my sectional, I decided to check and see where I am on the BaW BINGO. I have three columns of BINGO!
Across:
Female Author - Squashed by Joan Bauer
Published in 2016 - The Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling
Number in the Title - Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd by Alan Bradley
Dusty - The Night Villa by Carol Goodman
Picked by a Friend - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Down:
Published in 2016 - The Cursed Child
Old Friend - Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings
Over 500 Pages - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Banned - A Wrinkle in Time
Nautical - Jaws
and Down:
Number in Title: Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
Fairy Tale Adaptation - Beauty by Robin McKinley
Free Space - The Lost Empire by Clive Cussler
Mystery - Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs
18th Century - Frankenstein
I don't have A Book in my Birth Year, A Play (I might get to King Lear), Translated (was hoping Things Fall Apart was but no), Color in Title (will have this one by next Monday as I'm reading Anne of Green Gables), Noble Prize Author, and Epic. I'm surprised I haven't read an Epic!! Usually one of my favorites!
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I've been skimming the conversations here for the past few weeks. October turned out to be quite hectic! It dawned on me that I'm already drawing near 52 books!!! I'm kind of excited about that! Here are my latest reads that I (think) I haven't posted.
For my "what says Fall to you?" book I scoured Goodreads and came up with Squashed by Joan Bauer. It was absolutely delightful! A true young adult book about a teenage girl who grows giant pumpkins in Iowa. It's the story of her struggle competing for the biggest pumpkin in the adult competition, finding love, overcoming the death of a parent, and all the trials and joys that go with it. Truly it is hard to find a real young adult book anymore, as a large percentage have adult content masquerading as a young adult book. Anyway, this fit my Fall category better than I could have hoped for. I highly recommend it!
The Jane Austen book I wanted to listen to next was unavailable so I downloaded Robert Jordan's New Spring. It's a shorter book, and I figured it would be a good filler until Emma came available. I ended up listening to it all the way through. Though I didn't care for how The Wheel of Time ended, I still like the characters and enjoyed visiting with them again!
Aly and I finished our first biology read aloud, For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund. It was suggested as a fiction book about the effects of genetic engineering. The book didn't get into the genetic engineering in depth, but there was still a small tie in. We both really enjoyed it. The storyline is a dystopian take on Jane Austen's Persuasion. There were just the right amount of differences to help it be its own story, though. Another highly recommended YA book, especially those who enjoy Austen's Persuasion.
Since we were reading For Darkness Shows the Stars, I decided that my next Austen audio book would be Persuasion instead of Emma. Persuasion was one of the first audio books I ever listened to all the way through. It was fun to be listening to it as we were finishing up the other book. Like I've said before, listening to the Austen books has brought out some subtleties that I have overlooked in previous readings. One thing that stuck out to me this time, other than the vainness of Anne's father, was how homey the Harville's, the Croft's, and the Musgrove's were. It's no wonder that Anne desired to spend more of her time with them!
Persuasion is #47 for the year! I thoroughly recommend Squashed! And For Darkness Shows the Stars was another good YA too!
We were doing the A to Z Challenge in my Book Club, just for fun, and I'm getting close with that as well. I want to check out the BaW Bingo because I might have quite a few there, too! I'm pleased with my reading so far this year.
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Matt Smith is my least favourite Doctor so I haven't even watched many of those.
I'm sorry. So, so sorry. I'm not sure we can still be friends :svengo: :001_tt2:
I have only watched a few older episodes. Dh is a fan of Tom Baker.
I have found that your favorite Doctor is a very personal thing lol!
David Tennant is an amazing actor, and I love him as the Doctor, but I personally think Matt Smith is the Doctor.
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Book a Week 2016 - BW50: Best of 2016
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Robin, my Bingo Present also came yesterday!! :hurray: I teach art at our little co-op, so it's just perfect!
Thank you so much, it was so generous of you to "award" us prizes :001_wub: