I really liked the audio version of Room. It was fantastically well done. It is however quite a disturbing book. I thought The Henrietta Lacks book was very thought provoking.

I came across this list of 21 books every woman should read http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/19/recent-books-women-should-read_n_7314166.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000010I've managed two so far :D

Weeeell I am not completely moved. I am currently at my grandparents and will be for a month (at least) but the big move is done. The next step can be done in increments (or with professional movers which looks increasingly likely) as it is a local move.

The emergency number in Sweden is financed through taxes. At this point in time the government pays a private company a fixed rate per year that has been the same since 2006. (Like Laura I had to look it up since I had no clue :blush: )

I am really loving the Mighty Girl site (and fb page) and all their book lists. The other day they had two lists of classics and there were several I haven't read and really want to read now.

Hello! I went in to the city today and, among other things, got a library card. I went to the main library. It is FOUR floors of books. Loads of books in English. AND they had request to purchase slips all over the place!!!! And there is a cafe. I can see myself spending many Saturdays there :D 60. Kiss Me by Susan Mallery 61. The Last Thing He Needs by J. H. Knight 62. In Front of God and Everyone by Nealy Wagner 63. Everything He Needs by J. H. Knight 64. It's Never Over by Nealy Wagner 65. HIM by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy (review will be up on the blog on Monday) 66. Radio Silence by Alyssa Cole 67. Finding Their Way by A. M. Arthur 68. Signal Boost by Alyssa Cole 69. Focus on Me by Megan Ericksson 70. Curve Ball by Sloan Johnson 71. Get Your Shine On by Nick Wilgus I'm having a hard time settling down to one book. I keep dipping into different books but they aren't holding my attention. It is a pain. And I have a new book coming tomorrow. Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowens. It is extra annoying as they aren't bad books, just...I don't know... I haven't read any Allende. I read Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie and it didn't really do it for me.

It's the same in Sweden. If I call 112 I can tell them an address anywhere in the country and they will dispatch the correct service to the correct address.

Not so much weird but I do find 1Corinthians 14:33-35 deeply troubling (the verses about women being quiet in church and submitting). Now I have read some commentary that says that in the historical context it was actually about women who were busy bodies and drowning out the true teachings, but I find that it is often applied to mean that women should not speak up and that this verse is the root of a great deal of misogyny.

The bolded is VERY TRUE! I was an au pair (I did NOT go with an organization and I now tell everyone I hear of going to not do what I did). I felt like I was ALWAYS on. The kids would wake me up to help them in the morning even on my days off. So make sure that your kids know when it is okay to ask the au pair and when not. One of my cousins has had several au pairs and she is still in contact with many of them. I had a colleague who was an au pair and she is still in contact with the family, she was just telling me that the little girl she used to look after is about to become a mom herself :)

Use an agency. For your sake and for the au pairs sake.

Speaking of Afghanistan have you seen the story about the woman in the Afghan Girl picture ?

Oh yeah RPF is just CREEPY. It is one thing imagining yourself with your favourite actor/actress/sports star what have you. It is a WHOLE nother ball game writing it out and putting it online.

No I haven't. What is it about?

I honestly can't remember and I didn't finish it. Maybe someone else can chime in. I feel like I should read it, we have so many Afghan refugees here.

Yes I think that is exactly right.

I didn't hate Kite Runner but it isn't a book I feel I will ever need to re-read. It disturbed me. Suns I started as an audiobook but then my audible app went wonky and I lost where I was and I never went back to it. Maybe now that I will have a longer commute that is a book I can listen too (I get motion sickness sometimes so I tend not to read a great deal when in moving vehicles).

I've read some good West Wing ones but many of them are gone now. Also some good BSG ones but again many are gone now. I actually haven't read much fan fic at all in recent years so no rec. Harry Potter tends to be hit and miss (an awful lot of "Harry falls in love with the cute American exchange witch" if I remember correctly). Although I did write some myself (not fantastic ;)) and I preferred writing about secondary characters where I could fill in back story.

Absolutely!

Safe and sound at the grandparents. I have to much cr*p. My brother, b-i-l, b-i-l's dad, and my dad are all awesome. I'm exhausted. Good night

Hugs

This is what I was trying to say about Umbridge the other week http://www.tickld.com/x/sp/the-real-reason-you-hate-umbridge-so-much

Mayo, olives, pickles, liver, kidneys, mussels, chocolate ice cream, raw carrots, lettuce

I LOVED Remains of the Day but could. not. stand. the narrator in Never Let Me Go, to the point where I couldn't finish it. I loved the silence of Remains. It was...well hard to describe, but as Eliana says, perfectly crafted.

I was born in 81 and no you aren't the only one. Amongst my peers it was more along the lines of "it isn't REAL sex" not "it's what the gays do". In fact we didn't really talk about homosexuals at all.

Sometimes my colleagues and I wonder if our students have a box of sprinkles titled apostrophes and when they don't believe their work is good enough they get out the apostrophe sprinkles and sprinkle them all over their writing. Kind of like you hide imperfections on a cake with more icing :lol: ETA to fix a spelling error because it makes me cringe to make fun of others grammar when I can't spell