Ack! It is so hard waiting between Tana French novels! Keep us posted!

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Very nice!

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Artemis Fowl.:001_smile:

This is one of my all-time favorite plays.

Congrats!

Welcome!

This week I finished: #67. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (yes, aggieamy, I finally got around to it!). I knew the ending before reading it, so it was an interesting experience, more like studying the structure as I went through it. #68. Who Killed Roger Ackroyd? by Pierre Bayard. This is an examination of the Christie novel, imagining an alternate conclusion about the identity of the murderer. Bayard uses a combo of traditional textual analysis and a sort of literary psychoanalysis (of both author and characters). I enjoyed the Christie novel, but I enjoyed the Bayard analysis even more.

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Nice!

DH and I are always joking that there are only a dozen British actors and they just change how they combine them. I end up running to check IMDB every time I watch a new BBC show because half the cast is always familiar.

If you don't want to do chili, you could do a baked potato bar for an extra hot dish. Various cheeses, sour cream, guacamole, salsa, and scallions all make great toppings. Actually, I really like chili on baked potatoes. :D Another simple dish is 7 layer dip (Costco probably has this or it's easy to make) with crudites and various types or tortilla chips.

Would the Prentice Hall Science Explorer books work? They can be done very independently. DD will be doing 3 of their physical science texts as well as one of their earth science texts next school year. I'm planning to supplement with some outside workshops, but those aren't out of necessity so much as for fun.

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I would hold out for a more recent set -- but I would be just as tempted as you are.:001_smile:

:lurk5: I was looking for something very similar about a year ago when DD was getting tripped up by handwriting/keeping neat columns issues as she got into more writing intensive math. I never found quite what I was looking for.

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Oh really? If there are no unicorns, then where does this come from?

The Cronus Chronicles.

She sounds like an amazing person -- and that's quite a one-of-a-kind memento.:D

I tend to type and delete a lot in the early morning (before the first cup of coffee enters my bloodstream).

From Memorial Day weekend until Independence Day. This year we had very little work left by the middle of May. But DS is already asking for more work.:D

DD would like to spend her teen years as either a vampire slayer or the Doctor's companion, so I don't think I'll have much influence if I suggest an instrument or horseback riding.:D