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Just want to let know dd survived her french exam, is totally exausted now, and now we are waiting for the results.
We started Easter break early this year (right after the exam) so I hope to find some time to read next week...
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I just finished Murder at Mansfield Park last night, and I really liked it, but it took me awhile to get to into it.
I am also picking up Dying in the Wool today at the library LOL! I think the title is a play on the words "dyed in the wool". I am assuming someone died in a wool mill or something similar. I don't think the title has any great meaning, but I could be wrong.
I didn’t like to wait 160 pages for the murder ;)
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I knew there was something going on!I started this just a few nights ago. Ha. How funny we'll be doing an unofficial Yorkshire read along.
The title is a play on the location (wool mill) and murder (to dye cloth "dyeing" vs to die "dying"). That's how I interpret it anyway. I imagine that's actually very confusing to a person that isn't a native English speaker.
I misspelled dyeing in my mind.
Dyeing wool translated to dutch give you also a dutch saying. (Have been dyed through wool)
Something like ‘had your feet wet before’ or ‘street smarts’ if translating machines are correctly, and that is where I became confused :D
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I just finished Murder at Mansfield Park, although I think the author did a job well done, I could not like the book.
Meanwhile I received Kate Shackleton #1
And I wonder about the title,
Dying in the wool
Can be about death, painting or having a lot experience? The latter is from a dutch saying ‘door de wol geverfd zijn’ but I am not sure it also exist in this meaning in English.
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I doubt writing is behind, as Dutch school don’t do much writing at those ages.
Spelling might be a different story for your oldest one, your 5yo isn’t supposed to be able to read according the dutch schoolsysteem ;)
There are a lot of online practice sites for spelling, like:
http://www.spellingoefenen.nl.
At 7yo most children only spell one syllable and two syllable words. At 8 they add three syllable words.
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When we use the ferry to Kingston upon Hull nearby York, we have to leave the ferry early and try something to do to break the driving.
One year we visited the James Herriot Museum while heading to the lake district. Dd just read all creatures great and small :)
For now we read and watched Elle s’appalait Sarah. Unfortunetly the dvd had no subtitles, in any language, so dd had to deal with the french... good practice for the french exam this week :D
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So ladies, how do I attach photos? I had wanted to share a stack of my books a while ago for fun, but couldn't get it to attach unless I reduced it to microscopic size. I am not a member of any of those photo websites... is there any other way??
PS. Your nightstand is so much tidier than mine! :tongue_smilie:
I wondered that too, as I don’t seem to be able to attach photo’s from my ipad
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In 8th grade we started with Kidswrite Intermediate.
I just mailed them to ask which class would be a good fit to dd.
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I have finished quite a few books lately. Here are some thoughts:
Poison and Cursed by Charlot King (Cambridge Murder Mysteries #1 & #2) - I thought that these were OK, but I was frustrated that the author doesn't let the reader in on clues that are necessary to solve the crime. For example, during the denouement the main character cites certain paperwork that she found in the home of one of the characters to support her accusation. The reader sees her in the home looking around, but no mention of this item is made at that time. Another example, she cites a name in the visitor book at a museum as proof, but when we are at the scene where she visits that museum, the visitor book is never mentioned. Withholding vital information puts the reader in the position of passive spectator, which I didn't enjoy as much.
Another odd thing about this series is that they are written in present tense. An example of the opening of one of the chapters:
"Elizabeth has left the glasshouses in the Botanic Gardens and is cycling across Jesus Green, past the huge lines of tall London Planes, tennis courts and outdoor swimming pool. She crosses Victoria Avenue, heads towards the Fort St. George pub and onto Midsummer Common, backing down as it does to the river, lined with rowing clubs and boathouses. This is Elizabeth's most favorite common, open to the sky, surrounded by trees."
The entire book is written like this. I got used to it as I was reading, but it always seemed jarring to me when I began a new chapter for some reason.
Abandoned:
Glad with your post!
I thought my English was lacking!!!!
At certain moment Emma enters in the story of Volume 1, no explanations about her, she just starts to talk :)
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Not sure how cold it is where you live, but during winter I don’t eat salads.
We eat soup instead as lunch.
During summer I don’t eat soups ;)
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One of my sons is currently reading Man's Search for Meaning, and I might give that a reread. It would fit the Philosophical Square for Bingo. Just now looking over the bingo card, I have filled six squares thus far.
The biography would be book 7 here.
I had some troubles with books that where not described properly in the library and so were set in the wrong era ;) But this monday will be library day so I can try to find some other titles :)
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I finished ‘the new Rector’ I will use it for Dorset I think.
I liked the book very much, but didn’t like the adultery.
I started a biography about Bonhoeffer for the Bingo (birthday present from 2017 so becomes time to read before I’ll have my Birthday again...)
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@ Mumto2:
Dd is sleeping now, she is slightly better now, but not enough to prepare the exam...
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I finished Poison last night.
It was a bigger (and more difficult) read then I expected.
I would love to see this book on screen, movie or serie doesn't matter...
I also finished The garden Party by Katherine Mansfield.
I think I like short stories less, somehow I tend to think they are unfinished.... :blush:
I started the new Rector by Rebecca Shaw, I think it is a Wild Card as Turnham Malpas doesn’t seem to exist although there is a lovely map of it: https://www.rebeccashaw.me/map-of-turnham-malpas
Now dd is ill, which is not practical with exam French written within 2 weeks...
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The weather is odd for the moment: one day it freezes and snows (night temperatures below 10 degrees celsius) three days later we walked in the sun with almost 15 degrees Celsius midday temperature. This was last week.
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Welcome to the other side of the ocean!
Almost anybody, except for elderly people, should be able to speak English to a certain degree, so I would not worry about the French.
(I always use English in Brussels, my first sentence sounds something like: Je ne comprends pas Francais bien, parlez vous d’Anglais?)
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Oh America, I miss you.
I have to trace my pan and cut out circles myself. Freaking dark ages over here!
🤪
You’re looking for this?
https://www.bol.com/nl/p/bakpapier-rond-20-stuks-23-cm/9200000086152805/
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West London too here!
(No native speaker, holiday speaker at best :) )
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Finished the age of innocense, finally a night without intterrupted sleeping...
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I believe that you can read Kindle books on a computer and do not actually need a Kindle.
Regards,
Kareni
That’s right.
Dd has a kindle.
First I read through an app on a pc, now on a tablet.
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I can't keep up with you all! Still reading Bill Bryson...
I always presumed that one needed to keep up with one self...
And Bill Bryson is a slow read, even in my mothertongue...
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Just finished the high sheriff of huntingdon.
Just a little too much romance for me personally.
I understand it is part of life ;) but too descriptive in my eyes.
Having fever is good for britt tripp readings btw :)
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I finished swamplandia last week.
Not sure what to think about it.
Tackled by fever yesterday I read:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17182897-fina
A book from dd.
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Book a Week 2018 - BW12 and BW13: March Equinox
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