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Post by mmeblue on Oct 24, 2017 6:38:07 GMT -5
I finished Redeeming Mathematics - the first half I really liked, but the second half was meh.
Also read The Mysterious Benedict Society - I think it veers just a little too far into the "scary" side for C1 right now. I think we'll give it a year. But I enjoyed it!
Seems like there was something else I finished, another quick kid book, but I can't remember what it was.
Still reading What Katy Did. Also reading Christianity and Liberalism, by J. Gresham Machen, and Introduction to Curriculum Design in Gifted Education, edited by Kristen R. Stephens and Frances A. Karnes. That last one is via interlibrary loan, so I need to read it quickly!
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Oct 24, 2017 15:01:49 GMT -5
I finished Minds of Winter - it was good - as an Arctic exploration fangirl I found it really well researched. However it got a little convoluted at the end - he tried to put every man who's ever explored a Pole into a mystery - that spanned from Franklin to now - I lost the train at a few points. The ending was good but also a little unsatisfactory. I also read Dragon Springs Road by Janie Chang - because I'm going to see her speak on Friday. Honestly one of my favourite books of the year. I don't know how to describe it - it essentially follows the life of an orphaned girl in China in the beginning of the 20th century. It was so beautifully written. There was some Chinese folk lore/mysticism in it but I wouldn't call it a fantasy. So lovely.
Now I'm reading Boundary which was long listed for the Giller prize - it actually came out in 2014 but the English translation just came out this year. It's a murder mystery set in a small cottage area in a place that straddles the US/Canadian border along with straddling Anglophone/Francophone lines. I just started it yesterday but I'm enthralled.
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Post by Miss Prudey on Oct 24, 2017 16:11:46 GMT -5
I’m almost finished with Every Fifteen Minutes by Lisa Scottoline. It’s my first read of hers, I’ll have to look at her others.
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Post by coachgrrl on Oct 28, 2017 10:45:45 GMT -5
Just finished "Many Ghosts in her head" which was excellent, scary and still has me thinking. Starting A Man Called Ove for book club
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Post by junebug on Oct 30, 2017 14:51:01 GMT -5
I liked Minds of Winter - although did have to flip back occasionally for reminders on the characters. I need to skim this thread - I've been in a reading rut.
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Oct 30, 2017 15:59:26 GMT -5
I really liked Boundary - great mystery and so well written. I've moved onto to another on the Giller list - Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson - not far enough into it to say how it is.
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Post by dharma on Oct 30, 2017 17:19:12 GMT -5
I love Marian Keyes too! I loved Ghost Story, and am now reading "What Alice Forgot" by LIanne Moriarty...another author I enjoy Moriarty is one of my faves, too. I think I've read all but Truly Madly Guilty. Have any of you read that one? I just finished Castaways in Time, book 8 of the After Cilmeri series by Sarah Woodbury. Time travel/alternate historical fiction kind of thing. I find them fluffy and sometimes the story lines feel a little recycled, but for the most part enjoyable. That woman can crank out some books. I don't know how she does it, but she has several series going on all at once. One thing I like about her is that while she does a lot of research for her books, she doesn't include every damn bit of it like I sometimes feel Diana Gabaldon does, but she'll put it on her web site if anyone is interested in it. I'm just not sure what's next. Probably not Book 9. I try to get as many things from the library as I can but I was anxious to start book 8, so I bought it instead of requesting they add it to the digital collection. While it's only $5, those little purchases add up. So I'll report back after I browse thru the library collection. Save
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Post by Inky on Oct 30, 2017 18:33:02 GMT -5
Well, I did a bunch of stuff and got my Kobo working again, so I'm reading "The Bling Ring" about that gang of kids in Hollywood who were burglarizing celebrities homes. Interesting read. They were in and out of Paris Hilton's home at least 4 times and she never noticed anything missing or disrupted. It wasn't until they went after her jewelry that she called police.
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Post by Miss Prudey on Nov 9, 2017 0:20:50 GMT -5
My latest read is The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister for book club.
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Post by marianparoo on Nov 9, 2017 4:39:37 GMT -5
I don't have my Kindle with me today, but it is a New Yorker anthology of Christmas stuff.
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Nov 9, 2017 16:36:20 GMT -5
I finished Son of a Trickster. It's a coming of age story with some Native Canadian mysticism thrown in. It was quite good - the main character is very appealing. The book is a little depressing however. Seeing how this child is raised and what is considered normal for his peer group is heartbreaking. It's the reality that a lot of Indigenous youth in this country face - but, as a parent, it's still hard to read.
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Post by Peachy on Nov 9, 2017 19:26:21 GMT -5
I'm still slowly working my way through the Sue Grafton series (up to K is for Killer now). I think I need a break from the series after this book, though. I've got Confessions of a Domestic Failure to read next.
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Post by mmeblue on Nov 13, 2017 12:38:21 GMT -5
Finished recently:
Christianity and Liberalism Introduction to Curriculum Design in Gifted Education Justice Buried (Patricia Bradley) An Inconvenient Beauty (Kristi Ann Hunter) - this was a reread-ish, since I had read an early draft of it and it didn't change a whole lot between that and publication
Oh, and I got partway through What Katy Did and just decided to hand it over to the girls, since Clara was champing at the bit for something new to read, lol. She liked it.
Now reading:
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Nov 13, 2017 17:56:08 GMT -5
I'm reading Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis - it's a Canadian political comedy book. I'm doing this reading challenge that I think dharma posted last year and I needed a book that was "in a place you plan to visit this year" and this book takes place in Ottawa (which I visited in March - but it's not the book's fault I already went there )
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Post by Inky on Nov 13, 2017 20:20:14 GMT -5
I got my Kobo working again !! I really wish I knew how or why it started working.
The problem was that for some reason my PC wasn't showing my Kobo - it just showed an E: drive with no information. Then it did show the Kobo. I immediately downloaded a bunch of library books. I'll have to get started on using Calibre soon. So first one I read was an autobiography by Kunal Nayyar - Yes, My accent is real. Now I'm reading Jane Hawking's autobiography - Travelling to Infinity.
I'm also re-reading A Year Of Living Biblically - just because it's sitting here and it tickles my funny bone.
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Post by coachgrrl on Nov 14, 2017 11:22:50 GMT -5
Currently- Jubilee
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Post by nansel on Nov 15, 2017 7:51:05 GMT -5
I’m re-reading Pride and Prejudice. I feel the need for some book comfort food. I haven’t read it in probably 15 years.
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Nov 15, 2017 21:02:51 GMT -5
I'm totally cheating on my Canadian thing because Andy Weir's Artemis came out yesterday!!!!
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Post by dharma on Nov 15, 2017 22:08:22 GMT -5
I'm reading Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis - it's a Canadian political comedy book. I'm doing this reading challenge that I think dharma posted last year and I needed a book that was "in a place you plan to visit this year" and this book takes place in Ottawa (which I visited in March - but it's not the book's fault I already went there ) Probably not me, but I'll take the credit for it. I'm reading really bad Amish fiction. I mean it's not THAT bad, but it's predictable. I'm not religious so it's a little eye-roll-y for me and I'm horrified the author actually has an MFA, but it's "wholesome and crap," so that's good.
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Nov 16, 2017 16:54:48 GMT -5
I forgot - I'm also reading A Brief History of Oversharing who's main claim to fame was organizing a Ginger Pride march in Edinburgh a few years ago. He's a Canadian comedian and I had the pleasure of meeting him a few weeks ago at a reading. The book is a collection of essays about various stages in his life. It is funny and sad all at the same time and I'm really enjoying it
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