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Post by marianparoo on Oct 4, 2017 14:27:24 GMT -5
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZAfon
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Post by mmeblue on Oct 4, 2017 15:16:34 GMT -5
Finished Retribution and also read The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright. The latter was a pre-read for Clara; I had high hopes until there was a fire in the story near the end. She does NOT like stories with fire, and they result in nightmares and difficulty falling asleep for her. Sigh.
Now reading The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley, also a pre-read for C1.
ETA: And literally right after I posted that, I got to a fire part in The Great Good Thing. I think I'll just skip the rest of it and choose something else to try.
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Post by mmeblue on Oct 5, 2017 11:20:38 GMT -5
Finished Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman - loved it! I think the girls will enjoy it. Things that could be scary are wrapped up in humor instead.
Now reading Redeeming Mathematics: A God-Centered Approach by Vern S. Poythress, and What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge.
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Post by beccaphel on Oct 6, 2017 10:34:54 GMT -5
I'm reading A Man Called Ove so I can watch the movie with a friend. Luckily she's patient because I'm a slow reader. I'm reading it too! I love it so much. I have this in my TBR on my Kindle. Maybe I need to move it up! I read Saving Abby by Holmes while I was on vacation, about infertility. It was sad. Probably not the best book for a vacation. My sister recommended the Butterfly Garden by Hutchinson. It was freaky (like she warned me). It kept me reading, but it was troubling! I just started the Marriage Lie by Belle, so we shall see! Save
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Post by maurinsky on Oct 6, 2017 10:40:37 GMT -5
I watched the movie of A Man Called Ove last weekend.
I can only imagine how many tissues I would need for the book!
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Oct 7, 2017 8:09:34 GMT -5
Finished The Roanoke Girls, that was some serious VC Andrews style trash right there! (Which people love or hate!) I have been reading lots of fluff, as my mind just can't read the more serious stuff sitting in my Kindle. I know my life is in a rut when I read Sophie Kinsella and that sort of lot. I am now a few pages in to Eleanor Oliphant. I have a feeling it's going to get a bit dark. I do that too - keep fluffy around for when I need a mental break . I've never read any Laurence before and, while it's well written, the narrator is just a miserable human being. I dislike spending time with her. Good luck with Waiting for First Light. That book broke me - I thought I would be prepared for it after having read Shake Hands with the Devil but I wasn't. It was like reopening a wound that I thought was closed. Both of those books literally changed me and how I view the world around me. [/quote] Waiting for First Light was an experience. Good god. I’m re-reading Stone Angel, I haven’t read it in 30 years. Yes, Hagar is horrible, isn’t she? Which is entirely the point of course. It is harder to read now than I remember, likely because of more real life experience. [/quote] I finished Stone Angel - I can't imagine why they think it's relevant for high school kids . But yeah it was a tough read - especially how she treated her children. It was so well written though. At first I didn't think I was going to finish it - but the writing kept me going. I'm reading The Last Spike by Pierre Berton (about the building of the CPR - aka the creation of all of Canada west of Ontario ). I'm also reading Minds of Winter which was short listed for the Giller Prize - it's fiction but it involves the Franklin Expedition. I have a thing for arctic exploration so it's fun for me to visit all of these people from history. I'm not far enough into it to say whether I like it or not.
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Post by Peachy on Oct 7, 2017 9:53:36 GMT -5
I'm still working my way through the Sue Grafton series. I'm up to H is for Homicide.
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Post by maurinsky on Oct 8, 2017 19:59:49 GMT -5
Finished The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka - good mystery with an alcoholic protagonist. Exciting, tense denouement.
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Post by nansel on Oct 8, 2017 23:01:48 GMT -5
I finished Stone Angel - I can't imagine why they think it's relevant for high school kids . But yeah it was a tough read - especially how she treated her children. It was so well written though. At first I didn't think I was going to finish it - but the writing kept me going. My teacher was a big believer in teaching Canadian lit, and Laurence was local to us - bonus! We read all of the Manawaka books. He also introduced me to Robertson Davies, and Gabrielle Roy (who grew up a block from me - her family house is a museum now), Alice Munro, and Mordecai Richler. Man I loved that class. For our section on writing, my teacher actually brought in Sandra Birdsell to critique our stuff! Which was way cool. I learned a lot from her.
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Oct 9, 2017 6:30:51 GMT -5
I finished Stone Angel - I can't imagine why they think it's relevant for high school kids . But yeah it was a tough read - especially how she treated her children. It was so well written though. At first I didn't think I was going to finish it - but the writing kept me going. My teacher was a big believer in teaching Canadian lit, and Laurence was local to us - bonus! We read all of the Manawaka books. He also introduced me to Robertson Davies, and Gabrielle Roy (who grew up a block from me - her family house is a museum now), Alice Munro, and Mordecai Richler. Man I loved that class. For our section on writing, my teacher actually brought in Sandra Birdsell to critique our stuff! Which was way cool. I learned a lot from her. I read no Canadian authors in high school and that's a major pet peeve of mine. In fact ds is on the way to repeating that. I have no idea why American "classics" are still being taught instead of Canadian literature in Canadian schools. What relevance do race relations in the Southern US (I'm looking at you Tom Sawyer and To Kill a Mockingbird) have to Canadian kids? We have our own racial problems that are represented in Canadian literature - why is no one reading those books? Why does a kid now (or in the 80's) care about vapid rich people in the 1920's US? When said child could read about vapid Canadians. In Grade 13 we had two English - the one you had to take and an elective called English Literature. In that Literature class at my high school Atwood was on the curriculum. I believe Handmaid's Tale - but other than that I know of no Canadian authors taught in my high school. I know of people in other schools who did read Canadian - but not at mine.
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Post by maurinsky on Oct 9, 2017 10:30:02 GMT -5
Starting Americanah today. I was immediately sucked in but I had to take a break to go shopping for food.
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Post by Sam on Oct 11, 2017 8:59:20 GMT -5
If you liked A Man Called Ove you might like Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine. Different subject matter but the same comforting feeling.
I have just finished Marian Keyes' new book 'The Breakup' I love Marian Keyes.
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Post by coachgrrl on Oct 11, 2017 12:38:05 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
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Post by emmjay on Oct 11, 2017 13:27:27 GMT -5
I just finished A Man Called Ove yesterday. I have been meaning to buy it for months but never got around to it; this week I am chaperoning a school trip in Romania and it happened to be in the tiny book exchange in the hotel. Loved it. Now I'm starting The Night Trilogy because our hotel/guesthouse is literally next door to Elie Wiesel's childhood home (I can see into the courtyard from my window). I'm going to visit the museum in the house on Friday so I want to be sure I at least read Night before then.
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Post by coachgrrl on Oct 14, 2017 21:04:58 GMT -5
I'd like to read the Trilogy. I've read Night but not the other two. Please post some pictures of the home tour. I would love to see it
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Post by shaena on Oct 14, 2017 21:37:18 GMT -5
If you liked A Man Called Ove you might like Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine. Different subject matter but the same comforting feeling. I have just finished Marian Keyes' new book 'The Breakup' I love Marian Keyes. I just finished "Eleanor" and comforting is a great way to describe it! I really liked it!
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Post by Inky on Oct 15, 2017 18:27:14 GMT -5
AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
Does anyone else use a Kobo, with Adobe Digital Editions and using the library overdrive system?
My PC is not always recognizing my Kobo. Sometimes it just recognizes a usb drive. Then sometimes my books won't open because OOPS I don't have authorized Adobe editions (which YES! I do!).
Any way it is a big cluster-Fk which is driving me nuts. I've asked google, kobo and adobe sites and there are 50 answers. Many of which I've tried. The only thing I haven't done is uninstalled Adobe, deleted everything off my kobo and reinstalled all that stuff. Is there an alternative?
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Post by nansel on Oct 15, 2017 19:05:40 GMT -5
AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Does anyone else use a Kobo, with Adobe Digital Editions and using the library overdrive system? My PC is not always recognizing my Kobo. Sometimes it just recognizes a usb drive. Then sometimes my books won't open because OOPS I don't have authorized Adobe editions (which YES! I do!). Any way it is a big cluster-Fk which is driving me nuts. I've asked google, kobo and adobe sites and there are 50 answers. Many of which I've tried. The only thing I haven't done is uninstalled Adobe, deleted everything off my kobo and reinstalled all that stuff. Is there an alternative? I had a similar problem a few months ago, and went through the same process of trying to figure it out. In the end, I deleted and reinstalled everything, and it`s been working fine since (fingers crossed).
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Post by Inky on Oct 15, 2017 19:19:10 GMT -5
AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Does anyone else use a Kobo, with Adobe Digital Editions and using the library overdrive system? My PC is not always recognizing my Kobo. Sometimes it just recognizes a usb drive. Then sometimes my books won't open because OOPS I don't have authorized Adobe editions (which YES! I do!). Any way it is a big cluster-Fk which is driving me nuts. I've asked google, kobo and adobe sites and there are 50 answers. Many of which I've tried. The only thing I haven't done is uninstalled Adobe, deleted everything off my kobo and reinstalled all that stuff. Is there an alternative? I had a similar problem a few months ago, and went through the same process of trying to figure it out. In the end, I deleted and reinstalled everything, and it`s been working fine since (fingers crossed). I was afraid of that - I guess I'm going to have to bite the bullet and try it. I wish I'd paid more attention when DS set up the original Kobo for me.
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Oct 16, 2017 15:16:46 GMT -5
I use Calibre exclusively to manage my library. If your computer recognizes your kobo as a usb drive you can use file explorer to just drag the books over. They should be stored in a folder called "my digital editions" under "My documents" - and then you just drag it over like any file that you move from your computer to a USB. But you should look into calibre - it's pretty friendly. I even use it to manage the books that I buy and the books that I beta read. If you want to shoot me your email address I can sen a tutorial I've written up for people that keep asking me how to use it . One thing I would recommend - my kobo is 7 years old YMMV - but whenever it starts interfacing oddly with my books (putting old books in my "I'm reading list" for example) it's usually because they date/time on my kobo is wrong.
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