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Post by Inky on Nov 16, 2017 21:32:33 GMT -5
I have a soft spot for Amish fiction. There are several series of books that I really enjoyed.
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Nov 18, 2017 12:58:50 GMT -5
I finished Artemis by Andy Weir. Over all I liked it - it's not quite as good as the Martian - but it's a fun, engaging read. It's very different from The Martian - but still has the pacing and the sciency stuff. It's not getting great reviews - I'm not sure what people expected. He wrote a fun, exciting, profane filled book and followed up with another . I guess Mark Watney was such a great character - and the heroine of Artemis isn't nearly as likeable.
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Post by Kay on Nov 18, 2017 16:39:59 GMT -5
I am still slowly making my way thru The Dark Tower series. I am on the next to last book The Song of Susannah. I am really not liking how Stephen King wrote himself into the books.
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Post by coachgrrl on Nov 19, 2017 15:59:10 GMT -5
Reading "The Book That matters Most" For book club. But I'm not that into it...I'm still missing the book I read before that. I have a book hangover
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Post by Inky on Nov 19, 2017 16:23:39 GMT -5
I never could get into the Dark Tower series. Up til then I had liked most of his stuff.
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Nov 20, 2017 16:13:23 GMT -5
I'm reading All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai - it's a time travel book and I'm completely enthralled. I didn't want to go to work today so I could read it . I'm also reading Vimy by Pierre Berton which is about the battle of Vimy Ridge
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Post by Peachy on Nov 26, 2017 10:24:25 GMT -5
I took a break from the Sue Grafton series to read Confessions of a Domestic Failure. It sounded like it would be laugh-out-loud funny, but I didn't think it was all that. It was OK, but didn't quite live up to the hype.
Back to my series (I'm up to L is for Lawless now).
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Post by shaena on Nov 26, 2017 11:58:39 GMT -5
I have been Reading the Poldark series off and on, there are 12 so it's going to take a while! and I saw WOGs Good Reads recommendation come through for All Our Wrong Tomorrow's, and I am totally into it, I started it on the train home last night, and was sad I could not keep my eyes open to keep going! It does hook you in, especially for those who love time travel genre, excited to see where it goes!
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Nov 26, 2017 14:19:47 GMT -5
I finished All Our Wrong Todays and I adored it. It's a time travel book but it has a different take on time travel - basically this guy made a mistake that caused us to live in the world we do now but he remembers the world like a Jetson's utopia future type thing. He's a bit of a screw up but he's appealing - it was more about relationships and choices - but I really really liked it. I'm glad you liked it too shaena I'm now reading I am a Truck by Michelle Winters which was shortlisted for the Giller.
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Post by marianparoo on Nov 27, 2017 8:11:28 GMT -5
Ghosts of Christmas Past including one very short-short-short and very wicked by Neil Gaiman
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Post by maurinsky on Nov 28, 2017 17:49:37 GMT -5
I picked up Eleanor and Park, The Martian and All Our Wrong Todays at the library today.
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Nov 28, 2017 18:47:12 GMT -5
I love all of those books
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Nov 28, 2017 18:47:41 GMT -5
Although for Rainbow Rowell I think I preferred Fangirl and Landline to E&P
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Nov 28, 2017 18:49:12 GMT -5
I finished I am a Truck - it was just okay for me. I'm moving on to Transit by Rachel Cusk (also shortlisted for the Giller)
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Post by marianparoo on Nov 29, 2017 4:40:22 GMT -5
Blood and mistletoe - by E.J. Stevens - there are number of books with that title
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Post by maurinsky on Nov 29, 2017 7:10:16 GMT -5
I had insomnia last night so I got up at midnight and read Eleanor & Park and went back to bed at 2:20 a.m.
I loved it. I read a good chunk of it through tears.
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Post by mmeblue on Nov 29, 2017 7:29:32 GMT -5
Just finished Understanding the Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Students. It was good, though at times the suggestions ventured into cheesy territory, or made assumptions that all gifted students experience things the same way. Still, it gave me some things to think about.
Current reads: Gulliver's Travels and The Riddle and the Knight: In Search of Sir John Mandeville, the World's Greatest Traveler. Apparently I have an unintentional travel theme going on.
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Post by nansel on Nov 29, 2017 8:57:01 GMT -5
I checked out All of our Wrong Todays from the library, but Digital Editions isn’t letting me put it on my Kobo. DRM issues. But I took it out legally! Argh. Just finished Understanding the Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Students. It was good, though at times the suggestions ventured into cheesy territory, or made assumptions that all gifted students experience things the same way. Still, it gave me some things to think about. . I can imagine . When dd was in early elementary school and her teachers were after me to “do something” about my kid, I did some reading. It seemed that everyone assumes that an academically gifted kid is going to 100% be that skinny nerdy socially immature kid with glasses. My daughter was the tallest/biggest kid in her class even after she skipped, was a enthusiastically decent athlete, and had zero social/emotional issues with being the youngest. She had issues fitting in, like lots of kids, but for other reasons.
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Post by mmeblue on Nov 29, 2017 9:16:45 GMT -5
Just finished Understanding the Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Students. It was good, though at times the suggestions ventured into cheesy territory, or made assumptions that all gifted students experience things the same way. Still, it gave me some things to think about. . I can imagine . When dd was in early elementary school and her teachers were after me to “do something” about my kid, I did some reading. It seemed that everyone assumes that an academically gifted kid is going to 100% be that skinny nerdy socially immature kid with glasses. My daughter was the tallest/biggest kid in her class even after she skipped, was a enthusiastically decent athlete, and had zero social/emotional issues with being the youngest. She had issues fitting in, like lots of kids, but for other reasons. It wasn't that so much - it made a point of saying that these kids ARE quite varied in personality types and interests. My issue was with things like...the author is a really big fan of using movies to provide gifted students with something they can connect with. Well, my gifted oldest has zero interest in movies. And the "creating an emotionally inviting classroom" suggestions are things that would have made my gifted self roll my eyes and think "can we just learn something already," rather than making me feel like I could really bond with the others in my class.
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Post by alicechalmers on Nov 29, 2017 9:36:46 GMT -5
My Book Club is determined to make a resurgence, finally made a plan to do a weekend together in January, and our book is Connie Willis' "Blackout" and maybe "All Clear" if we get to it. I haven't read Connie Willis in a while but I typically like her writing.
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