#motivationalmonday 1. Have new dishwasher installed (old one broke last week) and celebrate younger son‘s 19th birthday 🎂 2. Dark now, but our covered patio furniture 🌖 3. Dublin, Ohio, suburb of Columbus - warm and sunny today 😎 4. Tagged 👆🏻📖🎧
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#MotivationalMonday 1. Lunch at Benihana with husband and 2 college sons for 2nd year in a row! 2. I can‘t really think of any, but I usually plan it that way 3. Difficult to pick from so many, but the tagged book is definitely one
Totally random, but I was talking to my 22 yo son about a leadership project he & classmates are doing his last semester of college - fundraising for books for underprivileged elementary kids and reading to them. He is now an avid reader, but when he was in elementary, he was very reluctant. So I made a list of authors of books that I could get him to read and enjoy. I thought I would share just in case it would help others. (Cont‘d ⬇️)
#ThreeListThursday Just short stories because I have a different list for novellas! 1. Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut. 2. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K LeGuin 3. There Will Come Soft Rains - Ray Bradbury
#FirstLineFridays Eshonai had always told her sister that she was certain something wonderful lay over the next hill.
Busy week this week so I‘m playing catch up. I think it would be cool to be a Valkyrie! I couldn‘t think of any books other than Norse mythology with Valkyries (except for Marvel comics), so I chose the tagged book as it is an all time favorite. #Two4Tuesday
I tried to think of other books beyond Jane Eyre, Little House on the Prairie, Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, and The Witch of Blackbird Pond (annual treasures growing up) and came up with these three books (series):
1. All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
2. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
3. The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold
The first is from my childhood; the other two I read as an adult.
#tlt #threelistthursday @dabbe
1. I‘m not named for a person, but am named because of the curtains that my parents put in my room when I was born. They had blocks with the letters M,L,R, and Y. As our last name started with Y, they decided on Michael/Michelle or Robert/Roberta, and finally came up with the unisex Robin Lynn. 2. My older son is named after David Beckham, and my younger son is named after Kevin Keegan - Beckham and Keegan. #two4tuesday
When my sons were little, they played a soccer video game that had such great world music. We listened to it for many years, but I had all forgotten about it until Leftcoastzen shared Say Hey (I Love You). I thought I would share this playlist for all to enjoy. #tuesdaytunes. https://spotify.link/rnE8RS5rVHb
1. Catch up on laundry and start catching up for past 4 years of non-input on LibraryThing and GoodReads.
2. Neurosurgeon - I was always fascinated with the brain. I'm not one - long story and not my best decision.
3. Not yet. Younger son taking classes this summer and we don't have his schedule yet. It will likely be a trip to a closer city like NY or Chicago or perhaps the beach.
4. Tagged ⬆️
#MotivationalMonday @cupcake12
I think it probably takes a special sense of humor, but, this one made me literally LOL! 🤣
I suppose it depends on what is meant by publication date. Here is an interesting article about The Iliad, which would have to be the earliest book I have read. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/geneticists-estimate-publication-date...
My older son talked me into reading Sanderson‘s Cosmere series, which is only fair since he‘s read everything I‘ve given him his whole life! Enjoying them even though I‘m in the middle of the longest part. I hope to have the series finished before the next book is out in December. #weekendreads
pick#225 Interesting take on a classic whodunit. I listened to the audiobook, which I think was a mistake because I didn‘t like the narrator‘s voices, especially her non-native English speaker‘s voices. I thought the author did a great job of getting inside the heads of some of the characters, and the characters themselves seemed believable to me. I think I may reread the book on my kindle someday to see what I may have missed. Enjoyable. #2021. 4.0⭐️
1. Slow. 🙁. 2. The tagged book and A Counterfeit Suitor by Rosalind Thorne. Tagging anyone who wants to share.
pick#224 Been meaning to read this graphic novel for a couple of years, and was finally able to borrow it from Overdrive. After reading, I immediately purchased my own copy! Such a cute book, and I‘m certain every litten can relate. The drawings were all black and white but were cute; it‘s the amusing content that really hit home! 5⭐️ just for peeking into my life! #2021
pick#221. Modern version of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, except Hawthorne is possibly more enigmatic than Holmes. I really enjoy Horowitz‘s fun and easily readable style; he‘s quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. 3rd & latest in the series, this was not my favorite, but still a very good book and full of surprises. More books to come as it ends on a small cliffhanger! Looking forward to the next one. #2021. 4⭐️
Taking a page out of @SilverShanica ‘s book and sharing a random book from my TBR pile. What a great way for me to get back into posting after a 2 year hiatus. Day 1. #tbrpile
pickI absolutely love Hobb‘s Realm of the Elderlings series. This was the final book of the Tawny Man Trilogy, and the 9th in the 16 book series. Hobb‘s writing is so enjoyable and I always feel as though I‘m visiting with old friends. She has a tendency to put her characters through the worst, but things mostly turn out fine in the end. Realm of the Elderlings as a series is far better than The Wheel of Time IMO. Start at the beginning. 5⭐️ #2019
I‘m halfway through a 900+ page book but wanted to share something today. For his Freshman Honors English class, my younger son had to bring to class a favorite childhood book. After some hunting in the basement, I found a book that was a favorite of mine from childhood and his too. We had to read this book to him over and over again. We loved the rhymes and the silly places that the ball went before coming home and then going on another journey!
pickI‘ve been enjoying the recently written prequels to this series, so I decided to read the first in the series. It is the author‘s first book and while it does show promise, it is clear that it is a first book. For instance, there is a frequently mentioned character who is never actually introduced to the reader who I believe is in the book just to be another suspect. There are other inconsistencies as well. Between a pick and so-so. 3.5⭐️ #2019
#NotBookRelated but I just had to share our back to school pics. Beckham is starting his last year of high school (even though he will be taking all of his classes at Ohio State University) and Keegan is starting his first year of high school (even though he had classes there last year.) Keegan got hurt in his soccer scrimmage last night and is on crutches for his first day back. He is questionable for his first game on Saturday but we‘re hopeful
pickJimm Juree Case Files are periodic short stories by the author of the Dr Siri mysteries set in Laos. The Jimm Juree stories are set in Thailand where the author now lives and are humorous accounts of the lives of a former crime reporter and her wacky family. This one deals with the murder of a pedophile and is apparently based on an actual person living in Thailand (who has not yet been murdered!) Fun read for fans of the author. 3.5⭐️ #2019
pickI‘m reading the Guido Brunetti series for a LibraryThing group read. I really enjoy Leon‘s insight into Italian culture and government. This one was particularly interesting as it dealt mainly with Nazi stolen art in WWII and slightly on the Italian resistance (something more for me to learn about.) There is a solid, fairly well-plotted mystery as well, although the wrong person is punished IMO. Recommended series 4.0⭐️ #2019
pickSpotted this book that my boys never read and decided that I would. Milford creates an intriguing story and a haunting atmosphere. I enjoyed it, but there were a few things that could have been written differently: Milo's adoption is mentioned frequently but isn't essential to the story, and Milford switches back and forth between Milo and Meddy's names and their nicknames for each other which breaks the flow of the story somewhat. 4.0⭐ #2019
pickInspector Banks series #5. I started to read these long ago and then stopped for some reason. No idea why, as I enjoy(ed) Robinson‘s writing. Not too much to differentiate it between many other British police procedurals but it‘s a solid and enjoyable read, if you like the genre. Banks is an interesting but typically flawed character, and since I‘ve watched the ITV series DCI Banks, I won‘t be able to separate him from his TV character. 4⭐️ #2019
1️⃣ Cabaret or The Sound of Music. I go around singing from them! 2️⃣ Too many to count - I tried and gave up at 400 😜 3️⃣ Hmmm- not really addicted to any games - so Flow Free maybe. 4️⃣ IFTTT on the web and as an app is amazing. Also Audible. 5️⃣ Newest followers: @bromeliad @CaitZ @bookful 6️⃣ #wondrouswednesday Thanks, @Centique for the tag
pickA lesser known author of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, Harriet Rutland only wrote 3 mysteries, this, her debut, in 1938. It was enjoyable, once I got past the many character introductions - 20 in the first 2 pages- which was almost enough to make me stop reading right then! The amateur detective wasn‘t introduced until late in the story, and he reminded me slightly of Allingham‘s Campion or Sayers‘ Lord Peter. I‘ll read more. 4⭐️ #2019
A little hard to see, but I just had a visitor while reading the tagged book! I think J‘zargo was trying to read it too! #catsoflitsy
@TheReadingMermaid @Andrew65 @jb72 I‘ll try to join in but soccer is starting up and my younger son is at another tournament this weekend ⚽️📖💕
pickI knew I would like this when I picked it! This is a mystery inside a mystery - Susan is an editor and is reading over the latest book in author Alan Conway‘s Atticus Pünd mystery series, but she finds the last chapter missing from her review copy. As she investigates, she finds that there is more than just a missing chapter to discover. It reads very much like classic detective fiction and was an easy read. The action flows nicely. 4.5⭐️ #2019
pickI‘ve been reading Golden Age Detective fiction for over 45 years, but somehow never read all of the Campion series. I‘ve no idea why, as I‘ve enjoyed what I‘ve read and loved the PBS Campion series in the ‘80s. I‘m rectifying that now by reading the series in order. Allingham is an intelligent and witty author. I loved the plot of this one and laugh at how everyone always underestimates Campion. Recommend for classic mystery lovers. 4.5⭐️ #2019
so-soI‘m a big fan of Sedaris and have listened to nearly all of his books (read by Sedaris himself is the best way.) I love the stories he tells based on his life and his family. They both are heartfelt and hilarious. I‘m not always crazy about the fictional stories he writes. Many are a little too sadistic, perhaps, for my taste. And horrible things happening to babies and children gets a big 👎🏻. That‘s why this is a so-so for me. 3.0⭐️ #2019
pickI thought this was an interesting take on a perhaps not so new sci-fi idea. I liked Melanie, the “gifted” girl and I found the philosophical question of the lengths one might go to in order to save the world interesting. However, I think there were a few logic errors when it came to the science of how the fungus worked which ultimately kept the book from being being a great read for me. Suspenseful in places but dragged a bit in others. 4⭐️ #2019
I‘m reading Horowitz‘s Magpie Murders and something in the book struck me and I‘m curious as to what others think. When writing historical fiction, should an author try to be accurate when it comes to the times they are portraying, or should they use the more humane and politically correct terminology even though it doesn‘t reflect accurately upon the times? I‘ve been enjoying this book but a particular phrase came to my attention ⬇️
1️⃣ I read and reread Laura Ingalls Wilder‘s Little House series many, many times when I was little so when I was 10ish, my mother and I visited Missouri and Wilder‘s house. I‘m sorry to say it was a huge disappointment. I‘m sure there have been other book inspired vacations but that will always be the one I remember the most, other than reading James Michener‘s Hawaii while in Hawaii. 2️⃣ None planned. #Two4Tuesday
pickI liked but didn‘t love it. I enjoyed the historical aspects - I learned about British female spies during WWI which was very interesting. The book was roughly based on a real female spy ring and it‘s leader. However, I felt that the author made a tenuous connection between the spy ring and WWII events. I think I might have enjoyed it more if she concentrated on the events and characters relating to WWI and not tried to add WWII. 3.75⭐️🤣 #2019
I don‘t know if I feel comforted by knowing that there‘s an actual term for having a very large TBR pile or not! 🤣😜 📚
Haven‘t been posting in the past week or so and the above is why. I‘ve got a ton of reviews to catch up on as I settle back in with laundry, taking younger son to soccer, and taking older son to college visits. #2019 #vacation
pickI couldn‘t just stop at one Sedaris listen. I‘ve had this for a few months so it was time. Like all Sedaris (with the exception of Squirrel Meets Chipmunk) it was laugh out loud funny!🤣My son wandered into the room to ask what I was laughing at. This one deals with middle-age and aging parents, so it really resonated with me. Listening is the best way to experience Sedaris. 4.0⭐️ #2019 🎧
pickI‘ve been on an audiobook kick lately and needed a bit of humor. Sedaris is one of my go-to pick-me-ups and this one didn‘t disappoint. Very informative too - I learned that St Nicholas lives in Spain and was formerly the Bishop of Turkey. He arrives in The Netherlands by boat with backup from “6-8 black guys” in November to give presents on December 5 to Dutch children. 🤣🤣 I guess one has to listen-it‘s funnier when David tells it 😜4.5⭐️ #2019
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