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good luck with this boulder!
It's been sitting here for a century... My husband gave me a new doorstop for our anniversary, so I don't need it any more. ;-)
So glad that you are enjoying it - where you land on it after you finish will help me determine whether I pick it up late in the year.
600 pages into the book and we have finally met the titular "suitable boy", who may or may not be totally suitable... The story is finally getting more interesting, too.
I have to take my son to another session today, so I'll get another 50 pages read. I'm determined! And curious... the SB has disappeared.
It's that "can do" attitude which will carry you to the end! I need to take this one down off the shelf too. The Suitable Girl is to come out next year - will you read her?
Thank you for the votes, Ladies!
What a relief... I hardly know what to do with myself... There's an empty place in my life...
hahahahaha!
Great review, Hayes! I bet you feel like I did when I finished Moby Dick. lol
Let me know when the film comes out!
Thank you, Jeannette.
I can't believe you read Moby Dick. There is one I will never read. The movie was good enough for me!
I read it chapter-by-chapter, and when I was finished, I missed it.
Well, I'm off to weed now before the heat turns up!
I finished Atlas Shrugged and loved it! And I don't even agree with its "point", but believe it or not, it was a page-turner!
Congrats on finishing Moby Dick, Jeannette!
I don't think I'll ever read Atlas Shrugged, mostly for personal reasons. It is an ex-friend's favorite book, and I'm so mad at her I can't bear the idea of reading the book.
You're welcome, Jeannette!
Sorry to hear that, Hayes....maybe in time, that will leave off and you won't think of her when you think of the book? ((((Hayes))))
Thanks, Laura. That'll be tough, but perhaps I will read it some day. We were always on opposite sides of the political aisle, but she feels I have become a flaming communist, and I feel she has sold out to the religious right. *sigh*
That's one of the worst sorts of ways to have a falling-out. It happened to me a couple of years ago, too. My friend said "Jeannette, you're a Democrat?" and it sounded like he thought I was some sort of depraved, axe-murderer......
I agree. It does stink. :-(
(Didn't you know, Jeannette... only recently have Democrats (read Communists) stopped eating Republican children for breakfast!)
Hayes wrote: "I agree. It does stink. :-(
(Didn't you know, Jeannette... only recently have Democrats (read Communists) stopped eating Republican children for breakfast!)"
Must have been the heartburn..... (*sorry* I couldn't resist)
Jemidar wrote: "Damn, I'd heard fat, pink Republican babies go well with bacon and eggs ;-D."
wow! That's harsh, but it made me chuckle.....
I think that's the part I like least about today's political climate. I'm afraid to say anything for fear of an ugly reaction from my interlocutor.
What's that quote, I can entertain an idea without agreeing with it.
I think we've totally lost the ability to think critically and at the same time feel the need to have 100% consensus. If someone doesn't agree with you he immediately becomes an enemy.
That's the sticking point, isn't it? We all got a good laugh here last week when the anti-Obama Care camp threatened to defect to Canada. Canada has (from what I've heard) one of the worst public health care systems, as well as liberal laws about lots of other hot-button issues. Nobody thinks any more; they just react.
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It's been sitting here for a century... My husband gave me a new doorstop for our anniversary, so I don't need it any more. ;-)
So glad that you are enjoying it - where you land on it after you finish will help me determine whether I pick it up late in the year.
600 pages into the book and we have finally met the titular "suitable boy", who may or may not be totally suitable... The story is finally getting more interesting, too.
I have to take my son to another session today, so I'll get another 50 pages read. I'm determined! And curious... the SB has disappeared.
It's that "can do" attitude which will carry you to the end! I need to take this one down off the shelf too. The Suitable Girl is to come out next year - will you read her?
Thank you for the votes, Ladies!What a relief... I hardly know what to do with myself... There's an empty place in my life...
hahahahaha!
Great review, Hayes! I bet you feel like I did when I finished Moby Dick. lolLet me know when the film comes out!
Thank you, Jeannette. I can't believe you read Moby Dick. There is one I will never read. The movie was good enough for me!
I read it chapter-by-chapter, and when I was finished, I missed it. Well, I'm off to weed now before the heat turns up!
I finished Atlas Shrugged and loved it! And I don't even agree with its "point", but believe it or not, it was a page-turner!Congrats on finishing Moby Dick, Jeannette!
I don't think I'll ever read Atlas Shrugged, mostly for personal reasons. It is an ex-friend's favorite book, and I'm so mad at her I can't bear the idea of reading the book.
You're welcome, Jeannette!Sorry to hear that, Hayes....maybe in time, that will leave off and you won't think of her when you think of the book? ((((Hayes))))
Thanks, Laura. That'll be tough, but perhaps I will read it some day. We were always on opposite sides of the political aisle, but she feels I have become a flaming communist, and I feel she has sold out to the religious right. *sigh*
That's one of the worst sorts of ways to have a falling-out. It happened to me a couple of years ago, too. My friend said "Jeannette, you're a Democrat?" and it sounded like he thought I was some sort of depraved, axe-murderer......
I agree. It does stink. :-((Didn't you know, Jeannette... only recently have Democrats (read Communists) stopped eating Republican children for breakfast!)
Hayes wrote: "I agree. It does stink. :-((Didn't you know, Jeannette... only recently have Democrats (read Communists) stopped eating Republican children for breakfast!)"
Must have been the heartburn..... (*sorry* I couldn't resist)
Jemidar wrote: "Damn, I'd heard fat, pink Republican babies go well with bacon and eggs ;-D."wow! That's harsh, but it made me chuckle.....
I think that's the part I like least about today's political climate. I'm afraid to say anything for fear of an ugly reaction from my interlocutor. What's that quote, I can entertain an idea without agreeing with it.
I think we've totally lost the ability to think critically and at the same time feel the need to have 100% consensus. If someone doesn't agree with you he immediately becomes an enemy.
That's the sticking point, isn't it? We all got a good laugh here last week when the anti-Obama Care camp threatened to defect to Canada. Canada has (from what I've heard) one of the worst public health care systems, as well as liberal laws about lots of other hot-button issues. Nobody thinks any more; they just react.
