Miss GP's comments
(member since Jun 12, 2009)
Miss GP's comments from the The Book Addicts! group.
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... And I NEVER shop on "Black Friday." Shopping is why God created the Internet, as far as I'm concerned.
They call it Black Friday because that's the day the stores go into the black, money-wise.
LOL!
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My favorites for the year:
The Help
The Gargoyle
The Ghosts of Belfast
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Celeste brought up a good question somewhere else on this group... Why hasn't everyone read [and here she inserted the name of a book she loved that no one had ever heard of: The Mercy of Thin Air].
I've got some favorite books, too, that aren't on anyone's "best of" list, yet I think they're fantastic. The two I can think of right off the bat are Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis and The Lymond Chronicles, starting with The Game of Kings, by Dorothy Dunnett.
Which books that you think no one has ever heard of are you your best of all time lists?
I've heard very good things about Heretic's Daughter as well. Yet another book on my revolving TBR12 for 2010!
Thanks, Celeste - That looks interesting. I'll add it to my TBRs.
Nathaniel wrote: "Is the Julian Barnes one of his books that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize a few years back?"
Yes, and the folks I know who have read it really liked it a lot. It's on my shelf, and keeps getting rotated in & out of my TBR12 for next year.
I almost always get rid of books I've read. Part of it is that I don't re-read books often -- there are too many others I want to get to, and I do tend to remember the plots one ones I've read pretty well. Part of it is that I need the space for other books. Part of it is my sense of doing a good deed/sharing/recycling. Sometimes I give books to people I know will enjoy them, but more often I release them into the wild as a Bookcrossing book (www.bookcrossing.com) - kind of a "Where's George" for books. After all, what good do they do just sitting on a shelf?
Jan wrote: "Well I'm off to hear a performance of the Hallelujah Chorus. Would you believe I tried to talk myself out of going because I'm so into a good book right now. But I'm going because a friend is cou..."
Have fun! Like Nathaniel, I haven't been to a performance in a long, long time. (I used to play violin, and I think the last time I was at a performance of it I was actually playing... Wow, that was a long time ago!).
Hi Caroline - I'm not sure about the mobipocket format. It might be worth getting on Sony's web site & "chatting" live with their tech support. I know they do support the ePUB format, which is what the libraries are moving to.
Yeah, well, there's nothing else to DO in Ohio 'cept read! (She said lovingly, as a former Ohioan...)
Oh, that's just cruel!
My favorite trick is to make my hubby give me my present early. Then he feels bad because I don't have anything to open on Christmas, so he goes out & gets something else!
Someone else posted on another group that if she got that from her husband, she'd consider getting him a coupon for a vasectomy or a colonoscopy in return. LOL!
Sorry to the males in the crowd, but I've got to relate this...
I just saw a Public Service Announcement where a guy suggests the perfect Christmas present a man can get the woman in his life -- a PAP test! I can't decide if it's very funny or just really, really odd!
Jill wrote: "It's everywhere! There's no escaping it.
"If you want it, put a ring on it.
If you want it, put a ring on it.
If you want it, put a ring on it.
Eh Oh Eh Oh!"
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek
Ev..."
Did you see the SNL skit w/ Justin Timberlake performing this song? VERY funny.
Sheila wrote: "My father has a kindle and its sitting there with a dead battery. I so want to save it and bring it home with me and bring it back to life. Is it really better than a actual book in your hands? "
I don't know that it's "better," but it does have its advantages. It also has its share of disadvantages (you don't have to keep a paperback charged up!).
Way to go Jensownzoo! I'm envious!
Oh, Jennie, I LOVE that series.
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