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Nadine in NY wrote: "Happy Thursday!! How many of us were in the path of totality for the solar eclipse on Monday? I was, but the sky was REALLY cloudy. So I got to experience it getting suddenly very dark, and then light again, but I didn't get to actually SEE the sun that day."I was, but I really wasn't enthused. I've seen them before. I guess twice is enough? LOL
Apr 12, 2024 12:12PM
I pretty much inhaled this book and didn't manage to get back to answer the specific questions, but it looks as if you did a superb job of leading and enabling discussion, Joanna! Thank you so much!!
poshpenny is a BOOKSELLER wrote: "Oh gosh Lynn, I hope things gets better ASAP!"They already have, to a great degree! Thank you!!
poshpenny is a BOOKSELLER wrote: "ACK I'm terrible but I'm here. As soon as I thought I had mostly regular posting back... POOF I was so wrong LOL! I swear it hadn't been that long, but my comments tab says what it says. I blame my.Looks like I gave them all three stars, which is standard. They were all perfectly fine but nothing really made me swoon. Whose Body got 4, I didn't expect it to be so amusing."
It was, wasn't it? I do enjoy Sayers' writing!
"QOTW:
I guess I'll say Whose Body, just because I didn't know Lord Peter Wimsey would be kinda funny. With a name like that I should have had a clue, but noooo"
I thought the characters' names was one of the funniest parts!
Laura wrote: "Lynn, I hope you and your husband are able to get the resources you need. Take care!"I'm sure we will. Thank you for the good wishes!
Cornerofmadness wrote: "L Y N N wrote: "Hello, all! Apologies for not being here when I should have been! I went from supporting my dear friend through implantation of a combination pacemaker/defibrillator directly into m...I am so very sorry to hear this."
I'm certain we'll both survive. It just takes time to adjust and recalibrate! Thank you!
Britany wrote: "L Y N N wrote: "Hello, all! Apologies for not being here when I should have been! I went from supporting my dear friend through implantation of a combination pacemaker/defibrillator directly into m...Lynn- I'm sorry to hear about your husband, and really hope you get the resources and help you need to care for him. 🤍🤍"
Thank you so much! It helps to simply have support from others!
Dubhease wrote: "Wow Lynn - I'm so sorry you had to go through that with your husband."Well, I'm tough. It's just that as I get older I find I have less energy to expend overall! 😁
Bea wrote: "Lynn, I am so very sorry that the healthcare you and your husband experienced was so lacking in the caring. I am very glad that you have gotten some sleep, that your husband is improving however sl...I am not often in favor of violence, but every single person you and your husband intersected with should, at the very least, have been shaken like a rag doll...and choking could accidentally occur during the shaking! LOL"
I typically use my imagination for the violence and then am much less inclined to actually do violence! LOL Shaking...accidentally choking... Yeah, I could do that! 😁
Jennifer W wrote: "L Y N N wrote: "Jennifer W wrote: "Lynn, I'm so sorry about your husband. I hope you are able to manage. The hospital should have social workers that are there to help find help *for* you. Call the...Glad you and your husband are both feeling a little bit better. You've still got your sense of humor! I know you know this, but advocate like hell for the both of you to get all the services available. I worked in mental health for a long time, but for both mental and physical health: supports are out there, but they can be hard to find and hard to access. Don't give up! Drop a line if I can be a support, aka: if you need to avoid choking someone! (though I'm actually a fan of choking those who are deserving... ;)"
LOL Sounds as if we are cut out of the same cloth! One appointment with our PCP has greatly relieved my mind. That and the fact that I have already had two blow-ups at my husband for not using the walker as directed to do, etc. He seems to be much more cooperative now. As I told him, "If you fall now it will most likely involve head injury or broken bone or whatever, and then I won't be able to care for you at home. I'm trying to do my best to keep you here, but you have to help me do that!" I think maybe that finally got through to him...
I appreciate your offer. My good friend who just endured the heart procedure texted to ask what she could do to help and I replied, "Just be there to help keep me sane." Her response? "Isn't there something easier I could do?" LOL Gotta love humor! It helps get us through a lot. 😁
Denise wrote: "@Lynn: Hope things get better for you."Thank you!
Life is not easy right now, but it could always be worse! We do not live in a war zone. We have access to food, clean water, medical care, etc. Gratitude is what I choose! I am so thankful to have found our PCP. I felt so much better after our appointment with him Tuesday! This man is so knowledgeable and sensible! More gratitude!! I was able to teach for an hour last evening while my husband stayed with a neighbor. I have to teach for two hours tomorrow evening and have no one to stay with him, so it looks as if he’ll have to stay at the gym or in the car while I teach. We shall see… Our PCP thought he would be okay on his own next week. I’m uncertain, but also realize I cannot be with him 24/7, nor do either of us want that!! 😊 Onward and upward! We should be starting PT and OT appointments next week and then a recheck with our PCP on the 25th. Fingers crossed! A list! There were some listed here that were new to me! And since we have a neurodiversity prompt this year… 😊 Penguin UK’s listing of The Essential Books to Read About Neurodiversity:
https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/20...
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ADMIN STUFF:
THE JUNE MONTHLY GROUP READ IS The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) by Becky Chambers!!This book could be used to fulfill Prompt #18 A book set in space. This is one of my all-time favorite books and series!! And who is the "cool Captain" who will volunteer to lead this discussion? Please message either Nadine or myself to volunteer!
JULY MONTHLY READ NOMINATION POLL IS HERE!
Wow! A ton of books already nominated:
Face It: A Memoir
Girl in a Band
The Woman in Me
Crying in H Mart
Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics
Violence Girl: East L.A. Rage to Hollywood Stage, a Chicana Punk Story
I, Tina
Rememberings by Sinéad O'Connor
Just Kids
My Love Story by Tina Turner
Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock and Roll
Help with these nominations so that hopefully a book you want to read is selected! Thank you! 😁
DISCUSSION LEADER NEEDED FOR MAY!
The MAY MONTHLY GROUP READ IS All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
This book could be used to fulfill prompt #41 A memoir that explores queerness. I have wanted to read this one so badly!! Glad it was selected! My copy will hopefully arrive next week!
I'm certain there is at least one member out there fitting the description of "guru guide" to lead this discussion! Please message either Nadine or myself to volunteer!
THE APRIL MONTHLY GROUP READ is The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid #2) by Nita Prose
This book could be used to fulfill prompt #29 A book with a neurodivergent main character. April is Autism Awareness Month!
The comprehensive listing of 2024 Monthly Group Reads resides HERE for your perusal and reference throughout 2024!
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Question of the Week:
What is your most recent read that was so good you could barely put it down?
I found Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsbury by Sigrid Nunez to be an amazingly intriguing read.
And The Maid (Molly the Maid #1) by Nita Prose was so much more enjoyable than I expected! Molly proved to be a much more complex character than I had imagined she might be!
2024 READING CHALLENGES:
Popsugar: 22/50
Around the Year (AtY): 49/52
Read Harder: 13/24
52 Book Club: 37/52
FINISHED:
*Postern of Fate (Tommy and Tuppence #5) by Agatha Christie ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ So enthralling how Christie can weave a mystery! And although not all details are revealed by the book’s end, I felt it worked just fine!
ATY: #2-Read the first installment in 2023, #3-A book with more than one main character, #16-the dog played a pivotal role, #17, #24-purple & green, #25, #28-submarines/naval secrets, #33, #37, #43, #49
RHC: #23, #24-2015: prompt #2 A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65
52 Book Club: #10, #14, #24, #30
*Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsbury by Sigrid Nunez ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ was amazing! Another one of the regulars for this IRL book club also missed the meeting, so we discussed it between ourselves via text! I appreciated learning some of the intricacies of marmosets, as well as the relationship between Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Nunez is definitely a writer I will be more than happy to read in the future! I very much want to read The Friend!
POPSUGAR: #14, #31
ATY: #1, #3-A book involving a Wild Animal or Endangered Species, #9-1,124 ratings, #10-Historical Fiction, #15, #24-Orange, #25-Smuggling wild animals into the US and selling them, #28-Wild Animals hauled to the US across oceans, #33, #40, #49
RHC: #16, #24-2015: prompt #18-Read a book someone else has recommended to you
52 Book Club: #4, #9, #14, #19, #24, #30, #51-Mitz is a Wild Animal
CONTINUING:
*The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid #2) by Nita Prose
*I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai looks as if it may be dark academia
*1984 by George Orwell (pen name)
*...And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer
PLANNED:
*Fear No Evil (Alex Cross #29) by James Patterson
*11th Hour (Women’s Murder Club #11) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
*Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
*The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
Apr 12, 2024 10:53AM
I'm glad to see Stark back in this book. It appears she has learned a bit better to appreciate Molly's attention to detail and not get so frustrated by Molly's honest and direct observations. I was thrilled to see Molly refer to their previous interactions:If you're here to investigate, it would be preferable to avoid gross miscarriages of justice this time around."
I felt this was a nice way to emphasize that jumping to conclusions and wanting to press charges before accumulating evidence, etc., would be unwise... Since that was what happened last time...
I am impressed by Molly's ability to learn and change her behaviors with regard to social interactions. And I find her mention of her gran's little euphemisms is quite entertaining! Such as To err once is human; to err twice is idiotic. LOL
Apr 12, 2024 10:45AM
I have read through Chapter 6.Oh, my! I have all kinds of possibilities floating through my head regarding Mr. Grimthorpe and his prior contact with Molly! I just hope it isn't as traumatic as my imagination can make it! What possibilities were the first to come into your mind?
And I just realized the title is definitely ironic...a double entendre of sorts.
And the personal assistant, cutting out immediately, etc. Do you think this might be a 'red herring'? Or is she now your #1 suspect?
Apr 12, 2024 10:40AM
Meg wrote: "I don't post a lot but I am doggedly working on my list. I just wanted to jumped in here to send hugs and best wishes to Lynn and her dh. I hope things get better and better soon."Fortunately, his symptoms are not severe and he already has made gains in his maneuverability, etc. 😋
"And, since I'm here 😊 ... I just coincidentally read The Mystery Guest and was as touched by Molly as I was in the first book. And appreciate that the main characters around her are understanding and non-judgemental. It could have gone in another direction, and we don't need any more hate."
I really enjoyed The Maid and am enjoying this second installment as well. Yes. Hate is so regressive! We need respect, acceptance, appreciation and whenever possible LOVE! At least IMO! 🤗
Apr 12, 2024 10:37AM
Britany wrote: "Oh no Lynn! I hope you husband is ok, that sounds awful."His symptoms are not severe, so that is something to be ever-so-grateful for!
Erica wrote: "@Lynn what a scary and stressful weekend. I’m glad your husband is well enough that they could discharge him but I’m sorry it puts everything on you. Can your kids make it home to help? Like Jennif..."I think there are some who work as patient advocates. A social worker did come by, but as with most of the nursing staff yesterday, seemed pretty disinterested and I was overwhelmed and just couldn't get it together to speak with her about much. I'm certain our PCP will be very helpful. I have already been texting with him. He is so very caring, empathetic, and sympathetic, that it calms me...at least somewhat! 😊
Theresa wrote: "Lynn - so sorry you are enduring this! Sending strength, healing, and energy to you and your husband."Thanks so much!
Jennifer W wrote: "Lynn, I'm so sorry about your husband. I hope you are able to manage. The hospital should have social workers that are there to help find help *for* you. Call them first thing tomorrow! They also s..."I'm truly hoping they send me a satisfaction survey. We also had some of the worst nurses I've encountered, which is very unusual for this hospital system, at least in my past experiences with them. It just wasn't a very enjoyable experience overall... But we survived it! That's the good news. And I allowed those whose performance was sub-par to also survive! A win-win! LOL
AF wrote: "They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera- This book I loved! I cried so much. And even though the title gives away the end, there is so much in this book that makes you feel. It takes place in 24 hours."This is one I hope to get to this year!
"Currently reading:
XOXO by Axie Oh- I'm enjoying this one a lot right now. I wasn't expecting to. This is for the prompt that starts with the letter x. I'm relieved because I have ASAP ready to read next for the K-pop prompt."
So glad you posted this! I was unaware there is an XOXO #2!
"QotW: I enjoyed Slay by Brittney Morris last month. I wasn't expecting to like it either. I guess it's a good reminder of why I like the popsugar challenges. I'm "forced" to read things I wouldn't normally read and find new types of books I really enjoy. :)"
I LOVE it when that happens!!
