Laura’s Comments (group member since Oct 05, 2015)

Laura’s comments from the Around the Year in 52 Books group.

Tracy, I’m so sorry to hear this. It’s so disheartening that this is the amount of support we’re providing to our citizens right now.

I’ve gotten away with cooking ground beef in the crockpot. It just ends up a little greasier but you could definitely strain it. In my laziest moments, I’ve put it on over night. My dog eats meat and I often forget until the last minute right before bed.

Love the popcorn emojis!!

Like many others, I’ve been struggling to focus lately and hit a slight reading slump. I decided to check out Netgalley to see if there were any interesting books available for request.

I’ve already been approved for a handful of copies and, thankfully, it’s a bit of excitement to my reading routine.

Right now I have:

- Playing Nice by J.P. Delaney
- The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah
- The Girl from Widow Hills by Megan Miranda
- Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars. by Joyce Carol Oates

Does anyone else get ARC’s?

😍😍😍😍 So adorable!

ZeeJane wrote: "I don't know how to post pictures here?"

You can upload to imgur and then share the link with us. There's not really a need to embed the image so it's immediately visible on the page. Just click 'copy image address' and then paste.

I would love to see bunny pictures!

I got an e-mail from the shelter where I volunteer. They said they're trying to find fosters for all the animals due to the risk of losing staff/volunteers to illness. I felt awful that I can't foster due to your dog/cat.

But we are "fostering" all the houseplants from my husbands work! 😂

Happy Monday!

A lot of us are waking up to a much different work week. But that’s okay, we’re all in this together!

Third grader starts organization to save unwanted pet pigs

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If you’re already a bit bored... here’s 100 useful things you can do to kill boredom if you're quarantined at home because of coronavirus

And your random fact of the day:
A baby puffin is called a "puffling."

The map has now been updated through message 341.

New locations this time:
- Virgin Islands
- Romania
- French Guiana
- Ecuador
- Slovakia

New thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

For those of you need a break from the c-word. Members can add their own tidbits or just discuss the topics/ideas freely.

Times are tough these days. Whether you're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel or just starting the journey, we all need a little escape.

So this thread is dedicated to inspirational news stories, funny images, or anything that will add a bit of positive vibes to everyone's day.

New Stories... because the news isn't always awful
This hiking ferret has summited 11 of Colorado's highest peaks

Meet the veterinarian who gives free medical care to pets of the homeless

Man Launches ‘Uber Eats-Style’ Service That Rescues Surplus Event Food and Delivers it to Charities

15 Things That Will Make You Smile Even If It Feels Like The Whole World Is Panicking Right Now

And the just plain random

To "snirtle" means to laugh with snorts.

In Ankara, Turkey, sanitation workers created a public library out of books they found while collecting garbage. It contains over 6,000 books.

Giraffes give birth while standing up. Their babies must drop more than five feet (1.5 meters) to the ground as they're born.

A moonbow is a rainbow produced by moonlight rather than direct sunlight.

I've had my moments where I've thought, "is it really as serious as they say?" But at the end of the day, it's a very small price to pay to stay home for a while if it means lives saved. Especially since both my mom and grandma are in the high risk group. Sure, many of the same thing could be said about the flu but meh, if someone said it was socially acceptable for me to do the same thing during the flu season, then I would (mostly my work obligations). Granted, I've realized that quarantining isn't that much different than my daily habits 😂

It’s great to hear all the stories, just to know we’re all this together :)

I’m a high school therapist and the governor ordered that the schools close from this Tuesday until April 6. I work for an outside agency so we’re scrambling to figure out how to respond. I have a number of clients with risk issues so I don’t feel comfortable letting them go weeks (or longer) without therapy. But I also don’t want to spread the virus between homes. I figure I’ll start calling parents on Monday to figure out how many even want their kids to be seen. Then I will go from there. It’s also possible we will face severe enough restrictions that I won’t have a choice but to stop meetings.

As far as reading, I’ve been about the same so far. I think the tension has made me stay up later at night so I might have read more than normal. Even if I do see kids in the next 3 weeks, it will likely be much shorter days than when I’m in the school. So the reading is definitely one benefit of all this!

What did you think of it? I had soooo many mixed feelings about it.

March 7:

We are excited to announce that Tracy and Jackie are joining the mod team.

Both have been a member of the group for years and have been valuable members of our little community. Be sure to give them a warm welcome the next time you “see”them!

My husband and I just shamelessly binged The Circle and finished last night. We might just have to watch Love is Blind next 😂

I honestly think I would have been fine getting Poisonwood read. But it was the summer read assignment, alongside Heart of Darkness, which I absolutely loathed. Schools have gotten way better with assigning books.

This year I've seen students reading The Book Thief and All the Bright Places 👏🏻

Tracy wrote: "I feel like there's always a little lag after a read a thon LOL. I've been reading Storm of Swords at night while I fall asleep , and then just the chapter book that I'm working on with the girls. ..."

It's funny because I was supposed to read it for my high school honors class. I liked it but I was the typical teenager who just couldn't read a book that I was forced to read. It's been on my TBR ever since.

The mods are discussing things a bit. Expect an announcement shortly!

I also haven't picked up a book since Friday :/ But I have quite a few lined up in that I'm excited about since hopefully I get back into the swing in the next few days.

Red, White & Royal Blue
Triptych (there's 10 books in this series?!)
The Secret Place
Full Throttle
Long Bright River
The Poisonwood Bible
The Testaments

Woot woot! Rachel for the win :)

We are in search of another mod for the group!

Head over to the job offer for more info: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...