Connie ’s
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(group member since Nov 11, 2013)
Connie ’s
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Nicholas Petrie has been a roofer, carpenter, general contractor, and a building inspector. Would that work for tradesman?http://www.nickpetrie.com/blog/2015/1...
15.3 Waters of the WorldThe Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
North Sea
United Kingdom (author born, nationality, setting)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 230
15.2 Waters of the WorldThe Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield
Pacific Ocean, New Zealand
+15 task (author born, nationality)
Task total:15
Grand total: 215
15.1 Waters of the WorldFallen Land by Taylor Brown
Atlantic, United States, A, B, C
Task total: 15
Grand total: 200
10.5 NovellasThe Final Solution by Michael Chabon
+10 task (131 pages)
+10 combos (10.4, 20.5)
Task total: 20
Grand total: 185
20.2 Graham GreeneAmherst by William Nicholson
+20 task
+10 (10.2 single word)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 165
20.5 R.K. NarayanThe Acceptance World by Anthony Powell
+20 task (approved)
+ 5 oldie (pub 1955)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 135
10.8 License to WriteThirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann
+10 task (GR profile says that McCann teaches at Hunter College)
+10 not a novel (short stories)
+ 5 multiples
Task total: 25
Grand total: 110
Homer Hickam was an industrial engineer and an aerospace engineer.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_H...
20.4 Evelyn WaughA Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
+20 task (author died in 1964)
+ 5 combo (20.5 approved in post 88 of the help thread)
+ 5 not a novel (short stories)
+ 5 oldie (pub 1953)
Task total: 35
Grand total: 70
Rosemary wrote: "Sam wrote: "I'm reading The Little Paris Bookshop and it's so good, I just want to curl up at home with a nice coffee and finish it!"Oh, that's good to know! I was given this one for my birthday ..."
And I'm #4--it's a library book group read for me! I'm looking forward to it even more after reading Sam's recommendation.
10.8 License to WriteGirl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart (approved in post 103)
Task total: 10
Grand total: 35
Could I have Amy Stewart approved please? She taught in the MFA program at Portland State University.http://www.amystewart.com/about/
See section under honors and awards.
Bea wrote: "No question here. Just a comment. I have been trying to read Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, which is a Pulitzer Prize winner for the Amazon Basin for several weeks. I am just not in..."I've enjoyed South American fiction if there is just a little magical realism. But I've given up on some books with too much of it. Everyone has their favorite genres so don't feel bad about occasionally DNF, Bea.
Thanks for letting us know about the changes, Elizabeth. The new version had not shown up on my computer yet. I'm using Firefox and not having a problem with the new format. The old format was fine too.
10.7 Four Letter NamesRuth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the Present Time by Fanny Fern
+10 task
+15 oldie (pub 1854)
Task total: 25
Grand total: 25
Tien wrote: "It's a serial, Connie, 8 parts with James Franco (!)awesome trailer"
Very cool! Thanks for sharing.
Tien wrote: "I loved it too, Connie! So much!I want to watch the Hulu adaptation but Hulu is not available in Australia, I'm devastated! The trailer looks really good!"
I didn't know they made it into a movie. I wonder if they included actual footage of the assassination, or had actors portray the Kennedys. That's one day in history that I will never forget.
I loved 11/22/63, Tien. Although it's written by Stephen King, it's not horror. It's a combination of time travel/fantasy and historical fiction.
