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11:17 AM. Finished The Talisman this morning. I will write my review later because some husband of mine wants me to hurry up and get ready to go do stuff. haha! I also want to think about how I am going to write my review. Will start Black today, which is the first book in Ted Dekker's Circle Series. Looking very forward to this buddy read with Janie! :) Happy Caturday, everyone!
Janie wrote: "8:53AM Slept gloriously last night. Today I get a visit from my daughter, son in law(soon to be), and my precious Grand blessing. Have not seen him for about 2 weeks. Sitting here on GR Catching up..."
Congratulations on the new son-in-law. Getting to spend time with the grandchild today will be nice. I did that last week, so this weekend I'm going to catch up on some reading. Also, I had a couple of people send me some drafts to read. Where on earth did people get my name or the idea of me to read drafts? It is an honor to be asked but I'm in a mild state of shock. Although I love to read and will always give an honest opinion, I am by no means articulate with my reviews. And my writing skills? Well, let's just say they could use a little brushing up. Hope everyone has a great day!
Congratulations on the new son-in-law. Getting to spend time with the grandchild today will be nice. I did that last week, so this weekend I'm going to catch up on some reading. Also, I had a couple of people send me some drafts to read. Where on earth did people get my name or the idea of me to read drafts? It is an honor to be asked but I'm in a mild state of shock. Although I love to read and will always give an honest opinion, I am by no means articulate with my reviews. And my writing skills? Well, let's just say they could use a little brushing up. Hope everyone has a great day!
Ema wrote: "Terri wrote: "Chris wrote: "I can see you wanting sunny days Katy. Rain can be really depressing but I have always thought the sound of rain was very soothing. I also have a covered balcony so as l..."
I hope you feel better soon Ema. It's never a pleasant experience to be sick.
I hope you feel better soon Ema. It's never a pleasant experience to be sick.
1:16 p.m. and today will be devoted solely to reading. I have fell behind and it's driving me nuts! At least it's sunny outside, so windows are open and coffee is on. Wishing all my GR's friends a wonderful Saturday!
2:37 p.m. EST Crawled out of bed a bit after 1, and went to sit outside and read in the sun and eat pistachios. MMmm. Now I'm just clearing out e-mail. Oh, the cats demanded the gooshy food, so handed that out, and did my best to make sure the Fluff ate enough. Erasmus always finishes fast and then comes to steal what Fluff hasn't eaten yet, so I Have to drag Erasmus away and let Fluff finish. Of course, usually Fluff has finished anyway; he is SO finicky! So, I'll just be continuing my book. Reading The Blood Gospel, which seems pretty cool so far.
2:19 p.m. Very happy that I got a chance to jump on GR. Gosh, I moss you guys!!
3:22 p.m. EST Okay, I'm going to go read now... TTYL folks!
3:44 eating a grilled cheese and getting ready for prom. :)
5:26 p.m. and I left for a bit to run some errands. Brought two of the grandchildren back with me. They want to watch Jessie and I'm gonna read until they get tired of watching the show.
5:50 p.m. and just checked my newsfeed for updates and somebody just gave away a spoiler without hiding it. Errr! I haven't read The Fault in Our Stars yet. We have a buddy read starting in the next couple of days. Oh well, guess we have to expect this sometimes.
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9:14 p.m. and I'm taking a break from reading to watch Thunder Over Louisville. Had no desire to go down there this year. Great place if you want to party, but it's a huge crowd and a lot of drunk people. I'd rather stay home and watch it on TV. Best seat in the house.
Oh, Sarah, have a fun night!9:16 p.m. EST Just logged on to send a request to hubby via Text for a gas-station cappuccino. Haven't had one in a long time, and it's chilly enough tonight! Cleared out e-mail as long as I was here. Gonna check the forecast for the weather and return to reading. Listening to some Styx; current album is Crystal Ball and current song is title track. Tommy Shaw's intro to the band...
Katy wrote: "Reading The Blood Gospel, which seems pretty cool so far. "I never read any James Rollins. I was thinking about starting with
City of Screams.
Cindy wrote: "5:50 p.m. and just checked my newsfeed for updates and somebody just gave away a spoiler without hiding it. Errr! I haven't read The Fault in Our Stars yet. We have a buddy read starting in the nex..."I've had to block a couple people because of that.
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Goodnight Janie. Think I'll only make it another hour or so then I've got to give it up. Read my arse off the last 24 hours.
Chuck wrote: "Cindy wrote: "5:50 p.m. and just checked my newsfeed for updates and somebody just gave away a spoiler without hiding it. Errr! I haven't read The Fault in Our Stars yet. We have a buddy read start..."
I don't really think it was intentional Chuck. This person had just "liked" a review that was posted by someone else. Still mildly irritating.
I don't really think it was intentional Chuck. This person had just "liked" a review that was posted by someone else. Still mildly irritating.
Chuck wrote: "Katy wrote: "Reading The Blood Gospel, which seems pretty cool so far. "I never read any James Rollins. I was thinking about starting with
City of Screams."
This was my first, and from what I've heard the style is more indicative of the co-author Rebecca Cantrell than of Rollins. But it was fun! Half the length of the previous book, which took me 7 1/2 days to read, and this one took me about 28 hours to read, so ... *shrug*
1:30 a.m. EST Just clearing out e-mail and posting reviews before moving on to the next book I think The Madman's Daughter will be up next, since I liked The Island of Dr. Moreau, although this looks like it might have a love triangle in it (based on the synopsis), which I have come to hate. We'll see!
2:37 a.m. and I'm starting to get a headache from reading so much today. I am a slow reader and if I have read close to 200 pages in one day, it's been an all-day event. Must go to bed now. Have a wonderful evening, or day to all my European friends!
Cindy wrote: "2:37 a.m. and I'm starting to get a headache from reading so much today. I am a slow reader and if I have read close to 200 pages in one day, it's been an all-day event. Must go to bed now. Have a ..."I thought 200 printed pages was fast and quite a lot for one day :) I can be slow, too, esp. when I am savoring a book, just pausing to think about what I read or surfing the net in search for information concerning the book I read.
Thanks for wishing me to get better. I feel worse than yesterday but at least I can watch TV and read in bed. I've started The Talisman but today I am more a James Patterson person. I'll see if I have one of the Woman's Murder Club books. It's 12.30 pm here.
11:19 a.m. and I have a lot of running to do today. Have buddy reads starting and I'm not really gonna have time to read much today. Have an hour before I need to leave, so I'm getting what I can in. Have a great day everyone!
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Ema wrote: "Cindy wrote: "2:37 a.m. and I'm starting to get a headache from reading so much today. I am a slow reader and if I have read close to 200 pages in one day, it's been an all-day event. Must go to be..."
Feel better, Ema! *hug*
Feel better, Ema! *hug*
It's 1:27pm on a beautiful sunny but cool Sunday afternoon. Enjoying some baseball. (GO REDS!) Not much on tap for today. Didn't make the library yesterday so I'm short on reading material. Hub will go tomorrow for me after work. Just having sandwiches for dinner, so it should be a nice, quiet day. Trying to keep the anxiety and depression in check and succeeding fairly. Great day everyone!
Sorry to hear you're still feeling yucky, Ema. Hope you feel better soon!2:39 p.m. Not sure what time I crawled out of bed, with my hips and lower back screaming in agony. I went straight outside to soak in the sun, which helped some. So now it's time to clear out e-mail and return to reading. It's been a long time since I read The Island of Dr. Moreau; I think coming close on 20 years. So I'm a bit shaky on how closely The Madman's Daughter follows that storyline. I really need to re-read that sometime, but with this "must finish the Amazon Vine" business the only outside books I'll be reading are those that precede a Vine book, like The Last Werewolf and the first two books in the James Thompson series.
Tomorrow I'll be editing. It's a book I read a few months ago and I begged the author (who I knew before I ever knew he was an author) to let me edit it, because it was a great premise but a hot mess and I'm hoping this way it'll be better. We'll see!
5:00 p.m. and I have two hours before I have to leave out again. Gonna do my best to catch up a little bit on my reading.
7:28 p.m. Doing a little relaxing on GR before U try to get some work done.
9:06 p.m. EST Just finished eating Chinese for dinner, and clearing out e-mail. I took a picture of myself today while trying to play with my hair. So, if you've been trying to picture me better, here I am:
The weird effects makes me look like I have a chin beard, which I didn't realize until I'd already posted it... LOL
10:08 pm, heading to the sower so i can go to bed early and wake up even earlier tomorrow!
Dalu wrote: "10:08 pm, heading to the sower so i can go to bed early and wake up even earlier tomorrow!"Early to bed and early to rise...
9:36 p.m. EST How about one w/out the chin beard...?
Katy wrote: "Dalu wrote: "10:08 pm, heading to the sower so i can go to bed early and wake up even earlier tomorrow!"
Early to bed and early to rise...
9:36 p.m. EST How about one w/out the chin beard...?
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HaHa! Thanks Katy. Sorry to laugh but it is a little funny. And yes, the picture without the beard looks a tad bit better.
Early to bed and early to rise...
9:36 p.m. EST How about one w/out the chin beard...?
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HaHa! Thanks Katy. Sorry to laugh but it is a little funny. And yes, the picture without the beard looks a tad bit better.
10:11 p.m. and time to get serious. I can sit up until around 4 a.m. if I choose tonight. Set the coffee timer to have coffee ready when we got home and now I'm ready to catch up on my reading. Have actually been making some progress the last couple of days. It was a bit of a draining day because I was gone most of the day. Now I get to sit back and READ. My favorite hobby in the world. Well, other than spending time with my family.
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9:52PM Well have not read much at all today, about 50 pages top. :/ Oh well what can ya do. Took Aeverie to the park today after dinner, and he played about 2 hours. He should be going to sleep soon. Picked up a mitch Albom book today at Dollar General. Could not pass it up. It is called For One More Day. It sound pretty good. So will read that soon I expect.
Janie wrote: "LOL @ Katy and the beard!
9:52PM Well have not read much at all today, about 50 pages top. :/ Oh well what can ya do. Took Aeverie to the park today after dinner, and he played about 2 hours. He s..."
I actually own that one Janie but it's been a really long time since I've read it.
9:52PM Well have not read much at all today, about 50 pages top. :/ Oh well what can ya do. Took Aeverie to the park today after dinner, and he played about 2 hours. He s..."
I actually own that one Janie but it's been a really long time since I've read it.
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Janie wrote: "Did you enjoy it Cindy? It sounds really good so I had to pick it up. I look forward to reading it. It will be my first Albom book."
Yes I did Janie. Very much so.
Yes I did Janie. Very much so.
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10:26 PM. I have been busy today. Between grocery shopping, cooking dinner, running errands, and having a nice talk with my sister-in-law a few moments ago, I'm finally catching up on GR. I wish I had some cookies and cream ice cream!!!! Missed my GR friends today! :)
10:30 PM and I'm doing nothing really. Might watch some T.V. kind of been sad so I've been scared that I won't feel the same about what I read and I won't like the book. I need to write a message to my friend, but I'll probably just ramble if I did it now.:( I got home a little while ago and that was probably the worst car ride ever. My Mom says she's tired of my negative mood and she's going to have to call the school because she's tired of the people at school always making me sad and not wanting to go to school. I understand she cares about me and wants me to be happy, but I just don't like talking about my current situation in school.
Maybe I will send that message now. I need to talk to my best friend:D
Victor wrote: "10:30 PM and I'm doing nothing really. Might watch some T.V. kind of been sad so I've been scared that I won't feel the same about what I read and I won't like the book. I need to write a message t..."
Victor, I realize you don't really know me except from the group, but if you EVER want to talk to an impartial person PLEASE send me a message. I can really feel your pain in this message. I hope you somehow find a bit of relief.
Victor, I realize you don't really know me except from the group, but if you EVER want to talk to an impartial person PLEASE send me a message. I can really feel your pain in this message. I hope you somehow find a bit of relief.
Thanks, Cindy:D It's nice to know I can talk to people and I think I love talking to you and everyone else on my friends list more than talking to someone in person.
Victor wrote: "Thanks, Cindy:D It's nice to know I can talk to people and I think I love talking to you and everyone else on my friends list more than talking to someone in person."
You are welcome my friend!
You are welcome my friend!
Cindy wrote: "Victor wrote: "Thanks, Cindy:D It's nice to know I can talk to people and I think I love talking to you and everyone else on my friends list more than talking to someone in person."You are welcom..."
:)
Glad to provide a few laughs to the crowd! Thanks, I'm here all week...Victor, I know how hard it can be, and I know how it is to feel sad and just want everyone to leave you be for awhile. I'll second Cindy's offer; if you need to talk to someone, just to vent, you can always contact me.
12:30 a.m. EST I was going to watch Hemlock Grove, but I forgot Dmitry has to leave very early tomorrow to go to Atlanta for a training class, so I guess I'll just try to read another book. I should just have time... then a nap, then editing! Whee! It'll be a crazy week. Meanwhile, I'm clearing out some e-mail.
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Victor I am sure your Mom does care for you and wants what is best for you. Maybe you need to have a heart to heart and let her know you don't mean to be negative, but you would like to handle school issues yourself.
My daughter Kay is going through issues right now about school. Worrying already if she will graduate and she is only a freshman. There is a lot of pressure on students today. Just do the best that you can. Life is what it is Victor. If it is other students that are causing you problems it sounds like they themselves have issues as well.
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We could start a rain lovers club. If anyone craves sunny, summery days I could send one. No, I'll gladly send all of them, the whole week and take at least one rainy day in exchange.
It's six pm and I'm a bit under the weather. Probably some virus and a row with hubby over his going through the red light.
At least it's reading time.