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[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Happy New Year!
I got a stack of books ready with 2016 written alllll over them :)

[Kristie, Moderator]

Happy New Year!

Great way to start off the new year - I received two books for Christmas, then picked up four more from the Audible sale, then 4 more from the year end daily deals through Amazon. Tonight is date night with my hubby. He just suggested that we stop by Barnes & Noble while we're out. :D Happy new year to me!!

Books I got:

Hardcovers for Christmas:
Fear the Dark
Medical Medium: Secrets Behind Chronic and Mystery Illness and How to Finally Heal

Audible sale:
The Killer Next Door
The Black Ice
The Never Hero
Lightning

Kindle deals:
As The Crow Flies
Partials
Finding Emma
The Wedding Dress

[Kirsten]

Happy New Year!

[Stephanie]

not sure if this is the proper place to post if not I am sorry how do you do a check mark next to something

[Lynn, Moderator]

Stephanie wrote: "not sure if this is the proper place to post if not I am sorry how do you do a check mark next to something"

I never worked out the html coding (I'm sure it's out there with a google search) I just copy and pasted from someone else who was using them

[Stephanie]

Lynn wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "not sure if this is the proper place to post if not I am sorry how do you do a check mark next to something"

I never worked out the html coding (I'm sure it's out there with a go..."

thanks I will try a google search if that does not work I will try the copy paste method

[Kristie, Moderator]

Stephanie - Do you have a Mac? I know on my computer I go to edit, then special characters. The check mark and many other symbols are in there. You just select it and click insert. I'm not sure how similar it is on a PC.

[Nick]

Kristie, I have a mac and don't see special characters in the edit drop down. I do see a lot of symbols in the Emoji and symbols under the edit drop down. Is that the same thing you are talking about?

[Kristie, Moderator]

Sorry the newer Mac says "emoji & symbols". (My old, old mac said special characters.)

[Nick]

Ha Ha. I thought I had the old mac. Mine is mid 2012.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Yeah... I don't remember what year we got mine, but it's really old. It's a big beast. We recently got a new one, because the old one is so heavy it is practically a desktop. lol I brought it in for a repair about a year ago and the guy said, "Oh wow...I haven't seen one of these in forever..." Sad that I've been using the new one for a while now and still giving the old directions because I had it for so long. :)

[Kristie, Moderator]

So, new instructions...on a typical, not ancient, Mac you click on "emoji & symbols" at the bottom of the "edit" drop down, then just click on the symbol you want. I use this for check marks, stars, etc. As Lynn stated, copying and pasting works as well.

[Nick]

old habits are hard to break! I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something on mine. Thats usually my luck, buy a new laptop, and only get half the software....

[Kristie, Moderator]

Hahaha...no, you're good.

[Savanes]

I used Mac for so many years and never noticed there was a symbol & emoji menu!! Thank you!!!!

[Savanes]

For the geeks

[Elle]

Wishing everyone a happy & healthy new year full of good books, endless discovery & learning and happy times spent with loved one and friends. And, I hope Lynn and others who have had a hard holiday season are starting the new year of on a brighter note.

[Savanes]

My shortcut for geeks has been erased (don't know what happened) so here I go again...
Click control and command and space and it opens the emoji & symbols panel

[Kristie, Moderator]

Lol - I was wondering why your post said "for the geeks" and nothing else. :)

[Nick]

I figured she was calling us that Kristie! LOL!

[Savanes]

Something weird is happening here! I just posted a message on another thread and half of it disappeared. I had to go back and rewrite it, very annoying!!!! It's the third truncated comment in less than 24h.
Has this happened to anyone else? (currently copying my whole comment, just in case).

[Nick]

yeah, this happened to me as well, Savanes. I noticed while I was typing out the post the words never shoed up after the first couple sentences. I deleted the 'spaces' or invisible words, tried again and nothing. Did that a couple times, then magically they reappeared and started working like normal from that point on.

[Savanes]

I'm not alone! ;)

[Nick]

Not at all! I remember thinking what the?!? and then shrugging when it finally worked again.

[Ioana]

Savanes wrote: "Click control and command and space and it opens the emoji & symbols panel "

I had no idea :-)

[Kristie, Moderator]

Did you see the Goodreads blog list of 20 Things All Book Lovers Wish Someone Would Say to Them? What do you think? What would you wish someone would say to you? Personally, I'll stick with #3!! I certainly wouldn't mind #6 and I wish my mom would catch on to #20 lol Anyone have something they'd add?

[Angela M]

Love this ,Kristie . Thanks for posting. I really like 1,3 5, 8,9 , especially # 5 .

[Kristie, Moderator]

#9 would be the most perfect job ever. lol

[Savanes]

#20: lol

[Kristie, Moderator]

Savanes wrote: "#20: lol"

I know! My mom loves to start a discussion when she sees me reading. It's like she thinks you are not doing anything if you're reading, which is weird because she likes to read too. lol

[Savanes]

same with me except it's my husband! lolol

[Anima]

I won't be very original - #9 would be the most desireable, but #1, #3, and #6 would do as well :)

[Lynn, Moderator]

I actually really dislike it when #12 happens to me.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Sad day today. I can't believe that David Bowie & Alan Rickman both died this week. Both were only 69 years old and incredibly talented men that died from cancer.

[Lynn, Moderator]

Kristie wrote: "Sad day today. I can't believe that David Bowie & Alan Rickman both died this week. Both were only 69 years old and incredibly talented men that died from cancer."

Yeah, both of these deaths have really got to me. I will miss both of them not contributing to the world of arts / entertainment any more :(

[Savanes]

Me too. :(

[Lynn, Moderator]

What the ......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YqaP...

He's not alone too, quite a few out there apparently!

People are idiots :/

[Kristie, Moderator]

That's crazy!

[Janina]

Unbelievable!

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Dude needs to be introduced to Hoopla and Audible. That's ridiculous. I'd report him to the police.

[Savanes]

And there are kids at the back!!!!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Savanes wrote: "And there are kids at the back!!!!"

I noticed that too! Scary! And look what he's teaching his kids, if they live long enough to drive themselves.

[Savanes]

That's just insane!

[Kristie, Moderator]

I just watched the movie trailer for Me Before You... I don't think I'm going to be able to watch it in public! I'm pretty sure there will be ugly sobbing involved. :(

[Lynn, Moderator]

Kristie wrote: "I just watched the movie trailer for Me Before You... I don't think I'm going to be able to watch it in public! I'm pretty sure there will be ugly sobbing involved. :("

Yeah, I watched that today too.
I will be going to the cinema, I won't be able to wait any longer than that. I don't care if I'm blubbing lol

[Kirsten]

Who's 66 today? Alice Cooper, that's who!

http://www.rhino.com/article/happy-bi...

[sonya]

I want to read books b4 I see the movie

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Netgalley is really ticking me off with all these preview excerpts...
I see the picture and I'm like "YES! Thats one of the books I've been waiting for!!!!"
And I click too fast and read too slow and before I realize it.... I've requested a preview and not the book.
Sigh.

[sonya]

Does anyone else like to color

[Kristie, Moderator]

Ally - I agree the previews can be annoying. I wish they'd just offer the whole book.

Sonya - I like to color. It can be very relaxing. I just picked up a couple of adult coloring books. The pages are really pretty.