Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion
Archive
>
Chit Chat
Mod
I currently have:
Moloka'i (reading now - hopefully I'll finish this today or tomorrow)
All the Bright Places
Saga, Volume 2
Saga, Volume 3
Saga, Volume 4
Saga, Volume 5 yes, they all came in at once!
Plus:
Truthwitch is available for pick up
Deliciously Ella: 100+ Easy, Healthy, and Delicious Plant-Based, Gluten-Free Recipes due back 2/26
An Ember in the Ashes my hold becomes active 2/20
I don't think there is any way I will be able to read all of these before they are due back! I also have books for reviews, challenges, boms, etc to read.... I need to learn how to speed read. I also need to figure out how to get books when I want them at this new library.
Speed read... OR! Pause time. If you unlock the secrets to either, let me know please :)
Mod
A whole extra day for reading this year! Woohoo Leap Year!
Christine wrote: "Hey everyone"Hello :)
Mod
Sorry for not being active/around lately. I had to put my pet rabbit down last week and things just have not been the same.I haven't felt motivated to pick up a book in about a month.
I'm going to try to bounce back with The Library at Mount Char in May.
Oh Ally, I am sorry about your rabbit! :(Pets are better than a lot of people. I hope you are feeling better soon.
Ally - that is not good :( If you need to bounce back with discussion with us, we are here for you!
Thanks :)Pets are definitely better than a lot of people. It's a very empty house with out a furball in it.
Its so hard to focus on a book when your head is elsewhere.
Mod
Absolutely! Here's hoping your kids do something more than give you flowers and chocolates -- they should be giving you books (and time to read!)
Mod
@Kristie: you look so young on your pics, I can't believe you have kids old enough to have left the nest. Happy mother's day to you and all moms. By the way you can celebrate it again on May 29th (French mother's day).
Happy Mother's Day! Hope everyone has a great day !
Mod
I look forward to having a French Mother's Day this year now too. :)
Great interview with Joe Hill, author of the new book The Fireman, this morning on NPR!http://www.npr.org/2016/05/22/4788409...
Mod
How exciting!!! How old is he and where does he lived compared to you?
Mod
Found this article on the HuffPo: 7 Sci-Fi Writers Predict The Future Of The Olympicshttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/o...
Personally, I am looking forward to #3.
1. Climate change will cause the Winter Olympic Games to change drastically.
Madeline Ashby, author of Company Town
2. A new, more environmentally sustainable alternative to the Olympics will rise up.
Malka Ann Older, author of Infomocracy
3. Cheesy human interest stories will be replaced by a more immersive, athlete-controlled media experience.
S.B. Divya, author of Runtime
4. The Games will become a nostalgic ode to a time when humans were less scientifically perfect.
Max Gladstone, author of Four Roads Cross
5. And they will do so for the same reason we enjoy going to the movies or looking at art today.
Patrick Hemstreet, author of The God Wave
6. Or, it could go the other way, and corporations will sponsor athletes based on their DNA sequences.
Stacey Berg, author of Dissension
7. And each Olympic event will eventually handle issues of gender differently.
Ada Palmer, Too Like the Lightning
What do you think? Any other suggestions for the future?
Happy International Beer Day!International Beer Day (first Friday in August) is a global celebration of beer, taking place in pubs, breweries, and back yards all over the world -- It's a day for beer lovers everywhere to raise a toast to our brewers and bartenders, and rejoice in the greatness of beer!
http://internationalbeerday.com/about/
Happy National Oyster Day!Oysters are rich in zinc, calcium, iron, selenium, vitamin A, and vitamin B12, but are low in food energy.
Remember, oysters must be either consumed alive or cooked alive. When dead, they cannot be eaten safely.
On this day in 1914, the first electric traffic light was installed on the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. It had two colors.
Happy Work Like A Dog Day!(Kind of strange since if I worked like MY dog, I'd spend 90% of my time asleep.)
Mod
On August 6th, 1945, an American bomber dropped the world’s first atomic bomb over Hiroshima City. The entire city was devastated by the heat and shock waves of the blast, producing numerous civilian casualties.On this day, the Peace Memorial Ceremony (free entry) is held in front of the Hiroshima Peace City Memorial Monument erected in the Peace Memorial Park to appease the souls of those killed by the atomic bomb and to pray for eternal peace on Earth. During this ceremony, the Peace Declaration, appealing for the abolition of nuclear weapons and for the realization of eternal world peace, is delivered by the Mayor of Hiroshima City and is transmitted worldwide.
At 8:15 a.m., which is the exact time when the atomic bomb was dropped, the Peace Bell is rung and citizens, either at the ceremony, at home, or at work offer silent prayers for one minute for the repose of the souls of the atomic bomb victims and for peace.
Happy National Root Beer Float Day!-- Root beer is made out of 16 Roots, and herbs.
-- Colonists were actually the first people to make root beer.
-- The A and W in A&W stands for Alan and Wright.
-- Hires Root beer was introduces by Charles Hires in 1876 Philadelphia’s Centennial Exposition.
-- The most original ingredient was Sassafras.It comes in an alcoholic drink also.
Happy National Root Beer Float Day!-- Root beer is made out of 16 Roots, and herbs.
-- Colonists were actually the first people to make root beer.
-- The A and W in A&W stands for Alan and Wright.
-- Hires Root beer was introduces by Charles Hires in 1876 Philadelphia’s Centennial Exposition.
-- The most original ingredient was Sassafras.It comes in an alcoholic drink also.
Happy National Mustard Day!Mustard is a condiment made from the seeds of a mustard plant. The whole, bruised, cracked, or ground seeds are mixed with liquid (water, lemon juice, vinegar, oil), salt and sometimes spices to create a sauce or paste. Mustards comes in a variety of tastes, ranging from sweet to spicy.
The National Mustard Museum began in 1986 when Barry Levenson, its founder and curator, started collecting mustards. It opened to the general public in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin in 1992. It was originally named the Mount Horeb Mustard Museum. In 2009, it moved to Middleton and acquired its present name. The museum's collection consists of more than 5,600 prepared mustards from more than 70 countries.
The National Mustard Museum became the official sponsor of National Mustard Day in 1991. This event traditionally includes games, music, interactive kids shows, other entertaining activities, free mustard sampling, free hot dogs and more. Since 2010, the event is held in Middleton. It is attended by more than 6,000 people annually, raising thousands of dollars for local charity.
1964 World's oldest tree Prometheus was cut down. The tree grew in eastern Nevada, United States. The tree was at least 4862 years old and it was cut down by a graduate student and United States Forest Service personnel for research purposes. At the time of cutting, people didn't know of the record-breaking age of the tree.
On this day:1890 World's first execution on electric chair took place at Auburn Prison, New York. William Kemmler, American murderer, was subjected to this kind of punishment. The first attempt failed and Kemmler survived, that is why the second attempt was made.
Born on this day:1826 Thomas Alexander Browne, Australian author, best known for his novel Robbery Under Arms. This novel is considered to be one of the greatest Australian colonial novels.
On this day:1819 Norwich University was founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
Born on this day:1809 Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet and author. He was the favorite poet of Queen Victoria, who titled him 1st Baron Tennyson and Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland.
Happy National Disc Golf Day!Requiring less equipment than traditional golf, disc golf shares the common goal of reaching each target with the fewest number of strokes, or to put it more accurately, throws.
Disc golf has been played since the late 1960s and became a formalized sport in the 1970s. In the beginning, targets were nothing more than tree trunks or wooden posts cemented into the ground. As the game progressed, trees and posts were replaced with metal baskets with chains, with the chains helping to catch the discs. Those metal baskets, originally called a “Disc Golf Pole Hole”, are now the modern day targets with dozens of design variations being used with the same general idea and technical specifications in mind.
The PDGA Disc Golf Course Directory (http://www.pdga.com/course-directory) is a great resource to locate courses in your area.
The first patent (#4,039,189) was issued on a chain catching device to “Steady” Ed Headrick on August 12th, 1977 which changed the future of the sport. It is now a standard for course design.
Happy National Jamaican Patty Day!A Jamaican patty is defined as a “turnover style pastry” which can have a variety of fillings such as seasoned ground beef, chicken, seafood or vegetables. The crust is ideally flaky in texture, half-moon in shape, and the fillings are usually spicy, but milder varieties are available for the faint of heart. It is said that the Jamaican Patty as we know it today, was born from the English Cornish Pastry, a similar concoction that came to Jamaica during the colonial days. It also bears a resemblance to the Spanish empanada.
The patty has become a staple among Jamaicans, acting as a quick “grab-n-go” or “meal-on-the-run” type of snack. A typical person eats a patty or two for lunch while in school or at work. It serves well as a hot & nutritious snack and when paired with a coco-bread it becomes a belly-filling & satisfying meal in itself.
More about the root beer float...Also known as the “Black Cow,” the root beer float got its start in Colorado in a mining camp. Frank J. Wisner of Cripple Creek, Colorado, gets the credit for inventing the “Black Cow” way back in August of 1893.
Happy National Fresh Breath Day! Have you brushed your teeth today?(Though, I had noticed lately that flossing may not be as effective as dentists think...)
Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club
Books mentioned in this topic
Shadow Sands (other topics)The Woman in the Window (other topics)
Me Before You (other topics)
The Cabin at the End of the World (other topics)
Roses of May (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
Robert Bryndza (other topics)Anthony Bourdain (other topics)
Colson Whitehead (other topics)
Neal Stephenson (other topics)
William Finnegan (other topics)
More...
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.