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[Susan]

As usual you guys are right. It was Troubles. I am glad most of you liked it but it never connected with me. I know you all enjoyed it and I'm glad. It was just that experience that made me not want to try The Third Policeman. Sorry that I am outside the majority.

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I certainly never apologise for disagreeing with people, Susan, so I definitely don't see why you feel the need to do so. But I'm sure you've enjoyed a book so much that when others dislike it it's hard to understand why. I felt that way about Troubles.

[Susan]

Sorry, Declan. I wasn't serious. After all I loved the Rose Tremaine when so many didn't. I will tell you this - you should jump on Allan's recommendation, The Free. I'm nominating it for next month's read. One of my favorite books ever.

[Sara]

Was anyone else aware that there seems to be a limit on how many books it will display on your front page as "current reads." I currently have 11 things marked as "currently reading." Only 10 display on the front page of Goodreads for me and when I look under my bookshelves I see

"bookshelves (edit)
all (1663)
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currently-reading ‎(9)
to-read ‎(320)"

[Susan]

I can't imagine reading more than 10 books at once. I'd never keep them straight.

[Allan]

I only ever read one physical book at a time, combined with one audiobook. I suppose reading several at once is like enjoying a number of TV series at the same time-you could tune in and out when you pick up the book.

That's some praise for The Free, Susan! It's a great idea thinking of it as a monthly nomination as well, but some people may be put off by its full price-I suppose we'll have to wait and see!

[Sara]

Many of the things I'm reading are collections of short stories or essays, or poetry which are easy to dip in and out of depending on mood.

What Makes This Book So Great: Short essays about various books.

Sister Outsider is an essay collection I'm just starting today. I'll be reading an essay a week and discussing in an online discussion group with my friend Megan and a few other folks.

From Totems to Hip Hop: A Multicultural Poetry Anthology

Bi Notes For a Bisexual Revolution: essays

The Goodreads Ireland book: A short story collection which I can dip in and out of depending on mood

Asimovs: March 2014 issueA science fiction magazine I'm reading an e-issue of. More short fiction.

Tales of the Dying Earth An omnibus collection of related short novels: I've read the first and will make it back to the rest at some point.

The next category are things which I started but put aside (but I still count them as currently reading because I don't plan to go back to the beginning when I go back to them).

A People's History of the United States which I've been currently reading since last April

Midnight Riot my Secret Santa Gift from Cathleen

With My Lazy Eye Started for Barbara and I's in person book group but put aside when I realized I wasn't going this month. I do plan to finish it though probably this week.

And then finally there's the kid's book which I started last night and will finish this afternoon. It's simply delightful so far. "The Search for Delicious

And that's how I'm currently reading 10 books!

[Barbara]

Declan wrote: "I loved Unspoken, for sure, and I'd recommend it to anyone in the group. As you liked The Book Thief, Seraphina, I really think you'll enjoy this. It has the coming-of-age appeal that TBT has, but ..."

Declan - I have Unspoken, recommended to me a couple of years ago but I still haven't managed to read it.
I intend to finish both The Troubles and The Third Policeman. I recall when Ted (in this group) wrote a great review of The Troubles a year or so ago and I put it on my list. I've wanted to read Flann O'Brien for years. And I am mystified by Tesco's pushing The Field except that perhaps they bought boatloads being told it would be a huge seller and are now stuck with it. It was pretty awful.

I am starting In the Morning I'll Be Gone - the 3rd book in Adrian McKinty's series The Troubles.

[Barbara]

Sara wrote: "Was anyone else aware that there seems to be a limit on how many books it will display on your front page as "current reads." I currently have 11 things marked as "currently reading." Only 10 displ..."

Yes, I've noticed this. What I wish I could do is to get some books off my "currently reading" list without deleting them from my library. These are books I hope to finish but also don't want GR asking me to update my progress.

[Susan]

Barbara wrote: "Declan wrote: "I loved Unspoken, for sure, and I'd recommend it to anyone in the group. As you liked The Book Thief, Seraphina, I really think you'll enjoy this. It has the coming-of-age appeal tha..."

I hope you enjoy McKinty's book as much as I did.

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@Barbar. Rather than trying to change it on your wall page try going to the book's profile and clicking the icon with three standing books. It'll give you all the options you need to change it back. BTW, when I bought the fields it was only released a few months earlier and had already been reduced to €4.99.

I really think you'll enjoy Unspoken. It's one of my favourite books for a long while.

@Susan & Allan. I'll add the free to my shelves, for sure. I trust you guys and it come with a better recommendation from anywhere else.

The nominations will likely start tomorrow; Thursday at the latest. I'm on my way to Sligo for a four-day weekend.

[Allan]

A four day weekend would be nice...! :)

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Well, I'm gonna make the best of it, Allan. :)

[Sara]

Declan, the page of the group only says we're reading the quarterly read from February 1st to March 31st. That's only two months. Shouldn't it be going from February 1st to April 30th?

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It should, Sara. D'oh! Thanks for pointing that out. I'll fix it now. :)

[Cathleen]

Susan wrote: "Sorry, Declan. I wasn't serious. After all I loved the Rose Tremaine when so many didn't. I will tell you this - you should jump on Allan's recommendation, The Free. I'm nominating it for next mont..."

Susan, who wrote the book The Free? If both you and Allan have highly recommended it, that will make me take a look at it. (Even though I'm so far behind on my reading that I may have lapped myself!).

[Sara]

Cathleen, Willy Vlautin

[Cathleen]

Sara wrote: "Cathleen, Willy Vlautin"

Ah, ok! Thanks, Sara.

[Susan]

Cathleen, Allan says his favorite Vlautin is Northline. I haven't read it yet but trust Allan's judgment implicitly. I got The Free to review and it actually stunned me. BTW, love that expression about lapping yourself.

Declan, enjoy yourself in Sligo. I hope you have blue skies.

[Allan]

There's a free 30 minute title called 'Beyond The Free' on Audible, with Vlautin discussing the book and reading extracts-I haven't listened to it yet, but have downloaded it.

http://www.audible.com/pd/Bios-Memoir...

[Barbara]

I bought The Free last weekend at my bookstore and got a used copy of Northline in the mail. Hope one is our monthly read.
And I have Beyond the Free on Audible but haven't listened to it.

[Barbara]

Audible has BOGO today for books that have been made into films. I picked up Half of a Yellow Sun and The Mayor of Mc Dougall Street (inspiration for Inside Llewyn Davis). Half of a Yellow Sun just played in an African Film Festival but sold out immediately. I think there were only 3 showings and the author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was at 2 of them signing books. There is a huge Nigerian community locally which probably explains the sell outs, as well as Adichie being a popular author.

[Allan]

Thanks for the heads up, Barbara! I got Mayor of McDougall Street as well, and also purchased The Godfather-both were on my wishlist, so I'm very pleased!

[Barbara]

So pleased you could take advantage. I forgot you can get the US deals (smile).

[Allan]

Yes, Barbara, as far as Audible is concerned, I'm a resident of USA. I'm sure that as long as they get their $$, they'll not mind where I live!

[Sara]

I'm contemplating a couple different books from this deal, but nothing really jumps out at me as a must buy.

I have some interest in A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood, The Descendents by Kaui Hart Hemmings (the movie with George Clooney was excellent), The Invisible Woman: The Story of Charles Dickens and Nelly Ternan (no idea it had been made into a movie), Jumper by Steven Gould (movie was flawed but I hear the book is good, also there's a deal on the e-book right now so I could do a combo read/listen), The King's Speech (another excellent movie), and Orange is the New Black (I've been meaning to watch the Netflix series). Does anyone have any opinions on any of these? I'm feeling rather indecisive.

[Barbara]

Sara wrote: "I'm contemplating a couple different books from this deal, but nothing really jumps out at me as a must buy.

I have some interest in A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood, The Descendents by Kaui ..."

A Single Man was an excellent film and our friend Maureen gave me the book which was also excellent. I have considered reading or listening to The Descendants as some friends on GR have rated it highly. I thought about The Invisible Woman but decided to stop at 2 books instead of 4. I'd be tempted by Jumper with the deal on the whispersync. I watched a couple of episodes of Orange is the New Black on Netflix but didn't find the character that interesting. I wanted to "hit her upside the head" to knock some sense into her. I prefer watching episodes of Engrenages (Spiral) a French police drama on Netflix which entertains and helps me improve my French. After 2 and a half seasons of it, I am finally able to comprehend a lot of the rapid, cut off Parisian French.

[Allan]

I'd definitely recommend 'A Single Man', particularly if you haven't read any Isherwood. I've read a few of his, and this was the one that stuck with me.

There are so many great titles available-I wish I had more than one credit to spend!

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Susan wrote: "Declan, enjoy yourself in Sligo. I hope you have blue skies..."

We went to a lovely coastal area called Rosses Point. The weather went from overcast to Hail to rain, to gales, to clear and fine, to sunny and bright. It was gorgeous, though.

I'm reading David Egger's The Circle at the moment, which was a SS gift from Barbara.

[Sara]

I went with the The Descendents and A Single Man. I think The Descendents will remind me of when I was in Hawaii in February of 2013, and I've been wanting to read some Isherwood for awhile. His Goodbye to Berlin was the basis for the musical/movie Cabaret which I adore.

[Susan]

I really liked The Descendents. I hope you enjoy it. Where were you in Hawaii. I have spent a lot of time there so I'm curious.

[Allan]

Sara, I've read Mr Norris Changes Trains and Goodbye to Berlin, which make up 'The Berlin Novels' and are excellent reads as well. A Single Man was written a little later, and is stronger, in my opinion. I'm confident that you'll enjoy the book.

I started The Godfather on my way in to work this morning-it's the first audiobook I've listened to that has a full cast (ie narrator and actors voicing the dialogue) and I'm not sure if I like the concept!

[Sara]

Susan, I was on Kaui. We were able to take a land tour, a boat tour, and a helicopter tour, so we got a very good view of the whole island. The boat tour was particularly amazing. We were there in whale watching season. The rules the boat captain has to follow say they're only allowed to drive the boat to within a certain distance of the whales, but nobody tells the baby whales that!! A few that were only about 4 or 5 weeks old came right up to our stopped boat. The boat captain said they were the youngest he'd ever seen on a tour.

And now I want to be back in Hawaii. Barbara, I've heard rumors that it's going to snow again next Tuesday. *SIGH*

[Barbara]

Sara - I am ignoring the weather predictions for now. Tuesday is still 4 days away so we'll see...

[Seraphina]

When does winter time end for ye guys?

[Barbara]

Seraphina wrote: "When does winter time end for ye guys?"

It "officially" ended yesterday, the first day of spring - yay, right.

[Susan]

Sara, I love Kauai. Did you go to the Fern Grotto. They have wonderful beaches there too.
Seraphina, winter is definitely over for us. We have been enjoying 80/29 weather. People are wearing tank tops and shorts. It's lovely.

[Allan]

The weekend again! :) This weekend, I'll be aiming to get a little bit further into Michael Chabon's debut novel, 'The Mysteries of Pittsburgh', which I bought on Sara's recommendation, and aside from catching up with my usual weekend podcasts, I will also be listening to more of 'The Godfather'. I'm ashamed to say that I've never seen the film.

So what are everyone else's reading plans?

[Cathleen]

Allan wrote: "The weekend again! :) This weekend, I'll be aiming to get a little bit further into Michael Chabon's debut novel, 'The Mysteries of Pittsburgh', which I bought on Sara's recommendation, and aside f..."

Allan, I've never seen The Godfather, either. I've heard from a number of people that the book is really good, so I hope you enjoy it. I'm planning to finish the book I started last weekend, The Chessmen, and get further into The Spinning Heart.

[Cathleen]

Allan wrote: "The weekend again! :) This weekend, I'll be aiming to get a little bit further into Michael Chabon's debut novel, 'The Mysteries of Pittsburgh', which I bought on Sara's recommendation, and aside f..."

Speaking of weekends, I can't believe we're already heading into the last week of March. The weeks just seem like they zoom by.

[Sara]

Cathleen don't scare me like that!! It's the next to the last weekend in March. Next Friday to Sunday is the 28th to 30th. I'm running a LGBT conference in Hartford the first weekend in April. We're not ready enough for it to be 2 weeks away instead of the actual 3 weeks away that it is!

This weekend I'll finally be getting back to Midnight Riot(my long neglected Secret Santa gift from Cathleen). It's a pretty quick fun read, so I bet I'll finish it. I'll also be finishing up the March 2014 e-issue of Asimov's(a science fiction magazine)and the excellent anthology put together by the group. I should have time to delve into the multicultural poetry anthologyI bought the other day. Finally, I have some library books teasing me on my shelves, but I'm trying to get my "currently reading" shelf a bit more under control before starting more new things.

[Cathleen]

Sara wrote: "Cathleen don't scare me like that!! It's the next to the last weekend in March. Next Friday to Sunday is the 28th to 30th. I'm running a LGBT conference in Hartford the first weekend in April. We'r..."

Hi Sara--Oh, I'm sorry! I was thinking about that since I have a meeting a week from Monday, and it's the 31st of March. I still feel like it's January. Is your conference in Hartford, CT? Good luck with running and organizing that.

I hope you like Midnight Riot. I rarely read anything in whatever genre that would be :), but I thought it was a fun read.

[Sara]

It is in Hartford, CT (well in Windsor Locks at the hotel that's attached to Bradley Airport). I'm in charge of both Registration and Special Events, which means there's a million and one fiddly details to attend to! Thanks for the well wishes Jamielynn. I'm sure it will go off swimmingly, but I have reached the point where I'm a little stressed about things. Thankfully, I don't have to deal with publishing the conference program because we have an excellent person attending to that.

[Susan]

Here's what I'm reading this week-end: National Geographic's First Book of Dinosaurs, Curious George and Capt. America's golden book. That's right. I'm at my grandson's 4th birthday party tomorrow (spending the week-end with them) and those are the books I bought him. In case you think I'm no fun I also got him a little bike with training wheels and bought a Monster Truck piñata. Grandmas Rock.

[Sara]

You are a great Grandma Susan. Your grandson is lucky.

[Susan]

Well, you notice he gets a lot of books. He has his own little library. You're never too young.

[Seraphina]

Good luck with the conference Sara, one of my friends used help run a LGBT youth service and it's not an easy job.
My reading is cut short this weekend cause have a wedding today in Spanish point, co. Clare. Another lovely spot for any future visitors!

[Allan]

I hope you have a good time at the wedding today, Seraphina! I was getting brake pads replaced this morning, and having forgotten to bring a book, ended up browsing Amazon and buying 3 more second hand books to add to my TBR shelf. In addition to The Bedside Guardian 2013, that I buy every year once I get a good second hand deal, I bought Steinbeck's 'Travels with Charley', which I love but only have on Kindle, and his novel, 'The Wayward Bus', which I've wanted to read for ages, but couldn't get a cheap enough second hand copy. Has anyone read the latter?

[Neil]

Started Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson. I've read his style before when he finished The Wheel of Time and I know I like the way he writes, if often it isn't the best writing. With that in mind I'd been meaning to pick this up for a while. Got it on my kindle now and I have to say so far so good. It's mega light and easy going and I like that in my fantasy. The problem with Game of Thrones say is that it's always so heavy going.

I mean Game of Thrones is great but I enter fantasy to dissolve reality sometimes and G.R.R. Martin doesn't really do that for me. If it didn't have dragon's it would just be an inaccurate account of the middle ages really. So Mistborn is nice in that there are elements of fun to it.

[Tara]

So many books and not enough time! I have to stop reading goodreads as my to read list is getting longer and longer! I'm reading "Lady Oracle" by Margaret Atwood this weekend for my local bookclub. One of our Canadian members nominated it and it is a very good read so far, lots of different layers and much to think about. I've never read any Atwood books before but think I will be in the future.