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[Paul]

Might be a big book Day :-)

[Diane]

Jennifer Lawrence is a good actress and could handle the part. The book was so good that I don't know if I could handle seeing the movie.

[Diane]

@ Jamie Lynn. I hope it was nothing too bad and that you are okay now.

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Yeah, Jamielynn. I hope you weren't too sick when you were in hospital? I hope you're better now?

[Susan]

Paul, gross. You couldn't have kept that article to yourself? :)

Seraphina, I can't donate blood because I've had chemotherapy. Does that affect organ donation? I have signed the donation form but I don't know if they'd take anything.

[Paul]

Sorry Susan. Someone who knew I collect books sent it to me. I thought I'd share

[Diane]

I checked my drivers license as doner but wonder if there is an age limit. Parts do wear out.

[Paul]

Decisions decisions. I finished The Owl Killers today, not as good as Company of Liars but really good none the less. Now what to read. The ones jumping out at me from my shelf are Blood Will Follow by Snorri Krisjannson, a Viking book with a supernatural edge, Prince of Fools, a grimdark fantast from a new series by Mark Lawrence, The Boy with the Porcelain Blade, A Gormenghast style fantasy by Den Patrick . Or a novella by John Connolly called The Caxton Lending Library. hmmmm.

[Diane]

Glad you got it straightened out.

[Paul]

Well a nice Saturday morning in Dublin with a decent coffee and then off to book shopping. My to be read pile will suffer

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Yeah, Paul. Enjoying your book hunting and let us know how you did.

[Paul]

no problem. :-)

[Cathleen]

Paul wrote: "Well a nice Saturday morning in Dublin with a decent coffee and then off to book shopping. My to be read pile will suffer"

Sounds like my favorite kind of Saturday :)

[Barbara]

Paul I envy you as I just sat down to my coffee here on this side of the pond and am waiting for the electrician. But I am lucky he's willing to come on a Saturday and I went book shopping last Saturday as my local bookshop's sale :) And yes, let us know what you pick up so we can enjoy vicariously.

As for reading I am finishing The Sixteenth of June: A Novel by Maya Lang and will start reading Miracle at St. Anna for my book group which meets next Saturday. I want to start Fear and Loathing in La Liga: Barcelona, Real Madrid, and the World's Greatest Sports Rivalry after that while the World Cup is going on.

[Sara]

I finally managed to finish a book yesterday! It was the first one in a week. It was Carsick by John Waters. It was quite good, and you can see my review at the link. I'm pretty sure the only reason I managed to finish it was because it was an audiobook. I've been spending a lot of time in my car recently. I'm so glad Allan got me to take the audiobook plunge. Next up as an audiobook, Orange Is The New Black.

I'm still participating in the Outlanders read-along and our first deadline is Monday for Chapters 1-4. I'm about halfway there. I've also started Becoming Sister Wives and a short science fiction novella, The Human Front by Ken MacLeod Declan you might like that one.

[Trelawn]

Good haul from Chapters today. I got A Room With a View by EM Forster. I studied the film in school but haven't read the book. I also got Mary Barton by Mrs Gaskell, Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier and The Mangle Street Murders by MRC Kasasian all for €15. I also had a Persian kebab for the first time, it was a good day :-)

[Paul]

I managed to get a few books as well ;-) I picked up another two Karen Maitland books. I enjoyed the two I've read so far enough to justify adding to the Collection. I got the Gallows Thief and The Falcons of Fire and Ice. The second was even an immaculate first edition for seven euro.,Chapters can be so under priced someTimes. I got one othet book, Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan. Its a fantasy with an element of industrial technology mixed in with mages so should be an interesting twist and it got great reviews on release last year. I couldnt pass up the hardback for a fiver. No Asimov worth getting sadly. but I loved my Kebab

[Barbara]

Trelawn, Paul and Declan are all doing their part to keep Chapters in business:)
Paul - I added a couple of Karen Maitland books based on your recent review. It's lunch time and I wish I had a kebab to go along with my left over Greek salad.

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@Barbara. I'm sure you'll get some good reading done while you're waiting for the plumber. ;)

@Sara. That looks like proper epic sci-fi. I added it to my to-read pile and made it a priority.

@Trelawn and Paul. What a haul of books. Should keep you busy for a while.

Didn't they have the cloth-bound I, Robot?

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@Barbara. You have to support you LIBS. :)

[Paul]

Barbara, our Kebabs were so big we easily could have shared. Karen Maitland is certainly an interesting writer and she does Medieval historical fiction very well.

[Allan]

Glad to hear that you both had a successful shopping trip, Trelawn and Paul-I hope you enjoy your purchases!

Sara, I'll be buying the John Waters audiobook at the end of the month-it sounds like fun! It's funny that I've not been reading as many physical books this month due to work commitments, the World Cup and just the summer evenings, but I've managed to get through 5 audiobooks so far, what with dog walking, grass cutting etc.

I managed to get sitting down this morning though for a while, and thoroughly enjoyed 150 pages or so of my Unspoken reread. I'll hopefully finish it tomorrow, depending on how tender I feel after our friend's birthday party that we're attending later...!

[Paul]

@Declan. I couldn't find any decent copy of I Robot.I was all set to pick up something sci-fi but nothing jumped out that I didnt all ready have.
I'll feel less guilty about getting I Robot off the Internet now :-)

[Allan]

Emma, how autobiographical did you think the novel is-is Frances Stembridge, do you reckon? It was an interesting ending, which I was kind of expecting, given the thread in both novels with Gavin Bloom etc, but it's one that I've rarely seen in Irish fiction. I found the domestic abuse thread chilling in the novel. I hope you enjoy the Steinbeck!

[Paul]

I'm happy with my stash. The danger is going in and coming out with 50 books in one go. ;-)

[Trelawn]

@ Theresa Mary Barton is her first book which is why I picked it up. I loved N& S and am enjoying Cranford at the mo so I wanted another on standby. I also had Ruth in my hands but I decided to leave that for another day.

[Susan]

Sara, I am loving your reading choices. I loved Outlander. Is that an on-line group you are doing the reading with? I have to admit Becoming Sister Wives is my guilty pleasure. I don't understand polygamy and don't see the payoff but it fascinates me that people do it willingly.

Paul and Trelawn, I am confused. Do you live in Dublin?
I like historical fiction so I will look up Karen Maitland.

[Paul]

Hi Susan, we don't live in Dublin, we live in Maynooth in Kildare but we both grew up in Tallaght Dublin. Maynooth is a nice University town about 30-40 minutes drive from Dublin City.

[Paul]

Do try Company if Liars by Karen Maitland its really good.

[Paul]

We have quite the eclectic group all right

[Trelawn]

We all go through phases in our reading, when I was expecting my son I couldn't concentrate on fiction at all. I read a lot of books about Queen Victoria and Victorian Britain and I devoured Bill Bryson's At Home. Sometimes non fiction is needed. Uglow's book sounds very interesting.

[Cathleen]

I had two Barnes & Noble coupons expiring today and a B&N gift card burning a hole in my wallet, so I popped over to the local Barnes & Noble this afternoon. I was browsing around and saw the Quebert Affair book mentioned in the Irish Times. I picked it up and started to read it, then after 15 pages, figured I should get a coffee, and then after 40 pages and a coffee, figured I should buy it. With my discount, coupons, and gift card, it only ended up costing $6.00, so I'm pleased about that :) I think this definitely will be a good vacation/holiday read.

I've put Company of Liars on my list, Paul. It sounds really interesting.

[Barbara]

Cathleen wrote: "I had two Barnes & Noble coupons expiring today and a B&N gift card burning a hole in my wallet, so I popped over to the local Barnes & Noble this afternoon. I was browsing around and saw the Que..."

Is that the The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair: A Novel ? Looks interesting. It's available on Audible or on Kobo as an ebook for 9.99 so I'm looking forward to your review.

[Susan]

Oh, I didn't realize it was so close. For some reason, I was thinking it was near Connemara. I really need to get a map out some time.

[Susan]

I actually looked up Maynooth and it seems like a nice town. It must be an university town since it's 8500 people and has several colleges. Which one do you teach at, Trelawn?

[Paul]

The population has gone up a bit in the last few years. Its a lovely town.Far enough from the city to be relaxed and have a country feel. Close enough to the city for work and visits etc. Its worth a visit to maynooth just to look around the old college grounds

[Trelawn]

@ Susan I don't teach in college, I teach 11-18 years old in secondary school although I haven't taught since just before our son was born.

[Cathleen]

Barbara wrote: "Cathleen wrote: "I had two Barnes & Noble coupons expiring today and a B&N gift card burning a hole in my wallet, so I popped over to the local Barnes & Noble this afternoon. I was browsing aroun..."

I think it'll be a good read. I have to finish a couple of other books before I get to it--hopefully, I'll be able to start it this week.

[Trelawn]

Well we've just spent the best part of an hour rearranging our bookshelves to accomadate our weekend purchases. We were quite ruthless (for us) and I now have a bag of books in the boot of my car to be donated tomorrow.

[Cathleen]

Jamie Lynn wrote: "I guess I just don't like Me Before You because it's depressing. I can't say it's badly written because it's actually well written. I quit reading it because of the subject matter. ..."

It doesn't sound like my cup of tea, either, JamieLynn, although I've read so many good reviews of it.

[John]

Evie wrote: "You should have written the blurb ;) "

:)

Jamie Lynn wrote: "When she talked about reframing the pictures he smashed I just said,"Duh Louise" I mean..really...duh! "

Yeah - there's some dumb stuff in it that I can't defend. But there was some good writing too. As a whole it worked ok for me. Not sure why, as it was quite dumb, and cliched in a few places for sure.

[Colleen]

I'm reading The Last Letter from Your Lover now and I love it.

[Diane]

The Last Letter from Your Lover was compared to The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society which is thoroughly enjoyable. It is now on my 'to read' list.

[Trelawn]

@ Emma it'a a nice, easy read. I really enjoyed it. On another note Cranford is going very well. About 60 pages left. It's very different in style and tone to North and South. It reads like a collection of anecdotes about a group of eccentric but loveable spinsters and widows going about their lives in Cranford.

[Trelawn]

@ Theresa I can't imagine it was. I love Dickens and a while back Paul bought me Peter Ackroyd's biography of him and he certainly comes across as a force to be reckoned with. Then again, I daresay the same was true of Mrs Gaskell. Quite the coming together of strong personalities :-)

[Diane]

I'm going to have to read Cranford. I read North and South and Wives and Daughters but not Cranford partly because I saw the TV series starring Judy Dench. The series was so good that I didn't feel the need to also read it. Does that make sense in a convoluted way?

[Trelawn]

@ Diane that makes perfect sense :-)
@ Theresa I'll look up that biography and might try to get myself a copy at some point.

[Cathleen]

After reading this thread, I realize I'll have to read North and South. I think I already even have it on my shelves.

[Diane]

I can't remember if I mentioned that I finished The Absolutist. It's a very good book that takes place during WWI. Little of the story is about fighting the Germans. It's more about other kinds of battles the men had to deal with.

[Barbara]

Susan wrote: "I actually looked up Maynooth and it seems like a nice town. It must be an university town since it's 8500 people and has several colleges. Which one do you teach at, Trelawn?"

Susan - it's confusing but outside the US, college usually doesn't mean university. But then of course you have Oxford with all the colleges which just confuses it all. But in Spanish and Portuguese, colegio is not a university, and can even be a primary school. Even in the US these days I tend to say I'm a university professor because there are few 'colleges' left. They all became universities unless they were already well known like Smith and Boston College.