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Oct 04, 2013 07:52PM
We leave October 12th.
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And I will miss all of you but I will have my I PAD and hopefully be able to keep in touch. Also, should something not be right we usually visit an internet café every so often just to keep in touch with family and of course my book groups.
Began reading Honeymoon in Paris by Jojo Moyes which is a novella preceeding her new book The Girl You Left Behind. It sucked me right in. And then I decided to take Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri along for our trip just in case. This is a small book of short stories which might be just right if the I PAD needs to be charged.
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I see it as a science fiction romance where Greta is traveling to her own life in different periods of time. she sees how different, and similar, her lives would be in these.different eras.
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I am reading The Great Santini by Pat Conroy.
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I am reading The Heike Story by Eiji Yoshikawa. I am always fascinated with Japanese feudal era, I have read Yoshikawa's Musashi and Taiko and love them, so I continue with Heike Story, which is set on the 12th century Japan.Also in my currently reading shelf : Bleak House by Charles Dickens (too long...), My Antonia (loving it so far, I have it in my e-Reader and I read it while commuting to my school), and Persuasion by Jane Austen
So I started The Book Thief this lunch break. I feel like I'm the only person on this planet left, who hasn't read it yet! But at least I will be finished before the movie comes out!
I continue to read The Great Santini but borrowed Wishing and Hopin' by Wally Lamb on audio. It's only 4 discs and is due after we get back so - I missed listening to a book in the car.
I continue to read The Last of the Mohicans and Middlemarch. I have finished two shorter novels (?) by Jane Austen meanwhile.
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It is alright, Laura. Not exactly one of my favourite books, but not one of those I despise, either.
LaLaLa Laura wrote: "I started their eyes were watching God for our November selection!"Read that 2 years ago, I really enjoyed the book. It takes a while to adapt to the language but when you do you may notice the lovely rhythm involved in the speech.
I am reading Therese Raquin and listening to Let's Pretend This Never Happened. Enjoying both a lot more than I thought I would. Hoping to get our October selection started next.
I am reading
by Lizzy Ford. I have already read the Rhyn's Trilogy so to have an extension of that series and to see how the old characters are doing is truly awesome. :)
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by Lizzy Ford. I have already read the Rhyn's Trilogy so to have an extension of that series and to see how the old characters are doing is truly aw..."how is it, Alyssa
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Thank you, Jen! I won Looking for Alaska by John Green. I haven't read anything by him yet. Our very own Jessica recommended The Fault in Our Stars, So this should be a good one too!
LaLaLa Laura wrote: "Jen ƸӜƷ wrote: "Grats!"Thank you, Jen! I won Looking for Alaska by John Green. I haven't read anything by him yet. Our very own Jessica recommended The Fault in Our Stars, So this should be a g..."
Very cool!
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I'm reading Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. It's from another book club that I joined before I found this one (which is much better! No one writes anything on there!). I do like the book, though. It's the first Bradbury I've read since Fahrenheit 451 in 9th grade. It's spooky and perfect for Halloween!
How do you tag a book when you are typing?
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on the upper right of where you are making the comment there is an option to add book/author. then type it in and add it.
it doesn't work on the phone apps though.
is that what you meant?
Yes, thanks! It's not there on my iPad either. Oh, well, maybe in the next update :)
I'm reading the third book in the Catherynne M. Valente Fairyland trilogy:The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There
The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two
I read a great deal of YA literature to share with my granddaughter, who is 13 and autistic. These books are simply magical--September may be the best 12 year old girl ever! :-)
LaLaLa Laura wrote: "I'm reading the ocean at the end of the lane. I hear the story was optioned for a movie!"I loved the book. It's one of my favorites by him and I think it'd transition well to film. But it's more or less common practice now to option EVERYTHING for a movie these days, especially when it's by an author like Gaiman, so I'm trying not to get my hopes up.
Julia wrote: "I'm reading the third book in the Catherynne M. Valente Fairyland trilogy:
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels..."
I read The Girl Who Soared... last week and it was sooo good. Our little September is growing up. She's 14 now! Of course, Valente could write the back of a box of cereal and I'd probably read it. But she's mainly an adult author, so it's really not a surprise that her only YA series is great for adults too.
I'm alternating between The Thorn Birds (e-book), Have His Carcase (paperback), and The Magus (audio).
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I loved the book. It's one of my favorites by him and I think it'd transition well ..."
Oh, let us know how you like The Thorn Birds. I suppose you have seen the movie? It was great!
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I'm recently finished:
I'm currently reading:
Death of a Neighborhood Witch by Laura Levine
It's funny! I love Cozy mysteries!
The PostmistressEnjoying the story, the author's words have a rhythm to them, very poetic in description while writing about one of the worst atrocities in recent history.
Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge--at the behest of my 9 year old grandson :-) I'm a long distance Nana, so try to read whatever he and my 13 year old granddaughter are reading.
Thanks, Laura :-) And here's a poem from Neil Gaiman in honor of Halloween; it's been turned into a lovely small book that I plan to get for my grandchildren: Instructions"Instructions" tells us what to do if we get lost in a fairy tale, which is easy for me to do!
Instructions
by Neil Gaiman
Touch the wooden gate in the wall you never
saw before.
Say "please" before you open the latch,
go through,
walk down the path.
A red metal imp hangs from the green-painted
front door,
as a knocker,
do not touch it; it will bite your fingers.
Walk through the house. Take nothing. Eat
nothing.
However, if any creature tells you that it hungers,
feed it.
If it tells you that it is dirty,
clean it.
If it cries to you that it hurts,
if you can,
ease its pain.
From the back garden you will be able to see the
wild wood.
The deep well you walk past leads to Winter's
realm;
there is another land at the bottom of it.
If you turn around here,
you can walk back, safely;
you will lose no face. I will think no less of you.
Once through the garden you will be in the
wood.
The trees are old. Eyes peer from the under-
growth.
Beneath a twisted oak sits an old woman. She
may ask for something;
give it to her. She
will point the way to the castle.
Inside it are three princesses.
Do not trust the youngest. Walk on.
In the clearing beyond the castle the twelve
months sit about a fire,
warming their feet, exchanging tales.
They may do favors for you, if you are polite.
You may pick strawberries in December's frost.
Trust the wolves, but do not tell them where
you are going.
The river can be crossed by the ferry. The ferry-
man will take you.
(The answer to his question is this:
If he hands the oar to his passenger, he will be free to
leave the boat.
Only tell him this from a safe distance.)
If an eagle gives you a feather, keep it safe.
Remember: that giants sleep too soundly; that
witches are often betrayed by their appetites;
dragons have one soft spot, somewhere, always;
hearts can be well-hidden,
and you betray them with your tongue.
Do not be jealous of your sister.
Know that diamonds and roses
are as uncomfortable when they tumble from
one's lips as toads and frogs:
colder, too, and sharper, and they cut.
Remember your name.
Do not lose hope — what you seek will be found.
Trust ghosts. Trust those that you have helped
to help you in their turn.
Trust dreams.
Trust your heart, and trust your story.
When you come back, return the way you came.
Favors will be returned, debts will be repaid.
Do not forget your manners.
Do not look back.
Ride the wise eagle (you shall not fall).
Ride the silver fish (you will not drown).
Ride the grey wolf (hold tightly to his fur).
There is a worm at the heart of the tower; that is
why it will not stand.
When you reach the little house, the place your
journey started,
you will recognize it, although it will seem
much smaller than you remember.
Walk up the path, and through the garden gate
you never saw before but once.
And then go home. Or make a home.
And rest.
I agree, Jen--but then, I think Gaiman is secretly a wizard :-)
Julia wrote: "I agree, Jen--but then, I think Gaiman is secretly a wizard :-)":) I bet he is!
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That was wonderful, I loved hearing him recite "Instructions." Thank you for sharing, Julia.
I could listen to that man read all day. He is, truly, one if the most amazing and inspiring people to me. I got to hear him do some readings at his book signing...I fell in love with his work all over again.
Magical whimsical incredible is how I describe him.
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You could probably say slightly obsessed with me lol.
I like following Gaiman's blog--he's one of the most human, caring, funny, kind people out there.http://journal.neilgaiman.com/ This entry is about Ray Bradbury's death: http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2012/06... And since I love Bradbury as well, these words at the end of his entry hit home:
"Ray Bradbury at his best really was as good as we thought he was. He colonised Hallowe’en, just as the Silver Locusts colonised the red deserts and glass towers of Mars. He built it, as he built so much, and made it his. So when the wind blows the fallen autumn leaves across the road in a riot of flame and gold, or when I see a green field in summer carpeted by yellow dandelions, or when, in winter, I close myself off from the cold and write in a room with a TV screen as big as a wall, I think of Bradbury...
With joy. Always with joy."
I am currently reading...- Pegasus by Robin McKinley
- The Moon And The Tide by Derrolyn Anderson
- Time After Time by Tamara Ireland Stone
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
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