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My Sunday short this week was The Outsider aka The Stranger by Albert Camus. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I've finished Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Robert Harris.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A re-read of book 2 of the Time Master trilogy, The Outcast, reviewed - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2067720202
Just read Happy People Read and Drink CoffeeMy reaction was not what I expected
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Guernica. I didn't enjoy this as much as I had expected. 3.5 stars.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I Know Where She Is by S.B. Caves is not published until next month. If you can get your hands on a copy, I urge you to do so. Although the subject matter is horrid, there are no detailed descriptions. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I am having a rather hard time reading The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See.I am reading this book to lead the discussion at my book group next week. If not for this I would have thrown in the towel. Anybody else read or is reading this book now.
In these days without internet connection I have read much more than usual.I have read:
Big Mama's Funeral by Gabriel García Márquez 3/5.
A collection of short stories that he wrote before his more famous masterpieces. I had the feeling something was missing in the characters and in the plot.
1984 by George Orwell 4/5
Though I usually don't like distopia, I have to say that I liked this one. I have read it in English and there were several words I didn't know so I'm sure I missed emotions while reading it.
Wandering by Hermann Hesse 5/5
This was an amazing book that moved me to tears. It has very short stories (1-2 pages), poems and also two longer stories. All the stories deal with the lust of going away, explore new places, but sometimes also about nostalgia about the homeland. I loved everything about it: the lyric prose, the romantic vein of Hesse, his longing for God and a spiritual life.
The Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfel 5/5
Another book that moved me to tears. It's the story of Bernadette Soubirous, the saint of Lourdes. Seen that I would like to go to Lourdes I thought it would be good to know this saint better, her life and the story of the apparitions of the Vergin Mary.
Nancy from NJ wrote: "I am having a rather hard time reading The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See.I am reading this book to lead the discussion at my book group next week. If not for this I would have thrown in ..."I read it, Nancy, and enjoyed it. I like Lisa See's writing.
What are you finding difficult with it? (and I hope it picks up for you)
Finished an Australian classic Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay .My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I loved The Song of Bernadette, Dely. Loved the movie too.Finished Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished up a five-star read in the past week:
A Colony in a Nation by Chris Hayes Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
What She Wanted by Julie Anne Lindsey is a pleasant but forgettable coming of age story. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Another 5★ winner: Half of a Yellow Sun by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The flag of Biafra has/had half of a yellow sun.
Link to my review
That is one of my favourite books, Patty. Her other books are equally wonderful
I have been gone due to computer problems AGAIN!Anyhow, I have finished two books:
The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier & the Yukon Gold Rush
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
The Secret Scripture
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Diane S ☔ wrote: "I loved The Song of Bernadette, Dely. Loved the movie too."I think I won't watch the movie. I'm afraid it will spoil the beauty of the book.
Chrissie wrote: "I have been gone due to computer problems AGAIN!"Which was the problem now?
Finished George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London. Orwell's capacity for compassion and empathy for the downtrodden is admirable. Three words to describe this book: sombre, side-splitting, shrewd. Review to come.
dely wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "I have been gone due to computer problems AGAIN!"Which was the problem now?"
Everything is going wrong. My husband and I are a total wreck. I lost all my audiobooks in my iTunes library. We paid to have somebody help us move the info to the new computer, but still things are missing and other things work completely differently. Some of my audiobooks are now back, but many are gone. To achieve this partial fix we had to be without a computer for three days. This is a big problem b/c I write my blood glucose values in a diabetic report in the computer and it was gone. Every time they fix one thing a new problem arises so now we hesitate to ask for help. Many problems are unresolved, I just cannot list them all here. Progress is slowly being made and I am getting used to the new position of keys on the keyboqrd. I am trying to look on the bright side. Thanks for asking.
Finished Little Fires Everywherehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hope you manage to solve your computer problems, Chrissie. Know how frustrating that can be.
This will seem crazy but I've read a lot of books in the last week. The Last Painting of Sara de Vos was quite good although I had to read about a third to really engage. I thought Miss Tonks Turns to Crime was fun. I read books like this to de-stress. Finished Three Days in April a few minutes ago. This ones for the ski-fi fans with technology run amok. Crime on the Fenswas a straight forward police procedural. I did not like The Loom. Characters' behavior were not credible. Fuzzy Nation was great old school science fiction. Nutshell was wonderfully written and a joy to listen to as an audiobook. My favorites from the list are The Last Painting..., Fuzzy Nation and Nutshell. This is my first post so hoping the book links work!
Chrissie wrote: "dely wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "I have been gone due to computer problems AGAIN!"Which was the problem now?"
Everything is going wrong. My husband and I are a total wreck. I lost all my audiobooks..."
Can sympathise with you Chrissie.
Chrissie wrote: "dely wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "I have been gone due to computer problems AGAIN!"Which was the problem now?"
Everything is going wrong. My husband and I are a total wreck. I lost all my audiobooks..."
Chrissie, sorry to hear of your computer problem. Hope you'll get back the lost stuff soon.
Diane S ☔ wrote: "Finished Little Fires Everywherehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hope you manage to solve your computer problems, Chrissie. Know how frustrating that can be."
Diane ,thanks!My husband and I am going totally nuts.
Alice wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "dely wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "I have been gone due to computer problems AGAIN!"Which was the problem now?"
Everything is going wrong. My husband and I are a total wreck. I lost ..."
Alice, thanks for your commiseration! At this point I seriously doubt anything and everything I am told by so-called computer experts. I admit I know nothing, but they are supposed to know something.
Dale wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "dely wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "I have been gone due to computer problems AGAIN!"Which was the problem now?"
Everything is going wrong. My husband and I are a total wreck. I lost ..."
Dale, yeah it is totally horrible!
Chrissie wrote: "dely wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "I have been gone due to computer problems AGAIN!"Which was the problem now?"
Everything is going wrong. My husband and I are a total wreck. I lost all my audiobooks..."
I hope they fixed everything now and that you won't have further problems, above all for the glucose values. I know how it is losing stuff on the computer or to stay without a computer.
No, it is not yet fixed, dely, but we do have the computer back so I can register bg values - which is a relief!. My husband has spent the entire day trying to restore my audiobook library following instructions from, this time,Apple employees. Finally we have the library in our computer now, but we canNOT open ANY of the books.....except the new ones that I bought after purchase of the new computer. Sunday we have an appointment with Apple's so-called "Genius Staff". We have to drive three hours to get there.
Chrissie wrote: "No, it is not yet fixed, dely, but we do have the computer back so I can register bg values - which is a relief!. My husband has spent the entire day trying to restore my audiobook library followin..."Fingers crossed the genius staff will sort everything out!
I finished The Heart's Invisible Furies. 5 stars . My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Chrissie wrote: "No, it is not yet fixed, dely, but we do have the computer back so I can register bg values - which is a relief!. My husband has spent the entire day trying to restore my audiobook library followin..."Chrissie, that happened to me about four years ago. I could not open anything in my library before my computer crashed.
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