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Merry Christmas to each and every single one of you and a huge, massive THANK YOU!!
Janet xx
Autumn, your email was so beautiful and touching. I don't celebrate Christmas, but I wish all of you on this thread the same as those moving words of peace, forgiveness, and tolerance...
Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2016,hope everyone has a truely wonderful day,best wishes and big christmas hugs xx
Great blurb for a drama on BBC Radio 4 Extra:Tracing your ancestors can be fun, as long as they are quite, quite dead. Stars Elizabeth Mansfield and Peter Dahlsen.
Happy Holidays to this fabulous group! May 2016 be great for each of you!
merry Christmas to all those who celebrate it x
My family has gone home now. I've opened up Goodreads and seen everyone's holiday greetings. Happy holidays to you all, however you celebrate!
I hope everyone had a blessed Christmas. Spent the day with my family. My sister is doing remarkably well after losing her husband just a month ago. My niece and best friend both got engaged today. Wow, best Christmas in a while.Sorry that I've not been chatting lately, but we've had a few too many family emergencies that I've been dealing with. Will be posting more regularly after the New Year.
Merry Christmas to all the pals here!!!
Who got any book related or reading related gifts for Christmas? I got a gift card for my nook and look forward to getting some new books - already making a list. Anyone else, or a book, or a new ereader?
I got two books for ChristmasRemember Mia by Alexandra Burt
The Irresistible Novel by Jeff gerke
Pat wrote: "Who got any book related or reading related gifts for Christmas? I got a gift card for my nook and look forward to getting some new books - already making a list. Anyone else, or a book, or a new ..."
I got
by Leon Uris :)I love Uris, Pat.
Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Pat wrote: "Who got any book related or reading related gifts for Christmas? I got a gift card for my nook and look forward to getting some new books - already making a list. Anyone else, or a boo..."
Leon Uris is one of those famous authors I have certainly heard of but have never read. Hope you enjoy this novel. Hope you will write snd share a review.
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Hope she is okay.
Another regular sadly missing is Stefanie. She wanted to do a buddy read with me in December, but she hasn't replied to my PMs and I haven't seen any activity in the group by her. Like you said, Sean, I hope she's OK.
No gifts for Christmas from anyone in the family.
Speaking of Leon Uris, my dad made me read the book Battle Cry a few years back. Said it was the only novel he ever read more than once and the only one that made him cry.It seem I miss my dad most when it comes to books. He was always giving me books to read.
Pat, I will. I loved Exodus by him. If I could have, I'd have given 10 Stars to the novel.Last month my brother in law died suddenly. We've had other family emergencies as well these past few months. Hopefully the bad stuff is behind us and 2016 will be a good year. So far, the good has begun - my niece and my best friend 0f 52 years both got engaged Christmas morning :)
Now y'all know why I've been missing lately.
Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "Speaking of Leon Uris, my dad made me read the book Battle Cry a few years back. Said it was the only novel he ever read more than once and the only one that made him cry.It seem I m..."
Kirsten, I loved that book too. Uris was in the Navy as was my dad in WWII. When I read it, Dad finally fessed up to what he had seen during the War. He said Uris got it right. Dad will be 90 in a couple of months. Sorry for your loss. My mom was the big reader (besides me) in our family. Her recommendations were spot on - How I do miss her. She's been gone 9 years now, and I still find myself thinking, "I need to tell mom about this book."
Anne, I sure hope 2016 is a good year for you and your family. I'm so sorry to hear about your brother-in-law and other family issues. Thanks for dropping in to let us know your status!
My dad was in the AF but was too young for the big one. He was actually born in 1941 on the exact day that Operation Barbarossa began. He was a big history nut.My mom had an uncle that was involved in the Pacific "island-hopping" campaign and would never talk about it when he came home.
My grandfather was in the USN and painted ships during the war. My other grandfather was ruled exempt since he was a baker.
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Kirsten, who's the cutie in your profile pic? :)
Brenda wrote: "Another regular sadly missing is Stefanie. She wanted to do a buddy read with me in December, but she hasn't replied to my PMs and I haven't seen any activity in the group by her. Like you said, Se..."I just sent her a message, Brenda. I hope she responds and all is well.
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I don't know about Stefanie. Hope all is well there.
Janet wrote: "Kimberley is fine, she's a FB friend of mine and I messaged her there a while ago. She's got some private issues going on and thought it best she leave GR for a while. If and when she's ready to re..."I just sent an email to Stefanie, Janet, so I hope all is well.
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Sean I got your message, will do when I can. No worries there. :)
Anne, I'm sorry for your lost, and wish you all the best.Amber, although I don't celebrate Christmas, I don't understand a family that would do that. It must have hurt you and I'm sorry. I grew up in a family of PSYCHOS, and I mean literally, but when I did celebrate that holiday, they gave me presents--it's so funny now because, even though they put me through a lot during the year, at the end, I got presents--LOL!! That's so sad, and yet I can't help laughing at that:)
Anyway, hang in there, Amber...
Sue wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Another regular sadly missing is Stefanie. She wanted to do a buddy read with me in December, but she hasn't replied to my PMs and I haven't seen any activity in the group by her. Li..."Thank you, Sue! I hope she responds.
Brenda wrote: "Sue wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Another regular sadly missing is Stefanie. She wanted to do a buddy read with me in December, but she hasn't replied to my PMs and I haven't seen any activity in the grou..."I do too. I think she was quite chummy with Christine, discussing her medical education.
Sue wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Sue wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Another regular sadly missing is Stefanie. She wanted to do a buddy read with me in December, but she hasn't replied to my PMs and I haven't seen any activ..."I messaged Chris.
Brenda wrote: "Sue wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Sue wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Another regular sadly missing is Stefanie. She wanted to do a buddy read with me in December, but she hasn't replied to my PMs and I haven't se..."Good idea, Brenda. Seems strange? I hope she is okay. I haven't heard anything.
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Amber wrote: "No gifts for Christmas from anyone in the family."Sorry for that Amber. You deserve the best of everything. Christmas is what you make it so still make the best of the season. That's how you rise above these things.
I got Church of Spies: The Pope's Secret War Against Hitler. Which will be a good follow up to one of the books I'm reading now Disciples: The World War II Missions of the CIA Directors Who Fought for Wild Bill Donovan
And I wholeheartedly agree with what is stated above, Amber, make the best for yourself. That's how you rise above it:)
Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Pat, I will. I loved Exodus by him. If I could have, I'd have given 10 Stars to the novel.Last month my brother in law died suddenly. We've had other family emergencies as well the..."
So sorry for your loss Anne. Hope the New Year is better.
Amber wrote: "No gifts for Christmas from anyone in the family."Amber - I am sorry for your Christmas. I hope my post did not make you feel worse.
Anne so sorry about your brother in law. New year and new beginnings on the horizon
I'm sorry to hear about your brother in law Anne. I hope you have a better year next year. Sorry about your Christmas Amber. Sending good wishes to all group members for the New Year. :)
Sue wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Sue wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Sue wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Another regular sadly missing is Stefanie. She wanted to do a buddy read with me in December, but she hasn't replied to my PMs a..."Sue, Chris responded and said Stef was fine, just busy with her son and some other obligations, and that her reading time is almost nil.
Anne, so sorry to hear about your brother-in-law. Cheer up, Amber and I hope next Christmas will be better.
Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "My dad was in the AF but was too young for the big one. He was actually born in 1941 on the exact day that Operation Barbarossa began. He was a big history nut.My mom had an uncle that was involv..."
Bakers were exempt?
Groovy/Diane Lynch/Pat/Sue: On mom's side of the family gift giving is usually restricted to immediate family only, so since I'm basically a niece or a cousin, I don't qualify. On Dad's side of the family, the relatives are too scattered to mail gifts to me. I DO get a Christmas check from my Dad's aunt Betty...and three weeks later I get another check for my birthday. The Christmas check USUALLY includes a four page newsletter update on the doing's on Dad's side of the family. Not this year, though. G-aunt Betty recently had a heart attack at 91 years of age and she's currently in physical therapy for it so instead of the usual letter, I got a card, a note and the check.
My cousin Suzy's son Dillon died on the 21st of a sudden heart attack and seizure...he was between 28 and 29 years old. So that also dampens Mom's side of the family this year.
Jeffrey wrote: "Hi guys, I'm quite new here, so tell me if I'm at the wrong place, but does anyone know a book which is like "Look who's back?" I mean a novel in which a famous person from the past is taken to the..."Can't help with the first request, but for the second request Michael Crichton's Timeline, a group of people from today get sent back to the past and participate in a war.
Hope this helps.
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Sorry for your loss
I hope it is a great year for all of us !
Amber, I'm so sorry to hear about your cousin's son. No one should have to die so young. And I hope your G-aunt Betty does well in therapy.I would just like to say that although 2016 won't be any better than 2015 as far as the world is concerned, I wish everyone here on this forum all the best personally. I hope you have peace and the strength to push forward. All the best to all of you--until next year:)!!!
Looking forward to the tennis season, Sean; and the Olympics...
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Australia !
Sorry I have been away but life took over for a while. I will be getting back in the swing of things after the new year! Happy reading everyone.
Lisa wrote: "Sorry I have been away but life took over for a while. I will be getting back in the swing of things after the new year! Happy reading everyone."Life happens, Lisa. Welcome back!
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