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Jan 22, 2016 10:33PM
Too many half done projects including part read books. Inspired by other people shelf cleaning.
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Dec 2015"I had no clue that this was based on real people when I downloaded the audiobook to my phone. Ernest Hemingway seems to be a complete ass. Never read any of his books and now I'm curious.
Will always remind me of going for runs in the field behind my office at lunch.
Dec 2015Listened to the audiobook. Feel asleep a lot. Needed to renew hold from library frequently.
Thought I would enjoy it more than I did. Maybe I would have if I had read it in a less choppy way.
Jan 2016Like a big promo pamphlet for why you should hire JBA. Only one in my department who hasn't been sent to detailed Lean training. Strange since I had asked about these concepts years ago. But that is disgruntled digression and I'm trying to work in reducing those this year too.
Thought I'd better read it to keep up with the latest jargon.
Didn't give me any real tools.
a good book about a sweet man until the author gets you hooked and then it's a pushy religious message shoved down your throat. Skipped the middle.
Feb 2016
I asked for a recommendation on a book set during the plague. I received this exactly 3 years before I finished it!
Feb 2016
enjoyed it once I decided to finish it. Not sure why it took so long.
Jennifer wrote: "Feb 2016 enjoyed it once I decided to finish it. Not sure why it took so long."I read this recently, too. Good, isn't it?
It was but I should have read in instead of audiobook as I'm already forgetting it.
April 2016
Loved the twists. Easy read. Thanks hubby for this bedtime story.
I saw the movie Gone Girl, but didn't read it. Doogie Howser is evil now!
Doogie Howser cannot be cast as Nick as my mental Nick has dark hair
Evelyn wrote: "I saw the movie Gone Girl, but didn't read it. Doogie Howser is evil now!"I saw the movie, too. It was good.
Spot on! Ben Affleck played Nick. Neil Patrick Harris was Desi
Andrew and I bought each other the movie for Christmas. Returned a copy and still have yet to see it.
Date night?? Remember we planned a date and now I'm hoping you'll be my date.
April 2016 The Nightingale worth getting past the slow beginning. This is an amazing book set in WW2. I had been so sick of this setting that it was hard to give this book a chance. Now I highly recommend.
Jennifer wrote: "Date night?? Remember we planned a date and now I'm hoping you'll be my date."How funny that the tickets were a year old.
So glad you came anyway, nice to catch up : )
Jennifer wrote: "April 2016 The Nightingale worth getting past the slow beginning. This is an amazing book set in WW2. I had been so sick of this setting that it was hard to give this book a chance...."Yeah I've read so many WWII books I'm now always a bit hesitant to pick them up - but this one does sound good and has had rave reviews. Will keep an eye out for it at the library.
Erica the audio version out library had was lovely too. I was only listening to it running for the first few sign outs and then I listened to the book when driving and instead of sleeping by the end.
Have read quite a few non fiction about WWII and also have loved some of the TV series, e.g. Home Fires which is based on the non fiction book Jambusters (but just inspired by really; the characters are all invented for Home Fires).
Pam wrote: "Have read quite a few non fiction about WWII and also have loved some of the TV series, e.g. Home Fires which is based on the non fiction book Jambusters (but just inspired by really; the character..."Have you read
. I just recommended it for a book swap
Thanks Jennifer, no haven't read that one. I've just managed to get Jambusters from the library so that will be the next WWII non fiction that I get to. Trying not to add books at present as I have so many TBR mainly paper ones and I am trying to declutter ;-)
Pam wrote: "Thanks Jennifer, no haven't read that one. I've just Trying not to add books at present as I have..."Totally relate. I've added some and then by the time I get to them, I can't think why on earth I added them to my tbr list.
May 2016 Did end up enjoying this when I went back to it. Recommend the audiobook as it has the music and flaws other reviewers mention aren't as evident.
Jennifer wrote: "April 2016 Loved the twists. Easy read. Thanks hubby for this bedtime story."
Jennifer, what did you make of Amy? - she was psycho but the idea that she simply played roles all her life without ever really knowing who she really was. And the ending? I think, on 7th anniversary, she'll kill Nick and pretend that Desi Collings' mother did it as revenge (!) The way the story ended it sounded like she didn't like what Nick said and would teach him a lesson. I hope the book has a sequel! Go and Boney try to bring her down kind of thing!
Noorilhuda wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "April 2016 Loved the twists. Easy read. Thanks hubby for this bedtime story."
Jennifer, what did you make of Amy? - she was psycho but the idea that..."
Lots that I never thought about buy you're right, they did seem to set up for a sequel.
June 2016
The first part made me feel fear. How fragile is the normal life as
Wonderful book about society, war, fear and the decisions we made.
Anna KareninaJuly 2016 after over 3 years I just started letting the audiobook run. Is that a toss or a finish? A little of both.
i guess I'm done as the audiobook stopped playing!?! i an ready to watch the movie to figure out what i heard. i don't think you should read this as an audiobook before bed. realky enjoyed the sections i listened to while on the highway driving (glad I didn't sleep in those parts). Left me wondering what the hype is.
Hmmm, I haven't tackled this one yet - audiobooks put me to sleep, so when I do get to it, it will have to be paper
July 2016
Not sure why it left me wanting something more (different). This is the ending that had to happen. Why are these characters so 2 dimensional?
Mither mages series GatefatherLoved the concept but the man has no clue about teens anymore and should stop writing from that perspective.
At the Water's Edge after over a year, I'm glad u went back to this book.Once I'd had a break from reading WWII books, this was enjoyable. I've heard it called a mix of Great Gatsby and Highlander. It reminded me of The Paris Wife and Highlander with an attempt at Nightingale.
It's not as good at Nightingale at presenting WWII. At first the distance works as the characters really live in their own little world but as the book progresses the bits about the war come out of no where.
The narrater had a strange anxious reading style.
After my stretch of so-so books, I'm tempted to rate it a 4 but it really is a 3-3.5
There are rather a lot of WW II books out there
And ya dystopia. Which is good since I liked dystopia before it was "cool".
Me too though they've become a bit identikit in recent years.
Pam wrote: "Me too though they've become a bit identikit in recent years."I was thinking the same thing and would love to recommend some of the classics like Ender's Game, Brave New World, The Handmaid's Tale or 1984 to some of these kids.
Not bad... Mostly one a month and then I got on to other things so I still have a few to open and decide if a read or toss. There are 8 books that I added between 2014 and Nov 2016 and started but haven't finished. I will repeat this challenge.
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