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Bethany wrote: "I'm back from vacation and FINALLY cleared my 'reading' list so I'm back to a clean-ish slate reading-wise. We'll see how long I can actually keep my reading list down to 1 book at a time! *Is alre..."Hehehe, whatever makes you happy! I recently widened out from one book to three... a book for every occasion, I say ;)
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Thanks ladies. Still not sure what's wrong with me. Level 10 headache since the 19th...."Oh, this is the suck. Sending many calm thoughts and quiet dark rooms your way.
❤, a fellow headache sufferer
Ella wrote: "on Friday evening aftr work i returned home with a bad headache, slight fever and everything that i ate r..."Not you, too! This explains why I had a mini migraine earlier this week - it was in sympathy for you guys. Sending calm, quiet, dark thoughts your way, too. ❤
Brianna - I ended up using your latest books, so you don't have to worry about filling in the rest of the characters! :)
Is anyone else a sports nut like me and watching the Olympics? I've been taking advantage of an app (eta: Japan only :/) that has all the event footage with no breaks and often no commentary - it's been awesome. The whitewater stuff is great to watch with all the soothing water sounds, and archery gets pretty exciting! And when the announcer (on site) calls out the arrow score he puts the Portuguese after the English. The dez ends up sounding like "Ten... yea!" Hehe.I've also discovered the shooting, woah. I knew of clay pigeons, but I've never seen anyone shoot them... not exactly my thing. But I feel like a more rounded person for knowing those events exist. ~nodnod~
So yeah, not reading as much as usual. ;)
Kazen wrote: "Is anyone else a sports nut like me and watching the Olympics? I've been taking advantage of an app (eta: Japan only :/) that has all the event footage with no breaks and often no commentary - it's..."With my work schedule and new puppy to play with, I don't get to watch a lot but I have been following the swimming and the gymnastics which they show in prime time here. Most of the unusual events are on during the day 8-( so I miss them. My favorite of the summer games was always the Equestrian events but they hardly cover any of that here.
Well need to head off to work, but picked out my next book. I figure that even if we re-spin there is always a need for Vowels so I found In Twenty Years by Allison Winn Scotch .
Have a great day all! And Ray I hope you are feeling better! *hugs
Keeping Her Secret by Sarah Nicolas
Date: 11/8/16
Color: I'm not even gonna try, lol. Everytime I spot something black on there it turns out to be wrong.
Characters:
Courtney Chastain
Dee
Trey
Derek
Bridget
Elise
Tiffany
Stephanie
Riya Johnson
Right but if you married him, he's gotta have some brains! Sounds like he just doesn't want to understand!! Maybe it's one of those endearing thing about you that he's rather have than "get". Like my aunt whose Deaf husband would pronounce -ed at the end of words and she didn't tell him because it was cute. "My adorable wife walks around shouting po...lo.. for no reason! How cute are Americans with their weirdness!" ;) ;) haha. My favorite from my uncle was when he barricaded me in a storage unit while looking for campin gear: "Are you trap-ped?" Or when some electronic device wasn't working right, he would swear: "It is fuck-ked!" Hahaha. (though many Deaf people don't speak/speak much/speak clearly, Uncle Steve has a great, clear voice--which makes it so much funnier.) 2 of my g-parents were Deaf, and 4 of my mom's sibs married Deaf people, plus I studied ASL some and considered becoming an interpreter so I've been surrounded from a young age. In fact, my g-ma's deafness probably made me the reader I am today! I taught myself from the captioning on the tv when she lived with us when I was 3. :)
Kazen wrote: "Ray (user2637) wrote: "How did he not get this, it's hilarious! :D"
They don't play Marco Polo in Japan ;)
(Sorry I keep forgetting to mention that he's Japanese!)"
My housemate has been watching the Olympics constantly. Not me, for various reasons. I did catch a bit of gymnastics which would have been my sport had we had more money for lessons. (I was a short, strong, fearless kid who like climbing and leaping off things. My mini-me niece is talking gym. The one who could do a pull up onto her changing table at 9 months old haha. You should see her running somersault, it's a thing of beauty!) I don't understand the scores any more though! Used to be 10 was good. Now there's 15.3??? And it's only an okay score? Wha...Kazen wrote: "Is anyone else a sports nut like me and watching the Olympics? I've been taking advantage of an app (eta: Japan only :/) that has all the event footage with no breaks and often no commentary - it's..."
Ray (user2637) wrote: "I was vomiting yesterday, but mostly just the antinausea meds they gave me. My illness is ironic. *rolls eyes*. A lot of docs are thinking migraine but I've never had one. And I tried the "poor man..."Dr. Tammie here...When I was 16 I had a headache situation that was so severe I was taken to the hospital as well...it turned out to be Viral Meningitis...the viral kind not the horrible kind. Have them check for that if they haven't and are still trying to figure things out...I hope you are well soon!
When I was 10 I had headaches almost every day of my life for a year from sun up to sun down. Turns out I had a horrible mold infection in my sinuses that they didn't find till my second cat scan.Sorry Just thought I'd add in a headache story =]
Finished
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
176 pages
8/11
Characters:
Eleanor West
Nancy Whitman
Sumi
Kade Bronson
Jack Addams
Jill Addams
Lundy
Loreil Youngers
Christopher
Angela
I *may* slow down a bit on the reading. I'm starting to feel a bit burnt out from trying to get through books so fast, and so I might take a bit more leisurely of a pace for a while. I have gotten 11 books ahead of schedule though, so it's probably fine...
And the winner is... *drumroll*... migraine. So I guess I get migraines now. Boooo. :(Tori - This is terrifying to me!! I'm allergic to mold already and have had sinus issues along with all of this. Plus, I opened a tub of wall spackle and ended up with a face full of mold during this whole thing. No one seemed to care about that detail. The moldy spackle was immediately closed and thrown out, but I still think it might have contributed. *shivers* so creepy, thinking of colonies of mold growing in me. yuuuuckk... I'm glad you had yours figured out and dealt with..? Is it the kind of mold that stays with you forever causing weird symptoms? :/
Tori wrote: "When I was 10 I had headaches almost every day of my life for a year from sun up to sun down. Turns out I had a horrible mold infection in my sinuses that they didn't find till my second cat scan."
Hi Dr. Tammie! :) I suggested meningitis in the beginning, but the nurse sort of laughed at me and said she doubted it was that. They did lots of blood and urine tests, so I expect it would've shown up somewhere... hopefully?
Tammie wrote: "Dr. Tammie here...When I was 16 I had a headache situation that was so severe I was taken to the hospital as well...it turned out to be Viral Meningitis...the viral kind not the horrible kind. Have them check for that if they haven't and are still trying to figure things out...I hope you are well soon! "
Thanks. I think it'll be a few more days.. but I'm at least a little functional today. I even read a few pages. *weak smile*
Pragya wrote: "Hope you feel better soon, Ray:)"
Do you remember how long apart your scans were? I guess mold takes awhile to grow..? I told my partner "One of my pandas had a mold infection that didn't show until the 2nd ct scan" and now he's curious about the time. And, yes, I refer to all of you as "my pandas" and he understands me. :]Tori wrote: "When I was 10 I had headaches almost every day of my life for a year from sun up to sun down. Turns out I had a horrible mold infection in my sinuses that they didn't find till my second cat scan.
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The column on the spreadsheet looks at the "high" number for expected books per month (bpm). You and I, for example, have 12 bpm listed because we signed up for 2-3 books per week, so 8-12 bpm. But it only looks at the high number -- you're a bit more ahead of the average (10 bpm) or the low side (8 bpm). So on the high side you're up 11, but on the low side you're up 15! :) Plus this event has the banking feature, which is handy. Wheel's got another 8 days or so and then we're onto Bingo, which supposedly requires more specific books. I say all this to say that now might be the *best* time to take a breather! In case you were on the fence about it. ;) I'm glad I'm sick now and not during one of the 'harder' events!! Totally needed a break too. And I think the team would rather have us rest now and back on point for the upcoming events. :)
Bethany wrote: "I *may* slow down a bit on the reading. I'm starting to feel a bit burnt out from trying to get through books so fast, and so I might take a bit more leisurely of a pace for a while. I have gotten 11 books ahead of schedule though, so it's probably fine... "
Ray (user2637) wrote: "And the winner is... *drumroll*... migraine. So I guess I get migraines now. Boooo. :("But now that you know what it is you can fight it! Some people have triggers - for me certain kinds of alcohol and cheese can bring on a migraine, so by avoiding them I make my life easier. :)
And about meningitis - when ER docs try to figure out what's wrong with you they start with the worst case scenario and rule them out one by one. Any severe headache will have meningitis, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and similarly scary things at the top of the list. Luckily if your blood tests and CT are clean they can cross that off no problem. :)
Well, I'm a teetotaler and drink water constantly so probably not wine or dehydration (brings them on for my partner). It was likely the drug I recently quit that started this one so maybe it'll be my last! haha.. i don't really believe that. :/I thought the nurse would be interested in my neck stiffness when I mentioned meningitis and she was the first person I saw that time, but no. *shrug* maybe I already had some 'not meningitis' flag I didn't know about. Not sure. It was the mean nurse who spoke mostly in nurse-code and I had to say, "I don't know what that means" a few times. Gr.
My eyes are dilated, boooo... Nothing wrong with them though. Still close to 20/20. :) But can't really read for a few hours. :/ Guess it's time to catch up on Killjoys. ;) :)
Kazen wrote: "But now that you know what it is you can fight it!...when ER docs try to figure out what's wrong with you they start with the worst case scenario and rule them out one by one"
I remember the first time I got my eyes dilated for an optomotrist appointment. So weird not being able to see.
Right!? My first time, I drove myself home and was like, "Why did no one tell me this!" But far vision was deemed good enough to be safe for the dr. Bleh. I would rather have known. Today I had a ride, not that I could drive anyway with my head, heh.Bethany wrote: "I remember the first time I got my eyes dilated for an optomotrist appointment. So weird not being able to see."
Finished!
Fifty Shades Freed 8/11
Author: E.L. James
551 pgs
Characters
Ana Steel
Officer Beighley
Christian Grey
Claire
Detective Clark
Elizabeth
Franco
Hannah
Jose
Kate
Leila
Mia
Natalia
Officer Skinner
Philippe
Ray
Luke Sawyer
Theo
Welsh
gosh Tammie u r really tempting me to reread the series! :) have to read/ intend to read 'Grey'?
Kazen wrote: "And about meningitis - when ER docs try to figure out what's wrong with you they start with the worst case scenario and rule them out one by one. Any severe headache will have meningitis, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and similarly scary things at the top of the list..."Gosh! It's like googling to see what ur symptoms point towards. hahha
Kazen wrote: "Not you, too! This explains why I had a mini migraine earlier this week -..."Aww how sweet! Sympathy pains!! Lol ;)
Finished
Standing in the Shadows by Shannon McKenna
416 pages
Read 12/8/16
Characters:
Connor McCloud
Erin Riggs
Davy McCloud
Sean McCloud
Barbara Riggs
Cindy Riggs
Kurt Novak
Tamara Julian
Tonia Vasquez
Ella wrote: "gosh Tammie u r really tempting me to reread the series! :) have to read/ intend to read 'Grey'?"I liked it more this time. Was still a fairly quick read.
Started Reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and think this could work for current or future word. Can you believe I have never read the series...shocking I know. I'm probably one of 10 people in the world who haven't. Lol. The movies I can watch over and over and over again!
@Riah - I am one of the 10 people too! My reasoning: not a huge fantasy fan & was old enough when they came out that I wasn't interested in kid books. Not that I don't read middle-grade now ...
Signs of over-Wheel-a-thon-ification: noting new character names while watching a tv show. 'Ooh "Mannis", that's a good M name, might need that later.' I have a melted brain. :)
Ray (user2637) wrote: "Signs of over-Wheel-a-thon-ification: noting new character names while watching a tv show. 'Ooh "Mannis", that's a good M name, might need that later.' I have a melted brain. :)"Ha, I did the same thing!
Ray, I am with you there. Although I have been trying to give other genres a try. It's hard though, I'm not one who takes change very well hehe. My husband on the other hand loves that kind of genre and sci fi, space alien, dragon type books lol. He will sit there read six 1000 plus page books in a couple days. I honestly don't know how. I'm like how do you even? You work 13 plus hours everyday!Have you read the Lord of the Rings books? Those are also very popular and have not been read by my eyes.
GUYS. GO READ THE SERIES RIGHT NOW. Like a lot of people, I got into reading only because of Harry Potter. Back in 4th grade, my school made me read it, and it changed my life. My love for the series has only grown over the years, it's one of those I can read over and over again without getting bored. Ray (user2637) wrote: "@Riah - I am one of the 10 people too! My reasoning: not a huge fantasy fan & was old enough when they came out that I wasn't interested in kid books. Not that I don't read middle-grade now ..."
Riah wrote: "Started Reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and think this could work for current or future word. Can you believe I have never read the series...shocking I know. I'm probably one of 10 pe..."
Completion post
Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford
Date: 12/8/16
Characters:
Jeff
Amanda
Allie (No speaking part, but major flashback role)
Burke (No speaking part, but major flashback role)
Juliet
Sadie
Dr. Katzrupus
Nurse Goody
Rankin
Bone
Martha
Frank
I've read Harry Potter, and I'm considering doing a re-read at some point... just to commit to re-reading a 7 book series seems like a lot, when I've already read it...
Pragya, yes! I finally gave in and started. My sister has told me on several occasions how crazy it is I haven't read it and I should go do it ASAP! Haha. Honestly, I started it so I could read the most recent book. Bethany, I can definitely understand that. I usually don't like to re read things. There's so much books out there that still need to be read. That's the way I look at it anyways. I know many people love re reading their favorite books though.
I read the first 3 and then just got involved in other things and never finished the series. Would like to at least do that at some point but just can't get into it right now even though I love fantasy.
Finished:
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad
224 pages
8/12
Characters:
(view spoiler)
I thought this book was well-written. I hoped to find it relatable, but mostly it just made me sad. Largely focuses on self-esteem issues that I don't have in the same magnitudes. Good book, engaging, empathetic; just not something of the sort I would want to read again.
I think this last week I can and maybe want to commit to a longer book. Not sure if we'll have enough to get the bonus unless we spin a short word though. Hm....
Nope. I've seen the movies though, and read The Hobbit, which may be what put me off of fantasy. Saw the HP movies too. I just don't feel like I need more than the films. That's enough time spent there, I will spend reading time on other things. :)BTW - Love sci-fi! Fantasy mostly puts me off with unpronouncable words and new languages to learn, and just.. too fantastic? I prefer the science.
Riah wrote: "Have you read the Lord of the Rings books? Those are also very popular and have not been read by my eyes."
This is what a ton of my friends have said to me, haha. I tell the same people to read Bradbury or Asimov or Heinlein and they won't, or don't like them. It's a preference thing. Sci-fi is always > fantasy for me. *shrug* Plus... movies! I saw them. They were fine, mostly entertaining (boo giant spiders). One strange thing for me in the movies was (view spoiler)Interesting to me that school had you read it! In the USA, HP was very high on the banned / challenged list for books due to overzerlous religiousness here and the 'witchcraft' / occult / magic-whatever in the books. I'm atheist so I don't really get it, but that stuff really gets people upset.
Pragya wrote: "GUYS. GO READ THE SERIES RIGHT NOW. Like a lot of people, I got into reading only because of Harry Potter. Back in 4th grade, my school made me read it, and it changed my life. My love for the seri..."
Bethany wrote: "FinishedEvery Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire"
The Mira Grant/Seanan McGuire parade marches on! :D
Bethany wrote: "I *may* slow down a bit on the reading. I'm starting to feel a bit burnt out from trying to get through books so fast, and so I might take a bit more leisurely of a pace for a while. I have gotten ..."This is totally fine! Wobble is a loooong challenge, we're all going to have periods where we read more or less. I say it a lot, but read what makes you happy :)
Bethany wrote: "I remember the first time I got my eyes dilated for an optomotrist appointment. So weird not being able to see."I've never felt weird that way and I tried to figure out why. Then I realized - without my glasses I can't see anyway, so dilating my eyes doesn't change that much! Hehehe.
Tammie wrote: "Finished!Fifty Shades Freed"
If there were a task like "read a book with the word fifty in the title" we'd be all set! ;) Nice work.
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City at the End of Time by Greg Bear"
Uck... I'm glad you got through it. It doesn't sound smart at all, just annoying. Grah.