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Apr 01, 2017 02:28PM
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Carrying forward the reading plan for the remainder of the year:May: Carroll through Coover
June: Achebe through Asimov
July: Dickens through Edgeworth
August: Goldsmith through Hartley
September: Forster through Golding
October: Atwood through Barth
November: Barthlme through Böll
December: Hašek through Høeg
Could the calendar just stop til I catch up?
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Time stops for no man (or woman). LOL.
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Kristel wrote: "I will be posting May books for voting either today or Saturday. Be on the lookout. John has posted the books that are not eligible. May authors are Carroll through Coover"Sorry, Kristel, I jumped the gun. For some reason I thought today was the 15th. Time is sprinting fast enough as it is - it doesn't need any help from me.
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Sorry, ..." April is going by so fast, I couldn't agree more. But with holiday's it wouldn't hurt if I posted books today. Will see if I get to it, it will probably be early Saturday.
Pip wrote: "Could the calendar just stop til I catch up?"
I am with you Pip LOL
I am with you Pip LOL
I just got back from the semi annual Planned Parenthood book sale, and I got some deals!How Late it Was, How Late by James Kelman
Ratner's Star by Don Delillo
Correction by Thomas Bernhard
A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch
and some other non1001 books, including The Pale King by David Foster Wallace.
Sashinka wrote: "sorry I've been AWOL for ...oh about a year now, what with weddings, getting a full time job in a tough school, getting pregnant.. and now James Arthur has joined us! so I probably will be AWOL for..."Congratulations! I was just thinking of you the other day, hoping all was well. Clearly, all is fantastic- what wonderful news!
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Congratulations, sounds like a lot of great changes but "life changing" as well!
Sashinka wrote: "sorry I've been AWOL for ...oh about a year now, what with weddings, getting a full time job in a tough school, getting pregnant.. and now James Arthur has joined us! so I probably will be AWOL for..."Congratulations, Sashinka, it's certainly been a busy time for you!! Once James becomes ambulatory your reading time will be even more reduced until he heads off to school.
Speaking of which, what are you teaching?
What a busy year you have had! Feeding baby may be the only reading time you will have for the next year or so! You won't need to go to the gym, however, you will get plenty of weightlifting!
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Pip wrote: "What a busy year you have had! Feeding baby may be the only reading time you will have for the next year or so! You won't need to go to the gym, however, you will get plenty of weightlifting!"LOL and aerobics will come soon enough
Congratulations Sashinka love the name James Arthur so cute
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Patrick wrote: "New month, new Herculean Labour. It is now too late to catch the Boar; you now need your elbow grease and your open eyes to clean your way through this dirty, dirty filth fifth Labour."
O does sound like it could be filth my least favourite type of book the list creators seem to think I need to read.
O does sound like it could be filth my least favourite type of book the list creators seem to think I need to read.
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Australia, as you have surely noticed and experienced, is messed up to a degree. But just like the saying, of two (or three) evils, choose the lesser!
Sashinka wrote: "Thanks everyone! it's a huge change but he's pretty darn gorgeous and we're a bit besotted with him. Patrick, he's starting off as Australian as he's registered here but can actually be all three n..."Do you have to decide for him or can you ensure that he has the right to choose for himself?
2001: A Space Odyssey is on sale for $1.99 on Kindle (US). A few other 1001 titles are on sale as well.
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Maybe all these 1001 books on sale is a hint that a new edition is coming out?! (Okay, probably not, but I can hope.)
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One could only hope
May/June Mad Challenge The Man Booker International short list....
On top of my 1001 reading I am challenging myself to read the entire short list before the winner is announced on June 14th eeek I will be tackling this very scientifically by reading the books with the lowest page count first and hoping for the best.
Here is the shortlist;
Compass Mathias Enard (France, 464 pages)
A Horse Walks Into A Bar David Grossman (Israel, 208 pages)
The Unseen Roy Jacobsen (Norway, 272 pages)
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal Dorthe Nors (Denmark, 139 pages)
Judas Amos Oz (Israel, 304 pages)
Fever Dream Samantha Schweblin (Argentina, 192 pages)
If anyone fancies joining me I will be using the #MBI2017 over on Litsy :)
On top of my 1001 reading I am challenging myself to read the entire short list before the winner is announced on June 14th eeek I will be tackling this very scientifically by reading the books with the lowest page count first and hoping for the best.
Here is the shortlist;
Compass Mathias Enard (France, 464 pages)
A Horse Walks Into A Bar David Grossman (Israel, 208 pages)
The Unseen Roy Jacobsen (Norway, 272 pages)
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal Dorthe Nors (Denmark, 139 pages)
Judas Amos Oz (Israel, 304 pages)
Fever Dream Samantha Schweblin (Argentina, 192 pages)
If anyone fancies joining me I will be using the #MBI2017 over on Litsy :)
Book wrote: "May/June Mad Challenge The Man Booker International short list....On top of my 1001 reading I am challenging myself to read the entire short list before the winner is announced on June 14th eeek ..."
I read Fever Dream last month- it was fascinating, scary and very visual. Can't wait to hear how you feel about it.
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On top of my 1001 reading I am challenging myself to read the entire short list before the winner is announced on June 14th eeek ..."
The only have two available locally; I have A Horse Walks into a Bar: A novel checked out from the library.
Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers in the U.S. in our group, well, to all mothers everywhere, happy U.S. Mother's Day.
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Thanks John, it was a beautiful day in Minnesota.
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Thanks! It was a beautiful day in Atlanta, as well.
Tracy wrote: "Thanks! Happy Mother's Day, all!"I am in a total reading slump. I read two really good books and now nothing interests me. Any advice?
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I am in a total reading slump. I read two really good books and now nothing interests me. Any advice?"
Hi Sally. I went on your shelf and compared books. On your TBR shelf you have a few books that I think you will like. I recommend: Handmaid's Tale, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Still Alice and The Paris Wife. I hope your reading slump ends soon. Have a good weekend.
Diane wrote: "Sallys wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Thanks! Happy Mother's Day, all!"I am in a total reading slump. I read two really good books and now nothing interests me. Any advice?"
Hi Sally. I went on your shelf..."
Good choices!
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I am in a total reading slump. I read two really good books and now nothing interests me. Any advice?"
Sally, what kinds of things inspire you? Are you interested in reading something off the 1001 list or maybe going a different direction? I get inspired by lists and challenges.
Maybe the place to start is here; https://themorningnews.org/p/announci.... I think this could be a fun summer challenge. I ordered the first two books from the library.
I lost my phone on my third day in Hong Kong and I have just realised that apart from losing internet access I also lost my reading plan for this year. Perhaps without the destraction of trying to keep up with Facebook I might be able to knock off The Idiot. I still have my Kindle!
Pip wrote: "I lost my phone on my third day in Hong Kong and I have just realised that apart from losing internet access I also lost my reading plan for this year. Perhaps without the destraction of trying to ..."Bummer. I dropped my phone this last week while boarding a flight home from California. Some one found it and gave it to the gate agent - they asked on the plane if anyone had lost their phone and darn if it wasn't me.
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Patrick wrote: "The time for the Herculean spring cleaning has now elapsed; it's now time to go out and catch some birds, if you dare undertaking our sixth Labour https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/......"I suppose I need to get back to work. :-)
Congratulations Sashinka. Have fun with your little one!
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Kristel wrote: "Heads up everyone, I will post our books tomorrow (June 14) evening for voting as I get home too late on Thursdays to do it then. So not sure if John will move up the date voting closes or go with ..."I didn't see this until this morning, so went with the usual. :-)
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Diane wrote: "Question, will the LOTR book questions be separate by book or for the whole trilogy?"
Hi Diane I have just started a new thread for LOTR explaining how we will be breaking it down. In answer to your question the questions will be based on each separate book however we will be covering the whole trilogy :)
Hi Diane I have just started a new thread for LOTR explaining how we will be breaking it down. In answer to your question the questions will be based on each separate book however we will be covering the whole trilogy :)
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We are hosting a challenge starting July 1. Please check it out and join us! Create you own topic to sign up -- in the 1001 summer reading Road Trip folder.
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