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Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Task #4 A group of friends come together to deal with a mess or problem.I'm currently finishing Hollow City Book Two in the Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Series.
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Thanks for the update, Dustin! :)
It has definitely been more quiet this season than usual-miss you guys!Hope everyone is well and enjoying the summer.
finished Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him
for the e-y-e task
for the wedding taskand
The Name of the Wind
for the author taski really liked all 3.
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I just finished a book that has an out of the ordinary dynamic duo, Pope Francis and the Dalai Lama,
They decide to sneak off and have a few days of vacation, 'being ordinary". They get disguises and take off in a Maserati. Their journey is not what you would expect.
Rachel wrote: "Danell wrote: "Happy to hear you are reading good books for the challenge Christine!! Hopefully the rest of our friends are doing likewise!! Not sure I will be able to do this challenge. Due to n..."
You bet I'll pop in! You guys are awesome and I enjoy seeing what everyone is up to!! I'm still not sure when I will be able to drive for work, which enables me to do audios that count for the challenge. Next Dr. appointment is Aug 8th.
Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "While this has been the quietest Seasonal Reading Challenge in the history of our small group, we hope you won't give up on us Rachel. The Seasonal Reading Challenges which you create are quite lit..."I'm not giving up on this group-I like you guys too much. :)
Christine wrote: "I just finished a book that has an out of the ordinary dynamic duo, Pope Francis and the Dalai Lama, They decide to sneak off and have a few days o..."Thanks for the update, Christine! That book sounds bonkers, lol. :)
Danell wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Danell wrote: "Happy to hear you are reading good books for the challenge Christine!! Hopefully the rest of our friends are doing likewise!! Not sure I will be able to do this chal..."
Good luck at the doctor, Danell! :)
Has anyone seen the latest movie trailers for upcoming adaptations?I can't remember if we already mentioned Murder on the Orient Express but it looks like a fun movie with an all star cast.
The Wrinkle in Time trailer was pretty awesome.
I'm still not sure what I think of the Ready Player One trailer-hope the movie does the book justice.
Well I finished a book. Glad I checked to see if it would work for the challenge. So count me in! Now if I can complete the challenge is a different story. The book
, which works for #2. I have never read a "Wrinkle in Time" and I agree with you Rachel about "Ready Player One" and hoping the movie does the book justice. Such a wonderful book!
Hope all my friends are having a great summer!
Happy Reading!
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So glad you're joining us, Danell! It doesn't matter if you don't complete the challenge-read what you can and have fun-always look forward to your posts! :)I haven't read A Wrinkle in Time either but the trailer looks amazing. :)
Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "I've actually never read A Wrinkle in Time either and this is the first I've ever heard mention of Ready Player One :-)"READ IT!!!!! :D
Seriously if you love the 80's, I think you'll love the book. :)
Ready Player One
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was such a great book I was thinking of rereading it before the movie comes out! I had a smile on my face reading it with all the references to the 80's. Right now I am trying to read "IT" by Stephen King before the movie is released. And currently working on "Flood Tide" by Clive Cussler. I started that book while I was the human GPS in trucks. I don't believe either book will work for the challenge but am enjoying them both. Now I can only work 40 hrs (workers comp) and am cleaning the dock at work. Hopefully the ortho Dr. can get my backside in the delivery truck so I can listen to audios while I work.
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It is devastating! I am looking forward to the 8th to see the Dr. Our son came across my walkman. Great times growing up, walking around listening to music at an unacceptable high level. It is a wonder my hearing is as good as it is. When you are listening to audios do you go for a certain author or reader? Recently listened to a Wally Lamb audio and enjoyed it. Not only for the story, but different characters were read by different people. I am sure I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much as if it was read by one person.
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I recently listened to a full cast narration with background which was done really well. It's written for children and really short. I recommend it:
See you in the Cosmos
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Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Thanks for the recommendation :-)"you're welcome :)
Danell wrote: " was such a great book I was thinking of rereading it before the movie comes out! I had a smile on my face reading it with all the references to the 80's. Righ..."
I really have to read IT one of these days-I loved the original mini series-the new movie looks good too-really fricking creepy!
Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "See you in the Cosmos can fit into the Summer Reading Challenge as well. I used it for task 4: A group of friends come together to deal with a mess or problem."Thanks for the update, Dustin! :D
I'm beginning to enjoy audiobooks more but the narrator can definitely make or break a book for me. I like Scott Brick and recently listened to a book read by Samuel L Jackson and he was awesome. I like the idea of a entire cast of narrators-I think it was last year or maybe a couple of years ago listened to a Mitch Albom book with a full cast-I didn't love the story but did love how the different speakers brought the many characters to life.
Danell wrote: " was such a great book I was thinking of rereading it before the movie comes out! I had a smile on my face reading it with all the references to the 80's. Righ..."
Danell-IT works for the challenge :D
(group of friends dealing with a mess/problem)
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Twice yesterday I tried to post a comment and there was an error. Let's see if this goes through.........
......Yippee! Hi everyone! I see everyone is reading all kinds of good stuff.
Ready Player One is one of my all time favorite books. I'm really excited to see what they do with the movie. I need to check out the trailer. I thought the whole time I was reading the book that it would make a great movie. I hope I am not disappointed. I'm also excited to see Gunslinger. Just started re-reading it. I love Idris Elba so that is half the battle, seems like great casting. I saw Dunkirk. Its a good movie if you are interested in Dunkirk.
Danell, I hope all goes well with the doc.
Smoky here in the northwest. Hot too! It gives me the excuse not to do anything but read!
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Beatriz at Dinner
Book of Henry
Baby Driver
A Ghost Story
I haven't been to the movie theater in ages-Dunkirk looks good though.I tend to just watch netflix these days. They're always adding new content which is good-I also like that they have old shows-I've been watching cheers.
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I saw Baby Driver. It was pretty good. I loved the music and the driving!
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Did you notice the lyrics appearing on the streets in the opening?
It was when he went for the first coffee run and I'm watching for I don't know how long before I start realizing the lyrics to the song playing showed up on the streets signs, graffiti etc. I loved that.
I loved the connection to music. I'm not big on action films generally but Baby Driver was very unique and I'd watch it again.
I did not notice the lyrics. I will have to watch it again. It is worthy of a second viewing, maybe not at the theater but I will stream it when it gets to Netflix or Amazon. If a movie has a good soundtrack, I will love it. That is part of why I am looking forward to Ready Player One. The music should be fun.
#4 I will read Sanctum by Madeleine Roux. I was starting to think I wouldn't finish this challenge but I have hope lol
Jenn wrote: "#4 I will read Sanctum by Madeleine Roux. I was starting to think I wouldn't finish this challenge but I have hope lol"Awesome! I need to get reading the books I picked for the challenge. I usually wait until my hair is on fire and I am under pressure. That's true for most everything with me, lol.
Jenn wrote: "#4 I will read Sanctum by Madeleine Roux. I was starting to think I wouldn't finish this challenge but I have hope lol"Thanks for the update, Jenn! :D
Christine wrote: "Jenn wrote: "#4 I will read Sanctum by Madeleine Roux. I was starting to think I wouldn't finish this challenge but I have hope lol"Awesome! I need to get reading the books I picked for the chall..."
lol me too. :)
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The Soundtrack to a film is extremely important - the music really sets the tone and if done right helps highlight the themes/emotions of the film in a spectacular way.
Second, I agree with the deadlines. There is some kind of mental connection in which we often put things off and then can get a lot accomplished right before time is up. School or work projects are often done the night before, cramming for a test, sprinting to the finish.
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This fascinating book can be used to complete The Summer Seasonal Reading Challenge. It has the letters E-Y-E in the subtitle. There are definitely some natural disasters also occurring in the book and if you really want to stretch things a group of friends might come together and solve a problem by eating each other.
Some of my favorite parts in the book:
Admittedly, some of what I uncovered was hard to categorize, thus leading me to the realization that cannibalism can extend far beyond the realm of generalization. I also learned that normal behavior or not, sometimes cannibalism in the animal kingdom can get downright weird.
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If food is abundant, the larger nestlings simply throw the passive chick out of the nest, but if alternative sources of nutrition become scarce, the smaller siblings is stabbed to death and eaten.
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Just as ominous, perhaps, was the sudden availability of suspicious-looking meat in Leningrad's central market. The traders were new as well, selling their grisly wares (which they claimed to be horse, dog, or cat flesh) to those shoppers with enough money to buy them. According to numerous survivor accounts, meat patties made from ground-up human flesh were being sold as early as November 1941.
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The bodies of women with their breasts or buttocks cut off were found, as were severed legs with the meat cut away. In other instances, only the heads of the deceased were found. People were arrested for possessing body parts or the corpses of unrelated children.
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There was no real mystery, though, since by his own admission Keseborg, whom they had found alive, had eaten Mrs. Donner as well as many of those who died in the mountain camps. In fact he had been eating nothing but human bodies for two months.
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After unknowingly eating her own grandmother and drinking her blood, Red strips and the wolf tosses her clothes into the fire ("You won't be needing those anymore," he tells her).
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. . . the article included a handy section (more color photography) for those readers wondering ow this "happy pills" were made.
STEP 1: DRAIN BLOOD AND BLOT DRY . . .
STEP 2: GRIND IN BLENDER AND POUR PLACENTA POWDER INTO PILL CAPSULES.
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One night, the king awakens from a particularly bad nightmare in which his daughter Mandane "[made] water so greatly that she filled all his city", eventually flooding all of Asia. Several years later, as Mandane is carrying her first child, the king has another bad dream. In this one, an enormous vine grows out of "his daughter's privy parts" until all of previously-urine-soaked Asia falls under its mighty shade.
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When Harpagus's son came to Astyages, the king cut his throat and chopped him limb from limb, and some of him he roasted and some he stewed . . . When it was dinner hour and the other guests had come, then for those other guests and for Astyages himself there were set tables full of mutton, but, before Harpages, the flesh of his own son, all save for the head and extremities of the hands and feet; these were kept separate, covered up in a basket.
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As these things go, she accidently cut off her husband's penis with her knife. "Now you have cut off my penis!" the man cried. "What shall I do?" In response, according to Berndt, the woman "popped it into her mouth, and ate it . . ."
Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "I enjoyed reading Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History last month.This fascinating book can be used to complete The Summer Seasonal Reading Challenge. It has the letters E-Y-E..."
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Thanks for the update, Dustin! :D
I read
. It works for the E-Y-E task. Its one of those books that I have a hard time saying I liked it. The main character is dying and her friends come together to celebrate her life as well as their own. Its sad, funny, and has a beautiful cover.
Christine wrote: "I read . It works for the E-Y-E task. Its one of those books that I have a hard time saying I liked it. The main character is dying and her friends come togeth..."Thanks for the update, Christine! :)
I am slowly chipping away at "IT" by Stephen King and also reading
. Had a cortisone shot today and am still on light duty until I go back to see the Ortho DR. in 3 weeks. I just want to be back in my truck working and listening to audio books, with a pain free arm.
Danell wrote: "I am slowly chipping away at "IT" by Stephen King and also reading . Had a cortisone shot today and am still on light duty until I go back to see the Orth..."Thanks for the update, Danell! :)
Hope you feel better soon.
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I watched The Dark Tower last weekend and I'm interested in giving that series another try as well.
I read IT when I was pregnant with my son. I had the most vivid dream that the clown was chasing me and reaching out to grab me. At the same time my husband rolled over and snuggled up to me. I jumped out of the bed screaming. My poor husband thought something was wrong with the baby. Needless to say, there wasn't much sleep after that. That was over 30 years and I still feel a trace of the terror. I saw Dark Tower on Tuesday. I was a bit disappointed. So much is missing. That is the down side to adapting something written by Stephen King. His writing is vivid and what comes to the screen cannot be compared. I am re-reading the series in part because of the movie. I think they did an excellent job of casting for the gunslinger, Jake and the man in black.
That dream sounds terrifying, Christine. The movie clown scared the shit out of me so I can only imagine how creepy the book is.
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Hope you will pop in and post when you can, Danell even if you can't do the challenge-it's always great to hear from you! :)