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Jul 09, 2014 04:19PM
I like our climate, but the time February comes around I'll have as much of the long nights as I can stand.
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I've read and enjoyed the McCann novel, Cathleen-he researched the meticulously as you'd expect-I think he lived in an abandoned NY Subway tunnel for a period, amongst other things!
Allan - you are reminding me I have to read This Side of Brightness.Paul and Jamie Lynn - fortunately I've never smoked so I can't give that up but I am also addicted to buying knitting yarns. Sigh.
Cathleen - these comments get away from me but if you said you had pictures of Montague Mill I hope you'll share.
Here are a few photos I took the other day on a day trip out to the Montague Book Mill.
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Uhhh.... I realized that I didn't take any photos of the outside of the building, so here's one from last winter when we went out there.
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Gorgeous photos, Cathleen. What a lovely place it is. I'd love to visit it.
Thanks Fiona and Jamie Lynn :) Declan, if/when you and Fiona visit Massachusetts, we could take you out there. Then the coffee would be on me!
That sounds like a deal, Cathleen. :)
Lovely pictures. I love how we compare bookstores.
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Storm Front by Jim Butcher
The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer (Kurt from Glee).
I hope my efforts will be helped by focusing my attentions mostly on shorter books. I did some sorting, and I have 51 books on my TBR under 250 pages.
Sara wrote: "I have to admit that I'm jealous that you've gotten to visit the BookMill recently Cathleen. I'll be in New England at the end of August though, and I've promised myself a visit, but only if I can ..."I know what you mean, Sara. Mine is out of control, as well. The other "hazard" of Good Reads is that I either read about or am recommended books, so before I forget about them, I add them to my TBR list. I've heard very good things about Jim Butcher. There's a women here on GR, Nataliya, who writes the most amazing reviews, and she's a big fan of Jim Butcher, if I'm not mistaken.
Theresa wrote: "Cathleen, what a wonderful bookstore and such a pretty place too."Yes, it is a very pretty place, Theresa. And a clever way to utilize an old mill. Whenever I get the chance to make the drive out there, I feel as though I've been on a one-day vacation.
Trelawns Dad finished Storm front recently and loved it.
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Makes sense. it can be hard to pick up a series three books in. interested to hear what you think as I might try them myself
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Sara wrote: "@Cathleen Have you tried the Peanut Udon Noodles from the Cafe?"Sara, no---I'll have to try them the next time I'm there. I've always gotten sandwiches because they're so good there.
I just finished, and really enjoyed John Christopher's The White Mountains so I bought the next two in the series: The City of Gold and Lead and The Pool of Fire.
I also bought Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night, which I've been dying to read since Allan gave it such a glowing review.
I also bought Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night, which I've been dying to read since Allan gave it such a glowing review.
Cathleen, thanks for sharing the photos-I remember you posting about the Book Mill before, so it's great to put some images to the name!Declan, I hope you enjoy Mother Night as much as I did-I know that Theresa bought it recently as well, and I hope she enjoys it a little more than she did Cat's Cradle! :)
I like Cat's Cradle, and generally I've really liked Vonnegut's stuff, so I have a good feeling about Mother Night.
I liked it for it's almost whimsical side. It almost read like a fantasy novel.
And I liked his construction of the island, its customs and the language.
Speaking of bookstores, I went to one in an old water mill in Aberfeldy, Scotland. It was delightful and the lunch was great. The link is www.aberfeldywatermill.com.
Aside from the Detroit Anthology that I ordered yesterday and mentioned on another thread, I was watching a feature on Richard Milward, a forgotten personality from NI who has had a biography written about him recently, and who among other things, wrote travel books about each of the provinces of Ireland. I decided to buy 'Ulster and the City of Belfast' from the series. http://www.antiqbook.com/search.php?a...
There's not too many copies available, but I got mine for just less than a tenner, including postage. I look forward to reading a contemporary account of the province from over 60 years ago.
Allan - when I looked up Richard Milward I found a 30 year old British novelist. I can't imagine this is the same person. And checking this morning, there were no more copies at the link you posted.I just bought the e-book on Kobo through my local bookstore of Brian McGilloway's The Nameless Dead for $5.84 - published Dec. 2013. As Susan told me she is reading through all the Inspector Morse, and Ellys Griffin, I thought I'd continue with the McGilloways.
Apologies, Barbara, my mistake while posting the message-the author is Richard Hayward not Milward. You're right that Milward is a British author-I have his 3 novels, which is why my brain obviously made me type that!The Hayward book link from Amazon is posted below.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0000...
Based on Barbara's review of the novel, I purchased 'Time Present and Time Past' by Deidre Madden today as well. The TBR pile grows ever larger. The good news is, now that my painting is more or less out of the way, I'll be able to sit down with a physical book and start eating into it again!
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I was originally there to pick up 3 books I had on hold. The second and third (you may recall I purchased the first) books in the Dresden Files and How The Dead Dream by Lydia Millet.
I also purchased as an e-book, The Garden of Iden by Kage Baker which is the August selection for my science fiction book group.
Sara wrote: "Yesterday at the library, I bought a book off the Friends of the library sale shelf, The Fifth Woman by Henning Mankell. It is the sixth in his Kurt Wallender detective series. I quite enjoy them, ..."Sara - I think I have The Man Who Smiled which is #4 and can give it to you.
Allan - I tempted you with the Deirdre Madden but you got me to search for a copy of Ulster and the City of Belfast which I found for $22 and free shipping at ABE's US site. Now we're even:)
A couple of collectable preorders arrived in the post today.I have gotten a signed numbered ( of 100)edition of Tower Lord the second book by Anthony Ryan. I got a matching number edition to my copy of his first book, Blood Song which was quite possibly my favourite book of last year. The guys fame is exploding at the moment so good collectables to have my hands on.
Blood Song
Tower Lord
My second one is a signed copy of Robert Galbraith's/JK Rowlings The Silkworm. I had to beg to get this but now have a matching signed set of first editions of the Strike books, possibly one of the few people to have both considering theres only 250 of the first book signed.The Silkworm
Not bad and I'm expecting another nice collectable in the post tomorrow , another signed limited to a hundred edition , this time the second Fairy book by C Robert Cargill , The Queen of Dark Things.
His frist book was a brilliantly dark fairy tale, called Dreams and Shadow similar to Neil Gaiman in some ways . Again I have it to match my first books numbered edition so a nother nice set.
Dreams and Shadows
Queen of the Dark Things
Now I just have to find space for them
I have cleared out my Treasure chest in the hallway recently so I can manage to store some books there. On e in one out is not an option with the collectables though. I do contemplate selling some but I don't want to.
We'd never get rid of any of our favourites. Most books we've moved on were presents from people that we'd never read. We had a thousand odd quiz books and interesting facts books .
Its one of those things though , non readers seem to buy readers a lot of interesting fact books for some reason as presents.I also get awful sports biographys from time to time .
Where do you get the signed copies, Paul. I would love one of Silkworm.
I buy from a couple of shops, I get a lot from Goldsboro books who do a lot of limited editions. Silkworm is probably next to near impossible to get now for less than a few hundred euros. I got lucky at the right time with that.
I pre-order a lot if signed special editions ages before release so get them at normal book price
Being a man of leisure, as I am now that the painting is finished for the time being anyway, I did a little book shopping in the only second hand bookstore in Belfast worth going to this afternoon. Primarily, I was looking to see if they might have had a second hand copy of the book about the Casement diaries on their shelves without realising its value (they didn't), but it didn't stop me from buying four local interest books for the princely sum of £9.The books I bought:
Harry's Game by Gerald Seymour
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Lamb by Bernard MacLaverty
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The Feast of Lupercal by Brian Moore
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and a very local historical photography book, A Tour of East Antrim by Doreen Corcoran of the Ulster Folk Museum.
I also bought Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland this morning, which I've had my eyes on for a while, and finally purchased from Amazon, having seen that Barbara is reading it.
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So all in all a profitable day's book shopping, with more books to be added to the teetering pile! :)
Theresa wrote: "An interesting haul Allan. I'm not sure that I've read Harry's Game but think I know it from the TV series. Gerald Seymour, as a journalist, brings an immediacy to the work and it's a good plot as ..."I didn't realize Gerald Seymour who has written a couple of thrillers about NI wrote Harry's Game. I recently read one of his thrillers and it was pretty good. Now that I am reading Lethal Allies, and just finished a Brian McGilloway that has a character who colludes with British intelligence, I had thought Harry's Game would be worth another watching if it's available.
My book buying for the short term should be suspended as my car servicing and repair bill today will be $987 - front brake work, some rear brake work, brake system draining, air and cabin filters (expensive!) and a general oil change. Sigh. As I am taking a long road trip - over 1200 miles, and it's the first brake service and I bought my car in 2007, I can't complain. But sigh anyway.
Thats not fun Barbara. Ouch in the bill
you have my sympathy Barbara, my car is facing the National Car Test on Saturday which it will likely fail and then I'll have to sebd it to the garage to get everything fixed before a retest. Still, i can't be without my car.
Barbara, car bills always hurt. Where are you driving 1200 miles to?Allan, I have Harry's Game and wondered why I bought it. Apparently it was recommended to me. What did your better half say when you walked in with more books?
He was at work, Susan, as he probably will be when other books that I have ordered over the last few weeks come through the letter box. ;) I have actually moved a box of books to the roof space after decorating the study, so that's created the illusion of space on my shelves that I'm happy to work at filling! Barbara / Theresa, the guy who apparently played one of the main characters in Harry's Game died the other day, which is what put the book into my head again, although it was mentioned in a recent article that I'd read, which had put it in my head-possibly the Belfast Telegraph article that I posted about people's favourite Belfast novels.
Barbara, that's a hefty bill alright. I spent £200 last week on my service and have another £75 or so to splash out on a new tyre. But, I suppose with the road trip ahead, and the commute that you do,it's a case of 'needs must'.
Theresa, my edition was actually published in 1977, two years after the intro says it was originally published, 1975, the very year I was born in the city he is portraying. Apparently Seymour was still a journalist in Belfast when he published it. I really enjoy reading about Belfast as it was in the past through what were contemporary eyes (hence the Brian Moore interest) so I look forward to this one.
Allan, you were born in 1975? God, does that make me feel old. That's the year I graduated from college.
Yes, Susan, the big 40 is coming up next year! But sure, age is only a number. Aren't you the baby of the in person book group that us being discussed in the other thread? :)
You are right, Allan. I always hang out with older people so I am eternally young. :)Paul, I am sticking my tongue out at you.
Sorry Susan. Trelawn likes to point out how old I am so its nice to feel young once in a while :-)
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