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[H]

This is why I love this thread. I see Hausfrau has been compared to Anna Karenina which I really enjoyed, so another one for my TBR.

[Colleen]

I know we do, it's part of the charm of this group.We say it and mean it but it's so hard :). I'll try to read soon I just couldn't resist the cover.:)

[Paul]

I'm now on a book buying ban until I'm in a bookshop or online. :-p

[Colleen]

Heather wrote: "This is why I love this thread. I see Hausfrau has been compared to Anna Karenina which I really enjoyed, so another one for my TBR."

Thanks Heather you made me a little less nervous about reading it,comparing it to Anna Karenina
is better than what I had in my head .I was comparing it to Fifty Shades of Grey or some such novel lol

[Colleen]

Cathleen wrote: "Colleen wrote: "Allan I read The Prince of Tides and I really liked it , I think it was made into a movie or a mini series I can't remember which but I liked it also.
Everyone travelin..."

I've been meaning to read this for awhile so hopefully I'll get to it soon.

[Colleen]

Paul wrote: "I'm now on a book buying ban until I'm in a bookshop or online. :-p"

That's pretty much my BBB too :)

[Cathleen]

My brother, sister-in-law, and niece are visiting--and surprisingly ;)--they wanted to visit a bookstore. So we went to a second-hand bookstore, and I picked up Dead Men's Bones, The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories and Human Voices--all for $10.27.

[Barbara]

Allan wrote: "Based on its reviews on Audible, Amazon and Goodreads, I bought Audible US' Daily Deal today, The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy for $4.95. There seem to be a lot of people who view it ..."

I saw this earlier on my way out of the house - but you saved me time by looking at reviews - thanks!
I also picked up The Stranger by Camilla Lackberg on kindle of !.99 and added the Audible for $3.99. Cheaper than the cost of a credit.

[Tara]

Saw some of you order books through Kennys.ie so checked it out and have now ordered East of Eden (face-to-face bookclub read this month) and Hanging with the elephant by Michael Harding (a friend really enjoyed. If it's good I might nominate for next quarterly read.

[Seraphina]

So today I picked up All That Is Solid Melts into Air and Company of Liars along with Anzac Girls: The Extraordinary Story Of Our World War 1 Nurses
I head off tomorrow for 4 week trip so will update reading progress when I can. Hope to get through these while we are away....
Equal Rites
We Need New Names
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Mrs. Hemingway
The Invisible Woman
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

[Paul]

Enjoy the trip Seraphina Equal Rites is actually the only Discworld book I don't own. Mine went missing at some point.

[Tara]

Seraphina wrote: "So today I picked up All That Is Solid Melts into Air and Company of Liars along with Anzac Girls: The Extraordinary Story Of Our World War 1 Nurses
I..."

Enjoy your holiday and love the variety in your reading list :-) Some great reads there.

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Seraphina wrote: "So today I picked up All That Is Solid Melts into Air and Company of Liars along with Anzac Girls: The Extraordinary Story Of Our World War 1 Nurses
I..."

Have a wonderful time, Seraphina.

On Kindles....once and only once several years ago mine froze. I had to reboot it. It's easy though to sort out:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/custo...

[Trelawn]

Have a great trip Seraphina :-)

[Cathleen]

Have a fantastic trip, Seraphina! It looks like you'll have plenty of good reading while you're traveling.

[Thomas, Moderator]

I have All that is Solid Melts into Air on my kindle. I voted for it in the group read and if is selected, I will participate.

[Thomas, Moderator]

I have been very busy the last two weeks. We had two grandchildren stay with us for a week and then took them back to north Carolina. On the way back we detoured to visit twelve covered bridges. Liz says that she is now up to 585 cbs

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Keeping a tally of all those covered bridges makes me laugh, Thomas.

[Thomas, Moderator]

She is somewhat obsessed--wants to visit all 800 cbs in the US. She has 4 large photo albums--3 US and 1 foreign--Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Russia and China. Our car suffers driving nasty gravel/dirt back roads.

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There are worse hobbies :)

[H]

Just want to recommend Finn by Jon Clinch to anyone who read Huckleberry Finn. Finn's fathers story is told here and it's no jaunt down a river here. Not an easy read but check it out folks! Finn by Jon Clinch

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Heather wrote: "Just want to recommend Finn by Jon Clinch to anyone who read Huckleberry Finn. Finn's fathers story is told here and it's no jaunt down a river here. Not an easy read but check it out folks! [book:..."

Looks interesting, thanks, Heather.

[Trelawn]

Well my latest order arrived today Q's Legacyand Apple of My Eyeboth by Helene Hanff. The latter seems to be a first edition, published by Andre Deutsch who also published 84 Charing Cross Road and hosted Hanff's trip to London following the UK publication. It's a lovely hardback and only cost €3.85 so I am a happy camper : )

[Paul]

Preordered a couple of books, Sorcerer to the Crownwhich is getting decent reviews and sounds a bit like Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell and Art in the Blood: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure as it sounds like a decent Holmes adaption

[Colleen]

Go Set a Watchman
The Night Sister
The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes
The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach
and The Third Wife came in the mail today :)
Tomorrow All That Is Solid Melts into Air is coming.

[Sara]

So I've been rather good about permanently acquiring books lately...only acquiring Rise Up, a discard from a housemate.

I did visit the library today. I full intended only to pick up my holds, but alas my eyes also hit upon the new book display which containedSeveneves, the latest Neal Stephenson door stopper.

Off hold I got:

All That Is Solid Melts into Air (which luckily I just need to skim since I've read it fairly recently)
Seek the Fair Land
Company of Liars
Pregnant Butch: Nine Long Months Spent in Drag

[Paul]

I still havent joined the local library and we're here ages now.

[Trelawn]

I can't imagine you being able to hand a book back when you're done Paul. You like to own your books.

[Paul]

Guilty

[H]

Paul I also like to own my books. I find beginning to borrow books from the library has dramatically changed the scope of my reading because I'm willing to take a chance with different a authors, genres etc. If I read a library book I want to own I simply buy it online once done. If I don't want to own a book or the story wasn't good, I simply get to hand it back. Great little money saver and ensures my shelves are only filled with books I truly adore not chance purchases.

[Paul]

I'll probably have to get my home TBR down a bit first ;-)

[H]

Well that's certainly an idea. At least twice a month my fiancé brings up the fact that he doesn't understand me taking out so many library books when I have over 200 I own sitting unread on the shelf at home 'taking up space' :D The struggles of a bibliophile vs someone who can't stand to read!

[Paul]

Thankfully myself and Trelawn see eye to eye on that :-)

[Barbara]

I have just over 2 kilos available in my luggage so can pick up a few books in Dublin that I don't want to wait to order. I've mailed a few packages from here in Scotland. The International Economy rate for small parcels up to 2 kilos (4.4 pounds) is not unreasonable. It's cheaper to send off these parcels than the $100 cost of an extra suitcase AND I don't have to carry things. With 2 "local" flights, 2 overnight ferries, a train and round trip bus journey, schlepping is undesirable. The postal rates from ROI however are MUCH higher. So I may visit a post office in NI but not ROI.

[Barbara]

I have just over 2 kilos available in my luggage so can pick up a few books in Dublin that I don't want to wait to order. I've mailed a few packages from here in Scotland. The International Economy rate for small parcels up to 2 kilos (4.4 pounds) is not unreasonable. It's cheaper to send off these parcels than the $100 cost of an extra suitcase AND I don't have to carry things. With 2 "local" flights, 2 overnight ferries, a train and round trip bus journey, schlepping is undesirable. The postal rates from ROI however are MUCH higher. So I may visit a post office in NI but not ROI.

[Paul]

Yeah our postal set up is terribly expensive. Its actually cheaper to use a courier for some international spots

[H]

Is all that is solid a group read or everyone just really wants to read it? My reservation just arrived at my local library so I'm off to pick it up today

[H]

Excellent, I never seem to own or be able to borrow ANY of the group reads in time so at last I can participate

[Paul]

Finished work at eleven today so brought the little fella around town and naturally fell into Chapters . I got the first two Skullduggery Pleasant books for 5 euro each and I picked some of the No 1 Ladies Detective agency for Trelawn. Sadly they didnt have Goblin Emperor as recommended by Sara and I couldnt find Station Eleven but I'm sure they would have that somewherw

[Thomas, Moderator]

I went to the library and borrowed 2 books:

In the Woods by Tana French and
The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
I am currently reading A Detective Under Fire by H.R.F. Keating

[Barbara]

I bought a pile of books yesterday in Hodges Figis. I decided that I will have to pay for a second bag going home as I had absolutely no space left in my luggage coming home from Shetland. Packed them but titles include THe Black Snow by Paul Lynch, Deirdre Madden's edited volume of short stories, Joseph O'Connor's new book The Thrill of It All, a big hardcover on Women and the Irish Revolution, and a couple of literary journals.

[Seraphina]

So exploring colombo in Sri Lanka was recommended to read local authors by the shop owner. Picked up In the Skin of a Lion so hoping it's good :)

[Trelawn]

Sounds like good advice :-) I know I'll be bringing one of my Alexander McCall Smith books with me to Edinburgh in October :-) Hope you are enjoying your travels.

[Barbara]

Seraphina wrote: "So exploring colombo in Sri Lanka was recommended to read local authors by the shop owner. Picked up In the Skin of a Lion so hoping it's good :)"

Always fun to pick up a book when traveling related to the area..
Stopped in Tesco here in Belfast to pick up some tea and in addition got 9'books!
H is for Hawk
Runaway by Peter May
Thursday's Children by Nicci French
Prayer for the Dead by James Oswald (Scottish noir)
No Other Darkness by Sarah Hillary
The Girl Next Door by Ruth Rendell
The Children Act by Ian Mc Ewan
Inside Man: Loyalists of Long Kesh - The Untold Story
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healy

[Trelawn]

I can see why you need that extra suitcase Barbara :-)

[Allan]

Barbara forgot to mention the fact that they were practically giving the books away! :) I have to admit that I was impressed by the speedy book browsing on display in Tesco, and the girl on checkout was also impressed with the haul.

Not wanting to feel left out, I spent £3 on the Ken Follett novel, Edge of Eternity.

I'm looking forward now to the second hand bookstore tomorrow-I may bring a suitcase to assist Barbara carry her purchases... :)

[Barbara]

I'm actually afraid of finding too much in the second hand bookstore. It may actually be smart to pick up an inexpensive duffle bag to maximize luggage space. Hmmm. Yes what I paid for my 8 books £28 was impossible to resist. My two packages of Titanic Tea bags were under £5 and they'd be $24 for the two on Amazon in the U.S.

[Kevin]

Barbara wrote: "I'm actually afraid of finding too much in the second hand bookstore. It may actually be smart to pick up an inexpensive duffle bag to maximize luggage space. Hmmm. Yes what I paid for my 8 books..."

You are almost paying for your trip in savings, Barbara!

[Cathleen]

Seraphina wrote: "So exploring colombo in Sri Lanka was recommended to read local authors by the shop owner. Picked up In the Skin of a Lion so hoping it's good :)"

I always think it's so neat to buy books in an author's home/location. How is Sri Lanka, Seraphina?

[Cathleen]

Kevin wrote: "Barbara wrote: "I'm actually afraid of finding too much in the second hand bookstore. It may actually be smart to pick up an inexpensive duffle bag to maximize luggage space. Hmmm. Yes what I pai..."

That made me laugh, Kevin. I'm always so amazed when I read that you can buy books like these at a supermarket. WIth such deals, Barbara, maybe you should buy two duffel bags!