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[Donna]

Paul wrote: "A buddy read is smaller than a group read. A few members all realise they want to read a book but probably wont pull in everyone so they set up a thread and read it between themselves"

Thanks, Paul!

[Paul]

It works well as there is generally always something going on to keep everyone happy, not to mention the general chatting.
The film choice works the same way as the books. You watch the film then pop into the thread and talk about it

[Gavin]

hey guys idk if this is allowed but i need some help from either someone who lives in dublin and can get to the waterstones there or in cork or anyone who can get to a waterstones i wont chug up the tread so can you drop me a message if you can if this isn't allowed let me know and i'll remove it :)

[Paul]

Its Hodges and Figgis in Dublin rather than waterstones just to clarify for Gav. Sadly wont be near Dublin this weekend

[Gavin]

Paul wrote: "Its Hodges and Figgis in Dublin rather than waterstones just to clarify for Gav. Sadly wont be near Dublin this weekend"

ah ya opps , i meant that and Newry / Drogheda / Cork may have them thanks

[Trelawn]

Are you going to join the buddy read then Jamie Lynn? :-)

[Susan]

Barbara wrote: "I know Susan will be jealous and I broke my book buying diet to order the new Ann Cleeves Thin Air - #6 in the Shetland Series and coming out Sept. 11th. I ordered it from the Book Depository. It's..."

You are so right, Barbara, that I am jealous. Is the Book Depository better to order from than Kennys? I am going to get the new CJ Sansom (not Ian) coming out in Oct. It's funny that your brought it up. I got my five Shetland Island books back from members of my in person book club yesterday. I have made quite a few converts. I'm so excited that I am almost jumping around. Gosh, I am such a book nerd.

[Allan]

Barbara, was it this edition of the Dillon book that you bought? If it is, it has an extra chapter at the end that wasn't allowed to be included in the UK edition for legal reasons, which identifies two of the main players in the murders, who were never charged. It makes the whole series of events even more chilling when you realise who they were.

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Today I bought Kurt Vonnegut's Deadeye Dick and James Dashner's Maze Runner for the princely sum of €3 in a charity shop in Sligo. Pretty pleased with myself, I must say.

@Barbara & Allan. I just added Shankill butchers to my pile. You sell it better than any marketing firm.

[Susan]

You are really on a Vonnegut craze lately. Are you enjoying them? Some of them I've never even heard of.

[Susan]

Allan wrote: "Barbara, was it this edition of the Dillon book that you bought? If it is, it has an extra chapter at the end that wasn't allowed to be included in the UK edition for legal reasons, which identifie..."

I just read a review of it and it sounds very graphic, Allan. Would I like it?

[Allan]

Susan, based on your reaction to the McKinty, I don't think this would be for you.

This is a true crime book which details the actions of probably the most shocking series of cold blooded murderers of innocent victims of the Troubles in the 1970s. I included it in my list in the 'top 10 books that stayed with me' thread because, as a teenager, it more than anything brought the futility of the conflict here home to me.

I posted a YouTube link in the same thread to an hour long BBC documentary about the case which was aired 3 years ago, which will give you a better idea about what the book details.

[Barbara]

Susan wrote: "Barbara wrote: "I know Susan will be jealous and I broke my book buying diet to order the new Ann Cleeves Thin Air - #6 in the Shetland Series and coming out Sept. 11th. I ordered it from the Book ..."

Susan - You are reminding me I have to email Kennys again because I can't log in nor do I get the emails to reset my password when I ask. Last time they told me there was a glitch they were fixing, but I still can't log in. Having said all that, if Kennys has something, I go with them. #1 - they're in Ireland #2 it's a family business. I heard Amazon now owns the Book Depository. But Ann Cleeves is a British writer so I can rationalize getting her books from them:)

Allan - my copy of The Shankill Butchers is due to arrive tomorrow. the edition is the 1999 Routlege edition so I don't know which one that is- UK or other.

[Susan]

Darn you, Barbara. I just dropped $50. I ordered the Shetland Island one and the new CJ Sansom. I can't wait for either of them. I justify it to myself that I am worth it.

[Allan]

Barbara, it's the US edition that you bought. It has the extra chapter but no photo pages. I had your edition, but lent it out and never got it back, so seeing your post made me buy it again. I have the UK edition of the book as well, so when you do read it, I'll scan / send you the photo pages, as these will help you get a sense of the kind of people that were involved in the acts and will also give you a sense of place and time.

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@Susan. The more I read Vonnegut, they more I want to read his books. He's very witty, insightful, humorous and one hell of a writer. I think Allan will back me up here.

[Allan]

As will Sara, Declan. I'm not as well up on Vonnegut as you, but I bought 'God Bless You Mr Rosewater' on audiobook the other day, which will be my 6th or 7th Vonnegut read-I think that was a book that you mentioned on Monday? I have thoroughly enjoyed all the well known of his books that I've read, particularly Mother Night, which I know you were reading recently.

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I finished it a few days ago, Allan, and it was every bit as good as you promised: A very powerful book.

I can safely say, having read quite a lot if war stories, that I've never read anything like it. I know have Breakfast if Champions and Deadeye Dick waiting to be read, and I'm itching to get started.

[Barbara]

Susan - I am sorry for leading you into temptation. But there are some books I don't want to wait a year to get my hands on:)
Allan - I will really appreciate the photos from the Dillon book. I am currently reading The Doctor's Wife by Brian Moore and though it is set during the Troubles, most of the action is taking place in France. So it's an escape from those awful events.
Declan - again GRI is spurring me on to read American authors -Steinbeck, Vlautin and now Vonnegut. I read a bit of him years ago but he is definitely someone I should go back to.

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@Barbara. I think Mother Night would be a good place to start.

[Allan]

Barbara, I read The Doctor's Wife myself last month. As you say, just a hint of the Troubles in the background, but both she and her husband had been affected by them. I was surprised at the 'sauciness' of some of the writing, to be honest, but still thought it was a very good book. I'd reiterate Declan's Mother Night recommendation, or Slaughterhouse V as good Vonnegut starting points. I actually got the former in an Audible sale, a deal that I think I remember Sara availing of too..

[Barbara]

Allan wrote: "Barbara, I read The Doctor's Wife myself last month. As you say, just a hint of the Troubles in the background, but both she and her husband had been affected by them. I was surprised at the 'sauci..."

I agree on the 'sauciness'- a surprise after 'Judith Hearne'. I cannot for the life of me find my copy of The Cold Cold Ground. I own the ebook and the audiobook, and know I had the paperback. I feel as though I have to have a copy after seeing Carrickfergus. I will keep searching...

[Barbara]

Declan wrote: "@Barbara. I think Mother Night would be a good place to start."

thanks Declan! I added it to my To Read list. There's a waiting list on Paperback Swap so this could be one to find at my local library used book store.

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I hope you enjoy it when you eventually get to it, Barbara. :)

[Allan]

Barbara, having three copies of a book and not being able to find any of them shows to me just how many books you must have! Hopefully you come across it again, in time to enjoy it for your book group!

[Trelawn]

It's out of copyright so you should be able to download it from Gutenburg.

[pauline_nlp]

I read that you're talking about the Book Depository, Amazon and others, and I think TBD works with Amazon now. I didn't knows about Kennys (I'm not sure it's that), but is it a good web site ?
With regards Hodges and Figgis, I went in it when I was in Dublin, and since I returned to France, I was looking for the name of the bookshop. I'm so happy to find it here ! :D It reminds me so much memories ! The bookshop is big, with staircase, and in the first floor, there are so many books of Jane Austen ! I regret to not have buy books...

[pauline_nlp]

(Can't we post photos here ?)

[Paul]

You can post photos but you have to host them elsewhere. I use Tiny pics. you can then copy the top link from them and it will post the photo

[Paul]

[[deleted user]]

For my personal photos, I upload them to photobucket and then paste the html links into a comment. Any file-host site will give you the html links.

[Paul]

Its easy enough. Go to tinypic.com and upload the photo using the option on the screen. Then copy the top link it gives you once uploaded and paste this into goodreads. The picture i posted is my latest collectable, a lovely cloth bound edition of Karen Maitlands latest

[Barbara]

Pauline - I really like Hodges Figgis and go out of my way to shop there every trip to Dublin. It sounds like I'm there all the time, which is not at all true as I live in the US. But now having been to Chapters, both are on my list. The atmosphere is HF is more sedate, and they probably have some "academic" kinds of titles Chapters doesn't, but Chapters had current titles I couldn't find in HF so they complement one another.

I was having difficulty with my Kenny's login so I just signed up using my work email. I am glad to be able to buy from them again. Sometimes I have to look for a book a couple different ways to find it if it doesn't come up but they answer emails to them within a day. Kenny's offers great customer service and the personal touch is much appreciated in this day and age:)

Allan - I posted on another discussion I will probably bite the bullet and buy another copy of The Cold Cold Ground this week. Besides I want to have copies of all the series, and have none - only audio and ebook versions. I only have 6 bookcases and actually 3 more "small" ones. I try to organize but the lack of shelf space makes it easy to misplace books. I am planning on getting another bookcase...and I can hear all the digital lovers and e-book readers laughing at me.

[Paul]

Theresa . When me and Trelawn first moved in we came with one box of stuff each plus a combined 9 boxes of books

[Paul]

Dont know how many boxes we'd fill now

[Paul]

All the Mysteries are Trelawns

[Trelawn]

Don't be encouraging his bad jokes Theresa! How are you enjoying Pushkin? I have always meant to read Eugene Onegin. I did enjoy The Bronze Horseman though.

[Trelawn]

wow that sounds amazing. I a complete novice when it comes to Russian lit. I always meant to get into it as I love aspects of Russian history. The Bronze Horseman about Peter the Great is as far as I got but it's a great poem.

[Trelawn]

Keep me posted on how you get on Theresa.

[Susan]

Theresa wrote: "When I got married I only had one piece of furniture: a bookcase :)"

No wonder you fit in with us, Theresa. We all understand that. When I moved in with my husband he was mystified why I had so many books. Poor man. What a rude awakening.

[Donna]

Jamie Lynn wrote: "Pauline wrote: "(Can't we post photos here ?)"

Yes, I have no idea how to do it even thought Paul just explained it."

LMAO!!!! I'm glad I'm not the only one!

[Susan]

Declan has explained it numerous times in very clear language and when I read it all I see is Greek. I get to hmtl and the eyes glaze over.

[Barbara]

Theresa, Paul and Trelawn - I see you have your priorities straight:)
Emma - I am thinking Ikea or this: http://www.containerstore.com/shop/sh...
It is expensive though. However, it doesn't have to be anchored and I would use it for my knitting books. I have to calculate though if they'll fit. It will involve some measuring. But the clean lines of this are appealing.

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Html is just a coding language. It's used for creating web pages. I don't know a lot about it either, but each picture/photo on a webpage has a url.

You don't need to know much about html to post a picture, apart from the url and the code.

if you upload your photos to photobucket (or another, like tinypic) it'll do it will give you the entire link after you've uploaded it.

[Susan]

Cathleen, I took your advice and got The Persephone Catalogue. You are right that I got a neat bookmark too. I discovered a bunch of books that I never read before. I have never heard of Dorothy Whipple. I had never heard of Miss Buncle. I went to Amazon and thought I could get them cheap like the Mary Gaskell books. No such luck. The catalogue is beautiful and well don. Thanks for the tip.

[Seraphina]

So after the first school run of the new term I walked into o mahony's and picked up The Orphan Master's Son and Bring Up the Bodies. Two books I've wanted to read for ages so a good start to the week

[Barbara]

Emma wrote: "That does look nice Barbra. Looks like it would be particularly good for big books."

Thanks Emma. I measured how many inches of books I had "shelfwise" and they won't all fit. I also ruled out the Ikea options. But I plan to do some looking today - it's a holiday here.

Seraphina - I'd like to visit o'mahony's sometime. I have both books unread on my shelves. Not that I don't want to read them, but so many other books have to be read right away for groups etc.

Because today is a holiday, quickly getting a copy of The Cold Cold Ground is becoming a challenge. Even though I have Amazon Prime, it wouldn't come til Thurs. My local indie bookstore doesn't have it in stock and it takes 1-5 days to come in - and again it's a holiday so that's from tomorrow. So a Barnes and Noble about 10 miles away has it so I reserved online, but will probably have to call as well. The lengths I am going to for a copy of the book are more effort than usual BUT I did check ALL my bookshelves again last night and couldn't find it. This may spur me on the organize better. My shelves are organized, but with the overflow, things aren't always easy to find, sigh.

[Susan]

Seraphina, Orphan master's Son is sitting on my TBR pile. I really want to read it but when? I did read Bringing Up the Bodies and really enjoyed it.

Since Barbara started me on this spending spree with the new Ann Cleeves book, I just ordered Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke, The Care And Management Of Strangers by Jacqueline Winspear and All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. This is totally Barbara's fault. :)

[Cathleen]

Susan wrote: "Seraphina, Orphan master's Son is sitting on my TBR pile. I really want to read it but when? I did read Bringing Up the Bodies and really enjoyed it.

Since Barbara started me on this spending spre..."

Yeah, yeah, Susan. Blame it all on Barbara ;)

[Cathleen]

Susan wrote: "Cathleen, I took your advice and got The Persephone Catalogue. You are right that I got a neat bookmark too. I discovered a bunch of books that I never read before. I have never heard of Dorothy Wh..."

Oh, I'm so glad you like it, Susan. I think they specialize in books that aren't widely published or have been unfairly forgotten. The books are beautiful--gorgeous bindings and paper. Talk about a great day--I went there and the London Review Bookshop in the same day. I need to save my pennies so I can return to London.