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[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Love the recommendations!

Chava - looks like Mystery Road is on iview so I will definitely check it out :)

[Lexi]

I watch more TV than movies. Mine are -not in order:

1. Killjoys
2. Dr. Who (I've only seen up to season 8)
3. Baking shows - esp Halloween Wars and Christmas baking shows
4. Forever
5. Firefly

[Lexi]

Kathleen wrote: "Lexi wrote: "It has been awhile since I watched many movies but I enjoyed Thor: Ragnarok, and the live action version of Beauty and the Beast this year.

Books.
1. The Thiefseries - 3..."

Do we know whose POV it is yet?

[Lauri]

Lexi wrote: "I watch more TV than movies. Mine are -not in order:

1. Killjoys
2. Dr. Who (I've only seen up to season 8)
3. Baking shows - esp Halloween Wars and Christmas baking shows
4. Forever
5. Firefly"

Ooh! I love Killjoys & Firefly was great. Hope they resurrect it. Loved the movie Serenity, too...

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Lexi wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "Lexi wrote: "It has been awhile since I watched many movies but I enjoyed Thor: Ragnarok, and the live action version of Beauty and the Beast this year.

Books.
1. [book:The Thief|..."

It's entitled Return of the Thief so all my fingers and toes are crossed that we finally get back to Gen.

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Another Walking Dead fan here Lauri! Love it, not the zombies so much but how different people react to the situation. Apparently this is Andrew Lincoln's last season.. I cannot even comprehend the show without Rick Grimes... Although I only watched one season of Fear the Walking Dead. Just couldn't get into it.

And Firefly, so ripped off that it was cancelled after a couple of seasons. That show had so much potential. Loved Dollhouse also.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Firefly was the best

Oh yes, Dollhouse. And at the same time was that show Pushing Daisies which was great fun. And dead like me. And probably more I’ve forgotten 😂😂

[Lauri]

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Another Walking Dead fan here Lauri! Love it, not the zombies so much but how different people react to the situation. Apparently this is Andrew Lincoln's last season.. I cannot even comprehend the..."

Yaaayyyy! I'll PM you later so we don't drive everyone else crazy! I didn't like Fear at first, either. But I will say this. Give it a chance! It gets waaayyyy better!

[Lauri]

I'd totally forgotten The Dollhouse! I was so sad that it was cancelled. Love Eliza Dushku! She was my favorite thing about Bring It On...

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

What are your character strengths?
You can do the only free, scientifically validated character strength survey here: https://www.viacharacter.org/www

I use this a lot with team and individual development. It is all about finding what is 'innate' in you and your strengths and then developing those strengths (rather than focusing on "weaknesses") to increase your well-being and work performance.

Anyone interested in taking the survey and sharing your strengths? Will be interesting to see what we are as a group.

My top 3 are Honesty, Love of Learning and Hope

[Suzanne]

Sorry I haven't been around for a few days - we had a couple trips to the emergency room with my son (he had surgery today), and meanwhile it is midterms with all of the associated testing and grading :) But (knock on wood) things seem to be settling a bit!

I'm going to go take the survey right now and determine if I have any character strengths left :)

[Suzanne]

That was interesting Karen - thanks for the link!
My top 3 from the survey are Humor, love of learning, and fairness.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Oh no I hope your son is ok Suzanne!

That’s interesting with your top 3. I wonder how many of us will get “love of learning”?
I’ll post some links later to how you can use the information if you want to build on your strengths 😉

[Suzanne]

Thanks! More information would be fun.

I'd guess that love of learning goes a lot with the love of reading :)

[Lauri]

I got 1) humor 2) love & 3) love of learning...

Who knew?

I think choosing reads non-fiction books for fun automatically gets you a love of learning ticket...

[kat (wanderfulbooks)]

I got judgment, appreciation of beauty and excellence & creativity.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Lauri wrote: "I got 1) humor 2) love & 3) love of learning...

Who knew?

I think choosing reads non-fiction books for fun automatically gets you a love of learning ticket..."

haha. indeed
Do you like reading romance novels that are humorous too? ;)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Kathleen wrote: "I got judgment, appreciation of beauty and excellence & creativity."

Nice!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

So this is one of my favourite resources for character strengths.
340 ways to use

Basically find one of your top strengths, and then use it in a different way each day for a week. It has been shown in repeated studies across multiple countries to increase your happiness and well-being. And who doesn't want that? ;)

[Chava]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "What are your character strengths?
You can do the only free, scientifically validated character strength survey here: https://www.viacharacter.org/www

I use this a lot with team and individual dev..."

1) Fairness
2) Humor
3) Kindness
4) Zest
5) Love

Isn't that interesting...

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I love the commonalities in the team.

Tomorrow is my last exam for the term, and after that I’ll
Post some more info about character strengths for those who are interested

[Eunice]

I hope your son will recover well, Suzanne!

My top 3 was gratitude, teamwork, and love. Wow, kind of didn't expect that, but the ones at the bottom of the list were just as I suspected.

[Lexi]

I got creativity, love of learning and judgment.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

A bit more about VIA character strengths

*The VIA Inventory does not measure talent. So, for example, a low score on Creativity does NOT mean that the person lacks creative talent. Instead, it means that the person does not view creativity as a primary pathway to feeling alive, energised, and self-actualised.

*The VIA Inventory does not measure weakness or negative character traits. For example, a low score on
Honesty does NOT mean that someone is dishonest. Instead, it means that this person does not view honesty and authenticity as part of his or her core, relative to his or her higher strengths. The person may, nonetheless, be honest as the situation calls for it.

*Two of the most important predictors of employee retention and satisfaction are:
Reporting that you use your top strengths at work
Reporting that your immediate supervisor recognises your top strengths. Unfortunately only about 20% of employees think their supervisor knows their strengths

*We can underuse and overuse strengths (think about the appropriateness of humour at a funeral. Or someone who is overusing Kind may come across as nosey ; and underusing may seem unfeeling)

* Strengths can be "hot buttons". Recognising that not everyone does, or even should, share your same sense of dedication to the character strength at the heart of the matter.
E.g. you may have kindness as a signature strength, in someone else, honesty may be higher. A person who offends your sense of kindness by using “brutal” honesty may be expressing a character strength.

If you want to know more about how to develop your character strengths the VIA site does have loads of resources. It is a great tool to have your close friends and family complete too ;)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Question for today

Today was my final exam for this term. Hooray! And seeing so many of us also had "love as learning" as one of our highest character strengths, I thought I would ask:

What is something you have learnt recently?

I've learnt more about worm farming. I've dabbled for a while, but I finally did some research and got some new worms and compost products and I am cultivating my baby worms with glee. Hopefully in a few weeks they will be eating around 1kg a week of food scraps... and then in a few months apparently their capacity will be around 3kg per week :o

[Tina ❣]

Yay Karen! Congrats! :D

I've been interested in composting and worm farming as well but I just can't deal with worms. They gross me out even though they're vital to gardens.


Recently, I would say that an important thing that I've learn is how to request an early release for superannuation (in Australia). I know it's not interesting but I learnt about it at work (medical reception) and I think it's a handy life skill to have.

But, I'm learning new things everyday about the 10 plants that I have growing in my backyard. I provided our mint plant with a big pot to grow in and it looks so good now! It was struggling before. I'll try to use them in herbal or fruit tea or in smoothies

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Thanks!

haha. yes they are kind of icky and wriggly, but for some odd reason I quite like them. Maybe because they are just so clever and useful. And they never come in the house (unlike ants, cockroaches... and at our place... skinks!)

Oh that is a cool life skill. I got a financial planner a few years ago as I decided it was time to be a grown up and understand that stuff a bit more. teehee

Mint does grow and grow and grow. You will need to really chop it back, and even divide it up as it gets bigger. That stuff doesn't stop! We have regular mint and also native mint. The native stuff has nice purple flowers and is quite pretty and more subtle in flavour.

[Lexi]

Worms sound like fun. I have been teaching myself to needle felt recently. It is fun and I am learning to make little critters.

[Chava]

Congrats Karen. My kids love their school's worm farm. My 3 year old is quite the little worm expert haha

I have just (literally last week) qualified as a clinical supervisor for Functional Family Therapy (aka FFT, an evidence-based family therapy program from the USA and used by over 350 teams across the world). It took me 2 years to get there and I am the only one in Australia.

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

We have some very accomplished ladies in this group. Congratulations Chava I'm sure that's a very rewarding but sometimes emotional career path.

Only a little over a week to Wheelie officially starts... squeal...

[Lauri]

While not a particular accomplishment, I learned yesterday that the pumpkin spice milkshake is back at Jack in the Box...

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Lexi wrote: "Worms sound like fun. I have been teaching myself to needle felt recently. It is fun and I am learning to make little critters."

Oh I just googled that. They are super cute!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Chava wrote: "I have just (literally last week) qualified as a clinical supervisor for Functional Family Therapy (aka FFT, an evidence-based family therapy program from the USA and used by over 350 teams across the world). It took me 2 years to get there and I am the only one in Australia. ..."

Wow that's amazing. Well done!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Lauri wrote: "While not a particular accomplishment, I learned yesterday that the pumpkin spice milkshake is back at Jack in the Box..."

haha
I had to read that a few times to understand the sentence. As someone that doesn't drink milk I can't imagine many things worse than a pumpkin milkshake LOL

[Eunice]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Lauri wrote: "While not a particular accomplishment, I learned yesterday that the pumpkin spice milkshake is back at Jack in the Box..."

haha
I had to read that a few times to understand the sente..."

I don't think a pumpkin milkshake would be that bad. Pumpkin is kind of sweet after all.

I've been studying electric fields and forces the past few days for a test. (Although I think I still flunked it...) Made my head spin from all the integration and formulas.

[Suzanne]

I LOVE that our team has learned things from worms to electric fields and forces to pumpkin milkshakes. That's pretty amazing, and really one of the best things is that there is such a variety of things in this world we can learn!

I'm excited there's about a week to the start of the challenge - yay!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Oh good luck Eunice!

So true Suzanne - what an interesting bunch of things to learn 😎

Only just over a week to go. It will fly by!

[Lexi]

There is a book sale going on at my library where all books are $1. I have been by twice and have picked up nine books. Book sales are dangerous creatures, especially when they are so cheap.

I have also attempted to convince a complete stranger to read Murderbot so that was fun.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Very cool Lexi 😎 I hope you have some good finds!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Last night I watched Wonder. I thought it was actually a pretty good adaptation of the book. There was one point where Julia Roberts peeks inside a box and does that whole “ah” giggle thing of hers and we were expecting Richard Gere to turn up 😂
She hasn’t lost her sparkle

[Lauri]

Lexi wrote: "There is a book sale going on at my library where all books are $1. I have been by twice and have picked up nine books. Book sales are dangerous creatures, especially when they are so cheap.

I hav..."

Oooh! What's Murderbot? I am intrigued now... Someone convinced me to read White Trash Zombie earlier this year & it was hysterical! Keep an open mind.....

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I’m game *adds murderbot to tbr*

[Lexi]

Lauri wrote: "Lexi wrote: "There is a book sale going on at my library where all books are $1. I have been by twice and have picked up nine books. Book sales are dangerous creatures, especially when they are so ..."

The first one is All Systems Red. The second is my favorite but all four are good.

[Lauri]

Just added All Systems Red to my TBR mountain!

Hey! Could anyone participating in the Popsugar challenge please recommend a book for me? I have nothing for that one or the 'reading a book in a public place'.... No one reads books in public anymore, apparently!

[Chava]

I was reading Snap on the park bench :)

[Lexi]

I am doing Popsugar. I ride the T every morning to school and have been collecting book sightings. Lots of classics: The Grapes of Wrath, The Picture of Dorian Gray, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Also, Little Fires Everywhere Spinning Silver and The Word Is Murder.

Also, I suggest Murderbot so now you have an excuse to read it this year.

[Suzanne]

I agree - Murderbot and All Systems Red are so good! I really need to get onto the next two now.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Question of the day-

What was one of the best books you have read so far this year?

I just checked and I've rated 9 with 5 stars this year which is unlike me so I must be getting more generous with ratings. lol.

Anyhow, there are a few great ones there, but I'm going to go with

because it was such an unexpected awesome book. So different from many other books of it's time, Margaret and Helen are independent and outspoken, and quite liberal in their thoughts.
I also went ahead and watched the BBC TV version and loved it

[Suzanne]

Wow awesome question!

Last year this would have been easy - as soon as I read I knew it would be my book of the year.

This year? Possibly . It was sweet and kind of resonated with me.
I finished a couple really good fantasy series this year as well. One series I read all the way through this year was "The Faithful and the Fallen." Very epic fantasy - tons of characters (which made it hard to get into at the start), lots of death, action, and politics.

And for sheer enjoyment (I listened to it - and its followup). They are zombie apocalypse books basically, but SO fun. The third just came out, but I kind of want to wait for the audio version.

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Each year, I have a 5 star shelf.. and this year I already have 18 books shelved there which must be some kind of record because I'm usually not so generous. My total count of books read is around 160.

Out of those this is my No 1, the second half was amazing. I've also enjoyed reading Karin Slaughter's Will Trent series although heavy on the murders/police procedurals it's the character interaction and how she has written the major character Will Trent that I really love.