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On a motorcycle trip from Scotland to Cape Town, wouldn't the riders get just a little wet in places? :-)
I'm reading Dear John by Nicholas Sparks. My daughters love all his books... is this stuff considered 'young adult', I wonder.I also started The Walk which seems really interesting but put it aside so I don't get confused between the two stories both narrated by a man speaking of a young love (I think).
Have a few nonfiction books going as well, lol, just not too fast.
Werner--Oh, yes, there has been rain, and a delightful description of what happens when rain gets into a person's motorcycle boots. :-)
Callista, I was actually referring to the difficulty of riding a motorcycle over the ocean, since Great Britain is an island. :-) (That was an example of my tendency towards dry humor --sometimes too dry to be readily recognized!)Reggia, is the full title of the second Sparks novel you started A Walk to Remember? I really liked that book (and the movie) and have reviewed it here on Goodreads; it got four stars from me!
LOL Charly!Werner, the second one, The Walk is by a different author, Richard Paul Evans. He wrote The Christmas Box although I haven't read that one yet. I wonder if this author is a fan of Carl Hiassen because the character narrating has mentioned reading his books several times.
(Hmm, that's an idea... Maybe we should choose a Christmas novella for a group read.)
Rain in boots? Sounds squishy-squooshy. ;-)
Good one, Charly! (Virtual high five here. :-))Reggia, the best time for a Christmas-themed group read would be December, and during much of that month I expect to be in Australia for Christmas with our oldest daughter and her hubby. So, I don't expect to do much reading during most of that time. But if the rest of you want to go ahead with that, I think it's a great idea!
Charly you are a hoot!
Been also listening to books on tape (White Shark and The Beast by Peter Benchley), K is for Killer by Sue Grafton and now back to Tony Hillerman (The First Eagle) on cd for the 5th or 6th time. I really miss him and no more Chee and Leaphorn books.
Been also listening to books on tape (White Shark and The Beast by Peter Benchley), K is for Killer by Sue Grafton and now back to Tony Hillerman (The First Eagle) on cd for the 5th or 6th time. I really miss him and no more Chee and Leaphorn books.
After I answered, Werner, it did occur to me that you were pinging me for wording the route as I did. They put the motorcycles on boats, of course! And--LOL, Charly.Excess water has ceased to be a problem on their journey. Now they are in Egypt, after enduring Tunisian sandstorms.
Nah, Callista, I wasn't pinging you (and I did sort of figure they used boats for the ocean parts :-)). I just couldn't resist the wisecrack. It reminded me of the time on Buffy the Vampire Slayer when someone told Buffy that Xander wanted to take a road trip by car to "all 50 states" over the summer. (She asked, "Did anyone tell him about Hawaii?")
Good line. :-)Pinging = teasing. So you were. :-)
Ah, Callista, I wasn't familiar with the word (I was afraid it might have the implication of "putting down" or "ridiculing"). Thanks for the clarification; I'll plead guilty, then. :-)
I confess, that meaning of that word is my own personal quirk. Until I meet someone else who does it. You can! Go out into the world and spread confusion by using that word the way I do!
I'll have to try using it some time when Barb and I are playing Joker Quick Cube (a word game played with letters on --what else?-- cubes), and see if I can get by with it. Then you can take your rightful place as a contributor to the English language. :-)
I thought it had something to do with clearing the cache memory.
Hmmm, maybe I can legally use it in Joker Quick Cube after all.... :-)
I agree with Charly tho my son, the computer tech, pings to look for other computers out in the ether.
Yes, radar systems "ping". I didn't know regular computers could.
LOL Perhaps it could wear well as a multi-purpose word, for example: Seriously! are you pinging me? Oh, ping it, I give up! To ping or not to ping...
Excellent, Reggia--now go out there and ping away! :-)
LOL @ Callista & Charly's posts... Ping on!This thread is in serious danger of beginning a
I'm enjoying The Mermaid Chair so far. Perhaps it is too soon to say as this is only my second book by her, however, Sue Monk Kidd may soon be on my favorite author list.
i read McCorkle years ago and think I liked her stuff. Still going thru more O'Shaunessey series. Written by 2 sisters (one an attorney).
Ping, pinged, have pung, perhaps? :-pI have not read any McCorkle or Monk Kidd.
I am still in the grips of the Dresden Files; just started reading #12.
Charly, cartoon fans of a certain age are soon going to start referring to you as Ping the Merciless! :-)
You guys crack me up!I think you should use a paddle, Charly, preferably a red one. And 'de-ping' has more flair than 'unping,' IMO.
De-ping. De ping. De ping is what to do with de ole ping...Just starting a re-read of Austen's Mansfield Park for a local book group. Thankfully, I remember almost nothing of the story.
Anyone read The Historian? It's on my shelf, is quite large, and wondered if I should read it.
Continuing a series by Eileen Dreyer (she came to one of our writers' conferences and was a hoot). She was a nurse for 16 years so her stories are hospital/doctor/nurse setttings. She also writes romances under the name Kathleen Korbel (which are better that the usual reruns.)
Continuing a series by Eileen Dreyer (she came to one of our writers' conferences and was a hoot). She was a nurse for 16 years so her stories are hospital/doctor/nurse setttings. She also writes romances under the name Kathleen Korbel (which are better that the usual reruns.)
Syra, I've read and reviewed The Historian; my review is at http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... , but it comes with a spoiler alert. I gave it three stars overall.Most of those who dislike the book do so on the basis of the style; it's slow moving, with detail-rich prose and a plot that stresses historical detective work more than vampire action. Whether you see this as positive or negative depends, of course, on your own tastes. :-)
Thanks, Werner. Appreciate your time.
No problem, Syra --since joining Goodreads, I always review every book that I read. For me, that adds a lot to the fun of reading! :-)
I read The Historian, too. Found it frustrating in the beginning but got into it. I like what Werner and Charly said about it.
I am finally reading my first M.F.K. Fisher book, The Art of Eating. I am only sorry that I waited this long to read her.
My Goodreads friend and I are continuing our buddy read of Stephen Lawhead's King Raven trilogy with the second novel, Scarlet (which I started over the weekend). So, you'd be very correct in guessing that we did indeed like the first one (Hood).
Just finished The Mermaid Chair. I had a few false starts of where I thought the story was going. One part of the storyline did not seem believable to me; however, I kept on reading and very glad I did so.Now I am going to give my full attention to Mansfield Park. I think I may have read this many years ago so the re-read seems new. Disappointed that I have to work so will miss the local book discussion that is taking place.
Charly, are you sure it wasn't "pang?" The dictionary I just checked defines that word as "a sudden sharp attack (as of pain)."
(And I had nothing to do with that crossword puzzle. But I've heard of pangs.)I just started reading Terry Pratchett's Lords and Ladies. Pratchett, like Jim Butcher after him, has decided that unicorns are evil.
Then Pratchett and Butcher should be reported to the SPCA, for slandering such noble beasts. (And a rare endangered species, on top of that.) :-)
But we haven't discussed pong, pung and peng!
It may be an addiction, Charly; you may not be able to stop...and this group is a bunch of enablers! Mwuuhaahaa!Werner--(LOL!) Perhaps Pratchett and Butcher once overdosed on glitter and hold a grudge.
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Thanks, Callista. My home computer isn't equipped to play the video in that link, but I'll look forward to seeing it on my office computer. :-)
Okay, played it --that was cute. :-) (Come to think of it, I think I actually saw that commercial on TV a while ago, but it had slipped my mind.)
I found the movie of GWPE rather grim, but I'm sure the book is better.I'll be curious to see what you think of TLT--it sounds kind of fun, but I've also wondered if it's just Dan Brown-esque airport book trash.
(& BTW, not to diss all books you could buy in an airport. I just meant the disposable kind that distract you enough on the plane, but a month later, you can't remember what you read.)
Werner--I turned out to be mistaken. Pratchett's unicorn was somewhat deranged, but not evil. Poor thing had been tortured.
Well, I'm glad that he's not slandering the unicorn species, but I'm sorry to hear that the poor thing was tortured!
I can remember it if it was *good* stuff, or if it was really *bad* stuff. The so-so stuff becomes a blur. Goodreads *is* great for keeping track (so I 'don't get fooled again'). :-)
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I'm reading a mystery set in the Shetland Islands called Raven Black and Long Way Down, which chronicles Ewan McGregor's & friend's motorcycle trip from John O'Groats, Scotland to Cape Town, South Africa.