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LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Since it's the last weekend of July, do you have any end-of-the-month goals that you're trying to hit? What books are you trying to finish up before the end of July?"Nah, no goals.
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LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Are there any August releases that you're excited for?"just the handyman method by nick cutter
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Are there any August releases that you're excited for?"Dead Mountain by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBrideHow to Say Babylon: A Memoir by Safiya Sinclair
Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher and The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle by T.L. Huchu
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LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's on your August TBR?"just what i'm currently reading and anything i wanted to read in july but didn't get around to like our wives under the sea by julia armfield and circe by madeline miller. other than that i'm not sure
I don’t really have anything planned. I picked up Yellowface by R.F. Kuang today, and I kinda want to read Pomegranate by Helen Elaine Lee. That’s about as far as my plans go.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's on your August TBR?"TBR August
Continuing from July
- Outback by Patricia Wolf
- Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Planned
- The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith
- Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
- The Tour by Jean Grainger
- Fall by Candice Fox
- Promise Not To Tell by Jennifer McMahon
- The One I Left Behind by Jennifer McMahon
- The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill
- Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
- In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
- If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy
Maybe
- Beneath Cruel Waters by Jon Bassoff
- Dawn by V.C. Andrews
- Gai-Jin by James Clavell
- Abandon by Blake Crouch
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LCPL wrote: "QOTD: How many books did you read in July? What was your favorite and least favorite reads of the month?"i read three. nothing really stood out, but i guess my favorite was the good house by tananarive due and my least favorite was the bridge of san luis rey by thornton wilder
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: How many books did you read in July? What was your favorite and least favorite reads of the month?"Just one, The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn. It was phenomenal, so no surprises there lol
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's on your August TBR?"Maybe Lord Of The Rings, but it's not for sure.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Are there any August releases that you're excited for?"Bring Me Your Midnight by Rachel Griffin
Forged by Blood by Ehigbor Okosun
Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
With Love, from Cold World by Alicia Thompson
The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang
Masters of Death by Olivie Blake
Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan
Foxglove by Adalyn Grace
Together We Rot by Skyla Arndt
The Lightstruck by Sunya Mara
Never a Hero by Vanessa Len
The Midnight Kingdom by Tara Sim
Labyrinth's Heart by M.A. Carrick
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's on your August TBR?"I want to continue Pucking Around by Emily Rath from last month. But for August TBR books, I'd like to read The Broken Girls by Simone St. James and maybe finish other books that I've started and haven't finshed yet. These have been sitting on my "currently reading" shelf for far too long. I've been reading on my Kindle rather than picking up physical books lately.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: How many books did you read in July? What was your favorite and least favorite reads of the month?"I read 5 books in July. My favorite read of the month was Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton and my least favorite read of the month was The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: How many books did you read in July? What was your favorite and least favorite reads of the month?"I finished 6 books in July. My favorite was The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, and my least favorite was Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: How many books did you read in July? What was your favorite and least favorite reads of the month?"I read 15 books in July.
Favorite was Girl in the Woods by Jennifer McMahon.
Least favorite was Journal of a Trapper: Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains 1834-1843 by Osborne Russell
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LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What is your favorite time of day, and why?"Early in the morning (5 am) when nobody is awake. It makes me feel productive, and getting up that early helps me sleep better at night. I also get the most reading done during the morning.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What is your favorite time of day, and why?"from like 6-8 a.m., but just mornings in general. i'm not as much of a night owl as i used to be
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LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Are you team Apple Music or Spotify, and why? If neither, what music app do you use and why do you love it?"spotify, mostly because it's just what i've used for years. i really don't even know anything about how apple music works lol
I'm team Apple Music. I have used Spotify before but I've used Apple Music more and I'm just more comfortable with it. Plus, there are Apple Music exclusives that are nice. I do like the ability to discover some hidden gems with Spotify though.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Are you team Apple Music or Spotify, and why? If neither, what music app do you use and why do you love it?"I've tried using Spotify in the past and I didn't care for it. I use Apple Music because I don't really know any other music services. It's also pretty straightforward.
Apple Music and Amazon music. Have Spotify but don’t really use it.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Are you team Apple Music or Spotify, and why? If neither, what music app do you use and why do you love it?"Apple music, because it's really easy to use and nothing is off limits. I had been using Amazon Music for years when it was included with your prime membership but they make you pay an extra fee now.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What is your favorite time of day, and why?"I like the evenings, after dinner when everything is winding down and I can just chill before bed.
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The color of your pants + the last thing you ate = your superhero name
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LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What is the shortest book you've read? What was the page count? Did you like it?"I'm going based off GR, and it says it's Randomize by Andy Weir. It's 28 pages and I gave it three stars. I read it back in 2021, so I don't know if that rating would stick today.
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Kolkata Sea by Indra Das. 4 pages. Loved it.
Loved his full length book, The Devourers. Which led me to his super short story.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What is the shortest book you've read? What was the page count? Did you like it?"the shortest book i've read that wasn't poetry was the yellow wallpaper by charlotte perkins gilman. it was 64 pages according to goodreads & i loved it
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LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What was the last great movie you saw, and what did you like about it?"i watched they look like people (2015) back in june and loved it. i feel like saying what i loved so much about the movie kinda gives too much away, but let's just say the movie handles a certain topic extremely well that the horror genre has a really bad track record with. plus i really liked the ambiguity
Oppenheimer. Everything about the movie was simply brilliant—acting, cinematography, story. It should win all the awards.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What was the last great movie you saw, and what did you like about it?"When Marnie was There. It's a Studio Ghibli film, and it made me cry like a baby. I enjoy most films by them, but this one just hit a bit different.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What was the last great movie you saw, and what did you like about it?"its older but A Beautiful Mind with Russell Crowe, we watched it on Prime and i absolutely bawled my eyes out at the end lol Been a while since a movie gave me an emotional breakdown lol
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LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What is your favorite movie quote?""You're gonna need a bigger boat." - Martin Brody - Jaws
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What is your favorite movie quote?"It's a quote from Erin Brockovich and it's kind of long:
"So before you come back here with another lame a** offer, I want you to think real hard about what your spine is worth, Mr. Walker. Or what you might expect someone to pay you for your uterus, Ms. Sanchez. Then you take out your calculator and you multiply that number by a hundred. Anything less than that is a waste of time."
Julia Roberts does such a great job in this movie.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What is your favorite movie quote?"not gonna type it because it's super long lol, but mia goth's monologue in the movie pearl is fantastic. that scene alone could cement that movie as one of my all time favorites, and mia goth's perfect (as always) performance just elevates the whole thing
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LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's your favorite pizza topping, and/or you go-to pizza order?"I like pepperoni and pineapple most of time. I enjoy a regular cheese every once in awhile.
I like sausage or chicken. I just buy frozen. About 35 years ago, we would always get Godfathers or Dominoes. I don't know if those places are still in business or not.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's your favorite pizza topping, and/or you go-to pizza order?"i love a good veggie pizza
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i wanna just finish the book i'm currently reading. and maybe another one, but i probably won't have the time