Random Chats

[Sorobai]

Thanks for your support Ana. I really hope to feel better soon, I need to increase my reading and I can't if I feel bad. Anyway I though about putting some shorter books on my list. But, don't you feel it's kind of cheating...?

[Ana]

Nah! I actually like my books to average 200ish pages, up to 300. The one I am reading right now has almost 500 pages, so I think it's only fair if I read shorter ones. There's plenty of free ones in Amazon for instance. They even have a section for 15 minute reads, and also 30 and probably 1 hour.

[Sorobai]

I feel the same too. I like to change from larger to shorter ones from time to time. But most books I want to read are quite big... I didn't know about the section for 15 minutes read at amazon. It seems interesting! Need to check it out!

[Ana]

Yep, make sure you order by price so the free ones appear on top.
Hi, Andrew.

[Katie]

hi Andrew

[Kandice]

I'm sorry ou're sick Sorobai! What kind fo infection?

BTW, I always feel like I'm cheating when I add short books to my challenge, so I know what you mean. ;)

Good morning Andrew!

[Kandice]

I just saw The Age of Adaline. It really dragged in spots but overall i enjoyed it. Blake Lively is unbelievably stunning.

[Sorobai]

Nice advice Ana!

[Katie]

nothing much just dealing with knee problems and hand problems bc i punched a wall like 2 night ago. what's new with uAndrew wrote: "Hi Katie. What's new with you?"

[Katie]

i was upset and i had to get my anger out. i have a cement wall in my room (i sleep in the basement) so i punched the wall. and my knee is killing me. so anyways what's new with u?Andrew wrote: "Punched a wall? Why'd you do that, Katie?"

[Katie]

my whole right hand is bruised because of it and the pain is killing me to write. but i can type easily. so where at r u from?

[Katie]

Ohio, US lol so how old r u?

[Katie]

Seriously. So wyd??Andrew wrote: "A true gentleman never reveals his age. lol"

[Kandice]

Hint: Look at his profile

[Ana]

Hello, folks. How is everyone doing today? Weekend is almost here :)

[Sorobai]

Hello, doing fine but too tired and my weedend will be working. And my pile of books is increasing!

[Ana]

Yeah, I wish I had the time and brain power to read. I have to leave for work in an hour *sigh*

[Anita]

Happy Friday everybody! Another hour or so of work and then home to sit under a tree with a good book.

[Kandice]

I have about 4 hours of work left and then we will be spending the next three days preparing my in-laws home for my father-in-law's return from a 12 week hospital stay. Oooh fun!

Bright side is that we are postponing Mother's Day until May 24 when my Sunday work schedule will cease for the summer, so I get to streeeeeetch it out. :D

[Sorobai]

Good morning everyone! Working today and seeing my pile increase...

[Anita]

Sorobai wrote: "Good morning everyone! Working today and seeing my pile increase..."

I'm at work as well, hoping for a slow day but we'll see. Time-and-a-half, so I guess I can't really complain.

[Kandice]

I am actually off today and the next couple of days (leave), but I think I will get a lot accomplished.

Happy Saturday everyone!

[Sorobai]

Ok, back to work with a big book hangover! Good morning!

[Ana]

Eheh me too!
I actually went to be early (nineish) but fell asleep almost at 1am. Thanks to my new job I am now unable to sleep that early anymore! But at least I finished my book :)

[Kandice]

I'm off work the next two days, but will be learning how to care for my father-in-law at the hospital in anticipation of his coming home. I'm leaving in a few and am very nervous. I am terrified of messing something up and hurting him somehow. O_o

[Ana]

It's good that you are scared, it means you care, but I am sure you will do great! It's natural to miss a few things at first but after practising a bit I am sure everything will go smoothly.
Be brave!

[Ana]

We're halfway through the week, yay!
How is everyone doing today?

[Leigh]

Hi, everyone! I've been missing in action for a few weeks - sorry! I think I needed a break from GR while I worked on some other projects.

Kandice, I hope everything goes smoothly for your father-in-law's move back to the house, and I'm sure you will do fine!

I'm behind in my reading, still working on The Darkest Part of the Forest and a short story collection that the author asked me to read. And I'm behind on my reviews....Well, no one is perfect! Wishing everyone a lovely day!

[Ana]

We're halfway through the week, yay!
How is everyone doing today?

[Leigh]

Ana wrote: "We're halfway through the week, yay!
How is everyone doing today?"

Doing great! The weather here is wonderful today, and I'm just heading off to the living room for my yoga. How is Portugal these days?

[Ana]

The weather is great as well! I wish I could go to the beach...

[Ana]

Hey, is anyone else having problems with receiving notifications from Book Lair?

Are you able to see the 'X new' in each topic where there is a new post in Discussions folder?

[Ana]

I thought I would share this here in case anyone had the same issue:

Hi Ana,

Thanks for contacting us. Due to a recent site outage, a number of our automated notifications stopped sending for a brief time. We have re-enabled those notifications, and you should start receiving them as normal. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience!

If you are still having trouble receiving your normal notifications, or if there’s anything else I can help you with, please let me know.

Best,
Jaclyn

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Jaclyn Shore

[Melaslithos]

I've finally received my new copy of The Sound of One Hand Clapping so I'll finally be able to finish this book! (I hate leaving an unfinished book pending for too long).

[Sorobai]

What is the sound of one hand clapping!?

[Ana]

What an intriguing title!

[Melaslithos]

Apparently, it's inspired by a famous Zen koan:
Two hands clap and there is a sound. What is the sound of one hand? (隻手声あり、その声を聞け)
—Hakuin Ekaku
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Da...

I have barely started the book before I lost it, so I'm not really sure of the meaning regarding this particular book. I'll hope I'll discover more about this intriguing title further along the book!

[Melaslithos]

How about a weather oscillating between hot and cold, but that is anyway very rainy and humid?

[Sorobai]

Well, the sound of one hand clapping is the sound when you slap someone in their face!

[Melaslithos]

Haha. Yes, that might well be it ^^

[Kandice]

Sorobai wrote: "Well, the sound of one hand clapping is the sound when you slap someone in their face!"

Ha! Never thought of it that way before.

We've gone from hot and heavy to grey and dreary, but no rain. If it's going to be dark I would rather get the rain we so desperately need.

[Sorobai]

Only trying to contribute to your own ilumination!

[Melaslithos]

I finally went and tagged all my read book. I felt that there was getting quite a lot of them and that therefore it was quite a mess. Although now that they are all tagged, I feel like it looks like an even bigger mess. I just can't seem to find the right categories to file everything, and just keep changing everything and making far too much subdivisions...

[Ana]

Yeah I hear ya, I feel like i should have created all sorts of shelves when I first started using GR. I could not understand why people had so many. Now I do. It's very helpful when trying to look books up of specific genres, and even to join in group challenges.

[Sorobai]

Try to file them in general categories instead. I prefer to use only two or three categories like to-read, read, owned books and ebooks. That suffices me! Good luck!!!

[Melaslithos]

That's how I started, and then I felt it was not enough. It's hard dto find the right middle ground.

[Ana]

Melaslithos wrote: "That's how I started, and then I felt it was not enough. It's hard dto find the right middle ground."

I agree. These days I prefer to shelve stuff by genre and also who gave me in case it's a free book, helps me keep track of what I need to read as opposed as what I can read.

[Sorobai]

Melaslithos wrote: "That's how I started, and then I felt it was not enough. It's hard dto find the right middle ground."

Why did you felt it wasn't enough, Melaslithos!? I see you have a cathegory for romance and others for different languages. It seems confusing to me. I prefer to keep it simple. I just imagine it is my shelves home!
Read, unread, wish-list are the books I want to buy, owned are the ones I possess. As I read a lot from libraries and friends there are books I read but don't possess (the other way around is also true lol). There are also books I want to read but don't wish to own.
Then I though to have a separated shelve for ebooks since I don't physically own them. And thats all for me!

[Kandice]

Sorobai wrote: "Melaslithos wrote: "That's how I started, and then I felt it was not enough. It's hard dto find the right middle ground."

Why did you felt it wasn't enough, Melaslithos!? I see you have a cathegor..."

I have the same shelves with the exception of ebooks. I just count them like regular books.

I get too confused and feel it’s too much work to try to categorize by genre, etc.

Read, To be Read, Wish List and Recommendations are enough for me. I don’t recommend books in general very often. I may recommend a particular book to a particular person, but few books warrant general recommendation in my opinion. People’s interests are too varied and what appeals to one doesn’t always appeal to another.

[Kandice]

Aaron wrote: "Hello all. How is everyone?"

Hi Aaron.