Trim 2020 Continuation - Announcement, Community, and Chit Chat Thread

[Liz]

Shelly wrote: "Liz wrote: "I got The Tea Machine! It's one I already own, I was gifted it a couple of years ago. It looks like a quirky thing involving time-travel, alternative worlds and steampun..."

I'm glad you like the look of it! I'm really curious to see if I enjoy it, looking forward to getting started.

[Amy]

Heather, for last years Trim challenge I put the Invisible Bridge, because at close to 800 pages, I thought I would otherwise never pick it up. And of course lo and behold, number 16 got picked. And honestly I was intimidated but so grateful. It ended up being one of my top 10 for the year. If not for this challenge, it would still be languishing on my TBR. I truly hope for you, that this clunker is also an amazing read. That you put it there for a reason, and that it pays off. I just wanted to say that if not for PBT, I might never have picked up and read gone with the wind. And I’m so glad that I did. Catchy

[Meli]

Heather wrote: "Augh, my #12 is The Terror by Dan Simmons.... a real chonker, 769 pages! I put it on the list because I'm usually skittish about books that long so I keep skipping over it. At least it's also tagge..."

Oh wow, you are off to a great start 🤣
I didn't realize that book was so big. I think it is suspenseful so perhaps it will read quicker than the page count looks.
They made a TV series out of it also.

I don't think I added any real chonkers for this trim, but I have a dense history book in there, In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin.

[Theresa]

I actually switched out the chunksters because I know during the first 6 months or so I won't have reading time due to work and my Proust reading. Which is the definition of a chunkster!

[Joanne]

Meli, I think your book will read faster than you think-It is really good-I gave it 4 stars

[Joi]

OMG I somehow skipped a #12 on my list?! I'm just missing #12, hahahahaha.

Is this a sign to add something, abandon ship? I guess I'll just fill in with something I want to read right now. Lol!!

[Joanne]

Joi wrote: "OMG I somehow skipped a #12 on my list?! I'm just missing #12, hahahahaha.

Is this a sign to add something, abandon ship? I guess I'll just fill in with something I want to read right now. Lol!!"

It's a" free for all" for you Joi! just pick a book and read it!

[LibraryCin]

Joi wrote: "OMG I somehow skipped a #12 on my list?! I'm just missing #12, hahahahaha.

Is this a sign to add something, abandon ship? I guess I'll just fill in with something I want to read right now. Lol!!"

LOL! Oops!

[Miriam]

My #12 is a short one: Convenience Store Woman. Am looking forward to it! It's good it's fairly short, because I don' t seem to be reading much these days...

[Meli]

Joanne wrote: "Meli, I think your book will read faster than you think-It is really good-I gave it 4 stars"

Fates And Furies?

Joi - hahahaha! Lucky :)

[Meli]

Miriam wrote: "My #12 is a short one: Convenience Store Woman. Am looking forward to it! It's good it's fairly short, because I don' t seem to be reading much these days..."

Oh, I am also interested in this one. Kinda polarizing based on the hot and cold reviews.

[Jen]

Booknblues wrote: "OMG, I love this group. Jen and Nicole, that was such a fun conversation. I love it!

Jen, am I right that you are in Australia now? Where are you located? I have relatives that live there, hubby's..."

Oh no.....I promise I am not making this up.....
I live in a new area called Zuccoli and they named it by running together Zucchini and Broccoli and almost all the street names are plants.
I work in Humpty Doo. Both are in the Northern Territory.

[Joanne]

Jen wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "OMG, I love this group. Jen and Nicole, that was such a fun conversation. I love it!

Jen, am I right that you are in Australia now? Where are you located? I have relatives that ..."

You cannot make sh** like that up! ROTFL~putting Zuccoli and Humpty Doo on my bucket list

[Johanne]

lol Jen, that is too funny ;)

[Meli]

Jen wrote: "Oh no.....I promise I am not making this up.....
I live in a new area called Zuccoli and they named it by running together Zucchini and Broccoli and almost all the street names are plants.
I work in Humpty Doo. Both are in the Northern Territory."

Dude, that is awesome!
I wanna work in Humpty Doo >:-)

[Jen]

Joanne wrote: "Jen wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "OMG, I love this group. Jen and Nicole, that was such a fun conversation. I love it!

Jen, am I right that you are in Australia now? Where are you located? I have rel..."

We do have a book club in Humpty Doo library. The issue is it is mainly a drinking club where all new members have to have their wine out of a mini tea-pot. Everyone else gets whatever odd shaped vessels have been found at the op shop but no glasses.
The place is filled with characters eg a groundsman riding his horse back from the pub pulled over by police for "drunk riding" stating "I'm not riding he's taking me home", fair as no tack was in use and the horse was just going home. They got let off.

[Joi]

Jen wrote: "I work in Humpty Doo. Both are in the Northern Territory."

Jen- any chance you've seen the Australian reality TV show called 'Instant Hotel'? They have an episode with Humpty Doo featured, and that is the ONLY reason I have heard of this place, or know where it is.

[Booknblues]

Jen wrote: "Oh no.....I promise I am not making this up.....
I live in a new area called Zuccoli and they named it by running together Zucchini and Broccoli and almost all the street names are plants.
I work in Humpty Doo. Both are in the Northern Territory. "

I love those names so much! I had to look them up on a map( I have a thing about knowing where places are and their relationship to the rest of the world. You are a good ways from my niece and hubby's aunt in Sydney and also from Susie here on PBT in Melborne.

How did you choose to be located there?

[Jen]

Joi wrote: "Jen wrote: "I work in Humpty Doo. Both are in the Northern Territory."

Jen- any chance you've seen the Australian reality TV show called 'Instant Hotel'? They have an episode with Humpty Doo featu..."

Yep they are just down the road. Gave the whole community a good giggle.

[Jen]

Booknblues wrote: "Jen wrote: "Oh no.....I promise I am not making this up.....
I live in a new area called Zuccoli and they named it by running together Zucchini and Broccoli and almost all the street names are plan..."

I was in Perth but my visa only allowed me to work for 3 months there and the NT sponsors for 2 years so I flew up on the off chance. They sent me out to Batchelor for 2 years then I moved in to Darwin, once I had permanent residency, but hated the school I was in. I rang the principal at the school I'm at and asked if he had any work going (it's meant to be a rough hard to staff school which is more me) and he made me a job. Been there since July 2006 except for 2 years in Alice Springs for a change of scene.
The school is the biggest constant in my life and most days I enjoy my job.

[Susie]

Sounds like my kind of school too!

[Jen]

Susie wrote: "Sounds like my kind of school too!"

Well we always need teachers with a backbone (so the kids don't eat them).

[Theresa]

I just realized I have a copy of From Sand and Ash in one of my ebook TBR Towers. While not on my Trim list, add me in to any Buddy Read!

[Amy]

Yes Ma’am! So excited to have you with us! Now it just needs to get picked. Will do it when I get back to my laptop

[Kelly]

Charlotte wrote: "Loved Crazy Rich Asians!!

The Marriage of Opposites is mine!"

I have The Marriage of Opposites also!

[Joanne]

FYI: so no ones thinks bad of me. I switched out my #21

fromUnder Occupation to Night Soldiers-Same Author, same series-just had the wrong book in the list

[Joi]

I've officially made my missing #12 The Library Book by Susan Orlean!

[Joanne]

Ugh-hate to do this but my book this month was one I just could not
continue reading....replacing it with The Cost of Courage

[Joy D]

I just setup a thread for discussion of The Marriage of Opposites under 2020 Activities and Challenges:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Amy]

Theresa and Joanne - Just got on to make some of the edits and switches you gave me, but cannot find them. Looked also on the planning thread. Send them again? Theresa, I am adding you to Sand and Ash....

[Theresa]

Amy wrote: "Theresa and Joanne - Just got on to make some of the edits and switches you gave me, but cannot find them. Looked also on the planning thread. Send them again? Theresa, I am adding you to Sand and ..."

My list of Buddy Reads from Trim (meaning I have it on my Trim list to buddy with others) are:
Circling the Sun
The Lost Vintage
The Bird King
Grand Hotel

And also From Sand and Ash which is not on my Trim but is a book others are doing buddy read for and I will join in anyway.

So the only change/addition should be From Sand and Ash.

[Amy]

Great - forgive me. Joanne just told me where to look.

[Meli]

Is this thread where we post reviews or are we not doing that? I forget!

[Joanne]

Amy wrote: "Great - forgive me. Joanne just told me where to look."

You had me nearly in a panic attack last night Amy!-LoL- first I get your message-then my dang phone would not let me into GR's I have to create a new pass word.....then of course the "crap app" was useless.....I had to keep looking down at my phone while trying to pay attention to the meeting I was at 😂-guess we all know where everything else in my life rates next to PBT!

[Joanne]

Meli wrote: "Is this thread where we post reviews or are we not doing that? I forget!"

No Mel- there is another one, it is still in Foot notes though

[Meli]

Joanne wrote: "Meli wrote: "Is this thread where we post reviews or are we not doing that? I forget!"

No Mel- there is another one, it is still in Foot notes though"

I looked but didn't see it. I'll look again :P

[Joanne]

Meli wrote: "Joanne wrote: "Meli wrote: "Is this thread where we post reviews or are we not doing that? I forget!"

No Mel- there is another one, it is still in Foot notes though"

I looked but didn't see it. I..."

Sorry-Meli, my mistake this is it!

[Amy]

I think we should use this thread to chit chat, and maybe point to the reviews? like its in the monthly tag folder, or the monthly other folder.

Joanne, you asked me to make some changes to the initial post with the buddy reads, and i cannot find where I those were. I looked in my private messages and on all the threads. just let me know if you want me to edit anything in post one for you. I might look in my goodreads mailbox....

[Sue]

I finished my #12 for January: The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001

Here's the link to my review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

This is truly a book I found through participating with Play Book Tag and I love when that happens!! Thank you to the many people how put this on their 2019 Top Ten lists!

[Joanne]

Amy wrote: "I think we should use this thread to chit chat, and maybe point to the reviews? like its in the monthly tag folder, or the monthly other folder.

Joanne, you asked me to make some changes to the i..."

Take me off # 20 as it is no longer on my list-but if the number is called I may join in

[Amy]

Yes, will do it tonight! Anything else, give a ring any way you like!

[Jen K]

Just finished my trim book, #12 An Orchestra of Minorities. It was tragically beautiful.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Thanks for the push to get this read!

[Amy]

I’ve heard that was great!

[Joy D]

Just finished my #12 for January:

The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman - 4 stars - My Review

[Jen K]

So I already messed up and started reading one of my trim books. I forgot it was there! Good thing this is unofficial. I will be trading my #9 Golden State in and read The Thirteenth Tale instead.

@ Amy, I enjoyed! Nigeria is a fascinating place.

[Joanne]

#12 The Cost of Courage-When I push through a book and get 3/4 of the way through, then give up-you know it was bad. I am considering it read for this challenge(being unofficial and all) but not reviewing. Just not worth my time

[Amy]

Loved loved loved the Thirteenth Tale Jen!

[Jen K]

Amy wrote: "Loved loved loved the Thirteenth Tale Jen!"

I've owned it for a while. I know I will love it and I keep picking up other (shorter) books to start instead. I hope it gets pulled next!

[Miriam]

Meli wrote: "Miriam wrote: "My #12 is a short one: Convenience Store Woman. Am looking forward to it! It's good it's fairly short, because I don' t seem to be reading much these days..."

Oh, I am also interest..."

I really liked it! It's short and the protagonist is a little quirky. But for me it feels authentic.

[Theresa]

I will finally read my Trim this weekend -- Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel - now that the next Bingo number has been picked and it doesn't fit. I'm really excited because I just loved her writing and creativity in Station Eleven.