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Discussion of HR and other books. And recs.
HR-ML wrote: "HBW--- Thanks.
Sometimes multiple issues pile up and I want to cry or scream.
Sadness and anger are the flip sides of each other."
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Carol wrote: "Who hasn't read Lessons in Chemistry? What are you waiting for?"Ouch. I'm waiting for a price drop. My library doesn't have it ... predictable.
HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "Carol wrote: "Who hasn't read Lessons in Chemistry? What are you waiting for?"Ouch. I'm waiting for a price drop. My library doesn't have it ... predictable."
Is this your library? https://mccp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_...
I just finished Dreaming of Flight. I think it is the first Catherine Hyde book that I have rate lower than 4 stars. So if anyone is looking to read one of hers, skip this one. There are so many better ones.
I'm reading Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution. Very interesting for those interested in non-fiction, science, medicine, and evolution.
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All She Wants for Christmas
A December with a Duke
One Winter's Night
With This Christmas Ring
Mrs. Drew Plays Her Hand RITA winner
A Holiday by Gaslight
Thanks HR , I will have a look at some of these books. I have already read Two of them.
HR-ML wrote: "some holiday rom. stories All She Wants for Christmas
A December with a Duke
One Winter's Night
With This Christmas Ring
Mrs...."</i>
I've read and enjoyed Mrs. Drew and Gaslight. I have two suggestions, One I just finished listening to with Libby, [book:The Mistletoe Promise. The other is an old fav, The Man Who Killed Santa Claus: A Love Story. Both have good banter, smiles, and tears.
Carol wrote: "HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "Carol wrote: "Who hasn't read Lessons in Chemistry? What are you waiting for?"Ouch. I'm waiting for a price drop. My library doesn't have it ... predicta..."
I was looking for ebooks - I rarely ever read a real book anymore. I have my ereader set up with a black background and white lettering. I also don't have to hold the ereader - I can prop it up on something, and touch the screen to advance to the next page. I have some arthritis in my hands.
I have hoopladigital on my device so I can check out ebooks that way.
HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "Carol wrote: "HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "Carol wrote: "Who hasn't read Lessons in Chemistry? What are you waiting for?"Ouch. I'm waiting for a price drop. My library doesn't have i..."
Owie, RA in my hands, feet, shoulders, all over. Yeah, I need two hands to pick up a half gallon of milk. I very much prefer eBooks and audiobooks, except for cooking books, even though I don't cook much anymore. Once or twice this year I did read a DTB from the library and I managed. Maybe request the eBooks you want from your library and see what happens.
Oh, maybe try an audio book and just sit back, relax, and listen,
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Dashing Through the Snow *
A Yorkshire Carol
The Christmas Bride Novella.
The Kissing Ball: A Christmas and Other Regency Stories
A Laird For Christmas
Under a Christmas Sky
* This novella had a good grovel.
I read all books on yesterday's list and today's.
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I'm kinda tired. Did you mention Santa killed Christmas: or are my eyes just worn out?
The Man Who Killed Santa Claus: A Love Story and The Mistletoe Promise. Somehow my post got screwed up.
I am reading a book for my Mad about a series challenge. Then I will start to read some Christmas story.Cold here, been snowing. So my RA is starting to affect my hands toes and shin’s with the cold weather. Though sometimes it can flair up in the summer.
🐝 Shaz 🐝 wrote: "I am reading a book for my Mad about a series challenge. Then I will start to read some Christmas story.Cold here, been snowing. So my RA is starting to affect my hands toes and shin’s with the co..."
I think I'm worse in the summer. Although, major storms with severe pressure changes are killers, so I stay under the covers and open up a good book. I was worse when I was younger. My RA seems to have calmed down some with age.
Carol wrote: "HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "Carol wrote: "HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "Carol wrote: "Who hasn't read Lessons in Chemistry? What are you waiting for?"Ouch. I'm waiting for a price drop...."
Carol, I have so many books that I haven't read yet, it's ridiculous. I confess: I am a book hoarder. Part of the reason I don't read many library books anymore is because I want to keep the books.
I use ereaderiq to track books so that I can buy them at a (greatly) reduced price. There are also a few authors whose books I pre-order.
Maybe my aversion to borrowing goes back to when I went to the library to get a book I'd read before, only to find that the library had purged almost all of the older books. I was horror-struck! Who removes books by Gene Stratton Porter and The Williamsburg series by Elswyth Thane? Or the Sheik by Edith Hull? I can't remember the series name right now but there was also a series about espionage and spying set around possibly WWI that I dearly loved.
I had this book too: https://www.amazon.com/Polly-Kent-Rid...
Read it so many times.
Many of them are now available as ebooks. FYI I had the entire set of the Williamsburg series in hardback. I am sure they were lost in the fire. :(
But, silver lining, a lot of them are now available in ebook.
Carol wrote: "HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "Carol wrote: "HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "Carol wrote: "Who hasn't read Lessons in Chemistry? What are you waiting for?"Ouch. I'm waiting for a price drop...."
I also have arthritis and holding a physical book isn't without pain. Also, with an ereader, I can read in the dark. I usually have a black background with white lettering. I'm really near-sighted.
Shaz and Carol, I hope your arthritis calms down.
Carole,HBW.Do your siblings also suffer with RA. My brother had it bad in his knees , leg’s and hands. For about 20 years before he died.
My sister suffers the same hand, feet. She finds it hard now to use her hands and has just been given a small type of wheelchair . She lives in W Australia were its always warm.
So I would say it definitely a inherited condition.
I also read in the dark with my kindle, and have a small reading light which attaches to the book I I am reading .hubby bought it me , so he could sleep.
HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "Carol wrote: "HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "Carol wrote: "HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "Carol wrote: "Who hasn't read Lessons in Chemistry? What are you waiting for?"Ouch. I'm waiting for..."
I took to eBooks early. I think I have one of the earliest Kindles stashed away somewhere. (Maybe it will be worth a ton someday like those early computers.) What freedom this new technology brought. No DTB that I have to find room for which I will never get to reading again. A promise from Amazon that no eBook would be more than $10. And of course, for crazy me less impact on the ecosystem.
Promises, promises. Prices are up. Ebooks can't be shared because they are just really borrowed. Pretty annoying. My solution? The library. I wasn't a big library user before but I sure do love it for those not-so-cheap books that I really want to read or series that start to add up after a while. I also use KU on and off.
Amazon keeps the eBook rights to many eBooks that it publishes, so I had to go to audiobooks, which my library has. I find listening quite enjoy enjoyable. Our libraries collection of eBooks and audiobooks isn't very large so there are still some DTB I pick up at the library or "horrors" actually buy.
🐝 Shaz 🐝 wrote: "Carole,HBW.Do your siblings also suffer with RA. My brother had it bad in his knees , leg’s and hands. For about 20 years before he died.
My sister suffers the same hand, feet. She finds it hard n..."
Although my father wasn't diagnosed with RA, from the symptoms I remember, I'm sure he had it. From what I read something in the family genes makes it more likely to have one or more autoimmune diseases.
I was on Enbrel when it was really bad. It calmed it down to where I could function. I got better but had too many reactions to Enbrel to continue its use. I was lucky because my RA didn't flare up in my joints. My biggest problem are my lungs, which my pulmonologist contributes to RA.
Sounds like you have it bad Carole. I know my sister is suffering more the older she gets. She’s in her late 70s
Yes, I had it bad. My joints and flulike symptoms are not as bad as they were. I'm dealing with the damage done to my lungs. Awful.
I am so sorry Carol and HBW. I have arthritis, but it is the type that jumps from one joint to another. RA is so much worse. My dad had the same type of arthritis I have, so definitely genetic. I think it would be better if I lived in a warmer climate, but I hate the heat and can't walk when the humidity is too high. I remember in addition that my dad also had gout. I think that is related as well.
Haven't been reading much lately, because our son and daughter are both here. I have been watching football with my son and Christmas movies with my daughter, although sometimes we all watch movies together. I am going to get some trivia games today, because we all like playing those together. Our son is working remotely for the next 3 weeks. 1st job since the strike ended! It's only for 3 weeks, but there will probably be more job offers after the holidays. Our daughter is in between jobs and starts her new job January 9th. It's wonderful to have them both here for the month.
Roberta2 wrote: "I am so sorry Carol and HBW. I have arthritis, but it is the type that jumps from one joint to another. RA is so much worse. My dad had the same type of arthritis I have, so definitely genetic. I t..."I don't understand. Do you have RA or OA. Rheumatoid is an autoimmune disease thought to be genetic. There's a blood test for it. Osteo is caused by wear-and-tear on one's joints and about 70% of the population eventually gets it. One can have both RA and OA but RA has very specific symptoms. Injury or overuse of certain joints can lead to early OA. I'm not a doctor but I've been looking into this for a long time.
And am I right in thinking that even young people suffer from RA? I have degenerative OA in certain areas but certainly can’t complain when I compare myself to those who have RA. Carol, I hope your good days are many more than the bad ones.
HR bargain price alert for anyone who hasn't read Mimi Matthews' The Belle of Belgrave Square. It's $1.99 today.
OLT wrote: "And am I right in thinking that even young people suffer from RA? I have degenerative OA in certain areas but certainly can’t complain when I compare myself to those who have RA. Carol, I hope your..."Yes, I was diagnosed at 22 but knowing the symptoms I'm sure I had it when I was much younger and was told it was just growing pains and weak ankles.
If anyone here likes philosophy with a strong side of science, this is outstanding. This is the bookworm in me grabbing you by the collar and shouting: "You should read this book!" I stayed up to 2AM on a work night to finish it. The author is a master of the slow reveal. I had no idea of what was really going on for quite a while. The Ferryman
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HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "If anyone here likes philosophy with a strong side of science, this is outstanding. This is the bookworm in me grabbing you by the collar and shouting: "You should read this book!" I stayed up to 2..."I read something by Justin Cronin a few years back and enjoyed it. Maybe I'll have to give this book a try :)
HappyBookworm. The Ferryman looks good. I will add it to my tbr list.Yes, I have OA. But my dad had it too. My right hand won't close, just like his. And there are other joints that bother me. But, I know, like OLT that it's nothing like RA. I know it's not supposed to be genetic, but I feel as if I inherited his propensity for joint issues somehow.
Roberta2 wrote: "HappyBookworm. The Ferryman looks good. I will add it to my tbr list.Yes, I have OA. But my dad had it too. My right hand won't close, just like his. And there are other joints that bother me. Bu..."
Maybe, but it's hard to tell because so many people have OA. Have you considered seeing a hand specialist?
I'm reading an interesting book, Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution.
Carol,I did see a hand specialist. I have arthritis in the joints. He said he could replace the joint in the trigger finger, which is the worst, but I wouldn't be able to bend the joint at all, so I passed.
Roberta2 wrote: "HappyBookworm. The Ferryman looks good. I will add it to my tbr list.Yes, I have OA. But my dad had it too. My right hand won't close, just like his. And there are other joints that bother me. Bu..."
Roberta2, my mother was eaten up with wear and tear arthritis and I have the same symptoms. The human body is still a mystery in many ways. Who knows - maybe it is genetic in a way that isn't recognized yet. I look at my hands and they look similar to Mama's, all knobby and my fingers won't straighten. I'm fine with that.
ETA I read this article recently and will have to read it several more times before it really sinks in. But it's not just genes.
https://www.cdc.gov/genomics/disease/...
Carol wrote: "I'm reading an interesting book, Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution."I disagree with the plummeting academic scores when girls hit puberty. Maybe they have a slight dip when learning to deal with all the body changes, but I'd be surprised if boys didn't have something similar. All those hormones kicking in.
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HBW, Interesting article. I had to read it twice but think I understand it. lol
It's like environmental vs. inherited factors. For example, if one twin has schizophrenia, it's very, very likely that the other one will too. But sometimes that doesn't happen so there seems to be some kind of environment factor in play. Inherited factors appear to contribute to proclivity but not certainty.
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HR-ML wrote: "Mental illness can be genetics or environmental. The latter defined as: did the child have insufficient food to eat? was the child or other fam member subjected to domestic violence? sexual violenc..."And lead in the paint or water can cause low IQ's. So many environmental problems.
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HR-ML wrote: "Thankfully lead paint is less of an issue than it once was."Yes, people aren't using lead paint anymore. NJ Gov. signed a bill to replace all old lead pipes just recently. I'm sure many city have the same problem, Wasn't that the problem in Flint?
Yes, newer housing does not use lead paint. However, lead poisoning still continues to be a problem in the lower-income communities. OId buildings still have peeling lead-based paint. You can paint over it with new non-lead paint, but it's still there.
And all those old Chinese toys that used to have lead and are no longer allowed in the country. How many of those do you think hang around and are being passed from older kids to the younger ones in poor families?
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She was 1 of 6 kids. Her alcoholic dad beat her mom. They NEVER
had enough food, which can stunt a person's physical/academic growth or both. They had rats. One day, mom woke up w/ a rat right in her face! Apt lacked heat/ electric/ water sometimes all 3 at once. The walls had some holes. It was a miracle that the Davis family survived! Most Davis kids rec'd zip compassion from teachers.
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Thanks.
Sometimes multiple issues pile up and I want to cry or scream.
Sadness and anger are the flip sides of each other.
My younger bro and I agreed to drop the past & work on Texas.
Now wants us to be friends again. I knew this would happen-and never promised
this. He tends to see the fault in others and not himself. He verbally chastised the lawyer helping us, in 3 separate emails. Now is not the time to hack off the atty, so close to the finish line.