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Alissa and Lea's Informal Monthly Buddy Book Read - Others are Most Welcome to Join in!
Alissa wrote: "I rated it 2 stars. I remember thinking I'm glad I read it but I don't ever want to read it again =)"Sounds about right. I think I'm going to feel the same way. I need to get in the right mental headspace to attempt it. Now is not the time for me.
Lea wrote: "Please, come and join me in my Snack-Thirty chocolate habit. What kind of chocolate would you like? (Snack-Thirty is 3:30 PM)"The good quality, dark kind. Truffles, too. This brand was very good https://www.teuscherboston.com/
I missed it today, hope you had a nice snack.
I’m missing out on these chocolate snacks!!!
Lea wrote: "Alissa wrote: "I rated it 2 stars. I remember thinking I'm glad I read it but I don't ever want to read it again =)"Sounds about right. I think I'm going to feel the same way. I need to get in th..."
I think in part it depends on your own mind set and frame of thought when you read it. One of those I can now said I’ve read since it showed up on almost every single list I was referred to for some recent challenges
I am no chocolate snob. I love my Hershey's as much as my Ghirardelli.
Ioana wrote: "The good quality, dark kind. Truffles, too. This brand was very good https://www.teuscherboston.com/I missed it today, hope you had a nice snack."
This looks amazing. I'm completely on board. We'll have to share, we like the same kind. :-)
Kim. E. wrote: "I’m missing out on these chocolate snacks!!!"Come and join us, Kim E. We'll make room.
Kim. E. wrote: "I think in part it depends on your own mind set and frame of thought when you read it. One of those I can now said I’ve read since it showed up on almost every single list I was referred to for some recent challenges"That's why I want to read it too. But only when the time is right.
Alissa wrote: "I am no chocolate snob. I love my Hershey's as much as my Ghirardelli."I am a bit of a chocolate snob in that I prefer fancy chocolate to Hershey's, but not so much of a snob where I won't eat it. I love Swiss chocolate best, but my next favorite is Finnish chocolate. I also like Belgium chocolate. My friend swears that I might have to reorganize my list after trying Ecuadorian chocolate, which I'm very willing to do. If I win the lottery, I'm going to travel the world trying chocolate and ice cream everywhere and coming up with the appropriate rankings for it. :-) :-) :-)
I have selected The Spanish Love Deception for our June read and Alissa has selected All the Pretty Horses for July! Please let us know if you have an interest in joining us. :-)
Lea wrote: "I am a bit of a chocolate snob in that I prefer fancy chocolate to Hershey's, but not so much of a snob where I won't eat it."This describes me perfectly! But I've never tried Finnish chocolate, where do you get that? Do you have to go to Finland for it?
Lea wrote: "I have selected The Spanish Love Deception for our June read and Alissa has selected All the Pretty Horses for July! Please let us know if you have an interest in join..."I've tried 2 other Cormac McCarthy books in the past, and none worked for me. I'll wait for you to read All the Pretty Horses first...
Reading these posts when I’m heading to sleep is hitting my urge to go find some chocolate even though caramel is my favorite and I never keep it around darn it. I entered the giveaway for The Spanish Love Deception and I’ll check if my library has. And I’ve been wanting to read Cormac for a long time so looks like I’m in for these.
I’ll keep an eye on the two coming up- both now added to my tbr. If I’m able to join I’ll let you know
Ioana wrote: "This describes me perfectly! But I've never tried Finnish chocolate, where do you get that? Do you have to go to Finland for it?"The most popular brand of Finnish chocolate is Fazer, and the Fazer Blue milk chocolate (it's in a blue wrapper, the chocolate is normal colored) is worth trying. I've seen it at the grocery store here in California. But, my favorite of commercially available Finnish chocolate is Brunberg. I can hardly find it here and the artisanal chocolate you can get in Finland (like Petris) is worth going out of your way for, if you ever find yourself in Finland. :-)
Ioana wrote: "I've tried 2 other Cormac McCarthy books in the past, and none worked for me. I'll wait for you to read All the Pretty Horses first..."Cormac McCarthy may not be the author for you. I've read and loved both The Road and No Country for Old Men; if you didn't like those, keep that in mind if I come back with a rave review of All the Pretty Horses. :-) Sometimes an author clicks, sometimes they don't. I keep trying to like Judy Blume, and it seems to be a lost cause.
Kim. E. wrote: "Reading these posts when I’m heading to sleep is hitting my urge to go find some chocolate even though caramel is my favorite and I never keep it around darn it. I entered the giveaway for The Spanish Love Deception and I’ll check if my library has. And I’ve been wanting to read Cormac for a long time so looks like I’m in for these.
I’ll keep an eye on the two coming up- both now added to my tbr. If I’m able to join I’ll let you know"
I always start talking about food at the wrong times. I'm that type of friend.
Caramel does sound yummy, with sea salt...
Good luck with the giveaway, fingers crossed that you win or your library has the book. One of my six libraries had the book in January, but now three of them do, so it is gaining in popularity.
I'll add you to our reading list for July for sure and if you are able to join for any of the other months, we will be super excited to hear your thoughts too!
caramel with sea salt is my faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaavorite
Updated for adding Jar of Hearts, an extra read for June! I have sent Alissa five options to replenish our list of 20. :-)
I updated our list of 20 books with our new additions in Message 1. Our upcoming reads are in Message 2, but I repeated them here also, to make things easier! I'm very excited about our upcoming reads!June 2022 -
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas - Picked by Lea, Reading with Beth!
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier - Picked by Alissa, Reading with Denise!
July 2022 -
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy - Picked by Alissa, Reading with Kim E.!
August 2022 -
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton - Picked by Lea, Reading with Denise!
September 2022 -
No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes by Anand Gopal - Picked by Alissa
October 2022 -
Sula by Toni Morrison - Picked by Lea - Reading with Carolien!
Denise wrote: "I will join for August."Sounds great, Denise! :-)
A friend of mine just finished reading this one and she is dying to discuss with me. I keep having to stop her before she spoils things for me. :-)
She thought the book was a little complicated, she usually listens to books on audio, but found it easier to read this one. I usually do audio as well, but because of her suggestion, I'm going to have the print copy available also in case I find that easier too.
So as much as I seem to be reading with you guys, sign me up for next year on a permanent spot...lol
Denise wrote: "So as much as I seem to be reading with you guys, sign me up for next year on a permanent spot...lol"We should! And have you help with the book selection too. I've really enjoyed having you join us, Denise!
Apparently, we are eager beavers around here, because we went ahead and made the last two selections for our 2022 buddy reading! And we've replenished the list. I updated the first two messages, but here's a recap of upcoming books, to make it easier. :-)August 2022 -
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton - Picked by Lea, Reading with Denise!
September 2022 -
No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes by Anand Gopal - Picked by Alissa - Reading with Ioana!
October 2022 -
Sula by Toni Morrison - Picked by Lea - Reading with Carolien and Ioana!
November 2022 -
The Cocktail Waitress by James M. Cain - Picked by Alissa - Possibly reading with Ioana!
December 2022 -
Wanderers by Chuck Wendig - Picked by Lea - Reading with Ioana!
I'll join you in Sept, Oct and Dec.Nov pick is intriguing...maybe. 😉
Ioana wrote: "I'll join you in Sept, Oct and Dec.Nov pick is intriguing...maybe. 😉"
Yay! That sounds fantastic! I'll add you to the list. :-)
Ioana wrote: "I'll join you in Sept, Oct and Dec.Nov pick is intriguing...maybe. 😉"
joooooooooooooooooooooin usssssssssssssssssssss
Alissa wrote: "Ioana wrote: "I'll join you in Sept, Oct and Dec.Nov pick is intriguing...maybe. 😉"
joooooooooooooooooooooin usssssssssssssssssssss"
I can't hear you....can you speak louder please? 🤣🤣🤣
You know you want to, Ioana. James M Cain is one of my favorite authors. He never says "blah blah" when he could just say "blah." I like concise authors. :-)
Lea wrote: "You know you want to, Ioana. James M Cain is one of my favorite authors. He never says "blah blah" when he could just say "blah." I like concise authors. :-)"I know...that's the problem. The other books were on my TBR, so the decision was easy. This one was not even on my radar...and have you seen my TBR lately?
Just a heads up, if you have Kindle Unlimited The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is free right now.
Ioana wrote: "I know...that's the problem. The other books were on my TBR, so the decision was easy. This one was not even on my radar...and have you seen my TBR lately?"No, but if your TBR is anything like mine, it may not even be possible to see all the books on your TBR at one time. Good luck with your progress! :-) :-) :-)
Denise wrote: "Just a heads up, if you have Kindle Unlimited The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is free right now."Thanks Denise! I just checked a hard copy of it out of the library. A friend told me that this is not a good book to do audio with, so I went old school. But hopefully the others can take advantage of that offer! :-)
Lea wrote: "if your TBR is anything like mine, it may not even be possible to see all the books on your TBR at one time."The problem is that your TBR is on your multiple spreadsheets...but I guess it's even worse than mine.
No, no way to see all the books at one time 😱
Ioana wrote: "The problem is that your TBR is on your multiple spreadsheets...but I guess it's even worse than mine.No, no way to see all the books at one time 😱"
The first worksheet has over 16k books on it, so it is really embarrassing. I love my spreadsheets though. And trying to decide which books to read next is quite the fun dilemma.
Lea wrote: "The first worksheet has over 16k books on it, so it is really embarrassing. I love my spreadsheets though. And trying to decide which books to read next is quite the fun dilemma."Embarrassing? No. Daunting!
I have my spreadsheets, multiple tabs, but I'm not happy with how to organize them. I think I need a database.
This is the first time when I regret not having a Windows machine...
Ioana wrote: "Embarrassing? No. Daunting!I have my spreadsheets, multiple tabs, but I'm not happy with how to organize them. I think I need a database.
This is the first time when I regret not having a Windows machine..."
Same. I am thrilled to have a fellow spreadsheet enthusiast. I have two workbooks, (one at home and one at work) with multiple spreadsheets supporting each workbook. I like book lists, what can I say? The Find function is great, but that assumes that the title of the book is the same and that's not always the case between UK and US editions. And that drasky "and" versus "&" convention. :-)
Why keep the home and work workbooks separate? Why not use one on a shared google drive? What's different between the 2 of them?
Ioana wrote: "Why keep the home and work workbooks separate? Why not use one on a shared google drive? What's different between the 2 of them?"Basically, I need to merge the two documents, but they are on different versions of Excel (I have Windows at work and Apple at home). Also, I don't have good Internet access at home, which complicates some of the simplest tasks. :-)
I have the same situation: Windows at work, Apple at home. Google documents work beautifully for me. Granted, they are not as powerful as their Windows cousins, but neither are the Mac versions. I used to have the Mac MS office at home, but not anymore and I really don't like Mac Pages and Numbers. So the google docs versions are good enough for me.Thankfully, internet at home is very good, no issues there.
And I'm over here with a physical notebook I write in.... lol
Alissa and I may be a tad bit excited about 2023! For those of you that want to start thinking about whether to join us, we have our first five months worth of reading selections made and updated our next 20 list choices. See message #1 and message #2. I copied the 2023 part of message #2 below.
As always, we'd love to have you join us. The more, the merrier.
January 2023 - The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart - Picked by Alissa
February 2023 - The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood - Picked by Lea
March 2023 - The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson - Picked by Alissa, Reading with Ioana!
April 2023 - The Camel Club by David Baldacci - Picked by Lea
May 2023 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi - Picked by Alissa, Reading with Patricia!
Ioana wrote: "I will try to join you in March."Yay! I'm so glad you're joining us. I've been wanting to read that one, but I'm not always a fan of time travel, etc. It will be fun to discuss with you.
Alissa and I picked two more months of books. For those of you that want to start thinking about whether to join us, we have our first seven months worth of reading selections made and updated our next 20 list choices. See message #1 and message #2. I copied the 2023 part of message #2 below. As always, we'd love to have you join us. The more, the merrier.
January 2023 - The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart - Picked by Alissa
February 2023 - The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood - Picked by Lea
March 2023 - The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson - Picked by Alissa, Reading with Ioana!
April 2023 - The Camel Club by David Baldacci - Picked by Lea
May 2023 - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi - Picked by Alissa, Reading with Patricia!
June 2023 - A Summer Affair by Elin Hilderbrand - Picked by Lea, Reading with Denise and maybe Patricia!
July 2023 - Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart - Picked by Alissa, Maybe reading with Patricia!
Denise wrote: "I am in for June."Excellent, I hope it will be a nice beach read to kick off summer!
March for me.Homegoing is interesting, I'm sure it will be good for discussion. Can't wait to hear what you two think of it.
Ioana wrote: "March for me.Homegoing is interesting, I'm sure it will be good for discussion. Can't wait to hear what you two think of it."
Hooray! I'm getting excited about The Space Between Worlds. I'm a bit nervous about Homegoing but I've heard so many good things about it.
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