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Jülie ☼♄ wrote: "Sharon Louise wrote: "I haven't seen the Netflix program or the Oprah interview (I haven't had a TV for years) but I'll be honest, I actually hope they are happy and have a happy family unit. I thi..."Yes, and I tend to think that if Diana was still around, she would probably fully support them getting away and having their own lives.
My Goodreads 2022 reading challenge completed 130/130 👏
Sharon wrote: "My Goodreads 2022 reading challenge completed 130/130 👏"Woohoo well done Sharon congrats :)
Thank you, Helen. Another great year of reading with a few weeks still to go :)
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Congratulations Sharon! Brilliant, especially after the slump you went through :)
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Sharon wrote: "My Goodreads 2022 reading challenge completed 130/130 👏"Great effort! Congratulations
Sharon wrote: "My Goodreads 2022 reading challenge completed 130/130 👏"Well done Sharon! Great result :)
Great reading Sharon, and a couple of weeks to enjoy more 😊
Sharon wrote: "My Goodreads 2022 reading challenge completed 130/130 👏"Congratulations, Sharon! That's a phenomenal effort 👏
I’m appealing to the AR brains trust here…My friend gave me an amazing short story to read which was written by her 9yo daughter! It really is so good I actually wanted more when it came to the end…5 A4 pages long. Even the tastefully restrained cover art is her own.
Anyway, her mum wants to know if there are any (preferably recommended) classes or correspondence courses for children she could do to encourage her writing talent and to expand on it.
Any advice gratefully accepted 🤗
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She's amazing for all that sort of thing and has recently edited and published her 13 year old grand daughter's book. So she'd have good advice for you. Good luck, and I hope the 9yo goes far in her writing :)
Brenda wrote: "Julie, you're on FB - get in contact with author Annie Seaton. https://www.facebook.com/annieseaton26She's amazing for all that sort of thing and has recently edited and published her 13 year old..."
Thanks Brenda! 🤗
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Is any one else having issues with trying to link books in their posts today? Comes up with a message saying “search is unavailable read a book instead”
Just checking I’m not alone 😀
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SO annoying!!! I thought it was perhaps just me having used up all my questions for Goodreads - LOL _ because I have been doing a lot of searching.
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Phrynne wrote: "Yes Sally. I have had it all day which is annoying when I need to set up my books for challenges."That’s how I came across it - went back to add some of the links to my challenge post.
Just hope they haven’t down tools for the Christmas season
I'm an auntie on my side of the family for the first time today! (Well, technically a step-Auntie, but still cause for great celebration). His name is Nate John. I've been busily top-stitching a quilt for him all day.
Congratulations Sarah - that is very special! I have loved being an auntie, and now I am a Gr'untie (AKA great auntie) to 3 very precious little people.
Congratulations Sarah that is fabulous news
Phrynne wrote: "I really hope they bring it back soon!"And it's back :) woot woot!
Sarah wrote: "I'm an auntie on my side of the family for the first time today! (Well, technically a step-Auntie, but still cause for great celebration). His name is Nate John. I've been busily top-stitching a qu..."Best Christmas gift of all. And "Happy Hanukkah" to those celebrating the ancient miracle.
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Congratulations Sarah! That's awesome!
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And it's back :) woot woot!"
And yes it's back and I've been able to do our upcoming books of the month finally!
Thanks for your kind messages. And yes, I'm also very glad that add book/author is back on line - so frustrating!
Sally906 wrote: "Is any one else having issues with trying to link books in their posts today? Comes up with a message saying “search is unavailable read a book instead”
Just checking I’m not alone 😀"
Same here Sally.
Sarah wrote: "I'm an auntie on my side of the family for the first time today! (Well, technically a step-Auntie, but still cause for great celebration). His name is Nate John. I've been busily top-stitching a qu..."Congratulations Sarah.
Sarah wrote: "I'm an auntie on my side of the family for the first time today! (Well, technically a step-Auntie, but still cause for great celebration). His name is Nate John. I've been busily top-stitching a qu..."Congratulations Sarah. It's great being an aunty and being able to spoil them!
Sarah wrote: "I'm an auntie on my side of the family for the first time today! (Well, technically a step-Auntie, but still cause for great celebration). His name is Nate John. I've been busily top-stitching a qu..."Congratulations Sarah.
Many congratulations to everyone involved Sarah :)
Great Christmas present for all your family Sarah! Congratulations and enjoy your cuddles with the little one😊
Sharon wrote: "My Goodreads 2022 reading challenge completed 130/130 👏"Woo hoo, Sharonn!
Brenda wrote: "Julie, you're on FB - get in contact with author Annie Seaton. https://www.facebook.com/annieseaton26She's amazing for all that sort of thing and has recently edited and published her 13 year old..."
I love how someone always knows how to point others in the right direction!
I thought this was an interesting light on today's crop of children's books. Celebrity ghost writers, not for autobiographies "by" celebrities, but for books for kids "penned" by celebrities.https://www.theguardian.com/books/202...
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "I thought this was an interesting light on today's crop of children's books. Celebrity ghost writers, not for autobiographies "by" celebrities, but for books for kids "penned" by celebrities.htt..."
I saw that one, Patty. I get frustrated and couldn't be bothered reading it ;)
The search funtion isn't working again, but then I thought bugger it, I will just open up a new tab, type in the title and the word Goodreads and it worked ;)
Not sure if any male readers in the group would be interested in this - just found it online and thought it sounded very amusing with a tongue in cheek club name and accepting of anyone male into their Book Club. Seems to be based in Melbourne. If this is old news and it has been shared before, apologies :)http://www.toughguybookclub.com/about-us
Sharon Louise wrote: "Not sure if any male readers in the group would be interested in this - just found it online and thought it sounded very amusing with a tongue in cheek club name and accepting of anyone male into t..."Brilliant.
I can't help but think of Nat's what I reckon when I read that.
Sharon Louise wrote: "Not sure if any male readers in the group would be interested in this - just found it online and thought it sounded very amusing with a tongue in cheek club name and accepting of anyone male into t..."That is so cool! I’m going to share it with my BIL who’s an avid reader but not on Goodreads. Thanks 😊
Hello all - I hope you are all having a very good holiday period.I have been very absent this year. On the reading front, committing to read 200 books this year was a bit too much, and a challenge I should never have combined with reading all the Discworld books in order. Looks like I have failed both challenges, though not by much.
Look forward to a more relaxed reading year in 2023, one where I can spend more time on random reading and interreact a bit more.
On a darker note - as I know there are some librarians in the group. One of my friends died unexpectedly this year. Her profile (Elizabeth Sek, if anyone else knows her) is still there.
Now, I am not a relative and I am sure her family have quite enough to deal with, if her kids even know about GR. Is there some way I could/should notify GR do you think?
Deborah wrote: "Hello all - I hope you are all having a very good holiday period.I have been very absent this year. On the reading front, committing to read 200 books this year was a bit too much, and a challeng..."
Not a relative but a true friend. I'm sure many of us are faced with a similar situation and would like some guidance.
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I have been very absent this year. On the reading front, committing to read 200 books this year was a bit too much, and a challeng..."
I have wondered the same about a friend of mine who passed a couple of years ago. From memory, even GR won't remove people (normal members, not authors) as it has something to do with legalities. I'd suggest contacting GR and asking them what the procedure is. I'd be interested myself.
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I’m with you Sharon, I haven’t been watching any of it but can’t help hearing bits of media input/output/opinions and like you I just want them to be happy and be able to move on with their lives. I’m sure Harry is hyper sensitive because of what happened to his mum and sadly he can remember the impact it had on him as a child and growing up.
I think he genuinely wants to protect his family from the same, and maybe a part of him wants to take a swipe at them all for what they did. What he and his brother and Diana were put through was unforgivable. I keep seeing him as a child walking behind his mother’s coffin, as he was required to do.
It may not be to everyone’s liking, and it may backfire on them, but I can’t blame him for acting out “now that he can.”