You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion
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Sunday Check in - 2022
That was in interesting read. Thank Rusalka. It's so bizarre.
Wow, still though... sweating, urinating!? Yikes. There is no way to avoid liquids touching your skin or being consumed. I feel like I would have to live somewhere with little rainfall and low humidity. I'm already a bit of a weather wimp, but that would certainly put me over the edge. It must be unbelievably difficult to live with.
Kristie wrote: "Margo wrote: "I've never heard of anyone being allergic to water before! Are you human?"I don't know the answer to your question, but it is a real thing. "There is a very rare condition known as ..."
Thanks Kristie, another bit of mostly useless info to add to the store!
But as Janice says, what does he drink? I'm going to have to read that book!
He says in the book that he can drink water. It was the outer skin coming in contact with water that was the problem. And he cleans with coconut oil.
I'm in London trying to get a record deal with my new band.
I am in Montana trying to work my way through a loss with three other women.
I think I'm going to head to New York where I've run away from my husband with my children. I'm curious to see how this works out. Later today I will head to London where I am making poisons for the local women for their husbands and I am celebrating my 10th anniversary alone over 200 years later.
I'm in London where I'm sparring with an Earl. He can be so irritating.I'm also in Florida where I've retired from being an undercover cop. There are other retired law enforcement people in the retirement community and we're hot on the case of a woman who was murdered in our pool I'm trying to keep my traumatic past a secret.
I'm in France, serving coffee and donuts to the soldiers. I just saw one killed in front of me. He was trying to protect some children from a bomb.I'm also in a small village on the Welsh/English border and I'm working at a hotel. I'm not exactly sure what is going on, but I believe there was a ghost in my room. I immediately swapped rooms.
I’m in Scotland trying to figure out what has happened to my family’s factory’s profits.I am also in Alaska on the Iditarod trail trying to get medicine to a remote village whose children have diphtheria.
And I am running a coffee shop in a magical town…
I am in New Jersey where I need to defend my girlfriend who has just been set up for murdering someone. Later today I need to go to New York where I will wake up in the back of a taxi, find a stranger living in my apartment, discover my phone is missing and there is a bloodstained knife in my pocket in its place, and then I will notice STAY AWAKE scribbled in black pen all over my skin.
My ears are in Quebec City wondering how it is possible that I might not get away with torturing that woman.My eyes are in Perpignan, France trying to makes sense of all these young dutch girls being killed or abducted. Nothing really makes sense.
My first check in in a while. I’m in 1942 England trying to find clues to the whereabouts of a missing U.S. soldier.
I just left England, I think where I learned lots about the dark webs, things I didn't want to know existed.I'm also in the English countryside close to Wales where something is afoot. It may be the original of the Hound of the Baskervilles.
I am a social worker in NYC. I am noticing that many of my clients who have been violent to others are being battered in return.
I'm in Texas. I am a female bodyguard that's been having a rough time lately. I just got assigned to watch over a famous guy and I'm not happy about it.
I've just moved to London from a rural Chinese town to learn English.
I'm in Kentucky delivering library books around the county - I love my job!
I'm in London where a young woman has just been found murdered. I need to investigate.
I'm somewhere in the States, but I don't know when in time. I keep popping in and out of different time zones. I've just met my future wife. She's 6 years old and I'm 30 something. Ugh, shades of Lolita.I'm also in rural Italy in the 1960's where my mother has been bitten by a snake. At this point, I don't know if the snake is an actual snake or a man. I've seen both coming out of the stables.
Janice, how are you liking The Time Traveler’s Wife. I started it 2 days back for one of my road trip tasks but realised quickly that it wasn’t my cup of tea at all.
Kira wrote: "Janice, how are you liking The Time Traveler’s Wife. I started it 2 days back for one of my road trip tasks but realised quickly that it wasn’t my cup of tea at all."I'm still on the fence. The woman who is hosting on the 14th keeps saying it's funny, but I'm finding it a little "icky" at this point - and confusing. Since I made a fuss about people coming to book club without reading or finishing the book, I have to read the whole thing. No dnf'ing for me even if I want to. I had no intention of ever picking up this book. And now I have no choice.
It was the same for me honestly. I read some glowing reviews and people do say it gets better during later parts but the romance between a kid and an adult was too much. Aww lol! I'd love to hear your thoughts about it if you make it all the way through! I left at ~85 pages in so I still don't know if it actually does get better!
I am in a Paris trying to find out what happened to my brother.I am also in England learning about the monarchy.
And…I am just starting to realize I am acquainted with a serial killer.
I am also in Paris looking for my brother.And... it's sex, drugs and rock n roll in Morocco and I'm in to deep.
I am in 1972 Moscow visiting a woman author that I struck up a friendship with after reading her book. I sent her a letter thanking her and got a letter back. She begged me to come and visit her. It is hot and awful and all I want to do is go home!
I'm in Argentina, bonding to a penguin.
I am hiking along the banks of a Wyoming river searching for a grandfather and grandson. It is March, cold and windy and the water is moving fast.I am also in prehistoric Louisiana as part of an ancient tribe. My uncle has just died, my brother has returned from a long trip and people think I am stupid and a fool. I am neither.
I've been arrested for the murder of my wealthy husband. I'm worried the police are going to find other murdered people in my past.
I'm in Moscow attending acting school. I've defied my mother and grandfather, and left behind my first love in order to come.I'm also in the States somewhere, bouncing around in different times.
I'm in the U. S. but not sure where. I just heard a song played on the radio by a group of teenagers and asked some questions. The kid didn't know the name of the song, or who was singing it. I recognized it as I wrote and sang it 20 years ago before I disappeared and I have been assumed dead all this time.
I'm in Ohio, I think, locked up with collegues in an Orsk - store (looks like Ikea), trying to see a ghost.
I believe I'm in Wales. I've been recouperating and my betrothed has arrived. Not happy about that.I'm also in Japan. My ship blew ashore and the only one who speaks English is the nasty priest.
I'm in Southside Chicago trying to find my father who is a policeman working the riots that are occurring due to Martin Luther King, Jr. being in town. My uncle has just been killed and I have been kidnapped.
I am in spending Christmas in Nantucket. I just inherited a house there from a grandmother I have never met. (Some people have all the luck!)
I am in London trying to find my missing sister.
I have still not figured out what this thread is about, but its a fascinating read!!! And its a Monday, I am in Bangalore India working late as a typical Bangalore IT guy does on mondays :-) Cannot wait for next sunday to come though :-D
Prosenjit wrote: "I have still not figured out what this thread is about, but its a fascinating read!!! And its a Monday, I am in Bangalore India working late as a typical Bangalore IT guy does on mondays :-) Cannot..."We tell where we are in the books we are reading on Sundays. So if you are reading a book and the main character is a serial killer hunting someone down in New York City, then 'you' are a serial killer hunting someone down in New York City. lol It's a lot of fun to see 'where' everyone is. There where is supposed to be the setting of the story, but we don't always know that and enjoy elaborating by telling what we are doing as well as where we are. :)
Prosenjit wrote: "I have still not figured out what this thread is about, but its a fascinating read!!! And its a Monday, I am in Bangalore India working late as a typical Bangalore IT guy does on mondays :-) Cannot..."What Kristie said. Ask yourself the question, "Where am I and what am I doing if I was the character in the book that I'm reading?" We do this every Sunday just for fun.
Some of the comments are pretty funny.
I'm in L.A.. I'm supposed to be interviewing the Hollywood Icon about some dresses she's donating to charity but it seems she has other ideas....
I have just arrived in a white duplex in Berkeley. I have just traded places with a woman in Chicago who needed to escape her life…just like me. I have a rich, famous abusive husband. What was she running from? I think I am about to find out.
Margo wrote: "I'm in L.A.. I'm supposed to be interviewing the Hollywood Icon about some dresses she's donating to charity but it seems she has other ideas...."I love how I immediately recognised the book upon reading your comment lol!
I am working in a convenience store in Hong Kong. I'm thinking of becoming a police officer but I don't want to be fodder in these riots against the British.
Kira wrote: "Margo wrote: "I'm in L.A.. I'm supposed to be interviewing the Hollywood Icon about some dresses she's donating to charity but it seems she has other ideas...."I love how I immediately recognised..."
LOL! I love when that happens! I just started early this morning and really enjoying it.
I haven't been anywhere in a couple of days. Today I plan to leave Troublesome Creek behind. So much has changed there since I first visited. Then, I'm going to head back to the Gene Protective Agency where I was tracking down people who were gene editing illegally. Unfortunately, I was set up and now my own genes are being rapidly altered.
Sharon wrote: "Kira wrote: "Margo wrote: "I'm in L.A.. I'm supposed to be interviewing the Hollywood Icon about some dresses she's donating to charity but it seems she has other ideas...."I love how I immediate..."
Yeah, I love when that happens too ;-)
Kristie wrote: "I haven't been anywhere in a couple of days. Today I plan to leave Troublesome Creek behind. So much has changed there since I first visited. Then, I'm going to head back to the Gene Protective A..."
I had to spy on your profile page to find out what the gene editing book was. Added!
I'm in London where I recently received a gift of ornamental phalluses. They are quite intriguing.I'm also somewhere in the US I think. I'm a ghost, and just realized that someone else can actually see me and talk to me.
Margo wrote: "Kristie wrote: "...I'm going to head back to the Gene Protective Agency where I was tracking down people who were gene editing illegally. Unfortunately, I was set up and now my own genes are being rapidly altered."I had to spy on your profile page to find out what the gene editing book was. Added!"
Hope you love it!
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