Cynda Reads On 2023

[Cynda]

Thank you my friends. It is always good to read with you all.

[Wobbley]

Cynda wrote: "Approaching a Blackout!

Well done Cynda! You're very close. I also really admired that book of short stories by Ted Chiang. I hope your last four are satisfying!

[Cynda]

Ted Chaing is a superstar! I might have read more of his work.

[Darya Silman]

How do you find Mao Tse-Tung's quotations? I wanted to read them out of curiosity. I don't think they aged well

[Cynda]

Hi Darya. I am reading the quotations of the little Red Book so that I can understand the disaster that was the Chinese Revolution. Another Goodreads friend Larry provided me with a link to an article I will look for within next 24 hours. I am awake so late that it is almost early. Off to bed I go.

[Klowey]

Congratulations. I'm glad you like Ted Chiang. My partner, John, turned me onto him. John and I were both in high tech (Chiang was a technical writer as I was) and we like speculative fiction if it's intelligent.

Also, Chiang is a big fan of Borges and it seems pays homage to Borges a lot.

[Cynda]

Thanks Klowey for encouraging me to read Borges. I have been intrigued.

[Cynda]

Thank you moderator. You know who you are 🪴

[Cynda]

Thanks Kathleen!

And now I am done. I will continue with some group read or two each month so that I can continue to read and visit. . . .Reading on.

[Sara, New School Classics]

Congratulations, Cynda. You are a reading wonder!

[Terris]

Wow! You made a quick job of your Bingo this year and made it look easy! Congratulations, Cynda, and it's fun to see how much you enjoyed it :)

[Cynda]

July felt like a reading wonder month with it's extreme heat which kept me mostly mostly inside reading. Even better, I read quite a few of these books with reading friends here and at other GR groups. Reading friends make all the difference 🍎🍏🍎

[Wobbley]

Congratulations on finishing your bingo board, and with so many 4-star and 5-star reads!

[Lynn, Old School Classics]

Congratulations on your Black Out Bingo Card!!

[Janelle]

Congrats Cynda!!

[Cynda]

Thank you Wobbley, Lynn, Janelle. I will still read maybe maybe two group selections each month. So I will here to see your bingo journeys too :-)

[Lynn, Old School Classics]

Cynda wrote: "Thank you Wobbley, Lynn, Janelle. I will still read maybe maybe two group selections each month. So I will here to see your bingo journeys too :-)"

Two group selections a month is also the amount I seem to read.

[Kathleen]

Congratulations, Cynda! I was just thinking how the only thing I want to do in this heat is sit very quiet and read. Looks like you made it work for you--well done!

[Cynda]

Yes Kathleen it did work for me. Now a local meteorologist says particularly cold winter may come. I know what to do :-)

[Kathleen]

Cynda wrote: "Yes Kathleen it did work for me. Now a local meteorologist says particularly cold winter may come. I know what to do :-)"

I'm literally laughing out loud at this, Cynda. Absolutely!