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[Jan C]

I like the Beaumont books.

[Kirsten]

T wrote: "Gretchen wrote: "Quillracer wrote: "Gretchen wrote: "Random Comment: Fave Book Titles
Black Water and Slow Dancing (Earl Emerson)
Almost any Dave Robicheaux title (JL Burke)"

I agree, Gretchen. Al..."

Are you a Washingtonian? Me too! I live in Kennewick in the brown part of the Evergreen State.

I like the Beaumont books, too. And Patricia Briggs urban fantasies which are the only books I've ever found set in the Tri-Cities.

[T]

Kirsten wrote: "T wrote: "Gretchen wrote: "Quillracer wrote: "Gretchen wrote: "Random Comment: Fave Book Titles
Black Water and Slow Dancing (Earl Emerson)
Almost any Dave Robicheaux title (JL Burke)"

I agree, Gr..."

:-) Go Dawgs, Go Hawks (minus the LOB..... :-( )

G.M. Ford sets stories in Seattle as well. Jamie Ford does the Asian town historical Seattle flavor. Bharti Kirchner does Seattle/Indian (and FOOD!) - used to work for IBM. David Guterson.....lots of area writers. Jon Talton writes for the Seattle Times financial section but lives/writes about Arizona, those are fun to read too. And just started getting into Robert Dugoni.

[Gretchen]

T wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "T wrote: "Gretchen wrote: "Quillracer wrote: "Gretchen wrote: "Random Comment: Fave Book Titles
Black Water and Slow Dancing (Earl Emerson)
Almost any Dave Robicheaux title (JL Burk..."

Two of my sisters went to WSU. I can't say Go Dawgs around them. heh I'm from California, lived in Seattle for a way, back to CA, now back in Longview but heading back to CA as soon as I find a job. I miss my house in CA. I love Seattle locales in my books because I love Seattle.

[Gretchen]

Quillracer wrote: "I think both his Mac Fontana and Thomas Black books are great and wish he'd write more. I liked most of his stand-alones as well."

Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca. Great title!

[Bill]

I just spent a couple of hours going through my goodreads bookshelves. Mainly the Read / All.... So many books were showing as if I read them 2 or 3 times. I had to open the book and then adjust the start and finish read... so it would line up with the date acquired.. It looked all out of place but now, after spending all that time on it.. at least it looks organized. Not sure how that happened.. and very frustrating...

[NancyJ]

Bill wrote: "I just spent a couple of hours going through my goodreads bookshelves. Mainly the Read / All.... So many books were showing as if I read them 2 or 3 times. I had to open the book and then adjust th..."

I have the same problem. Sometimes I just delete the whole book, and reenter it with the correct dates. It's neater now that I found the button to delete duplicates. I keep getting them though. I don't know how they are reproducing themselves.

I'm still trying to enter books that I read when I was young. I don't have a list anywhere else and I wish I could remember more. I don't know why I think I should give myself "credit" for reading them. Though it would be nice if my "read" shelf (800+) had more books than my "to read" shelf (1000+!).

I've been trying to guesstimate the dates I read older books (I could be off by many years), just to create a little order. Again, not that it matters!

I'm having fun on goodreads, but sometimes I spend way too much time on this stuff when I could be reading!

[Alan]

NancyJ wrote: "Bill wrote: "I just spent a couple of hours going through my goodreads bookshelves. Mainly the Read / All.... So many books were showing as if I read them 2 or 3 times. I had to open the book and t..."

So true!!! I'm the same. Alan.

[Bill]

NancyJ wrote: "Bill wrote: "I just spent a couple of hours going through my goodreads bookshelves. Mainly the Read / All.... So many books were showing as if I read them 2 or 3 times. I had to open the book and t..."

lol I know the feeling. I love lists even when it takes away reading time..

[NancyJ]

I read constantly when I was young, but now I wonder .. what was a reading? Why didn't I read Anne of Green Gables, and Wrinkle in Time and so many other books that seem to have been read by other people my age. I often read my dad's book of the month club selection, but none stand out now.

[Bill]

NancyJ wrote: "I read constantly when I was young, but now I wonder .. what was a reading? Why didn't I read Anne of Green Gables, and Wrinkle in Time and so many other books that seem to have been read by other ..."

I've always enjoyed reading. I won books for perfect attendance in public school a couple of times; Black Beauty, Tom Sawyer as I recall and that maybe got me started. I used to read Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys and used to order books from Scholastic Books.. yup we had it back in the 60s.. lol And I used to wander through the library and just try books that sounded interesting.. And of course, comic books by the dozen. Just enjoying imaginations and trying to place myself there..

[Wendy]

I read constantly as a kid. I read everything I could get my hands on. From my big sister's Nancy Drew's books, my brother's Hardy Boys - to my Librarian's recommendations. I also read the sequel's of books I was read to, and complete works of favorite authors' . English Grandma May gave me Enid Blyton. I also had a "horse fad" at 4th grade... Here is MY list. https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

I also read constantly as a kid, our school library only allowed 2 books at a time, I was there every other day, but for some reason I stayed with childrens books, although I did read Carrie when I was around 14. I was pleased when a new library opened in town and I could get 4 books out at a time, till I was 16, then 6 at a time!! I used to scour jumble sales and second hand bookshops cos of how quickly I could read them!! Now reading a book in one day seems a luxury. I do sometimes spend too much time focusing on lists and reading backs of books, I forgot that is time I Could be spending reading.

[Carol]

NancyJ wrote: "Bill wrote: "I just spent a couple of hours going through my goodreads bookshelves. Mainly the Read / All.... So many books were showing as if I read them 2 or 3 times. I had to open the book and t..."

Wow - where's that button? The volume of dupes in my TBR is crazy, but I can't fathom going through them one at a time to solve for this - which is what I've been doing on an opportunistic basis.

[Carol]

NancyJ wrote: "I read constantly when I was young, but now I wonder .. what was a reading? Why didn't I read Anne of Green Gables, and Wrinkle in Time and so many other books that seem to have been read by other ..."

Were those really the books people your age read by choice when you were young? I read a.l.o.t., some from around my home (dad was an antiquarian book dealer and the disease ran rampant through my family) but mostly from the public library 6 blocks away. They had a 10-book rule. Ha! Also Scholastic Books - yes. I didn't read any of the supposed kids classic books when I was young. Even amongst readers, no one of my peer group read Anne of Green Gables or Wrinkle in Time. None of us would have been caught dead reading Mark Twain, and, honestly, if they hadn't forced us to read the obligatory 3 - 4 chapters in 7th grade, I'd happily go to my grave not nearing Mr. Twain again. :)

I did, however, find, Rumer Godden and Walter Farley on my own, and loved them.

[Kirsten]

I was the daughter of two sci-fi fans so my dad was insisting I read Robert A Heinlein, not Mark Twain... LOL!!

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Carol wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "I read constantly when I was young, but now I wonder .. what was a reading? Why didn't I read Anne of Green Gables, and Wrinkle in Time and so many other books that seem to have been..."

I was a huge mystery novel fan as a kid, beginning with Nancy Drew. By age 12 I'd read every Agatha Christie novel ever written; graduated to real literature by the time I was like 14. I have to mainly credit high school literature teachers who cared. My parents encouraged reading by buying me books and having books in their hands quite a lot, but really, I found the best books from teacher suggestions. I was and remain a complete nerd.

[Thomas]

I read mostly sci-fi and historical fiction as a kid, Heinlein and Costain. I moved on to history(Barbara Tuchman), literature(Harper Lee) and then mystery.

[Bill]

Thomas wrote: "I read mostly sci-fi and historical fiction as a kid, Heinlein and Costain. I moved on to history(Barbara Tuchman), literature(Harper Lee) and then mystery."

The Guns of August is one of my favorite history books. I also enjoyed the Zimmerman Telegram. Mockingbird ranks up there as one of my all-time favorite books. And Heinlein is such a great story teller.

[Carol]

Kirsten wrote: "I was the daughter of two sci-fi fans so my dad was insisting I read Robert A Heinlein, not Mark Twain... LOL!!"

Oops! I forgot I found Heinlein, too. (My dad read spy fiction, so there I was at 11 with Matarese Circle, Frederich Forsythe et al. Never could get into Le Carre, but there's still time..)

[Carol]

Nancy wrote: "Carol wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "I read constantly when I was young, but now I wonder .. what was a reading? Why didn't I read Anne of Green Gables, and Wrinkle in Time and so many other books that see..."

at least you didn't move from ND to Harlequin romances. I blame my older sister for that. There was a moment when I was 13 when I was reading Helter Skelter and Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones at the same time. There's no accounting for the taste of a nerdy middle schooler.

[Bill]

Carol wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Carol wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "I read constantly when I was young, but now I wonder .. what was a reading? Why didn't I read Anne of Green Gables, and Wrinkle in Time and so many other ..."

variety is the spice of life.. :)

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Carol wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Carol wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "I read constantly when I was young, but now I wonder .. what was a reading? Why didn't I read Anne of Green Gables, and Wrinkle in Time and so many other ..."

I read one Harlequin romance partway through when babysitting one weekend, decided I couldn't stomach it, and then read Jaws and the Exorcist instead. Mind you, I heard every noise in that house during the nights afterwards.

[Carol]

Nancy wrote: "Carol wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Carol wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "I read constantly when I was young, but now I wonder .. what was a reading? Why didn't I read Anne of Green Gables, and Wrinkle in Time and ..."

ACK!! You were a bold one, lol.

[T]

Nancy wrote: "Carol wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Carol wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "I read constantly when I was young, but now I wonder .. what was a reading? Why didn't I read Anne of Green Gables, and Wrinkle in Time and ..."

Anyone else creeped out by the Exorcist Linda Blair crab walk on the stairs more than the split pea spew? :-D

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Wow - my son just bought me a ticket to this event in February -- the Seattle Symphony plays Amadeus:

https://www.seattlesymphony.org/conce...

[Bill]

Nancy wrote: "Carol wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Carol wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "I read constantly when I was young, but now I wonder .. what was a reading? Why didn't I read Anne of Green Gables, and Wrinkle in Time and ..."

When I read the Exorcist I wouldn't stay downstairs by myself as it would have meant that I'd have had to turn the lights off and all that stuff.. When the priest listens to the tape backwards... *shudder*

[NancyJ]

Carol wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Carol wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "I read constantly when I was young, but now I wonder .. what was a reading? Why didn't I read Anne of Green Gables, and Wrinkle in Time and so many other ..."

Oh yeah, I forgot all about the harlequin romances, which among my friends was a gateway to Lady Chatterley's lover, and then The Happy Hooker (which was the hot book at the time - sort of like 50 Shades of Gray) . I think I was 12 or 13! I got a big lecture from my dad when he found it... something about waiting until college. (I was still thinking I'd wait for marriage, so we were both shocked that day.)

[NancyJ]

Bill wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Carol wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Carol wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "I read constantly when I was young, but now I wonder .. what was a reading? Why didn't I read Anne of Green Gables, and Wrinkl..."

Oh yeah, Exorcist. Carrie, and scariest of all - Godfather. Even then, I wanted to read the books before the movies.

[NancyJ]

Carol wrote: "Wow - where's that button? The volume of dupes in my TBR is crazy, but I can't fathom going through them one at a time to solve for this - which is what I've been doing on an opportunistic basis. ..."

To FIND DUPLICATES of books...
Go to My Books. On the bottom of the left side column look under TOOL. OR, go to Batch Edit (top right) and Find Duplicates will be on your right. You'll still have to look at each pair to figure out which one you want to keep (e.g. the one with shelves, ratings, reviews, etc.)

If you have multiple Read dates on a book, you need to go to the column for Reviews (which is confusing imo), and hit Edit. Then you can hit the X to eliminate extras.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Carol wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Carol wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "I read constantly when I was young, but now I wonder .. what was a reading? Why didn't I read Anne of Green Gables, and Wrinkle in Time and so many other ..."

Yeah, I did read a lot of Mills and Boon at a young age, they were the only books in our house! I avoid them now

[NancyJ]

Nancy wrote: "Wow - my son just bought me a ticket to this event in February -- the Seattle Symphony plays Amadeus:

https://www.seattlesymphony.org/conce..."

Awesome! I love Mozart, and Amadeus was one of my favorite movies of all time. Congrats!

[Carol]

NancyJ wrote: "Carol wrote: "Wow - where's that button? The volume of dupes in my TBR is crazy, but I can't fathom going through them one at a time to solve for this - which is what I've been doing on an opportun..."

You’re a lifesaver. Thank you!,

[Carol]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Carol wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Carol wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "I read constantly when I was young, but now I wonder .. what was a reading? Why didn't I read Anne of Green Gables, and Wrinkle in Time and ..."

Yes, well. I read every Elsie Dinsmore, Boxcar Children, Five Little Peppers, Marguerite de Angeli and Marguerite Henry novel. And every Grace Livingston Hill. Because they were in the house. At least I drew the line at Trixie Belden. :)

[Wendy]

I am currently reading An Experiment In TreasonAn #9 of Bruce Alexander's series with With Sir John Fielding.
It is set in 1773 -less than 3 years before the Revolutionary War. In this story, Benjamin Franklin is part of the plot. His ( and John Adams and his brother too) loyalty to the Crown is questioned. He responds by saying he is Loyal.
History buffs: When did Franklin "turn" his loyalties?

[Bill]

PBS showed The Great American Read tonight, featuring a Top 100 books for people to vote on... If you are interested in voting this is the site... It was a very interesting show tonight, listening to people talk about their favorite votes

http://www.pbs.org/the-great-american...#

[Kirsten]

Just stumbled on this article on the USA Today feed:

New study finds that audiobooks elicit stronger emotional response than movies, TV
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2...

[Gretchen]

Peeve: Knowing you have read several books by different authors, know the author, but don't remember the book. ugh.

[Gretchen]

Wendy wrote: "Childhood Dinner Rules: As we were always outside playing, dinner 5pm sharp. Grounded if late. If you did not finish dinner, no desert. Period.
This Durst guy has suspected in murder or suspicious..."

If they retried him, wouldn't that be double jeopardy?

[Wendy]

Hurray! I just got an email informing me I won a Giveaway! I have been entering Giveaways since I started with Goodreads, or at least since they offered them. It has been a long wait! Walking Shadows. Faye Kellermanis one of my favorites, so I am pleased as heck to be receiving it as a Giveaway. Stay Tuned!

[Wendy]

Gretchen wrote: "Wendy wrote: "Childhood Dinner Rules: As we were always outside playing, dinner 5pm sharp. Grounded if late. If you did not finish dinner, no desert. Period.
This Durst guy has suspected in murder..."

I cannot find my original post. But YES it would be double jeopardy, MY question to all you legal eagles out there was this: IF there was new evidence and it pointed to him, could he be tried on a different charge?

[Thomas]

If you read Nevada Barr's Anna Pigeon series, check out this story of a real life NPS investigator.
https://www.outsideonline.com/2353856...

[Thomas]

See story about a scientist who stabbed a colleague for constantly spoiling book endings.
https://nypost.com/2018/10/30/antarct...

[Barbara]

Thomas wrote: "See story about a scientist who stabbed a colleague for constantly spoiling book endings.
https://nypost.com/2018/10/30/antarct..."

I'm calling this justifiable violence. 😊🎃

[Patty]

Thomas, I saw that story about the scientists. They must have had quite the claustrophobic relationship going on. I know one should not stab someone in the heart —or anywhere—over books. It sounds like they knew how to push each other’s buttons.

[Thomas]

Barbara, all my reviews are spoiler free.
Patty, evidently they had been colleagues for 4 years.

[Patty]

That could be psychological abuse.

[Carol]

Patty wrote: "Thomas, I saw that story about the scientists. They must have had quite the claustrophobic relationship going on. I know one should not stab someone in the heart —or anywhere—over books. It sounds ..."

I wouldn't condone stabbing someone over spoilers, but I can well imagine nodding in approval of someone stabbing another reader over other book-related sins - raving about a Dan Brown novel, for example, comes to mind. I kid. I kid.

[Thomas]

Carol wrote: "Patty wrote: "Thomas, I saw that story about the scientists. They must have had quite the claustrophobic relationship going on. I know one should not stab someone in the heart —or anywhere—over boo..."

😊😊

[T]

Patty wrote: "Thomas, I saw that story about the scientists. They must have had quite the claustrophobic relationship going on. I know one should not stab someone in the heart —or anywhere—over books. It sounds ..."

I must have missed that class lesson???!!!???