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Sammy wrote: "I feel exactly the same about TJR 😆But I'll give the dramatised version a miss. I vastly prefer a regular audiobook."
Normally, so do I, but I think this may work in that format. (or not.... I'll find out. 😉)
On a different note, I find myself middle-of-the-road with Lessons in Chemistry. I don't dislike it, but it won't be a favourite for sure. And I'm starting to get bothered about the very unsubtle, black-and-white picture (all men are misogynist a-holes, all women, apart from the MC are vile, stupid conformists, and I think we'll be getting soon to the atheists=good, religious people=bad categorisation ... )
I usually get that way too, but I thought this one stayed on the right side of the line for the most part. There are several very decent characters of both genders (you may not have gotten that far yet) that play pivotal roles, but the premise of the book did call for background characters to be horrible, in order to show the difficulties faced by women at the time.Hope it picks up for you!
Oh, good to know. I am around the 100th page or a bit further.
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Can someone spin us a new set:)
Dromes 1 100-175
2 SPIN in text (can be part of a word, like spinning or spindle)
3 Character is trapped (can be physical or metaphorical)
4 Book setting is an imaginary land
5 letters DREAM in title
I'm on another 650+ book right now, which I'm guessing will take a week or so, so feel free to spin if you're still infected in that time 😆
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I spy an alligator/crocodile. Might be a toy but I'd count it for the reptile task. Everyone else ok for that.
Definitely!Nice find, I was beginning to think I should dig through my previously read books to find something 😆
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I have a book with crocodile in the title on my tbr, but - rather inconsiderably - there are none such on the cover.
I never used to be able to do anything like that when I took Sean to karate, as the church hall it was held in never let any signal through.Many grumpy parents in that place 😆
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Give me a space of time when I can't leave the space I'm in and my phone and I'll get stubborn.
This session of the week there is just enough signal. The one on Wednesday not so much; luckily my cryptic crossword app doesn't need signal.
Oh, OK, I will (ahem) sacrifice myself (ahem) by re-listening to Murderbot for the low page count task. 🤭
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🤣I'm simply being my awesome self, I cannot help it.
Thankfully it also fits the AI uno task. (Not that I looked to check, obvs.)
Such sacrifice!I can lend you my Muderbot mug to have a beverage in to sustain you during that hardship... 😆
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I got it through Illumicrate. One of the very few things they sent I actually liked before cancelling.It's this one:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4046932544...
Only mine will not be going on Ebay! 😆
Also, I found something to throw at the last open task, so yay!
I heard of Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon T-shirts, but would be lovely to own an MB Mug. 😊
The worst thing about this horroristic story is that I cannot stop at book 1 and feel enforced to get on to the next ... and the next .... AARRGGHH! 🥰😂
Well.... better to stay silent .... The Cunning Man
1. 500 to 650
2. Fire on the cover
3. MC identifies as male
4. character is infatuated with someone/something
5, a hate crime is committed (your interpretation)
And... John Lynch (Australia)
1. 200 to 299
2. Takes place in Australia
3. "axe" in text
4. Letters in WOMBAT in title
5. Tagged farm or farming at least 3 times
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Mc male, infatuated with concubine. Possible hate crimes
Typically I just finished a couple of books set in aus! 😆have plenty more though, so I'll squeeze one in tomorrow if needed.
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Shall we risk my genius with the wheel, or does someone else want to do the honours?
I've got some chunksters up my sleeve, so now's a good time to risk it 😆
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Minotaur
1 651+
2 MC gets lost
3 map in book
4 "character described as ""bull-headed"" or ""hard-headed"""
5 Goodreads rating 4.0+
no problem on the page count. will see if anything else fits when I'm at my computer tomorrow.
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Sophie wrote: "https://www.theguardian.com/stage/202...We need a trip to this."
SIGH. Yes! I've been trying to catch glimpses and reels of this, as that's the closest I can get.
For some inexplicable reason the algorhythms of FB, Youtube, Pinterest, etc all think I'm fixated on Tom H. No idea why. 😇🤭
Dang! There is absolutely no way I can justify the expense of a trip to London right now. 😭
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Ok, the chunky one I'm on has page count, a map and hard-headed in text! WIN!it also has a rating that's high enough in case yours fits somewhere else Mel, if not, no worries.
I'm keeping eyes peeled for a lost MC.
Cat wrote: "I'll give you all feedback after 20 March.... :D"❣️
give a kiss to Tom from all of us.
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Not sure that it's husband's thing or I'd drag him that day for a birthday trip.
Unrelated to our lovely Tom, but youtube threw this at me this morning (thinking I care about David Tennant as well - what is with this algorhythm?! 🤭) and I thought it was really cute. :)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m97q2...
How very odd! Youtube does have some strange ideas... 😆
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And then I have books 2 and 3 to read as well soon (before I forget what happened in 1 again 😆), so all good for chunky books for now (they all have a handy 'I' MC too, which is helpful for UNO purposes!