Week 12: 3/15 - 3/21

[Jen W.]

Mandy wrote: "APOTHECARY DIARIES IS GETTING A SECOND SEASON!!!

So excited! Love the light novels, manga and anime!"

I'm so happy! I love Maomao. I still need to read the light novels, but I'm all caught up on the manga and anime.

[Ellie]

Bea wrote: "I blame this group and am so thankful for this group!

Because of this check-in thingy we do, I have learned that, when I have a hard time getting books read and manage finishing 0-2 in a week, tha..."

It's also good to remember members of this group are among the most voracious of readers, and out there in the real world, many people only read a handful of books a year.

[Nadine in NY]

Britany wrote: "Nadine in NY wrote: "Britany wrote: "I just finished this last night!! I most definitely did NOT like it as much as the first - it felt needlessly bloated and often seemed to lose any sense of dire...

Your opinion seems to be the consensus among my group of friends. I liked it less, but not by much. I still found it mostly compulsively readable and now I just hope it doesn't take YEARS for us to get book 3. However, I want her to have enough time to sharpen up her writing."



I will admit, I was a little sad the next night because I didn't have this book to read at my bedside, so despite all my complaining, I clearly enjoyed the journey.

I ended up typing a lot about the book here so I'm just going to make a book discussion post for this series!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Bea]

Jen wrote: "Murdle is a daily murder mystery logic puzzle, it's a lot of fun. https://murdle.com/"

Oh, I am hooked. I had a bit of a hint on the decoding...so probably need more practice. Still I solved it!

PS...I had to remove all games that I was addicted to from my phone also. Spent too much time on them and used up data too fast.

[Ron]

Yae, discovered a new book today:

Coyote's Swing: A Memoir and Critique of Mental Hygiene in Native America

Hoping to order it this week or next.

Seems I'm going to have my hands busy with Indigenous themes next month since I already have two others lined up:

Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

[Milena]

Nadine in NY wrote: "Britany wrote: "Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (#23 - Dragons) ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨: I enjoyed the second book just as much as the first. There were twists and turns that I didn't see coming and now cannot wait for..."

I am with you Nadine. I did not like it nearly as much as Fourth Wing. Was anyone else bothered by so many "more than"s? I wish I had jotted some down. But something like saying I am "more than annoyed" instead of just saying annoyed. It drove me crazy while listening to the audiobook.
I am also hearing this more in regular conversation, so maybe it's just a reflection of the times. But should a book like this include conversational quirks that are a reflection of our times

[Milena]

Heather wrote: "It’s been a busy week! I didn’t have as much time for reading (or checking in) as I usually do. I’m making up for it by doing nothing this weekend except reading and having a movie night tonight.

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The Scarlet Letter may be my least favorite book I had to read for school. It's right up there with The Catcher in the Rye and Lord of the Flies.

[Nadine in NY]

Milena wrote: "I am with you Nadine. I did not like it nearly as much as Fourth Wing. Was anyone else bothered by so many "more than"s? I wish I had jotted some down. But something like saying I am "more than annoyed" instead of just saying annoyed. It drove me crazy while listening to the audiobook...."



LOL I did not notice. I think that's one of those things that would jump out at me in an audiobook, but my eye just glides right over it when reading.

[Carmen]

Saw someone mention daily games and thought I'd share mine!

Wordle, Framed (guess the movie), Episode (weekly guess the tv show), Metazooa, and Conexo.

Metazooa is by far my favorite!!

[Nadine in NY]

Carmen wrote: "Saw someone mention daily games and thought I'd share mine!

Wordle, Framed (guess the movie), Episode (weekly guess the tv show), Metazooa, and Conexo.

Metazooa is by far my favorite!!"


Yes I learned about Metazooa from you!!! I tried their other game about plants and it was way too hard - I thought I knew all about plants, but I only know about plants that grow around me, in gardens and natives - I don't know about all those OTHER plants.


Conexo looks a lot like Connections (which, in turn, is a lot like Red Herring)

[Carmen]

Nadine in NY wrote: " I tried their other game about plants and it was way too hard - I thought I knew all about plants, but I only know about plants that grow around me, in gardens and natives - I don't know about all those OTHER plants."

I know NOTHING about plants. The handful of plants and flowers I know by name is nowhere near enough to get through metaflora, haha!

The beauty of Conexo is endless mistakes allowed! Makes you feel less terrible about not getting it in time! And you can go back and do a bunch of old ones heheh

[Ron]

I've added another book to my list that sounded interesting:

Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice

*****

Now at the moment I am reading a book called Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up . I've heard mixed reviews on this one so I figured I would judge it for myself.

I'm barely on ch. 3, but I'm not sure how I quite feel about it. Normally I can judge a book pretty well early on. I'm still going to give this one a chance though.

[Teri]

I didn't finish any books this week. Health has been poor and reading took too much concentration (at least I had Ryan Gosling movies to keep me company). Doing better now so hope to get back in the swing of things.

Goodreads: 13/100
Popsugar: 10/50

QOTW:
I struggled to get through The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I started it at least three times before I finished it last year for a GR prompt. It is my best friend's favorite book of all time and a classic I felt should be read. It didn't speak to me, but I'm glad I finally got it done.

[Erica]

Anyone tried Quordle? (4 wordles at once with the same word guess) I'm not hooked on those daily games anymore but I still do some quordle puzzels every now and then.

[Denise]

Erica wrote: "Anyone tried Quordle? (4 wordles at once with the same word guess) I'm not hooked on those daily games anymore but I still do some quordle puzzels every now and then."

I like quordle. Not everyday but weekends and holidays when I have more time. I usually solve them

[Ron]

Checked my reading stats. 90% of what I've read this year has been non-fiction! So proud of that number given that my goal is 80% or above.

[Nadine in NY]

Erica wrote: "Anyone tried Quordle? (4 wordles at once with the same word guess) I'm not hooked on those daily games anymore but I still do some quordle puzzels every now and then."



Well THAT sent me down a rabbit hole of games! I googled and there seem to be many quordles? I chose the Merriam Webster one, which then suggested a bunch of other games to me, and that was about an hour ago LOL

[Ron]

I was bummed with my latest read. I read Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

(view spoiler)[The author is very transphobic. Wish I had done my research on her. She's very anti-therapy. Also has a lot of right-wing ideas which I could not stand behind. Her citations in terms of sources are terrible. (hide spoiler)]

I went into this book without any knowledge of the author and her values. I also went in based on the title alone without doing further research on her topic. Wish I had known all of that before hand.

This ended up being a 2-star for me.

[Erica]

Nadine in NY wrote: "Erica wrote: "Anyone tried Quordle? (4 wordles at once with the same word guess) I'm not hooked on those daily games anymore but I still do some quordle puzzels every now and then."



Well THAT se..."

Sorry. Hope you had fun at least.

[Ron]

Excellent the paperback of The Road to Roswell was released today. I ordered it and it should be arriving tomorrow!

Even though I have it in hardback, this is one book that I really wanted in PB. It will most likely be a book I read come May in early summer.

[Nadine in NY]

Erica wrote: "Sorry. Hope you had fun at least...."


LOL yes! more fun than scrubbing the shower, which is what I was supposed to be doing. (I got to the shower later.)