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[Lia]

Thank you for the information, Terry.

[Lia]

Happy birthday, Robin.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

There is a very good chance more profiles will be created and he will come into this group trying to stir things up.

But I'm happy to move on from that awful episode. Forget it ever happened.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Agree. Forget it and move on.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Got to work on the group read poll books!

Still researching one or two before I can post the polls. :)

And I am watching a very cute Koala in the tree near my house. That's a nice distraction.

[Lisa]

Thanks Terri I really appreciate the honesty and bravery it took, to put that out in the open. This has been a real bitter pill to swallow. Sadly I agree with all you have said. I can only hope "derek" gets the help he needs. :(

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Thanks Lisa.

It is so unfortunate that when people delete their profiles the proof goes with them. But at least some saw it before he/she vanished

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

ON a different note. I'm going to need another day to organise the polls.

I got distracted with the rather ghastly modding business I had to do in this thread today and i ran out of time to do Polls.

Polls tomorrow! Only one day lat in my country, and no days late everywhere else. :)

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

We can be patient. :)

[Allison]

Holy crap... we got catfished?!

I don't want to give him the satisfaction of speaking of it but wow... consider my mind boggled. Was he even sick?! Obviously its a different sickness we're talking about. Ok moving on.

[Allison]

Terri wrote: "Allie wrote: "

I moved over the weekend and then there was all this drama and I didn't have internet service but now I do, so you'll be seeing all my "likes" again.

Thanks for thinking of me bud...."

Thank you dear! I'm moved, don't know about settled lol.

[Allison]

Happy Birthday Robin! Be safe :)

[Robin]

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes. I certainly enjoyed my "1/3/4" pints. It's a shame that I have to come into college today.

[Robin]

Lisa wrote: "Happy birthday Robin, take a designated driver won't you!"

You'll be glad to here that I was responsible for a change and arranged everything before hand.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Don't worry, Robin, now you're old enough you can have another pint tonight after college. And you don't have to hide it. :)

[Robin]

Terri wrote: "Don't worry, Robin, now you're old enough you can have another pint tonight after college. And you don't have to hide it. :)"

Too right! Just to put the icing on the cake, I had two tests on my birthday! I tried to play the sympathy card, "you know cause it's my birthday can we do the test tomorrow?" But sadly it didn't work. *sad face*

[happy]

Geez, I don't look at GR for a couple of days and the the whole world breaks loose :)

Happy B-day Robin - It sounds like you enjoyed your day

Welcome back Alijca and my sincere condolences

Terri - thx for the update on Derek/Molly - Shakes head sadly

[Mark]

oh phooey. well tried to nominate for historical fiction as its more historically correct than most of the books in there.

but not allowed to.

[Darcy]

Probably down to the publication date Mark ;-)

[Mark]

Darcy wrote: "Probably down to the publication date Mark ;-)"

Yeah, it come out in the summer of 2013. ;)

[Simona]

Allie wrote: "That's too funny.
Well I was thinking of you after I saw that :)"

We all were, I think :)

[Simona]

Terri wrote: "Dear A&M members,
Don't know how to break this to you all. I know that many of you have suspected what I am about to say and while it won't come as a surprise, I know you'll be shocked to see someo..."

I'm shocked. I guess I'm very gullible, since I felt so very sorry for him.

[Mark]

Simona wrote: "Terri wrote: "Dear A&M members,
Don't know how to break this to you all. I know that many of you have suspected what I am about to say and while it won't come as a surprise, I know you'll be shocke..."

yeah you are not alone in that.

[Carlos]

Terri wrote: "Thanks Lisa.

It is so unfortunate that when people delete their profiles the proof goes with them. But at least some saw it before he/she vanished"

I am with You here Terri. The anonimity on the net is a terrible thing sometimes. He/She clearly needs some help.
By the way, I am still here, just reading the comments everyday.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Title for the new Star Wars film came out yesterday.

The Force Awakens.

That sounds exciting.

[Alicja]

I've been disappointed with most of the newer Star Wars movies so as much as I'd like to get excited over it I just can't.

[Dawn]

Yeah, I'll stick with the original Star Wars. George ruined the new ones!

[Bobby]

Carlos wrote: "Terri wrote: "Thanks Lisa.

It is so unfortunate that when people delete their profiles the proof goes with them. But at least some saw it before he/she vanished




I am with You here Terri. The an..."

This is what I get for being gone for a while. Damn. Was I fooled. Glad you figured it out Terri. Well done. Sure hope Derek gets help though. Actually feel a bit sorry for someone that is that desperate for attention. Moving on.... Three more weeks of brutal travel and then home for a week.

[Robin]

Terri wrote: "Title for the new Star Wars film came out yesterday.

The Force Awakens.

That sounds exciting."

if anybody's interested there's a thread about this. Can't quite remember which group it's in though. I think It's in the scifi and fantasy group.

[Gretchen]

My daughter is hanging out watching an episode of Phineas and Ferb (a cartoon in the States, not sure if it's shown elsewhere). It's a cartoon about two brothers who have outrageous imaginations. On the episode she's watching the boys are reenacting the battle of Troy with their friends. Of course things like songs and a wooden T-Rex continue to show up during the process. The whole time one of the friends is standing around screaming "Don't you understand how anachronistic this all is?!?" I had to explain to my six year old the meaning of anachronistic. I still don't think she gets it. This struck me as the kind of story people in this group might appreciate and get a little giggle out of.

[Robin]

happy wrote: "Geez, I don't look at GR for a couple of days and the the whole world breaks loose :)

Happy B-day Robin - It sounds like you enjoyed your day

Welcome back Alijca and my sincere condolences

Terri..."

Cheers.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Carlos, great to see you are still lurking. :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Gretchen wrote: "My daughter is hanging out watching an episode of Phineas and Ferb (a cartoon in the States, not sure if it's shown elsewhere). It's a cartoon about two brothers who have outrageous imaginations. O..."

Is it a kids cartoon? Anachronistic is one heck of a word to stick in a children's show. lol!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Wow. that's a whopper of a cyclone about to hit Alaska.

[Lariela]

The internet here is way slower than what I'm used to. It makes it hard to watch videos, but all the ads still play. (Most of which are for a certain winter holiday that is too early.)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Hard to believe Christmas/Yule is upon us again. They had all the Christmas stuff in the grocery store in September! *shakes head*

On the up side. It allowed us to have warmed up Christmas fruit Mince Pies and Icecream for pudding over the last few months. :)
Didn't have to wait for December to do that.

[Gretchen]

Terri wrote: "Gretchen wrote: "My daughter is hanging out watching an episode of Phineas and Ferb (a cartoon in the States, not sure if it's shown elsewhere). It's a cartoon about two brothers who have outrageou..."

Yes it's a children's cartoon but I think it's targeted at older children like 7-8 and up. Even still, anachronistic is quite the word. Elizabeth struggled to even pronounce it.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I didn't know what anachronistic was until I was a mature adult.
But then I was a slow country gal. :D

[Gretchen]

It was one of those grown up words I discovered in college.

[Carlos]

Terri wrote: "Carlos, great to see you are still lurking. :)"

I have to make a public apology: I was hooked on HF but I just needed to go back to my former self: a chronic fiction reader, so I went back to: Gone Girl, The Goldfinch, Wool and many, many other books so I don't have much time for HF. So sorry to bring this to your attention, now I am hooked on Station Eleven but I pretty much enjoyed the new Cornwell. Uhtred in my heart forever.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Ha. Its okay, mate. :) We all go backwards and forwards with reading interests. I've done it myself plenty of times.
I stopped reading HF for well over a year, a few years ago (before A&M). The new Uhtred books were all I read in that time too.

That's why we have the thread 'What Are You Reading Now?'. For members to tell each other and discuss what they are reading irrespective of genre. :)
This thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you ever feel like it, feel free to share your non HF reads there.

[Bobby]

Carlos wrote: "Terri wrote: "Carlos, great to see you are still lurking. :)"

I have to make a public apology: I was hooked on HF but I just needed to go back to my former self: a chronic fiction reader, so I wen..."

I have read Wool, Gone Girl, and just finished Station Eleven! Versatility in reading genres is totally accepted amongst this group.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Pretty much. :)

[Gretchen]

We got our first snow of the season in Minnesota!

[Gretchen]

I think the write-in campaign worked!
https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I just found out! Fantastic. :D

Now we need to work on getting it through to the final round!!

I have voted.

[Gretchen]

I voted for it. In my opinion, there wasn't much for competition, except for possibly A King's Ransom but I haven't read that yet. Many of you know how much I loved Frog Music and I refuse to read The King's Curse

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Fun to see a book we wrote in for get into the semi. :) It will need A LOT of votes to get to the next round.
I suspect though, that now it is one of the options, and people will get the GR email saying "a book you have read made it into the GR Awards semi finals" it may get plenty of votes.

It has been very widely read. Has more reviews and ratings than most of the other books on that list. Those reviewers and raters need to come vote now. :)

Imagine if it got through and then won! We could claim to have got it into the comp in the first place. hehe

[Gretchen]

I think Bruce would owe us if his book comes out on top of the hill ;)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

haha. Yeah. He should give us a mention in the new books 'thankyous' page. ;D