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Man, this group has just really fallen off the radar. I can't believe that more than half the topics haven't been updated for a month or more. I thought it was just me but it seems like everyone's gotten kinda lackadaisical. For a long time (like 8 months) this was my favorite group on Goodreads. I hope we snap out of it!
April Lyn wrote: "Man, this group has just really fallen off the radar. I can't believe that more than half the topics haven't been updated for a month or more. I thought it was just me but it seems like everyone's ..."It's just happened that I've been reading things for other groups that are rereads, so I don't consider them dusty (for these purposes, anyway - many of them I have had for years!), or reading books that I haven't had that long. Whenever I do read something I consider fits the category, I add it to my 'dusty shelf', and this month I finally got around to reading one of the books I put on my list way back when I joined. And I haven't had anything that fit the last few themes; funny, how I did for some months running, and then not for a few running. But I keep checking in, and participating wherever I can! I don't do e-books, I wanted to pick my own reads, and I don't think I have any dusty memoirs. Also, in case anybody has been wondering who's doing it, I've been trying to keep the 'currently reading' stuff current. If someone has put in an end date, but didn't change the shelf to read, or if they are showing on their own page that they have finished it, I change it to read. I do this every few months, because I get kind of sick of seeing the same books for most of the year. As far as I can tell, the ones that are there are still being read, no matter how far back the begin dates go. I started doing it when there were a whole bunch, and it looked like some people were putting them on there, and then forgetting to keep them updated on the group bookshelf, or maybe just never came back to the group.
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It's true! I haven't been on here much and it's because it's gotten so busy with the holidays and stuff. I'm just trying to survive. My reading and blogging have taken a hit too. I hope everyone else is just busy too at the end of the year.
I hope we snap out of it! I love this group. It helped me read some books that I've been scared to read for years. And I loved reading Life of Pi with you and talking about it!
Do you have any ideas to liven the group up? I'm stumped for ideas and I need a fresh perspective.
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It's almost christmas and I have one, maybe two presents for family so far :S
More importantly, it's getting chilly and my cat is practically suffocating me in my sleep in order to keep warm.... fun times ;D
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This does, however, mean I have a fair few reviews to catch up on on my blog - so I need to get writing (again :S) starting with my Les Mis review :O Fun times!
On the bright side I have now gone up to 3 maybe four christmas pressies for the family!
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I'm lucky to live close to Rochester (where Dickens got a lot of his inspiration from for many of his books) and spent a fair bit of time trying to figure out the mystery of Edwin Drood myself ;)
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There were critics who absolutely panned it but I'm not sure they were seeingt he same film? Maybe they accidentally went into screen 4 instead of screen 5 or something?
Anyway, Peter Jackson can have all my money because I WILL be getting this on DVD asap to keep me sane until the second film comes out ;D
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Saw it this weekend and LOVED it! I didn't really have any qualms with it...I just LOVED it! I'll be getting the dvd also, Hayley...and seeing the next two movies, no doubt!Now...my bro said that the parts that I was not remembering from the book or that seemed different...were from other poems and books that Tolkien wrote, so I am now on an adventure to read all things Tolkien...I've got a year before I need to be up on my Hobbit lore! ;) But as far as I was concerned it was Perfection! I loved the way they tied everything together for the LotR...and an emphatic YES! bring on more hot dwarf singing! :)
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Yay April! I'm kind of glad they added in extra from outside The Hobbit.... but this does now mean I may have to take on the challenge of The Silmarillion - tried that once & didn't get far - but I must ask... you two are saying hot dwarf, as in singular, I'm sure I could name THREE hot dwarves so which one are you talking about? ;P
Ok...In concede! There was more than one hot dwarf...namely I meant Thorin...but he had hot company in Fili and Kili!!! :)Hayley, Ugh...I hear you on The Silmarillion. I had to put that one back on the shelf on more than one occasion (and still haven't made it through)...but I do, now, have it on hold for the book on CD...maybe that will help!?! (along with about 7 others that JRR wrote that I never read! It'll be a fun, fantasy winter!:)
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I may try at some point... slowly & in small doses may help as I tried to consume it last time (bad for my digestion methinks) and it just had me all confuzzled.
Gotta ask - anyone here from NZ or Aus and if so can you make yourselves known so us lot waiting for tomorrow know there's wifi after the apocalypse, kay thanx!
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Hayley - I don't understand the New Zealand and Australia relation to the apocalypse. Is it because it will hit them first??? :)
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Jessica wrote: "Oh, and the one hot dwarf for me was Kili :D Thorin was nice, but Kili....<3"Heehee...it just shows my age..I go for older dwarfs! :)
and Hayley...my Aussie friends are still kicking! ;)
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As much as I loved Kili in this, and he was hot, I could never choose between him and Thorin.... sorry Fili ;)
Right folks, here comes the sad part of this post... I'm away off to the parents tomorrow and leaving my laptop here ;_; This means chances of me being online between now and the morning of the 29th (back late on 28th) are pretty slim...
So happy holidays to you all, whichever holidays it is you celebrate, and I hope you all have a lovely time :D
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I stopped reading Shantaram for the holidays as it was too heavy to lug up on a coach so I took my eReader instead and am rather enjoying A Place of Greater Safety.
even though i couldn't finish my challenge with the group "The Dusty Bookshelf"... i have read so many books this year, after such a long time, and this has been possible for this group... i really appreciate this group..hayley, jessica...you're all doing a great job.. hope to read with you all the next year and the nexts..and share great experiences... Happy New Year.
Lilaboti wrote: "even though i couldn't finish my challenge with the group "The Dusty Bookshelf"... i have read so many books this year, after such a long time, and this has been possible for this group... i really..."Happy New Year to you too, Lilaboti! I had the same issues...I didn't complete my challenge with the dusties...but I did read a ton of books (and did read the "number" challenge I set for myself (and beyond!:)) But...happy to have met so many new bookish friends and chatting with them about reading...whether it was on the dusty list or not!
Looking forward to continuing with the group and some new goals in 2013! :)
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Hayley- I love eReaders for traveling :) Hope you had a lovely holiday as well.
Happy New Year!!!Just had a tooth extracted, and I'm still pretty numb. But if the painkillers don't work, maybe the champagne at midnight will!
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Is your account set up to automatically add friends from facebook? Mine did that and confused the heck out of me.
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Tricked into, lol. Just be a brat like me and go through every few months and delete a bunch of them. If I didn't talk to them in high school, why would I now? Sounds harsh I suppose, but honestly, everyone only has so much time for friendships, they need to make them worthwhile.Anyway, if that wasn't the cause, then I have no idea. You can always delete them. Just make sure you check all of your settings, it's possible you clicked something you didn't mean to or forgot about.
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I've deleted them. no clue who they are, no pic, sorry :P
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Finally got out to see Les Mis last night. Wow! Anne Hathaway was incredible, the kids were excellently cast and the whole thing flowed together so well that I had to keep reminding myself I wasn't in a Broadway theater and not supposed to clap! I highly recommend it.
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OMG Alana - I thought it was beautiful. I had only read the book beforehand so had no idea what to expect for the musical. I must confess that my dad & I cried like babies!! The ladies restroom afterwards was just a whole bunch of us at the mirrors trying to sort our faces out! Anne Hathaway was definitely a brilliant singer, but I had a soft spot for Javert from the book and damn Russell Crowe for just playing the character like that (tbh I should probably blame the original musical writers but hey-ho). I think it was the 'Empty Tables' song where I just gave up on trying to stop the tears ;)
Funny you should say that about Russel Crowe, actually; I just wanted an interview with him and he said he didn't want to play it at first because he'd never seen on film, play, musical or anything any actor play that role and make his decisions make sense to him. He didn't understand or like the character. So he decided not to use any previous influences and make it his own because he wanted to actually understand what made him make his choices at the end of the story. One thing he said was in researching it, he went to Victor Hugo's house in Paris and learned that the characters for Javier and ValJean were actually inspired by the same man, who was a convict earlier in life but eventually became a policeman and was influential in starting undercover police work. Hugo split the character into two people to show different sides of humanity. Was fascinating.
yes Haley I have 6 people in the last 2 weeks who are now on my friends list that I never got a request for...
-15 below with the wind and storm warning lasting till tommarow good day to turn on electric fireplace and curl up with my book and dog.....life is good for today
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I know I've been kind of quiet around here lately, because I've been doing a lot of rereads for discussions, but I think that next month I might be able to get going on those dusty books! (knock on wood!)
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I love talking about books and reading but my goodness, sometimes I need the opportunity to chat about something else too :D
My cat has taken to being polite when waking me up... little paw on the arm or face and a brief meow if needed. I've become such a light sleeper though that it's rarely needed nowadays (I remember when I could sleep for Britain if required) I just wish she coudl tell the time (it's a digital clock, how hard can that be ;D) before waking me up!
Although, on the plus side, I forgot to turn my alarm on for work and she woke me up before I would've been running late... she got extra cuddles for that one :P
Lol, Hayley, I got the creepy image of your cat whispering into your ear, "It's 6:15, time to wake up," in a creepy, purring voice.My dog was waking me up before my alarm, but she's actually waited until after I hear the alarm and start moving around. Unless, of course, I sleep in too long and she gets impatient to go outside.
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Maybe your dog could train my cat ;)
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I've just started to learn to knit, I can't do it as much as I'd like because my wrists have never recovered from a sprain and they get strained really easily. I pick up stitches all the time.
When I was in Mexico a few years back, my friend there taught me how to use this loom type thing, so now I don't so much knit or crochet as cheat... but I never gain or drop a stitch and all the stitches are even and I can whip out tons of scarves very quickly, which is great for Christmas presents :)
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I added a ton of extra stitches when I started knitting. I haven't been doing a lot of knitting recently, now that the semester is over I'm trying to give my wrists a break so my tunnel carpal can heal. Does anyone spin yarn? The Tour de Fleece just started. My goal is to spin a little every day for it so I can finally really learn how to do it.
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I just downloaded the app, Hayley. Looks fun!
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That's okay, I was just wondering who had - I quite like leveling up and chatting to folk on there :)
Ruth wrote: "I just downloaded the app, Hayley. Looks fun!"
Oh cool, good to hear :D I'm only on level 8 at the moment but am hoping to start collecting my swimming badges soon ;)
I don't think I'm going to make my goal of ten books this year (which is sad, considering I'm on track to make my overall goal of 100 books) because there have just been so many recent books to read! But that's ok, at least I'm reading. I'll get to them eventually, right? Maybe? Beuhler?
I am not even close to any of my reading goals for the year. My commitments to hearth and home have interceded much more than anticipated. Plus, these bloody Song of Fire and Ice books should count as three each!
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On the flip side - really hope anyone in the way of Hurricane Sandy stays safe and, if possible, is with loved ones. The news over here is looking worrying, my thoughts are with anyone caught up in it!
Please just follow any hurricane survival instructions that have been given - there are already pictures floating around the net of people putting themselves in danger by going out in some awful conditions. Please just stay safe until this blows over and if you can check back in with us lot after to let us know you're safe.
I've heard from other friends over there that they're asking 911 be used for emergencies only, 311 is for anything else. This is put in place to free up the emergency line.
I just hope you're all safe!