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Hayes has busted her 2012 TBR list
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Apr 04, 2012 06:07AM
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Pour the coffee and rev the engine! lol
A cute animation along the same lines:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27gG7x...
A cute animation along the same lines:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27gG7x...
Anyone who reads is far from a noob :)Seabiscuit is awesome by the way; almost 1/2 way through.
Thanks, Sera! I am just humbled by some of the people I meet her on Goodreads, who not only consume books at a far greater pace than I can, but read deep and complex books, too!
Jeannette wrote: "Thanks, Sera! I am just humbled by some of the people I meet her on Goodreads, who not only consume books at a far greater pace than I can, but read deep and complex books, too!"I feel the same, so ditto!
Me five! (I agree too but also couldn't resist keeping the flow going !)
Looks like you and I both had bad luck with our last choices. :(
Your review was funny!
Your review was funny!
Thank you, Ma'am!
Loved the radio interview, btw. She sounds so grown up!
Loved the radio interview, btw. She sounds so grown up!
Oh, thanks! :) She turns 18 this month, all grown up.
Do you have any big plans for Easter? Does everyone have a 4-day weekend? Poor hubby has to work both today, and Monday.
Ick... that's not nice! Monday is a holiday. Friday used to be, but that went out about 20 years ago. We are going to have our annual pancake fest for Easter brunch, and then on Monday we will find something fun to do (depending on the weather, which is threatening, very threatening...).
How about you? Easter egg hunt? I miss dyeing eggs... all the eggs are brown here.
How about you? Easter egg hunt? I miss dyeing eggs... all the eggs are brown here.
The Germans, and the Aussies, have both Friday and Monday off.
We still dye eggs; I miss the hunt, too. Lea outgrew it. I'll be cooking poached salmon for dinner on Sunday. (I bought duck eggs this year, just to get white shells.)
It has turned cool here, more like it should be. We had lows in the 50s last week, and now that's the high temp range. Back down into the 30s overnight.
We still dye eggs; I miss the hunt, too. Lea outgrew it. I'll be cooking poached salmon for dinner on Sunday. (I bought duck eggs this year, just to get white shells.)
It has turned cool here, more like it should be. We had lows in the 50s last week, and now that's the high temp range. Back down into the 30s overnight.
Hayes wrote: "I'll be starting Roman Blood soon. Anyone want to read along with me?"I can't because it would be a "new" read for me :(
Wait, you guys get Friday and Monday off for Easter Holiday? Paid? Bah!
Hayes wrote: "I'll be starting Roman Blood soon. Anyone want to read along with me?"I've read that one but if you are going to be reading the next one in the series, Arms of Nemesis, please let me know.
Misfit wrote: "Wait, you guys get Friday and Monday off for Easter Holiday? Paid? Bah!"
Humbug! (sorry, couldn't resist)
Misfit wrote: "Wait, you guys get Friday and Monday off for Easter Holiday? Paid? Bah!"
Yes. And I'm taking Tuesday off work as well. :)
Hayes wrote: "I'll be starting Roman Blood soon. Anyone want to read along with me?"It will be a new read for me, Hayes, but I'll read along. I can't start for a few days though, so don't wait for me.
Misfit wrote: "Wait, you guys get Friday and Monday off for Easter Holiday? Paid?
Bah!"
Just Monday here, Misfit.
(But we don't get President's Day)
Kim: Yay! I'll be starting today or tomorrow, but I'm slow, so I'm sure you'll catch up.
Dawn: Well, that's a sign that you liked it! I'm funny with historical things, though. Didn't like the McCullough thing at alllll The First Man in Rome, but "everyone else" did. Will let you know about #2.
Bah!"
Just Monday here, Misfit.
(But we don't get President's Day)
Kim: Yay! I'll be starting today or tomorrow, but I'm slow, so I'm sure you'll catch up.
Dawn: Well, that's a sign that you liked it! I'm funny with historical things, though. Didn't like the McCullough thing at alllll The First Man in Rome, but "everyone else" did. Will let you know about #2.
Kim, I read the first chapter this morning... starts really well. I think I'm going to like this one.
@ Hayes. We don't get President's Day. Holidays like that and MLK day are only for government and banks and whatnot. Not us mere working mortals :/
Even the banks stopped closing on the majority of holidays. The post office still gets all of the holidays.
Hayes wrote: "Kim, I read the first chapter this morning... starts really well. I think I'm going to like this one."Excellent. I've downloaded Roman Blood onto the kindle (it was very inexpensive) and I'll start in a few days. I want to get a bit more of L'homme au ventre de plomb read first. It's going slowly because it's in French, which means that I can't simply let words I'm not entirely familiar with be understood in context - I feel compelled to look them up in the dictionary.
Jeannette wrote: "Even the banks stopped closing on the majority of holidays. The post office still gets all of the holidays."There is one bank holiday here a year, which only banks and financial institutions get. In this state, we have nine public holidays a year, including New Years Day, two days at Easter and two days at Christmas.
I am thinking perhaps your two days at Easter count for our two days at Thanksgiving?My company only gives us Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. I think that's all of them.
Misfit wrote: "I am thinking perhaps your two days at Easter count for our two days at Thanksgiving?My company only gives us Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. I think ..."
Same here, Misfit - except we get MLK's birthday, too. We shut down Christmas week, but I think that they are taking it away this year :(
We have the most politically incorrect holiday: VJ day...which they have attempted to rename several times. Only in rhode island.
MichelleCH wrote: "We have the most politically incorrect holiday: VJ day...which they have attempted to rename several times. Only in rhode island."In Australia and New Zealand, while Armistice Day is commemorated on November 11, it's not a public holiday. Instead, our Veterans Day equivalent holiday is Anzac Day, which falls on 25 April. It commemorates not a military victory, but the defeat suffered by troops at Gallipoli in Turkey in 1915. It's almost like the Japanese commemorating VJ Day!
MichelleCH wrote: "We have the most politically incorrect holiday: VJ day...which they have attempted to rename several times. Only in rhode island."
VJ day is a state holiday in RI? I didn't know anyone celebrated it.
VJ day is a state holiday in RI? I didn't know anyone celebrated it.
I don't even know what VJ day is... will go look it up!
ETA: Oh dear... I suppose it makes sense in some way, however. Isn't one of the biggest Navy shipyards in RI?
ETA: Oh dear... I suppose it makes sense in some way, however. Isn't one of the biggest Navy shipyards in RI?
Hayes wrote: "I don't even know what VJ day is... will go look it up!ETA: Oh dear... I suppose it makes sense in some way, however. Isn't one of the biggest Navy shipyards in RI?"
Yes we do, Electric Boat - we are also very stuck in our ways in general. They have tried to change the name of the holiday more than once but it doesn't stick.
All of New England hangs on to their ways, Massachusetts still celebrates Patriots Day with the Boston Marathon and the Red Sox always play at home, at 11:00AM. Speaking of the Sox, Fenway officially celebrates its 100th tomorrow! I wonder why not V-E day too? RI must have supplied ships to both theaters.
Go Mets!
...sorry. Old habits die hard over here too.
...sorry. Old habits die hard over here too.
finished #15 Cutting for Stone
REview in a few days
REview in a few days
Yay for Hayes!
Hayes wrote: "finished #15 Cutting for StoneREview in a few days"
I've heard only good things about
Cutting for Stone
Kim wrote: "MichelleCH wrote: "We have the most politically incorrect holiday: VJ day...which they have attempted to rename several times. Only in rhode island."In Australia and New Zealand, while Armistic..."
We have 11th November as our Remembrance Day (Armistice Day for the day the guns fell silent in 1918 at the end of World War 1) where a 2 minutes' silence is held. It's been resurrected in the last 15 years or so and is respected very well in public places, shops etc) . We then have Remembrance Sunday on the sunday closest to 11th Nov with services in towns and villages to remember all our losses since 1941 :(
Oh and we also hold a ANZAC Day service locally (today) as we have Australian and New Zealand burials in a local military cemetery.
April 21st is the Birthday of Rome, and is a local holiday. Wikipedia tells me: "... all versions agreed that the city was founded on April 21, the day of the festival sacred to Pales, goddess of shepherds... "
April 25 is "Liberation Day" when in 1945 the Salò Republic fell, which is a national holiday. And May 1 is also a national holiday. Many connect the holidays and manage to take 10-day breaks from work with just a few vacation days.
My short review of Cutting for Stone is up. It hardly does justice to the book, which I thought was fabulous.
April 25 is "Liberation Day" when in 1945 the Salò Republic fell, which is a national holiday. And May 1 is also a national holiday. Many connect the holidays and manage to take 10-day breaks from work with just a few vacation days.
My short review of Cutting for Stone is up. It hardly does justice to the book, which I thought was fabulous.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is finished. Will complete the review later. Now I can concentrate on Ancient Rome!
You were cruising along with this one! You must have enjoyed it. :)
I did! I love a good mystery.
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