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Started by Marilyne, March 29, 2016, 03:20:53 PM

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MarsGal

#3360
July 21, 2025, 06:08:55 AM
Bubble, I passed the website on to my sister who is an avid horror/thriller fan. She liked Alfred Hitchcock's rendition of The Birds a lot. I watched a bio of her, among others, several years ago on YouTube. There are a lot of postings for her, including readings of her stories and bios.

MarsGal

#3361
July 26, 2025, 09:08:40 AM
I am almost done reading The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams. Here is a good review and summary. https://500wordsofsomething.com/the-reading-list-summary/

MarsGal

#3362
July 26, 2025, 06:34:56 PM
The Reading List is finished. There is a book club questionnaire in the Appendix, the author's personal list of book additions beyond the one in the book, and a few paragraphs about her own book reading and writing journey and upbringing. She brought more depth to the characters than I would have noticed while reading a book which became obvious when I read what she wrote about The Life of Pi. It is the only book on her list that I did read. Oddly, her personal list also included only one book I have read.

The latest addition to the Liaden Universe, Ribbon Dance by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, needs finishing even though I am not very fond of it.

My newest hardcopy book arrived today. It is Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II. The book was written by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter. Edsel is the author of Monuments Men. The paper is an off white, perhaps a light sepia, and the cover similar, making for a vintage affect. All the pictures, and there are many, are b/w. Overall, the look and feel of the book, in my opinion, gives the book a vintage look.

I haven't decided what library read I want to tackle now.

MarsGal

#3363
July 27, 2025, 07:21:26 AM Last Edit: August 04, 2025, 01:51:50 PM by MarsGal
Ok, my new library download is the audiobook version of George Stephanopoulos' The Situation Room. So far, I have only listened to the intro.

MarsGal

#3364
August 04, 2025, 02:16:46 PM
I forgot to mention, and I forgot where I saw it, but it appears that print books are making a bit of a come-back and eBooks have declined some. Sorry, I don't remember where I saw that mentioned. Well, it shouldn't be a big surprise since Amazon (the biggest seller) or the publishers have jacked up the prices to near and in a few cases more than the price of a print book. Also, publishers are enticing book collectors/readers into buying special editions with fancy new covers and such, especially the old classics.

I've ordered yet another small bookshelf that will fit between the old chest of drawers and the storage cabinet. My craft books are now residing in the bedroom closet with all my needlework supplies.
 

MarsGal

#3365
August 08, 2025, 09:51:15 AM
The bookshelf is here. I will be putting it together this afternoon.

Meanwhile I finished The Situation Room. It was an interesting and very well done audio book. Next up is Sebastian Berry's Days Without End. It is a Western set beginning in 1850 with the Sioux Indian Wars. It follows an Irishman who left Ireland during the Great Potato Famine and joined the US Army. So, I can expect plenty of Irish angst and tragedy.

Marilyne

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August 08, 2025, 12:09:30 PM
Hi Mars!  Good to read your messages, even though I haven't been responding.   Days Without End sounds good.   I like "Irish angst and tragedy"!  Reminds me of a book I read decades ago, about the Modoc Indian War, up in the far corner of California.  (now Modoc County).  I was so taken with the story that we visited the Modoc ruins. (remains of their encampment.)    Can't recall the name of the book, but I think it has  "Captain Jack" in the title or sub title? 

No reading going on here, except for the newspaper, and on the computer. Son and dil gave me two interesting sounding novels for Mother's Day, but I will likely never read them.  I did read the one Sandy gave me - "The Pink Hotel".  I hate to think of that being the last book I ever read, so will have to dig around and find something else I can deal with!  plenty to choose from here. 

About George Stephanopoulos  . . .  I remember back when he was a newcomer, and first appeared on the scene.  I liked him then, and followed the early years of his career.  I probably would like "The Situation Room", but lots of other things I would read first.  I haven't paid any attention to him in recent years.   
I've never watched  "Good Morning America"!   I'm probably the only one who hasn't??   I don't turn on the TV until late afternoon, unless there's a breaking story of importance.

MarsGal

#3367
August 09, 2025, 07:30:14 AM Last Edit: August 09, 2025, 07:53:28 AM by MarsGal
QuoteI've never watched  "Good Morning America"!  I'm probably the only one who hasn't??

Not so, Marilyne. I have never, to my recollection, watched it either.

Is this your Captain Jack? https://www.opb.org/article/2023/10/03/modoc-war-captain-jack-execution-fort-klamath-oregon/ (Noted the bright yellow banner across the top of the article. What a shame!)

Marilyne

#3368
August 15, 2025, 11:44:34 AM
Mars - That's a good website, explaining the Modoc War, 1872 -1873.  Lots of good information on a fascinating event in history that's not included in any of the standard textbooks. 

The book I read,  The Modocs and their War, by Keith Murray,  tells the story well.  I can't remember what prompted me to  read the book?  There is something about  Captain Jack,  himself that draws you in, and brings the story to life.

As I said,  we visited the site of the Modoc War, back in the Summer of 1972.
It is now part of the Lava Beds National Monument. We were the only ones there, when we walked along the well marked trails and lava caves and lookout platforms. Not a sound to be heard . . . total silence.  It's now been 50+ years since our visit.  I doubt that there are more than a handful of visitors there every year.  It's a bleak and lonely place. 

MarsGal

#3369
August 16, 2025, 03:05:19 PM
Here is a book review about Days Without End. https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/days-without-end/ Worth the time to read it.

Marilyne, I am going to see if I can get a copy of The Modocs and their War. The author was a ranger at Lava Beds National Monument before he became a professor at Western Washington University which holds the collection of his papers and works, published and unpublished. Oddly, it appears the University of Oklahoma Press that first published this book. According to what I've found that almost all of the first printing, first edition was destroyed by fire. Apparently, the survivors were thirty advance review copies that were sent out before the fire. A very rare find if you can find one, and expensive. ABE Books lists a first edition, first printing at $900.
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