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Library Bookshelf

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

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MarsGal

JeanneP, I also refrained from turning on the heater yesterday. It seems a bit early to do so. Yesterday was a good day for reading. I spent the entire day doing so, and will probably do so for a good bit of the day today. I was amazed that my eyes didn't 'bug out' on me from all the reading.

SCFSue

We're still having 90* afternoons here in Alabama.  I try to get my outside chores done in the early mornings.

Sue

FlaJean

I preordered Bob Woodruff’s new book that is out tomorrow.  So I’ll be busy reading for a few days.

Sue, I believe we are a little cooler here than your area.  Most of our weather is in the medium 80s.  We had a nice rain shower this morning and the rest of the day has been sunny.

Marilyne

MarsGal - Thanks for the info on the audible books for the Kindle Fire - which is what I have.  I'll download something from my library, and let you know how it works for me. 

Callie - I'm wanting to try the audio books to listen to when I go to bed at night.  I'm a poor sleeper, and need something to help me relax. We shall see?  As for the book "Behemoth", I haven't opened it yet, but I can see that it looks a bit daunting! :-\ The books that Barb recommends on SL, are often too heavy for me . . . both in size and content! 

FlaJean - The Woodruff book will surely be a bestseller!  Let us know what you think, after you've read it.

Maryc - "The Library At the Edge of the World" sounds good . . . I love that title! 

Now I'm anxious to get back to "The Address", which is a great read so far.  I'm about half way through it, and really enjoying it.   

CallieOK

Marilyne,  I agree about the book choices on SL. I like to learn background but not that much!

Audio books sound perfect for you.  Hope you can work something out.

FlaJean

I spelled the author’s name incorrectly.  The book is “Fear: Trump in the White House” by Bob Woodward.  I bought it on iBooks so it gets downloaded on both iPads (mine and my husband’s) so we will both be reading at the same time.  That’s one of the advantages of getting an ebook.  I didn’t like ebooks in the beginning but I’m starting to really enjoy the convenience of reading on my iPad. It’s very comfortable.  I lean the iPad on my lap and enjoy my easy chair.

MaryTX

Good wet, dreary, and sleepy morning :).  I picked up "The Address" at the Library yesterday and stayed up close to midnight reading it.  I kept telling myself I'll just finish this chapter...... ;D. It is a very interesting book and hard to put down.

I put myself on the reserve list for Bob Woodward's book.  It hasn't come it yet so it will be awhile.  I'll probably end up ordering it to read on my Ipad, but I have a bunch of books to read before I do it.  My eyes are bothering me so I can't read like I use to.

Mary


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maryc

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MaryTX  Do I recall that you went by the name Redbud earlier?   I was drawn to that name because the Redbud tree is a favorite of mine and I have several in my garden.  :)    I have been looking around for The Address and so far it is not available through my library system, neither in hardbound book or ebook.   It just says unavailable so it may be that it is in big demand just now.    Meanwhile I'm starting the sequel to The Library at the Edge of the World.   I suppose it is good to read it while the characters and places are fresh in my mind.  It has been cooler here since the weekend but it is due to warm up again starting Thursday.   The cooler weather was quite refreshing after the heat of the past few weeks.   I get more ambition when the temps and humidity drop.   There is much to do in the yard and around the house in preparation for winter.I have been curious about the Woodward book too.   When it gets to the library I'm sure in will be out for many weeks.
Mary C

MaryTX

Mary C, yes I went by Redbud on the old SeniorNet.  S&F wouldn't accept the name for some reason so I went to MaryTX. 

We are originally from Southern Oklahoma and redbud trees are very prolific and they are one of our favorites.  My husband passed on in 2009 about three weeks before his 87th birthday.  As redbuds were his favorite, the kids and I planted one in his memory on his birthday in our side yard.  It was just a three foot stick with a couple of small branches coming out of it.  Nine years later, it is about 15 feet tall and about 8 feet wide.  It is the most gorgeous tree in the spring when it blooms and is a good shade tree in the summer.

I stayed up close to midnight last night reading "The Address" and couldn't keep my eyes open so will finish it today. I am going to look for "The Dollhouse".

For those of you who like Christian fiction, Karen Kingsbury has two new books coming out.  "When We Were Young" comes out October 16 and "Best Family Ever" which will be published 2/15/19.

Mary

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Marilyne

MaryTX - I Also remember your name, Redbud, from Senior Net. Did you post in the Books and Lit discussion, or maybe in Movies, Television, Music?  There were so many people on SN back then, compared to now.  We were all so much younger back then, and message boards and Chat Rooms, were new and exciting.  Now people seem to have moved on to sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. 

I'm glad you liked The Address.  It held my interest from the first page, and I would recommend it to any and all readers who look into this folder. I'm already planning to buy the book from Amazon, for a Christmas present for my daughter-in-law. :)

Maryc - Next up, The Library at the Edge of the World.   

maryc



Today there was an advertisement on my Kindle opening page for a free book once a month  for Amazon Prime members.    I looked over the offerings and chose this one.   I did enjoy All the Light You Cannot See and think this one will be as good though a different author.

The Ragged Edge of NightNovel by Olivia HawkerImage result for The Ragged Edge of Night
4.3/5 · GoodreadsFor fans of All the Light We Cannot See, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, and The Nightingale comes an emotionally gripping, beautifully written historical novel about extraordinary hope, redemption, and one man's search for light during the darkest times of World War II. Germany, 1942. ... Google BooksExpected on: October 2018Author: Olivia HawkerGenres: Historical Fiction, Literary fiction, Adventure fiction
Mary C

MarsGal

MaryC, I regularly borrow a book each month from Amazon's Lending Library. There is also Amazon Prime Reading which offers books free to read without the limit. And, of course, there is the monthly subscription to Amazon Unlimited which I don't subscribe to. I do, however, subscribe to Audible. The audio books come in handy, sometimes, when my eyes are too tired to read.

JeanneP

It has been awhile since I found a book that I just could not put down. I miss so many authors from years back. Now this book sort of a lot like "The Girl on the Train" that was O.K but little hard to follow. The one I just read is "The Wife between Us." Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen wrote it. I never heard of them before. Don't find any other books by them. It had a long waiting list at our library so I took a chance and got on it. Its not one that you can just read a little and put down because you will loose what is happening. Be like me. read in a day and half. No cleaning done just stayed with it.
JeanneP

Tomereader1

Most all of us here are familiar with "The Johnstown Flood of 1889".  Well, I am
reading, for my own edification, "Washed Away" by Geoff Williams, which tells the story of the Great Flood of 1913.  It was not only in one city or state, but involved
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin,Pennsylvania, Maryland, Michigan, New York, West Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri and Louisiana.  I had never heard of this "great flood".  The author writes in a very entertaining style, chronologically telling of how each area was affected, damage done, loss of life.  The book is 347 pages long, but moves so quickly.  I'm finding it very interesting, as he also outlines some of the reasons the flooding became so severe (the rain notwithstanding). How and where  the towns were built, lack of real dams, etc.    I think this is a book anyone would enjoy.  The little vignettes of townspeople trying, most in vain, to find a place to shelter when the water becomes like the sea rushing in.  He mentions that at one point the mississippi river became seven (7) miles wide!  I recommend this 2013 book.

MarsGal

I never heard of that flood either, Tome. I must look into it. In the meantime, I am reading The Architect's Apprentice. Can't say that I find it all that interesting. Maybe it will pick up when it gets more into the architecture. Right now it involves the white elephent, Chote, and how Jahan got to be in Istanbul tending it.

Marilyne

JeanneP - My dil gave me a copy of The Wife Between Us, for my birthday.  I haven't read it yet, but now that you have recommended it, I'll start reading it, and see what I think.

Tome - I have never heard of the Great Flood of 1913 either.  So many states involved, it must have been catastrophic . . . especially for that point in time, when rescue efforts must have been ineffective, or even nonexistant.  Also rebuilding and starting over was far more difficult than it is today.  Washed Away, sounds like good read, and I plan to request it from the library.

MarsGal - Sounds like you're starting to like The Architect's Apprentice?  I haven't read any of the discussion/comments in SL as yet, but I will take a look. It didn't sound like a book that I'd like, but maybe you can convince me otherwise? :-\

I have a few library books here that I haven't opened yet. I'm not feeling enthusiastic about them, and can't remember where or when I heard about them?  One is a new book, that I probably saw recommended on Goodreads or Off the Shelf . . . The Golden State, by Lydia Kiesling.  The other is The Garden of Lost Days, by Andre Dubus, III.  He is the author of House of Sand and Fog, which is one of my very favorite novels, so I'm hoping I like this one as much?   

MarsGal

Marilyne, I think the "Before the Master" section of The Architect's Apprentice, so far, is boring. I am hoping it gets more interesting when the book gets to the architect and Jahan's apprenticeship.

I am listening to Captain Vorpatril's Alliance which is another of the Vorkosigan series. I like Ivan (cousin of Miles). He is perpetually cheerful, tries really hard to be average guy, somewhat anxious to stay out of the line of fire and higher ranks that would bring extra attention and responsibilities, and plays the field but unlucky at finding a mate. His several comments and snide asides regarding his friend Byerly had my laughing out loud several times.

Also reading a scifi which is okay, but so far, not all that interesting. It involves Quantum physics which I always think of as some kind of cosmic joke and pretty much incomprehensible to me. It is possible I won't bother to finish it.

Continuing on with The Black Count, a biography of Alexander Dumas' father.

MaryTX

Good morning everyone.  I'm going to pick up "The Dollhouse" from the Library today and if it's as good as "The Address", it will be another late night tonight!

Mary

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Tomereader1

Marilyne, nice to know that "House of Sand and Fog" is one of your favorite novels.  I loved it too.  Didn't think the movie of it did it justice.  So many good performances in the movie though.  I thought the father, doing whatever work was necessary to keep up appearances was very uplifting.  The other stories, so, so sad.

SCFSue

Has anyone here read "The Miniaturist"?  My PBS station is running it once a week and some of it seems gruesome to me.  I go to the library every Friday afternoon thanks to my son and I am thinking of checking it out.  I'd  like to hear from anyone who has read it and your opinion.

Thanks,
Sue

Marilyne

SCFSue - I read up online about The Miniaturist, and knew right away that it was not the type of story that I would enjoy - either the movie or the book. I don't care for creepy, dark stories, so I decided to pass on the PBS show.  Most shows on PBS are good, but there are some that fall short.  Of course most people seem to like to read or watch scary stories with weird characters, which is why they're so popular right now.

Tome - I felt the same way about the movie of House of Sand and Fog. Ben Kingsley was perfect, but the rest of the cast was not well chosen, IMO.  The actress who played Kathy, was just not right for the part.  Never heard of her before or since??  Also, they changed the ending, which ruined it for me. 

SCFSue

Marilyne, thanks for the heads up about The Miniaturist.  If my library doesn't have it, I'll probably forget about it.  I was appalled at the first episode on PBS.  I find it easier to read about scary things than to watch them on TV!  TMI in my opinion!

Sue

FlaJean

Tome, interesting about the book about the 1913 flood.  My husband has all of his father’s genealogy records and we found a whole set of small photos of the 1913 flood in his hometown and Hancock Co Ohio.  One was of his 19 year old dad standing in front of the local drugstore.  A few years ago the local Historical Society was interested and we sent them copies.  A few were printed in the local paper.

I’ve been busy rereading books by Jane Austin.

Sue, when you read a book, you can always flip the page on anything that bothers you but not so easy when looking at movie.  Anything that I see stays too vividly in my mind and I’m very particular about what I watch.

Marilyne

Jean - I feel exactly as you do.  If I see something evil or shocking in a movie or TV show, it stays with me for too long.  I just can't seem to shake the image . . . especially if it involves abuse of children, women or animals.  There seems to be so much of that type of programming on now, and it upsets me to think that children can, and do, watch those movies and TV shows.

Tomereader1

flajean, how nice that your hubby had photos from the Flood era.  I have really enjoyed reading this book, and learning about something I never even heard about.

Tomereader1

Something evil or shocking on TV or in movies...hmmm.  That would be just about every show or movie.  I, myself, do not watch what are termed  "horror" flicks.  Can't stand 'em.  Back in the, what, 70's when they had so many of the "screamer" movies, where mayhem was happening to groups of teenagers (Jamie Lee Curtis got her start in these), I didn't care for them.  One movie I saw that lingers with me today was the very first "Psycho".  I didn't sleep for weeks, and was a nervous wreck all through the night I first saw it, as were a couple of other gals who went together to see it.  Still don't like that one.   The other one was not a horror flick, but I'd have to look up the title.  It made me physically ill, as well as nervous.  We don't even have to go there!  I saw Stephen King's "Carrie" and that didn't have any effect at all, but I don't watch if it should come on TV.  "Shocking" - - well, if it offends me, I just change channels, and don't watch any more episodes.   

MarsGal

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I dislike horror films too, including horror in space SciFi. When I was young I did watch some of the Vincent Price horror flix and, of course, Bela Lugosi's Dracula, a very old Frankenstein, and Gene Wilder's Young Frankenstein (comedy), and a couple of versions of The Mummy (which I didn't consider much of a horror). After than nothing unless you consider War of the Worlds or She as horror. The first I listened to and also saw the old movie. The second I read and thought I saw a very saw an old movie, but maybe not; the earliest movie listed in IMDB is 1965. I could have sworn there was an old black and white from earlier.

Ready to pick up at the library: The Cold Between by Elizabeth Bonesteel, John Scalzi's The God Engines.

Tomereader1

Marsgal, I watched those "old" horror films, especially liked the Vincent Price ones, since I liked him so much at the time.  Dracula never scared me, it was mostly funny, and the Mummy ones too.  What was it, hmmm, back in the 80's on TV there was a daily show that had a Vampire,  ohhhh I just remembered "Dark Shadows".  Used to watch that with my kids.  It bordered on the silly, with just enough suspense to keep us watching!

Marilyne

Ah yes . . . Dark Shadows!  Brings back memories of my oldest daughter hurrying home from school with one of her girlfriends, in time to watch the show.  Of course I joined them! :D  Remember "Barnabas Collins"?  My daughter always insisted that she was going to some day name her daughter, "Angelique", after the main female character.  Of course she didn't! ha ha

Tomereader1

Thanks, I couldn't think of the name Barnabas for anything!  My daughter did the same.  I was usually at work, but sometimes I made it home in time.  You know, my mother used to watch too, with daughter.  I don't know if she enjoyed it, probably thought it was silly.  But, hey, she watched As The World Turns and The Guiding Light, etc.