Annnnnnnd, I'm back to The Cat Who series, "The Cat Who Saw a Ghost," after reading both the YA version of Dewey, AND the original! I'm all set for the 22nd, when discussion starts!
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All Thing Books And Reading Thread 2020
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You're not out of date, you just prefer different genres than you've seen mentioned here and a lot
of us support Kindle and Amazon, and don't feel life is too short to enjoy Lee Childs or Jodi Picoult.
Enjoy your books!
It wasn't meant to be a criticism! I’ve read all the threads – just wanted you to know me, and why perhaps we may have different opinions about certain things, pertaining to books.You're not out of date, you just prefer different genres than you've seen mentioned here and a lot
of us support Kindle and Amazon, and don't feel life is too short to enjoy Lee Childs or Jodi Picoult.
Enjoy your books!
I’m sure if you’re living miles away from anywhere, Amazon and Kindle are a godsend! The local shops here are unfortunately being taken over by small chain stores: mobile-phones, opticians, hairdressers and bakeries. There are now so many Italian restaurants, steak houses and take-away kiosks that one wonders how they can all survive.
The Bookshop is one of the few places where you can spend some time, without having to eat or drink, just looking and reading. There used to be a cat, who regularly took a stroll around the bookshelves. She didn’t belong there, obviously had her own home close by, but felt very much at home with customers and staff alike. She was a bit stand-offish and reminded me of the store-detective at the department store in a London suburb, where I used to work as a Saturday-girl, a long, long time ago! Perhaps, there’s a cat-novel there, “Miss Prudence, the Store Detective”! Well, if such a book already exists, I’m sure someone will tell me, before I let my imagination run wild.
Happy reading!
They are, indeed, godsends for those of us in small towns with few resources, or those of us who are disabled and can't get around! However, I get that you prefer to support small businesses,
gilmargl
. I do when I can!
Still working on the Braun series. LOL, calling it "the Braun series" because I can't decide which is correct, simply " 'The Cat Who' " series, or "the 'The Cat Who series'," which sounds absurd, but is actually what it is! FIE on those who start a series name with "The!" And there are SO many of them! Note to self..."If I EVER write a series, DO NOT START THE NAME OF THE SERIES WITH THAT VERY AWKWARD DEFINITE ARTICLE!"
gilmargl
. I do when I can!Still working on the Braun series. LOL, calling it "the Braun series" because I can't decide which is correct, simply " 'The Cat Who' " series, or "the 'The Cat Who series'," which sounds absurd, but is actually what it is! FIE on those who start a series name with "The!" And there are SO many of them! Note to self..."If I EVER write a series, DO NOT START THE NAME OF THE SERIES WITH THAT VERY AWKWARD DEFINITE ARTICLE!"
Aren't you proud of me? I actually remembered that "the" is a definite article! Haven't had to dredge that up in about...oh, 45 years or so!!!
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I have started a Jeffrey Archer book called As The Crow Flies. Missing my library.
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Hubby will be pleased, hee, hee
Still reading Song of Leira. I'm almost halfway done with it.
I'm about 2/3 of the way through The Darkest Places. Some of the stories are quite interesting and/or unusual, but others are so boring they've put me to sleep.
After finishing Year of Wonders, a novel about the plague in the 1600s, I needed something lighter so I’m reading an Aunt Dimity. My husband just finished How to be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman, an historian (non fiction). It was published in 2013 and named one of the best books of the year by NPR. That’s up next for me after I read Aunt Dimity.
I'm reading "The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal." And now that my computer is back in action, I'm going to report on my "Dewey" experience!
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I'm reading, when I can focus, a paranormal novel, and it's scary!! A 9 year old
girl has become possessed by a demon. She cut her mother and accused her
father of sexually abusing her, all work of the demon, not her. Her father is now
in jail and his wife has hired a duo of paranormal investigators to help.They sense
a newbie, someone who can see the future, and seek him out and have found him.
His name is Oscar, a clerk in a convenient store. He's 18 and feels like a loser, and
his parents think he is. His shrink has just demanded that he leave her office because
he "saw" her boyfriend standing behind her while they were having a session and
spoke of him.
It's holding my attention.
girl has become possessed by a demon. She cut her mother and accused her
father of sexually abusing her, all work of the demon, not her. Her father is now
in jail and his wife has hired a duo of paranormal investigators to help.They sense
a newbie, someone who can see the future, and seek him out and have found him.
His name is Oscar, a clerk in a convenient store. He's 18 and feels like a loser, and
his parents think he is. His shrink has just demanded that he leave her office because
he "saw" her boyfriend standing behind her while they were having a session and
spoke of him.
It's holding my attention.
I borrowed a non-fiction book from Hoopla: All The Days Of My Life. It's written by an actress from Days of Our Lives and talks about her life both personally and professionally.
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So I bought this book a few years ago, started it but didn't finish it. Picked it up yesterday, read
a few chapters and now I'm hooked.
Syndrome E (Lucie Henebelle and Inspector Sharko, book 1) by Franck Thilliez
a few chapters and now I'm hooked.
Syndrome E (Lucie Henebelle and Inspector Sharko, book 1) by Franck Thilliez
My Perveen Mistry books came today! 
I'm going to read them after I read Pride and Prejudice.
I'm going to read them after I read Pride and Prejudice.
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What are you guys reading? I am dropping Syndrome E while I go back to The Innocents, the scary
paranormal eBook. I know Mush is reading something by her other husband, Peter James, hee, hee.
paranormal eBook. I know Mush is reading something by her other husband, Peter James, hee, hee.
I've started a book by Peter James. Cant wait for the libraries to open again, running out of readable books.
I'm almost a third done with Pride and Prejudice. Its snowing here today (
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