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Post by Ripley on Nov 24, 2016 10:43:11 GMT -5
I hope you love Outlander and the other books purplerage!
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Post by Sexual Chocolate on Nov 27, 2016 18:03:14 GMT -5
Not books, but I just got done reading these short story winners from Jezebel's scary story contest. 10 of the Scariest Stories We've Ever HeardLink
11 More of the Scariest Stories We've Ever HeardLook at Me by theatreguy is spooky af and is my favorite Link
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Post by Rosie on Nov 27, 2016 18:11:25 GMT -5
Not books, but I just got done reading these short story winners from Jezebel's scary story contest. 10 of the Scariest Stories We've Ever HeardLink
11 More of the Scariest Stories We've Ever HeardLook at Me by theatreguy is spooky af and is my favorite Link "I shutter to think about what would have happened if I had ever turned around and looked at them."Scary story - careless proof reading. LOL!
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Post by nana on Nov 27, 2016 20:32:13 GMT -5
Johnson Hodgman's The Areas of My Expertise. Very funny.
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Post by Rosie on Dec 4, 2016 16:18:08 GMT -5
Finally getting around to The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware.
Straight up British thriller.
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Post by booksrbetter on Dec 4, 2016 19:23:15 GMT -5
I'm reading "Parable of the Talents" by Octavia Butler. Very dark book set in the future in which global warming and economic collapse has made America almost unrecognizable. There is a presidential race in the story's background. A homophobic, racist, and nationalist candidate is running on the premise "Make America Great Again." It's weirding me out.
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Post by dark sister on Dec 6, 2016 20:18:25 GMT -5
I read two autobiographies this week. Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick and Where Am I Now by Mara Wilson.
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Post by Rosie on Dec 7, 2016 14:08:54 GMT -5
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2016?ref_=pe_2701710_217206440
"Announcing the winners of the 2016 Goodreads Choice Awards, the only major book awards decided by readers. Congratulations to the best books of the year!"
I find that Goodreads and Book Page are great resources for checking out books that interest me. I like it that Goodreads is showing all the runner ups as the winners.
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Post by dark sister on Jan 5, 2017 21:51:54 GMT -5
I started reading Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
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Post by Ripley on Jan 7, 2017 1:04:02 GMT -5
Started reading Martin Yan's The Yan Can Cook Book as I picked up an autographed copy ( thanks Lorraine whoever you were!) at my local terrific used book store. Copyright 1982 1981 with MYs drawings and comments left intact rather than edited to perfection.
Shares what you need ingredient and equipment-wise to cook various types of Chinese food- Cantonese, Shanghai, Szechwan, Hunan, Imperial Court food (Peking) and Hong Kong style foods. Lots of great hacks and tips, easy directions. I see hot and sour soup in my weekend, especially since the snow continues falling fast.
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Post by dark sister on Jan 7, 2017 14:23:10 GMT -5
Station Eleven was very good, I would definitely recommend that. They also touched up on a few post apocalyptic things I expect TWD to continue to ignore - that eventually gasoline goes bad.
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Post by Rosie on Jan 7, 2017 17:41:18 GMT -5
Station Eleven was very good, I would definitely recommend that. They also touched up on a few post apocalyptic things I expect TWD to continue to ignore - that eventually gasoline goes bad. Really really enjoyed this book. Set in Great Lakes region - my neck of the woods. It was a finalist for National Book Award. I may need to re-read this one. Film adaptation in 'the works' but I have no current info about the progress. **** I am currently reading All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage. It's a thriller with Gothic undertones and a deeply depraved killer.
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Post by greaterpursuit on Jan 8, 2017 19:08:43 GMT -5
Right now I'm reading the manual to my new cell phone and longing for the days of rotary dial phones. You know, the days where all phones were landlines.
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Post by Rosie on Feb 16, 2017 23:27:04 GMT -5
Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz - TV The Book.
Two experts pick the greatest American shows of all time.
No currently running shows were in contention - mostly. First they chose several hundred shows and winnowed it down to what they refer to as the Pantheon - 100 shows. The points assigned was based on these criteria: Innovation, Influence, Consistency, Performance and Story Telling. Peak was a late addition where they considered a part of a show - like just one season.
There are other entries such as "Works in Progress, "A Certain Regard", "TV Movies", etc. They also included several Best 10 Lists.
TWD was mentioned in two of their Best 10 Lists - Lori in the Memorable Death List - Also one of the Best Pilots in that list.
At the end of the book, there is appendix showing the points each of the two awarded the shows in the Pantheon. Those points were added up and the highest point shows ranked above. There were ties.
This was an interesting book - I found the narrative given to each of the shows informative and learned snippets about the shows.
Anyone care to guess what the two of them said is the best show ever? Hint - it's been a long running show hence the "mostly". It's the first of ten in the first section called "The Inner Circle".
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Post by dark sister on Feb 21, 2017 12:55:05 GMT -5
I'm currently reading The Circle by Dave Eggers
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Post by Rosie on Mar 5, 2017 15:01:04 GMT -5
I saw the movie "Warm Bodies" awhile back and found it to be very good actually.
I recently read the book Warm Bodies which is the first in a series (the movie was based on this book) by Isaac Marion. The second book in the trilogy Burning World (recent release) explains more about "R" and who he used to be pre-apocalypse. The final book of the series The Living will be released late 2017. There is prequel The New Hunger (novella) - my library does not have a copy but I'm reading it on-line.
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Post by honkytonkwoman on Mar 5, 2017 16:21:52 GMT -5
I reread it a few months ago and really liked it. I'm rereading Phil Rickman's Merrily Watkins series now (on book 10 of 15) but I want to read the rest of the Outlander series next.
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Post by Rosie on Mar 10, 2017 1:12:09 GMT -5
Just finished History of Wolves - a very new release and a debut for author Emily Fridlund.
Not your typical coming of age story in any way shape or form. One of those novels that makes you think and dwell long after you finish reading it. Such beautiful lyrical prose.
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Post by Meggo358 on Mar 14, 2017 18:13:09 GMT -5
Currently reading "Station 11" by Emily St John Mandel. It's a post apocalyptic story that jumps between different characters and stories which all overlap and are starting to come together even more as I get near the end. It also jumps from the immediate aftermath of society to the state of things 20ish years later. It's a great blend of all the things you'd want in this kind of story, and is a pretty easy read too.
Highly recommended!
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Post by Rosie on Mar 17, 2017 21:32:29 GMT -5
Currently reading "Station 11" by Emily St John Mandel. It's a post apocalyptic story that jumps between different characters and stories which all overlap and are starting to come together even more as I get near the end. It also jumps from the immediate aftermath of society to the state of things 20ish years later. It's a great blend of all the things you'd want in this kind of story, and is a pretty easy read too. Highly recommended! Several of us that participate in this thread have read Station 11 and agree with you that it is really really good. "Scott Steindorff lands film and TV rights to the post apocalyptic drama". That happened in 2015 and I keep hoping ... mainly that the film will be good.
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Post by weeds_or_wildflowers on Apr 1, 2017 14:32:00 GMT -5
Recently i read the comics "Y: the last man" what i liked. But not sure that can recommend it. Not everyone likes comics, comics are considered one of the lowest genres ...
In any case, if one of you takes to read "Y: The Last Man", I hope you will not be disappointed.
Now I'm going to read "Fried green tomatoes ..."
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Post by merelei on Apr 1, 2017 16:35:46 GMT -5
I can't believe I forgot about this thread! I just finished reading "Many Mansions: The Edgar Cayce Story on Reincarnation" which you can actually read online and I think download as well here FOR FREE. Edgar Cayce (/ˈkeɪsiː/; March 18, 1877 – January 3, 1945) was an American Christian mystic who answered questions on subjects as varied as healing, reincarnation, wars, Atlantis, and future events while in a trance. A biographer gave him the nickname, "The Sleeping Prophet." A nonprofit organization, the Association for Research and Enlightenment,[1] was founded to facilitate the study of Cayce's work. (From Wikipedia) I just love reading what he's said, and I've even been using some affirmations 'diagnosed' for a few problems I've had and they're really helping me mentally so far and I THINK something is working. Please read the book, it's free, because Edgar Cayce was a man who declined monetary gains (and actually got in trouble karmically for gaining money with his gift more than once) and would have wanted it that way.The Spirit is the Life, The Mind is the Builder, and the Physical is the Result. - Edgar Cayce
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Post by honkytonkwoman on Apr 1, 2017 18:46:58 GMT -5
Selection Day by Aravind Adiga-lovely story
After this I'll start The Tresspasser by Tana French.
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Post by honkytonkwoman on Apr 1, 2017 18:48:20 GMT -5
Started reading Martin Yan's The Yan Can Cook Book as I picked up an autographed copy ( thanks Lorraine whoever you were!) at my local terrific used book store. Copyright 1982 1981 with MYs drawings and comments left intact rather than edited to perfection. Shares what you need ingredient and equipment-wise to cook various types of Chinese food- Cantonese, Shanghai, Szechwan, Hunan, Imperial Court food (Peking) and Hong Kong style foods. Lots of great hacks and tips, easy directions. I see hot and sour soup in my weekend, especially since the snow continues falling fast. Oooh I should search that out
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Post by zinc on Apr 1, 2017 19:15:27 GMT -5
Nothing currently but I've been dying to read the Kerry Max Cook Chasing Justice book since last year. Watching The Night Of earlier this year just reinforced my desire to read this book.
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Post by dark sister on Apr 26, 2017 14:38:34 GMT -5
Dolores Claiborne - Stephen King
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Post by Rosie on Apr 26, 2017 19:54:19 GMT -5
Dolores Claiborne - Stephen King One of my favorite SK novels which translated very well to the screen. I re-watch that film whenever I can.
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Post by Rosie on Apr 26, 2017 19:58:51 GMT -5
I'm currently reading The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley. Written by Hannah Tinti.
Enjoying it so far. Samuel is raising his daughter, Loo. The "twelve" in the title refers to bullets.
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Post by honkytonkwoman on Apr 27, 2017 9:16:46 GMT -5
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk-lovely story
Tony and Susan-well-written literary novel
Also still reading the Merrily Watkins series by Phil Rickman. I'm on Book 12 of 15 now (in chronological order though they are stand alone novels)
Also various non-fiction (I read both simultaneously)
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Post by dark sister on Apr 27, 2017 10:18:43 GMT -5
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk-lovely story Tony and Susan-well-written literary novelAlso still reading the Merrily Watkins series by Phil Rickman. I'm on Book 12 of 15 now (in chronological order though they are stand alone novels) Also various non-fiction (I read both simultaneously) I haven't read this, but I liked the film it was adapted to - Nocturnal Animals. It was very bizarre.
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