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Post by Orpheus on Nov 2, 2019 9:59:50 GMT -5
I’m re-reading Everything That Rises Must Converge, a collection of short stories by Flannery O’Connor and I’d forgotten how much I love her. Greenleaf in particular just had me laughing so hard and turning the pages in anticipation. Highly recommended.
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Post by mln59 on Nov 4, 2019 21:54:16 GMT -5
i signed up to participate in another book club. we are scheduled to read lady audley's secret by m.e. braddon for an event at the harry ransom center. gotta read it by november the 16th.
going to pick up a copy tomorrow and get started. the kierkegaard book will have to wait.
started this book today. read the intro first and the intro gave away some important plot details. will finish this book probably tomorrow. it has fun part and it can drag during other moments. not real sure what i'll read next. might go back to the atlantic
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Post by mln59 on Nov 15, 2019 10:02:23 GMT -5
started this book today. read the intro first and the intro gave away some important plot details. will finish this book probably tomorrow. it has fun part and it can drag during other moments. not real sure what i'll read next. might go back to the atlantic i have my book club meeting for lady audley's secret tomorrow at the harry ransom center. we will meet, have some food, look at some primary archival documents, and discuss the book. the library at Texas recalled my copy early, likely for another person attending the book club, so i had to find an alternate version to bring.
the book is available online for free as it is outside of copyright. printed the book as a PDF and will download it later.
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Post by mln59 on Nov 15, 2019 10:25:45 GMT -5
i'll get back to kierkegaard later
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Post by mikegarrison on Nov 15, 2019 14:57:42 GMT -5
the library at Texas recalled my copy early What? I have never had a library "recall my copy early". If someone else wants the book I have checked out, they just have to wait in line like I did. Sometimes that means I can't renew the book, though.
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Post by mln59 on Nov 15, 2019 15:23:58 GMT -5
the library at Texas recalled my copy early What? I have never had a library "recall my copy early". If someone else wants the book I have checked out, they just have to wait in line like I did. Sometimes that means I can't renew the book, though. it's at their discretion. they do this in case people need a book for class. i'm not sure if the austin public library recalls copies early.
i debated ignoring the recall and then paying the resulting fine. ultimately i didn't want to give the main library a hard time because they do a lot of work for me and my team.
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Post by mikegarrison on Nov 15, 2019 15:27:02 GMT -5
What? I have never had a library "recall my copy early". If someone else wants the book I have checked out, they just have to wait in line like I did. Sometimes that means I can't renew the book, though. it's at their discretion. they do this in case people need a book for class. i'm not sure if the austin public library recalls copies early.
i debated ignoring the recall and then paying the resulting fine. ultimately i didn't want to give the main library a hard time because they do a lot of work for me and my team.
I did a Google search and this "recall" thing seems to be mainly a "feature" of academic libraries. Still seems odd, though. Like asking for a table for five, and then partway through your dinner the restaurant comes up and says, "I'm sorry, but we need to move you to a table for four. One of your party is going to have to leave."
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Post by mln59 on Nov 16, 2019 11:00:18 GMT -5
about to head to the bus and public transit my way to the ransom center.
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Post by mln59 on Nov 16, 2019 15:13:49 GMT -5
about to head to the bus and public transit my way to the ransom center. absolutely phenomenal time with this book club event. the 1st hour was dedicated to an exhibit curated specifically for the book and led by 3 ransom staff members. then we ate lunch and discussed the book. so pleased i decided to go. they try to do a book club thing every 2 months. looking forward to the next one.
and, a fun little side note. on the bus ride home, i got to watch a passenger yell at another passenger to shut up and get off the phone.
that was intensely satisfying.
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Post by mln59 on Nov 22, 2019 19:29:54 GMT -5
i'll get back to kierkegaard later
finished the rhode island book yesterday. i am now well versed in the founding of colonial rhode island.
i'm waiting on a book from austin public library. in the meantime, i have returned to a book of short stories about zombies....the mammoth book of zombies. 26 stories, 604 pages
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Post by mln59 on Nov 23, 2019 12:51:50 GMT -5
i'll get back to kierkegaard later
finished the rhode island book yesterday. i am now well versed in the founding of colonial rhode island.
i'm waiting on a book from austin public library. in the meantime, i have returned to a book of short stories about zombies....the mammoth book of zombies. 26 stories, 604 pages
walked to my local library this morning to pick up my book. it's " eye spy" by mercedes lackey. i very much enjoy her books
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Post by mikegarrison on Nov 23, 2019 15:03:40 GMT -5
i very much enjoy her books For whatever reason, I've never read any of Misty's books. At least, not books she wrote solo. I have read all the "Heirs of Alexandria" books co-written by Lackey, Flint, and Freer.
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Post by Wolfgang on Nov 28, 2019 20:23:37 GMT -5
Some quick Harry Potter questions. I can look this up but it's Thanksgiving and I've got family over. Don't have time. Plus lazy from all the turkey and ham.
1. How many Harry Potter books are there? 2. Will adults like me enjoy those books? (I don't read fantasy/sci-fi much. I mostly read about mundane things that adults do.) 3. How long will it take to finish the entire series? 4. Do they have stupid magic stuff that save Harry from scrapes and jams? 5. Are there pictures?
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Post by mln59 on Nov 28, 2019 20:39:31 GMT -5
Some quick Harry Potter questions. I can look this up but it's Thanksgiving and I've got family over. Don't have time. Plus lazy from all the turkey and ham. 1. How many Harry Potter books are there? 2. Will adults like me enjoy those books? (I don't read fantasy/sci-fi much. I mostly read about mundane things that adults do.) 3. How long will it take to finish the entire series? 4. Do they have stupid magic stuff that save Harry from scrapes and jams? 5. Are there pictures? 7 yes depends. if you sit down and do nothing else, mere days
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Post by mikegarrison on Nov 29, 2019 1:45:36 GMT -5
Some quick Harry Potter questions. I can look this up but it's Thanksgiving and I've got family over. Don't have time. Plus lazy from all the turkey and ham. 1. How many Harry Potter books are there? 2. Will adults like me enjoy those books? (I don't read fantasy/sci-fi much. I mostly read about mundane things that adults do.) 3. How long will it take to finish the entire series? 4. Do they have stupid magic stuff that save Harry from scrapes and jams? 5. Are there pictures? 1. 7 main books. 2. It depends. The characters are the key to Harry Potter. The "world-building" is at best so-so compared to mainstream SF/Fantasy, and the plots are fairly simplistic. But the characters are very well done. Do you hate bildungsromans? If so, these aren't the books for you. Are you just as comfortable picking up books from the YA section of the library as the main fiction section? Then you'll probably like them. 3. It depends. Less than a week, if you really get into it and just read, read, read. 4. Yes. But the stupid magic stuff also gets Harry into scrapes and jams, too. The only real plotbreaker was the "time turner", and it was so overpowered that they later came up with some excuse why it couldn't be used again. 5. No.
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