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Well, this is embarrassing. I had to look it up online because I couldn't remember a thing about it. And having looked it up, it sounds vaguely familiar. I think I enjoyed it. I will check my bookshelves later and see if it is one of the books I kept or one of the ones I gave away and see if paging through it rings more bells for me. If I thought it was a hideously awful book, I think I would have remembered it more. It is the books that are okay, entertaining, but not great that don't leave much of an impression on me. But it was probably a nice read.
Absolutely no reason to be embarrassed. When friends would hunt through my bookshelves I often could remember "Oh, that was good" but not be able to tell them much about the storyline.
When it comes to popular fiction I would not want to admit how many duplicates of used paperbacks I end up with because I've forgotten that I read it and find a copy in the thrift store. I can be 2/3 of the way through it before some small detail makes me realize that I've read it at some time in the past.
Recently, while sick, I did a re-read of a bunch of books by John Lescroart and while the characters are familiar I simply could not remember 'who done it' for any of them. They had me missing some things about life in the Bay Area, that's for sure.
On a poetry kick - Complete Poems of Robert Frost, Leaves of Grass (1855 version) Walt Whitman. There are two versions of Leaves of Grass, the original version and the so-called deathbed version. The original version is shorter and, IMO, cleaner.
A friend gave me Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac, which I will start after.
When it comes to popular fiction I would not want to admit how many duplicates of used paperbacks I end up with because I've forgotten that I read it and find a copy in the thrift store. I can be 2/3 of the way through it before some small detail makes me realize that I've read it at some time in the past.
It's even more embarrassing with movies. My wife will tell me that we already saw a movie, and I'll say No, you must have seen it when I wasn't there, then 3/4 of the way through the picture, I'll see some token scene and realize that Yes, I already saw that movie. Which, of course, I would never admt.
Even better was the time we sat up and watched three straight movies on cable, then went to bed and laughed ourselves silly trying to remember any detail at all about what the first movie was.
Absolutely no reason to be embarrassed. When friends would hunt through my bookshelves I often could remember "Oh, that was good" but not be able to tell them much about the storyline.
When it comes to popular fiction I would not want to admit how many duplicates of used paperbacks I end up with because I've forgotten that I read it and find a copy in the thrift store. I can be 2/3 of the way through it before some small detail makes me realize that I've read it at some time in the past.
Recently, while sick, I did a re-read of a bunch of books by John Lescroart and while the characters are familiar I simply could not remember 'who done it' for any of them. They had me missing some things about life in the Bay Area, that's for sure.
LOL. I've been purging my books again and it surprises me with the number of duplicates I have.
There have only been two duplicates that I bought on purpose....wait, make that three.
I have friends who never buy books and when I am raving about a book they want to borrow it and pass it around to the group. Some books I don't want to loan out for fear that I won't get them back. I bought duplicates of The Kite Runner. Actually, I think I bought 4 of them because I found the hardbacks for $5.00. Also, I have two sets of the complete Harry Potter series.
Vacation brought a lot of free time I used to finish and start some new books.
As I already mentioned I wasn't astonished by "16 Lighthouse Road" by Debbie Macomber. It was okay and a quick read but I probably won't get the following books of this series.
I also read "The name of this book is secret" a fantasy novel for young readers. It was okay but there are way better books for this target group out there.
Last week I started "The Spa Decameron" by Fay Weldon which is really good so far. I'm already half way through and it's a good read.
Vacation brought a lot of free time I used to finish and start some new books.
As I already mentioned I wasn't astonished by "16 Lighthouse Road" by Debbie Macomber. It was okay and a quick read but I probably won't get the following books of this series.
I also read "The name of this book is secret" a fantasy novel for young readers. It was okay but there are way better books for this target group out there.
Last week I started "The Spa Decameron" by Fay Weldon which is really good so far. I'm already half way through and it's a good read.
Funny how a little post can trigger thoughts...
1. Debbie Macomber is a good cozy writer, but a little cozy (IMO) goes a very long way -- like a saccharine dessert. I don't need more than one to push myself away from the table!
That said, I just finished Lucy Burdette's "An Appetite for Murder," and while it was a nice little cozy read, I didn't feel the need to rush out to reserve its sequel. Oddly, I did reserve the author's OTHER series first, under her real name: Roberta Isleib. (I've also tried a few of Macomber's series' samples.)
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Now, I am reading "The Patron Saint of Liars," by Ann Patchett. I'm not very far along, but so far it has my interest.
I read that a bazillion years ago but I remember that I loved it!
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I had to look it up online because I couldn't remember a thing about it. And having looked it up, it sounds vaguely familiar. I think I enjoyed it. I will check my bookshelves later and see if it is one of the books I kept or one of the ones I gave away and see if paging through it rings more bells for me. If I thought it was a hideously awful book, I think I would have remembered it more. It is the books that are okay, entertaining, but not great that don't leave much of an impression on me. But it was probably a nice read.
