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Only 40 more pages to go
I tend to use ellipses a lot on CD I added Rules of Civility to my list
Oh, wow! You're the quickest reader I know! You and Ketabcha are a race to the finish, while I meander at the back of the pack, stopping for snacks 'n stuff.
You're not getting paid to write on City Data, so you can use all the ellipses that you like, sweets.
I just finished reading "The Mirror of A Movement: churches of Christ as seen through the Abilene Christian College Lectureship" by William S. Banowsky.
I get all my novels at ebooks. I doubt you can e-volunteer.
Seriously, I physically walk into a library only 1-2 times a year. And I'm a member of about 10 library systems in 3 states. -- I'm a confirmed ebook reader.
I may volunteer for something this summer but a library wouldn't be it. I'm not a bibliophile.
How do you do that? Multiple library cards? I just lost my SF card because I could not show proof of residency (I moved). Now I only have an HI, and our library system is horrible.
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How do you do that? Multiple library cards? I just lost my SF card because I could not show proof of residency (I moved). Now I only have an HI, and our library system is horrible.
You can have multiple library cards if you live on a state border. I live in TN but have a card for TN and NC.
I also have 2 cards in different areas in FL as that is where my DH and I stay in the winter and remodel homes.
I didn't read much of Moonglow. I got, I don't know, bored? Tired of the style? Something. And it was quite early on, I think it was in the first quarter, that I threw in the towel. Were the last three quarters like the first or did it get better?
I think they were similar. Early on I was waiting for everything to tie together. There was a revelation about the grandmother that I found almost shocking, and I give the book props for that. Generally, my feelings about the book were the same throughout.
I did like it and appreciate the writing, but as seems to frequently happen to me, I'm not as head over heels in love with it as many other people seem to be. I don't want to shout from the mountaintops that OMG - you MUST read this book.
Location: Montreal -> CT -> MA -> Montreal -> Ottawa
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I think they were similar. Early on I was waiting for everything to tie together. There was a revelation about the grandmother that I found almost shocking, and I give the book props for that. Generally, my feelings about the book were the same throughout.
I did like it and appreciate the writing, but as seems to frequently happen to me, I'm not as head over heels in love with it as many other people seem to be. I don't want to shout from the mountaintops that OMG - you MUST read this book.
Okay, so now I want to know what shocking thing happened with the grandmother. I'm still not going to read it, though.
I have hype syndrome too. The more someone tells me how FANTASTIC a book is, drop everything, I don't care that you're packing to move, just STOP THE PACKING AND READ THIS AMAZING BOOK RIGHT NOW, the more I'm destined to not like it. That said, you MUST read Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner. No, really. Everyone who I've pushed this book on -- raise your hands, please, ladies! -- has agreed that it's terrific. Everyone seems to see themselves in one of the main characters. I'm Charity Lang, by the way.
Okay, so now I want to know what shocking thing happened with the grandmother. I'm still not going to read it, though.
I have hype syndrome too. The more someone tells me how FANTASTIC a book is, drop everything, I don't care that you're packing to move, just STOP THE PACKING AND READ THIS AMAZING BOOK RIGHT NOW, the more I'm destined to not like it. That said, you MUST read Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner. No, really. Everyone who I've pushed this book on -- raise your hands, please, ladies! -- has agreed that it's terrific. Everyone seems to see themselves in one of the main characters. I'm Charity Lang, by the way.
It depends on who it is. Sometimes the books that are hyped are really good. But if it's too 'book clubby' or too much of what seems like "pop fiction," then I'm deeply skeptical. I'm also leery of authors who seem to write a book a year.
I actually have read Crossing to Safety, but it was about twenty years ago, and I don't remember it all that well. I'm pretty sure I still have it somewhere on my bookshelves, so I'll have to see if I can dig it out. As I recall, it wasn't an especially long book.
If you *really* want to know what I found shocking about the grandmother, send me a PM.
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