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Post by RichardF on Nov 26, 2019 1:49:07 GMT -5
Thanks Moe, I enjoyed both these books...I like books about war and perseverance... Guernsey is one of the Channel Islands in the English Channel near the French Coast...the bigger island next to Sark...DARK SKY ISLAND! Currently I am reading: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple If you want a book based on Sark itself, you would want Mr Pye by Mervyn Peake. Gives a fair description of the place, but not the people fortunately.
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Post by RichardF on Nov 26, 2019 1:51:05 GMT -5
Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music, looking back of the growth and devolpement of folk music in the British Isles. Seems so far to be mostly focused on England so far.
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amyvalens
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<3 Scotty Valens <3
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Post by amyvalens on Nov 30, 2019 10:04:59 GMT -5
At the moment I read "Night and Silence", an "October Daye" novel by Seanan McGuire. I love those books and when the German publisher, LYX, stopped translating these books into German, I continued reading it in English since book 4, "Late Eclipses".
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Post by Moe on Dec 3, 2019 10:05:37 GMT -5
Garth Stein's "Raven Stole the Moon" - for the second time.
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Dolores
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Happy autumn!
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Post by Dolores on Dec 4, 2019 2:28:51 GMT -5
'De Bello Gallico' by Iulius Ceasar - mostly to practice latin, as I took up studying that this fall. But it's also interesting to hear some ancient accounts of the Celts!
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Post by michaelj53 on Dec 4, 2019 15:13:18 GMT -5
I'm reading a mystery by Ann Cleeves called White Nights, part of her Shetland series. These stories are methodical procedural mysteries set in the Shetland Islands. Very enjoyable stories. The BBC1 series based on these books is also very good.
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Post by Riene on Jan 19, 2020 23:46:53 GMT -5
Finished "The Soul of an Octopus" by Sy Montgomery a bit ago. Non fiction. The author is a wildlife writer who has a chance to to touch and interact with an octopus at an aquarium and becomes fascinated by these marine invertebrates. I found it fascinating and learned quite a bit that I didn't know about marine life and cephalopods.
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Post by Moe on Jan 20, 2020 9:06:07 GMT -5
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Post by Riene on Jan 20, 2020 11:50:26 GMT -5
Read "Me After You," one of those bestseller-type books. The protagonist is a young English woman who becomes a caretaker to a quadriplegic man and eventually becomes friends with him. When he decides he doesn't want to live with the results of his accident anymore, she tries to change his mind.
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Isabel
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Ah! Je voudrais voler comme un oiseau d'aile...
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Post by Isabel on Jan 20, 2020 12:56:37 GMT -5
Read "Me After You," one of those bestseller-type books. The protagonist is a young English woman who becomes a caretaker to a quadriplegic man and eventually becomes friends with him. When he decides he doesn't want to lie with the results of his accident anymore, she tries to change his mind. I also want to read:"Me Before You", "After You" and "Still You" by Jojo Moyes. I saw the 2016 Film: Me Before You with Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Sam Claflin (Hunger Games, My Cousin Rachel). Good tearjerker film. Check out Nicholas Sparks' books and films for more tearjerkers...
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Post by Riene on Jan 23, 2020 12:38:38 GMT -5
"From Potter's Field" by Patricia Cornwell, crime/murder/mystery. A serial killer turns his attention to the medical examiner.
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Post by Riene on Jan 24, 2020 22:06:37 GMT -5
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Post by Moe on Jan 25, 2020 14:12:52 GMT -5
I haven't read them all (yet), but it's quite an eclectic list!
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Post by Riene on Jan 25, 2020 22:00:38 GMT -5
I haven't read them all (yet), but it's quite an eclectic list! I'm going to try to read a few more modern fiction books and force myself out of my preferred rut of mysteries and sci-fi and fantasy...it's just that most of them are so damned depressing. I've about given up on anything written by men. I don't WANT to read about rape, warfare, drug/alcohol situations, child abuse, cops and crime, etc. The evening news is awful enough.
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Post by Riene on Jan 25, 2020 22:05:47 GMT -5
The Outdoor Girls on a Hike--"Laura Lee Hope"--a pseudonym for a syndicate of children's and young adult writers. The book dates from 1929 so it's nearly a century old. It's full of stereotypes for the time, has some funny moments, and was part of that era of kids' adventure stories with moral underlying themes. Fun read.
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