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Post by lani on Nov 8, 2021 19:32:34 GMT
I'm getting ready to travel at the end of the month and am having book insecurity - especially to read on the plane. So I have been buying and borrowing quite a few items. I don't know if I got the library items too soon. If I read them within the 21 day limit, I'll be done before the trip. What was I thinking? Maybe I finish before the trip and can borrow some more. I'm reading the Elly Griffiths/Ruth Galloway series in order, so it's a crap shoot if the next book I want will be available or just have to be put on hold for borrowing.
I bought another Donna Leon that I will save for the plane. Continuing with my Greek binge, I finally found a translator I like for the Iliad and Odyssey. I keep going for these cheap or free Amazon editions and they are so bad I have to delete them. The translator I prefer is Richmond Lattimore BTW. I also found a biography of Alexander by Peter Green (another writer/translator I admire). This one I ordered as a physical book. Maps, photos and such are useless on the Kindle - too blooming small.
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Post by woolworker on Nov 9, 2021 3:03:14 GMT
Iani: I bought that translation of the Illiad and the Odyssey for one of my granddaughters for Christmas. I think it is an excellent translation. I looked it over pretty carefully because I wanted her to read a really good one. Where are you traveling?
This was my day to work at the library. I work at the book sale and sold A LOT of books. A used book dealer from Albany, NY came in and bought two boxes worth of books. I had several other people come in, as well. While they were browsing, I started reading through my saved stack of New Yorkers. I read a terrific essay by Joan Didion about Martha Stewart, so insightful. The essay was reprinted from an old New Yorker. They are doing a lot of reprinting lately and I love reading the oldies but goodies. I also read a piece on Laurie Colwin, more insight into her as a person and a summary of her novels and cooking style.
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Post by conniej on Nov 9, 2021 16:46:11 GMT
When I was flying to my MOM"s in Florida all the time, I flew from Pittsburgh Airport, a really nice book store in their big shopping area. Spent the waiting time, ( I am one who likes to be at the airport all checked in very early) in the book store finding just the right book to read on the plane. that was the best part of my trip. I do like to people watch so I usually picked a light read. In Florida, the book store was always on my list of places to go while out shopping with MOM. She never read except for the True Love magazine and other's like it. She never could understand my love of reading and where it came from.
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Post by conniej on Nov 9, 2021 16:47:49 GMT
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Post by lani on Nov 9, 2021 18:04:40 GMT
Maui. I go at least once a year. Lately, now that DH is really retired (he kept retiring and then going back to work) we have been trying for twice a year. I have not been there this late in the year for a long time. I'm hoping to see whales from our 6th story lanai! 'Tis the season for them.
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Post by woolworker on Nov 11, 2021 18:56:05 GMT
Lovely, Iani! Are you near Carmel Valley? A very dear friend of mine lives there. We traveled with her and her DH to Kuhai a few years ago. Her kids take their vacations in Hawaii....so convenient for you Californians.
Connie: I know the Pittsburgh airport bookstore you are talking about, a wonderful place but we haven't traveled through Pittsburgh in a long time....we haven't traveled since before Covid. We almost flew out to Minnesota for a wedding and then my kids went bezerk so we didn't go. It is a good thing, because almost all of the 250 people at the wedding got Covid, even the vaccinated ones. My 85 year old aunt had a mild case, but even with the booster, she got sick. Back to airport bookstores! I love them. Once we check in, I head to the bookstore. Even if I don't buy a book, I love to see what is there. Airport bookstores usually have a pretty good cross section of what people are reading.
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Post by conniej on Nov 11, 2021 19:59:30 GMT
I thought I had read NINE PERFECT STRANGERS. But when my friend brought the book I decided I hadn't. I know I need to keep reading as Lianne Moriarty takes awhile to get the plot but so far I just don't care about these whiners. Help, did you read the book and then watch the movie or how did you do it. I don't stream so I don't get the movie. But do I keep reading?
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Post by Gail in SC on Nov 12, 2021 0:22:55 GMT
I did not really like SEVEN PERFECT STRANGERS, Connie. I thought it was the worst of all the books I read by Lianne Moriarty.
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Post by conniej on Nov 12, 2021 3:03:00 GMT
Thank goodness thought it was just me. It is just not going anywhere. My friend brought me THE ANNIVERSARY, we are trying to get caught up with Moriarty's books. I'm thinking these early ones are just not that good.
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Post by Gail in SC on Nov 12, 2021 3:19:46 GMT
Actually it is NINE PERFECT STRANGERS, Connie. And it is a fairly recent book. 2018. I am debating whether to read her APPLES NEVER FALL. What do those of you who read it think of it?
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Post by conniej on Nov 12, 2021 4:22:36 GMT
fixed it! sorry !! I did like APPLES NEVER FALL didn't take me long as I hated to put it down. I did like BIG LITTLE LIES I was talking about THE LAST ANNIVERSARY not sure about it either. Started it today. I didn't make myself very clear at all. One of those days. Three Wishes (2003) The Last Anniversary (2006) What Alice Forgot (2009) The Hypnotist's Love Story (2011) The Husband's Secret (2013) Big Little Lies (2014) Truly Madly Guilty (2016) Nine Perfect Strangers (2018) Apples Never Fall (2021)
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Post by lani on Nov 12, 2021 17:54:10 GMT
Are you near Carmel Valley? No, I am near to Santa Cruz, about 5 miles inland. Used to visit Carmel-by-the-Sea fairly often, but now it seems like a long drive.
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Post by conniej on Nov 13, 2021 0:38:48 GMT
Okay, I am finished with my book. The last 100 pages were quite good. Too bad it took 350 pages to get there. Am I going to read THE LAST ANNIVERSARY. Maybe, just not right away. I am on to something else. Just not sure what it will be. Will check my books in here to see what looks good. Stay tuned in , I will let you know tomorrow.
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Post by conniej on Nov 13, 2021 17:22:01 GMT
The Michael Connelly novel is now available.
The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly
Ballard and Bosch join forces There’s chaos in Hollywood at the end of the New Year’s Eve countdown. Working her graveyard shift, LAPD detective Renée Ballard waits out the traditional rain of lead as hundreds of revelers shoot their guns into the air. Only minutes after midnight, Ballard is called to a scene where a hardworking auto shop owner has been fatally hit by a bullet in the middle of a crowded street party.
Ballard quickly determines that the deadly bullet could not have fallen from the sky and that it is linked to another unsolved murder—a case at one time worked by Detective Harry Bosch. At the same time, Ballard hunts a fiendish pair of serial rapists, the Midnight Men, who have been terrorizing women and leaving no trace.
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Post by woolworker on Nov 15, 2021 1:04:36 GMT
So, I have started reading Interior Chinatown by Charles Wu, a National Book Award winner.
At its core, Interior Chinatown is a meditation on the Chinese American immigration and assimilation experience. It tackles this through a heavily metaphoric screenplay about a Generic Asian Man forever stuck in the background of a police procedural called "Black and White." He is not privileged like White, nor is he oppressed like Black. Yet he is relegated to the sidelines, never able to be the star of his own ...more flag320 likes · Like · see review Faith Jan 29, 2020Faith rated it it was amazing Shelves: audio, overdrive This book is brilliant. It shows what you can do when you write with perception, humor and creativity about something you have experienced and understand intimately. No cultural appropriation here. He’s also one of the writers on the HBO series West World, so he understands TV too. The book tells the story of Willis Wu and his Chinese American family. Their story is interwoven inventively with the description of the generic roles that the Wu’s and other residents of their SRO play in a TV series ...more flag
I'm reading it for book group on Thursday. It is an interesting choice, unusual format and an interesting approach to the racism discussion. I'll be interested to hear what others in our group think of it. I think I MIGHT find it interesting if I wasn't so busy right now. I honestly would be happier with just a simple good story. I'm almost glad that book group doesn't meet in December. We have wonderful members who take reading very seriously but we have read a lot of heavy, heavy literature this year! January meeting we pick new books. I hope we tone it down a bit, although there is nothing wrong with being challenged by reading things that are not one's usual choices.
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