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« Reply #17880 on: March 02, 2017, 11:38:04 PM »






The Library
Our library cafe is open 24/7; the welcome mat is always out.
Do come in from daily chores and spend some time with us.


I certainly would not have done that if the vet hadn't said to do so.  Dog spit it out so it wouldn't have worked, anyway.

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« Reply #17881 on: March 03, 2017, 07:38:36 AM »
Banned books article from Many Books. This article tackles a few books that were banned for "silly reasons." The last one really floored me. http://manybooks.net/articles/six-books-that-were-banned-for-silly-reasons

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« Reply #17882 on: March 03, 2017, 07:51:24 AM »
Well, if they're going to search the whole dictionary, maybe they'll at least increase their vocabulary on the way.

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« Reply #17883 on: March 05, 2017, 11:23:18 PM »
Someone has too much time on their hands to go through the dictionary to look for inappropriate words for it to be banned. 
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« Reply #17884 on: March 09, 2017, 08:52:17 PM »
Rosemary, I read a post by you about a British TV show that you liked quite a bit.  You mentioned that it ran for 8 seasons or episode and it's
almost finished. Because the author has taken another show's offer.  He will
now be a writer for the Dr Who show. What was the name of show that he left?
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« Reply #17885 on: March 10, 2017, 06:13:31 AM »
Hello AdoAnnie

It was Broadchurch - we're just getting the third & last series on TV here, and the series has 8 episodes (we've seen 2 so far).  The first series of Broadchurch was very good and widely acclaimed, the second one was slightly disappointing, but this third series seems outstanding so far - definitely a return to form for the writer, and the acting is just as good as it ever was.

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« Reply #17886 on: March 10, 2017, 08:57:52 AM »
oh, Rosemary, Broadchurch is on Netflix! Thanks for telling me about it!😊 So now I have something new to watch!  I have seen several episodes long time ago but don't remember them and David Tenent is not a favorite of mine but I intend to try again!  David Tenant was not my favorite Dr Who! I preferred Matt Smith and the third Dr Who. Matt Smith is playing Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth's husband on The Crown. and he's doing one heck of a job, IMHO!
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« Reply #17887 on: March 10, 2017, 04:18:46 PM »
That made me smile AdoAnnie - I was talking to my Mum on the phone the other day and asked her if she was watching the new Broadchurch. 'Yes' came the reply 'but I don't like THAT MAN' - 'but why?' I asked (as I and my daughters all love him) - 'It's his horrible beard'.... It seems she also thinks he is a horrible person - I tried to point out that he's playing a role, not himself, but she was not having any. Do you like Olivia Coleman? She is our absolute favourite, such a good actress.

Earlier this week the TV showed London Road. I had already seen it but we watched it again - it is a film of the story of some murders that happened in Ipswich some years ago. All of the victims were prostitutes. The murders were not shown - the whole thing was about the effect these events had on a small community, and the characters (one of whom was played by Coleman) were all neighbours in the very ordinary street where the murders took place. The writers used the actual transcripts of interviews with the residents. What makes this film even more different is that it is partly a musical - the characters sing many of their lines. Once you get used to it it is really effective and draws your attention to the words far more than if they were just said. I don't think the film received the credit that it deserved. Eventually the killer was caught, but this is shown only briefly (they show the actual TV footage of him being taken into court) - far more is made of how the community recovers from these terrible thing. In some cases neighbours are brought together - a community group is formed and there is a street party - but some people simply cannot cope with knowing that they were living next to this man, and they have to move away.

My daughter and I were discussing similar murders, like the 'Yorkshire Ripper'. We agreed that it was very clear that much more publicity is given to serial killers who are targeting random women and not 'just' prostitutes (although most of the Yorkshire Ripper's victims were sex workers, some were not). It's as if these women don't really count, or at least not as much as 'nice' girls, even in 21st century Britain.

I keep meaning to catch up with The Crown but so far I haven't managed it.

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« Reply #17888 on: March 10, 2017, 06:20:34 PM »
I watched a special a few weeks ago on PBS. I think it was called "The Queen at Ninety". Is was very well done with many flashbacks and lots of history. Seems the queen was quite the camera buff.
I know how your mum feels about David Tenant!  He always has his eyes wide open! I began to wonder if he ever blinked.😊😊😊
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« Reply #17889 on: March 11, 2017, 06:16:22 AM »
I've not noticed that AdoAnnie - but now I know I will!  I've seen (and heard on the radio) interviews with David Tennant - he is completely different from the Broadchurch character, very entertaining and nice. I only saw him in a couple of Dr Whos - though my daughters watched every episode. He was massively popular here, Matt Smith not so much (though I know he's been acclaimed in many other roles). The first Dr Who I remember is John Pertwee, then Tom Watson. I do like Peter Capaldi as an actor, but I haven't seen any of his Dr Who seasons.

I didn't see The Queen at Ninety. HRH is 6 months older than my mother and they are equally well preserved!

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« Reply #17890 on: March 11, 2017, 10:09:45 AM »
Tom Baker was my favorite in the beginning and there was Colin Baker. Colin Baker signed our Dalek when he was at the 50th anniversary of the Dr Who program in Atlanta, 2013. My son, grandson, granddaughter and a friend took the Dalek down there and drove it all over the convention center. Many fans wanted their pictures taken with the Dalek. They had a great time!jAnd maybe this will open!

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« Reply #17891 on: March 11, 2017, 11:49:35 AM »
Annie who built your Dalek?  Do you have it in your house or do one of the grandchildren have it now?
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« Reply #17892 on: March 11, 2017, 08:16:10 PM »
My husband built the Dalek and then a Dalek,Jr.  The original is the drivable one and Jr is radio controlled. I will try to put up a picture of them together.

Well I tried but failed so
Barb, I will email  it to you and maybe you can put it up here.

Rosemary, I don't have your email so you will have to wait 'til tomorrow to download  it to your computer.


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« Reply #17893 on: March 12, 2017, 02:13:12 PM »
Barlb
Did you get the Dalek picture?

Ann
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« Reply #17894 on: March 12, 2017, 02:39:49 PM »
Yes, cannot find them though - I get over a 100 emails a day so they get buried quickly - no time to clear them out till the end of the week...

Annie the best if you would like me to post them please email them to me again and I will flag them and post them before the day is over... Sorry-it is that time of year...
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« Reply #17895 on: March 12, 2017, 03:17:31 PM »
For the next book discussion, we would really like to do Hidden Figures, the story of the invisible Black women mathematicians whose work was crucial to the space program, getting men to the moon.

The problem is availability.  The libraries we've checked have long waiting lists, though shorter for ebook and big print, and used availability is low.  Amazon has the paperback for under $10, kindle for 11, and a few "new" books for $5.  Abe Books and Alibris were no better.

Would anyone who might want to discuss the book take a look and see if it's available to you at acceptable terms or wait times and let us know?  (Watch out for the Young Readers edition, which is mixed in with the regular one.)

We were aiming for April1, but can shift later if needed.

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« Reply #17896 on: March 13, 2017, 11:28:44 AM »
I just ordered the book from the Book Depository for $8.04 and free shipping. Its in UK and takes 8 days to get here.
We could put this info with the announcement in the Library? I will have it by Mar 20th. About 253 pages. We could start it on April 1st?
 I will check on their ebooks. I had already ordered my PB when I saw that they had ebooks. Annnnnd, they no longer offer Ebooks!😢 So the URL is: booksregistry.com or you could try Alibris? 
So I looked up Hidden Figures on Alibris and they have it for $4.51(for young adults) plus shipping probably around $3.99.  I listened to the audio preview for young adults and it didn't seem to be any different from an adults audio.😋😋

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« Reply #17897 on: March 13, 2017, 12:54:33 PM »
Oops. I meant to say we were aiming for April 1, not May 1.  That doesn't look likely now, given book difficulties.

Annie, I would be wary of the young readers edition without a chance to compare.  Comparing tables of contents on Amazon, it has almost a quarter fewer pages, and the chapter headings have been simplified.

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« Reply #17898 on: March 13, 2017, 02:41:32 PM »
Well,Alibris does have the adult book of Hidden Figures for $8.50 or so plus $3.99 shipping charges. The young age book also has #3.99 shipping.

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« Reply #17899 on: March 13, 2017, 03:57:36 PM »
Annie's Dalek and Dalek Jr.
 Ignore - this is being worked out between Annie and Jane
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« Reply #17900 on: March 13, 2017, 04:27:33 PM »
I click, nothing happens.
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« Reply #17901 on: March 13, 2017, 06:07:42 PM »
hmm - I need to ask Jane to help - have no idea why it does not come up - the link is there and came up when I posted
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« Reply #17902 on: March 13, 2017, 06:20:12 PM »
 see if this works - I'm hoping Jane may come in and straighten me out... 

- ah ha - looks like I was offering a link to my email that unless you subscribe to Earthlink no one could access - ha and then I learned you would have had access to all my 100s and 100s of emails - ah so - live and learn - Jane and Annie are working it out
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« Reply #17903 on: March 14, 2017, 12:54:04 PM »
Hidden Figures sounds like a great book to discuss.  I will come by one some how before you decide on a starting date.
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« Reply #17904 on: March 14, 2017, 04:13:34 PM »
My local library has a copy of Hidden Figures, so I should have it in a few days.  I can always renew it a few times if I have to.
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« Reply #17905 on: March 14, 2017, 05:26:12 PM »
Interesting - the difference between a Mystery novel, a Crime novel and a Thriller.

Mystery Novels

A crime is committed—almost always a murder—and the action of the story is the solution of that crime: determining who did it and why, and obtaining some form of justice. The best mystery stories often explore man’s unique capacity for deceit—especially self-deceit—and demonstrate a humble respect for the limits of human understanding. This is usually considered the most cerebral (and least violent) of the suspense genres.

Thematic emphasis: How can we come to know the truth? (By definition, a mystery is simply something that defies our usual understanding of the world.)

Structural distinctions: The basic plot elements of the mystery form are:
   
  • The baffling crime
  • The singularly motivated investigator
  • The hidden killer
  • The cover-up (often more important than the crime itself, as the cover-up is what conceals the killer)
  • Discovery and elimination of suspects (in which creating false suspects is often part of the killer’s plan)
  • Evaluation of clues (sifting the true from the untrue)
  • Identification and apprehension of the killer.
The Hero: Whether a cop, a private eye, a reporter or an amateur sleuth, the hero must possess a strong will to see justice served, often embodied in a code (for example, Harry Bosch’s “Everyone matters or no one matters” in the popular Michael Connelly series). He also often possesses not just a great mind but great empathy—a fascination not with crime, per se, but with human nature.

The Villain: The crime may be a hapless accident or an elaborately staged ritual; it’s the cover-up that unifies all villains in the act of deceit. The attempt to escape justice, therefore, often best personifies the killer’s malevolence. The mystery villain is often a great deceiver, or trickster, and succeeds because she knows how to get others to believe that what’s false is true.

Setting: Although mysteries can take place anywhere, they often thematically work well in tranquil settings—with the crime peeling back the mask of civility to reveal the more troubling reality beneath the surface.

Reveals: Given its emphasis on determining the true from the untrue, the mystery genre has more reveals than any other—the more shocking and unexpected, the better.

Mystery Subgenres

Cozy: One of the ironic strengths of this subgenre is the fact that, by creating a world in which violence is rare, a bloody act resonates far more viscerally than it would in a more urban or disordered setting.

     ➤ Reader Expectations: A unique and engaging protagonist: Father Brown, Miss Marple, Kinsey Millhone. The crime should be clever, requiring ingenuity or even brilliance on the hero’s part to solve. Secondary characters can be coarse, but never the hero—or the author. Justice triumphs in the end, and the world returns to its original tranquility.

Hard-boiled: The hero is a cop or PI, tough and capable. The moral view is often that of hard-won experience in the service of innocence or decency. The hero tends to be more world-weary than bitter—but that ice can get slippery.

     ➤ Reader Expectations: A strong hero who can “walk the mean streets but who is not himself mean,” as Raymond Chandler once put it. A realistic portrayal of crime and its milieu, with detailed knowledge of criminal methods and investigative techniques. The style is often brisk and simple, reflecting the unpretentious nature of the hero, who is intelligent but not necessarily learned. Although the hero almost always sees that justice prevails, there is usually a bittersweet resolution. The streets remain mean; such is the human condition.

Police Procedural: A cousin to the hard-boiled subgenre, with the unit or precinct taking over for the lone cop.

     ➤ Reader Expectations: Much like the hard-boiled detective story, but with a larger cast and special focus on police tactics, squad-room psychology, station-house politics, and the tensions between the police and politicians, the media and the citizenry.

Medical, Scientific or Forensic Mystery: A refinement of the police procedural in which the protagonists—doctors, medical examiners, forensic pathologists or other technical experts—use intelligence and expertise, not guns, as their weapons.

     ➤ Reader Expectations: Similar to the police procedural, with extra emphasis on the physical details of analyzing unusual evidence.

Legal or Courtroom Drama: The crime is seen through the eyes of the lawyers prosecuting or defending the case.

     ➤ Reader Expectations: A meticulous rendering of criminal court procedure and politics, along with how police and prosecutors work together (or don’t).
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« Reply #17906 on: March 14, 2017, 05:28:12 PM »
Crime

In this genre the focus is on the contest of wills between the lawman hero and the outlaw opponent, and their differing views of morality and the aspects of society they represent. The greatest crime stories deal with a moral accounting on the part of the hero for his entire life, or provide some new perspective on the tension between society and the individual.

Thematic emphasis: What is a just society? The story world of the novel is out of balance, somewhere between a state of nature (where chaos prevails and those with money and/or guns wield power) and a police state (where paranoia prevails and the state monopolizes power). The hero hopes in some way to rectify that imbalance.

Other moral themes can include the challenge of decency, honor and integrity in a corrupt world; individual freedom versus law and order; and the tension between ambition and obligations to others.

Structural distinctions: There is seldom any “mystery” as to who the criminal is. Typically the story starts with a brilliant or daring crime, and then a cat-and-mouse game of wits and will ensues, with the tension created by the increasing intensity of the battle between the opponents. The underlying question is: Will the cops prevail before the opponent stages his next crime?

Given the similarity to war and action stories, the prose often tends toward the naturalistic.

The Hero: Usually a tough and capable cop (or vigilante) who believes in the society she defends despite its flaws, the crime fiction hero is often seen as an outcast but is revealed to be the most morally engaged character in the story.

The Villain: Routinely a tough and brilliant criminal who considers the system rigged and the society inherently flawed, he is often a kind of Luciferian rebel—the rogue individual par excellence—even if he commands a crew
or organization.

Setting: This genre gravitates toward urban locales, but suburban, rural and even wilderness settings have all been used to great effect. Let the setting ground the moral theme.

Reversals: Just as the mystery genre, by focusing on the search for truth, obliges numerous reveals, the crime genre, by focusing on battle, obliges numerous reversals—with the hero and the villain trading knockout blows and suffering serious setbacks to their respective plans.

The Noir Subgenre

Here, the criminal, or someone who is morally compromised—perhaps even a cop—serves as hero. The moral calculus is usually Bad vs. Worse.

Generally, the “hero” finds himself in some sort of desperate situation, or is tempted into one by an opportunity he sees as his last, best chance at the brass ring. The lure of sex or money routinely leads to violence and often betrayal. If the hero is a cop, the reader is never quite sure whether he’s going to solve a crime or commit one. Or both.

     ➤ Reader Expectations: The real allure is the psychology of temptation and desperation, the little guy trying not to drown. Readers expect plot twists, often based on the hero’s inability to see what he’s up against.
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« Reply #17907 on: March 14, 2017, 05:31:13 PM »
Thriller

Where mystery stories represent the most cerebral of the three major suspense genres, and crime stories the most dramatic, thrillers are typically the most emotional, focusing on the fear, doubt and dread of the hero as she faces some form of what Dean Koontz has deemed “terrible trouble.” This genre is a hybrid of mystery and horror. However, the thriller also shares a literary lineage with the epic and myth. Monsters, terror and peril prevail.

Thematic emphasis: The dangerous world we live in, the vulnerability of the average person, and the inherent threat of the unknown.

Structural distinctions: The plot often proceeds along these lines:

A devastating crime is about to be committed, or has been committed with the threat of an even worse one in the wings.

The perpetrator is known, but his guilt is not absolutely certain—or the hero wishes not to accept the truth of his guilt. (The uncertainty enhances the suspense.)

The hero is under constant attack as she tries to definitively prove the perpetrator’s guilt and/or stop the next atrocity. (Note the difference from the mystery genre, where the villain typically remains hidden.)

The Hero: Given the relentless attack the villain inflicts, and the emphasis on terror and dread, the thriller hero must be vulnerable—not just physically but psychologically.

The Villain: In the best thrillers, the villain either targets the hero specifically from the outset or learns through the course of the story what his particular weaknesses and wants are, and targets them for ruthless attack.

Setting: Whether as small as a cottage in the woods or as large as the planet, the world the hero seeks to protect represents everything she values. The stakes are ultimate.

Thriller Subgenre

Epic Thriller: This usually concerns the threat of some catastrophe affecting whole communities, cities, countries, even the planet. The threat need not be total devastation—the assassination of a leader will do—but the effect of the action must be profound.

The villain can be a terrorist, a diabolical genius, or an ordinary person with an oversized grudge and a unique capacity for damage.

Given the scope of the threat, the protagonist must possess the skills to defeat the villain, and thus is often a soldier, a spy, a trained assassin, a cop, or a civilian with a special skill set. The action is brisk, even nonstop, and the climax needs to be both thoroughly foreshadowed (we need to know the basic parameters of the threat all along, and the measures being taken to stop it) and unexpected (plot twists are not optional—they’re required). This is a pull-out-all-the-stops genre.

     ➤ Reader Expectations: A diabolical plot, a superbly capable and motivated nemesis, a hero with an impossible mission, breakneck pacing, and clever but credible plot twists.

Psychological Thriller/Suspense: Here the threat is still diabolical but more contained, even intimate—usually targeting the protagonist and/or his family—and the hero is often a relatively “ordinary” man, woman or child. The pacing is a bit more deliberate, to reflect the ordinary person’s difficulty understanding the exact nature of the threat—and the enemy—and then struggling to respond. The third act, however, moves briskly.

     ➤ Reader Expectations: Emphasis is on the eerie over the sensational. Twists again are key, with chapters routinely ending in one disturbing revelation after another. Character is more important than pacing, but pacing can’t be neglected. This subgenre demands an ability to reveal dread and panic without explosions or car chases.

Supernatural Thriller: This subgenre is something of a hybrid, in that the nemesis presents an overwhelming threat—he might be Satan himself—and yet that threat is often focused on a single soul or a mere few, rather than the whole of mankind, at least within the story.

     ➤ Reader Expectations: An amplification of the powers available to the villain, whether the threat posed is truly spiritual or merely psychological in nature. Also, obviously, a credibly rendered menace from the spirit realm.
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« Reply #17908 on: March 14, 2017, 07:05:10 PM »
Very interesting Barbara. I enjoyed that.
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« Reply #17909 on: March 14, 2017, 11:30:01 PM »
I thought I would share with you some of the bibliography of the presentations of Celebrate American Women Artsts. This group is from the first session which was an overview about women artists. As you will see, I used the word artists in it's broadest sense. The call letters are, of course, the Dewey Decimal system at our library.

The female gaze: women artists making their world / edited by Robert Cozzolino; by Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 704.042 Fem
 A world of our own : women as artists since the Renaissance / Frances Borzello; New York : Watson-Guptill, 2000; 704.042 Bor
The Philadelphia ten: a women's artist group, 1917-1945 / Page Talbott & Patricia Tanis Sydney; 1998; 709.03 Tal
Originals : American women artists / Eleanor Munro; 1979; 709.22 Mun
America’s Women:400 yrs of American women’s history /Gail Collins, 2003, 302.4Collins
The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace; 2013
Good Girls Revolt, Amazon Prime TV series, Oct 2016, season one, 10 episodes

I'll share more as we go along.

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« Reply #17910 on: March 15, 2017, 12:35:08 PM »
Hidden Figurers 'Getting men to the moon. Would anyone who might want to discuss the book take a look and see if it's available to you at acceptable terms or wait times and let us know?'

It sounds very interesting, Pat, so I went looking for it. Is this some kind of feminist conspiracy, I wondered. The moon is certainly a more congenial place, compared to that other destination men have traditionally been consigned to. The young lady at the bookstore took me right to it on the shelf and assured me it was a very good read. Looking at it, it took only  a minute to be reassured and I took it home with me. This is the U.S. at its inspiring best. When do we start. Well, actually, I already have.

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« Reply #17911 on: March 15, 2017, 01:19:11 PM »
Barb, from where did you glean all that wonderful information about Mystery Novels?
I'm printing it out for my Mystery Book Club, which meets this Thursday evening. 
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« Reply #17912 on: March 15, 2017, 02:23:43 PM »
From a writing group I very recently joined - reading the definitions I realized most Westerns are actually Crime Novels - Who but John Wayne could represent the views of morality and the aspects of society we like to think are typically held by 'decent' Americans.  Another is Little House... the Ingalls family with Laura's nemesis being Nancy Oleson whose crime was usually about an uncaring or snooty attitude and of course Bonanza - not so much Gunsmoke though, nor Big Valley or Maverick, they seemed to be character driven rather than a clash between values that represented long held morality, plus, the hero's in both Big Valley and Maverick had a spot of immorality about them.   
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Re: The Library
« Reply #17913 on: March 15, 2017, 05:15:40 PM »
Tomereader....here's the attribution you need for the mystery novels information above:


The author is listed as David Corbett here:

http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/differences-crime-novel-mystery-novel-thriller-novel

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Re: The Library
« Reply #17914 on: March 16, 2017, 10:24:33 AM »
Rosemary and Barbara, here is the Dalek and Dalek,Jr that I have been able to put up in Post 17890 and I am so grateful to Jane who made this possible.  You are the best, Jane!


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Re: The Library
« Reply #17915 on: March 16, 2017, 07:11:42 PM »
Just finished The Husband's Secret by Laine Moriarty.  Wow what an interesting story. 

Has anyone read The Shack or seen the movie?  The movie just came out in our town and boy is there a lot of controversy.  I started to read the book a couple years ago and felt uncomfortable with it and never finished it.  Just wondered what others thought if you read it.
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Re: The Library
« Reply #17916 on: March 17, 2017, 06:58:44 PM »
Hi, another very interesting book.is The "Two-Family House" by Lynda Cohen
It is a spellbinding family saga!!l. Worth looking into. Fran

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Re: The Library
« Reply #17917 on: March 17, 2017, 07:04:03 PM »
Sorry I have a hard time with my I-Pad. The author is Lynda  Cohen Loigman.Fran

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Re: The Library
« Reply #17918 on: March 17, 2017, 08:05:10 PM »
Fran, I sympathize.  I have lots of issues with my iPad, mostly fingertip problems.

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Re: The Library
« Reply #17919 on: March 18, 2017, 05:41:50 AM »
Me too - and some things just don't seem to work at all. I like it but I do find it frustrating!

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