Author Topic: The Library (Read 2079638 times)

maryz · « **Reply #19960 on:** April 11, 2019, 10:59:20 AM »

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

Hi Hats, et al! Sorry you didn't get to read the book, but honestly, I don't remember the situation. I didn't think we had ever met in person. Has my memory failed me completely?

? I do love Ivan Doig, especially his first one. I don't remember the name, but I know it was about the relationship between a father and his son. I've recommended it to many fathers AND sons.

I'm still out here, checking in and stealing ideas. I just read so slowly nowadays that I rarely have anything to contribute.

bellamarie · « **Reply #19961 on:** April 11, 2019, 01:05:09 PM »

Frybabe, that link was interesting. I guess you do have to have a certain sense of humor to get him. lol

Well, the counters are in, the back splash is going up today, and the electrician comes Sunday, which means I am still knee deep into the kitchen remodel, which means my reading has been put on hold. I did see a mention on Facebook today about a book titled, All We Ever Wanted by Emily Griffin. I have never read her, but am going to purchase this book because just reading the review got me hooked. I think it will be dealing with today's issues of posting on social media and the outcome.

Recently I read where a school teacher was fired due to her placing a pic of herself on her social media site. She is fighting back.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/04/02/teacher-claims-she-was-fired-after-student-found-her-topless-selfie-she-plans-sue-district/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.466f2c40ac07

https://books.google.com/books/about/All_We_Ever_Wanted.html?id=KKk1swEACAAJ&source=kp_book_description

Nina Browning is living the good life after marrying into Nashville’s elite. More recently, her husband made a fortune selling his tech business, and their adored son has been accepted to Princeton. Yet sometimes the middle-class small-town girl in Nina wonders if she’s strayed from the person she once was. Tom Volpe is a single dad working multiple jobs while struggling to raise his headstrong daughter, Lyla. His road has been lonely, long, and hard, but he finally starts to relax after Lyla earns a scholarship to Windsor Academy, Nashville’s most prestigious private school. Amid so much wealth and privilege, Lyla doesn’t always fit in - and her overprotective father doesn’t help - but in most ways, she’s a typical teenaged girl, happy and thriving. Then, one photograph, snapped in a drunken moment at a party, changes everything. As the image spreads like wildfire, the Windsor community is instantly polarized, buzzing with controversy and assigning blame. At the heart of the lies and scandal, Tom, Nina, and Lyla are forced together - all questioning their closest relationships, asking themselves who they really are, and searching for the courage to live a life of true meaning.

hats · « **Reply #19962 on:** April 11, 2019, 03:10:40 PM »

Hi MaryZ no, we have never met in person. I must have gotten it through the mail. My memory is horrible nowadays. Well, at least we had the chance to chat for a moment. You know, I have the same problem. I read very, very slowly. It gets my dander up. It's so frustrating. All the cars are flying along and you're going about ten miles an hour. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Bellamarie, that is very interesting about the school teacher and social media.

ginny · « **Reply #19963 on:** April 11, 2019, 04:01:27 PM »

Hey, Mary! Good to see you here again!

Jonathan, love that. What better way to go?

Jonathan · « **Reply #19964 on:** April 11, 2019, 05:52:54 PM »

I thought so too, Ginny. Unless it's going places with Greyhound. Try it, Barb. About forty years ago my twelve-year-old son and I travelled by bus up and down the U.S. coast for a week, from the sights of Manhattan, to the Maritime Museum in Norfolk, to Fort Sumter at Charleston, S.C. And much more along the way. Canada had rescued some American personnel in Iran and smuggled them out of the country. To show some endearing appreciation, Greyhound offered all Canadians unlimited travel in the U.S.A. for a week, for 99 dollars. What a lot of fun we have remembering it. I took a book to read, but there was too much of the beautiful U.S. to see when you go Greyhound.

bellamarie · « **Reply #19965 on:** April 12, 2019, 12:55:22 AM »

hats, I found it very interest about the school teacher and posting on social media. My granddaughter is twenty-three years old and will be graduating in a few weeks with a degree in early childhood education. She and her friends were social media junkies throughout their years in high school and first years in college. She of course would never post anything inappropriate, but the fact that schools, students, or their parents could look at her social media site, and possibly judge her for even posting herself at the beach in a bikini makes me nervous.

Jonathan, how exciting to travel by bus for a week. My hubby and I are considering taking a train for the first time to Chicago. A bus sounds fun, and I had never given that a thought.

hats · « **Reply #19966 on:** April 12, 2019, 07:00:25 AM »

Hi Bellamarie, I thoroughly understand your interest. I felt great concern years ago. A teacher became romatically involved with a male student. I thought of my sons and how I would feel about the situation.

bellamarie · « **Reply #19967 on:** April 12, 2019, 11:46:16 AM »

hats, When I was teaching we had annual workshops we had to attend, teaching us what was and was not appropriate, and what was unlawful for us to do with students. Now, years later, I still teach nightly CCD classes once a week, and I am required to be certified through VIRTUS, an insurance program the Catholic Diocese has for ALL teachers, janitors, coaches, volunteer parents, anyone who enters the school, that will be in contact with the students in some capacity. We have to be finger printed, a background check, and must take the online awareness class in order to get a certification. We have to be re-certified every four years.

I speak with males who used to be active in helping out, who have decided they no longer want to put themselves at risk of an inappropriate charge being lodged against them, so they no longer want to be involved with students or coaching. I personally feel, any adult who would even consider anything inappropriate with a student, be it in talk or actions, is a character flaw in them, not in the system, but the system must provide every possible tool to protect the children, their schools, sports programs, etc., from people like this. Our church recently had to dismiss and report, a very involved male, who was found to be texting, and trying to get involved personally in male students lives. This guy was so admired for all his volunteer coaching, and youth group work, for years at our church and school, it was a shock to learn of his behavior. My daughter when in a public high school, had a gym teacher who would make the girls run around the gym, and then make sexual comments about how their,"T & As" looked while running. He was later convicted of having relationships with female students. We can't ever be too careful, and we must educate our children of all the signs and actions of inappropriate behavior. I have to teach a VIRTUS lesson/video each year to my CCD 3rd graders, along with the 4th and 5th grade classes. It is very informative, teaching them the awareness of inappropriate behavior, and knowing its okay to report it to their parents, teacher, principal or policeman. I don't feel this is something new we have to deal with, it's is something we are finally, bringing to the forefront, and dealing with it. Teachers must also know their social media is not their private property, it is "social" and can be seen by many, beyond their private settings. One more lesson to be taught....

jane · « **Reply #19968 on:** April 12, 2019, 01:45:06 PM »

The concerned male teachers I knew over 35 years in education knew...even back in the early 60s when I started teaching in a high school to be VERY careful. The first high school I taught in was in Ohio, in a town of about 35,000 then...and when a male teacher kept a student after school to make up an exam, etc., he ALWAYS asked one of the female teachers to please come and sit in his classroom while she graded papers or made lesson plans after school. I sat in a coach's room who also taught math many times. It wasn't inconvenient for me and I understood, even in 1963, why he and other male teachers asked for that favor. If the female teacher couldn't come to his room, the male teacher and student met in the female teacher's room.

jane

Frybabe · « **Reply #19969 on:** April 12, 2019, 02:05:58 PM »

Barb, I plan on reading Riding the Bus with My Sister (2002) by Rachel Simons for my bus non-fiction. I didn't read it when I was published. Six years ago an updated version was released. Unforturnately, my libraries do not have the updated version.

To answer your question, Last Bus to Wisdom will be my first Ivan Doig novel.

bellamarie · « **Reply #19970 on:** April 12, 2019, 03:32:41 PM »

Jane, that is very interesting, that back in the 60s, your school took those steps. That was ahead of the times. I graduated from high school in 1970, and in my four years in the late 60s, did a male teacher ever have someone sit in his room. I would meet with my male guidance counselor with his door shut. Never was there any inappropriate behavior from him, but today that would not be allowed.

Ginny, I am having a hard time finding Educated in the stores. I am going to go online and purchase it.

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #19971 on:** April 12, 2019, 04:31:08 PM »

I'm sorta remembering Riding the Bus with My Sister Didn't they make that into a movie - a sister that was mentally challenged who made all these friends that the older sister did not know.

Here I thought Easter was so late this year and it would be summertime with families on the lake rather than Easter Egg hunting - well the weather sure is in keeping with this late Easter date - cold again - trying not to put the heat on and wearing a flannel shirt over my T to keep warm. Then I read there is a blizzard in the mid-west - stay warm folks...

Frybabe · « **Reply #19972 on:** April 13, 2019, 06:35:10 AM »

Right, Barb, there is a movie too. I neither read the book nor saw the movie when they came out.

Zoo Nebraska is keeping me interested. It is a shame that the guy who started the primate center and zoo had tons of enthusiasm and wishful thinking, but not much in the way of practical experience and knowledge on how to actually manage the thing. And all he really wanted was to study primates in the wild. This is a book mostly about over-enthusiasm, poor choices, shortsightedness, and missed opportunities. It is a book about a man's devotion and emotional attachment to the primates in his care, and his struggles to make his primate center viable without proper management and oversight. Most of his choices for members of the board and trustees make little sense to me, and then I read that not only did these people have minimal if any input, some claim they didn't even know they were members. Huh? Although Haskins seem to be well liked, he certainly was way over his head.

hats · « **Reply #19973 on:** April 13, 2019, 06:53:08 AM »

Frybabe that's The New Colossusvery interesting. It does sound as though the man or men were not good business men. I think that book might cause sleepless nights. I am not good at understanding what makes a business successful or not successful.

I am reading Historical Fiction. It is about Nellie Bly, the news reporter's, investigation of Emma Lazarus's death. I haven't read far. I really wanted to know more about Emma Lazarus's background. The title of the book is The New Colossus by Marshall Goldberg. Barb are you catching a cold? I have been cold lately too. The weather has not settled down yet for a complete spring. Bellamarie I signed up for Emily Griffin's newsletter.

Good morning~

bellamarie · « **Reply #19974 on:** April 13, 2019, 08:19:31 AM »

Good Morning all, its a beautiful sun shining morning here in Ohio, temps going up into the 60's!

hats, Emily Griffin has a Facebook page as well. I scrolled it, and don't care for all her political posts. I hate when I really like an actor/actress, author, or artist and find they promote their political agenda, regardless of their party. Just too much hate these days.

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #19975 on:** April 13, 2019, 11:54:14 AM »

Talk about people in over their head frybabe - bad enough with animals but here there was, or still is actually, a gal who runs the local Mary House - a house converted into about 8 bedrooms where the homeless that were dying were picked up and she and two others cared for them - some actually recovered and once a month, one of the priests from St. Ed's would say Mass on a Thursday Evening and my friend and I would go down bringing with us pot luck -

All told there were about 20 of us and we were actually supporting the Mary House but the gal running it had a good heart and even would fight with the hospitals that were dumping these folks on the street after their initial care but she too had no head for business, accounts were not kept, a few finally talked her into having a Board of Directors to help her run the place till finally she went off the deep end and Mary House was in limbo with a few students from St. Ed's trying to manage the few who were still there - now she only has max 3 at a time which works since Austin has made great strides in getting the homeless off the streets into a community of tiny houses that is pretty much self-sufficient.

That was one of the things I learned years ago with the arts or any handwork - it is not just the skill of creating and making but you have to know how to market your product and how to keep books and know all the ordinances - it is not just a compassionate heart that accomplishes anything which made me realize folks like Mother Teresa were skilled in far more than caring for the needy in India - she had to run an entire business that from what I understand was an entire community of nuns that did the work.

Spring weather and while I'm typing the sky is getting darker by the minute - be line of heavy thunder storms with hail heading towards Austin. Bellamarie I love how for you 60 degree days are Spring like - unfortunately for us 60 degrees is cold and out come the jackets and hoodies. I bet the spring bulbs are blooming in your area - quite a show aren't they.

Hats interesting here you are reading about Nellie Bly and last night on PBS there was a show all about Pulitzer and how he went from immigrant to renowned owner of several newspapers that he made successful and actually was the father of newspaper copy - I did not realize when Nellie Bly did her 10 day stint in a mental institution she was working for Pulitzer's newspaper - and then late in life Hearst comes along and using Pulitzer's tactics became King of the Newspaper business. I need to review the show again because Hearst convinced most of Pulitzer's reporters to switch including Nellie Bly but I do not remember if she did her trip around the world while she was still with Pulitzer or if Hearst paid for her trip.

Well I ate all the wrong stuff yesterday and my mouth is still tasting all the salt and preservatives - Dietz and Watson have this wonderful package of salami and three other thinly sliced meat that are typical of antipasti along with my picking up some sliced provolone - made this wonderful sandwich - oh it was so good but, loaded with salt and of course today nothing packaged is free from preservatives but oh it was sooo good - another, that I had to give up a couple of years ago was Liverwurst - my childhood was Liverwurst, fried in the morning, on bread for lunch and sometimes for supper it was spread an rye and served with sauerkraut and hot potato salad. Today Liverwurst is so full of preservatives guaranteeing a headache - so far today no headache but yep, retaining water... the glories of aging sheeesh.

Gotta get off here - that line of storm is starting...

Tomereader1 · « **Reply #19976 on:** April 13, 2019, 02:40:21 PM »

I woke up this morning with a dysfunctional left hand. Mostly my thumb, but boy does it hurt. I don't know if I slept with the hand under my pillow and it went to sleep, or what. Usually if I do that, it self-wakes me, and I turn over and numbness goes after a bit. I found a glove that I've had for awhile, that I used to use on my right hand back when I was typing 8 hours a day. Also used it when I bowled. I had a "trigger thumb" on the right hand when bowling. Notice how often the words "used to" appear. Am I getting old or what? Anyway, took an Aleve, put the glove on, and getting a modicum of relief. Anyone thought of how hard it is to pull up your trousers with only one hand able to grip? LOL

hats · « **Reply #19977 on:** April 13, 2019, 03:33:34 PM »

Barb, I didn't know about the program last night or this week. I have met several important people in The New Colossus by Marshall Goldberg including Joseph Publitzer whom I knew nothing about. Yes, the novel begins with Nellie Bly spending nights in the largest mental institution in New York. I don't know if that hospital is still standing. Nellie Bly discovered terrible conditions there.

However, I didn't buy the book for Nellie Bly's story. I bought it for Emma Lazarus' story. The Poet who wrote so masterfully about immigrants who would come to New York and look up and see the Statue Of Liberty . Emma Lazarus was not only a poet. She was also an activist. She was greatly concerned with injustice. Nellie Bly is investigating her death which happened after a return from England to New York. At that time people took advantage of immigrants and the Jewish population. Emma Lazarus being Jewish, a woman and an immigrant suffered at every turn as did the news reporter, Nellie Bly. I am trying hard not to get the two women mixed up.

At this point, I don't have much up of finding out the real cause of Emma Lazarus's death. Her blood should have been kept after her death for years. Instead, it was thrown away. Was Nellie Bly Jewish too? I have my mind so bent on Emma Lazarus. I might miss a few good points. The book is well written. There are also very good illustrations on each page.

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #19978 on:** April 13, 2019, 06:03:07 PM »

Oh oh Tomereader - bummer on your hand - here of late all I read is if something hurts use it - don't nap with aspirin hoping it will feel better - I'm thinking this new advise may be because when we are active our blood flows and that may be what allows our body to heal itself - blood is supposed to heal so many things - I remember before all the anti-biotics we were told to let a cut or puncture bleed because the blood would clean it and everyone used to say when eating certain foods that it was good for the blood. I've also read how we have as a society been taking so many anti-biotics they are no longer doing the job they were intended to do - maybe we just need a good walk when we have a pain regardless where the pain and get the blood flowing again. hmmm - and I am having a terrible time getting back to walking again - I think I just talked myself into it.

Hats I remember years ago when fairanna was still with us and she was doing Poetry - I remember one of the first things we did after she asked me to join her was to spend a month with one author and we did our month with Emma Lazarus reading so many of her poems and touching a bit on her life. Yes it was not till well after WWII that I remember Jewish folks being treated as OK - they had to have all their own restaurants and places of entertainment as well if they were walking toward a gentile on the sidewalk they had to walk in the gutter to let the gentile pass. Society has not been kind or respectful to so many various groups much less to women.

electricity gone again - need to get off here till this settles down

Ok before the electricity cuts out again - I was fortunate both times while writing this when the power came back my message was still here - thank goodness - no sense in tempting f

bellamarie · « **Reply #19979 on:** April 13, 2019, 10:34:24 PM »

Tomereader, I sometimes wake up with my right hand tingly/numb, and I hang it over the mattress for a bit and it goes away. I think I have a bit of carpel tunnel, and I notice this happens when I have worked a lot outside in my garden, using various tools.

Oh, oh, oh...... I began reading All We Ever Wanted, and I seriously can't put the book down. It instantly grabbed my attention, and every second I was not working in my kitchen today, I picked up my ipad to continue reading, to see what happens next. I was almost late to an event I promised my sister I would come to early, because I couldn't stop reading. I have a feeling I am going to be pulling an all nighter, with this book.

hats · « **Reply #19980 on:** April 14, 2019, 12:51:24 PM »

I will always remember FairAnna. She loved Poetry so much. Anna often sent emails my way. She also called on the phone a number of times. I regret we had trouble hearing one another. All who knew her can understand why. One week she sent me seashells. Her heart was so big. Oh, she also shared her paintings too. Those were lovely. Her life was quite an adventure from what I have read and what she said. She loved her husband and daughter dearly. i know her death left a hole in many hearts. By the way, those calls made by Anna came long distance. She talked as if we had been friends forever.

Thinking of Anna is a good way to lead my thoughts to Nellie Bly. As she investigates the death of Emma Lazarus, there is no way not to think about her courage and compassion. Both women had these attributes. I don't think they met one another. That is a shame.

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #19981 on:** April 14, 2019, 03:25:56 PM »

what a day and night - the power went off yesterday before 11: came back after 4: then cut in and out every hour or so at least 8 times then I had just settled down to watch some Saturday night Britcoms on PBS and just before 10: out it went again - After lighting a few candles and waiting about 20 minutes I thought, why not just go to bed and so I tried to remember what lights I had on and shut them off - and then the cold started - it went down to 47 which for us is very cold and of course without power, the heat, although gas, would not turn on - finally around 4: in the morning the TV started playing - forgot to turn it off - but a welcome because now wide awake I could stop cringing - got up - raised the temp on the furnace and make a pot of hot coffee - finally warmed up after 5: and back to bed - slept sound till noon - so I'm all cattywampus today with my body still reacting to every flicker and sound of wind - Sun finally came out and so maybe we are safe - need to go cook something - that always helps me to settle down - think I've a chicken in the freezer - good day for a pot of chicken and dumplings.

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #19982 on:** April 15, 2019, 05:32:44 AM »

Look frybabe - an area we read about on the Silk Road and their connection to Russia -
https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-sheep-farm/29877656.html

maryz · « **Reply #19983 on:** April 15, 2019, 08:59:08 AM »

In case you don't check A Word A Day, the words this week are all about books. Check it out...

https://wordsmith.org/words/

bellamarie · « **Reply #19984 on:** April 15, 2019, 11:29:08 AM »

maryz, Thank you for that link. I especially like this from it:

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The Japanese language even has a word for something related -- tsundoku -- acquiring books without reading them.

Not sure how many books I have, that I have not read, but I know I hope to one day.

Barb, what a horrible experience you had to live through. We have tons of very large and bright flashlights to hold us over when our electricity goes out. I have candles, but prefer the flashlights because they are safer. We also stock up on batteries, to make sure we have them for the flashlights. I don't mind curling up in blankets in my bed or couch to keep warm, then I get my book and just read. I'm glad you are all back up and running.

Well, I finished All We Ever Wanted, and as much as I can believe in the ending, I must say, I was a bit furious in how the author chose to end it. Wealthy people buy their way out of breaking the law all the time, or somehow just get off the hook, look at the news lately, Jussie Smollette, and these wealthy/famous families buying their kids way into the prestigious colleges. It infuriates me. I am not a Pollyanna and think justice will always be served, but, in saying this, I am furious at how many lives are ruined, yet those who break the law, have no remorse, and go on as if nothing happened, while others are trying to put their lives back together. As much as this book was fiction, for me, it could easily be non fiction in the sense it is true to life. Sadly, I have seen Lyla, Polly, Finch, Beau, Nina, Kirk, Tom, and the rest of these characters in real life.

I have hopefully one last day on the remodel of the kitchen, so I will get off here and have at it. The electrician was here bright and early Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m., and did not leave until 3:30 p.m. We had just enough time to clean up, and make it to 6:00 p.m. Palm Sunday Mass. Funny how you can live in a kitchen for over thirty years with such little amount of lighting, and now feel like the skies opened up with our new lights. I told my hubby it brings a whole new meaning to the song lyrics, I had made onto a window...

Light of the world
You stepped down into darkness
Opened my eyes, let me see
Beauty that made this heart adore You
Hope of a life spent with You

hats · « **Reply #19985 on:** April 17, 2019, 06:21:29 AM »

MaryZ, $:-\$ I can't help myself.

I hope this is not a repeat post. I finished The New Colossus by Marshall Goldberg. It is a magnificent book. Now I am in the middle of Broken Bone China by Laura Childs. Theodosia and friends in Charleston, South Carolina are always wonderful. This one I must say just swept my feet off the floor. It is about three deaths in one of those flying balloons. This balloon is hit by a drone. Now I realize how much the Tea Shop Mysteries have been missed by my Cozy soul. The comfort and the suspense is still there.

I have a question for those of you who have been here forever. I do not think Cozies have ever been listed in the Mystery section. Is there a rule about listing only Mysteries and not Cozies? The Romance section is no longer here as well. From time to time I do like a Historical Romance.

I can not believe it is almost Easter. No, sniff, I do not have a Easter outfit. My granddaughter is always dressed beautifully by her parents for Easter or Sunday. Anyway, I can not believe I need to brush up on my knowledge of the Hindenburg or drones in general. I thought of you here when the fire in France occurred to Notre Dame Cathedral. It is very sad to see historical buildings go up in smoke. You can not recover the "real" ever again.

Bellamarie, I enjoyed reading your verse.

PatH · « **Reply #19986 on:** April 17, 2019, 09:56:45 AM »

I think you've been here longer than I have, hats, but as far as I can remember, mystery categories have always all been lumped together, and discussed in one place. Lots of us are Cosies fans, and have talked about them in Mysteries.

Bellamarie, I liked the poem too.

bellamarie · « **Reply #19987 on:** April 17, 2019, 10:24:40 AM »

PatH., It is so good to hear from you.

hats, I have to admit, you and Pat had me stumped when you mentioned "cozies" so I googled it. Many links to help understand just what makes a story a "cozy", here is just one....

https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/4-things-you-should-know-about-writing-a-cozy-mystery-novel

The cozy mystery (sometimes simply called a cozy) is a subgenre of crime fiction that gives readers a chance to delight in vicariously solving a murder—without graphic violence or sex. Protagonists are typically amateur (and usually female) sleuths solving small-town crimes with old-fashioned detective work rather than forensics. These unlikely heroes are often small-business owners who find themselves drawn into detection by crimes impacting their work; sometimes their investigative efforts are aided by a significant other with police connections.

I had never heard that word to describe a mystery before, I am continuously learning new things here at Seniorlearn!

The verse above is actually lyrics from a song my granddaughter sang in church a couple of years ago. I videotaped her, and had that particular verse customized onto a window. I have a friend who owns a small local business, who does all sorts of customized quotes, songs, etc.

hats, I was just out yesterday, shopping for a new outfit to wear for Easter. Our family tradition has always been to dress up, go to church all together, come back to our house for the egg hunt, Easter baskets, and dinner. I told my hubby, it's almost time to stop putting together baskets for the grandchildren, since they are, 23, 16, 14, 10, and 8 yrs. old. It gets more difficult being creative as they get older. For the adults, we buy lottery tickets, fold them in large plastic eggs and hide them. I love watching them think they will outsmart our hiding places. Oh so much fun!

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #19988 on:** April 17, 2019, 10:40:08 AM »

A news or maybe something on PBS that I watched yesterday talked about how during the time Notre Dame was built the thinking was about light and bringing light to the world and how inside the Cathedral it was really rather dark with shafts of light- I remember attending Mass at Notre Dame and kept thinking of the millions of people for hundreds of years who sat where I sat attending Mass - not so much at Notre Dame but I visited many a church in France and the stone steps were worn down - beyond being worn smooth they were actually dipping in the middle where thousands of people walked on those stone steps over hundreds of years.

As to Cozies - my memory is years ago sharing thoughts about a cozy I enjoyed - I loved Beaton's Agatha Raisin series - but at the time no one in the mystery discussion was reading cozies and they had tried a mystery book discussion but found there was not enough to talk about so they abandoned the idea. My take is to simply post about what you are reading and what about the story you enjoyed or caught your attention. However, I do not think we ever had a discussion group that was focused on Romance Novels.

With so few of us posting my thinking is we just share what we are reading and something about the story or author - sometimes this encourages another of us to pick up the book next time we are in the Library or we may have already read the book and can add our two cents. Plus we just like talking about books - books are our thing

Well we are in for one more blast of winter - big storm coming with hail and low temps - the rain has already started - I understand this storm is going to sweep across the country - planned on grocery shopping but now I am wondering - need to look and see if I can get through till sometime late tomorrow - I sure wouldn't go hungry but it may be a strange grouping of foods to eat.

hats · « **Reply #19989 on:** April 18, 2019, 04:21:48 AM »

Oh no PatH, you and Joan were here long before me. Talking about all these genres leaves me totally confused.
what silly person brought up the subject???

Have a nice day.

Tomereader1 · « **Reply #19990 on:** April 22, 2019, 11:24:02 AM »

Not too long ago, someone posted in here about how to find a post that was inadvertently deleted. I thought I had copied it, but can't find it. Can someone help?

Frybabe · « **Reply #19991 on:** April 22, 2019, 11:27:18 AM »

Barb, I am really enjoying Last Bus to Wisdom. So now we have a date, 1951, and Donal has met some soldiers on their way to Korea. He also met the waitress, Letty, and then later on during the trip, her boyfriend and his brother. I have to wonder if they will show up later in the book. The bus is just now coming into Minnesota.

PatH · « **Reply #19992 on:** April 23, 2019, 07:21:27 AM »

Barb, no word from you since you said a big storm was coming. Is all well? We got the tail end of a storm here, but it was mild in my micro environment.

bellamarie · « **Reply #19993 on:** April 23, 2019, 12:11:30 PM »

Kitchen remodel is completed! Easter is over, so now it's time to settle down and find time to read more. I have been reading One Day at a Time by Danielle Steel. It is a light, fun read for before falling off to sleep each night. I am still waiting on hold, The Clockmaker's Daughter, and Educated. I tried listening to the audio The Remains of the Day and just couldn't get into it. Maybe I'll try reading it instead.

What are you all reading?

Tomereader1 · « **Reply #19994 on:** April 24, 2019, 08:18:04 PM »

I am reading "The Winter People", which I feel is sort of a cross between The Thirteenth Tale and any Stephen King novel. I'm not quite sure whether I "like" the book or not, I don't usually like ghost stories/paranormal stories, but the writing in this one is really good, and it is holding my interest. I am 2/3's of the way through it. Oh, the author is Jennifer McMahon, she has written other books, the titles of which sound really good. It is a real twisty story, set in two time periods, present time and 1908, so I had to pay real close attention in the beginning, to which characters were in which time period.

hats · « **Reply #19995 on:** April 27, 2019, 03:56:15 PM »

I have never read Jennifer Mcmahon's books. I looked at her site. There are many interesting titles. One day I might try one.

Frybabe · « **Reply #19996 on:** April 27, 2019, 06:07:10 PM »

I finished Last Bus to Wisdom last night. For some reason, it the writing style reminds me a little of O'Henry. Maybe that is because the boy's nickname was Red Chief, like in O'Henry's short story, "The Ransom of Red Chief." The only question it all left me with is, since the narrator is the boy all grown-up, did he ultimately get his dream job.

Now I am on to reading Riding the Bus with My Sister, by Rachel Simon. So far, it is as captivating as Last Bus was.

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #19997 on:** April 28, 2019, 04:27:25 PM »

I'll hopefully get back but for now I've been in a huge funk - my eyes are a mess and the one eye is really a mess - another appointment on the 10th of May - reading on the computer seems to be the worst - yes, been flattened by this - hoping something will make a difference...

Frybabe · « **Reply #19998 on:** April 28, 2019, 05:13:45 PM »

Good heavens, Barb. Allergies hitting you hard, or an infection? Either way, I hope your eyes get better soon.

Meanwhile, I am trying to pick out my next two reads. which I think is the self-improvement thing. For that I had Deepak Chopra's Buddha for the fiction. I had hoped it would be for the non-fiction, but I see it is listed as a biographical fiction. So I may read, for the non-fiction, something about Ben Franklin. If anyone was into self-improvement in a big way, he was.

bellamarie · « **Reply #19999 on:** April 28, 2019, 06:54:59 PM »

Barb, I am so sorry to hear about your eyes bothering you. Too much strain from all the books in your new year's challenge, and computer time, may have gotten them infected. I take breaks from reading, and shorten my computer time to when I get up in the morning, check emails, messages, Facebook, our book club, do some Words With Friends, and then shut it down for the rest of the day. I went for an eye exam on Thursday, doctor said my vision has not changed at all, but..... I do have cataracts. He mentioned having them removed, but the girl said if he wanted me to do it right away, he would have given me the referral and set it up. I plan to do it in the near future anyway, even though I am not having any difficulties now. Good luck to you.

Frybabe, a book on Deepak, now that sounds interesting. Deepak Chopra is an Indian-born American author, public speaker, alternative medicine advocate, and a prominent figure in the New Age movement. Through his books and videos, he has become one of the best-known and wealthiest figures in alternative medicine. Wikipedia

I finally got an email today saying the book Educated, I had on hold is now available. I hope it's as good as everyone says it is. Seems it's the book everyone wants to read at the present time.

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