June!
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June!
Come on, people, it's the 9th!
I gave up on both books I was reading last week. Ugh. I hate when that happens. Cathedral of the Sea had all the right ingredients, but it was dry and boring. And way too violent. I know, it's the Middle Ages, but give me a little hope in the middle of all the horribleness, will you? Me without You was just plain boring. I expected it to be melodramatic but readable, but after 100 pages I was bored to tears. Glad it was free.
I started rereading my beloved Pillars of the Earth It's such a great book, I highly recommend it if you haven't read it yet. I used to be very much against rereading books, but this is the third I've tried this year and I'm loving it. It turns out I remember very little of the books I've read, even the ones I liked, so why not experience them again? I'm on page 95 of Pillars and will be in it for a while, since it's 1086 pages long!
I gave up on both books I was reading last week. Ugh. I hate when that happens. Cathedral of the Sea had all the right ingredients, but it was dry and boring. And way too violent. I know, it's the Middle Ages, but give me a little hope in the middle of all the horribleness, will you? Me without You was just plain boring. I expected it to be melodramatic but readable, but after 100 pages I was bored to tears. Glad it was free.
I started rereading my beloved Pillars of the Earth It's such a great book, I highly recommend it if you haven't read it yet. I used to be very much against rereading books, but this is the third I've tried this year and I'm loving it. It turns out I remember very little of the books I've read, even the ones I liked, so why not experience them again? I'm on page 95 of Pillars and will be in it for a while, since it's 1086 pages long!
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I started a book I had on hand, but didn't get very far before I picked up my order from the library on Saturday. I started with the Vagina Bible by Dr. Jen Gunter, because I won't be able to renew it. It's pretty informative!
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I read the latest Lori Lansens which I didn't love. Blush - what did you think? Her books are usually 5 star for me so I was sad.
I'm reading End of October which is a new release/pandemic/eerily similar. I'm about halfway through and liking it.
I have Rodham waiting for me - the fictionalized Hilary didn't marry Bill novel from Curtis Sittenfeld.
I'm reading End of October which is a new release/pandemic/eerily similar. I'm about halfway through and liking it.
I have Rodham waiting for me - the fictionalized Hilary didn't marry Bill novel from Curtis Sittenfeld.
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I loved the latest Lansens, though not QUITE as much as previous ones, just because I found the teenage narration a little annoying.
I finished The Vagina Bible: recommend.
Now I have The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth.
I finished The Vagina Bible: recommend.
Now I have The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth.
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I liked Rodham and I am pretty apolitical. I thought it was well done and the alternate reality was interesting.
I don't have anything right now. I have a few on my kindle app that I should just grab one.
I don't have anything right now. I have a few on my kindle app that I should just grab one.
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I finished The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth. It was good; it was about a woman with early onset Alzheimer's, which you would think would be depressing, but it wasn't.
Now I have Postscript by Cecelia Ahern. It's the follow up to PS I Love You.
Now I have Postscript by Cecelia Ahern. It's the follow up to PS I Love You.
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Blush, that book has the same premise as Still Alice, have you read that? I loved it, and I love Sally Hepworth, but I'm not sure I'd want to read another book with that premise.
I read Lou in Lockdown, a short story that's a mini-sequel to the Still Me by Jojo Moyes. It's free on the publisher's website (here,at least). I loved it.
I'm still reading The Pillars of the Earth. The beginning didn't grip me as much because I did remember how some things would turn out, but now it's starting to pick up, and I don't remember much at all. I'm on page 380.
I read Lou in Lockdown, a short story that's a mini-sequel to the Still Me by Jojo Moyes. It's free on the publisher's website (here,at least). I loved it.
I'm still reading The Pillars of the Earth. The beginning didn't grip me as much because I did remember how some things would turn out, but now it's starting to pick up, and I don't remember much at all. I'm on page 380.
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I finished Beach Read by Emily Henry yesterday. I really liked it - the reviews have been all over the place.
I get to pick up my existing library holds tomorrow which I'm excited about. They stopped our ability to place holds while they were closed so I need to start putting things on hold again. They switched their software to an older version which is weird and erased a list that I was keeping during COVID. First world problems I tell ya!
I get to pick up my existing library holds tomorrow which I'm excited about. They stopped our ability to place holds while they were closed so I need to start putting things on hold again. They switched their software to an older version which is weird and erased a list that I was keeping during COVID. First world problems I tell ya!
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I started The Wife Stalker by Liv Constantine as an ebook. I actually think it's not written very well but I'm curious about the story. Usually I would give up so I don't know what that means really. haha
Today I get to do pick up my holds at the library! There's a max of 20 books in your hold queue so I'm playing the game with S and M's cards too.
Today I get to do pick up my holds at the library! There's a max of 20 books in your hold queue so I'm playing the game with S and M's cards too.
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Silvia, I haven't read Still Alice. I remember my mil reading it years ago and it sounded super depressing so I never picked it up.
I finished Postscript. It was good.
Now I have The Bride Test by Helen Hoang.
I finished Postscript. It was good.
Now I have The Bride Test by Helen Hoang.
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Ok, the reread of Pillars is not going well at all. I'm just...not enjoying it much, and I'm baffled. How could I have loved it the first time and not enjoy it at all this time? It's so weird. And it's not like I read it as a teen or something, I read it only 10 years ago. The funny thing is my mom is also rereading it and is feeling the same. She's a bit ahead of me and keeps telling me it'll get better, but so far I'm finding it too violent and too full of intrigue. Oh well. I feel like Spudd on her walking marathon the other day, I must finish it. It's a question of honor now I finally, FINALLY reached the halfway point yesterday (about 540 pages - ). I still hope I'll find whatever it was that made me love it the first time.
Meanwhile, I keep picking up shorter stuff to entertain myself. I don't want to start anything too long before I'm done with Pillars, so I read the aforementioned short story by Jojo Moyes, finished rereading The Importance of Being Earnest with a student, read a chapter from a book about my city that focused on the Spanish flu and then read an awarded Brazilian novel from a couple of years ago that was also super short (read it in 2 hours or so). THEN yesterday I started another short Brazilian. Of chronicles. Is that the word I want?
Meanwhile, I keep picking up shorter stuff to entertain myself. I don't want to start anything too long before I'm done with Pillars, so I read the aforementioned short story by Jojo Moyes, finished rereading The Importance of Being Earnest with a student, read a chapter from a book about my city that focused on the Spanish flu and then read an awarded Brazilian novel from a couple of years ago that was also super short (read it in 2 hours or so). THEN yesterday I started another short Brazilian. Of chronicles. Is that the word I want?
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What do you mean by chronicles?
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Hmm...kayley wasn't sure what to call them either. Here's a definition I found of what I mean: "it's a kind of short narrative text, usually written for media vehicles such as newspapers, magazines, etc. Besides being short, the "crônica" (Portuguese term) has a short life span, that is, they talk about everyday things that happen in our lives." I'd add that they are often funny. Here's an example of a book of what I'd call crônicas in Portuguese: https://www.amazon.com.br/Feel-Bad-Abou ... 121&sr=8-1 (that book is hilarious, btw).
Thoughts? It's not short stories. We have another term for those. It's not essays, either.
Thoughts? It's not short stories. We have another term for those. It's not essays, either.
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I think I would just call it essays. That was my initial instinct, and then I googled that book to see if I could find an article/review about it that actually applied a name to the writings, and I found this one: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/27/books/27masl.html which calls it essays. So I think essays.
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Thanks, Spudd. Yeah, that's what I thought after I posted, that maybe you just called them essays. We have 2 different words in Portuguese where you have only one, then. What we call "ensaio" in Portuguese is defined as a text that expresses the writer's ideas, opinions, criticisms, etc. about a certain theme. They're a different thing from what I meant here. Anyway, thanks!
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I totally see where you're coming from, because when I hear "essays" my first thought are those stupid things you have to write in high school where you explain why the Roman Empire fell, or whatever. It's cool you have 2 words for the 2 different types in Portuguese. Sometimes English is not a great language.
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Actually 3, because I'd call what we wrote in school something else "Ensaio" sounds more academic and more professional, not something a kid would write. But yeah, languages are funny. Sometimes we have 2 or 3 words to say something where you have only 1 in English, other times it's the other way around. Like fingers and toes (same word in Portuguese). Once a student asked me if there were different verbs for breaking fingers or toes