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Tresbien
Member
08-26-2002
| Saturday, November 21, 2020 - 12:38 am 
Usually something catches my attention in book suggestion lists, so I thought I'd share this seasonal one: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/11-books-to-get-you-through-thanksgiving-2020/2020/11/17/12c54040-2793-11eb-92b7-6ef17b3fe3b4_story.html
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Tresbien
Member
08-26-2002
| Wednesday, November 25, 2020 - 6:34 am
During these challenging times, I am thankful for all of you who point me toward good reads and steer me away from others not worth my time. Happy Thanksgiving.
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Wednesday, November 25, 2020 - 10:24 am
Happy Thanksgiving to you as well, Tres! And thank you for all your contributions to our little library circle of literature lovers!
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Wednesday, November 25, 2020 - 3:08 pm
Ditto! Thanks to everyone and Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating it tomorrow!
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Thursday, November 26, 2020 - 1:09 am
As I've said many times, I love this thread. So wonderful hearing everyone talk about the books they have enjoyed (LOL and not enjoyed). I've followed many of your recommendations with great pleasure.
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Mak1
Member
08-11-2002
| Thursday, November 26, 2020 - 3:25 am
Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful to everyone who shares their good and bad reviews here. I've also followed many of your recommendations with great pleasure.
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Rieann
Member
08-26-2006
| Thursday, November 26, 2020 - 3:56 am
I feel the same way. Thank you everyone! 💗 💗
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Tuesday, December 08, 2020 - 2:41 am
Hot off the press: In the closest vote ever, Matt Haig's The Midnight Library has won Best Fiction of the Year in the annual Goodreads contest, narrowly defeating Fredrik Backman's Anxious People by a mere five votes! The final count was 72,828 for TML, 72,823 for AP. (I loved the former and can't wait to read the latter.) 
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, December 08, 2020 - 5:33 am
WOW!! I have both of those on hold from our library. Lots of people in line in front of me, but as I'm buried in paperwork for the next month, it's not a big deal.
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Tresbien
Member
08-26-2002
| Thursday, April 15, 2021 - 2:23 am
Diana Gabaldon's ninth book of the Outlander series, Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone will be published on 11/23/2021. Excited!
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Thursday, April 15, 2021 - 2:59 am
Yes that was a big announcement!
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Thursday, April 15, 2021 - 6:12 am
I forgot to mention but, as it happens, I'm currently reading Written in My Own Heart's Blood so my timing is pretty good!
Now, waiting for the tenth one will be a problem for me. 
She has slowed down considerably but she is still far outpacing George R.R. Martin!
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Tresbien
Member
08-26-2002
| Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 2:55 am
It's time again for another WaPo best books list. Hope you find something you'll love: https://wapo.st/3oDvOME
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Monday, August 08, 2022 - 7:58 am
Just found out my library card has expired. Who knew? Now I'll have to find time to go get it renewed in person.
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Monday, August 08, 2022 - 8:10 am
Lol, Heckagirl ~ It was probably about 5 years ago that my library notified me for the first time ever that my card had expired after having had it for decades.
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Monday, August 08, 2022 - 9:28 pm
I was trying to update my password. No go. I asked why it didn't work, and was told my card had expired. I've had it for decades too.
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Tuesday, August 09, 2022 - 2:53 am
I assumed it had to do with updating records digitally, etc. I imagine few people ever notify the library when someone passes away or when their family moves out of town so this helps to keep the records a little more up to date. It was no biggie but I did chuckle at it the first time.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, August 09, 2022 - 10:15 am
I bet you can renew over the phone, Heckagirl. I do it all the time, and since I started working at our library just a month ago, I now know it's simply pulling up your record and changing the date. Easy peasy.
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Wednesday, August 10, 2022 - 4:05 am
No, I was told I had to renew in person. I had to show them my driver license. I'm good now, though. They had even built a new library since I had been.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Wednesday, August 10, 2022 - 4:26 am
It probably depends on how restrictive the library is with borrowing. Especially with e-books (which are fantastic by the way), you don't even need to be remotely physically close to a library to borrow the books. So the bigger libraries want to ensure that you are a legitimate "customer" living or working in the same city at least.
That's so cool that you're working at the library, Teach! Are you a volunteer or do you get paid?
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Wednesday, August 10, 2022 - 9:03 am
Jimmer - I work one Saturday a month (2 if there are 5 Saturdays), and I do get paid. They had a part time job available that would have been 2 days every week as well, but it just didn't pay enough to meet my retirement job expenses. This is just enough for my wine for the month (or I can save up 2 months for the good whisky)! 😂📚
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Thursday, February 09, 2023 - 5:35 am
I've heard about two books in the last week that are new to me and wondered if anyone had read them or knew of them. The first is a new book titled The Bandit Queens by Parini Sharoff and the second is an old murder mystery puzzle published in the 1930's titled Cain's Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers. Since I like puzzles and mysteries, I ordered the 2nd one on Amazon. The other I have signed up for at the library but it will be at least a 12 week wait.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, February 09, 2023 - 10:36 am
Sorry - I've not heard of either one.
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Mak1
Member
08-11-2002
| Saturday, February 11, 2023 - 12:40 pm
I've heard about Cain's Jawbone on the morning talk shows and am intrigued. It sounds like fun but really, really difficult to solve. I know my curiosity is going to win out and I'll be ordering it too.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Sunday, February 12, 2023 - 2:22 am
I've heard of Cain's Jawbone and that is notoriously difficult to solve.
I look forward to your review of it Kappy.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, April 09, 2024 - 3:29 am
I went to Costco today and when I checked out their book section, I was happily surprised to see that Amor Towles has a new book out. It's called "Table For Two" It's a book of short stories taking place in NYC around 2000. And there's a longer story that takes place in Los Angelo's. Of course I snatched it up.
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Wednesday, September 04, 2024 - 1:55 pm
I know I have brought up The Thursday Murder Club before as I have read all four books in the series and really enjoyed them. Today, I was checking to see when the author has a new book coming out and instead ran across an article about the filming of a movie based on The Thursday Murder Club. It will be on Netflix and has quite the cast with Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Cilia Imrey, David Tennant and Naomi Ackie. Steven Spielberg was visiting the set when they did the article. It's always nice to know that others have enjoyed the books as much as you have.
Richard Osman has a new book coming out on Sept. 12th titled We Solve Murders.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Monday, November 25, 2024 - 5:37 pm
It's "Books We Love Day!"
Here's a list of 350 books from 2024 that NPR picked to read.
Books We Love
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 4:09 am
This is so sad that we need this.
Books written by humans are getting their own certificationBooks
quote:The Authors Guild — one of the largest associations of writers in the US — has launched a new project that allows authors to certify that their book was written by a human, and not generated by artificial intelligence.
The Guild says its “Human Authored” certification aims to make it easier for writers to “distinguish their work in increasingly AI-saturated markets,” and that readers have a right to know who (or what) created the books they read. Human Authored certifications will be listed in a public database that anyone can access. The project was first announced back in October in response to a deluge of AI-generated books flooding online marketplaces like Amazon and its Kindle ebook platform.
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Friday, January 31, 2025 - 4:44 pm
Finished "Uncommon Type" by Tom Hanks. Kind of a mixed bag of short stories.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-21-2001
| Friday, January 31, 2025 - 5:58 pm
Grooch - thanks for the link. I've only read 5 from that first page scroll, but I've got 3 more already on hold and 2 of them in my personal library waiting for me to read. Had fun scrolling and adding even more to my TBR pile.
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