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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, April 27, 2020 - 10:13 am 
Went to check him out, and the first book The Defense is only $2.99 on Kindle today (Monday, April 27). SWEET!
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Tresbien
Member
08-26-2002
| Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 6:54 pm
Finding myself unsettled at times now and just wasn't in the mood for Michelle Obama's Becoming when it was available from the library. Was enjoying On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, but didn't have time to finish it. Hope I get it back again soon. In the meantime, I'm enjoying Lily King's Writers and Lovers. Her style reminds me a little bit of Sally Rooney. I will finish this one.
Is anyone else feeling picky about what they are reading right now?
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 11:07 pm
Yes, and I think it is because I have no real books. The good old fashioned kind with paper and binding. Heavy sigh.
I have read, reread and read yet again everything in my personal library. My free or .99 cent Bookbub Kindle books are meh.
I want fresh new books from the library or bookstore.
What a first world problem whiner...I need to buck up Buttercup!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 9:42 am
Tresbien, I loved Writers and Lovers. It really touched my heart. I wasn't expecting to feel everything that I did. I so related to the sadness she wrote over the loss of the mother.
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Chewpito
Member
01-03-2004
| Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 8:20 pm
Oh Sugar' I feel you' .
I miss my library so much' it was my everything..
I was a daily visitor.
I really hope things will be normal some day'..
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, May 02, 2020 - 8:36 am
Read and thoroughly enjoyed Red, White, and Royal Blue and am now working on Less. I'm struggling to keep focus as I read these days, which seems weird since I usually crave reading time. I've read a couple chapters of Catch and Kill and am about 6 chapters into Things in Jars, and everything I'm reading is fantastic. I just find my brain wandering after about 30 minutes. I'm hoping once all the school craziness is done that my stress level will drop, and I can spend this summer taking my 2 online classes and reading.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, May 02, 2020 - 4:44 pm
Here, actually in L.A., they are talking about starting school early.
Most of our news is from Los Angeles, not Orange County.
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Tuesday, May 05, 2020 - 6:59 pm
Finished reading "Mischling" by Affinity Konar. This was a Dollar General find. Really good book. It's about a set of twin girls at Auschwitz. Heartbreaking, but also uplifting.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Wednesday, May 06, 2020 - 3:05 pm
 Happy Days are here again
Sugar found an unread gem
A real book with pages to turn
Happily reading once again!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, May 06, 2020 - 3:10 pm
Sugar, too bad we aren't neighbors because I would gladly let you use my library.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Wednesday, May 06, 2020 - 9:59 pm
Thanks Mamie316, I would definitely share books if we were neighbors.
I used to belong to a jewelry making club and would see one of those little lending library boxes when driving to the meetings. Had it been anywhere near my house, I would have stopped to take a look at it.
Maybe after sheltering restrictions are lifted I will see about putting one in my yard.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, May 07, 2020 - 6:20 am
I just found out that we have one not far from us. I will definitely be putting books in it when this is all over. I get so many from publishers and you are not supposed to give them away to any place that will sell them so the little library will be perfect.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Thursday, May 07, 2020 - 1:26 pm
I miss Advance Reading Copy books.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - 7:28 pm
Finished Less and will finish The Horse Dancer by Jojo Moyes tonight because I can NOT put it down!!
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - 11:33 pm
I’m too tired to write a unique review, so I’m just going to copy/paste what I posted on Twitter about A History of Loneliness, the book I finished reading earlier tonight. Too sleepy — off to bed!
I love @john_boyne’s writing so much — tonight I finished #AHistoryofLoneliness & felt so many emotions. The most prominent? Profound relief that I ditched the Catholic Church in 1971, shortly after my 13th birthday — up until then my mom had forced me to attend. #AtheistforLife
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Tresbien
Member
08-26-2002
| Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 10:53 am
Sugar, I have sometimes found advance reading copies on eBay.
Finished Lily King's Writers and Lovers and enjoyed it. Early on, when it is about the main character's waitress job, I was less interested than in the rest of her story. Probably it's just because my ex-laws were in the restaurant business, and I heard so much about it. It did hold my interest, which has been hard to do these days.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 12:53 pm
I've been finding it hard to focus on reading as well these days. It's also partly because I do most of my reading now on my iPad (and occasionally my iPhone) and it's very easy to be distracted when you use those devices for reading.
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 1:16 pm
I've started American Dirt by Jeanine Cummnins and am really enjoying it so far. It's an Oprah Book Club selection and follows the story of a woman and her 8 year old son who are forced to leave their home in Acapulco, Mexico and migrate to the US.
I went to Amazon to read some reviews and found out that some readers are upset at finding out that the author is not Hispanic. I understand their reasoning and what is behind that but honestly, I'm all for anything that sheds some light on the plight of migrants and why they would leave their own homes to begin with. There are so many different stories and angles to tell that it will be a subject for authors for years to come.
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Sunday, May 17, 2020 - 12:16 pm
Just finished a very sweet compilation of four short stories set during Christmas time, titled, "The Most Wonderful Time" by Fern Michaels. The other authors were Stacy Finz, Sarah Title, and Shirlee McCoy.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, May 17, 2020 - 4:08 pm
Just bought Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas's ebook: What Makes a Marriage Last. 40 Celebrated couples share their secrets to long happy marriages. I will check back in once I've read it and give you my review but I'm sure I'm going to love it.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, May 18, 2020 - 5:26 pm
Read a new-to-me author, Peter May, and his book Coffin Road. Excellent mystery, and I loved that it was set in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Read it in one day!
Now reading Ordinary People by Diana Evans and still working on Things in Jars.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - 7:30 pm
Worrying.. Teach has not logged on and there is flooding in Michigan.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, May 21, 2020 - 9:13 am
Sea, Teach posted about 14 hours ago on Facebook and (it was nothing to do with the floods. So I'm going to be optimistic and assume she's fine.)
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, May 21, 2020 - 8:26 pm
Seeing more posts from her on FB. From what I can tell, nothing to worry about. 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, May 23, 2020 - 10:03 pm
Thanks!
My Michigan friend in my Yahtzee family is in Novi, and ok, but was worried about a friend in the flood area.
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