February Reads - TBD2024-03-29T08:07:09Zhttp://teebeedee.ning.com/forum/topics/february-reads-4?groupUrl=bookoholics&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI'm over halfway through The…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2017-02-27:1991841:Comment:17929212017-02-27T19:01:39.959ZCarcihttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/CarolBraun
<p>I'm over halfway through <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Pearl That Broke Its Shell</strong></span> by Nadia Hashimi about an Afghan girl in today's society. It also goes back 100 years to her great-great-grandmother's similar story.</p>
<p>It's a little hard to follow all the strange names and customs but I am finding the story intriguing and very sad to see the women of Afganistan are still treated as property by their fathers and husbands. </p>
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<p>I'm over halfway through <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Pearl That Broke Its Shell</strong></span> by Nadia Hashimi about an Afghan girl in today's society. It also goes back 100 years to her great-great-grandmother's similar story.</p>
<p>It's a little hard to follow all the strange names and customs but I am finding the story intriguing and very sad to see the women of Afganistan are still treated as property by their fathers and husbands. </p>
<p>Recommended for fans of <strong>Kite Runner</strong> and <strong>1000 Splendid Suns.</strong></p>
<p><strong> <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Pearl-that-Broke-Its-Shell-ebook/dp/B00FJ350AI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488221667&sr=1-1&keywords=the+pearl+that+broke+its+shell" target="_blank">https://smile.amazon.com/Pearl-that-Broke-Its-Shell-ebook/dp/B00FJ350AI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488221667&sr=1-1&keywords=the+pearl+that+broke+its+shell</a></strong></p> I am approaching the end of E…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2017-02-26:1991841:Comment:17926282017-02-26T16:28:26.781ZIoruachhttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/Iorouch
<p>I am approaching the end of <em>Escape Clause</em> by John Sandford. This one features Virgil Flowers, Sandford's other main character, along with Lucas Davenport. It is a typical hard-to-put-down Sandford mystery, this one involving some mentally challenged criminals (most of Sandford's criminals are at least somewhat mentally challenged) who manage to steal two tigers from a Minnesota zoo to kill and sell to Asians for medicinal purposes. I'm enjoying it, as I have all of Sandford's…</p>
<p>I am approaching the end of <em>Escape Clause</em> by John Sandford. This one features Virgil Flowers, Sandford's other main character, along with Lucas Davenport. It is a typical hard-to-put-down Sandford mystery, this one involving some mentally challenged criminals (most of Sandford's criminals are at least somewhat mentally challenged) who manage to steal two tigers from a Minnesota zoo to kill and sell to Asians for medicinal purposes. I'm enjoying it, as I have all of Sandford's mysteries.</p> RAPA...I will put The Ice Ben…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2017-02-26:1991841:Comment:17927882017-02-26T16:23:08.414ZCarolyn Tewellhttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/CarolynTewell
RAPA...I will put The Ice Beneath Her on hold at library.<br />
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Finished Hillbilly Elegy yesterday early evening. Very engaging to say the least. I was born in rust belt city of Warren, Ohio...very near Youngstown ...can totally understand the lifestyle of which he writes. Have visited south-western PA down into KY many times and lots of parallels. My Grandparents raised me until I was 12 and I spent every summer with them after Mother moved brother and I to Florida.
RAPA...I will put The Ice Beneath Her on hold at library.<br />
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Finished Hillbilly Elegy yesterday early evening. Very engaging to say the least. I was born in rust belt city of Warren, Ohio...very near Youngstown ...can totally understand the lifestyle of which he writes. Have visited south-western PA down into KY many times and lots of parallels. My Grandparents raised me until I was 12 and I spent every summer with them after Mother moved brother and I to Florida. Has been awhile since I found…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2017-02-26:1991841:Comment:17926242017-02-26T04:10:05.698Zrapahttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/RachelAnderson
Has been awhile since I found a book that I found hard to put down. Lucked into one right off the new book shelf. If you enjoy psychological crime thrillers take a look at this one:<br/>
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Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! BTW, have any of you read it?
Has been awhile since I found a book that I found hard to put down. Lucked into one right off the new book shelf. If you enjoy psychological crime thrillers take a look at this one:<br/>
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Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! BTW, have any of you read it? Thoroughly enjoyed NEWS of th…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2017-02-21:1991841:Comment:17928802017-02-21T19:03:28.779Zrapahttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/RachelAnderson
Thoroughly enjoyed NEWS of the WORLD! It's circa 1870 in Western Texas. Have recommended it to many, all of whom have liked it immensely.<br />
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Also enjoyed the non-fiction HILLBILLY ELEGY by J.D. VANCE. I was born a hillbilly and at one time lived in Cincinnati so could relate to the area. It's quite a portrayal of a culture that has not changed and the closeness of family.
Thoroughly enjoyed NEWS of the WORLD! It's circa 1870 in Western Texas. Have recommended it to many, all of whom have liked it immensely.<br />
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Also enjoyed the non-fiction HILLBILLY ELEGY by J.D. VANCE. I was born a hillbilly and at one time lived in Cincinnati so could relate to the area. It's quite a portrayal of a culture that has not changed and the closeness of family. Just finished one more that I…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2017-02-21:1991841:Comment:17926902017-02-21T18:44:46.661ZCarcihttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/CarolBraun
<p>Just finished one more that I really enjoyed. <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Whistling Past The Graveyard</span></strong> by Susan Crandall was delightful, suspenseful, funny and at times sad. Highly recommended.</p>
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<p><em>From an award-winning author comes a wise and tender coming-of-age story about a nine-year-old girl who runs away from her Mississippi home in 1963, befriends a lonely woman suffering loss and abuse, and…</em></p>
<p>Just finished one more that I really enjoyed. <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Whistling Past The Graveyard</span></strong> by Susan Crandall was delightful, suspenseful, funny and at times sad. Highly recommended.</p>
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<p><em>From an award-winning author comes a wise and tender coming-of-age story about a nine-year-old girl who runs away from her Mississippi home in 1963, befriends a lonely woman suffering loss and abuse, and embarks on a life-changing roadtrip.<br/><br/><b><i>Whistling past the graveyard</i>. That’s what Daddy called it when you did something to keep your mind off your most worstest fear. . . .</b> <br/><br/>In the summer of 1963, nine-year-old Starla Claudelle runs away from her strict grandmother’s Mississippi home. Starla’s destination is Nashville, where her mother went to become a famous singer, abandoning Starla when she was three. Walking a lonely country road, Starla accepts a ride from Eula, a black woman traveling alone with a white baby. Now, on the road trip that will change her life forever, Starla sees for the first time life as it really is—as she reaches for a dream of how it could one day be.</em></p> Greetings Fun Seekers!
Repor…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2017-02-20:1991841:Comment:17928772017-02-20T23:41:02.603ZCarolyn Tewellhttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/CarolynTewell
Greetings Fun Seekers!<br />
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Reporting in with no books to recommend! Hate to waste your time....<br />
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Back from beautiful wedding held on a lake at the Sportsman Club in Orlando. Lots of family, wedding was beautiful with Hot Topic about how to make marriage last by the Officiant.<br />
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Hope Brother's (Gary) last wishes were for me to handle! His son, estranged, backed out of being in charge. (Mandated by AZ but even they relented when life support was not handled in time and organs were too compromised for…
Greetings Fun Seekers!<br />
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Reporting in with no books to recommend! Hate to waste your time....<br />
<br />
Back from beautiful wedding held on a lake at the Sportsman Club in Orlando. Lots of family, wedding was beautiful with Hot Topic about how to make marriage last by the Officiant.<br />
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Hope Brother's (Gary) last wishes were for me to handle! His son, estranged, backed out of being in charge. (Mandated by AZ but even they relented when life support was not handled in time and organs were too compromised for donating)<br />
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What is odd is that my Son had an amazing time with him in Atlanta...during that critical period between 19 and 29! So the ashes will be onward shipped to son Rocky's hands when all is said and done.<br />
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I don't know about any of you but back in my growing up years my uncles and aunts had a very important part in raising me. Think I have said before that our Father was killed in a training mission during WWII over Colorado. The whole family raised us.<br />
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BACK TO BOOKS! Gave up on several. NIGHT WATCH by Iris Johanson for one. I'm now listening to Adrian McKinty's 2010 book Dead Yard. I have some holds coming in so maybe can chat about that on a later post.<br />
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Save my seat... Sorry Carolyn... Nix on the D…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2017-02-12:1991841:Comment:17925152017-02-12T01:24:07.745ZCarcihttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/CarolBraun
<p>Sorry Carolyn... Nix on the Doomsday book... but have fun at the wedding...</p>
<p>I started <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Burn What Will Burn</span> by CB McKenzie which was featured on a new book table at the library. DH read it first and didn't care for it but I started it anyway. </p>
<p>It was a bit of a downer so I put it aside to read <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Rosie Project</span></strong> by Graeme Simsion which was recommended by a friend. …</p>
<p>Sorry Carolyn... Nix on the Doomsday book... but have fun at the wedding...</p>
<p>I started <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Burn What Will Burn</span> by CB McKenzie which was featured on a new book table at the library. DH read it first and didn't care for it but I started it anyway. </p>
<p>It was a bit of a downer so I put it aside to read <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Rosie Project</span></strong> by Graeme Simsion which was recommended by a friend. "Rosie" is a delightful comedy-romance about a brilliant but OCD socially challenged professor of genetics who decides to find a wife using an online questionnaire. Along comes Rosie who shakes up his world. If you need a happiness break, I highly recommend <span style="text-decoration: underline;">TRP</span>. I was sorry to see it end but he is writing a sequel... :)</p>
<p></p> Carolyn, Wishing you safe tra…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2017-02-10:1991841:Comment:17923122017-02-10T04:12:03.067Zrapahttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/RachelAnderson
Carolyn, Wishing you safe travels and sunshine in Florida! Am sure your granddaughter will be the most beautiful bride ever as you watch her take her vows. Please drop<br />
us a post when you return!
Carolyn, Wishing you safe travels and sunshine in Florida! Am sure your granddaughter will be the most beautiful bride ever as you watch her take her vows. Please drop<br />
us a post when you return! RAPA...Did learn some fun stu…tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2017-02-10:1991841:Comment:17925012017-02-10T03:46:15.310ZCarolyn Tewellhttp://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/CarolynTewell
RAPA...Did learn some fun stuff on the PREPPER book but had to give up half way through.<br />
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Tomorrow I am leaving for Florida...oh woe is is me...only 15 degrees in Cleveland area. Lots of agony in Northeast and I so understand.<br />
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I started one Playaway...ONE MILE UNDER by Andrew Gross...kinda like it. See how it rolls.<br />
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On order:<br />
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In A Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware<br />
The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly<br />
Night Watch by Iris Johansen<br />
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Keep those cards and letters coming! Um, I used to write that prior…
RAPA...Did learn some fun stuff on the PREPPER book but had to give up half way through.<br />
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Tomorrow I am leaving for Florida...oh woe is is me...only 15 degrees in Cleveland area. Lots of agony in Northeast and I so understand.<br />
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I started one Playaway...ONE MILE UNDER by Andrew Gross...kinda like it. See how it rolls.<br />
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On order:<br />
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In A Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware<br />
The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly<br />
Night Watch by Iris Johansen<br />
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Keep those cards and letters coming! Um, I used to write that prior to 1988?