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« Reply #925 on: September 10, 2012, 02:27:26 AM »
I keep skipping in and out of the English to Dutch Dictionary to help me with the Silly Word Game. I love it
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« Reply #926 on: September 10, 2012, 06:33:33 AM »
Just finished "State of Wonder" by Ann Patchett.  I liked it but I loved her "Bel Canto".
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« Reply #927 on: September 10, 2012, 12:27:10 PM »
On the subject of Fifty Shades of Grey...which I haven't read...and have no intention of reading...this reader's reviews are hilarious, I laughed out loud the whole way through and read all 3 of her reviews.  Enjoy.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/340987215
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« Reply #928 on: September 10, 2012, 06:38:03 PM »
Quote from: monrein on September 10, 2012, 12:27:10 PM
On the subject of Fifty Shades of Grey...which I haven't read...and have no intention of reading...this reader's reviews are hilarious, I laughed out loud the whole way through and read all 3 of her reviews.  Enjoy.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/340987215

Hysterical and accurate!
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"Asbestos Gelos"  (As-bes-tos yay-lohs) Greek. Literally, "fireproof laughter".  A term used by Homer for invincible laughter in the face of death and mortality.
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« Reply #929 on: September 11, 2012, 04:28:14 PM »
Space, Inc.   A sci fi collection of jobs in space stories.
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« Reply #930 on: September 12, 2012, 04:47:13 AM »
"Room" by Emma Donoghue.
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« Reply #931 on: September 12, 2012, 11:48:34 AM »
Quote from: monrein on September 10, 2012, 06:33:33 AM
Just finished "State of Wonder" by Ann Patchett.  I liked it but I loved her "Bel Canto".

My thoughts exactly.

I am just starting the 18th book of the Stephanie Plum series.  Number 19 comes out in late November.  I have about 20 books on my Nook's wishlist, and I don't know which one I will start next.  I've been terribly distracted for the past few months, so I don't know whether to pick something light or something that requires deeper thought.
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« Reply #932 on: September 13, 2012, 04:08:09 AM »
Quote from: monrein on September 12, 2012, 04:47:13 AM
"Room" by Emma Donoghue.
I love that book!

I'm reading The TroubleTwisters.  Nice and simple for long bus journeys. 

My library doesn't have F**kness GLM so I can't read it (I don't like buying books unless I know I'm going to love them, or already do love them!).  I'm going to reserve some grow'd up books from the library now ...
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« Reply #933 on: September 17, 2012, 05:51:19 AM »
Poppy, I love it  some grow'd up books I must admit I down load the free books from Amazon  for my kindle but I still love to turn a page of a real book. I get mine mainly from charity shops. I must look out for some grow'd up books.
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« Reply #934 on: September 17, 2012, 09:36:33 AM »
Grow'd up books are over-rated!  I'm on book 5 of the Charlie Bone and the Children of the Red King series.  I'm back reading legal documents during my days, so the last thing I want is anything serious when I get to relax.

I've got Sarah Addison Allen's The Peach Keeper next in line for when I run out of the kid's series.  (I've wish listed them on my swap site, so they are trickling in out of order.)  Also some Stephen King and Alice Hoffman, as well as a stack of fluffy mystery novels.
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"Asbestos Gelos"  (As-bes-tos yay-lohs) Greek. Literally, "fireproof laughter".  A term used by Homer for invincible laughter in the face of death and mortality.
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« Reply #935 on: September 17, 2012, 01:36:41 PM »
Quote from: jbeany on September 17, 2012, 09:36:33 AM
Grow'd up books are over-rated!  I'm on book 5 of the Charlie Bone and the Children of the Red King series.
Is that a recommendation for when my library lend me, and I finish, my grow'd up books on order?! 

 ;D

I'm now reading I Am Number Four.  Apparently it's a film too, but I haven't seen it.  It's quite good (another non-grow'd up book though, but teenage/young adult so getting a tad more mature!)
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« Reply #936 on: September 17, 2012, 02:46:10 PM »
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« Reply #937 on: September 17, 2012, 04:54:49 PM »
Quote from: Poppylicious on September 17, 2012, 01:36:41 PM
Quote from: jbeany on September 17, 2012, 09:36:33 AM
Grow'd up books are over-rated!  I'm on book 5 of the Charlie Bone and the Children of the Red King series.
Is that a recommendation for when my library lend me, and I finish, my grow'd up books on order?! 


The Charlie Bone series is is quite cute.  The Fable Haven series is even better.  For a less magic tone, try the Lady Grace Mysteries from Patricia Finney.  Historical fiction for pre-teens, and quite fun.  For magical teen stuff, try just about anything by Vivian Vande Velde.  I like her heroines' sassy attitudes.

If you want to go way back to elementary school chapter books, try The Doll People and The Meanest Doll in the World by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin.  The stories are darling, but the illustrations make these two laugh out loud funny!

And anything, anything at all, by Robert Peck.
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"Asbestos Gelos"  (As-bes-tos yay-lohs) Greek. Literally, "fireproof laughter".  A term used by Homer for invincible laughter in the face of death and mortality.
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« Reply #938 on: September 18, 2012, 02:14:32 PM »
I started in a book for ages is standing gathering dust in my bookcase, but looked (the cover that is) kinda boring. Couldn't remember where I got it from either. Then I decided to read it so I could bring it to the clinic for the library. I'm only half way through, and its fantastic. I've no idea what kind of ending its going to have. Its about a 16 year old girl, who ends up with 3 men, traveling through Europe.
The Slow Train To Milan by Lisa St Aubin de Teran
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1983 high proteinloss in urine, chemo, stroke,coma, dialysis
1984 double nephrectomy
1985 transplant from dad
1998 lost dads kidney, start PD
2003 peritineum burst, back to hemo
2012 start Nxstage home hemo
2020 start Gambro AK96

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« Reply #939 on: September 18, 2012, 05:58:36 PM »
The fourth book of George R.R.Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire which is titled A Feast for Crows. You may have heard of Game of Thrones  the HBO series based on these books. They are each about 1000 pages but they go faster than you'd think,and are very good.
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« Reply #940 on: September 19, 2012, 02:55:39 AM »
I keep reading my current screenplay.  It's crap!  So I read, rewrite, and read.   Write, read, and rewrite.  I'm determined to use every technique in the book and make them flow into an organic story with dramatic tension and humor.   It's a lot easier said than done.
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« Reply #941 on: September 27, 2012, 11:14:14 AM »
I read constantly!  Just got done with Ken Follett's Winter of the World.  Currently reading Unsuitable Day for a Murder, which is okay, not great so far.  I am in the midst of writing (or trying to) a novel.....I try to write a little every day, but have been unsuccessful the last week!  Need to get some motivation!

Anybody else on Goodreads?

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« Reply #942 on: September 27, 2012, 03:26:58 PM »
Quote from: Ricksters on September 27, 2012, 11:14:14 AM
I try to write a little every day, but have been unsuccessful the last week!  Need to get some motivation!


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"Asbestos Gelos"  (As-bes-tos yay-lohs) Greek. Literally, "fireproof laughter".  A term used by Homer for invincible laughter in the face of death and mortality.
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« Reply #943 on: September 27, 2012, 04:33:23 PM »
Thanks for the invite!  Will check it out!
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« Reply #944 on: September 28, 2012, 12:27:16 PM »
Storm of Swords...George R.R. Martin
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« Reply #945 on: September 30, 2012, 01:20:49 PM »
Rereading Robinson Crusoe--fifty years later...
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« Reply #946 on: September 30, 2012, 03:02:54 PM »
"The Beauty of Humanity Mouvement" by Camilla Gibb.   Takes place in Vietnam and the national soup (Pho...pronounced feu) is almost a character in the novel.  Her previous novel, Sweetness in the Belly is also worth reading IMO.
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Pyelonephritis (began at 8 mos old)
Home haemo 1980-1985 (self-cannulated with 15 gauge sharps)
Cadaveric transplant 1985
New upper-arm fistula April 2008
Uldall-Cook catheter inserted May 2008
Haemo-dialysis, self care unit June 2008
(2 1/2 hours X 5 weekly)
Self-cannulated, 15 gauge blunts, buttonholes.
Living donor transplant (sister-in law Kathy) Feb. 2009
First failed kidney transplant removed Apr.  2009
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« Reply #947 on: October 02, 2012, 05:54:12 PM »
Quote from: Traveller1947 on September 30, 2012, 01:20:49 PM
Rereading Robinson Crusoe--fifty years later...
Yea, Robinson Crusoe is one of my all time favorites,read it probably 15/20 times over the years.
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« Reply #948 on: October 03, 2012, 03:58:09 PM »
I love this thread; I'm always looking for recommendations!

I just finished Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn which I found to be compelling and truly disturbing.  It's about a wife who disappears on her fifth anniversary, but it is about oh so much more!

Today I finished Bliss, Remembered by Frank Deford which had a twist at the end that I just didn't see coming.

Re The Song of Ice and Fire, I've read the first four and have the fifth awaiting me.  The story is great, but I have to admit that 900 of the 1000 pages of each tome seem to be more about what is served at various feasts, which sigil belongs to which family and which bannermen represent which kingdom.  There is not a lot of "art" in the storytelling.  I am surprised to find that I have enjoyed the TV series more than I have the books; the TV series has to be, by its very nature, tighter and more coherent and so can't spend so much time on the culinary details.

Ricksters, I'm on Goodreads although I confess I don't use it much.  I should, though.  I keep forgetting about it!
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« Reply #949 on: October 03, 2012, 04:53:30 PM »
Quote from: MooseMom on October 03, 2012, 03:58:09 PM
I love this thread; I'm always looking for recommendations!

I just finished Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn which I found to be compelling and truly disturbing.  It's about a wife who disappears on her fifth anniversary, but it is about oh so much more!

Today I finished Bliss, Remembered by Frank Deford which had a twist at the end that I just didn't see coming.

Re The Song of Ice and Fire, I've read the first four and have the fifth awaiting me.  The story is great, but I have to admit that 900 of the 1000 pages of each tome seem to be more about what is served at various feasts, which sigil belongs to which family and which bannermen represent which kingdom.  There is not a lot of "art" in the storytelling.  I am surprised to find that I have enjoyed the TV series more than I have the books; the TV series has to be, by its very nature, tighter and more coherent and so can't spend so much time on the culinary details.

Ricksters, I'm on Goodreads although I confess I don't use it much.  I should, though.  I keep forgetting about it!
Yeah,dude does like his food,If you've seen him you can tell,pretty rough on women too,but it does keep you reading it doesn't it?
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