GeezLouise (Rae) Reads 75 in 2014

My little diva queen, Biscotti.

Hi, my name is Rae, and this is the first time I have joined the 75ers group. I am 21, and I am looking forward to being part of this group. I will confess that I have been in a reading funk lately, so the only books I have read are for a British Lit course. I hope to change that, though, and start reading more again. I enjoy reading paranormal, mystery, graphic novels, and fantasy. Lately I have been more interested in doing other things instead of picking up a book, though I do have some waiting to be read.

Currently Reading:



Books Completed in February:
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Welcome to the 75, sweetheart! I think that you will love it here!!

Welcome to the 75 group Rae. My name is Roberta and I am from Houston, Texas. I love to hear your mom's stories about your family. I get a lot of book ideas from her.

I never really read a lot of fantasy until I joined this group. Now I am enjoying the genre. My favorite is mysteries!

Hi Rae- Welcome to the Mighty 75! Your life will never be the same. My name is Mark and I am a bit shy but I open up sometimes.
I also love graphic novels and will always take a recommendation. Have fun!

Welcome, Rae! Sorry to hear about the book funk (they do happen) but I'm glad you joined the mighty 75ers. We are a kind and nonjudgmental group. You'll find a good reading and chatting and chatting about reading home here.

Biscotti is pretty darn cute.

~Ellen

p.s. Mark is lying about being shy. Just so you know.

*baaaaaawwwwwww* Biscotti's ears need a big ol' schmoozle!

Hi Rae, I don't suppose you've ever hear of me, my name is Atticus O'Sullivan Richard, and I'm distant acquaintances with someone named Mamie who represents herself as your mother.

Have a wonderful time in the group!

Welcome, Rae! I am a rather infrequent lurker/poster on both you Mom and you sister's threads but once I saw you had set up your own thread, I wanted to stop by and welcome you to the group, and the conversational aspect of Librarything.

The group is a lot of fun - even if it causes your future reading list to expand out of control!

Hi Rae! My name is Diana; welcome tot the group!

Hello Rae, I'm Susan and I live in London. I've seen lots of great photos of you and your family on your Mum's thread. Biscotti is a cutie! Welcome to the 75ers. I'm sure you'll soon have lot of great ideas to bring an end to that book funk.

Hi, Rae. This group is good fun and I think you will enjoy being a part of the conversations. My regular life name is Karen, I live near Seattle and along with reading my other hobbies include photography, and my two dogs. One is a Miniature Schnauzer (Greta Garbo) and the other is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (Benny). The CKCS is sitting on my lap right now.

I have been in a reading funk, also, and it is due to some changes in vision and a need for new glasses. I am happy to say that I ordered some this week, and I should have them very soon!

Happy Reading, Rae.

Oh a huge and happy welcome to you! I have been fighting reading funks for a few months now. Someone here gave me some advice, but I can't remember who. It was good advice! Try a reread of something you love, or something YA or very light. I hate reading funks!

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Hi Rae! My name is Charlotte and I live in Massachusetts. So nice to see another one of Mamie's girls here. Looking forward to following along on your journey this year.

Biscotti is sure a cutie-patootie! You guys have the most adorable pets.

Hope you are having a good day....

Welcome, Rae! I'm Peggy from NC, and bring you and Biscotti greetings from May, our black lab/chow sweety.
Reading funks don't have much chance in this place.

You're here! Welcome to the 75ers, Rae. I hope you enjoy spending time with our wacky group, and I know I will enjoy getting more recommendations for good books, because you can never have too many of those. I love mysteries, too, and I have learned to like a lot of fantasy thanks to the people I've met here on LT.

Oh, and I love the picture of Biscotti up top. She is adorable.

Hey, Rae! Welcome to the group!

Hi Rae! My name is Connie and I live in Roermond, The Netherlands! Welcome to this delightful group! I hope this reading funk will soon disappear.

Yay! Glad you've got your thread up and running, Rae. I like all the types of books you do, except I don't read many paranormal books. My daughter (seasonsoflove) makes up for that by reading lots of them. She also likes those paranormal shows on cable tv, like Ghosthunters.

Biscotti is a cute one, he is, and I'm sure he's a good pal.

>3 Crazymamie: Thank you Mom I can't wait to see what kind of reads this year will hold for me.

>4 luvamystery65: Roberta thank you, I am so excited to be part of this group.

>5 msf59: Mark thank you.

>6 EBT1002: Thanks Ellen you guys are all really nice.

>7 richardderus: Hey RD thanks for stopping by my thread. Biscotti is so intelligent she understands everything we say, and she knows when we are talking about her. If one of us says something not so flattering about her she will glare at us like excuse me.

>8 lkernagh: Thank you Lori.

>9 wilkiec: Thanks Diana.

>10 susanj67: Hi Susan, I look forward to ending my book funk.

Hi Rae! So glad you've joined us over here. As you can tell, we are a warm and welcoming group. I hope you'll enjoy spending some time with us :-)

>11 maggie1944: Hello Karen thanks for coming.

>12 mckait: Hey Kath glad you came and thank you for the advice I will try it out.

>13 Fourpawz2: Thanks for stopping by Charlotte. Thank you I just adore my dog. Have a great day.

>14 LizzieD: Hello to you and May, Peggy, thanks for the warm welcome.

>15 rosalita: I am thrilled you came Julia and I can't wait to get some good recommendations. Thanks Biscotti happens to have a lot of attitude to go with her looks.

>16 scaifea: Thank you Amber.

>17 connie53: Thanks Connie, me too.

>18 jnwelch: Uh Joe Biscotti is a girl, but she is a good pal to me.

>20 katiekrug: Thanks for coming Katie I can't wait to start reading and be able to have other people like you guys to discuss books with. I hope to really read a lot this year.

>21 GeezLouise: Oops - she's a cute dog, Biscotti is, Rae. Going to get more coffee now - I obviously need it!

Welcome Rae! I happen to have that same Penguin Threads edition of Emma which I bought along with all the other Threads available. Such gorgeous covers eh?

My name is Ilana and I'm in Montreal aka Antarctica. I had a bit of a reading funk last month and found that rereading some old favourites and some of Jane Austen's hilarious juvenilia (Love and Freindship is a riot!) helped a lot.

Your Biscotti is a sweetheart! I have a pretty cute toy poodle mix called Coco. Unlike Biscotti, not the smartest dog ever, but a real sweetie nonetheless.

Hi Rae, welcome to the group! I live in San Diego but, since I'm retired, I travel a lot. I adore Emma and other Jane Austen books. I'm not much into fantasy or scifi instead I read a lot of modern fiction with some history and biography thrown in. I'm also trying to read all of the Pulitzer Prize winning fiction as well as at least one book from each Nobel Prize for Literature winner. I'm looking forward to having you join us.

Yes! You made it! Welcome to the madhouse... :)

>23 Smiler69: Thanks Ilana I am going to start a mystery book soon hopefully that will get me reading again.

>24 RebaRelishesReading: Hello Reba glad you could make it here I hope to really enjoy this coming year.

>25 drneutron: Thanks I am thrilled to be here.

Welcome to the 75 Group, Rae. My name is Judy and I live in Vancouver on the west coast of Canada. I feel like I already know you from the stories and pictures that your Mom has told us. Sorry to hear about the book funk, but I suspect as you travel around the site your attention will be grabbed by a few books and before you know it, you'll be back in the reading groove. Have fun here and as everyone has already said, we are a very welcoming group.

Welcome to LT and the group, Rae! Sometimes when I'm in a book funk, I'll re-read old favorites. That gets me in the groove again.

Hey Rae! Congrats on setting up your own thread, I know you will do great.

>28 Morphidae: What Morphy said. I've got a few all-time favorites that I love more than I should. I read them when I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel in mood terms.

Rae, I hope you have a fantastic weekend!

Happy new week, Ms. Rae. I hope you are enjoying some good books!

Welcome to the 75, Rae. Happy Reading!

I am the humble servant of this Princess, Miss Posey:

Good morning, Rae — I mean, good afternoon. I hope you had a great weekend.

>27 DeltaQueen50: Thank you Judy.

>28 Morphidae: Morphy thanks for the advice and stopping by.

>29 Thebookdiva: Thanks Abby.

>30 richardderus: Thanks RD.

>31 katiekrug: Thank you Katie hope you have a great week.

>32 maggie1944: Thank you Karen I am liking Emma and I hope to start A Murder is Announced, I have never read a Miss Marple before but I have read several Hercule Poirot and love him. My favorite is Death on the Nile I just really enjoyed reading that one.

>33 sibylline: Thank you I love that picture of Miss Posey she is really beautiful.

>34 rosalita: Had a busy day today Julia but it was so gorgeous here hope you get some warm spring weather soon too. My weekend was great and I relaxed after getting everything done it was nice to sit and take a break from everything. Hope you have a lovely week.

I am so excited despite it being Monday which I usually don't care for Mondays but I will be 22 on the thirteenth can't wait.

A birthday that's just days away would definitely make Monday better, Rae!

Just two more nights, Rae! Have a happy birthday week.

So Monday is your birthday? How exciting :) I am pretty sure that your mom will be very busy this weekend making sure it is very special for you. I like same number birthdays! 44 was my favorite :)

Happy Birthday, dear Rae! I can't believe that it has been 22 years already!

A very Happy Birthday Rae!! Hope you have a great one and good luck with your thread!

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to Rae, Happy Birthday to you!
Hope your Birthday is spectacular Girl!

HaPpY bIrThDaY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday, Rae. Hope it's a good one!

oops! I had it wrong.. Happy Birthday to you today!!!

Happy Birthday, Rae! Have a wonderful day! (Now, don't forget to edit your first post to change the "I am 21" to "I am 22!")

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RAE!!

Forget those giant cookies your Mom makes; you should demand a cake like this:



Just, you know, with your name on it, not some random guy named Philip's....

So, did you know that the Entire Universe danced on the very day You were born? Yes, it did. Happy Birthday, dear girl. The world is better for having you on it!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RAE!! I wish I had some cool graphics to present but don't. I do hope you have a great day and a simply wonderful year. I thought 22 was just about the perfect age (eons ago when I was there).

Happy birthday!

Happy Birthday, Rae. Hope you have a very special time of it.

Happy birthday!! I hope it's the best one yet!

Happy Birthday Rae! Hope you're having a great time!

>36 rosalita: Thank you Julia.

>37 connie53: Thank you Connie.

>38 mckait: and >44 mckait: Thank you Kath I had a spectacular birthday.

>39 Crazymamie: Thanks Mom, neither can I.

>40 RockingRobin: Thanks Birdy, great to see you here.

>41 Thebookdiva: Thanks Abby it was indeed.

>42 EBT1002: Thanks Ellen.

>43 Fourpawz2: Thanks it was a great one.

>45 Storeetllr: Thank you Mary I loved the graphic by the way.

>46 katiekrug: Thank you Katie, and I love that cake it is awesome.

>47 maggie1944: Thank you so much Karen that is very sweet.

>48 RebaRelishesReading: Thank you Reba and its okay just you coming to wish me a happy birthday is enough. I think I have to agree with you on being 22 this was the best birthday ever.

>49 drneutron: Thank you Jim.

>50 DeltaQueen50: Thanks Judy I did have a very special time.

>51 scaifea: Thank you Amber, and it was by far.

>52 Smiler69: Thanks Ilana I had an awesome time today, it was really great.

Slept in and then went out with my three siblings to Steak and Shake for lunch then we went to see Mr. Peabody in the theater. The movie was funny and I liked it after that we hung out at home till Dad got done working then went to Cracker Barrel for dinner. Then home to blow out candles and open presents the entire day was fantastic and I really enjoyed being able to spend time with my siblings. This was the best birthday I have ever had and will definitely hold onto it for a long time to come thank you all so much for the birthday wishes today I really appreciate everyone coming to my thread. All the posts really helped make this day spectacular and I am glad to be part of this group.

Oho, Cracker Barrel - love.
Also, um, so, what did you get?!

It sounds like you had a great day, Rae!! Yah!

Happy birthday, Rae! And welcome to the 75er group - I haven't been posting much, but I follow your mom's threads as well. Looking forward to seeing what you're reading this year! -Mary

Hi Rae! Welcome to the group!! I haven't been around much lately so I've just seen on your mom's thread that you joined! I'm so happy to have you!

I live in Atlanta & have had the pleasure of meeting your mom in person. She shares such lovely pictures and stories of all of you that I feel like we've met already. :)

I read a good bit from YA, paranormal, and other lighter fantasy type books. I'll also read literary fiction & classics too. When I'm in a funk, I always choose something "light" and enjoyable. Roberta (luvamystery up there) and I call it "brain candy."

A very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you! I hope you have had a great day!

>55 scaifea: I got a new laptop from my parents, a Nintendo DS game from my brother, an really amazing drawing and a puzzle from Abby, and Season 3 of NCIS Los Angeles from Birdy. The best presents ever and I loved each and every one of them especially the laptop now I have a place to store my stories and documents, it is incredibly thin too.

>56 msf59: Thanks Mark.

>57 bell7: Thank you for stopping by and for the birthday wishes.

>58 TinaV95: Hi Tina I have heard about you from my Mom and thank you so much.

I am taking you guys' advice about my reading funk and I started rereading Death on the Nile one of my all time favorite books, and after I finish reading it my Mom and I are going to watch the movie I have, can't wait to see it and then compare it to the book.

Oh, I love that movie of Death on the Nile (the one from the late 70s/early 80s?)! My mom and I used to like to watch that one and Murder on the Orient Express as a double feature :)

A new laptop!!!! Fabulous, what kind is it?

A belated Happy Birthday, Rae! Sounds like you had a great celebration day.

My daughter and I are big Agatha Christie fans. I think I take to Miss Marple more than she does. One of my favorites is the Tuesday Club Murders, aka The Thirteen Problems, in which Miss Marple solves a series of mysteries among a bunch of skeptics who can't believe this sweet old lady knows what she's talking about.

Belated Bountiful Birthday Blessings!

>63 Morphidae: And from me too!!!

>59 GeezLouise: Wow, what a birthday haul!

>60 katiekrug: It is the 1978 version with Peter Ustinov playing Hercule Poirot. I own a version of Murder on the Orient Express and Evil Under the Sun and enjoyed watching both of them.

>61 mckait: It is a Macbook Air and I am loving it.

>62 jnwelch: Thank you Joe.

>63 Morphidae: Thank you Morphy.

>64 connie53: Thanks Connie.

Macbook Air? Fabulous!

Belated Happy Birthday Rae!

I love the old Hercule Poirot movies. Evil Under the Sun is my favorite one. I love Maggie Smith and Diana Riggs trying to outdo each other. I do love David Suchet in the Poirot series and he does the audio books. Do you like to listen to audio books? He is perfect as Poirot on audio.

Congratulations on all the wonderful birthday gifts. The Macbook Air sounds wonderful. I think the best part is that you got to spend time with your family and do the things you love the most.

I have a MacBook Air and I love love love it! May you be as happy with yours as I am with mine!

Hope your week is a good one, Rae. How's your reading going?

You got a laptop! How great!

I'm very late to this birthday party! But I can tell it was a lovely one.

I'm seriously think of the Air for my next laptop! I'm glad you are loving yours.

New laptop: Excellent!!

Missed your birthday, Rae, as I have seemingly missed so many things about the group recently. Heck I am only a week late and I hope the cake is still not stale.

Lovely to see another of that dashing band of Pecan Paradisios joining our little troupe. I am sure that you will add just as much colour, warmth, intelligence and charm to it as do your Mom and Abby.

Read what appeared to be a new introductions page at the beginning of your thread and I have to say that there were one or two fibs up there. Mark for example cannot be described as shy but he is one of the good guys here.

I have my own little place in the group trying to keep the flag flying for Malaysia and its topical tropical climes.......(hint, hint) try to stop by if you have a moment. xx

>67 mckait: Yeah I was so shocked when I opened the present and saw what it was. I wasn't expecting to get a laptop at all but it was a great surprise.

>68 luvamystery65: Thank you Roberta. I have listened to audio books before but find that if one of the characters has an accent I start talking like them. One time my Dad, Birdy, Dan, and I went up to Minnesota, and on the way up we played one of the Harry Potter books. Then the entire time we stayed up there I was talking with a really bad British accent, I can't do a British accent. I drove the guys crazy and couldn't stop because I had listened to most of the book it was really horrible. I will check it out though maybe if I listen to it a little bit at a time I won't start talking like any of the characters.

>69 maggie1944: I love it so far and look forward to having a place to keep all my documents.

>70 jnwelch: I hope your week was fabulous Joe. I am enjoying Emma and I am loving Death on the Nile, it's every bit as good as it was the first time. In fact I am having a hard time doing other things besides just reading Death on the Nile.

>71 connie53: Thank you it certainly was.

>72 sibylline: I have already fallen in love with it I like that I have my own place to keep all my documents on.

>73 EBT1002: Yes it is the best gift I have ever gotten I love how thin and light it is.

>74 PaulCranswick: Thank you Paul I appreciate you coming to visit, and I will certainly come visit your thread. I am really loving this group everyone has been so nice and welcoming I feel lucky to be here.

>68 luvamystery65: & >75 GeezLouise: I tend to mimic accents after I've listened to them a while too, Rae. After my senior trip to London when I was in high school, I came back with a pretty bad English accent or two. I had one "proper" British & one Cockney sounding one. We met some other high school students who taught us some basic sounds. I annoyed the crap out of my family for years after that. :)

>77 TinaV95: Tina I too am a fair to middling mimic and regional dialects are something I used to assume as a disguise to test my staff at work.

Rae, in the days I was keeping up just fine I would do the rounds of all my friends during the weekend to wish them well. I reckon I'll catch up finally this weekend so I am here wishing you well. xx

*Happy weekend wave*

>75 GeezLouise: Rae, I would love to hear your thoughts on your laptop after you have had a chance to use it for a while. I have a rickety old macbook, ancient in computer years, and I love it. But there are signs that I might need to start thinking about a new one before too long.. I want another mac, and would love to know your thoughts :)

I am pretty sure that you and your family will be enjoying a happy weekend! But wishing it for you, anyway :)

Rae - nice to see you out and about on the threads but don't avoid your own place too! Trust that you and your fellow Paradisians have had a lovely weekend. xx

>76 katiekrug: I love that graphic Katie, thank you. Sorry I got a little behind, but I am caught up now.

>77 TinaV95: Thank you Tina have a lovely week.

>78 PaulCranswick: Thanks Paul.

>79 wilkiec: Thank you Diana and have a wonderful week.

>80 mckait: I love how thin and light my new laptop is Kath, I am really enjoying the long battery life. Since the laptop I used before didn't have a very long one being so old. I like how it gives the percentage of battery left so that you know when you are getting low and how much is left. It is easy to use and perfect for my needs which is basically storing documents. I have watched stuff from iTunes on here and it was great, though being really thin you can't play dvds or cds. It is a fantastic laptop altogether though and really nice to work on. I hope this helps you Kath, have a great week.

>81 PaulCranswick: Why hello Paul. My weekend was fabulous with Toni and her mom here Friday and Saturday, and my Sunday was a lazy one filled with relaxation and watching several episodes of NCIS Los Angeles. It went by too quickly for me, but I enjoyed seeing Toni and her mom. Last week was busy cleaning the house and getting things ready for guests. Mercy seems to be doing fine and keeps looking for her cat tree, but she can't have it back for a while. She keeps trying to play with the dogs, but we won't let her, other than that she is up to her usual mayhem.

Abby and I got in the pool today and it was nice to swim for a while, and it made me think about all of you guys who are still getting cold weather. I hope spring comes very soon for you, so you can enjoy warm sunny days too. I think later in the week we are supposed to get rain but for now I will enjoy the sunshine.

>82 GeezLouise: Rae, how I wish I had cool weather! It is almost permanently 90F in Kuala Lumpur.

Wow that is a little hot, I certainly wouldn't want that kind of temps true everyday. I would get sick of it and some cooler weather too.

>84 GeezLouise: That is pretty much my feeling too, Rae. A spell in the UK for 10 days ought to revitalise my love of the warm weather here.

Hi Rae- I haven't been by in awhile. Somehow you got lost in the shuffle. Hope everything is going well and you have a nice weekend planned.

Just stopping in to wish you a Friday full of fabulous, Rae!

Hello Rae!

Just popping in to say hello, and that it's nice to "See" you here. Friday sounds almost like the beginning of a holiday at your house, so have a great weekend :)

Also, thank you for your comments on the macbook.. every day my old version boots up and lets me get online, I breath a sigh of relief. I hope to get a new one soon ....but I love my old cracked case, white macbook, that has no letters visible on certain keys. I am hanging on to it as long as I can :)

Good morning, Miss Rae!

Swinging by to wish you a great Friday, and an even more fab weekend! Good reading weather.... here, too.

>85 PaulCranswick: I hope you get some cooler weather then Paul.

>86 msf59: Hey, Mark. I will be cleaning my area and washing my dog then I shall relax and perhaps read a bit.

>87 Crazymamie: Thank you Mom, I wish you the same thing.

>88 Thebookdiva: Hey Abby glad you came by.

>89 mckait: Thank you Kath, I hope you have a lovely weekend as well. You're welcome, I felt the same way about the laptop I was using relieved when it didn't have any problems working.

>90 katiekrug: Katie!!! I love it when you come see me, thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful Friday and I hope you guys feel better soon, its no fun to be sick.

>91 maggie1944: I am glad you came by, Karen, you have a fabulous Friday and a terrific weekend too. I love it when I can just sit and read and not feel like I should be doing something else instead.

Just de-lurking to say "hi". Hope you have a good weekend Rae.

>93 RebaRelishesReading: Hello Reba, I hope you have a fantastic weekend.

I'm enjoying catching up on your thread, Rae. Swimming in the pool - woo, that sounds good. We're at least getting up to the 50s today. Everything in the north seems about a month behind; this still feels like March, not April, for us.

Amazon/Kindle had a bunch of Agatha Christies on sale like Body in the Library, so my wife picked those up. Our daughter and I have read just about every one of her books over the years. Actually, she (seasonsoflove) has read every one, and I'm close if not there. I did come across one of hers in the last year I hadn't read, so there may be another straggler out there somewhere. Did you finish Death on the Nile, or are you still reading it?

I am still reading it, things have been so busy around here lately. I hope to finish it soon though I am a little over half way.

Hi Rae, I'm just breezing through to wish you a lovely weekend while I try to catch up on the threads.

>97 DeltaQueen50: Thank you Judy. Have a wonderful weekend too.

Hi there -- welcome! I am a new member too and still trying to navigate around. I still need to start my list of books I've read so far in 2014. Guess I'd better get back to that. What are some of your favorites? It sounds like we like similar books.

>99 Alaskan_Bookie: Some of my favorites are the Tiger's Curse series, Death on the Nile, Evil Under the Sun, The Twilight series, The Legend of Holly Clause, and Divergent. Thank you for stopping by and welcome to the group as well.

Hi Rae! Just dropping by to say hello and catch up with you. I love the picture your mom posted of all of you on her thread from Toni's recent visit. Everyone looks so happy!

>101 TinaV95: Why hello Tina, thanks for stopping by. I am always glad to have a visitor and your post puts me over 100 posts. Yay!

Hi Rae. I'm feeling "spring-y" today. Here's a lovely photo to celebrate your 100+ posts :-)

>103 katiekrug: I love that Katie thank you so much.

Adding my welcome to all the rest. I try to keep up with your mother's thread but I'm not always successful at that. I love mysteries, too, and Agatha Christie is one of my favorite authors. I read most of them years ago, and now I'm trying to re-read them in publication order. Instead of reading a paper copy, I'm listening to the audio version downloaded from the public library. Death on the Nile is one of my favorites, too.

Emma is one of my favorite books. I'm following Emma Approved, a modern retelling of Emma presented in a series of short video blogs.

Your Biscotti looks like a sweet girl. I adopted a Shih Tzu mix from the Humane Society a few months ago. I named him Adrian after my favorite TV detective, Adrian Monk. It's been fun following the other recent pet adoptions in the 75ers group, including @tymfos's Sig and your family's Mercy.

Hi, Rae! I've been away for a while but wanted to stop in and thank you for visiting my thread while I was gone. That was very sweet of you and I appreciated everyone's messages very much. I know I missed a lot and won't be able to catch up completely but I did want to mention that Biscotti is a very sweet doggie. As is Carrie's Adrian, by the way — we need to organize an LT Canine Beauty Pageant I think, except I'm afraid all the precious pups would tie for first place!

>105 cbl_tn: Thank you. So glad to see another mystery fan around here I have only read Hercule Poirot, but I hope to eventually read her other detectives.

>106 rosalita: Julia is back! Woo Hoo! I have really missed you, and I am glad you feeling better again. I agree with you Julia.

I have started reading the Mercy Thompson serious at the persistent urging of my Mom. I would just like to state for the record that you were right Mom. I do love these books, and I should have started them when you first suggested them to me. You were so totally right, and I was crazy for not reading them sooner. I have already read the first two books, and I am currently reading the third one. They are so good I have trouble putting them down and doing other things. Perhaps tomorrow I will spend the entire day reading them. I read the first two in two days a piece and can't wait to see what happens next. As my mom so accurately put it I am addicted to reading them. Thanks again for the fantastic book recommendation Mom I might have missed out on an awesome serious otherwise and for being so persistent.

So thrilled that you are loving the Mercy Thompson books - I had a feeling that they would be ones you would love. And thank you for that lovely post giving me credit for your latest addiction!

You are more then welcome Mom, you deserved it after all over the years you have given me so many terrific book suggestions and been right every time. I am glad to have you to get recommendations from and even more to have you as my Mom.

Rae - Trust you and your fellow Paradisians are having a lovely weekend.
Btw On point about Julia.....I missed her too.

Thank you Paul, I hope you are enjoying your weekend as well. It got up to 82 yesterday which was nice if you were sitting in the shade. The four of us kids were helping my dad work on getting the deck replaced. A fair portion has been taken down already now we have to put the new one up so it is better then the old one. It is going to 83 today so its supposed to be gorgeous here and I might have to take a dip in the pool later. So far my weekend has been wonderful and great, today promises to be even better.

My own weekend has been a slow one with Hani, Yasmyne, Kyran and Belle all in Egypt and leaving me to wrap up work before a rendezvous in Manchester later in the week. I get to England on Tuesday and they will be three days later. Quietly it is not a bad arrangement as I can allow my mum to spoil me for a couple of days first. Hope she doesn't get too great a shock as she doesn't know I'm coming!

That sounds like a lovely plan Paul.

Hope your week is off to a good start, Rae.

Thanks Joe. Have a lovely week yourself.

Hi Rae, Just waving!! Have a lovely week and weekend!

Thank you, have a great week and weekend as well.

Oh dear. Now Rae is warbling about those blasted Mercy Thompson books! I can see I'm going to have to break my rule and think about reading another new series, as if I didn't have enough series to follow already. Your mom has a lot to answer for. :-)

No worries, Rae. I'm big on pushing series meself. Julia will be thanking you and your mom in no time.

>118 rosalita: Lol. Once I started reading the Mercy Thompson books I couldn't stop, I am currently reading the 6th one River Marked and loving it just as much as the first five. I can't wait to see what happens next and how Mercy gets out of trouble.

>119 jnwelch: I am sure you are right Joe, my Mom has recommended several books to me over the years, and I can't think of one that I didn't enjoy reading. Have a wonderful rest of the week Joe.

Something I agree with wholeheartedly... Mercy Thompson is fantastic! Your mom turned me onto them, too. So glad!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter, Rae!

Hi Rae,

Just wanted to come by to wish you a wonderful and

Happy Easter, Rae!

>121 mckait: I am glad to hear that Kath.

>122 wilkiec: Thank you Diana, I hope yours was lovely.

>123 connie53: Thank you Connie, hopefully you had a lovely Easter.

>124 TinaV95: Thank you Tina, I hope you had a great Easter.

>125 Crazymamie: Thank you Mom, I love that.

Hi Rae! I would also like to say 'I told you so' about the Mercy Thompson books. I'm really glad that you liked them. Hope your Friday goes just your way.

Just popping in to wish you a lovely weekend, Rae! I hope the rain has finally stopped down there. We're getting a bit of it here in Iowa but at least it is above freezing!

>127 Thebookdiva: I wondered when you would come by to say that Abby. Thanks for the great recommendation, and I hope to be able to give you one soon. Thank you, I hope your Friday is awesome.

>128 rosalita: Thank you Julia, it's always nice to see you here. Hope your weekend is wonderful, it looks like it might just rain today. The sky is dark and overcast but given how much sunshine we have gotten so far I don't mind. So glad it is above freezing Julia hope warm sun shiny weather comes to you guys soon. Have a great Friday.

Can I borrow your Abadazad books? It's so infuriating that Disney didn't let him finish out that series, it had such a good start! I think that those books could have made it big.

I do too Abby and yes you can. I really liked them and have liked to read the rest of the story.

Thank you very much!

So many people to share books! I miss those days :) Sharing books between different states is much more complicated :P

>132 Thebookdiva: You are more then welcome Abby.

>133 mckait: Hello Kath, lovely to see you here.

What are you guys top five favorite books/series? Mine are as follows:

1. The Tiger's Curse Series
2. The Mercy Thompson series
3. Shiver series
4. Eyes Like Stars
5. The Midnight Rider

OK, I know mine (I composed the list in about 5 seconds) and here they are. Surprisingly there is only one graphic novel series.

1. The Harry Potter Series
2. The Twilight Saga
3. Eragon (The Inheritance Series)
4. The Lunar Chronicles
5. Bone

Harry Potter is my great love though. And anyone who hasn't yet read the Bone series needs to do so immediately!

Hi Rae, just cruisin' through to wish you a happy weekend. I love that you and your sister trade books back and forth. When I do get home to visit my family, all of which are book-lovers, we switch back and forth as well. A fun way to spend an afternoon. :)

>136 DeltaQueen50: Hey Judy nice of you to cruise by.

Here is the list of books I have read recently (I read each in like two days a piece).

1. Moon Called
2. Blood Bound
3. Iron kissed
4. Bone Crossed
5. Silver borne
6. River Marked
7. Frost Burned

I rated all of them 5 stars and extremely enjoyed them there were kind of books that you get sucked into and can hardly put down they are so good. I love the characters and their interactions.

Hmmm, my favorite books/ Series?

Books:
The Sparrow
Mists of Avalon
Night Circus
Hummingbird's Daughter
The Dovekeepers

are a few

Series

The Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny
The China Bayles Series by Susan Wittig Albert
The Fever Devlin Series by Phillip Depoy
The Souther Vampire series by Charlaine Harris
The Iron Druid Series by Kevin Hearne

and probably some more that I'm not thinking of right now.

Random books I have liked a lot:

Enslaved by Ducks
Lace Reader
Angelology
Mama Day
Under the Stone Paw

Edited to add

The Ocean at the end of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

Hi Rae- Glad to see you busy reading. Yah! And all 5 star reads. You can't beat that. Hope you are having an excellent weekend.

>138 mckait: Hey Kath, thanks for posting those. I haven't heard of some of them before.

>139 msf59: Hey Mark, you certainly can't. I love it when a book is five stars, and I am definitely having a great weekend. We stayed home yesterday, and I helped my Dad with the new deck. We are replacing the old one as it is a little shaky its looking good so far. The rest of the ladies hung out in the pool, and Abby and Sara went swimming too. Mom read and Dan spent his day inside then got ready and went to the prom last night. I stayed up late reading a graphic novel, and the three of us girls watched Pretty Little Liars. Not sure what to think about that show, but all in all it was a great day. Today has been lazy, and it sounds like half the gang is going to some fun day at a church at four. I will be staying home and lazing about, maybe get in the pool as it seems like after Monday it will rain the rest of the week. Hope your weekend is going great too Mark.

>140 GeezLouise:... you're welcome! Your question got me to thinking about it so, I got a little carried away.

You mentioned the Briggs books in >137 GeezLouise:... I liked those a lot, and I agree. They sucked me in, too!

>141 mckait: I don't mind that you got carried away in fact I liked that. I am glad you are a Mercy fan too Kath.

Hi, Rae. I'm sure I'm going to miss some, but these are my favorite series that come to mind.

Inspector Montalbano
Inspector Gamache
Jack Reacher
Vorkosigan
Spenser
Liaden

Rae, I think that you and your family would all like Enslaved By Ducks. Another animal book I really liked is Winging It. I know that you are all animal lovers at your house, and those are two that I really enjoyed. They made me laugh out loud at times.

Morning Rae!

Hello Miss Rae! Hope your week is off to a good start!

Have a Happy week Rae!

>143 jnwelch: Hey Joe, I recognize some of those the rest I will have to look up.

>144 mckait: I will look those up Kath thanks for the recommendation, glad you came by.

>145 Thebookdiva: Afternoon Abby.

>146 katiekrug: Why hello Katie, it is indeed. I got up and walked with my Mom and Dan, though it was like soup out there. Might get in the pool again today if the weather stays nice, and the rain holds off. Hope your week is also off to a good start.

>147 connie53: Thanks Connie, you too.

Sounds like you had a good weekend, Rae! Now, let's get through this week and do it again. LOL!

>134 GeezLouise: Rae currently my favorite series are

Harry Potter
Rivers of London/Peter Grant
Iron Druid Chronicles
Department Q Mysteries
The Lunar Chronicles

I really enjoyed Red Rising the first of a trilogy. The other books are not out yet. I also enjoyed The Madness of Angels, or the Resurrection of Matthew Swift also the first of a series. I haven't read the other three yet but they have been out some time now.

>149 msf59: Thanks Mark.

>150 luvamystery65: Hey Robeta, I have heard of three of those series the other two I am unfamiliar with. I have only read some Harry Potter though and though I know it will seem strange I only read books 5-7 and part of book 4. those other books I don't know.

Hey Rae!!!

I don't think I can narrow my favorite series down to five!!

Ill try, but I'm looking on FictFact as a cue and that just made it worse! **Look me up when/if you have time. I'm SweetT95 over there.

Here's my best shot

Iron Druid
Mercy Thompson
Harry Potter
Hunger Games
Parasol Protectorate
Sookie Stackhouse
Lunar Chronicles
Rivers of London

Books I've only read the first in the series, but fell in love:
Leviathan
Just One Damned Thing After Another

Fun question, Rae!!

>152 TinaV95: Thanks Tina always a pleasure to see you here. I am familiar with many of those series and love a few two.

My favorite series in no particular order. And just the fantasy ones.

The chronicles of Riyria by Michael J. Sullivan
All the books by Robin Hobb
All the books by Juliet Marillier
The first books by Raymond E. Feist
Deverry by Katherine Kerr

and a few more

Hey Connie thanks for stopping by, great picks.

Hi Rae, do you still have such nice weather?

Hi Rae! There are so many series I like that it's hard to pick just five. I'll go with these:

Louise Penny's Inspector Gamache series
Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce series
Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs series
Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series
Ann B. Ross's Miss Julia series

>156 wilkiec: Hey Diana, unfortunately we have storms right now so it was raining most of yesterday and raining again today. It seems that as we start the weekend it will go back to nicer weather, but for now it is gray and gloomy outside. I don't mind the rain though we haven't had a ton of it. How about you? What is your weather like? Have a great day.

>157 cbl_tn: Hey I know what you mean. I have a hard time picking my favorites as well there are so many. Thanks for sharing yours with me they look like great picks. Have a wonderful day.

Happy Weekend to you and all of your family, Rae!

Have a lovely weekend Rae.

>159 mckait: Thank you Kath, you too.

>160 luvamystery65: Thank you Roberta, the same to you.

It looks like the sun might come out this weekend and that would be nice. I want to spend it getting some things done and enjoying some down time.

Have a lovely weekend, Rae.

>162 wilkiec: Thank you Diana, the sun is out and it's supposed to be nice all week. I have an area to clean the kitchen but plan to read maybe and just enjoy a lovely weekend. Hope yours is nice and sunny as well.

>153 GeezLouise: I think we share some common interests Rae. It will be fun for me to watch your reading and find new books to try! :)

I lost your thread for a while, Rae, but I've found it again! It's a lovely weekend here in Iowa, and I hope it is in Georgia as well!

>164 TinaV95: Thank you Tina I hope to get some great recommendations from here too. I hope you have a lovely Sunday.

>165 rosalita: Hello Julia don't worry I lost my thread yesterday somehow. Here it is 70 going to 85 and is supposed to be in the high 80's all week. I had a lovely day yesterday, I cleaned the kitchen and washed my dog then relaxed for a little while. Later on I sat outside for a bit with my Mom enjoying the view and eating ice cream with the whole family before dinner. I had a nice night watched some tv with Abby and Sara and took a hot shower. Today I don't have any major plans so I will most likely help my Dad with tearing up the other half of the deck. We got half of it redone now just have to do the other side. Then later I will relax and enjoy what is left of my Sunday before the new week comes and the dreaded Monday. Hope you have lots of time to read I hope to start a new book this week.

Morning Rae! Just doing a Sunday check-in! Hope all is well.

>167 msf59: Morning Mark, it definitely is well here half the family I think went walking already, not including me I was still sleeping when the left. I am going to enjoy the sunshine and hopefully have a great day. I wish you a lovely day as well and hope things are well for you too. Might even have time to squeeze in some reading we will see, today should be gorgeous might have to sit outside for a little while.

Just getting caught up after being away for a bit, Rae. Sounds like you had a lovely weekend, we had rain most of the weekend, so spent most of our time indoors.

>169 DeltaQueen50: Why hello Judy, thanks for stopping by. I had a great weekend and loved having the sunshine. Hope you have a fabulous week.

Ooohh, Rae... I love the sound of your weekend! All except for bathing the dog. That part you can keep. The rest I'd love to hang out with you!

> 171 But Tina, it's such a little dog! How can you say that :) easy peasy, I'm sure....Now bething my Dunkers.. all 75 pounds of him is a challenge, in fact just lifting up into the laundry tub is a challenge. OUCH!

Rae, I'm glad to hear that there has been some sunshine somewhere.. it gives me hope that it will find its way here, maybe even today? I can dream :)

>171 TinaV95: Hey Tina, I would love to hang out with you as well. biscotti is excellent with taking a bath so it is really easy and fast to dry her.

>172 mckait: Hey Kath, great to see you here. I would defiantly take bathing my ten pound dog over a 75 pound one any day. It is supposed to be in the high 80's all week, but I will try to send some of our warm sunny weather your way. Summer will reach you guys eventually I am sure of it. Have a lovely day Kath.

Looks like your weather is catching up ours here Rae. Enjoy, if possible.
I'll be in Jakarta tomorrow for literally a one night flying visit. Two meetings with Korean company guys and then back on Friday morning (in time for a mini splurge perhaps).

Good morning, Rae. Hope you're having a good day out your way.

Mornin' Rae. I'm so far behind on the threads I think I may never catch up but you're high on my list to check in with and say "hi".

>177 RebaRelishesReading: Hey Reba, don't worry I was really behind the other day and it took a while to get caught up again. Always happy to see you here have a great rest of the day. We have been enjoying the pool today and it is so gorgeous outside.

Sorry Paul and Joe I did not mean to skip you guys.

>175 PaulCranswick: Hey Paul sounds like you will be busy then. I will definately enjoy this warm weather while it is here. I plan to get in the pool the rest of the week and enjoy some time outside.

>176 jnwelch: Hello Joe, I certainly did have a great day went outside and enjoyed the pool. We all were out at the pool today and it was lovely. I hope you had a great day as well.

Again sorry about skipping you guys I read your messages and then went to do something and forgot I didn't reply.

>179 GeezLouise: No worries, Rae. Woo, spending the day outside and enjoying the pool sure sounds good. Hope your week continues to be as enjoyable.

We're finally getting some decent weather up north here, 70s and low 80s.

I am so glad to hear that Joe, I hope the weather continues to stay nice for you guys. Here it is supposed to get up to 90 today so definitely a pool day for sure. Have a great rest of the week.

Happy Friday, Rae! Have you started your new book yet? I hope you have a great weekend.

Happy Weekend, Rae!

>182 rosalita: Hello Julia. I hope your Friday is great too, mine has been wonderful so far. I have had a chance to start it yet maybe this weekend. Have a fantastic weekend Julia.

>183 connie53: Hello Connie. I hope you have a great weekend as well. Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Weekend to you Rae!!

Why thank you Kath, lovely to see you here. I wish you a terrific weekend in return.

Hey Rae! Have a good weekend. What are you reading currently?

xoxo

>187 GeezLouise: Hey Abby! I wish you a fantastic weekend too and I am going to start The Book Thief Joe suggested it so I thought I would try it. How about you what are you reading?

>189 richardderus: Thank you Richard, you made me smile. I hope you have a fabulous weekend. xoxo

I just re-read The Book Thief, Rae, and was grabbed by it as much as the first time. Hope it's a good one for you.

Hope you enjoy the weekend.

Hey Joe, I am glad to that. It is funny that you would recommend that book because I like to read about that time period so I think I will probably enjoy reading it.

I am reading Harry Potter Page to Screen, A Game of Thrones, and A Tale of Two Cities. I'm enjoying all of them.

I am glad to hear it hope you continue to enjoy them.

Rae, I loved The Book Thief when I read it last year (or maybe the year before? Time keeps slipping away from me). I hope you like it, too.

I am sure I will Julia, I am glad to hear you liked it to.

I loved it too, if that will help you pick up the book sooner ;-))

Hahaha. It definitely will Connie, thank you. I will start it this week and let you know what I think.

>199 GeezLouise: Great! I'm looking forward to your opinion, Rae!

Thank you Connie for being my 200th post!

200 plus posts from a standing start in March is an impressive beginning Rae, but not entirely unsuprisingly genetics considered!

Have a lovely remainder of Sunday and give your Matriarch a hug from me on this day of all days.

>202 PaulCranswick: Thanks Paul, I am so happy to have so many posts from all of you guys. Sunday was wonderful and hopefully I will find some time to go swimming today.

Hey there Rae! 200+ posts! Wow!

You are hopping along! I hope you have a great week! :)

Hi Rae! I hope you could find some time to go swimming. Are your weekdays filled with studying?

It was nice to see you at my thread, so I cam here to see what you are up to. Are you still reading The Book Thief? I really liked that one! Will you see the movie?

Hi Rae! Just popping in. I also loved the Book Thief! Enjoy, my friend.

>204 TinaV95: Thank you Tina, and the same to you.

>205 wilkiec: Hi Diana! I do spend time studying but I also find plenty of time to relax and I did go swimming yesterday. It was wonderful the water was just right and the sun was warm so it felt so good to swim for a while.

>206 mckait: Hello Kath, I am starting the Book Thief today glad to hear you liked it. I didn't know there was a movie, I don't know if I will watch it or not. Yesterday was hot, and I helped my dad with the deck. Later after lunch I went swimming for a while so nice to take a break and with the humidity yesterday it felt heavenly. I plan to hit the books and then start the Book Thief and maybe enjoy the pool and relax later for sure. It was a busy weekend helping my dad and getting the areas done not to mention the heat I think Sunday was the worst. Hope you have a great week Kath.

>207 msf59: thank you for stopping by Mark, with so many people having enjoyed The Book Thief I am sure I will enjoy it. I have read a lot of books based in the period of time and enjoyed them.

Have a great day, Rae!

Congrats on hitting 200 posts Rae!

>209 katiekrug: Why hello Katie, lovely to see you here! I LOVE that! Have a great day as well.

>210 Thebookdiva: Thanks Abby have a great day.