kath (mckait) 75 challenge for 2010 #12

And so to begin:
1.Once in a Lifetime by Cathy Kelly
2.544362::Still Life by Louise Penny
3.Through a Glass Darkly by Jostein Gaarder
4.4639300::Code Blue: A Katrina Physician's Memoir by Richard E. Deichmann M.D.
5. A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
6. The Cruelest Monthby Louise Penny
7. Flight of Aquavit: A Russell Quant Mystery
8. Tapas on the Ramblas:
9. Stain of the Berry:
10.Sundowner Ubuntu:
11. Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
12. White Nights by Ann Cleeves
13. Red Bones by Ann Cleeves
14. The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel by Sarah Addison Allen
15. The Five-Minute Miracle: Discover the Personal Healing Symbols that Will Solve Your Problems by Tara Springett
16. 8549224::Secrets of Eden: A Novel by Chris Bohjalian
17. Little Face by Sophie Hannah
18. Bloodroot by Amy Greene
19. Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show by Frank Delaney
20. Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint
21. The Secret History by Donna Tarrt
22. The Long Song by Andrea Levy
23. When Michael Calls
24. Solar by Ian McEwan
25. Daughters of the Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt
26. Spook by Mary Roach
27. A Dab of Dickens and a Touch of Twain by Elliot Engel
28. The Accomplice by Kathryn Heyman
29. Cemetery if Angels by Noel Hynd
30. 6004::The Light of the Falling Stars by J. Robert Lennon (1998)
31. The Reincarnationist by MJ Rose
32. The Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry
33. Dream Angus by Alexander McCall Smith
34. What is Left the Daughter by Howard Norman
35. Angelology by Danielle Trussoni
36. Ghost: A Firsthand Account Into the World of Paranormal Activity by Katherine Ramsland
37. Islands of Genius by Darold A Treffert
38 .Before I Say Good-Bye by Mary Higgens Clark
39. Perfect Reader by Maggie Pouncey
40. 6788033:: Let The Great World Spin by Colum McCann
41. Twelve by Twelve: A one Room Cabin Off the Grid & Beyond the American Dream by William Powers
42. The Sign by Raymond Khoury
43. The Map :The Way of All Great Men by David Murrow
44. The Clearing by Heather Davis
45. Jane-Emily and The Witches' Children
46. The Book of Kehlsby Christine Kehl O'Hagan
47. Winging It: A Memoir of Caring for a Vengeful Parrot Who's Determined to Kill Me… by Jenny Gardiner
48. Working The Sea by Wendell Seavey
49. Historic Haunted America by Michael Norman
50. The Beautiful Miscellaneous: A Novel by Dominic Smith
51. The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
52. The Memorist by M.J. Rose
53. When the Mississippi Ran Backwards by Jay Feldman
54. The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan
55. What Nurses Know...PCOS by Karen Roush
56. The Little Giant of Aberdeen by Tiffany Baker
57. Breathless by Dean Koontz
58. The City & The City by China Mieville
59. Montana 1948 by Larry Watson
60. Fatal Forcast by Michael J Tougias
61. The Children's Hospital by Chris Adrian
62. Aloha Candy Hearts by Anthony Bidulka
63. Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
64. Blasphemy by Douglas Preston
65. The Lies We Told by Diane Chamberlain
66. Siblings: The Autism Spectrum Through Our Eyes by Jane Johnson
67. 9712248::The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
68. The Passage by Justin Cronin
69. Amagansett by Mark Mills
70. 3273229::Up High In The Trees by Kiara Brinkman
71. 8767705::Impact by Douglas Preston
72. 54435::Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis.
73. 3995931::Greetings From Jamaica, Wish You Were Queer by Mari SanGiovani
74.5523624:: A Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson
75. The Book of Eli by Sam Moffie
76. Bermuda Shorts by James J Patterson
77. The Lost Cyclist by David V Herlihy
78. 9557378::Sumner Island by Michael Cormier
79. 8237036::The Ark by Boyd Morrison
80. 83889::The Last Day by Glenn Kleier
81. 8454553::Hollister House: Legend of the Banyan Tree by Joani Lacy
82. 26711::The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart
83. 26796::Wildfire At Midnight by Mary Stewart
84. 2575::The Green Darkness by Anya Seton
85. 20123::The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin
86. 69631::No Great Mischief by Alister MacLoed
87. 9449682::The Language of Trees: A Novel by Ilie Ruby
88. Bury Your Deadl by Louise Penny
89. 4295916::The Mind Tree by Tito Mukhopadhyay
90. 10012975::The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey
91.10321785:: Cogslea Revisited by M.Juanita Taylor
92. 10016887::Ghost Shadow by Heather Graham
93. 93.9777503:: Mothers and Other Liars by Amy Bourret
94.49736:: Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Childs.
95. 723183::The Lumby Lines by Gail Fraser
96. 9028717::Frankenstein: Lost Souls: A Novel by Dean Koontz

five stars- my favorites! exceptional,splendid,!
four stars- excellent, never lost interest
three stars- good solid book, worth reading, glad I read it
two stars- okay-ish
one star- terrible!

Here you are. Good.

Hi Kath- It looks like you are having an amazing year of book reading! Keep it going!

Only three so far? Count me in!

Hi kath - found you!

Hi there, looks like you've been busy! See you again soon....

you too, huh, Kath? I loathe Peter in Three Pines too. He's whiney and so unsupportive of Clara I could scream. I really was quite happy at the thought that he may have been a murderer in one of the earlier books.

Hello all and welcome !!

I keep wondering why she keeps him around.....He would be a great victim..especially if he is a victim of his own nastiness and stupidity.

Or, if he is terminated outside of Three Pines, like at Clara's show?

The only thing is that Clara really loves him, and I think she'd collapse if something happened to him.

Lordy, give her more credit that that... She is woman, hear her roar..
and besides, Myra and the others will help....

Following you around, Kath, like a lost puppy...except my eyes are crazed and bloodshot from the rusty water droplet I took a few days ago...but it's the thought that counts! :)

A star for your new thread.

Total agreement about Peter.

Found ya!
Wow! 88 books this year? I can only dream...

Crab salad made, brownies in the oven. Ready for a boat picnic tomorrow with friends (their boat - nice one)! Looks like a great day for fun. Hope you have a good week. :)

Found you. I got no reading done tody at all so still have about 150 pages to go in The Brutal Telling but this is by far the best of the series so far. IMO.

12 threads?? Wowza. Have a good week!

Found your new thread despite the fact that you have the 'foiling Stasia' thing down pat :)

"Starred"....as usual...

Not being a "Penny-ite"...i can't comment on the latest installment. A friemd has recommended a mystery series to me, however, by John Brady....set in Dublin....featuring Inspector Matt Minogue...i read Kaddish in Dublin years ago....this one set in the Jewish community...so far I found that one...Unholy Ground, A Stone of the Heart, and All Souls. I just remember that the mysteries/protagonist are complicated and quirky....just a suggestion

oh, and the eggs on my Tuna Pizza are beaten (like scrambled eggs) and poured over the cheese/onion/bacon/tuna already lying on the crust....then the whole thing is baked. It's like a big open-faced tuna sammie..I like it....and can hear Richard...gagging in the wings....I'm so, so, *snort* sorry

;-}

#17: Hey, Jude! I will take your suggestion of the John Brady series even if Kath does not.

(I am afraid I would be with Richard gagging in the wings over the tuna pizza though)

Geez jude, now I have to worry about you and your suggestions...
I have planted Brady on my list...

Stasia, nothing personal, mere self defense.

Suz.. occasional chatter makes threads and makes my day too.. lol

Bonnie..I loved that one. It was and remains my favorite.

Claudia, crab salad sounds yummy! So does your plan for today!

Hi Terri and Stephen... !

I have not started another book... still in a Gamache fog.

Sure it is.

I hope you have a wonderful Monday, Kath!

Kath- Have a great day!

Glad to see you gave Bury Your Dead 4.5 stars! I agree with you about wanting more of Three Pines...and about Peter, of course. ;)

Hey, I try to limit my suggestions...if I didn't i'd drive everybody nuts!

Playing with my MACBOOK and doing laundry this morning.....supposed to hit 93 degrees today..

;-}

found ya and starred ya :)

Hi Kath, gotcha starred again. It sounds like the Three Pines series is holding up well. That's good, cuz I have three books to go. I'm taking No. 4. with me for the airplane when we go to our Maryland wedding this week end. That way I won't care if there are delays!

23- I agree with you...if everyone in Three Pines was perfectly nice all the time, it would not be as compelling. I think there needs to be less likable characters. It's more real this way.

Spoiler ? Baloney. I loathe Peter hardly qualifies as a spoiler...
Have you met Ruth? She is no ray of sunshine..
Peter can die anytime or anywhere as far as I am concerned.
just saying.

Still no a/c at work..
Wicked headache..

Ate something when I got home... to see if that would help.
Potatoes and eggs..
soon maybe..

Have you met Ruth? She is no ray of sunshine.. But, oh goodness, do I love her. she's the kind of fascinating character I'd love to bicker with on a daily basis (in a friendly way, of course).

Boo hiss on no a/c!

Oh I agree.. I love her too.
Sometimes I think I am her

agree on/c it was over 90 F today

I'm getting this mental picture of you and Ruth Zardo having a discussion . . .
:)

Are they ever going to fix the AC? Or are they just waiting for winter . . .

The new condensers arrived. Today the repairman showed up. He said maybe in three days. .....

Ruthie and me ? I would love it!

Found you! I lost you for awhile there. Starred again.

Glad you found me in time.....
:P

>31 tymfos: I wouldn't mind getting into that conversation:)

just meet us at the bistro bonnie..

89. The Mind Tree by Tito Mukhopadhyay

4 stars.

This is a book written by a young man with autism.
The writing is absolutely lyrical, philosophical and profound.
I have to say this book just makes me believe all the more
in reincarnation. No young man could speak in such a way.
He sees colors in things such as coughs, describes his mothers heart..
and has an astonishing depth of understanding.

Assuming that this book is what it purports to be, this young man is a miracle.

I'm so glad you liked it, Kath.

Assuming that this book is what it purports to be

Yes, that was the one 'issue' I had. But I snooped around online and did fine some articles about the young man on some very well-known websites, so...*shrug*

Regardless, the fact that the boy could really write in such a way...it's fantastic.

If anyone is interested and has a Facebook page. Louise Penny is on it. She is a very interesting woman.

#32 : I want to be there too, Kath ..... and watch the duck sitting contentedly between the 2 of you. :-)

I've already got The Mind Tree in my obese wish list. My brother's reading it now and he's promised me his copy when he's done.

#32: I want to be in on the conversation as well!

#37: I already have that one in the BlackHole due to Stephen's recent glowing recommendation. I will get to it some century or other.

I read The Mind Tree @ work during lunch breaks and the few minutes I had at the end of the day...It is a small and easy read.. like poetry . Fascinating none the less.

We would all be at the bistro of course.. plenty to talk about. Three Pines is small but active! And then there are the books..

eta

Thank you for the fb page heads up!

Have a great Tuesday, Kath!

Morning Kath- I hope you have a good day too!

EW-ew-ew heading off to Facebook now.

Good morning!

ew ew ew? 46?

hello stasia, mark...rd...

Yo! Kath..Jude here....sweltering, but still reading

;-}

with you on the sweltering...

Worked half a day..have some appts today

Yesterday the heat was pretty bad in the room. Had a hard time breathing by 4 pm. Came home with a headache that turned into a migraine. Went to bed feeling pretty ghastly. After an hour or so, got up and took Dramamine and more excedrine.. lots of water.

I felt a little better by morning. I am hoping the a.c is fixed by tomorrow.

Tad... glad you repeated the" slip up" in the current thread... VERY helpful of you.. but methinks you misinterpreted it, nonetheless ...

Joining the sweltering club too ... i've taken 2 showers so far today and it's not even 5pm yet. *sigh*

Hi Kath!
Droppin' in to say hi!

I think the whole earth is being sucked into the sun! What's goin' on here?
Hope you're feeling much, much better! Good day to make short!
Claudia

>50 mckait:: My apologies. Never mind.

So sorry you did not feel well and hope you are feeling better today.

Migranes are not fun!!

Better today...

Should be really okay by the time the heat wave is over.. if I get through this week.. or if they get the A/C on it will help.

No worries Tad... I am grumpy this week..
And thinking of taking it up as a hobby, like Ruth.

Morning Kath- Have a good one! Raining here, hope cooler weather is lurking behind it!

#55 : We love you just the same this grumpy week as any other week, Kath

hehe thank you !

Hey now! I've already yelled dibs on 'being' Ruth Zardo. I love her.

When I think of Peter, I think of an old saying of my grandmother's, "If she can live with him, you can look at him." Which in this case, I guess, needs amended to read about him.

If Clara loves him, I'll try to believe there must be something lovable about him. At least until he gets whacked.

Nancy, I think I will use that advice with a family member of mine...

okay.. you can be Ruth. :)

90. The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey

I posted a review and give it 3.5 stars.

Think I will pass on The Wave, good review just not my cup of tea

fingers crossed for that ac

I believe I will next read a bit of fluff for vine..
Mothers and Other Liars

and I have no idea why I chose it.

Hi Kath!

The title of "The Wave" grabbed me, but the description did seem to focus on surfing. I was hoping you would report otherwise. Oh well... at least that is one book I can let ride... out on a wave.
Our forecast:
90's tomorrow, 80's next day, 70's on Sat and 60's on Sun. There's hope. If I never see another day over 70, it will be too soon for me. They cancelled school up here today cuz the classrooms hit 80. Mainers can take snow, but not heat! Take care!

Kath- Excellent review of The Wave! I was listening to "Books on the Nightstand" this morning and Ann raved about it. I have a copy so I plan on getting to it at some point!

Bah! changed my mind.. I am going to read Cogslea..

thank you mark

80 huh? Our classroom was 80 for weeks.. sigh
Today, they finally fixed the a/c
Within 10 minutes the speech therapist was boo hooing that she was cold.
hmm.

Well, I am glad that they are saner up there and I too am so very tired of 90+ temps.

:P

Mark kindly sent me a copy of The Wave so I will be getting to that one eventually too.

oh Good!

It is worth reading... not a keeper...imo.

Had a headache again yesterday. Combination of wicked heat and Marcia.

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/24845823/detail.html

another story of so called parenting.

Kath...
My partner raised his three children. His wife decided to book on out when the youngest was less than two. The others were five and seven. She wanted to be "free" to pursue her "options." Her options were a life of drugs and alcohol.

She would promise the kids she would come to see them and take them with her for a visit. Many times they sat on the porch swing, suitcases in hand, expectantly waiting...with hope. Alas, after the third time she promised and didn't show up, Will took her to court so he could obtain custody.

The laws in the 70's were not for the father's rights. Finally, he did find a lawyer who could help him.

Sadly, now that they are grown and educated thanks to him, mom is their hero!

I think there should be an island of misfit parents...let's simply ship them there away from the children they harm.

>70 Whisper1: Linda, how sad. Please make sure that island of misfit parents is not in Maine.
>69 mckait: Kath, Reminds me of the time I was walking to high school (early morning) and saw a neighbor's child wandering our street in PJs in the cold. He was about 2 yrs old. I took him back to his house (everyone was asleep).
Why don't we teach more basic safety parenting in jr high and high school? I don't mean carrying an egg around all day. Egss don't wander, etc. What ever else kids will grow up to be, most will be parents. Scary.
So glad a/c is fixed for you... I know what you mean about the "I'm cold" whiners. So put on a sweater! duh. I should have been an arctic explorer. Maybe in my next life. :)

A/c for one day. The main breaker is toast. No a/c anywhere in the building.
NOT a good day.
Dan leaving for fishing trip, so.. he was going to clean up the house ( he did not)
and I came home to a totally trashed house, dishes in the sink. and just a mess everywhere.. including on the front porch.

See he was off today, and i figured he would be all done with his stuff.. since I found most of it for him..

and be ready to go and get pizza. No lucnh.. the staff lunchroom was well over 80 degrees.. 93+ outside

hungry, hot and really unhappy.
He just now left to take his stuff.. somewhere.. to be packed away. a truck I guess. He waited til I got home. (why???) so no pizza.

So I have been scrubbing the floors and running the sweeper. Did I mentionthat I took money out of my own saving to give him so he would have enough because he refused to either plan or tell me ahead of time how much he needed.
???

I could cry.

sorry

rant over.

As for bad parents.. and bad parenting.. I am so tired of hearing and seeing it I could cry again. you are so right Claudia.. parenting should be taught. Didn't used to be that way.. but nowadays ........

oh and linda.. any one of my kids will tell you their dad taught them how to drive. He took each of them out.. maybe one time. Kids just believe whet they need to.

An oil rig run belonging to Mariner Energy caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday. The Coast Guard has now refuted earlier reports of an oil sheen on the water. ye gods

Oh Kath, I'm sorry you've had such a horrid day. I don't quite understand why you were scrubbing the floor on such a hot day though .... I would have left it for the weekend or something.

But here's hoping you get to unwind with a few cold drinks:


delivery pizza :

a working air conditioner and......

entertaining furkids:

Sorry to hear you had such a bad day, Kath. :(

I hope you have a bottomless bottle of wine somewhere in the house. Kick off your shoes, stretch out and imbibe.

ahhh caro.. because the house will be clean for the weekend...
I can come home tomorrow... and do.. nothing.
And as humorous as it is.. I am not going to let angus see that video..
he is not to be trusted.

Thanks for the sympathy, all..
I had a rum and coke with more run.. Why do I even have run? I don't like it. People give it to me.. maybe because they know I drink coke??
a shower and some food. Dan actually brought home pizza... so I didn't starve to death...and will have some in a minute.

I was just so not in the mood to find the mess I found when I walked in.

Tomorrow.. I am buying gin and tonic and I am going to have a very relaxed weekend. GRRRrr

To top off my day though, there is apparently a football game on tonight.
yay.

Tomorrow is friday tho..
yay!

Kath- Hope your evening is much better than your day! Take it easy with that rum, you have to work tomorrow! Hope you have a good book to snuggle with!

cheers!

Sorry yesterday was such a bad day, Kath. Hope you have a good weekend.

So.. Dan left at 4:30. He came back to get his credit card. He brought three friends. At 5:30 . A.M. company.

They are gone again, so..

Nearly 70F overnight, so not much of a cool down. Forecast 87 for today and then they say cooler tonight. How do people survive in the middle east where it is
100+F all the time?!?!

But! Aside from laundry I have a work free weekend ahead, after I get through the day. HOPEFULLY, I can do some serious reading.. by which I mean fluffy reading with some serious time devoted to it.

I hope you get your wish, Kath! Fluffy reading sounds pretty good to me.

TGIF!

Have a great weekend!

Guests at 5:30am = grounds for divorce.

>69 mckait: - That story gave me chills - in the bad way. I give my 2.5-year-old a fair amount of independence - but that means letting him play on another floor of our townhouse when he wants to.

I can't even fathom how you can lose your toddler for a couple hours. She fell asleep? Fine. But why didn't she go looking for her daughter instead of turning on the tv?

72 - Kids just believe whet they need to.

Sometimes parents do, too. My own father spent next to no time with us until we were in middle and high school, and the time he spent with us after that was full of criticism and aggression. Still, to this day he insists he's always been loving and supportive, and that his kids always felt like he was a friend.

...

I hope you didn't need to feed the 5.30am guests?!

Yaaay... they are all gone (my unplanned for overnight guests left this about 2 hours ago) and you have a delicious me-weekend ahead of you. I'm all for serious fluff reading too. I managed to run the vacuum cleaner around, clean the kitchen and bathrooms and giving myself a big pat on the back, have settled down for the day on the couch, US Open tennis on tv, BIG bag of potato chips, bowl of strawberries, a pitcher of water and all I have to do now is pick something to read

TGIF indeed

rd, knew you would get it

and Luxx.. I guess we all do.

Caro I am here... at the very beginning of my weekend.. and it rained!!!!
WOOT! And I picked up some potato chips on the way home..

Book #1 chosen, a movie being considered ...
yay!!!! time!!!

Raining over here too .... I love it! Enjoy your me-weekend. What's #1 book you chose? And what movie?

Sigh, I have been reading/in a slump all week, so unlike Kath, I have a home in advanced chaos. My long weekend should be spent cleaning and organizing. We shall see...

I envy you people with upcoming "me" weekends. Sounds absolutely divine.

I wish you were having one too....

ack! halp !!

Well.. ok.. that is kinda dramatic.. but Halp!

My phone and my internet keep going out.
I called the evil comcast and they said it was just me.
I went to my very young neighbors house.. he works as a second level tech for comcast..

and put on my oh dear me.... old lady face
( quiet richard!)
and asked him what to do.. since comcast was giving me no satisfaction..
his phone and internet were out too, and in fact he had put out a ticket for himself this morning.

So since 5 pm I have been in and out of communication with the world
I did not want it to be THATY much of a me weekend.

If you don't hear from me again..
sue comcast!

LOL ... love that little purple schmooey gif. But I'm sorry to hear that you're having phone/internet issues. I used to go through intermittent phone/internet as well when i was with Comcast and they always denied that there was anything wrong on their end, and that the squirrels must have chewed on my cables (again?) or if it was raining/snowing, that it was weather related. I switched to Verizon FIOS in the Spring this year and we haven't had those problems (knock on wood).

Don't cry...Maybe you could have some fun with smoke signals!

Anyway, I think you'll find you're a very nice person to spend time with! :)
Good luck tomorrow!

*KSHHHHKCHK* What's that Kath? *krshshhshs* you're breaking up *KRRRSSHHHH*

...

...*sigh* Now I need to dry out my keyboard again.

Kath vs. Comcast. . .




. . .my money is on her!

ROFL @ y'all

well.. hopefully I am online again ..
they are sending a tech out later..
my neighbor mike who is very smart and cute and nice'
said if it is a contract guy and not a comcast guy just don't let them in..
lolol

Reading Cogslea Revisited, a great premise, writing not bad..except that every single paragraph ( almost ) has to contain an historical fact about Philadelphia. Clumsy, that. I will finish it because I want to see what happens, and as I said, I like the story. .....

Morning Kath- I'm off to work but at least it'll be another cool one! Hope you have a great long weekend! enjoy the quiet!

Glad to see you back, Kath!

It is no fun to feel cut off.... lol
thanks stasia..

and mark.. sorry that you have to work today, but yes.. it is at least cool..
ahhhhh

When I first get on LT now I actually check my own thread first! Imagine that.
Never used to get any action, but you changed that - thanks! :)
Anyway, I see what you are reading now... so ignore my question on that.
Are you the only person on LT who has that book? Where do you find this stuff?

I understand how it feels to be cut off. Not too long ago a series of events caused everything to be out on our island. Wow! That was weird. No electricity, no phone, no computers, no cell phone, no emergency comm for the fire dept even- no nuthin' ! The only feeling of connection was the bridge... still up. Only lasted a day. Seemed like forever.

Happy 1st Day of mini-vaca!

well what do you know? I am the only one.. lol

How did I find this one? The author emailed me from Amazon and asked me to read it. I am trying to work out a way to be kind and honest too..

Island living sounds so glamorous! Even with being cut off..
an adventure in togetherness :)

I am glad that you are looking at your thread.. it had nothing to do with me my friend.. people just had to find you to want to talk to you :) I know that I am glad I found you!

Okay... happy story.

I decided that since I needed to buy some kitty litter..
I would expand my shopping list to include limes, tonic and a bottle of gin.

{{{Side note:

A few years back I used to volunteer with an AIDs service group.. that sort of ell apart due to tax issues and 2 bad directors in a row. There were some nice people there.. a few in particular that I liked a whole lot, and think about often.
TWO David and Richard, a wonderful couple that I have missed.... I loved working with that group! We had monthly meetings upstiars of a small pub, and it seemed that it was always hot there! We drank gin and tonic all the time.. lots of ice! }}}

So.. having left the house with my reading glasses on instead of my "real" glasses.. my distance vision was a bit.. off...

I was walking up to the store and noticed two guys sitting at a table and they were both clearly staring at me. I promptly checked to make sure that I remembered to put on enough clothing to pass public muster.. and that I wasn't askew or inside out or anything ( its happened, sadly) .

I was dressed enough and not too askew.. and as I got closer, I realized that it was Richard doing the most staring and jumping up waving.. :D
This makes me so happy!!!!!!!!! I sort of feel like wanting to buy gin and tonic fixins helped to conjure them up.. lol

I was so happy to find them both well happy and together :)
yay!

Hopefully I will be able to join them in their new service venture.. and I could not be happier!!!!

Wow! Great story, Kath! Made your weekend, I bet :)

That's a wonderful story Kath, one that can easily lift you over the recent misery. Very happy for you:)

SOMEone sent me SOMEthing that's arrived SOMEwhere.

See y'all. Readin' to do.

Yaaay.. that's fantastic, Kath ... and you have a really good reason to toast to their health with all that gin, lime & tonic you bought. :-)

And good luck with the tech guy .... maybe you should drink your G&Ts before he arrives.

LOLOL @ that kitty pic!

IT is a good thing.. a great start to the wekend eh?

and rdear, you are quite .. something.

91. Cogslea Revisited
In Philadelphia , on St Georges Road..off of McCallum St. you will find a marker.
The marker reads:

Artist famed for her murals in Pennsylvania's State Capitol, reflecting Penn's ideals of justice and peace. Also noted for her work in stained glass; book and magazine illustrations. One of three women artists who moved in 1906 to "Cogslea," she lived and worked here until 1961.

........review posted.

Next read, and hopefully a quickie..
Ghost Shadow from vine

#110: Nice review, Kath. Adding that one to the BlackHole!

I just added a thumb to your review of Cogslea Revisited. That's my old neighborhood in Philadelphia! Thus it will definitely be of interest to me.

Glad you got to meet up with your old friends and glad they are still well and happy. I know what you mean about the through of the gin and tonic being the thing that conjoured them up. It's a bit like when you think "I really must ring...it's been too long since I spoke to them" and then the phone rings and it's them calling you.

I'm quite fond of a gin and lime juice, never tried it with tonic but you've tempted me now.

Glad to be able to tempt you stasia :)

Thank you for the thumb ... and Terri..if that is your old neighborhood, you will definitely enjoy it.

Jody, I like gin.. and the tonic makes it.. softer....

Morning Kath- Great story on meeting your friends! It seemed to give you the boost you needed! Hope you have a great day!

Excellent review, Kath. Thumbed you.

by the way, freeze some green grapes, and add some of them to your gin (well, a splash of tonic too if you must) ... it's delicious.

Kath,
You are chock full of great stories! As much as you don't care to read short stories, maybe you should write a book of them. Then I'll be one of your first customers. I'd like mine signed, please. ;)
Cogslea Revisited sounds great - despite the name. Very nice review.

Happy Sunday-don't-have-to-work-tomorrow!

92. Ghost Shadow by Heather Graham.

review posted. 3.5 stars.

Fun read with ghosts all over the place, and a murder or two adding to their number. I enjoyed it. Fluffety fluff and fun.

:) Thanks for the thumbings :)

I promise Claudia, if I ever write a book you will get the first copy, and signed too! :) lol

Gin rickey: jigger of KEY LIME juice
tonic
fresh lime
about a half glass of gin

Stir, drink, sigh blissfully.

Back to Quebec City.

Here's one for the ages:



found it on Photobucket...with the past week I had...i'll take a double!

Richard:

More Rickeys...more Rickeys!

;-}

*something wonky with the Pic. I'll try to fix it*

Sorry that your week wasn't a good one my friend...hope this is the start of a much better one..

hah!!!! rd ~ Quebec City eh?

Haha, love that picture Jude! :P

>121 jdthloue:, great pic (actually its the words that make it!), I feel a little that way inclined myself after the last few days of aftershocks, thanks Kath for visiting!

PS Im with Bahzah on the book of short stories yet-to-be-written by you! (message 118)

#108 LOL! Reminds me of work. . .lol!

#121: I feel like that today - and I don't even drink!

I could call it A Book of Improbable Whines and True Events... lol

.... and maybe use that gif on the cover??

Morning Kath- Hope you have a nice Labor Day! What's your plans? Anything fun?

93. Mothers and Other Liars by Amy Bourret

Families are created in many ways... and some of them are unusual.
Even knowing this, Ruby has found a way to create her own that trumps most of them.

Nearly ten years after taking an abandoned baby into her care, pretending that
the child was her own, the media revisits what happened with that abandoned baby, now Ruby's daughter Lark.

An effort to do the right thing causes upheaval in many lives, proving once again that each person touches many others during their lifetime. Even if that life has been less than ten years so far.

Ruby's solution to the huge problems created when she attempted to right a wrong, rocked me to the core. I was flabbergasted and horrified by what she chose to do.

This is a story about friendship, true friendship, love, betrayal and loss.
Mostly it is a story about family and what it is that makes a family.

eta

I (surprisingly) gave this one 4 stars

#129: I think I already have that one in the BlackHole. I will have to scurry off to check. . .

Hi Kath!
Sounds like a good book...and you gave it a 4!
This is a problem. If there's about 10 LTers that read twice as fast as I do (20 books to my one), even if they only really like 1/2 the books they read, that's ten great recs for every one book I read. By the time I read one of those books, there's 10 more waiting. If I did the math right, this could lead on a straight path to the nut house! Maybe then, I can spend more time reading.
The agony...and the ecstasy...

>127 mckait: Love it! You start writing and I'll get out my fave mug :)

Hope you have a grrrreat day!

Mothers and Other Liars sounds lik it's right up my alley Kath. I'm going to add it to the teetering tower.

#119 Fun read with ghosts all over the place, and a murder or two adding to their number.

:) Sounds like my cup of tea . . .

ETA to add Ooh, yes, I saw that book at the supermarket on the paperback rack and was looking at it . . .

Claudia, I feel your pain.. I have the same problem. Too many good reads in the threads... that end up on my TBR pile, or wishlist. That makes it hard when 8 of my valuable reading hours are used up with work :P

Bonnie, its a good one! It was written with VERY short chapters...interesting approach, but it didn't feel choppy.

Terri, I think you would enjoy it, ghosts and murder and fun too!

Eeeep! I slip out of town for the weekend and I've got 134 posts to read on your new thread, Kath. My goodness, you are a popular lady!

I just post a lot in my own thread , Lynda :)

I am about midway through Cabinet of Curiosities just now.
Hope to finish it by tonight,. but not sure. I feel a reading break coming on...
:P

So I took a reading break to find someting to eat.. and I also had a go at my keepr shelves.
I have a ( terribly small) set of bookshelves in my bedroom. They belonged to my aunt/ more like sister/ elaine. I miss her.

Anyway, they are purple. and funny shaped and they match nothing in my room and so of course I love them. I have a little goddess alter on top..
And the tiny weird shelves below hold my keeper books..
Which now include:

All of the Sara Waters books except The Little Stranger which I did not enjoy. ( also 2 videos )

ALL of the Three Pines books, hardback.. except for Still Life , which has not yet arrived.

Several of my favorite Charles de Lint books

The Hummingbird's Daughter ( with space saved for part II)

Several Armistead Maupin books ...

The Sparrow and Children of God

Dandelion Wine, We Have Always Lived in the Castle

And a few other special faves.
It makes me feel good to look at them.

WHY are there no touchstones for Charles deLint or Armistead Maupin?!?!?!?
WHY!!!!!?????????????????

Your small set of bookshelves sure manage to hold a decent number of books, Kath. ;-) I've been contemplating putting some bookshelves up on the wall in our bedroom above the bed, but Edd says all we need is a minor vibration or even a stiff win when the windows are wide open for the books to fall on our heads and kill us. So they remain piled up higgledy-piggledy on the nightstand

I have used creative shelving.. stacked some and so forth...
It is pretty full now. I also have a bookshelf headboard. :)

I am going to redo my headboard books sometime soon...

My fantasy is to have enough shelving space so that all my books get their own space, without other books piled on top of them, or in front of them. My other fantasy is to win the lottery. ;-)

I will take #2, thanks. That should solve #1 nicely.
:)

LOL ..... that's what I thought too, until Edd pointed out that it would also mean that I'd need to stop bringing more books into the house because at some point in time the books will start piling up on the others all over again.

not if you had a new house..
with a library

and shelves in appropriate rooms..
and .....no .. he must be wrong.

"all we need is ... for the books to fall on our heads and kill us"
Reminds me of the time I was pregnant and took naps on the couch. One afternoon my husband called me from work and warned me not to nap on the couch. We had a sword hanging on the wall and he was afraid it would fall off and kill me! lol

awww ... so sweet of him :)

I get that.. having those weird, out of the blue, not very sensible ...
momentary fears. nice..

Winning the lottery means: A Big Big House. With several unused rooms that will, obviously, become liberries. Then, when the book census tops 5,000, it means a smaller house that will be dedicated to books, and which will be joined by other houses so dedicated as and when they are necessary.

My local bookery will have instructions, whenever a taveling book man comes by, to say "send us one each" for me. Someone will be by to fetch them before too long, and here's the book-buying credit card number.

Isn't fantasy lovely?

Winning the lottery means: A Big Big House. With several unused rooms that will, obviously, become liberries. Then, when the book census tops 5,000, it means a smaller house that will be dedicated to books, and which will be joined by other houses so dedicated as and when they are necessary.

My local bookery will have instructions, whenever a taveling book man comes by, to say "send us one each" for me. Someone will be by to fetch them before too long, and here's the book-buying credit card number.

Isn't fantasy lovely?

Double posted, but it's such a lovely dream who cares?

yeah... thats what I though rdear.. it is a lovely dream.

#147: I want your dream too, Richard!

Double posted, but it's such a lovely dream who cares?



Lovely indeed! Please feel free to post it once more.

Morning Kath- Hope you have a good day back to work! At least it'll be a short work week! Yah!

>146 richardderus:/147 WOW! Will friends be invited? May I be a friend?
Will there be a snack room too? (I'm thinking Caroline can be in charge of that room!)
And a room with G&Ts and discussions with guest authors?
a/c in the summer, courtyards with moonflowers,
fireplaces in the winter with lots of snow outside, lattes with valium?
AND lobster boat rides for Kath? ;)

lattes with valium?

bwahaha!

Going back to #129...I have heard good things about Mothers and Other Liars...so it's on THE LIST...and I love the title...since my Mother was....

I have turned my house into a Library..and justify doing so by calling my bookshelves/bookcases "insulation" for the walls..Upstairs, Downstairs...Kitchen, Bedrooms, Bathrooms...."they're everywhere"!!! I shudder to think If I ever have to move.... and, hey, it's an old farmhouse...needs insulation, right?

g'day, lady!
J

I just took my first trip to IKEA yesterday (called it a 'trip' because it's over an hour away, and it felt like a tourist attraction).
I came away with a lot of bookshelf fantasies...fortunately some of the bookshelves are affordable so I will one day have more shelves - I know it!

The only thing I don't like about IKEA furniture is that they're not very durable in my experience. All the bookshelves I've bought from them ended up sagging like a swayback pony after some time. Of course my then boyfriend made the not-too-welcome observation that if I didn't put so many books on the shelves, they wouldn't sag .... needless to say the boyfriend went the way of the bookshelves ... out of my life and I bought more sturdy (but sadly more expensive) bookshelves that bore the weight of my books very nicely.... until I moved away and left them to my uncle and cousin.

work = day is over
Good plan to put Caro in charge of snacks ..
and all of the other ideas.. Glad we have it all planned..
now to win the lottery..

yea, Liars was good jude..

I have to say that Ikea furniture has never failed me...
but I don't have Ikea shelves .. what I have are terrible, and surely worsel
I hate them and want better ones. It is in my 3 year plan.

what I have are terrible, and surely worsel
I hate them and want better ones.

I could not agree with you more, Kath. I bought two bookshelves from a national discound chain store and within a couple of weeks the shelves sagged and the sides started to collapse. Now they lean against each other and a wall to prevent a catastrophic episode from occuring.

I would like solid wood bookcases sometime in the future.

The key to lasting shelves: The cheaper they are, the shorter the distance between horizontal supports needs to be.

Long, painful experience speaking.

I dream of a room of shelves..

a lovely wing chair..

a fireplace..

my furkids...

sigh

Today is my oldest son's 38th birthday

I am a crone

Wow! Except for the hair, that's *you* to the life!

Well, and the wart on the nose.

The hump isn't there either.

Hands look a little younger too, now that I think about it.

But she could be your younger sister!

Sort of.

#162: LOL!

I, too, am a Crone (and older than you)..

But, I am proud to be...I've outlived so many fools

*cackle cackle*

love the GIF....and you, too, Kath

;-}

*boots rd in the arse*

amen jude.. me too!

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2010-09-07-cordova06_ST_N.htm

MEMPHIS (AP) — When pastor Steve Stone initially heard of the mosque and Islamic center being erected on the sprawling land adjacent his church, his stomach tightened.

Then he raised a 6-foot sign reading, "Welcome to the Neighborhood."

There is a simple but profound Lakota prayer: Mitakuye Oyasin.

These two words mean All My Relations or We are All Related.

To pray this prayer is to petition God on behalf of everyone and everything on Earth.

Mitakuye Oyasin honors the sacredness of each person's individual spiritual path, acknowledges the sacredness of all life (human, animal, plant, etc.) and creates an energy of awareness which strengthens not only the person who prays but the entire planet.

Read more: http://www.healthynewage.com/mitakuyeoyasin.html#ixzz0yzJlNlc0

>167 mckait: *owww*

I forgot this isn't Facebook and was hunting for the "like" button.

LOLOL I have done that too... :)

It's a shame there aren't more people who thought like that. We'd have fewer wars fought.

Hey Kath! Love that prayer. I think I was an Indian in a past life. My mother told me (when she could still remember things) that I do have some Indian blood in me. Several generations back. But this is only oral tradition, no records that I have ever found.

Went out on a date night! We had pizza for the first time in months. MMMM. The rest of the date was grocery shopping - but, ya gotta start somewhere. :P
Cost way more than a movie! Never was a cheap date. lol

Congrats on the 38th anniversary of your son's birth! You did a great job!

I'm guessing it was Comcast....

I wish there was more news on that little church and other people like that.

Nice! glad you had some time out, Claudia.. it is good to have a break.. no.. essential ..A "child" who is nearly 40... shocking I say!

and rd.. you would be correct.

Morning Kath- Hope you are having a good week! Sunny & cool here! It'll be around 70. Nice!

Your Lakota prayer reminded me of the little quasi-prayer we say at the end of a yoga session:

May all beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering

May all beings never be parted from freedom's true joy

May all beings dwell in equanimity, free from attachment and aversion

May all beings have happiness and the causes of happiness

Good morning all - Lovely thoughts to be found here today.

#166: Finally! A Christian showing both common sense and compassion.

#170: Amen to that!

Edieted for typo

*does the happy dance*

It won't even break 70 today!! W00t!

#178: Do you have to rub it in? It is hot and humid here! I think I am glad I am heading your direction.

Saturday's predicted high is 75 degrees. Bring your woolies!

I don't have woolies. I live in Texas :) There are no such things as seasons down here.

Oh now, don't exaggerate. There are too seasons: Hot, HOT, TOO EFFIN' HOT, and "Please dear God, let me die now before I burst into flames" Hot.

#182: Now you know why I do not have woolies! lol

155/6 - We've had 20-feet of Billy bookcases for five years, and they're stuffed to capacity and holding up well (and they've even been moved 4 times or so). We also have an Expedit in our bedroom, and are likewise happy with it.

I love cheap Ikea bookcases.

I'm thinking of getting an Ikea TV stand/entertainment center, and then putting two matching Billy bookcases on each side of it. (That will make it look like a big entertainment wall.) The TV stand is a bit better quality than the book cases, and the book cases will likely be filled with DVDs, CDs and VHS tapes, which don't weigh as much as books. I like that Ikea gives you the option of building your shelves all the way to the ceiling for maximum capacity.

I'm hoping they hold up. It's all the budget can afford right now, and even this is on hold until hubby finds a full time job.

Plus, finding a good spot for all my husband's DVDs might leave me more room for books in other areas (big grin).

Hope this isn't any of your furkids

Nice to see y'all having fun :)

LOL @ rd's descriptiion of texas weather..

I have a beautiful tv stand with a glass front from ikea..
i love it. I want the billy bookcases .. soon maybe..

No thank goodness caro.. my kitties don't like gin.. lol

Stella's favorite liquor is gin. She's willing to accept Scotch, but gin is her all-time fave. Dog has good taste!

I am dead tired~~~ did not sleep last night and had the morning from hell. I wanted to choke the life out of the sub we had this morning. The only thing stopping me is prison doesn't have pets.

But tomorrow is friday..
:)

Good news.. my daughter got the new job in the DC area. House still not sold.. please send energy. Mercury going direct soon.. so maybe that will help?
This is very important.. but the most important thing is that she is going to be moving north.. yay!!!

Details later :)

Kath, I've heard that rats make good pets and they're plentiful in prisons. They can be trained to bring scraps of food to you too.


Congratulations to your daughter getting a new job in DC. Good luck with the house sale. When does she move?

Huzzah for a new job in DC!

Thanks luxx :) thanks caro.. I will keep that in mind..

She will move in 2 weeks, I think?

Woot! Congratulations.

Hi! I'm kinda late tonight. Just got back from the Maine State Archives. I went with the clerks' association and we got a special tour... very cool.

Sorry you had a hard day. :( Hope you'll sleep better tonight!

WooHoo! Daughter gets new job and is moving norther... closer to PA! That's great news.
Hope something happens to the housing market soon. My daughter has her house on the market too. She's only trying to move one town over from where she is. House all picked out - her offer accepted. Just needs to sell her own house now.

Carolyn, you are having way too much fun with gifs. LOL Love 'em!

Okay, I love Hummingbird's Daughter.. I have read it twice and have been longing for the sequel. Official word for Luis is that the sequel.. (whose name he has yet to reveal) will be delivered to the publisher by Halloween. He hoped to have it out by Christmas.. it may not be out till May. Drat!!!

Who has yet to read HD? ( fess up now) You better get busy.. lol

TGIF!!!!

I think Cory will be home for the weekend..
And Dan is coming home either today or tomorrow..
The end of the great silence.. sigh

Nope, I have read Hummingbird's Daughter and loved it just as you did, Kath, so I do not have to 'fess up, lol. Too bad about the sequel.

I hope you have a wonderful Friday!

??Too bad about the sequel?? why?

It is finally nearly finished.. ?

confused

Because it is delayed until May and not coming out in December as originally scheduled.

Morning Kath- Of course, I'm a big fan of Hummingbird too! At least we have plenty of books to keep us company until the new one arrives. Sorry to hear about the conclusion of 'the great silence".

Just posting very late - I also love Elizabeth Pewsey's 6 Mountjoy books. Recently she's been published as Elizabeth Edmondson, which I think is her own maiden name. I bought one of her books under that name the other day.

I own Hummingbird's Daughter but, of course, haven't read it as yet. With so many good comments and a sequel out in May I better move it up on my priority list. Have a great weekend Kath. Glad to see your daughter will be moving much closer to you!

Sad about the sequel, for your sake.

Congrats on your daughter's move/new job!

Geeze! I am always trailing behind! I'll fess up - have not read Hummingbird's Daughter but I'm throwing it into the whirlpool of desire right now without even checking it out! I've come to trust your recs. Oh dear. This is not one book I'm throwing in... it's gonna be two!
I hafta write up a book list for shopping. Can't remember enough when I go to used book stores. I'm just afraid my list will be a 50ft scroll!

Fresh fish for supper? :)

Nothing to 'fess, Kath ... I read and loved HD as well and have been waiting for the sequel. Have you read Mr Mendoza's Paintbrush? I read the comic adaptation of his short story and I think it really brings his work to life.

Stasia.. OIC I am just thrilled that there is a sequel coming..

Mark.. I thought I remembered that you liked it :)

Elkie.. I haven't tried her book yet. I have not read a word all week.
brain drain from work.

Lynda .. Trust me when I say that not everyone falls immediately in love with it. Some need to give it a chance. Except for rdear who is sadly lacking in taste.. most people I can think of liked it. I think the gout has affected rd's brain..

Angela.. thank You!!! We are Happy.

Claudia... I loved the book. Take a look at the product description on Amazon or some reviews. IT is a wonderful story. I am madly in love with Luis Urrea.
If you YouTube him, you will see why. Not only is he a wonderful writer, but he is a sweet man.

Caro, I have not read it.. not sure I could deal with a story with pictures. Is it available with no pictures??

FRIDAY

Kath: I recall this being published without illustrations, so I'm going to go out on a limb here and say no. Actually I just checked on Amazon and they don't have a non-illustrated one listed either. Sorry

oh well... If I come across a copy, I might give it a try. I doubt I will go out and buy one though. Thanks Caro :)

I guess I should add The Hummingbird's Daughter.

Only if you do it without Richard's notice .... I seem to remember he was rather scathing about it.

I haven't read The Hummingbird's Daughter, but it does sound like something I would like. Alas, my library doesn't carry it of course. Another book for the long-term list, I suppose!

Bonni, by all means add it..

Stephen.. I wish you had a cop available....

Why? Is Stephen into cops?

215: Only if they are the kind that wear leather pants.

good night ..... have fun!
:P

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I've had a busy week - sounds like you have too.
TGIF!

I got my ER book today , so very early, so very cool!
This is my firstest "advance uncorrected proof" ever.
God! This LT place is fun!
* poor thing, so obvious she forgot what real fun is

I, er ... started The Hummingbird's Daughter. After 100 pages I just couldn't get into it, so it ended up as one of my rare abandoned reads.

*ducks*

>219 London_StJ: Further proof that, through means extrascientific, I am your *actual* father. That silly buzzard book was about as much fun to read as the Poughkeepsie phone book.

I'm just a day or so behind. Congrats to your daughter! Sounds like she'll be closer to you now?

What?!?!? what?!! You mean that getting ARCs is not actual fun as
in fun??! Say it isn't so...

( Sorry, I felt like being a bit dramatic. I ache a lot today.. ouch. )
Congrats on getting your ARC. I remember how fun it was for me to just find one years later in a used book store. lol.then when I got my first one I was over the moon

Luxx dear, it does seem to prove what rd says.. thank goodness your children do not take after him and are gorgeous and funny instead of curmudgeonly.
I am so sorry that you were unable to read one of the best books ever. I guess it is simply genetic. And so very sad.

Joanne.. thank you ... this has been a long road for her. I look forward to when it is all sorted and they are settled into a new home. . . jobs etc.. :)

Morning Kath- Hope you have a nice weekend, my friend!

>222 mckait: - Yikes, Kath - scary/dramatic ... reminds me of the Buddhist monks & Vietnam war pictures, sorry.

Also very sorry you are having aches today. I hope the discomfort lightens up as the day unfolds.

Here's to you and a relaxing day/weekend to you and your fur people. Cheers.

I know.. I actually find that GIF a little disturbing, too..
my daughter sent it to me.. :P

It is just arthritis.. but change in the weather getting me today I think??

I **Adore** the smell of fried chicken! The Divine Miss is making the fourth batch now. Oh dear...with that GIF, that came out all wrong....

Well, yes. Getting my first ARC is VERY, VERY fun!
But only LTers would understand that! lol
It's so nice to find a world where I am understood.

Richard, I can see you are totally up for your party!
That "fried" comment did throw me for a bit.
Cheers!

Good morning, Kath! Just trying to catch up . . .

I liked the article about the church in Memphis putting up the welcome sign. I wish there was more of that sort of thing going around . . .

(shudders at thought of that stupid pastor in Florida)

If, in the long backlash of 9/11, the US abandons basic values like freedom of religion (and sometimes it looks like we're headed that way) we are sunk. The terrorists will have won a major victory in destroying what's special about America -- courtesy of a bunch of self-proclaimed American "patriots" who run roughshod over our own Bill of Rights.

228
American "patriots" who run roughshod over our own Bill of Rights
Sad but true..

220 - :-*

222 - I guess it is simply genetic. Does that leave any "hope" for B and Max?

Your children have clearly been unaffected by the sad affliction of HD dislike...
You can see it in their eyes..

94. Cabinet of Curiosities

A typical Preston mystery /horror / ???
sort of book. Special Agent Pendergast book.
3.5 stars

95, Lumby Lines

A cozy sort of tale, somewhat akin to Three Pines due to the
pleasant characters and lovely surroundings. Book one of a series that I may well continue, as my sister owns them :)

3.5

#228 : Hear, hear Terri.

*waves hello* - feeling any better yet, Kath?

SNAP! Kath, I'm reading Lumby Lines now too .. only about a third through .. .the tennis is distracting me from the reading.

It's a nice cozy read, caro...

Hi Kath- Hope you are having a nice quiet evening! We are just kicking back and probably watching a film!

Well, we survived the non-party stay at home didn't we, girl? Aren't the pictures great? Love that smiling face on Richard! et al, of course. Who wouldn't be laughing?

I celebrated the day before yesterday with homemade Sangria that included peach brandy, Rose's Sweetened Lime Juice and triple sec for added zip. I threw in fresh orange & lemon slices, which looked pretty and, of course, ice cubes.

Yumm! Wished that you were here to share. Or, we coulda made a pitcher full of whatever floats your boat. Ta da.

ruthie.. that sounds wonderful!!!!!

I do wish that I could have attended.. hard to manage though as timing really is everything.. lol

Me too, Kath. Wish I could have attended too but things are crazy even this morning since the hubster does not have great time management and is STILL packing and clearing stuff off in his study before he has to leave for the airport in an hour's time.

I feel your pain... Dan left for his fishing trip a week ago, and came back an hour later to get his credit card....lol

The thing is that I get stressed out seeing him so disorganized, and mutter under my breath *i told you to start packing early, i TOLD you ... and then have to smile innocently and hide my stress if he walks by*

*nods * I know.. me too

BOOK QUIZ

1. The last book you gave five-stars to: I think it was Winging It: A Memoir of Caring for a Vengeful Parrot Who's Determined to Kill Me

2. The last book you were unable to finish: I can't remember... I am not sure I have abandoned any this year.. but if I have I have put it straight out of my head.

3. The last book you bought: a "keeper copy" of Bury Your Dead: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

4. The last book that made you cry: The Children's Blizzard

5. The last book you borrowed: Cabinet of Curiosities

6. The last book you received as a gift: The Book of Destiny: Unlocking the Secrets of the Ancient Mayans and the Prophecy of 2012

7. The last book you found disturbing: Fatal Forcast by Michael J Tougias
but it was wonderful, heart stopping and a good read.

8. The last book you read that made you laugh: I think that would be Greetings From Jamaica, Wish You Were Queer by Mari SanGiovani

9. The last book you really felt you got lost in (the good kind of lost): The Last Day by Glenn Kleier

Dropping by to wish you a Good Sunday!

When I saw Cabinet of Curiosities I thought it was A Case of Curiosities by Allen Kurzweil....which I have read (never read any Douglas Preston....or Preston/Child)....the Kurzweil is good...I think you might like it.

It's cool & cloudy here this morning..I'm taking the day off....made a pot of chili yesterday so don't have to cook..will try to get caught up on my reading (DUH)

;-}

I will check it out jude.. thanks ! :) Nice to see you :)

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Lovely, Kath!!

My Tulip Trees...and Black Walnuts..have been "shedding" for a while..but their colors are pretty pale LOL

Did you ever see the movie/DVD "RING"?....there is a "red tree" image in that film ...reminded me of this GIF...except yours isn't Sinister....

;-}

I have not seen The Ring, but I would like to...

*shudders at the memory of 'The Ring'* - where's my num-num and blanky? See you later ... going to hide under the covers for a bit with some unscary comic books.

I adore spooky, scary movies... lol.

Weirdly the only one that has ever scared me is Poltergeist ... the first one.
It has to do with the tv.. and a story that I will tell you someday..

lolol Now that is disturbing....

Poltergeist??? not so scary

>Caro
What's with the GIF....Chickens glomming on Fried Chicken? Now, THAT is scary

I like THE RING..as a movie...because the story "flows"..keeps going..the Action never stops..but is not Gratuitous....every Action has a reason..Okay, it's not a great Movie...but it is a good film

*shoot me*
;-}

THE RING? "RINGU"..the Japanese version..is much better (but somebody nicked my copy)

I found a t-shirt in Japan a few years ago which had a drawing of a big yellow chicken looking sadly down at the table on which rested a plate with 2 fried eggs. It appealed to my wacky sense of humor and I bought it for my niece who just howled when she received it.

guess you had to see it my way jide..

ewwwwwwwwwwwww the tee shirt... caro

96. Frankenstein: Lost Souls: A Novel by Dean Koontz

speaking of ewwwwwwwwwww

Think Stepford Wives but with the whole human race intended for perfection.
ewwwwwwwwwww

did not like.. but 3 stars. IT was a decent read.

So after the icky book.. a new thread

number 13

http://www.librarything.com/topic/98475