Athena
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On 08/11/2021 at 3:11 PM, Goose said:
The Sad Ghost Club – Lize Meddings
(graphic novel, mental health, touching)
I just ordered this for myself on Sunday!
On 13/11/2021 at 8:14 PM, Goose said:You Have Arrived at Your Destination (Forward Collection) – Amor Towles
(dystopian, short story, thought-provoking)
I'm glad you enjoyed this one! Muggle Not has been reading books in this series and he's been enjoying them too. I have them on my Kindle wishlist, I'll buy them at some point and read them, I think I will like them too
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On 03/11/2021 at 4:01 PM, muggle not said:
35. Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy) - Robin Hobb - 4/5 - Second book in the Trilogy and a good read.
36. you Have Arrived at Your Destination - Amor Towles - 4/5 - Amor Towles’s You Have Arrived at Your Destination is part of Forward, a collection of six stories of the near and far future from out-of-this-world authors. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single thought-provoking sitting. (53 pages)
This book is free for Amazon prime members on your kindle.
Yay for you liking the second book in the trilogy! I saw you loaned the 3rd one from your library in the book activity thread, I hope you enjoy it too!
Shame the Forward books aren't free for me in NL, but I'll buy them at some point and read them since you are enjoying them.
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It's beautiful!
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I'm glad you both had fun with the October read-a-thon!
The November read-a-thon is scheduled for this upcoming weekend. I'll be busy some of the time, but I should have some time to read
. I've been busy reading my library loans, so I hope to get through some of those (they are mostly children's fiction).
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I really liked Loveless too! I'm glad you also liked it Marie!
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I have the Dutch Amazon Prime, but I've never seen Amazon NL have a Kindle book free specifically for Prime Members. You Have Arrived At Your Destination is normally priced for me, shame as it sounds like a very interesting story! I think it's on my Kindle wishlist.
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9 hours ago, Hayley said:
That's so nice though because you'll still have the excitement of exploring next time too! I hope all the books in your current borrowed stack are good
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Thank you
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Books read in September 2021
150. Robert Thorogood - Death in Paradise 4: Murder in the Caribbean (re-read)
151. Angeline Boulley - Firekeeper's Daughter
152. Liane Moriarty - Three Wishes
153. Elle McNicoll - A Kind of Spark
154. Dana Simpson - Phoebe and Her Unicorn 5: Unicorn Crossing
155. Ann M. Martin and Gabriela Epstein (col. Braden Lamb) - The Baby-sitters Club Graphic Novels 9: Claudia and the New Girl
156. Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter - Allergic
157. Rachael Smith - Quarantine Comix
158. Catana Chetwynd - In Love & Pajamas
159. Alessandra Olanow - I Used to Have a Plan
160. Rachel Lindsay - Rx
161. Shira Spector - Red Rock Baby Candy
162. Meichi Ng - Barely Functional Adult
163. Julie Murphy - Dumplin' 1: Dumplin'
164. Julie Murphy - Dumplin' 2 : Puddin'
165. Jennifer Mathieu - Moxie
166. Julie Murphy - Dumplin' 3: Pumpkin
167. Ken Follett - Kingsbridge 4/0: The Evening and the MorningLeast favourite book(s) I read this month:
None.
Best book(s) I read this month (excluding re-reads!):
Elle McNicoll - A Kind of Spark
Angeline Boulley - Firekeeper's Daughter
Ken Follett - Kingsbridge 4/0: The Evening and the Morning
Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter - Allergic
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Books read in August 2021
130. Charlotte Amelia Poe - How to Be Autistic
131. Tobly McSmith - Stay Gold
132. Jeff Kinney - Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth (re-read)
133. Rachel Renée Russell - Dork Diaries 2: Party Time (Tales-From-a-Not-So-Popular Party Girl) (re-read)
134. Liz Pichon - Tom Gates 4.5: Best Book Day Ever! (So Far) (re-read)
135. Liz Pichon - Tom Gates 5: Tom Gates is Absolutely Fantastic (at Some Things)
136. Talia Hibbert - Brown Sisters 3: Act Your Age, Eve Brown
137. Lincoln Peirce - Big Nate 3: On a Roll
138. Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton - Treehouse 4: The 52-Storey Treehouse (re-read)
139. Dav Pilkey - Captain Underpants 3: Captain Underpants And The Invasion Of The Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space (and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds)
140. Dav Pilkey (col. Jose Garibaldi) - Dog Man 2: Dog Man Unleashed
141. Robert Thorogood - Death in Paradise 3: Death Knocks Twice (re-read)
142. Gloria Chao - Rent A Boyfriend
143. A. S. King - Switch
144. Marie Lotte Hagen and Nydia van Voorthuizen - Yes, Baby 2: Queer Baby
145. Colin Kraan and Kevin Kraan - No Limit
146. Jac Linders - Het verdriet van Lars en Lotte
147. Marieke Lucas Rijneveld - De avond is ongemak
148. Esther Thole - Makers van leven
149. Marieke Nijkamp - Even If We BreakLeast favourite book(s) I read this month:
None! (that I recall)
Best book(s) I read this month (excluding re-reads!):
Talia Hibbert - Brown Sisters 3: Act Your Age, Eve Brown
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16 hours ago, Chrissy said:
You must get your partner to read it, Athena, and tell him we will be needing a full review!
Haha, that's nice of you. He's not much of a reader though and we don't own the book (I don't think I've got him to read anything though I have some books I think he'd enjoy if he was more into reading).
14 hours ago, Hayley said:That must have felt good! Had much changed since you were there last?
Thanks, it did
! Yes, the layout is a bit different now, they moved some 'categories'/sections around, some sections are in different places now. I must go back another time to explore more, it's been so long I have been there that I was up to my maximum amount of borrowable items before I'd even come near to finish exploring 
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On 25/10/2021 at 11:52 AM, willoyd said:
Just finished in fairly quick succession:
Orchard by Benedict Macdonald and Nicholas Gates - a beautifully written account of a year in the life of a traditionally farmed orchard in Herefordshire. Insights into the fabulous natural history of the orchard and the damage we're otherwise doing to our land abound. One of the outstanding reads of the year, and straight on to my favourites list: 6/6.
Why The Dutch Are Different by Ben Coates - an interesting insight into Dutch culture from a Brit living in the Netherlands and married to a Dutch partner (although she's barely mentioned!). 4/6 - a good read.
Orchard sounds interesting
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QuoteThat's my 70th book of the year, the first time I've ever hit 70 books before the end of October.
Congratulations!
19 hours ago, Raven said:I knew The Hobbit wasn't going to be the same style as LotR when I started it, but I wasn't prepared for all the songs, and especially all the rather twee songs (when the Elves started singing to the Dwarves as they entered Rivendell I nearly threw the book across the room - that was the point at which I quit first time around!)
The Battle of the Five Armies, and the stuff with Smaug at the end of the book is pretty good, though.
I agree, the songs were the worst part of it for me (and I got close to DNFing it at that time), and the Battle of the Five Armies and the stuff with Smaugh some of the best parts. I gave it a positive rating at the time overall but I don't know if I'll ever re-read it knowing I'll have to read all of the songs again (a few were good or entertaining, some were just getting too much for me and unnecessary).
1 hour ago, Raven said:Never considered that one as a chat up line...
"Have you read..." <tension building pause> "The Hobbit?"
*Waggles eyebrows*
"You mean that book about short people with hairy feet? Don't they just sit around eating and singing all the time?"
"Err, yes, but let's not get too judgemental..."
I'm not reading any book at the moment but I have gone to my local library today and loaned books for the first time since 2019, so I have a pile of library books to pick from for my next read.
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23 hours ago, muggle not said:
WOW!! I am anxious to watch the upcoming series that will be shown on Amazon Prime. Amazon has hopes of making the Wheel of Time series into a Game of Thrones type blockbuster.
“The Wheel of Time” (Nov. 19) is the big-budget series adaptation of the best-selling fantasy novels by Robert Jordan that Amazon hopes can be its own version of “Game of Thrones.” Rosamund Pike stars as Moraine, a member of magical society who leads five young villagers on a journey to discover if one of them is the reincarnated Dragon, who has been prophesized to save humanity. The sprawling epic reportedly had a budget of $10 million per episode, and it’s already been renewed for a second season.
I am really excited to see it too!! Like you I have read and loved the Wheel of Time books (Raven, 14 books and 1 prequel, makes 15 together if you count the prequel as part of the series, maybe that's where you heard the number before? Most people say 14 books, but anyway..). I really hope it will be a good TV series, and I look forward to see it. The Dutch Amazon Prime has the trailer up for it, so hopefully I should be able to watch the series on there when it comes out in November (Note: there isn't as much stuff on the Dutch Amazon Prime as there is on UK's or US's, so that's why with these things I have to check sometimes if I get it here too or not, same with Netflix's regions/country differences).
I showed the trailer to my other half and I think he'll want to watch it with me, so that'll be fun to watch together hopefully. I'm excited for it! (though I'm also aware that there will probably be choices made in the making of the TV series that I'll probably would have liked to have seen different, I'm sure it won't be all amazing 100% as that's very hard).
Anyway.. let me know what you think, Muggle, when you've seen it
(you could post a review on your blog? Or post in the Movie/TV subforum?), I don't know if they will release an episode a week or all of them at once, or what they'll do. I'm not sure I even know how many episodes will be in the first season (but hey, I should find out in November at some point). Here's hoping it will be a good TV series!
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The Choice and The Unit both sound like interesting concepts! Nice reviews
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I didn't know Ann Cleeves had a new series out, The Long Call sounds interesting, great review
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15 hours ago, muggle not said:
Thank you poppy and Athena.
I feel very fortunate that I am able to borrow almost any book at our library. I very seldom find a need to actually purchase a book.
Athena - I did a fast check and our library has 20 Robin Hobb written books, I would guess that is about all of the books she has written.
That's great
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15 hours ago, muggle not said:34. Piranesi - Susanna Clarke - 4/5 - good read. Unusual written book.
I've heard good things about this book, I'm glad you liked it.
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On 10/17/2021 at 11:47 PM, muggle not said:
I finished the Assassin's Apprentice and thoroughly enjoyed the book. I will definitely read the remainder of the Trilogy.
We are doing ok and hope that you also are doing fine.
I am doing okay too, thanks
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On 10/17/2021 at 11:43 PM, muggle not said:
I checked my reading history today from the library. From Oct. 17, 2017 until Oct 17, 2021 (4 years) I have borrowed 170 kindle books from the library. An average of 42.5 books per year. The library only lists the last 4 years (or I don't know how to go back further than that).
Wow, how cool that you can look that up
! That's a lot of books 
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On 10/19/2021 at 3:07 AM, muggle not said:33. Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy) - Robin Hobb - 4/5 - Very good read. Maybe a 4.5/5. I will definitely read the other 2 books in the Trilogy. I now have a new author for me to read.
I'm glad you really liked this too! I hope you enjoy the other books in the trilogy too when you get to them
(your library will hopefully have them?). I still have to read more than the trilogy and read others in the same world (Ship of Magic / Liveship Traders is the one next to read for me, from what I understood from other people it takes place in the same world but with different characters / different location), and I will but I am in the mood for other stuff lately, all in good time though .
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On 11/10/2021 at 2:31 PM, muggle not said:
I am 28% into Book #1, Assassins Apprentice, of the Farseer Trilogy and am loving the book. Well written and great story.
I'm so glad you are liking it so far
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I hope you and your family are doing okay, Muggle!
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I have the Arc of a Scythe trilogy on my TBR, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Escaping Exodus sounds good and sounds like a book I might enjoy, so I'm putting it on my wishlist.
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On 24/09/2021 at 7:20 PM, Lau_Lou said:
The Girl In The Green Dress by Cath Staincliffe
Cuckoo by Julia Crouch
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Confessions of a Forty Something F##K Up by Alexandra Potter
The Red Gloves & Other Stories by Catherine Fisher
Cold Hearted by Serena Valentino
Night Music Night JoJo Moyes
Gangsta Granny by David Walliams
Hope and Happiness in Bluebell Wood by Ali McNamara
I really liked The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and I also liked Gangsta Granny. I have heard good things about Hope and Happiness in Bluebell Wood (it's on my wishlist), I hope you enjoy all of these books!
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White Flag ~ Dido
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On 9/10/2021 at 3:14 PM, Hayley said:
My plan for the September read-a-thon is to finish Botanical Folk Tales, read at least four chapters of Silence and start a new novel (probably the next Septimus Heap book, but I haven't 100% decided yet). I've had one of those 'everything that could go wrong...' weeks, so looking forward to excusing myself for a good few hours of reading now! (I've even put on my socks that say 'Go away, I'm reading' on the bottom
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Your socks sound great
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14 hours ago, Hayley said:So far I have finished Botanical Folk Tales, read three chapters of Silence and 100 pages of Queste (the Septimus Heap book mentioned above). Hoping to read some more of the latter later on but I'm happy with that already!
Well done
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13 hours ago, lunababymoonchild said:Unfortunately not. I should have but have recently slowed down on my reading and enjoying that just for a change.
I'm glad you are enjoying yourself, that's the most important thing
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14 hours ago, Hayley said:Has anybody else been doing the read-a-thon this month?
My reading:
Thursday
Ken Follett - Kingsbridge 4 or 0: The Evening and the Morning (read page 284 - 301)
Dana Simpson - Phoebe and her Unicorn 5: Unicorn Crossing (read page 1 - 105)
Friday
Ken Follett - Kingsbridge 4 or 0: The Evening and the Morning (read page 302- 331)
Ann M. Martin and Gabriela Epstein - The Babysitters Club Graphic Novels 9: Claudia and the New Girl (read page 1 - 165, finished)
Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter - Allergic (read page 1 - 156)
Saturday
Ken Follett - Kingsbridge 4 or 0: The Evening and the Morning (read page 332- 351)
... nothing else. I spent the whole day with my parents. I wouldn't have read at all if it hadn't been for my buddy read and the pages I read in that each day.
Sunday
Ken Follett - Kingsbridge 4 or 0: The Evening and the Morning (read page 352- 391)
Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter - Allergic (read page 157 - 239, finished)
Rachael Smith - Quarantine Comix (read page 1 - 212, finished)
Catana Chetwynd - In Love & Pajamas (read page 1 - 126, finished)
Allessandra Olanow - I Used to Have a Plan (read page 1 - 110, finished)
Rachel Lindsay - Rx (read page 1 - 252, finished)
Shira Spector - Red Rock Baby Candy (read page 1 - 62)
As you can see, Sunday (esp. in the later afternoon and early evening) was when I read the most and it was also the day I spent the most time reading (and when I felt most in the mood to read!). I was, unexpectedly, out all day on Saturday (and didn't bring my books with me).
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On 9/9/2021 at 11:43 PM, Lau_Lou said:
I do hope you enjoy Three Wishes.
I did, thank you
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On 9/10/2021 at 4:09 PM, Hayley said:Ooh I heard that was good. I think it also has a really pretty cover, if I remember correctly??
It does have a really pretty cover! Well remembered
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Read-a-thons 2021
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I'm sorry for being absent. I did do some reading during the read-a-thon weekend, but mostly on Thursday and Friday. Saturday and Sunday were very busy for me and I was exhausted afterwards (sensory overload), I didn't have the energy to go on the forum after.
My library loans have been handed in now, in the end I managed to read 20 out of 25 (during the loan time, not all during the read-a-thon lol).
Things are bad here again with Covid cases, so we're in a partial lockdown for a few weeks, and I'll be avoiding going out for a while. But I'm glad I at least got to borrow books once from the library (since 2019).
Did you finish Lady Audley's Secret?