Anna Begins

I don't know if I should read Darkly Dreaming Dexter first or watch season 1 first or do both at the same time. Any input?

That looks like so much fun! I have a coupleof signed Barkers, but my dog ate Forms of Heaven as a puppy. Looks like you had a great time! I wish there were book stores around here that do signings, I've only been to a few Clive Barkers ones.

Shirley we can come up with a book or two for Best YA book????

Sitting up straight on the end of the bed, using a trunk as a table or at a table sitting straight in the chair

That's adorable

Thanks Frankie- I will check out Darkly Dreaming Dexter *goes off to Amazon for the sample* And oh wow- all of them are all 7 or 8 seasons are available streaming on Netflix *high five*

Sort of- 1984. It was really the first thing I had read after a long drawn out, painful relationship. I was just getting back into reading and I started with 1984. And yes, everyone was impressed. I was 24 and a mess, living on my own for the first time. And here I show up with a book for the first time in 6 years (my partner didn't like me to read, we would reunite, but I never lived with him or stopped reading again). And I show up with 1984 no less! I loved (and cringed, I think I even read through one eye, wincing at a some points lol) every page.

Easy- The Commodores https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQUZj57oljA

Oh ya- all the better Which one to start?

I'd like to see it- I enjoyed the book. Have you read it?

That sounds great! TBR list for me, I'll give it ago. Plus, I think a lot of those Amazon reviews are bias. It's pretty pricey here though- $9.

I'd be interested to hear what you think- I have that first one on my revised TBR this year list. Cuckoo's Calling.

Just finished a fascinating bit from BBC News Magazine, about a series of robes tied with patters of knots that have been excavated from Inca sites. In sort of a morris code, archeologists believe it was their system of keeping lists or inventory. Now I am reading Hillary Mantel's article on Wolf Hall, which I had to stop last night before I fell asleep. I cheated and skipped to it I loved The Secret Garden as a early teenager and always wanted to read it as an adult. So pretty. Congrats on completing P&P, I know you were a bit apprehensive. And wow- that Scottish history sounds daunting!

Yes, I have been trying that. Also with a critical or argument point of view, which I usually shy away from. Although for assignments, write now they iust want simple paragraphs. I've been told by wine makers that headaches and slight rashes during or after drinking wine is caused by sulfites in the wine.

I always get Dexter recommended for me- both the show and the books! That is an interesting translation. This comes as close to the as closet definition I could find: not capable of being defended especially by military action. I chose (but didn't post for fear of sounding like a moron ) Behind the Beautiful Forevers by America investigative journalist Katherine Boo. This is a beautiful book about a gritty topic- life, death and hope in the slums of Mumbai. The book is filled with all you can imagine- horrific sanitation, widespread recycling of trash- and what you can't. The characters are unforgettable and it all goes down in the shadows (literally) of luxury hotels and Mumbai's International Airport (You fly over one of the largest slums in the world as you come in, Dharavi). Winner of a gazillion awards, this was my favorite read of last year and came late in the year, around August. Boo won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service and has been a staff writer for the New Yorker magazine since 2003. (The first time I wrote this, it was better lol) That is sort of the challenge, you should take part (you too Frankie!). I'd love to see what you'd both pick. You can see future topics in the link on the first post. Tomorrow is I read it to impress (and did it?) And then best YA book. I kinda think about it on and off in the day (Although tomorrow's I had picked long ago ) Best YA book is TOUGH. Almost makes me wish I had a Twitter, just to follow!

Ok, something is wrong with Photobucket right how and we all know what the poster for the movie Aladdin looks like so I'm not bothering. I have only seen this movie once before last night (was on TV, my daughter picked it, my mom and I just had a shared glare like, great). I was really surprised how stereotypical it was. I know Disney has been hounded for this before, but I was pretty shocked. And then we were talking, Disney has nothing for Aladdin at Disneyland (we go a lot) and we don't often see Jasmine (or Pocahontas ever) much anywhere- it's usually Ariel, Frozen, Cinderella, Tangled, etc. Anyway, there were a few "aw's" at the end from us and laughs. 3/5 Is H20 the Rob Zombie one?

I too have the John Green book on my TBR list- for this year, I believe. Glad to see it got a 5/5 from you!

Ok there is no definition for undefendable, but it is in honor of the first S Dowd Memorial Lecture: The Siobhan Dowd Trust works to give young people the opportunity to read and enjoy literature. It is the money earned through royalties and foreign sales of Siobhan’s books that allows the trust to support deserving projects. The Siobhan Dowd Trust exists to fund any person or groups that: Take stories to children and young people without stories; Bring the joy of reading and books to children and young people deprived of access to books and of the opportunity to read; Fund and support disadvantaged young readers where there is no funding or support. In accordance with Siobhan’s wishes, our funding process is very open, flexible, and we hope, simple. Sounds cool. The lecture will be given by Patrick Ness, two time Carnegie medal winner and Author of A Monster Calls at the Edinburgh Book Festival on Saturday 16th August, 5pm.

I know, right? I mean, how irritating! It was a different synopsis right after the Amazon one. I understand they can't police the poster's reviews. but they can AT LEAST make sure official stuff is! Anyway, now that I know, I might be reading something other than that next. I think it's going to be When You Were Older (which sounds a little like When I Found You) or Where We Belong. Has anyone/ is anyone going to read Pay it Forward? Seen the movie?

Oh cool! I hope you like it- they have great book reviews. I'm anxiously awaiting the Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall article- I just haven't gotten to it yet! I'm still on the Incas- amazing.

^^ quite a haul! I'd like to read The Last Samurai. Interesting! The "Left Coast" is quite the hybrid! We took a drive across the country and found NO to be the way he describes. Lafayette and Baton Rouge seemed to have lots of "minorities" being the majority (although, the few places we stopped in those cities were a tad scary. We stayed in NO for 3 days, I think). I'd like to read what he has to say about the history of NO leading to it being so openly diverse. I saw a lot of this working in politics/ news radio as well, especially working with a Libertarian. Thanks!

Its awesome- I've been reading every issue since Jan.

Sorry, I got it through Amazon at the Newsstand... I don't know if it is online There is a piece on Rome too.

Hey! I finished it. I think it was supposed to be just a paragraph or something, but it ended up being a short essay about 220 words. I borrowed heavily from the arguments posed in that Washington Post article you posted, thanks for that. It's only a "journal" assignment (which will be graded at mid term though), so I thought Id just make it what I wanted I totally went critical on it.