Anna Begins

Gorgeous Northern California spring morning, about 21C at 10:30am. I've been sitting outside on the patio, reading and on the computer. Sometimes, I really love living here.

So better so far than 101?

Whoa- I would probably stop watching right about then as well. I was being ambiguous about Insurgent... what if I spoil it for some people? Here:

Insurgent. There aren't words.

If you want to try it out, PM me your email address and I will attempt it.

If you don't want to spend the money, Amazon tells me I can loan it to your Kindle, I think it's for 15 days.

I was lucky the day we went, it was during the week, in mid- late September As I remember it, there was hardly no cue and you could really take your time looking at stuff and go about on your own pace. It was sort of like the experience in The Fault in Our Stars.

Oh good, being the Howey fan I am, I will await your impressions, as I am sure Wool will be good I trust in the power of Hugh I have the original book by Krakauer, I read it in 2012 but remember, my mom loved it, so don't take my word

I was just going to ask you what Het Achterhuis meant, although I could kind of tell it meant something like "attic house"? It is very eerie and... well there are no words in the experience of going to the Anne Frank "house" on Prinsengracht and then seeing pictures displayed of Jewish people, being herded down the same stretch of Prinsengracht that you can see from the window.

Oh goody- I am glad you liked the movie! The book will be SO MUCH easier. I got a little crazy and downloaded a bunch of Phillip K Dick's Kindle Singles. (The Man in the High Castle). I am having trouble with my Kindle, it keeps wiping out my home screen history, and losing my current read. Amazon says it might be the software.

Woohoo! I am so glad you liked it! Now can I tell you my favorite part? You'll never guess

I'm so glad you had a good time! I hope you like the book!

Jim Parsons (Big Bang Theory) in the Pixar film Home. Loved it!

My mom loved it, I hated it Make sure you see the great movie after, a wonderful performance from Emile Hirsch, who plays Chris McCandless and awesome soundtrack from Eddie Vedder. Directed by Sean Penn.

After Season 2, there is an interview and some bits (as Gaia would say ) at the end from them and it is pretty interesting. I'm sure it was in the afterword, not the Introduction. Anyway, ya I'll talk books any day

Oh lord, it was terrible, was it not?? I read The Caretaker and The Dark Age, both of which were good and short, they didn't have the editorial problems so, ya he is hit or miss for me. I am guessing the editorial ones are his first independent ones, the better ones might be professionally published? I am not sure with Gurley, I just found him via Howey. He seems to have great ideas, some of them just don't work out. Thanks for telling me about The Last Rail- Rider (is that the same story?), that was my next read of his.

Ya the two of us just finished those same books lol She the Meyer's, me the Platt and Wright. I am so glad you are reading Anne Frank! Feel free to PM me about it as you go.

I can join you on Friday and Monday. Actually, I plan on reading a lot the week of the 6th, as I will have school off. I have no ideas of what my next read should be though! Friday will probably be close to the end of the Picoult, I can read a thon that and perhaps finish it depending on how far I get today. After Plain Truth I have to pick from my list again. Monday, I can probably make it through something short.

Yes, I almost chose Nineteen Minutes. That will probably be the next one I read. I'm glad you are enjoying both books! I liked Season 2, but I like the middles Yes, the movie is based on the book. The book has a more complete ending- from what I hear. My mom went to see it, I didn't but I read the book 3 times. I keep doing that too! It doesn't help that the parts are short-ish and snappy! It's like, "I'll just read this one part" and then you see the next lines and then its "ok, just this part"

Thanks! Much appreciated! I think you would enjoy it, I had you in mind as I read it! It was unreadable. Which is annoying because I have liked some of Jason Gurley's other work. I am really liking Plain Truth- thanks! I love that it centers around the Amish. When we went to Lancaster, Pennsylvania (oddly the news pronounce it LAY- cay- ster), we saw lots of Amish. Of course, we went down a few side streets and ended up near their farms. All over Penn. are true and rip off goods from the Amish- quilts, chairs, benches, carvings, etc. We even saw yellow signs with a buggy and horse silhouette on it, to warn motorists to use caution. I'm just wondering about your library haul

Yeah!! I am so glad you are liking the book! I Louie! We can talk about it in one of our threads when you finish, if you want. I'd love to tell you my favorite part, but right now, it would spoil it. I started my first Jodi Picoult book last night, staying up to read nearly 100 pages in one go! It is called Plain Truth, about an Amish murder.

I should've seen this earlier! Great Hemingway section and I loved 1776. Did you read the Four stories? What did you think? (forgive me if I missed the review). I stepped in to tell you I started my first Jodi Picoult! I picked Plain Truth but was this close to Nineteen Minutes.

Title: The Man Who Ended the World Author: Jason Gurley Genre: Apocalyptic, thriller, science fiction Age: Adult Pages: 272 (abandoned) Dates: 3/23- 3/24 From Amazon: When Steven Glass's third grade teacher asked his class what they wanted to be when they grew up, Steven's classmates shouted the usual answers: "A fireman!" "A teacher!" "The President!" When his turn came, Steven said, "When I grow up I'm going to be the last man on Earth." Warning signs don't come much clearer than that. My thoughts: The story immediately draws you in, as a kid trails Steven, The Man Who Ended the World before he ends the world. The kid, Henry, happens to see Steven disappear into a secret hiding spot/ living space, Steven’s “Space Station” that is accessed through the trunk of a Chevrolet parked in a junkyard. Steven is not crazy though, he is a billionaire living in a panic room the size of several football fields and with four levels, half a mile below the surface of the Earth. The plot was a good idea and it started off well, but I would have loved the use of some quotations. Actually, it got so ridiculous, I couldn’t even keep track of who was speaking to who and when someone was speaking or when they were just thinking internally. It is such a turn off, that I am abandoning the book. But I can expect this from Jason Gurley, his work has been hit and miss. And while I have been wanting to read this for awhile and it is disappointing, at least I can move on to something else. Luckily this was in A Taste of Tomorrow: A Dystopian Box Set, which was either free or $1 and I will be trying others in the series as there will be some good ones for sure, as an example Yesterday’s Gone Season One by Sean Platt and David Wright was included in this 11 book volume (which is free in its own right and yes, does use quotations). Disappointing.

I can see your point about the storyline, but I have to disagree about the characters, I thought the one- eyed, gun toting grandfather, Ames' Atheist brother Edward (despite being only in the book in small amounts), Ames' shy wife and his namesake, Jack, were the strongest characters. But I saw it more of an emotion book than an event type book, like you said, not a strong plot but more a character study. Interesting comments, thank you! It was a different kind of book that I have been reading lately

Thanks- it was beautiful and heartbreaking. There is a Table of Contents by genre, you can see how many are in each one. I find there is a lot of Paranormal, a genre I am not very familiar with, so that is different for me. The science fiction ones are all so varied, but the genre is too, so.