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I started How not to be a boy by Robert Webb, just for a change of pace. It's good so far, but has still not completely kickstarted my reading into gear.
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My reading has severely suffered over the last month and I am still
only about 200 pages into The Dark Tower. Last time I posted, I said I probably need to pick another book to read alongside it but I still haven't managed to choose one. My reading at work lunchtimes has also taken a nosedive as I've mainly been dealing with emails and to-do lists (or today, on this message board :lol:) but it should start to calm down soon, so I'm hopeful I can kickstart my reading again.
And write some reviews...
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Wow, it seems like a long time since
I last visited!
I handed over as chair of the local community/charity group that I'm involved in at the end of April, so I was majorly busy with planning my AGM and all the jobs left over at the end of that. Also, I can't rest on my laurels as this year I am Treasurer so I still have loads to catch up with.
I don't have much more news than that, that I can remember. It's all been a bit of a blur.
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In the build up to Infinity War, I saw Dr Strange & Civil War for the first time, which I both enjoyed. Then true to form, when I went to the cinema, I fell asleep through a lot of it!
Damn those comfy Showcase reclining chairs! I enjoyed what I saw, I just know I will need to watch it again when it comes out on Blu-ray/now tv.
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Hope everyone had a nice Easter. Ours was pretty good. I spent a nice week off with the boy doing various day trips whilst my youngest was in nursery for 4 days. Tomorrow it's back to work though (seems ages since I was in cos of the extended Easter weekend - I could almost get used to the non working lifestyle
) and holiday club for James.
Glad your dog's on the mend, Noll.
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On 02/04/2018 at 9:31 AM, frankie said:
I've been watching The League of Gentlemen, it's been a very odd ride!
It is a very strange programme but I still love it.
We caught up with the most recent 3 part series a few months ago.
And @Madeleine, I saw Requiem too and I kinda concur!
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I finished Little Women a few days ago. Review to follow soon.
Since then, I've just been continuing on with The Dark Tower but I'm sort of itching to start another book to read alongside it. I had been using my kindle to read the DT books whilst at work as I had e-book versions of them
all too, but I might continue on just with the paperback (I'm finding the paperback strangely attractive as it's got one of the titchiest fonts I've ever come across
) and choose another e-book to read at work - perhaps another round robin classic novel.
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I watched Peter Rabbit last week with my son, which was mostly quite irritating (mainly because of James Cordon's voice acting), but it did have some amusing bits in it. Of course, my 5 year old loved it!
Also been trying to fill in the gaps of mr Marvel film knowledge, after having fallen asleep through most of Phase 2 in the cinema. So have revisited Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Also watched Justice League which was fine to begin with but then I lost interest for the last half of it.
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Tasslehoff Burrfoot - the 'irrepressible Kender from the Dragonlance Chronicles. Not only one of my favourite jokesters but one of my fave characters from all time.
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I was off sick for two days last week so I had a bit of a Now tv film binge.
Get Out - rather sinister
Zootropolis - really good
Hidden Figures - amazing
Assassin's Creed - not so good, but it did give me a brief nostalgic feeling for the game
Wednesday, my son was off sick too and I had a bad migraine on top of my cold so I ended up sleeping through the only film I was bothered about seeing, which was Sing.
The rest of the time he chose Disneys I'd already seen, and then Jurassic Park and Jumanji, whereas I was hoping to watch something new I'd not seen (other than bits here and there), like Moana or Finding Dory. 😒
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Amongst other things, I'm currently watching The Assassination of Gianni Versace - it's compelling stuff.
Comedy wise, I'm watching Mum (very sweet) and This Country.
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On 22/03/2018 at 3:51 PM, BSchultz19 said:
When I saw Hidden Figures on the bargain shelf as well, I immediately picked it up. I was choosing between it and a history-based book, and I felt that I would enjoy this one more. I haven't seen the movie, but I understand that the underly plot of the book is female scientists that helped America in the space race and that is extremely interesting to me.
I saw the film last week. It was absolutely brilliant and so inspiring. I'm tempted to pick up the book myself at some point.
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Hugs to everyone that needs one!
I'm still sort of recovering from my 40th party on Saturday night. We had it at a local bar where we know the owners and it was really good fun.
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Just turned the big 4-0 last week. I don't feel any different but I imagine it will sink it when I have to tick a new age bracket and when I get the 'now you're 40, you're getting on a bit and need a health check' letter from the docs.
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I did that rare thing (for me) last weekend of finishing two books on the same day - The Daily Struggles of Archie Adams (hilarious) and Song of Susannah. Then I started two more books on the same day. The Dark Tower by Stephen King and Little Women- the first round robin challenge that I've got around to.
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50 minutes ago, Little Pixie said:
I saw a nice thing in the paper, someone suggesting it`s for anyone who takes a Mothering role in your life.
Any excuse for new books, eh ?
Ah yes, that's a nice viewpoint on it.
When I was young, I used to think "Mother's Day, Father's Day? When's Kid's day?". Now I'm older and have children of my own, I know now that that's *every* day!
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On 11/03/2018 at 1:53 PM, Onion Budgie said:
I'm past the halfway mark with Endless Night, and wow, this is unlike any Agatha Christie that I've read before. For one thing, the characterisation of the two main protagonists is extremely well done -- which, dare I say it, is something that can't be said for the majority of Christie's characters across her other works, which to me tend to be reminiscent of cut-out cardboard, and so leaving it up to the plots themselves to shine -- which they most often do. That's why AC is one of my favourite crime/mystery authors -- her plotting and twisting! But anyway, Endless Night is a gripping read, with interesting characters, and I can't wait to see what happens...
Yes, Endless Night is very different to all other Agatha Christie's. I can't remember what it's about (as it's been probably 20 odd years since I read it) but I know I really liked it at the time.
Contrary to what I said it was called the other day, I finished Assassin's Fate last night, which was fab. I had a bit of a reading blitz towards the end of it, both cos I was really enjoying it and so I didn't have a last minute rush to finish it before Friday (when I'm giving it back).
I have picked out Little Women to start but before that, I'm just sneaking it what will be a very quick read I think - The Daily Struggles of Archie Adams aged 2 1/4 by Katie Kirby (Hurrah for Gin).
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Strictly it's called Mothering Sunday in the UK and isn't the equivalent of Mother's Day in other countries.
Rather than it being a set date (or a set weekend, if you know what I mean), it's actually a religious festival (to celebrate your Mother Church) and moves about dependant on when Easter is - like pancake day.
Although nowadays wetreat it the same way as other country's Mother's Days.
I got 3 books for Mother's Day (it's still easier to say it that way
). The new Philip Pullman, Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and How to be a boy by Robert Webb.
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Sorry to hear about your dad, hope he's on the mend!
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I'm still reading Song for Susannah on Kindle at lunchtime (about halfway through) and halfway through Fool's Quest, the third in the Fitz and the Fool trilogy by Robin Hobb. I still have my Mar 16th deadline to give the books back so I'd better get a move on.
Once I've finished that, I can then get a move on with the Round Robin challenge (which at this rate will take me 2 years to complete.
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Thor Ragnarok - pretty good!
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20 hours ago, Little Pixie said:
Sounds like you`ve given them enough of a go, and they just didn`t click for you.
It`s not like you`re going to be shunned now. Yep, it does sound like it's one of those things - you can't like everything and something that is popular doesn't mean that you'll like it yourself. There are plenty of books/films where I have tried and thought "I just can't see the appeal".
Although, if you liked The Colour of Magic, it might be that you really really like Rincewind, so you should try The Light Fantastic (after re-reading TCoM), Sourcery, Eric, Interesting Times & The Last Continent.
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On 07/02/2018 at 2:47 PM, frankie said:
Any favorite characters you have? I'm still on the fence. I liked Richard to begin with but now I find him a bit boring and annoying. Erlich is funny!
Yep, Erlich is my favourite I think!
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I'm still to finish Fool's Quest even though I'm really enjoying it, but I also started Song of Susannah by Stephen King the other day, mainly in an effort to increase my reading capacity by reading it on the kindle at work during lunchtimes.
I've got a sort of deadline to finish the Robin Hobb books by mid March as my husband is going up north to visit his best mate who's just had a baby and will also see his other friend who lent me these books last year, so it'd be nice to be able to hand them back all finished. At my current speed, it won't happen, so I need to channel my past reading self and reserve some full evening reading sessions, or something like that.
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How annoying! I didn't know either.
Normally I pick these things up in the Radio Times, but it wasn't mentioned.