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    Luna's Book Blog 2021

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    On 1/31/2021 at 5:10 PM, lunababymoonchild said:

     

    Thank you very much.

     

    I have read the Winternight Trilogy and loved them, I also liked Small Spaces and Dark Voices. I'll post reviews.

    When the story ended in Book 3, Winter of the Witch, did you keep reading until there were no more pages. I found the remainder of the book to be very enlightening. as Arden explained how she came to write the series and explained where she got the idea. I was mind boggled to find that a lot of book 3 was based on actual facts. :)

    I have liked everything Arden has written to date.

    France's reading 2021

    in Past Book Logs

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    2 hours ago, lunababymoonchild said:


    It is the follow up and available as a free download if you type it into a search engine.

    I can't seem to be able to get it. Would it be possible to give this dunce a step-by-step?

    2021 - Books Read - Muggle Not

    in Past Book Logs

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    This is the lowest number of books read by me in at least 30+ years. I got the list from Amazon though and I noticed that they omitted at least one book that I have read so maybe others may have been omitted. Even so, it is an embarrassing low number of books. A few years back I read 71 books in a year.

     

    1.     Warlord  (Saxon Tales series  book 13) – Bernard Cornwell – 4/5

    2.     Have You Seen Luis Velez  - Catherine Ryan Hyde - 3/5

    3.     A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles – 5/5

    4.     Rules of Civility – Amor Towles – 4/5

    5.     Snow Falling on Cedars – David Gullerson – 3/5

    6.     Norwegian Wood – Huraki Murakami – 3/5

    7.     Fools Paradise – Mike Lupica – 4/5

    8.     The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek – Kim Michele  Richardson – 4.5/5

    9.     The Giver of Stars – JoJo Moyes – 4.5/5

    10. Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles) – Kevin Hearne – 3/5

    11.  Daylight (Atlee Pine series book 3) – David Baldacci – 4/5

    12. The Pickwick Papers – Charles Dickens 4.5/5

    13.  A Wizard of EarthSea – Ursula K. Le Guin – 4/5

     

    Your Book Activity - June 2021

    in Past Book Logs

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    I just finished The Wizard of EarthSea. Enjoyable read. I put book 2 of the series on hold for my kindle at the library. Should receive it shortly as I am #1 on the hold list.

     

    I also have book #17 of the Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny on hold and a book by Karin Slaughter on hold at the library. Both books have not actually been released yet but I got my holds in early and am very low on the hold list. Both Louse Penny and Karin Slaughter are very good writers. I have read every one of their books to my knowledge. If you haven't read any books by Louise Penny I strongly recommend them to you. Also recommend that they be read in sequence, a must.

    1971 - A Year of Great Music Hits

    in Music / TV / Films

    Posted · Edited by muggle not

    1 hour ago, Madeleine said:

    Amazing songs amid what was the start of a very dodgy era..... which did give us Bowie as well of course!  You've forgotten David Cassidy though, or was he a bit later?  I remember it was very much David/Donny, a bit like Blur vs Oasis in the 90s!

    David Cassidy came a little later.

     

    poppy - the 1971 list of songs were truly awesome with great singers.

     

    There may be a year that has more legendary songs than 1971 but I can't think of one. The 50's was my favorite "ERA" for music but I don't know of a single year in the 50's better than 1971.

     

    Anyone, please list the year and  compilation of songs if you know of a year better than 1971 for legendary music.

    Wine

    in Food, Cooking & Recipes

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    19 minutes ago, Marie H said:

    Oh dear, what was I thinking that it was a Hardy White Zinfandel *face palm*, when is it a simple Gallo Family White Zinfandel :eek:. How embarrassing!

    Have a glass on me. :)

    1971 - A Year of Great Music Hits

    in Music / TV / Films

    Posted · Edited by muggle not

    1971 – A year of some great music hits. There are stories behind every hit but I didn’t take the time/effort to write them. :)

     

    One Bad Apple – Donny Osmond

    Go Away Little Girl – Donny Osmond

    Proud Mary – Ike and Tina Turner

    It’s Too Late – Carole King

    Brand New Key – Melanie

    Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver (written by Bill Danoff & Taffy    

      Nivert who 5 years later would have a major hit “Afternoon Delight” singing

      Under the name “Starlight Vocal Band”. Denver also contributed in the writing)

    Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers (his breakout hit which was inspired by the

      Movie “Days of Wine and Roses” starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick)

    Brown Sugar – The Rolling Stones

    Imagine – John Lennon (this song has been covered by over 200 artists)

    Theme From Shaft  - Issac Hayes

    What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye

    Riders on The Storm – The Doors

    Me and Bobby McGee – Janis Joplin (written by kris Kristofferson with whom

      Joplin had a torrid affair. Kristofferson didn’t hear Joplin’s version of the song

      Until the day she died. Me and Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin was one of the 2

      Greatest hits released posthumously along with (Sittin On) The Dock of the Bay

      By Otis Redding)

    The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – Joan Baez

    That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be – Carly Simon

    Wine

    in Food, Cooking & Recipes

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Marie H said:

    Found a bottle of Hardy’s Zinfandel in the cellar  garage today, so that’s now chilling :)

    I wonder how long it has been in the garage. :)

    What vintage is it?

    Wine

    in Food, Cooking & Recipes

    Posted · Edited by muggle not

    6 hours ago, France said:

    I live near Bordeaux so there's loads of excellent wine made locally (our mayor makes a wonderful rosé and a sparkling pink which is our go-to party wine). Then if you want to up the game a little there are Graves wines just over the river (lovely, flinty dry white and reds) and a little further away there's St Emilion and the Medoc where bottles can get seriously expensive. I went to a wine tasting at Chateau Haut Brion (one of the top 4 Bordeaux chateaux) where they opened two bottles for a group of 15 - 2005 vintage, which retailed at £500-700 and £750- 950 respectively! They don't sell wine at the chateau either!

     

    I also love Sauternes and it's close cousin made on our side of the river, Loupiac, whch are vins liquoreux, sweet and aromatic, and are defintely not the same as most sweet wines (made quite differently) and drunk here with savory dishes, not sweet ones. I occasionally take tour groups of mostly Americans to a couple of the Sauternes chateaux and even those who go saying they hate sweet wines are usually totally converted by the end of the tasting.

     

     

    I once owned 2 cases of the 1982 Bordeaux. One of the cases was Chateau Bon Pasteur and the other case was Branaire Ducru. I bought the wine as wine futures while it was still in the cask. Excellent vintage and I enjoyed it tremendously. I envy your tasting of the Chateau Haut Brion. Renowned wine critic Robert Parker once said that his goal in life was to drink as much Haut Brion as he could afford. :)

    The Pickwick Papers

    in The Classics

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    I have now finished The Pickwick Papers and will give it a 4/5 rating. I thoroughly enjoyed the book.

     

    I wish I could have met and talked with Charles Dickens. He would have been an  awesome person to talk with.

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