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Qoajo, that's interesting. It made me think about murder-suicide. According to wikipedia, murderer–suicides were found to be highly depressed (this is relating to "a study specifically related to murder–suicide, Milton Rosenbaum (1990)"). Maybe this was Hannah's way of committing murder-suicide. She doesn't kill anyone, but she does something that has long-term effects in her targets' lives.

We don't use a capital even for the location, for example saksanpaimenkoira, 'saksan' being German (or rather Germany's, to be exact. We say Germany's Shepherd :D).

Cool! I hope you'll like it once you get to it I've started reading When the Professor Got Stuck in the Snow by Dan Rhodes. Only a few pages in so I have no opinion.

I'm confused by the Durrells! Well that is no wonder because I don't know who they are, all I know is that some have written books. I just tried googling which Durrell was which. This Gerald bloke is the son of Lawrence Durrell? Had to google again.... " Lawrence Samuel Durrell (23 September 1884 – 16 April 1928) was a British Indian subject and engineer, and is best remembered as the father of novelist Lawrence Durrell and naturalist Gerald Durrell. " So there were two Lawrences... So these Lawrence and Gerald Durrells who wrote the books were brothers. Okay now I've got it. The reason why I'm rambling is that when I visited the uni library the other day, I ran into a book on Nancy and Lawrence Durrell. It was titled Amateurs in Eden: The Story of a Bohemian Marriage, and of course it sounded like an interesting read. "Nancy Durrell was a woman famous for her silences. Anaïs Nin said 'I think often of Nancy's most eloquent silences, Nancy talking with her fingers, her hair, her cheeks, a wonderful gift. Music again.' As the first wife Lawrence Durrell, author of The Alexandria Quartet, it is perhaps surprising that she is an unknown entity, a constant presence in the biographies of Durrell and others in the Bloomsbury set, yet always a shadowy figure, beautiful and enigmatic. But who was the woman who was with Durrell during the most important years of his development as a writer? Joanna Hodgkin decides to retrace her mother's fascinating story: the escape from her toxic and mysterious family; the years in bohemian literary London and Paris in the 1930s; marriage to Durrell and their discovery of the 'Eden' of pre-war Corfu and her desperate struggle to survive in Palestine alone with a small child as the British Mandate collapsed. Amateurs in Eden is a fascinating biography of a literary marriage and of an unusual woman struggling to live an independent life." It's written by Joanna Hodgkin who is Nancy's daughter.

I guess my experience with that particular dog has affected me, just like I was scared of German Shepherds when I was a kid because I had a few bad experiences. I've recovered from the GS experiences and have liked and then loved the breed for at least a decade now (I consider it a great victory!) so I guess I should now work on this poodle thing. I should give the others a fair chance! Yes, I expect the fluffy ones are usually show dogs, and maybe some of them (because of their overly keen show Moms/Dads) are used to being pampered and loved and have a bit of an attitude. But that's not their own fault, is it. Oh yes, I should write Poodle in capital, shouldn't I. I never remember you use capital first letter for dog breeds. We don't do that in Finnish. Such a coincidence, you talking about brillo!! I'm currently watching Gilmore Girls and brillo pads were mentioned in a recent episode, and it sounded like something I'd heard mentioned before on TV, but had no idea what a brillo pad was, but forgot to check it out. Now you've reminded me Yes we have brillo pads in Finland! The most used brand is called Patapata, which is funny because 'pata' means 'pot' so basically it's 'potpot' What a silly name. I hope you get to meet Brillo soon again!

I read 'pity reviews'

The 9th president of Finland, Mauno Koivisto, died last night. He became president only a few months after I was born, and he served for 12 years, and so he was the first president I grew up knowing. I think he was a great president and it feels so weird that he's gone. He's such an iconic figure from my childhood. He suffered from Alzheimer's and had been unwell recently, and he was 93 years old, so this wasn't a massive shock, but it's still really sad. May he rest in peace.

I know you guys don't mind But like I said, as it was in my own thread I thought there was no reason for any hassle I hope it won't disappoint!

Okay, good to know! I read the book at least a decade ago so I don't remember all too much about it, but I did like it and gave it a decent rating. I think it's a thought provoking novel. Thanks, I will I know I could've done that with this one, as well, but as it happened in my own reading log, I didn't want to bother the mod team with such a trivial matter

I accidentally clicked something and found myself posting the contents of another post in this particular spot, and now I've removed them. It's early and I can't find anywhere how to delete this post so I will find something literary to put in this post instead. I will google random literary trivia and find a gem... The original title of Fahrenheit 451 was The Fireman. Ray Bradbury and his publishers thought The Fireman was a boring title, so they called a local fire station and asked what temperature paper burned at. The firemen put Bradbury on hold while they burned a book, then reported back the temperature, and the rest is history. Edit: This bit of info was brought to you by buzzfeed so I'm not sure it's 100% true, but it could be!

13. The Passenger by Lisa Lutz Blurb: In case you were wondering, I didn't do it. I don't have an alibi, so you'll have to take my word for it... With her husband's dead body still warm, Tanya Dubois has only one option: run. When the police figure out that she doesn't officially exist, they'll start asking questions she can't answer. [...] Thoughts: I picked this from the library's new books' section, it sounded like a decent thriller. I'd never heard of Lisa Lutz before, but apparently she's also written a book series about a private investigator. I really enjoyed the book! I can't remember reading another book where the main character is on the run and is constantly changing her identity. I was expecting to grow tired of it, but Lutz kept it really interesting, in my opinion. There was a storyline for every new identity, whether it was a short or a longer story. I think all the storylines were plausible and I was kind of sorry to have to say goodbye to all of them, as Tanya was getting into trouble and she was having to find a new identity yet again. It took a long time for the story to get to why Tanya was actually on the run. What could she have done? And was she a reliable narrator to begin with? All questions were answered in the end of course. I thought this was a very compelling read, but I've read many compelling thrillers, and after a few years they seem to melt into one Meaning, as much as I liked reading this book, it doesn't stand out like the true 5/5 thrillers I've read. 4/5

I'll take consistency over reading 0 books, any time! Yep, at least I've read really good books, too, so it's definitely not a wasted year. I'd never heard of Lutz before, I may have to take a look at her Spellman Investigations series I really liked The Passenger! Yep, I'm happy I've read great books at least. It could be worse! I've somehow managed to avoid the hype around ILYG, so it didn't affect me in any way. I really liked the book and was really surprised by the twists, so it worked for me. I wouldn't say it's on my most favorite thrillers -list, though: there are far superior ones. But if you have a copy, why not give it a go when nothing else seems to tickle your fancy Thanks for the info! I googled the different types. I think the relatives' poodle I was talking about was probably a miniature poodle. But I still felt like there's another category to poodles because some look more like normal dogs and some are just pure cotton candy... But is it really about the cotton candy ones getting the puffing treatment by their owners? Would they all look the same, curly but normal dog like, if they weren't puffed up by their owners? You see I always thought .... Hm this makes so much sense! I always thought there were two different types (and as I never really fancied poodles, I've never had any reason to investigate) My relatives trimmed their dog. He growled throughout the process and I was so afraid if I was around when they were trimming him, because I felt like at any moment he might jump and go berserk and bite everyone. It was scary because I didn't tell anyone it was scary and I didn't ask anyone why it had to be done and everyone ignored it, as they knew to ignore it, and I just kept watching and I was scared. The dog was also really jealous if anyone got too close to the Mom of the family, and people were laughing about it and I thought it was weird and kinda scary. Nobody explained it to me. The dog also got a bit aggro when he got older and bit the two kids in the family, my cousins. So it's really the trimmed ones that I don't like, because I associate them with that particular dog. I don't mind the non-trimmed ones, and some of them actually look really nice I hope you run into poodles on your daily walks with your dogs, so you can at least admire them from afar and up close, if you can't get one for yourself!

Obi's one lucky dog You're already so far along with this challenge, and I feel like you only just started! Good job Haylie!

If only the English department allowed me to do my thesis on this topic, I'd get my Master's in no time!!

I've seen spinning on TV and it looks like hell But I think you should definitely give it a go, just for fun I think I'll have to lose a bit of weight before I feel brave enough to try jogging again... It means I should take up walking but I find it so boring! Jogging wasn't boring... After jogging, I feel like there's no challenge in walking. It's just sooo boring! I have to find a way to make it interesting. (None of my friends are interested in going for walks with me, or they don't have the time or they live too long ways away, so I have to go on my own. It wouldn't be boring if I had a friend to go with me!)

May the force be with you!

I finished The Passenger by Lisa Lutz, I really liked it I then started Keisari Aarnio, which is a non-fiction book about the former narcotics police chief of Helsinki, who turned out not to be a heroic cop but a corrupt one, making money off drugs and starting a relationship with a prostitute who was a witness in one of his cases. People were stunned when they learned about his true nature, and the book on it was published in January. This is going to be an interesting one!

I'm watching Addicted to Food.

The first third of the year is really terrible and depressing. I've only read 3 books per month! I picked up The Passenger by Lisa Lutz last week and I was reading it so quickly I thought maybe April would be a turning point and I might be able to read 4 books... but then it was the May Day and I was happily occupied with other things, and so I didn't finish the book If I read 3 books per month, each month, I'll only have read 36 books this year! 1/3 of 2017 summary January 1. Risteily by Mats Strandberg 3/5 thoughts 2. The Twenty-Three by Linwood Barclay 4/5 thoughts 3. Kohtalokas merimatka by Lone Theils 2/5 thoughts February 4. How to Find Love in a Book Shop by Veronica Henry 4/5 thoughts 5. Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld 4/5 thoughts 6. The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena 3/5 thoughts March 7. The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley 1/5 thoughts 8. Pullopostia by Jussi Adler-Olsen 4/5 thoughts 9. I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh 4/5 thoughts April 10. Popcorn by Ben Elton (re-read) 4/5 something 11. Anna online by Stefan Nyman 1/5 something 12. Chart Throb by Ben Elton 2/5 review Ratings: 1/5 - 2 2/5 - 2 3/5 - 2 4/5 - 6 5/5 - Funny ratings, though. I'm happy that half of the books I've read have received 4/5, which is my top rating so far.

May is finally here! What are you reading today? Have you bought any books? Tell us all about your day's bookish activities! I'm still reading The Passenger by Lisa Lutz. I hope to finish it today.

That you're the exception to the rule... Or maybe my theory was unfounded to begin with

Hello and welcome to the forum!

No, I've never really given it a thought. I used to cycle wherever I went when I was still living in Joensuu, but then my bike got stolen. The new one I got was a bit heavy and not as easy. Then I moved to Espoo and had no idea what it would be like to cycle there... I knew the cycling ways in Joensuu but was very unfamiliar with Espoo, and now that I live in Helsinki, I'm very much purplexed by the whole thing

I know you'd probably know a few other songs by Skunk Anansie. I'm a bit surprised you haven't heard the Guano Apes song, though! Sandra Nasic, the singer, does all the vocals I think she's amazing! Maybe you've heard this, it's one of their singles from their second album?

Maybe it's common for people to prefer singers from the opposite sex? I'm really bad at defining music... But I'd say they are both rock bands. I'm sure you would know some of their songs. I think these are their earliest hits and most recognisable ones: German is fun! Yep, one would think they had more albums... I only have the first three, the others I listen to on Spotify. I really should make more of an effort to learn the lyrics... I know some from the first three albums but I'd like to know more! I want to sing along while Till Lindemann is doing nasty stuff on the stage