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Friday: ........30 pages of How To Look for a Lost Dog by Ann M. Martin Saturday: ....52 pages of How To Look for a Lost Dog by Ann M. Martin (finishing the novel) ....................181 pages of Christmas on Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand Sunday:........76 pages of Christmas on Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand (finishing the novel)

I finished reading Christmas on Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand, it was very enjoyable

Oddly enough I'm currently reading a Christmas novel: Christmas on Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand.

I really want to watch the show!! So happy to hear this! This is the illustration in my book, for the same part in the book: I'm very glad you don't mind it being unconnected short stories phew! =D Ah, thanks for that! I don't think he was mentioned in my copy... And thanks for going through the trouble of writing down the chapters for me!! It is as I feared: my book is only half of the book you guys have =( I don't know why!! My book only has 131 pages, and 6 chapters. (I think they are the first six in the copies you guys have). I hate this!! Why would they chop up a book in half??????? I've reserved a copy for the 'second' Villi Ami book, meaning the one that's the last half in your books. I've also reserved the next two copies, which will probably be the book 2 in the English, original series. Can't wait to read more. Happy to have you join us! So glad that you enjoyed the book! So there's been an earlier TV series of the books? Interesting! I'm so thrilled that it was so much better than you were expecting Nah, I don't expect to read the entire series, either. There are so many books! Also, I don't know if they are all translated into Finnish and if there are copies at the library... And I don't have the money to buy the books. Ah, having just written to chesil about not having the money to buy the later novels... It's good to know one can find them on PG!

Finally I have time to get to discussing the book!! First of all I want to say that I'm really chuffed that everyone who's read the book so far or is reading it seems to be enjoying it a lot! I was so worried beforehand, but seems like it's been a bit of a hit! Also, I thought I'd read this first book before, but I went through my manual read books notebook and realized I've read another book, later on in the series. Meaning I haven't read this one before! But the one I read before is very much like this one in that I can recognize the characters and William, for what he is, of course =D Cool beans!! I do wish I could read the English copy, because I'd like to know more about the slang, but the Finnish translation is ACE, so I'm not really that bothered I love reading it in Finnish! Even though it will cause me some trouble what with the names of things being different... I suspect the dog of the family will be something more Finnish-like than Jumble. Ah, this reminds me... One of William's friends used a curse word that I really, really didn't expect in this sort of book =D It did say that his brother was an older boy (and thus he had learned it from him) or something like that. But it was a very blasphemous word =D How on earth did he fall in love with her so quickly and easily?!? =DI loved how she was more interested in William's shenanigans than poor old Robert, haha!

Glad you enjoyed Ragtime! I read it for a uni (American) fiction course years ago. I don't remember much about it, as it's been so long, and I don't really know if I'd gotten all the great stuff in it, had we not gone through different sorts of things happening in the novel during the course. The way our professor talked about it, the novel's stayed with me all these years. I've been thinking about re-reading it for some years now!

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Oh my lord, such happy pictures!! Jojo's flying through the obstacle course! And always a huge grin on her face Precious!!

She's been taking lessons from Jasper!! But apart from that, things are going great, right? Wohoo, 8/10!! Frankie's well happy Hehe, you'll be SM for SM Well okay SoM. Technically. Sounds like you'll have your hands full with the whole lot this time, in comparison to the previous production! But I'm certain you'll do great They wouldn't have asked you if you didn't. Coincidentally I went to see a musical this Monday, and I was thinking about how the people did all the different scenes and how they needed to have their props and all, and do it all without the audience noticing. (There was a lot of moving pieces in this show, they had to move staircases and all that jazz.) It's the sort of thing you'll be doing!! I think you should definitely bring in the whistle Oh man, if I lived there, I'd love to be your minion!!! You could boss me around and I'd be like, 'yes miss Kylie, yes ma'am!!' I hope you will have lots of fun with it all!!

I'm currently reading How To Look for a Lost Dog by Ann M. Martin. It's going great

Well, technically 1001 books does list 1001 books. But I get your point.

Would you prefer if it was 1001 Novels? I'm not particularly fussed, personally

Ketchup for me! When I was in Australia, they had gravy for dipping chips (French fries.... ) in, and I thought that was so weird! It was the first time I heard of it! I tried it but it wasn't my thing

Yep, I've been enjoying it Today I got off earlier because I was working on my own (employer was running errands) and finished early, and then she called me and said I can leave if I've done everything! That allowed me to go to the laundry room and get an earlier time and do my own laundry earlier than I'd planned, and be done with my own household chores. Now I'm kicking my feet up and just chilling for the entire weekend Sweeeet! And it feels like for the first time in ages I've really earned a weekend off

"I am Rose Howard and my first name has a homonym." How To Look for a Lost Dog by Ann M. Martin

Yeah, it's baffling I didn't know beforehand that she was an avid reader I mean before I went in for the interview. I've been really lucky, haven't I

I can't believe it's Thursday already. It's my first week at my new job and I've been enjoying it. My employer is really nice and she's got a great sense of humor I've been doing a lot of different things, like chores, and I won't go into them in detail, but I wanted to share that I've also been doing a bookcase clearance with her! We've been going through her bookcase and the books, to see which books she wants to part with. We've been doing it every day for a while, shelf by shelf. We were finished with it yesterday, but as she wants to possibly sell some of the books to a secondhand bookshop, I 'had to' write all the titles down on a Word document. All in all, she's giving away about 150 books and so I wrote them all down today. It was fun, as I love typing things down She has some great books in her bookcase! There are books I've read myself, and books I'd like to read in the future. We've talked a lot about different books and what we like and don't like She told me on Monday that if I saw any books I liked in the piles she's giving away, I could have them. I've seen maybe 5 books I've been keen on, but I don't want to be greedy Also, I vowed that I would read more books off the TBR than acquire... And so I've resisted! But today I did ask her about the Papillon book I've been eyeing (by Henri Carriére), and she said the book was good, and better than the movie, and I said it's been on my wishlist for a while and I might read the book some day, and then she said I should take the book if I'm interested. How nice and generous is that! Oh and she's been to a writing school! Wow!! She writes poetry. She's self-published a collection. I'm definitely going to ask her more about the writing school and what else she's been up to, when I've settled into a more of a routine and can talk and listen while working

Oh dear, I didn't realize I'd left a few posts 'unresponded'! Yes, there are great expectations when it comes to books with that sort of titles. I'm a bit worried, though, that maybe it might prove to be a favorite among other people and it's just me who doesn't like it. I'm tempted to go and read reviews of the novel. Don't take my word for it! And what's more, I absolutely adored the cover, too. Not just the title and the blurb. RIP. I have no abandonment issues I say abandon to your heart's content!! Like you said, reading should be enjoyable and it's no use plowing through a book you're not enjoying. Mind you, there were a few other books I abandoned, than just the titles I listed, but I'd forgotten what they were I didn't think of including a list of abandoned titles till half way through the month May this year be victorious for you in this respect! Oh and others, too Fruit cake and Grandfather clocks We each like different things, and not all of us like the more detailed and more gory stuff. But I should warn you that you will never finish the frankie 1001 Books challenge because there are some mighty disturbing books there on the list Thanks! I would definitely recommend it. It was well written. You are 100% right! Happy readers are the best readers

Hey Gaia, I started reading this book last night that I thought might interest you! It's called How to Look for a Lost Dog and it's by Ann M. Martin. I know you like the BSC books, and there's a dog in the book, and it's also to do with autism/Asperger's. I've only read 36 pages but I'm really enjoying it and thought I'd let you know about the book

Glad to hear you loved the book, Janet!! I was worried when we started that this might not be to other people's liking but now I'm not that worried anymore Off to work soon so just a quick question: what's Jumble? I have the Finnish translation and I don't know who/what Jumble is supposed to be... I'm also now worried that I might not actually have the 'whole' book. How many pages where in your copies? Also about the illustrations: I also love the ones in mine! By the same fellow. But I have a different picture than the one in Janet's book I'll show you guys later!!

I started reading this last night and I've been thoroughly enjoying the book It's been probably 2 decades since I read the book last, and I remember I enjoyed it but thought that William was a bit of a sh*t But now I'm thinking, he did usually mean well... Well, most of the time... Well, some of the time! He just had this tendency to get himself into trouble. Like poppyshake said, it's kind of unusual that William fancies girls... I'm not sure I can come up with another book about a boy his age who noticed women. I'd also forgotten about his brother and sister... Poor siblings I'm having dinner in a mo so won't be long, will talk in more detail later, but I'll say this much now: I'm reading a Finnish translation, and on one hand that's too bad because I'd love to be able to quote all the best bits!! But on the other hand, the translation is absolutely gorgeous and effortless! I love it Also, a fun fact: The boy is not called William in Finnish. It says in the blurb that now that William has come to Finland to stay, we have given him the name 'Villi Ami'. And how did that come about? We needed a boyish, prankish kind of name that slips nicely off the Finnish tongue. William - Viljami [which is an actual Finnish name and the equivalent of William] - Villi Ami. And what does this Villi Ami mean? 'Villi' means 'wild' in English And Ami is just Ami. A name. Not a Finnish name, but a name anyways.

There are definitely some abandoned books that I want to give another go later on. Some were books I couldn't get into because I wasn't in the right mood. But rather than holding onto them after putting them down, I thought I'd take them straight to the library because there are just too many books to choose from anyways! Some books I had to abandon also because of the due date ... This was the case with the Jesse Eisenberg book and Where They Found Her by Kimberly McCreight. The Jacqueline Wilson book I might read later on, as well. We do love our libraries A favorite one? Hmm.... I really liked the one in Laajalahti because it seemed to be all about the books. It was small and quaint It felt like just the sort of library I'd like to work in. I also really like the Pasila one, as it is bigger but still very much about the books. I can't wait to go there again and go through the English titles section! That's my favorite part: you never know which books they have in different libraries. When I was living in Espoo, I got used to the English section there and so it felt like there wasn't much of a chance of finding something new and interesting there. Because I was there all the time and knew the section! But with all these libraries in Helsinki... I don't know any of them by heart, yet! There's one library that I like the least, though, which is kind of surprising. It's a small one near the railway station. The reason I don't much like it is that half of it is dedicated to music: CDs, vinyls, cassettes, sheet music, books on music... I love music but I listen to it on Spotify so... There aren't that many books there, either! And they have three book stands of pocket books, and I like the variety in those, and one can find some great stuff in there, but the books can be borrowed for only 2 weeks and one cannot renew the loans. Sigh It's also very techy, and seems like a place for hipsters and busy people... Not my scene.

The last day of January! I've had a pretty good reading month I've read 3 books off the TBR pile and not acquired any books! I've also read two books off the First Tuesday Book Club reading challenge (Summer House with Swimming Pool and One of Us). Ratings-wise it's also been a very good month: 1/5: - 2/5: - 3/5: 5 4/5: 2 5/5: 1 And a look at the actual books: (I've become curious about the number of books I abandon per year and this year I thought I'd write them down, too, whenever I remember) read books January - A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig - gift and topical/seasonal + TBR - Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch - library loan - Bream Gives Me Hiccups & Other Stories by Jesse Eisenberg - library loan - didn't have the time - Mykkä tyttö by Michael Hjorth & Hans Rosenfeldt - The Square by Rosie Millard - library loan - Tyttö vailla nimeä by Gunnel Beckman - TBR - The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster - TBR - Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella - library loan - Where They Found Her by Kimberly McCreight - library loan - abandoned - A Pleasure and a Calling by Phil Hogan - library loan - abandoned - Secrets by Jacqueline Wilson - library loan - abandoned - Viola in Reel Life by Adriana Trigiani - library loan - abandoned - The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George - library loan. Totally abandoned it, what a melodramatic and boring piece! - One of Us by Åsne Seierstad - library loan - Just William by Richmal Crompton - group read - currently reading

8. One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway by Åsne Seierstad From Amazon: On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb outside the Norwegian prime minister's office in central Oslo, killing eight people. He then proceeded to a youth camp on the wooded island of Utøya, where he killed sixty-nine more, most of them teenage members of the country's governing Labour Party. In One of Us, the journalist Åsne Seierstad tells the story of this terrible day and its reverberations. How did Breivik, a gifted child from an affluent neighborhood in Oslo, become Europe's most reviled terrorist? How did he accomplish an astonishing one-man murder spree? And how did a famously peaceful and prosperous country cope with the slaughter of so many of its young? As in her international bestseller The Bookseller of Kabul, Seierstad excels at the vivid portraiture of lives under stress. She delves deep into Breivik's childhood, showing how a hip-hop and graffiti aficionado became a right-wing activist, a successful entrepreneur, and then an Internet game addict and self-styled master warrior who believed he could save Europe from the threat of Islam and multiculturalism. She writes with equal intimacy about Breivik's victims, tracing their political awakenings, teenage flirtations and hopes, and ill-fated journeys to the island. By the time Seierstad reaches Utøya and relates what happened there, we know both the killer and those he will kill. In the book's final act, Seierstad describes Breivik's tumultuous public trial. As Breivik took the stand and articulated his ideas, an entire country debated whether he should be deemed insane, and asked why a devastating sequence of police errors allowed one man to do so much harm. Thoughts: I think I found about this book when I was going through the 2015 list of the books read on the First Tuesday Book Club show. I'd never been keen on reading it, but when I saw a copy of it at the library, I borrowed it anyway. I've read my fair share of true crime books, but this one was different for me. The serial killers I've read about have all been Americans (as far as I can remember), and their crimes took place either before I was even born, or at least well before I even became knowledgeable of the fact that such things as serial killers existed. It's felt very 'safe' to read about people and events that took place in far away continents and way before my time. But with Breivik, all that changed. This man is from Norway. He's a fellow Nordic. He killed all those people only 5 years ago, and he's only two years my senior. I remember where I was and what I was doing when I heard of the attacks. It was a beautiful summer's day and it felt really unreal! And most of his victims were young kids... Who had nowhere to escape. This was a really harrowing read. I never should have read it late at night in bed, I should've had another book on the side for that. One of the things that makes the story all the more unique is that Breivik didn't commit suicide at the end, but surrendered. He wanted to live to tell his tale and get his spot in the lime light. And would you believe it, he's now actually studying at the Oslo university. Yes, he got accepted. No, he doesn't attend the classes, he does everything online in the prison. In the last part of the book the author told us what hardships Breivik comes by in the prison. He doesn't like it that he doesn't have his wardrobe and all his clothes with him. He has to ask the guards for an extra shirt if he's cold. And they will bring him just a random shirt, which is most likely one of his Lacoste shirts which are expensive and very good shirts and he doesn't like to wear them out. He also doesn't like how his food plates and cutlery are collected so soon, feeling he needs to rush his meals. He doesn't like how the doors are slammed and he feels like the other inmates listen to music too loudly, in order to anger him. Yes, the real struggles of life... His victims will never be able to listen to music or eat a meal or go to uni or anything. But that probably doesn't cross his mind... 4/5

Well, I couldn't remember what wellingtons are called in AmE so I wikied for fun, and there was a long list of words used for rubber boots. I thought Alaskan Sneakers sounded really funny Yeah people, be prepared!!!!