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Re: What are you reading?
DIR By: Paloma
Date: February 2, 2022, 10:45 pm
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How fun that you're reading this too! I will resolutely zip my
lip 🤐 .....but pls do say how you like it when you're
done!
#Post#: 70012--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
DIR By: BethinDC2AZ
Date: February 3, 2022, 3:33 pm
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I just started the Midnight Library. Not sure yet if it's good
or trite and predictable.
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Re: What are you reading?
DIR By: Paloma
Date: February 3, 2022, 3:40 pm
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Not that this counts....but I liked it. :) It's an interesting
premise.
But my lips are sealed otherwise . 🤐 Enjoy!!!
#Post#: 70152--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
DIR By: Lurknomore
Date: February 3, 2022, 10:36 pm
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Just finished an older book, Midwives, by Chris Bohjalian. Wow.
I don't even watch the PBS show Midwives (*totally unrelated to
the book, just similar subject matter) as not into midwife
stories, (and I disliked OB/ GYN in nursing), but his book was
amazing. I’ll never forget it. Highly recommend.
#Post#: 70169--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
DIR By: NoLongerAubergine
Date: February 4, 2022, 12:30 am
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> Just finished an older book, Midwives, by Chris Bohjalian.
Wow. I don't even watch the PBS show Midwives as not into it,
(and I disliked OB/ GYN in nursing), but his book was amazing.
I’ll never forget it. Highly recommend.
>
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I haven't read that one or watched the series yet. But I
recently read another book he wrote "The Hour of the Witch". I
liked it very much. Quite a different topic though. I'll keep
this book in mind, too.
#Post#: 70252--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
DIR By: Lady_Lessa
Date: February 4, 2022, 9:28 am
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--- Quote from: NoLongerAubergine link ---
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> [quote author=Lurknomore link=topic=68.msg70152#msg70152
date=1643949391]
> Just finished an older book, Midwives, by Chris Bohjalian.
Wow. I don't even watch the PBS show Midwives as not into it,
(and I disliked OB/ GYN in nursing), but his book was amazing.
I’ll never forget it. Highly recommend.
>
--- End Quote ---
I haven't read that one or watched the series yet. But I
recently read another book he wrote "The Hour of the Witch". I
liked it very much. Quite a different topic though. I'll keep
this book in mind, too.
[/quote]
I'm in the middle of his "Close your eyes, Hold Hands" and am
having trouble putting it down. It starts slow, and the story
seems to jump around, but it is worth the time.
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Re: What are you reading?
DIR By: Lurknomore
Date: February 10, 2022, 8:56 pm
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Another amazingly written book, a 2017 one by Emily Ruskovich, “
Idaho”. Here’s a review:
HTML https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/04/idaho-by-emily-ruskovich-review
#Post#: 72932--------------------------------------------------
Re: What are you reading?
DIR By: NoLongerAubergine
Date: February 11, 2022, 8:00 pm
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--- Quote from: Paloma link ---
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> Not that this counts....but I liked it. :) It's an
interesting premise.
>
> But my lips are sealed otherwise . 🤐 Enjoy!!!
>
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Still reading - I'm about 2/3 through. But I did want to say
that I LOL'd when Jake went into the old house and the women
said "do you like hazelnut coffee? We only drink Hazelnut." I
guess it's a joke beyond the Haxnuts' forum.
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Re: What are you reading?
DIR By: Paloma
Date: February 12, 2022, 4:16 pm
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--- Quote from: NoLongerAubergine link ---
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>
>
> Still reading - I'm about 2/3 through. But I did want to say
that I LOL'd when Jake went into the old house and the women
said "do you like hazelnut coffee? We only drink Hazelnut." I
guess it's a joke beyond the Haxnuts' forum.
>
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OMG, I did notice that scene!!!
And I had to wonder, why the hazelnut hate? It must be a
"purist "thing, which goes along with one of the overarching
themes of the novel.
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Re: What are you reading?
DIR By: NoLongerAubergine
Date: February 13, 2022, 2:51 pm
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--- Quote from: Paloma link ---
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> [quote author=NoLongerAubergine
link=topic=68.msg72932#msg72932 date=1644631204]
>
>
> Still reading - I'm about 2/3 through. But I did want to say
that I LOL'd when Jake went into the old house and the women
said "do you like hazelnut coffee? We only drink Hazelnut." I
guess it's a joke beyond the Haxnuts' forum.
>
--- End Quote ---
OMG, I did notice that scene!!!
And I had to wonder, why the hazelnut hate? It must be a
"purist "thing, which goes along with one of the overarching
themes of the novel.
[/quote]
Hadn't thought of the theme angle. Makes sense.
So, I finished last night. It was an enjoyable book but not a
page turner, for me, until well past half-way. Although I wasn't
surprised by any of it (and anticipated the final twist very
early on even without enough context to even know why), it was a
fun read. Your mention of theme makes me wonder if I should
think about it more from that perspective. I tend to be an
escapist reader, so I'll bet I missed some things
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