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1dianeham
Think I will reintroduce my self. I am Diane Hamilton. I live 1/2 mile from the Delaware Bay in NJ. I’m retired from the county library where I was assistant director in charge of technology. Now I mostly read, cook and play a couple of online games. I’m also a poet but haven’t written anything in quite awhile.
For a couple of years I just couldn’t read anything. I’d start books and get bored really fast. I had a tiny book group that met at my house but I couldn’t even read the book I chose myself. For some reason that changed in the autumn of last year. Now I am averaging 10 books/month.
I read my books on kindle. I read samples and then go with the ones I like. I can’t really plan my reading because I will only read something that grabs me.
From the age of 26 to 35 I worked in an oil refinery in Philadelphia. In 1985 it was sold and the original company gave us lots of money. I was able to get lots of stock ownership money and severance. At that point I had spent 2 years in Drexel night school studying all the pre-chemical engineering courses - calculus, chemistry and calculus-based physics. I quit the refinery and moved to NYC where I attended and was graduated from NYU film school. I finished college 20 years after high school. Somehow I ended up at the seashore, fell in love and became a librarian.
For a couple of years I just couldn’t read anything. I’d start books and get bored really fast. I had a tiny book group that met at my house but I couldn’t even read the book I chose myself. For some reason that changed in the autumn of last year. Now I am averaging 10 books/month.
I read my books on kindle. I read samples and then go with the ones I like. I can’t really plan my reading because I will only read something that grabs me.
From the age of 26 to 35 I worked in an oil refinery in Philadelphia. In 1985 it was sold and the original company gave us lots of money. I was able to get lots of stock ownership money and severance. At that point I had spent 2 years in Drexel night school studying all the pre-chemical engineering courses - calculus, chemistry and calculus-based physics. I quit the refinery and moved to NYC where I attended and was graduated from NYU film school. I finished college 20 years after high school. Somehow I ended up at the seashore, fell in love and became a librarian.
4dianeham
>3 baswood: indeed!
6dianeham
Since it’s National Poetry month in the US, I’d like to recommend these two anthologies.
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African American Poetry 250 Years of Struggle & Song There is so much here. 1100 pages.
When the Light of the World Was Subdued Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry edited by former poet laureate Joy Harjo
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African American Poetry 250 Years of Struggle & Song There is so much here. 1100 pages.
When the Light of the World Was Subdued Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry edited by former poet laureate Joy Harjo
8Nickelini
>1 dianeham: . . . For some reason that changed in the autumn of last year. Now I am averaging 10 books/month.
Interesting! I went from a high of 104 books a year about a decade ago down to about 70 a year by 2016, and then I switched careers and dropped to about 25 a year since 2017. But like you, something switch in the autumn of 2020, and I've been reading like I'm obsessed. I'm on track to read over 100 books this year. I know part of it is that I'm not traveling and planning trips, and making my photo books after my trips, and studying Italian for my trips, but there's more to it than that.
Interesting! I went from a high of 104 books a year about a decade ago down to about 70 a year by 2016, and then I switched careers and dropped to about 25 a year since 2017. But like you, something switch in the autumn of 2020, and I've been reading like I'm obsessed. I'm on track to read over 100 books this year. I know part of it is that I'm not traveling and planning trips, and making my photo books after my trips, and studying Italian for my trips, but there's more to it than that.
9dianeham
>8 Nickelini: mysterious book juju
10dianeham
Just started Cross of Vengeance (A Burren Mystery Book 10) - a series I’ve been reading for years. Takes place in the west of Ireland during the 16th Century. The mystery is being solved by the resident Brehan judge and her law students.
11dianeham
I’m also reading The Female Man. I assume I read it before but not sure.
13sallypursell
>7 dianeham: Beautiful cover, intriguing title.
14dianeham
>13 sallypursell: thanks for stopping by, friend.
15dianeham
One of my favorite poems. Happy May Day
What Work Is BY PHILIP LEVINE
We stand in the rain in a long line
waiting at Ford Highland Park. For work.
You know what work is—if you’re
old enough to read this you know what
work is, although you may not do it.
Forget you. This is about waiting,
shifting from one foot to another.
Feeling the light rain falling like mist
into your hair, blurring your vision
until you think you see your own brother
ahead of you, maybe ten places.
You rub your glasses with your fingers,
and of course it’s someone else’s brother,
narrower across the shoulders than
yours but with the same sad slouch, the grin
that does not hide the stubbornness,
the sad refusal to give in to
rain, to the hours of wasted waiting,
to the knowledge that somewhere ahead
a man is waiting who will say, “No,
we’re not hiring today,” for any
reason he wants. You love your brother,
now suddenly you can hardly stand
the love flooding you for your brother,
who’s not beside you or behind or
ahead because he’s home trying to
sleep off a miserable night shift
at Cadillac so he can get up
before noon to study his German.
Works eight hours a night so he can sing
Wagner, the opera you hate most,
the worst music ever invented.
How long has it been since you told him
you loved him, held his wide shoulders,
opened your eyes wide and said those words,
and maybe kissed his cheek? You’ve never
done something so simple, so obvious,
not because you’re too young or too dumb,
not because you’re jealous or even mean
or incapable of crying in
the presence of another man, no,
just because you don’t know what work is.
What Work Is BY PHILIP LEVINE
We stand in the rain in a long line
waiting at Ford Highland Park. For work.
You know what work is—if you’re
old enough to read this you know what
work is, although you may not do it.
Forget you. This is about waiting,
shifting from one foot to another.
Feeling the light rain falling like mist
into your hair, blurring your vision
until you think you see your own brother
ahead of you, maybe ten places.
You rub your glasses with your fingers,
and of course it’s someone else’s brother,
narrower across the shoulders than
yours but with the same sad slouch, the grin
that does not hide the stubbornness,
the sad refusal to give in to
rain, to the hours of wasted waiting,
to the knowledge that somewhere ahead
a man is waiting who will say, “No,
we’re not hiring today,” for any
reason he wants. You love your brother,
now suddenly you can hardly stand
the love flooding you for your brother,
who’s not beside you or behind or
ahead because he’s home trying to
sleep off a miserable night shift
at Cadillac so he can get up
before noon to study his German.
Works eight hours a night so he can sing
Wagner, the opera you hate most,
the worst music ever invented.
How long has it been since you told him
you loved him, held his wide shoulders,
opened your eyes wide and said those words,
and maybe kissed his cheek? You’ve never
done something so simple, so obvious,
not because you’re too young or too dumb,
not because you’re jealous or even mean
or incapable of crying in
the presence of another man, no,
just because you don’t know what work is.
16dianeham
I envy people who have a reading plan. I just read kindle samples until one grabs me. I also wish I could describe the books I read statistically - like # of pages, countries of origin, and whatever else. I probably need to write reviews too then there will be more interest.
17LolaWalser
>15 dianeham:
Sorry I missed you yesterday! I was introduced to that poem years ago here
https://www.librarything.com/topic/112971#n7495002
Sorry I missed you yesterday! I was introduced to that poem years ago here
https://www.librarything.com/topic/112971#n7495002
18dianeham
>17 LolaWalser: thank you. That was posted on my birthday.
21NanaCC
>16 dianeham: I don’t really make a reading plan either. I used to try, but I seem to prefer reading whatever it is that strikes my fancy at the time. And as far as reviews go, I used to stress about them because I wanted them to be perfect. I decided that I’d rather be reading. So I usually just write a few comments and let it go at that. I try to write just enough that it will trigger my memory if I go back to see what I thought.
22dianeham
>21 NanaCC: good idea. And thanks for stopping by.
23dianeham
I am a nervous wreck. My husband, Michael, took our dog, Shaka, to the vet. Shaka is a huge German Shepherd. We are his 3rd owners. He’s 4 years old. The first 9 months of his life he was kept in a crate most of the time. He has a great deal of anxiety of the fight and flight mode. When he gets scared or nervous he gets crazy. He tries to get away and he doesn’t calm down. They give us meds to give him before he goes to the vet and once his adrenaline kicks in, they do no good at all. My husband tries to keep him from getting away but it’s difficult and Michael has gotten hurt more than once. We haven’t been able to find a vet that will make house calls. Shaka feels very safe at home with us.
I just need to share that and can’t put it on facebook. I may delete this later. Just so worried.
I just need to share that and can’t put it on facebook. I may delete this later. Just so worried.
24Yells
>23 dianeham: Poor puppy! It's so heart-breaking to watch them panic and not be able to do much to calm them down. I have always had cats so I don't have any useful tips for calming dogs I'm afraid. I hope all goes well and that maybe the vet has other anti-stress options for you to consider.
25dianeham
>24 Yells: thank you. I worry most about my husband getting injured.
26dchaikin
Just caught up from early March. Wish you guys well with your pup. Loved all the poetry, especially yours. Also I’m curious what you think of Caste. I reviewed it this past weekend. I’ll stop by more often. Fingers crossed for your pup today.
27dianeham
>26 dchaikin: thanks. Shaka went for his shot yesterday a\but he was so crazy the doctor wouldn’t see him.
28NanaCC
>27 dianeham: I’m sorry about the vet not seeing the puppy. Will you be able to give him something and try again?
29dianeham
>28 NanaCC: they gave us meds before this visit but they don’t work on Shaka. We called a vet who makes house calls. They aren’t exactly local. We’re waiting to hear back from them.
30dchaikin
Good luck. Poor pup. I have a German Shepard mutt and she’s territorial to a fault. Barks at everyone viciously (but is safe, would never hurt anyone). So, when we walk her we actively avoid any and every person or animal. We call her our social distancing dog.
31dianeham
>30 dchaikin: I saw that you have the Sally books about the Labrador retriever. We have them too.
And we have this hanging in our living room.
And we have this hanging in our living room.
32dianeham
>26 dchaikin: I think your review prompted me to read it. I was reading it with avid interest - thru the comparisons to India and the nazis. But when I got to the 7 pillars of caste, I had a hard time. There were descriptions of such horrible violence, death and torture. Crowds of people frenzied over violent deaths of African Americans. That was difficult.
33dchaikin
>31 dianeham: I miss those picture book days.
>32 dianeham: The lynching and torture stories are hard to read about, or, in my case, listen about. Yes, horrible, and yet that's an inadequate word.
>32 dianeham: The lynching and torture stories are hard to read about, or, in my case, listen about. Yes, horrible, and yet that's an inadequate word.
34dianeham
>33 dchaikin: the extreme cruelty is hard to take. My father grew up watching that kind of thing in Ireland. The English drug his uncles out of bed at night, tied them to a post and beat them. That was early in the 20th century. Meanwhile that and worst were happening here. It sickens me.
35dianeham
I finished We Begin at the End. Here’s what I wrote om Goodreads: This book is full of twists and surprises. People stuck in the past and yet life progresses. Lots of drama and sadness but hope and escape for the next generation.
3/4 through the book I felt there was just too much drama. But once I got to the end - it all tied together and I felt really good about it. 4 Stars.
3/4 through the book I felt there was just too much drama. But once I got to the end - it all tied together and I felt really good about it. 4 Stars.
36dianeham
Just finished The Cross of Vengeance. 10th in the series. The series concerns Brehon law in Ireland. The book was excellent.
39dianeham
>38 dchaikin: me too.
40dianeham
Just finished Hench I liked it. Very much not the kind of thing I would normally read but I enjoyed this.
42dianeham
We’re getting Chinese take out today. I was so nervous about Shaka’s shots that I couldn’t sleep last night.
43Yells
Yay! Very glad it worked out.
And glad you enjoyed Hench. I normally avoid superhero anything, but this was such a fun book to read.
And glad you enjoyed Hench. I normally avoid superhero anything, but this was such a fun book to read.
44dianeham
>43 Yells: yes, it really was an entertaining read.
46dianeham
>45 dchaikin: thanks for your concern
48LolaWalser
Sorry about the worries for the dog. I knew someone who bred and trained German Shepherds. From her tales, rather reliably grounded dogs if treated well, so it's sad to hear of one that traumatised.
49dianeham
>48 LolaWalser: thanks Lola, it really is. We so wish we had had him since he was a puppy. He is very comfortable here and feels safe with us. Shepherds have a tendency toward surveillance so we often find him peaking around corners and spying on us. I’ve been sleeping so much better since we got him his shots.
52LolaWalser
>50 dianeham:
Aw, no. I grew fond of foxes thanks to YouTube (to say nothing of bathing bears...) Sort of feline dogs, they seem to be.
Aw, no. I grew fond of foxes thanks to YouTube (to say nothing of bathing bears...) Sort of feline dogs, they seem to be.
56LolaWalser
Pointy bat ears, ever alert!
Cisco has such a soulful look.
Cisco has such a soulful look.
57dianeham
>55 dchaikin: thanks.
>56 LolaWalser: my husband takes him to the bay all the time and when he takes a picture, he tells him, "ears up!"
>56 LolaWalser: my husband takes him to the bay all the time and when he takes a picture, he tells him, "ears up!"
58LolaWalser
Haha, German Shepherds are Mr. Spock. "Shaka, when the walls fell..." :)
59dianeham
>58 LolaWalser: the walls fell?
60LolaWalser
Ooops... sorry, reference may require more knowledge of Star Trek than is prudent to reveal in non-nerdish company... :)
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/06/star-trek-tng-and-the-...
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/06/star-trek-tng-and-the-...
61dianeham
>58 LolaWalser: i just looked it up "Shaka when the walls fell."
62dianeham
>60 LolaWalser: I am nerdish company. And love Star Trek.
63dianeham
>60 LolaWalser: Wow, that is so cool.
64sallypursell
I also am nerdish ... and love Star Trek. I'm sorry, I've never been a fan of Star Wars.
65rocketjk
Just catching up. I'm sorry to read about your issues with Shaka. My wife and I are in a similar situation, though not as extreme, with our Rosie, also a Shepherd. We got her at 3 1/2. She had been abandoned, cared for a while by a homeless person, but then taken to a shelter. My wife and I had not been planning to bring another dog into our home after our yellow lab died. This was going to be our time to travel without having to bring in a dog/house sitter. Well, then there was covid. Goodbye travel, and so we decided to save a dog from a kennel. The problems we have with Rosie are not at the vet, as she is generally good outside the house, but in having people onto our property. Even the driveway is "her territory" to defend. Of course, with the pandemic, we've had a year of nobody coming over, so haven't been able to socialize her to having people in her space. So now that things are opening up here in northern California, we are taking her to training classes and trying to slowly introduce strangers onto the property. Anyway, I can totally relate to what happens when Shaka gets worked up and can't be calmed down. All the best.
66dianeham
>65 rocketjk: it’s not easy.
67lisapeet
Just catching up on your and Shaka's trials... yeah, rescue Shepherds are a real case unto themselves, from what I've seen. I would love a Shepherd—we had one when I was a kid—but I don't think my training chops are up for it at this point, plus too many cats in the house and unless we started introductions from tiny puppyhood I would always worry. But bless y'all for doing the work. Those are lucky dogs to have such patience and love on their side.
68dianeham
>67 lisapeet: thank you. We love Shaka very much but he can be a handful. We’re a little old for this but he’s here now.
69dianeham
I finished A Rosary of Stone and Thorns. Really not for me but not badly written. I found it to be a peculiar twist on heaven and hell and who dwells where.
I fell asleep last night reading No One Is Talking About This. I have a bunch of books that I haven’t finished yet that I need to get back to.
I fell asleep last night reading No One Is Talking About This. I have a bunch of books that I haven’t finished yet that I need to get back to.
70dianeham
I am reading The Lions of Fifth Avenue.
71dianeham
I finished The Lion of Fifth Avenue and I don’t recommend it. A family lives in the nypl main building, should be good. I gave it 3 stars because it was good enough that I wanted to find out what happened but really disappointing.
73dianeham
I’m not feeling drawn to any of the books I’ve been reading. Wish I was reading something that I could just fly away on.
74sallypursell
For heaven's sake, start another! Life is too short to not enjoy reading.
75dianeham
>74 sallypursell: I started The Long Goodbye then fell asleep. Pretty sure I’ve read it at least once before.
80dianeham
>79 dianeham: One of the best books I’ve picked up in a long time. Hope I feel the same when I am halfway through at 450 pages.
82Nickelini
>81 dianeham: YUM!
85dianeham
A Poem for Pulse
BY JAMESON FITZPATRICK
Last night, I went to a gay bar
with a man I love a little.
After dinner, we had a drink.
We sat in the far-back of the big backyard
and he asked, What will we do when this place closes?
I don't think it's going anywhere any time soon, I said,
though the crowd was slow for a Saturday,
and he said—Yes, but one day. Where will we go?
He walked me the half-block home
and kissed me goodnight on my stoop—
properly: not too quick, close enough
our stomachs pressed together
in a second sort of kiss.
I live next to a bar that's not a gay bar
—we just call those bars, I guess—
and because it is popular
and because I live on a busy street,
there are always people who aren't queer people
on the sidewalk on weekend nights.
Just people, I guess.
They were there last night.
As I kissed this man I was aware of them watching
and of myself wondering whether or not they were just.
But I didn't let myself feel scared, I kissed him
exactly as I wanted to, as I would have without an audience,
because I decided many years ago to refuse this fear—
an act of resistance. I left
the idea of hate out on the stoop and went inside,
to sleep, early and drunk and happy.
While I slept, a man went to a gay club
with two guns and killed forty-nine people.
Today in an interview, his father said he had been disturbed
recently by the sight of two men kissing.
What a strange power to be cursed with:
for the proof of men's desire to move men to violence.
What's a single kiss? I've had kisses
no one has ever known about, so many
kisses without consequence—
but there is a place you can't outrun,
whoever you are.
There will be a time when.
It might be a bullet, suddenly.
The sound of it. Many.
One man, two guns, fifty dead—
Two men kissing. Last night
I can't get away from, imagining it, them,
the people there to dance and laugh and drink,
who didn't believe they'd die, who couldn't have.
How else can you have a good time?
How else can you live?
There must have been two men kissing
for the first time last night, and for the last,
and two women, too, and two people who were neither.
Brown people, which cannot be a coincidence in this country
which is a racist country, which is gun country.
Today I'm thinking of the Bernie Boston photograph
Flower Power, of the Vietnam protestor placing carnations
in the rifles of the National Guard,
and wishing for a gesture as queer and simple.
The protester in the photo was gay, you know,
he went by Hibiscus and died of AIDS,
which I am also thinking about today because
(the government's response to) AIDS was a hate crime.
Now we have a president who names us,
the big and imperfectly lettered us, and here we are
getting kissed on stoops, getting married some of us,
some of us getting killed.
We must love one another whether or not we die.
Love can't block a bullet
but neither can it be shot down,
and love is, for the most part, what makes us—
in Orlando and in Brooklyn and in Kabul.
We will be everywhere, always;
there's nowhere else for us, or you, to go.
Anywhere you run in this world, love will be there to greet you.
Around any corner, there might be two men. Kissing.
A Note from the Editor
5 years ago today, many people were killed or wounded in the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida. It was one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.
Jameson Fitzpatrick, "A Poem for Pulse" from Bullets into Bells: Poets and Citizens Respond to Gun Violence. Copyright © 2017 by Jameson Fitzpatrick. Reprinted by permission of Jameson Fitzpatrick.
Please note: We strive to preserve the text formatting of poems over email, but certain email clients may distort how character indent, line wraps, and fonts appear.
BY JAMESON FITZPATRICK
Last night, I went to a gay bar
with a man I love a little.
After dinner, we had a drink.
We sat in the far-back of the big backyard
and he asked, What will we do when this place closes?
I don't think it's going anywhere any time soon, I said,
though the crowd was slow for a Saturday,
and he said—Yes, but one day. Where will we go?
He walked me the half-block home
and kissed me goodnight on my stoop—
properly: not too quick, close enough
our stomachs pressed together
in a second sort of kiss.
I live next to a bar that's not a gay bar
—we just call those bars, I guess—
and because it is popular
and because I live on a busy street,
there are always people who aren't queer people
on the sidewalk on weekend nights.
Just people, I guess.
They were there last night.
As I kissed this man I was aware of them watching
and of myself wondering whether or not they were just.
But I didn't let myself feel scared, I kissed him
exactly as I wanted to, as I would have without an audience,
because I decided many years ago to refuse this fear—
an act of resistance. I left
the idea of hate out on the stoop and went inside,
to sleep, early and drunk and happy.
While I slept, a man went to a gay club
with two guns and killed forty-nine people.
Today in an interview, his father said he had been disturbed
recently by the sight of two men kissing.
What a strange power to be cursed with:
for the proof of men's desire to move men to violence.
What's a single kiss? I've had kisses
no one has ever known about, so many
kisses without consequence—
but there is a place you can't outrun,
whoever you are.
There will be a time when.
It might be a bullet, suddenly.
The sound of it. Many.
One man, two guns, fifty dead—
Two men kissing. Last night
I can't get away from, imagining it, them,
the people there to dance and laugh and drink,
who didn't believe they'd die, who couldn't have.
How else can you have a good time?
How else can you live?
There must have been two men kissing
for the first time last night, and for the last,
and two women, too, and two people who were neither.
Brown people, which cannot be a coincidence in this country
which is a racist country, which is gun country.
Today I'm thinking of the Bernie Boston photograph
Flower Power, of the Vietnam protestor placing carnations
in the rifles of the National Guard,
and wishing for a gesture as queer and simple.
The protester in the photo was gay, you know,
he went by Hibiscus and died of AIDS,
which I am also thinking about today because
(the government's response to) AIDS was a hate crime.
Now we have a president who names us,
the big and imperfectly lettered us, and here we are
getting kissed on stoops, getting married some of us,
some of us getting killed.
We must love one another whether or not we die.
Love can't block a bullet
but neither can it be shot down,
and love is, for the most part, what makes us—
in Orlando and in Brooklyn and in Kabul.
We will be everywhere, always;
there's nowhere else for us, or you, to go.
Anywhere you run in this world, love will be there to greet you.
Around any corner, there might be two men. Kissing.
A Note from the Editor
5 years ago today, many people were killed or wounded in the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida. It was one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.
Jameson Fitzpatrick, "A Poem for Pulse" from Bullets into Bells: Poets and Citizens Respond to Gun Violence. Copyright © 2017 by Jameson Fitzpatrick. Reprinted by permission of Jameson Fitzpatrick.
Please note: We strive to preserve the text formatting of poems over email, but certain email clients may distort how character indent, line wraps, and fonts appear.
87dianeham
Reading The First Day of Spring. Very impressive debut novel. Really enjoying it.
88AlisonY
>86 dianeham: Will be interested to hear your review of At Swim. That one's been on my long list for quite a while.
89dianeham
>88 AlisonY: I put it down but haven’t gone back to it. I was enticed by a new book The Personal Librarian. A woman who is passing for white is J.P. Morgan’s personal librarian. A novel based on a real woman and written by 2 women.
90dchaikin
>85 dianeham: wow. Thanks for posting this poem.
91dianeham
>90 dchaikin: It’s a great poem.
92dianeham
I finished The Personal Librarian
95dianeham
I’ve been pretty quiet. My husband had total hip replacement surgery last Wednesday. I am generally not very active so now I am worn out. He is doing great.
I read A Town Called Solace last week. It’s on the Booker long list. I loved it - gave it 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Now I’m reading Crow Lake.
I read A Town Called Solace last week. It’s on the Booker long list. I loved it - gave it 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Now I’m reading Crow Lake.
96Yells
>95 dianeham: Yay! A Lawson fan I really enjoyed A Town Called Solace and Crow Lake.
Glad to here that your hubby is doing well and that you managed to carve out some reading time.
Glad to here that your hubby is doing well and that you managed to carve out some reading time.
97kidzdoc
I'm glad to read that you loved A Town Called Solace, Diane. I'll try to get to it this month, as I intend to read the entire Booker Prize longlist.
98dianeham
>96 Yells: just finished Crow Lake and loved it too. Need more Canadians!
>97 kidzdoc: I saw your post about reading the Booker Longlist. Which one should I read next?
>97 kidzdoc: I saw your post about reading the Booker Longlist. Which one should I read next?
99Nickelini
>989
I've owned Crow Lake for years, but it looks too tragic to ever pick up. I always think I need to read it, but I'm afraid
I've owned Crow Lake for years, but it looks too tragic to ever pick up. I always think I need to read it, but I'm afraid
100dchaikin
Glad you enjoyed these Mary Lawson novels. I had not heard of her before the Booker longlist. Looking forward to loved A Town Called Solace.
101kidzdoc
>98 dianeham: I have no idea; I haven't finished any of the longlisted books yet.
102dianeham
>101 kidzdoc: I started The China Room
104sallypursell
>47 dianeham: The Inimitable Connie Willis. She was a treasure of literature and Science Fiction.
105dianeham
>104 sallypursell: Did she die?
106AnnieMod
>105 dianeham: Nope. :) Still around and kicking and writing. Not as much as she used to but still - there was a novella in 2020.
107dianeham
>106 AnnieMod: >104 sallypursell: she was the main speaker at a conference I went to years ago and I spoke with her after her speech.
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>108 NanaCC: didn’t mean to hit you.
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>109 dianeham: Hit away, Diane! 😄 That’s what I love about this site. We get some great suggestions and get to know who has similar tastes. We obviously can’t like everything in the same way, but it’s nice to see certain books on several threads that share similar tastes. I’ve been on the waiting list for A Town Called Solace for quite a while. Fingers tapping…..
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I’ve read a ton of books since I last posted.i read a series of novellas that take place in Greenland and I loved them. The glimpse of Greenland was enlightening. The series is Greenland Missing Persons. I read 10 in the series and #11 just came out yesterday.
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>111 dianeham: Where do you discover such a series?
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>112 Nickelini: I was reading an Icelandic series and amazon suggested the Greenland books. Anniemod said she got the same recommendation.
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>113 dianeham: Yep. Haven’t got to them yet but they came up based on my Icelandic crime searches and reading. Amazon can be sneaky that way sometimes. :)
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>113 dianeham:, >114 AnnieMod:
Ah, yes, the internet rabbit hole. I've discovered so many reads down those holes. Some horrible (but not sorry I read, although probably a waste of time), and some real gems
Ah, yes, the internet rabbit hole. I've discovered so many reads down those holes. Some horrible (but not sorry I read, although probably a waste of time), and some real gems