I'm glad you said what you did Betsy because I think part of what did put me off was the surfer environment and wondering whether I'd relate to it. (I
now recall reading the flap in the library.) Of course, it's going to join a really long list of TBRs, but I'm so glad you followed up on reporting
your reaction. Thanks
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12/29/08 03:38 PM BCC Zen Bookie Master
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And my new Chas Todd (A Matter of Justice) has just been shipped! One more month to go before the newest Louise Penney comes out here in the US too!
Betsy
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HEY, where's mine? I pre-ordered mine too--was that Amazon or from elsewhere? Sniff
ETA: Oh ME of little faith. Mine shipped too and is due here TOMORROW!!!! YAY YAY YAY Only problem is that I devour them so fast. Maybe I should ration the pages? Yeah right LOL
Reading: When Will There Be Good News by Atkinson; Edgar Sawtelle
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"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me" - CS Lewis
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12/30/08 12:31 AM BCC Zen Bookie Master
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Behave, Jodi!
Oh and I just received two free books from Amazon Vine: The Piano Teacher, chosen because of Jill's rave reviews here and Val McDermid's Darker Domain. I do hope it isn't ghoulishly violent. Ha! Oh me of little faith (makes two of us here!)! I choose the books and write the reviews and Curt gets the credit because he's the one who was selected by Amazon to pick and write. Curt selected me to read, enjoy and then do the homework. Hey! It works for us! Yup, Jill. My C Todd should also arrive tomorrow and we can do the CT diet together. How does that work? One or two pages daily? Can't be done! How bout a chapter a day?
Betsy
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12/30/08 04:29 AM BCC ZEN Bookie MASTER |
Wait a minute here... how do either one of you get chosen for Amazon Vine? I had the impression you had to be a mega-reviewer... rather than a mega-reader ...
to get picked for that. Who's the guilty party -- Curtski or Betski?
Anyway, I hope you enjoy The Piano Teacher, Bets, because I sure did. Now I just need to marshal myself to write that review... (I swear I don't understand why LTER puts up with me. They send me so many books and I write so few reviews. I'm better at *talking*, not *writing*!)
Karen
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12/30/08 10:53 AM BCC Zen Bookie Master
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Curt reviews manuals for Apple and other tech products...a lot of them, so he's the one who was asked to be the Vine reviewer. He really wasn't
interested in reading and reviewing the fiction that Vine offered so he asked me to "help out". I guess that's not entirely kosher but we put
both names on the reviews. They offer other products beside books and he does those occasionally. Meanwhile, I started Piano Teacher last night; it's an
ARC which I don't understand since both Karen and Jill read this already in presumably non-ARC format. Anyway...it hooked me immediately so I'll be
enjoying this read for sure!
Betsy
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Betsy, both Karen and I got Piano Teacher as an ARC from LT. Will there be anyone left to buy it? LOL by the way, a slight early spoiler about the woman who is
the Piano Teacher (I've forgotten her name)--it comes during the first or second lesson she teaches:
About the Charles Todd diet...I don't think I'd be able to limit myself to one chapter a day any more than I manage to limit intake of foods I really love. It's easier to ration the so-so books/foods. But I'm also planning on finishing the Atkinson first too. That doesn't stop me from watching for the UPS truck--it's a sick sick sickness.
Reading: When Will There Be Good News by Atkinson; Edgar Sawtelle
Finished: Divine Justice by Baldacci Snoopy Dancing our way through life
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Rutledge is here Rutledge is HERE--gawd he smells so good. I have to admit, the first thing I do with a new book is fan the pages and sniff. It's like a
fix. As I was reading the flap I remembered how well the last book's plot was handled (the one with all the cottages in a bunch). Mmmm I love my addiction.
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That's OK Jill, I used to like the smell of "bluelines". Weird, huh?
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me" - CS Lewis
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That's OK Jill, I used to like the smell of "bluelines". Weird, huh?Not weird to me Jods, I love that smell too. For normal folks, bluelines used to be the stage just before final printing (pre-digital) and it was a rather smelly light blue ink on a special photographic type paper. It's a rather chemical smell not unlike a darkroom.
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Karen quoted:
Sample of prose: "Tumbled rock lay in her way alongside shattered trees, their branches torn loose or tufted into bouquets. The silhouettes of old root systems reared up before her like warnings, something brainlike in their clogged, venous gnarls, and dangling there amid the damp earth like Christmas ornaments were pebbles and shards.">>> Karen, sometimes it seems like an author tries too hard to write beautifully. I wonder if that might be the case in this book, Outlander. Has anyone read it? I grabbed Monica Ferris' newest title. Thai Die -Clever title. It's nice to spend a bit of time with Betsy and Goddy.
Mary
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12/31/08 12:00 PM BCC Zen Bookie Master
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I've got mine too, Jill! I've started Piano Teacher though and probably will finish that one before starting the Todd but like you, had to open and
enjoy the look and feel of the newest addition here! Yes, I agree totally with your spoiler comment although it surprised me at first.
Betsy
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