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Annael
Elvenhome
Apr 18, 11:29pm
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What have you been reading?
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Now that the boards are working again, it's time to bring back some of the regular features!
I just finished The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab. WOW. Beautiful story, beautifully thought out and written. Highly recommend.
also read Anxious People by Fredrik Backman and then watched the Swedish series. I think the book is better but in some ways the show is funnier. Apparently there's an American movie version in the works.
I tried The Dog Stars by Peter Heller. Hated it.
And you?
I am a dreamer of words, of written words.
-- Gaston Bachelard
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Lissuin
Doriath
Apr 19, 12:31am
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Zippy boards today, indeed! What a pleasant surprise! Like Project Hail Mary.
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After watching Project Hail Mary in IMAX, then seeing it again two days later in my cozy local cinema, I just had to read the book. After checking all the Wellington area library systems and finding their copies completely out, with waiting lists for the book, I gave in and supported my local independent book shop. It has been well worth the NZ$27 bucks for the paperback. Ryan Gosling and Rocky delivered the book's humorous dialog perfectly, and it's easier to absorb the science references at my own pace - with Google immediately available for clarification. My 50+year old geology and physical anthro courses did serve me well.
Highly recommend.
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Otaku-sempai
Elvenhome
Apr 19, 4:48am
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I've been reading some Raymond Chandler lately, specifically The Long Goodbye, featuring the tough-guy private investigator Philip Marlowe.
“Hell hath no fury like that of the uninvolved.” - Jenny Blake Isabella
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Lily Fairbairn
Gondolin
Apr 19, 2:28pm
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Between the dire results of my eye infection (I'm now blind in one eye) and the slow boards, I haven't been here for quite some time.
Fortunately, I was already into audio books and am now listening to Eleanor, by historian Alice Loxton. She walks the route between Lincoln and London which saw the funeral cortege of Eleanor of Castile, Edward I's queen. Loxton tells about her own journey (at one point she quotes RotK)as well as winging off into multiple historical topics. She reads the book herself, doing a great job of it.
I can still read fairly well on my ereader and have even bought a new one. I just finished the newest Precious Ramotswe book. In the Time of Five Pumpkins is small, quiet, and positive. A comfort read, in other words.
Paper books are another matter, sadly, but at least I can appreciate the piles of them I have in my house!
Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?
Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing?
Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow....
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Tintallë
Mithlond
Apr 19, 7:39pm
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Backman is a favorite and I have read Anxious People so I think I'll have to give the series a try.
I've been on a fantasy binge lately, listening to Jim Butcher's six-book Calderon series as well as the many books of The Dresden Files. I love Butcher's sense of humor and James Marsters is an incredible narrator.
I'm currently reading Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, The Keeper by Tana French, and Fit to Die by Daniel Kalla.
I was listening to the audiobook of Theo of Golden but my library loan expired before I could finish it, so I'm waiting to read the end of that one. It's rather delightful!
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N.E. Brigand
Gondolin
Apr 19, 8:37pm
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I didn't much care for the movie.
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In a literature and film class I audited in college more than 30 years ago, we read a half dozen novels and watched movie adaptations thereof. I very much enjoyed Chandler's novel but felt that Robert Altman's updated adaptation starring Elliot Gould as Marlowe took too many liberties. I was inordinately proud of myself for being the only person in the class to recognize the film to which Altman paid homage with his last shot, though.
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dernwyn
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Apr 19, 8:51pm
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You have been having so many problems with your eyes, I'm sad that eye could not be restored! 
Would an LED magnifying lamp help make the paper books readable? And can you still read magazines?
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Otaku-sempai
Elvenhome
Apr 19, 8:51pm
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I think I've seen that film but it has been so long that I can't remember much about it. When I'm reading Chandler the voice in my head for Marlowe falls somewhere between Humphrey Bogart and Powers Booth.
“Hell hath no fury like that of the uninvolved.” - Jenny Blake Isabella
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Annael
Elvenhome
Apr 19, 10:07pm
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I hope the infection has been dealt with and there will be no further repercussions?
I am a dreamer of words, of written words.
-- Gaston Bachelard
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Kimi
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Apr 19, 10:55pm
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I'm so sorry to hear that, Lily.
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I do hope the infection has now been thoroughly dealt with.
Thank goodness for the technology that means you can still enjoy books in other formats.
The Passing of Mistress Rose
My historical novels
Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?
- A Room With a View
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Lily Fairbairn
Gondolin
Apr 19, 10:55pm
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Yes, I am doomed to have eye problems, I'm afraid. I have an LED lamp for the book pages, so that helps. And magazines are still doable. I long ago started looking for things with larger print!
Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?
Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing?
Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow....
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Lily Fairbairn
Gondolin
Apr 19, 10:57pm
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The infection is long gone, but it was much worse than it might have been because of the invasive eye surgery I had in 2015---which was intended to save my sight from glaucoma. As my mother used to say, you can't win for losing.
Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?
Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing?
Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow....
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Lily Fairbairn
Gondolin
Apr 19, 10:58pm
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Yes, technology can be quite the boon!
Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?
Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing?
Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow....
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Lissuin
Doriath
Apr 20, 3:30am
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For a great reader such as yourself, this is a hard knock, indeed. It's good to hear that you're finding workarounds. There is still so much to read! 
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Lily Fairbairn
Gondolin
Apr 20, 2:12pm
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Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?
Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing?
Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow....
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Lily Fairbairn
Gondolin
Apr 20, 2:14pm
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I think I was born behind in my reading!! 
Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?
Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing?
Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow....
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Lily Fairbairn
Gondolin
Apr 20, 2:15pm
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Hugs back again, gramma.
I'm not sure I've ever read Grisham, so thanks for the recommendation. And for all the good vibes as well!
Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?
Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing?
Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow....
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Otaku-sempai
Elvenhome
Apr 20, 2:51pm
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This is a bit belated, but I am sorry to learn of your partial blindness. I hope that your vision isn't impaired in your good eye.
“Hell hath no fury like that of the uninvolved.” - Jenny Blake Isabella
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Lily Fairbairn
Gondolin
Apr 20, 6:29pm
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My remaining vision isn't ideal, but as long as I don't get an infection in that eye as well, I should be all right.
Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?
Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing?
Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow....
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Annael
Elvenhome
Apr 21, 4:05pm
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I am a dreamer of words, of written words.
-- Gaston Bachelard
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NottaSackville
Doriath
Fri, 1:19pm
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I'm glad you're still able to enjoy reading in one form or another, though.
Here's to hoping this is the last of your eye troubles!
Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville
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NottaSackville
Doriath
Fri, 1:27pm
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Subtitled "The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald".
My wife bought me this book for my birthday. The Edmond Fitzgerald is probably the most famous shipwreck on (under?) the Great Lakes here in the USA/Canada - immortalized in a popular folk song by Gordon Lightfoot.
As someone who grew up in the area, has lived in the port of Duluth, and is interested in great lakes shipping in general, I've always had a bit of interest in the sinking of the Fitzgerald.
I have to say, I'm not 464 PAGES of interested! But still, I've learned some things from the book I definitely did not know (and skipped some chapters I definitely did not care about), but we're about to get to the actual voyage/storm itself, and now my interest is peaked.
Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville
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Lily Fairbairn
Gondolin
Fri, 2:24pm
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Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?
Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing?
Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow....
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