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Lily Fairbairn
Half-elven
Nov 18 2014, 4:32pm
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It's the Excedrin headache reading thread!
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Not only did I wake up with an actual, physical headache this morning  but once I tottered into my office, my email system decided to roll over and play dead.  Fortunately I was able to get into TORn!
I'm still reading Over the Edge of the World, about Magellan's circumnavigation of the world. His dwindling fleet has just about crossed the Pacific now. While I thought there was a little too much detail about the politics behind the expedition at the beginning of the book, I'm now enjoying the details of the voyage and the sailors' lives, which were, in the classic expression, nasty, brutish, and short.
Hoping all my 'sibs are having a better morning, I'll ask, what have you been 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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Annael
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Nov 18 2014, 5:04pm
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Just finishing up "The Passion of the Western Mind" at long last. Also almost done with "Wintersmith" in my re-read of the Tiffany Aching books.
I've got the latest "Kencyrath" book by P.C. Hodgell on order. Someone here, many years ago, turned me on to "Godstalk" and I found a copy and read it and immediately thirsted for more books featuring that world and that heroine - which at the time were not available. But fortunately, the others in the series started coming out in a couple more years and now we're up to the sixth book. Unique premise, unique species, unique world - and very well written.
To be sane we must recognize our beliefs as fictions.
- James Hillman, Healing Fiction
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Finding Frodo
Tol Eressea
Nov 19 2014, 4:06pm
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Shine, Shine, Shine and The Good Lord Bird
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Feel better soon, Lily! It's hard to do anything with a headache, even read a good book.
I recommend Shine, Shine, Shine by Lydia Netzer. Some other good reads recently (as I just had to consult my Goodreads app to find that author's name): Small Blessings by Martha Woodroof and Chestnut Street by Maeve Binchy. These were all really enjoyable and satisfying stories.
I just started The Good Lord Bird and it hasn't drawn me in yet, but I'll keep at it for a bit. I've been reading a lot lately, which may explain why my house is so messy. I'm home with a sick kiddo today, so I should take advantage of the time to tackle some neglected chores.
Where's Frodo?
(This post was edited by Finding Frodo on Nov 19 2014, 4:14pm)
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CuriousG
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Nov 20 2014, 12:14pm
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I thought it read like an action-adiventure story, so being true to life just made it better. I sometimes think about it when I'm on an airplane, complaining to myself about how annoying travel can be, and I remember how vastly worse it used to be, especially all those poor sailors getting scurvy and not knowing why or how to treat it, among other perils and pains.
I hope your headache cleared up quickly.
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NottaSackville
Valinor
Nov 20 2014, 12:38pm
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Still making my way through the Dresden files and truly enjoying the experience. In Changes, everything....changes. The series turns darker and more desperate.
Hope you are feeling better, Lily!
 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
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Nov 20 2014, 3:47pm
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Thank you, everyone. The headache finally dissipated //
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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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Ataahua
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Nov 20 2014, 5:48pm
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I thought Butcher had been mean to Dresden
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in the series leading up to Changes, but Changes was a whole new level of "Aw, hell...."
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
Immortal
Nov 20 2014, 6:12pm
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Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
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I've read it before, but I was browsing through my kindle and there it was. This is a story about a girl who wants to be both a witch and a wizard, and is told that girls can't be wizards. I believe this book was the one to introduce one of my favorite characters, Granny Weatherwax. And Eskarina foreshadows Tiffany Aching, who shows up much, much later in the series (and meets Eskarina in a surprise encounter.)
I've also started Trollope's Barchester Towers, which somebody here recommended a while back, though I can't remember who. I'm only a few pages in, so I don't know if I'll like it or not.
Glad to hear you're feeling better, Lily. A bad migraine can make a person feel "sick unto death".
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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NottaSackville
Valinor
Nov 20 2014, 6:51pm
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It's often hard to tell wether Butcher hates Dresden or not :)
If he actually likes him, I'd sure hate to get on his bad side!
Notta
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
Valinor
Nov 20 2014, 8:16pm
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Oddly - it didn't dawn on me how prophetic that title was until after I was done with the book. And then I went "whooooaaa".
Notta
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
Valinor
Nov 20 2014, 8:18pm
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Any book with Granny Weatherwax is a good book
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With Pratchett, I'm never sure of what order the books are in, so I don't know where a character was introduced.
But she's one of the all-time greats.
Notta
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
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Nov 20 2014, 8:18pm
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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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