Literature What are you currently reading?
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I stopped at a little free library today (they are boxes with book shelves in public places with free books to take and you can donate books there too) and found a book called The Friend by Dorothy Koomson. It looks like a thriller.
Lou
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Oh! I didn't know it was a tv series. How was it?
I may have to check it out
Lou
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I stop and check out the selection. sometimes I find a good book to read.
Oh, I should leave a book once in while.
One of my neighbors converted his Little Library into a Little Art Gallery.
On my walks I like to take pictures. Last time I discovered he has a website,
The Little Art Gallery on 31st
www.tenfingers.com
Chryssie
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I liked the show "Kindred" but I just searched and it is cancelled so I am disappointed. I will reserve the book.
Lou
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Just read a review. Darn they didn't finish the book. Well, I know how the Book ends so that might not be a deal killer - but after reading this review, I am probably not going to invest the time.
Maybe I'll watch the Underground Railroad instead. Or perhaps read the book.
"Kindred" is a pale imitation of the author's thought-provoking interrogation of slavery's historical role in instigating contemporary systematic inequality. Butler's clear-eyed themes are watered in this series; her creative vision of time travel is reduced to an unimaginative parlor trick, and her inspired world-building isn't honored. Moreover, Butler's Kindred isn't a bold reimagining of 1970s racial politics (the decade of the novel's publication) through a present-day lens. This FX series, on the other hand, is a top-down over-simplification of the radical source materia
I hate comparing every project centering on enslaved Black folks to Barry Jenkins' "The Underground Railroad," mainly because I sound like a broken record, but that series is the gold standard for these stories.
Awkward, Misguided Kindred Lets Down Its Source Material | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert
A review of the new FX on Hulu show, Kindred, based on the novel by Octavia Butler.
www.rogerebert.com
Lou
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Chryssie
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I didn't know "The Underground Railroad" had been made into a TV show. Now I will have to watch it if it is still available.
I ready Mean Streak by Sandra Brown yesterday and into the night (couldn't sleep, too much food) and it was very good.
Emma JC
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Emma JC
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Chryssie
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I read another Sandford, Virgil Flowers mystery called "Rough Country". Murder and mayhem as usual surrounding a resort that caters to LGBQ folks. Quirky characters including an all girl band and humor make this one fun like the others I have read.
Lou
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I just got the Running Grave from the library. I got it surprisingly soon after it first came out. The library got a lot of copies and I put it on hold as soon as the library let me.
I hope this means that the Ink Black Heart will be available on TV soon.
BTW The Running Grave is the latest Cormoran Strike novel. By Robert Galbraith. AKA JK Rowlings.
I hope this means that the Ink Black Heart will be available on TV soon.
BTW The Running Grave is the latest Cormoran Strike novel. By Robert Galbraith. AKA JK Rowlings.
Another Sandra Brown "Lethal" it is good so far
Emma JC
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Emma JC
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Chryssie
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Today I finished another Deborah Crombie Duncan and Gemma series book called "Necessary as Blood." It was another good mystery concerning murder and human trafficking as well as telling the back story of the couple's adopted daughter. Little Charlotte's parent's were the murder victims. I am enjoying working my way through the series!
That Arnold Schwarzenegger book is very easy to read. I am going to finish the last couple of chapters at the hairdresser today.
I was going to buy the new Elly Griffiths book, but I realised I have missed one out of the Dr Ruth Galloway books. I don't think I read The Last Remains. It is the final one. I'm going to buy that now for my kindle.
I was going to buy the new Elly Griffiths book, but I realised I have missed one out of the Dr Ruth Galloway books. I don't think I read The Last Remains. It is the final one. I'm going to buy that now for my kindle.
Chryssie
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Just finished "The End of October" by Lawrence Wright which was published in 2020. This is a terrifying novel about a global pandemic which is complicated by a war in the Middle East. It started off a little slow but once you get into it, the plot sucks you in. It is the story of a scientist who is an expert on viruses. The author thoroughly researched his subject matter and the book is full of scientific information about viruses and has lots of history of past pandemics. There is also a lot of political intrigue. Not only do we have the pandemic, but the threat of nuclear war. There is quite a lot of disturbing stuff such as animal testing. This is a really contemporary book and the stuff of nightmares!
another Sandra Brown - Sting
Emma JC
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Emma JC
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I'm 56% through this book and I don't want to stop even though it is 1.30 in the morning. I wish I had started it earlier than about 11 last night!
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