Book Board Chat

@ginnyrose Heh Carol, Thinking about you earlier today. Good to see you. Wondering why you had not posted.
Trying to do pictures today while the skies are sunny. Dupo says cloudy there a few miles east of St. Louis today . We'll probably have that here in Indy tomorrow.
Helen in Indy

Greetings to all the newcomers, both recently and earlier! So glad that you chose to join us.

Since I don't have a Kindle [and don't want one] I never gave it any thought about how people will no longer be able to see what others are reading until that article. While some might like that they won't have to put dust jackets of other books on their "reading material"...lol, it cuts down on 'marketing a book' by not exactly word of mouth but by sight. Seeing titles of books that others are reading sometimes spurs ones interest in getting the book or seeing that an author has a new book out. And to think that book bonding experiences like sareader/Clare had will fade into distant memory.

sareader/Clare Oh what a heart-warming moment for the two of you. I'll have to keep my eye out for Cutting For Stone. I checked to see what the book was about and found that the author wrote a memoir. The review begins with "Lauded for his sensitive memoir ( My Own Country ) about his time as a doctor in eastern Tennessee at the onset of the AIDS epidemic in the 80s..."

June Kamm (dupo) hahah about admitting that you peek at what others are reading. And thanks for a laugh re: ”What to Expect When You’re Expecting”. Somehow I don’t think that particular Title will end up on my reading list. Yep, those books are off my "to read pile" pile too!

Beth (Bethofvt) Sorry to hear Mongo is fluff. Good thing you got such a deal on the book! Too bad the author didn't do more work for his book. I bet you could write a much better one. He should have interviewed you!! So true however about how people see things and situations differently - and not just Mongo!

diane (furtima) Fool Moon was a very appropriate pick for yesterday. Last night was a beautiful Full Moon! Perfect summer night with the by the light of the full moon and the symphony of crickets and cicadas. Yesterday's weather was a picture perfect summer day and today is expected to be the same - about time! Summer is almost over and finally we are having some pleasant summertime weather. It is so great that you are getting back to your painting Diane. I always impressed with your talent. I'll be interested in hearing what you think of the movie "The Help." I had not given the music of the soundtrack much thought but from the reviews I read, lots of Beatles music!

lookwhatbobfound ~ Yes, the movie "The Help" was based on the novel of the same name. I hope to go see it this weekend. Sounds as if the people at work who are reading it plan on going to see the movie but want to read the book first!

grano/Patsy I am enjoying the photos of your trip. I like the way you put up a couple a day instead of overloading too many at one time. My attention would wander with too many at once and not appreicate them as much. Love the Antique Doorway! When you finish DeMille’s GOLD COAST, I would be interested in knowing what you thought. I read his The General's Daughter years ago and at the FOL sale saw another one of his and considered buying it but bought something else instead.

diane (furtima)& grano/Patsy BTW in case you didn't know, DeMille has also written under the pen names Jack Cannon, Kurt Ladner, and Brad Matthews. Found that out when I went to look up what other novels of DeMille I had read! I would think if you liked his style under DeMille, you might like under his pen name, unless he used those pen names to adopt an entirely different style, which might still be enjoyable anyway.

ginnyrose_carol Um, wow on reading Maugham in childhood. I didn't read Of Human Bondage until college which is when I read Camus, both The Stranger and The Plague . I'll have to email my sons, esp the younger one to see if he has read any Camus. He was the "not interested" in reading until college so is playing catch-up. So often what one has read in our younger years is what one has access to or has been exposed to. I didn't "discover" Ayn Rand until my early 20s and a person saw me reading one of the novels and said, "A bit late reading that aren't you? Most people read her in HS." haha!

BTW ginnyrose_carol I noticed that you like to use the @ to send notifications to the people you are talking to. While I received mine with the Kathleen, others will not because the way their name is done is different than what the email name is. If the @ does not turn blue, then the person will not receive it. What you need to do in those cases is click on the name and it will take you to a page which shows the name to use with the @ . For example you ID on this board is different than the @ginnyrose that I need to use to notify you of this post. Just thought you would want to know.

Irene (lovetohike) Speaking of parental blocks, when I was at the family reunion there was a computer in the lobby for use by guests. I checked to see what was happening on the BB but when I went to check the BBC, it said I needed my parent's permission! I didn't bother the staff with asking how could I read the BBC. Thought it was ironic which board was blocked and which was not...

Not only did I not get the answer to the First Line Quiz, but I never read the book. However, I have 'handled' it but not in the sense of selling it. Instead it is one that DH read in his college days and the PB edition moved with us for many years. Several facts and clues about the book: a New York Times reviewer described it as a "brilliant, painful, important book". Historian John William Ward wrote that it would become a classic American autobiography. In 1998, Time named it one of ten "required reading" nonfiction books. A screenplay adaptation was made.

Opening lines. Somehow, someway, they have to grab you by the throat and yank you into the book if they are going to get your attention. Not all memorable first lines need to be exciting, but they should be powerful in some way. This First Lines Book Quiz highlights how even short and simple lines—if they are specific, thoughtful and intriguing—can entice and seduce. See how many of the following books, some fiction, some nonfiction, you can identify by their opening lines without googling them.

First Lines Book Quiz

(5) When my mother was pregnant with me, she told me later, a party of hooded Ku Klux Klan riders galloped up to our home in Omaha, Nebraska, one night.

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