Tag: talking about books

Book club: Brave New World/The Girl on the Train

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Just wanted to drop a quick note to all my book nerds out there. I don’t think I’ll be able to host the Lockup Library Book Club today. It’s just been too hectic here at Shady Acres.

Between helping my mom bake, I’ve shovelled the falling snow twice, cleaned and refilled the pellet stove, and when my mom is done baking, I’ll be taking over the kitchen to bake Crystal’s World Famous Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake.

She’s going to give it to my dads boss, so this cake will be an international phenomenon.

So hopefully, next week the book club will be back in full force. But I will admit, I’m not too impressed with Brave New World. I don’t know if I have to be in the right frame of mind, or if I’m just not into it. I’ll try to read a little more before I decide either way. I think I’ve gone 100s of books since my last DNF.

Until next week, book nerds!

First line Friday

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Hey hey book nerds! We’ve made it to another Friday, I’m proud of us. We did it! So Friday means another first line Friday. You ready? I’m ready.

What was last weeks book, you ask? Did anyone guess? Did you guess correctly? I don’t know, because there were no comments 🧐

But here was last weeks book: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Here’s this weeks. I have a hint as well. It was recently featured in a book haul. And it was published this year. I know, me with a book from this year. Mind blown.

She watched. That was her gift. To disappear into the black, sink into the shadows behind and between. That’s where you really saw thing for what they were, when people revealed their true natures.

Can you guess it? Post a comment with your guess, and may the odds ever be in your favour!

3 for Thursday

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Three quick questions. Three quick answers. I like these types of posts. Bring on the questions!

Bookmark or dog earring the page?

Usually, I’d just dog eat the page, but the last batch of books I picked up at the local second hand store had a bookmark in one of the books. So now I use bookmarks. Bookmarks are cool.

Hard cover or paperback?

I’m easy. I’ll take whatever I can get my hands on. I like the trade paperbacks. They’re a little bigger than mass market paperbacks, and usually better quality. So I think my answer is trade paperbacks.

Do you like cliff hangers?

I love cliff hangers. I just need access to the next book in a series, so I can find out what happens next, right away.

So there you go, 3 for Thursday. It’s almost the weekend!

WWW Wednesday

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This is a simple one to do. But I like it. It’s just a wicked quick blurb and window into what’s going on here at the Lockup Library.

What are you currently reading?

I’m actually reading two books; Brave New World, and The Girl on The Train. I hope to have Brave New World finished soon.

What have you recently finished reading?

The last book I finished was Full Dark, No Stars. A book full of short stories by Stephen King. I really enjoyed them. Just enough meat on the plate to paint a picture, then boom! Next story.

What do you plan on reading next?

That’s a very good question. I usually crowd source what I read next from my readers, but I might snag a Christmas book from work. See the boss brought in boxes of books to donate to the library, and we’ve been taking the books that we want. There’s a Christmas mystery there that I might take and read. Or maybe Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. I haven’t decided.

3 popular books I’d like to read

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There’s so many books that I’d like to read. If you looked at my hand written list you probably wouldn’t know where to start. Like I said, there’s so many that I want to read, I just picked 3 to talk about this fine morning

The Troop by Nick Cutter.

The Troop follows a group of Boy Scouts that have to battle tapeworms, and danger from within. Seems like an amazing physiological thriller. I’ve never had a book “scare me” before. Maybe this one will scare me!

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E Schwab.

The whole premise of this book interested me as soon as I read about it. An 18th century woman makes a deal with the devil to live forever, but is cursed to have no one remember her. Until someone does. Sounds interesting, doesn’t it?

The Sundown Motel by Simone St. James.

Murder mystery in the 80s? Sure! I loves me a murder mystery for sure! I’ve ready it’s part mystery, and part ghost story. I actually think in one of the horror lists Crystal has sent me, that it was on there, and the cover caught my eye.

Honorable mention: Pine by Francine Toon. Described as a modern gothic horror. Sounds like I’d like it!

So there you have it 3 popular books I’d like to read!