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Location: Woodstock NY
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Me too. We have to have a landline to run our alarm systems thru and the credit card machine. Cell phone is in my purse for emergencies. Basic flip phone. |
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12-08-16, 09:11 PM | ||
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I do wish it had an adapter so you could just plug it in the wall for power. Not sure how I feel about the battery thing. I'm guessing it recharges the way my MP3 player does, so it's probably not a big deal, but still. I guess what I want is a desktop MP3 player, large enough to just sit there like an actual stereo? Maybe I'm old fashioned, LOL!
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12-09-16, 01:16 PM | ||
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Listening to Wizard of Earthsea- for some reason, I'm not getting the love this book gets. Was it one of the first wizard dragon books for kids? Also listening to Breakdown by Kellerman- and this one has me hooked. Was half way through Love, Loss and What We Ate- by Lakshmi- i didn't know anything about her other than she was married to Salman Rushdie. I'm on hold to get it back- actually reading this one. Also reading/ listening to Modern Poisons- got this through NetGalley- it's a book about toxicology and looks like it is supposed to be a popular science book. But, I'm pretty sure that someone without a good knowledge of chemistry won't get much out of it. (unless they read it like a textbook, with notes and a marker.) This is a subject I'm quite familiar with, but not an expert. Probably best for someone with a chemistry or biology background who wants to be an activist or people who work in industry who want a realistic perspective on how chemicals affect us, industry PR people. So far, it doesn't seem to have a strong bias- despite the name. But, I'm 1/4 of the way through. |
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12-10-16, 08:36 AM | |
Join Date: Jun 2003
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I picked up two reserves from the library:
-Lauren Graham "Talking as Fast as I Can" -Wendy Walker "All is not Forgotten" which is psychological suspense
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12-24-16, 09:27 AM | |
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I finished the Lauren Graham book, which I mainly skimmed. It was a quick and shallow read, to be honest.
I read all of "All is Not Forgotten" which was engrossing, but a little slow . I think it could have been about 30 or 40 pages shorter. ETA-"All is Not Forgotten" is being made into a movie. I'm not sure I could watch it, though (the main topic is the rape of a teenager. It was hard enough to read). I finished "Watching Edie" which is another library loan. The author is Camilla Way. It is a British psychological suspense book, and yet another one told in flashbacks by different characters until you get to the big "event" from the past that brought on what is going on in the present day....sigh...it seems like most psychological suspense books are being told in this way now. I think it was worth the read, though. I just started the Irish author Cathy Kelly's latest book "Secrets of a Happy Marriage." I always enjoy her books. Sherry
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12-24-16, 09:28 AM | ||
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