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Thanks everyone for the podunk descriptions. I live in a kind of podunk place, you'd have thunk I'd have heard the word before today
VR, I'm in on the road trip!! 0 -
Well sisters...the road trip begins at the New York Public Library at 42 Street and 5th Avenue! Remember to visit the library when you come because it is magnificent and the tour is free!!! Docents guide you through the library. Recall that before it was built, an aqueduct sat there. For all you Truman Capote fans, there is a magnificent treasure trove of his personal belongings.
You know, New York City is really made up of many podunks. Each part of the city has its own Podunk. Come visit and we can begin with my Podunk...People may think New York is a big city, but we have our small neighborhoods with storefront libraries too!0 -
I'm in on the library tour! So miss good libraries in the States! The library that I regret not visiting is the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. We lived on the outskirts of D.C. for seven years, and I never took the opportunity to get there. Has anybody been there?0
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Joy! The Library of Congress is terrific! Walked right in one day with my younger son. Took the tour and spent hours reading all kinds of letters and documents. There's also a terrific tour of the building's architecture. O/T... We LOVED The Spy Museum too!
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Homesick ...... need my U.S. fix
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Hey I live in a po dunk town so know what you mean. Usually it just means small without many choices. I also understand about the infidelity, not being over it. It still makes me so mad, and it is so prevalent. Good luck with your book choices. I can't even remember what the name of the book I'm reading is, cause it's on my kindle and I can't just look at the cover. LOL
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I am an irregular visitor to this link but would very much like to share with you a book that is receiving an all out multi-media campaign by the Chicago Public Library. If you don't get a chance to read the book, please ,at least treat yourself to some quotes from it which are prominently displayed at the top of several of the pages of the accompanying booklet. The CPL has placed these booklets in abundance on practically every counter in every library branch.
Author Markus Zusak is a young man; yet, I found him to be a master of imagery and play. Master in the sense of a master violinist, etc., not only technically or marketably a great artist.
Personally, I am going to attend as many related October events as I can. That is saying a lot since I depend on public transport and must also limit myself to times not extending too late at night.
OK okay here are the links, one of which is to a pdf of the booklet (be sure to look at the left side of the display page).
GUIDE BOOKLET
http://www.chipublib.org/eventsprog/programs/oboc/12f_book/oboc_12f_artist.php
CPL direct link to the library holdings of the book (includes image of the book)
http://www.chipublib.org/search/results/terms/the+book+thief/ >>> BTW, I am currently thoroughly enjoying one of the recommended books, more of which I intend to pursue. LIBRARY: An Unquiet History by Matthew Battles *** Thanks for the opportunity to share and best wishes, everyone!0 -
voraciousreader: Though you would need a caravan of buses to accommodate us, touring libraries would find me signing up :-)
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Po-dunk is a term for small, in a way, not exciting. Lots of po-dunk towns where I grew up in the South.
NavyMom, so sorry you're dealing with that pain. As if BC isn't enough. I wish you peace. And lots of uplifting books!
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If a guy from Brooklyn can make a successful business out of having a pizza tour:
http://asliceofbrooklyn.com/pizza.html
Then I don't see why I can't start a library tour! The only problem would be getting all of us OFF the bus. I could see it now, all of us book lovers yelling, when it's time to get off the bus, "Wait...let me finish this...." You fill in the blank... sentence, paragraph, page, or heaven forbid, chapter! Then again, I might have to separate the people while we're driving....All those 50 Shades of Grey readers will be sitting in the front, Oprah book lovers will be in the middle, and then us non-fiction lovers, if there's STILL room on the bus...will be sitting in the rear!
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VR LOL Love it!
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Loving all the conversation regarding the word Podunk!
VR, not sure where I will fit in on the bus tour....I read 150 pages of Fifty Shades of Gray and put it away. I really thought it was poorly written and the content too "rough" for my taste.
I have read several of Oprahs books....some are great and but many are depressing.
So that leaves me in the non fiction section. Too funny!!
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VR, I would be so busy moving from one section of the bus to the other, I'd miss the tours! I am an eclectic reader, and have read 50 shades. It was ok, I liked it, not the best writing, but then I read the Twilight series too. I liked them too. I have not read a lot of non fiction lately, as right now I want the lighter stuff. If the tour comes into Milwaukee, WI, our Main Library is a piece of art. Some wonderful collections, and I believe Marquette University Library has a lot of Tolkien originals. So that bus will have to stop in Milwaukee. And as long as it stops here you might ad well see the Calatrava Milwaukee Art Museum
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Thanks again everyone for the podunk definations. I definately live in a podunk town (albeit) on Cape Cod, which has many podunk libraries.
I would be somewhere in the middle to the back of the bus. Read the free Kindle preview of 50 Shades, and as much as I like to read about sex, it wasn't for me. I have begun to appreciate more non-fiction when I find it has an application in my life.
Laurie I finished "In One Person" today. When you said that you liked the ending, I was trying to guess (and hope) what it might be while I continued reading. Although I was not disappointed, I would have been equally happy if it the ending was at a different point, not far from the ending. I'm not going to say exactly where so as not to spoil it for anyone who might read it. Perhaps you might guess where. I also found the book to be so unlike any of Irving's other novel's, (other than his raunchiness) that if I read it without knowing who the author was, I probably wouldn't have guessed. I can't even begin to imagine the inside of his head
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Got a fun new book recommendation from one of the librarians in my podunk library:
Redshirts by John Scalzi
Anyone who watched the original Star Trek knows the low-ranked guys in the red shirts were the ones who got killed on away missions. This book takes that idea and kicks it up a notch. People assigned to a starship in the year 2456 find they're living out the plot twists of a 2012 TV show. Interesting concept and a quick read.
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I actually ordered that for my e reader. Looking forward to it.
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Moonflwr, cool, let me know what you think of Redshirts.
I'm 8th on the reserve list for Wild, and was just notified that an inter-library loan is in: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury.
I went for the Bradbury because of a column in the Sunday paper, where authors recommend three books. That was one. I saw the movie (a long time ago) but never read the book.
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Just finished Ellen Degeneres' book Seriously... I'm Kidding. Hilarious and an easy read for anyone with chemo brain. Friend lent me The Lost Souls of Angelkov by Linda Holeman. Tale of a Russian family in the 1800's. Didn't think I'd enjoy it (not sure why) but its a great read - especially for me who doesn't read much fiction.
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Badger, something wicked was a book I read a very long time ago. Didn't exactly love the movie, but you know, movie, book, kind of different.
Tazzy, Ellens book sounds like a fun read. I just have to catch up, I have too many to read.0 -
Thanks for recommending;
Where'd you go, Bernadette! Really enjoyed it!
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Whaever...I am glad you enjoyed reading Where'd You Go Bernadette! You might also enjoy One Last Thing Before I Go..... Both books are a treat!
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I am reading "I Remember Nothing" by Nora Ephron. A good read and not very long.
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I finally got the nerve to pick up THE MANDMAID'S TALE by Margaret Atwood. I can tell it's going to be amazing. She is one of the best writers I've tried recently.
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Glostagirl.. i like (love) Atlas Shrugged. I'd give it a go. I don't know why I liked Ayn Rand so much in my early 20s.. maybe she seemed kind of wicked in her 'selfishness'. I am in the line for the 2nd Hunger Games book at the library. Apparently it is very popular.. i am still down by about 30. I just finished a couple of Julia Child's biographical books (am wading thru Al Gore's Lincoln (it's great actually) while looking for another book.
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Could someone tell me what's NOT to love about Geoff Dyer's writing??!! Here's what he has to say about Britian's soggy "epic non-summer" that just passed:
"Our epic non-summer has ended up being as stress-free as a season in Tuscany. We are resigned. We don't have to fret over whether to take umbrellas: madness to leave home without an umbrella or a rain coat. For the first time ever in England I have seen people cycling with umbrellas. If Darwin's theory of evolution is correct then umbrellas will eventually start growing out of people's heads, like antlers from deer. We live in July as if in November with extra hours of daylight (so-called) thrown in. One half of wisdom is not fretting about what you can't change so it's good to have made peace with the weather. The feeling of contentment merges into an inkling that one wouldn't mind no longer being alive, that it would be a relief-to put it mildly-not to have to endure such meteorological punishment. Because this "contentment" is only an inch from suicide, from chucking oneself in the Thames. It's also a resignation that could erupt into its opposite, into a scream: not in Munchian reds and purples, just a dreary charcoal smear of gray from the brolly tide of Waterloo bridge-and not a scream at all, more like a whisper, a cry that is no more than a breath."
Also read Joan River's new book at the beach yesterday. She's out of control....and I'm sorry to admit...hilarious too!
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voracious: just finished One Last Thing Before I Go...really enjoyed it! Thanks!
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I just finished reading "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed, and loved loved loved it. It was a great read for those of us in the words of AnneW "who enjoy a memoir combined with a hiking trip".
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I didn't post what we all had for dinner last mite at our get together! We had, burgers, chicken pot pie, drunken jerk, (yes, that was mine, I had to get it because of the name alone.! LOL) which was jamican pork with pineapple salsa in a banana leaf. Also on the table, baked tilapia, and a turkey sandwich. Yum, and fun.
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LOL, sorry I posted this her, I meant to post it in what you had for dinner, I blame chemo brain! Maybe the next book I read should be a cookbook! LOL.
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Oh, too funny!! I love toread cookbooks, too!
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