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Mitzi wrote: "Hi! I truly apologize for not being active within the group. I will try to find time to be partly active. Anyways, I'm trying to challenge myself and read classics and have an understanding on anal..."No need to apologize, we love it if our members are active, but sometimes life happens :) Re classics, there are so many out there that it depends on what kind of books you like to read. Have you tried browsing through some lists of popular ones? (/list/tag/cl...) Some of my favourites are Pride and Prejudice, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Slaughterhouse-Five, Gone with the Wind, and The Handmaid's Tale
Not sure where best to put this, but if anyone else was wondering why they weren’t getting notifications anymore for threads they are following: apparently the notifications are temporarily disabled: Fingers crossed that they can fix and enable them again soon.
Ahh, I had actually begun to wonder about that, haha... Thanks, Marleen 👍
Marleen wrote: "Not sure where best to put this, but if anyone else was wondering why they weren’t getting notifications anymore for threads they are following: apparently the notifications are temporarily disable..."Marleen
Thanks so much for sharing that news!
Although it mentions email and phone notifications, I also stopped received in-group notifications as well.
RJ from the LBC wrote: "Mitzi wrote: "Ok, question? How do you stop yourself from piling in more books on your already long list of books to read in the future?"Let me know if you ever figure out how to do this. ;-)"
I'd like to learn this trick too :)
Seems we have a new bug in case anyone was wondering: newsfeeds are not updating. They’re working on it according to:
Marleen wrote: "Seems we have a new bug in case anyone was wondering: newsfeeds are not updating. They’re working on it according to: ..."Thanks for sharing! ŷ is not having a very good month, first with the notification issue and now this. Hopefully they are able to fix it soon.
Looks like the newsfeeds are working again :)
Christine wrote: "HAPPY WINTER!"Thanks Christine. I'm always happy to get the shortest day of the year out of the way.
Thanks Zeejane (Sara) and no problem RJ from the LBC
Happy New year! Since there is no favorite books of 2021 topic yet Ill post this here for now.
I finished my first book of 2021 and loved it!
Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono, Emily Balistrieri (Translator)
The book that inspired the movie Kiki's Delivery Service. If you like the movie you will probably like the book.
Christine wrote: "HAPPY FEBRUARY EVERYONE!"Same to you!
Is there anywhere on goodreads where we can see the reading weeks in advance. Like a list of reading weeks for the year?For example this week is Romance week
AurorainBookland wrote: "Is there anywhere on goodreads where we can see the reading weeks in advance. Like a list of reading weeks for the year?For example this week is Romance week"
Not that I know off. They probably like to keep it flexible in case events precipitate a change.
Esther wrote: "AurorainBookland wrote: "Is there anywhere on goodreads where we can see the reading weeks in advance. Like a list of reading weeks for the year?For example this week is Romance week"
Not that I ..."
Thanks.
Happy 1 Day late Valentine's Day Everyone!
Zeejane (Sara) wrote: "I got my new Kobo ereader yesterday yaaay! I already have a Kobo Clara HD which I like, but I disliked having to log in/out of Overdrive to get library ebooks from the two different library systems..."Never heard of that e reader does it support Libby its an app some libriaries use. Im researching e readers since my library uses Libby and the have a lot of books I want to read on that app.
Zeejane (Sara) wrote: "I got my new Kobo ereader yesterday yaaay! I already have a Kobo Clara HD which I like, but I disliked having to log in/out of Overdrive to get library ebooks from the two different library systems..."Ignore first reply Libby and overdrive is the same. Thanks for sharing kobo sounds awesome buttons to turn pages and they have headphone jacks.
Zeejane (Sara) wrote: "Yes, they’re connected-by default all Kobo ereaders have Overdrive installed (you just have to log in with your library card info), and then I have the Libby app on my phone, which I use for my lib..."Does sync work if your not using a computer? Assuming yes since you use Libby on your phone.
That sounds annoying and should be fixed :(
Kindle went to all touch screen no buttons and Ive found buttons to turn pages more user friendly, had a kindle once.
Zeejane (Sara) wrote: "Yep, I loaded a book yesterday onto my Kobo, while sitting on my couch, using the Libby app on my phone :) Then I hit the sync button on my Kobo and it popped up. My Clara HD doesn't have the tur..."
Cool! Thanks for the info. I was looking at the Libra h2o on their website yes its pricy but so are most tech things but its worth it to protect eye health.
Christine wrote: "HAPPY MARCH EVERYONE!"Same to you, Christine!
Hi! Anyone here interested to play a team challenge from a different group? They are short of 3 players. Please message in the thread here Team Travelling Through the Pages. Thanks!
Christine wrote: "HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!"I didn't even know it was st. Patricks day
Niharika wrote: "Christine wrote: "HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!"I didn't even know it was st. Patricks day"
We normally try to find a pub that serves Guinness for St Patrick's Day (DH is a fan) but this year we are going to a massive can't-be-missed wedding! (it is legal but 'green pass' only)
Well I just reminded you Niharika and oh ok Esther and oh that’s cool Esther
Christine wrote: "IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY!"Happy (belated) Birthday Christine!
Thanks Zeejane and RJ - Slayers of Trolls
2025 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
The Road (other topics)Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (other topics)
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Gone with the Wind (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Cormac McCarthy (other topics)Ken Follett (other topics)
Lucy Clarke (other topics)
Heather Gudenkauf (other topics)
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My suggestion: a hermitage :D
But also, why would you eve..."
Hehehehe! I love reading new or old books, but with my lack of capability of having time to read and my long list of books is overwhelming. If time can stop for a long time, I'm for sure gonna read my hundreds of books I want to read. I'm definitely gonna try hermitage on the weekends:)