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Sun tea is great. Take a glass jar, add cold water, add tea bags, set in sun to brew, take tea bags out, add sugar, drink. Luzianne tea make good sun tea.
It is bt the original drummer Steven Adler. (Well....it says it is by Adler but I have to say that he might have shared some stories and memories, but there is some wording in here that makes me believe his collaborator did the bulk of the writing. It isn't really that good but for my current reading drought it's fine. I feel like there are randomly placed name drops and sexcapades that sound soooo phony. Maybe they happened but the retelling seems gratuitous and boastful.
WS,You may want to check out crossroads.Interesting group and several of your friends from Slippery Fish are there---andI wish we could do something to revive the Scanda mystery group....It hangs by a thread in its activity level
I read the post about sweet tea. Some teas make better iced tea than others. Tazo black tea makes a good iced tea and just add sugar to your liking. Those guys on SFI will have you making Baptist-go-to-meeting sweet tea. If you try making sun tea don't squeeze the tea bags when you take them out of the container- it makes the tea bitter
Tilly (Peanut ) sounds perfect for your dogWhat a cute face.We have 1 miniature fox terrier(rescue) (a paw and 1/2 old)(according to my husband)He came with a microchip and was named Pacino...we call him Chi as in energy!We lost our 15yr old mixed terrier in Jan.Her name was Lui...my right hand partner.She was also called Tammy (her shelter name)I still miss her.Her brother died the year before.He was 16 and a rescue terrier also.....gorgeous black white and brownHis name was Rex...We called him Re Re as in Do,Re, Me....------------------Through The Eyes Of A Dog is written byJennifer Arnold, founder and executive director of Canine Assistants, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing service dogs for people with disabilities.She has studied dogs and offers wonderful insights on various behaviors and also tip for the dog owner.I did this in audio.I really need to see a hard copy to get the most out of her suggestions.
Thanks sparrow.I saw we have some books and groups in common and I couldn't resist the dog.
Free? Lucky duck! I hope you like it- I listened to the audio version and loved it. It was fantastic. Enjoy!
If you like Jane Gardam - Crusoes daughter is in eformat
Try the RULES OF CIVILITY- 1937 New York. The prose is brilliant. No one reads literary fiction on the island. THE ORPHAN MASTERS SON is extraordinary , don't let Mimsy's meh put you off.
ok i fixed it so the name and the picture are the same
Not yet and I'm having trouble with the name staying constant- but I have the Snow Child. Right now I'm reading The Bottoms- murder, east Texas, 1930s very good.
If you are interested I more than scifi or mystersys pop over and chat in Crossroads. That is where my reviews will be or Storyheart talks about all kinds of books and I think of you. The Historical Fiction group seems good, I joined that.
Hey WS did you sign up for newsletters while out as amazon? Get the kindle daily deal and the monthly best of books sent to your in box! Don't forget to look at the monthly offerings of $3.99 or less. Or the new releases. Most of my most favorite authors I preorder and then - bing! A new book
That Schwarzenegger Conan is an interesting story. Back in the late '20's to mid '30's this guy, Robert E. Howard, wrote a bunch of stories about this barbarian king named Conan from the early days, really the precursor to fantasy novels today. His stories made it into the early fanzines of the times but never further than that. Around the mid '30's Mr. Howard committed suicide and that would have been that. But a couple guys in the '40's and '50's read those stories in those magazines and were dazzled, they were L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter. Then in the '60's they decided to resurrect Howard's tales with a few of their own mixed in and they put out 12 short books ultimately. Those are the ones with the Frazetta covers (and which I am trying to complete). But L. Sprague decided to write a stand alone Conan novel simply named Conan the Barbarian and that is the story that became the movie. Now everyone wants to write a Conan story including Wheel of Time writer, Robert Jordan (who has written a few but I've not read them). But that's the story. Now, you are a Conan geek, welcome to the club.
There should only be 11, those are the ones he wrote. What you may be seeing are omnibuses and anthologies mixed in (or perhaps you saw a list that included his Venus series as well, which shouldn't be included). There is a loose overall storyline and one story seems to build on the others in terms of story, plot devices and characters that you meet. So the best would be to start at #1 and see how far you can go with them (nest not taken in large doses).1. Princess of Mars2. Warlord of Mars3. Gods of Mars4. Thuvia, Maid of Mars (you first meet her in book 2)5. Chessmen of Mars6. Mastermind of Mars7. A Fighting Man of Mars8. Swords of Mars9. Synthetic Men of Mars10. Llana of Gothol11. John Carter of MarsSome of the covers are crazy. If you are looking at the ones on my shelf, those are the Frank Frazetta covers. Frazetta was a hugely popular fantasy artist that did a lot of these types of covers for these types of works (also, my collection of Conan stories, the ones I want, have the Frazetta covers as well). They are cheesy I admit, but oh, such a warm fuzzy feeling kind of cheesy lol.
Ah, I see. "Wandering Sparrow... the dreaded critic. If you're book makes it past her, you know it's good!" :D
Yikes! I see you had a streak of 2-star books. Don't you just hate it when that happens? :D
I saw that...glad you found a copy!
YAYAYAYAYAY!!! Are you continue with the series?
haha, yay! Watching Sherlock Holmes right now.
