Isabelle S

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Karen R says

hi isabelle,
i'm so glad you like the full dark house. the next one is the water room. you have to read them in sequence because of the back story and when you get near the end of the series there is two books covering one crime - off the rails and on the loose. I still have the last one to listen to but i'm trying to get down my audible books. i'm on the ones I bought at the end of 2011! I have just been picking the ones that take my fancy, most of them what les has already listened to. our yanks is one of them. its alright but not keeping my attention. I keep finding other things to do.
I can post the full list of Bryant and may to you if you want.
your friend Karen.

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Audiobook Annie says

Isabelle, thank you for joining the
Audiobook ♥ Haven group.
I hope you enjoy sharing insights
with the other members.

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Audiobook Annie says

A new group has been launched, Isabelle ~ we are looking
forward to your input!

Audiobook ♥ Haven

Audiobook devotees are welcome here! Let us know
which books and authors you are listening to as you
make your way through each day. Audiobooks have
been my drug of choice for over a decade. Selections,
narrations, sources, and devices have improved greatly
over that time period.

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AvidReader says

I heard from another Kearsley fan that this one isn't up to her usual high standards, so I'm not expecting to be blown away when I eventually pick it back up. I don't dislike it, and I probably will end up giving it a decent rating, but I just was spoiled by her earlier novels.

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AvidReader says

I started it, got about 100 pages in and put it down. I haven't picked it back up yet and am in no rush to do so. It's not a bad book, but the two main characters (Robbie included) have the ability to speak to each other telepathically. I don't know why I can accept time travel in novels without issue but think telepathy is too far fetched and, well, creepy. Kearsley's older novels are definitely her best ones.

Are you reading it yet? It comes out soon, doesn't it?

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Regina L says

LOL. Well, what are parents for? I'm sorry he's having a rough recovery. I hope this is the only operation he has to have. Sorry we missed each other too. I had a decent trip. ENded up with a major Crohn's flare and went straight to the hospital when I got back. Got better just in time to make my annual trek to D.C. last week. Hope I'm home for a bit. I'm sure I will be back in Atlanta. We'll catch up at a later date. Just wanted you to know I was thinking about you guys.

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Regina L says

Did you get my email? I was checking on you guys to see how things with y our husband. Hope he is well on his way to recovery!

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Karen R says

hi isabelle,
sorry about the delay in writing back to you. i have been a bit down and could only manage to write and post reviews on the groups i belong to.
yes i really enjoyed dancing at the rascal fair and later found out it was the second part of a series. have put the others on my wishlist. the same happened with lies of loche larmora only it was the first in a series so they went on my wishlist. keep getting caught up in series.
i really enjoyed stagestruck, thought it was the best of the ones i have liestened to so far.
have just finished a young adult book for the april all genre challenge. at last i can join in a bit more. i roughly know which to read for following months challenges, its the december one i am stuck on. i have never read a self help book before. have you?
your friend karen.

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bluestocking7 says

Thank you thank you thank you! Your message made me smile. I need to ask for some bonbons. Excellent idea :-)

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Regina L says

Sounds perfect!

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Regina L says

Hey there, looks like me flight gets in at 12:30. So, at least I won't be rushed this time! Let me know what time works best for you and where we should meet.

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Regina L says

Lowe's Atlanta Hotel. I haven't made plane reservations yet, so I don't know what time I get in. WIll keep you posted. Look forward to it!

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Regina L says

Hey There,

I just wanted to let you know I'm flying into Atlanta on April 2 for two nights. If you are free and want to grab some dinner on the 2nd let me know.

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Karen R says

hi isabelle,
if hen malin is in the early books of peter diamond i can't get them in audio. the ones i have are diamond dust, the secret hangman, skeleton hill and stage struck. after i have finished lock lamora i will be listening to the secret hangman. so far i think there is only one sergeant cribb book i'm not sure. will have to check it out again. after that its legacy the third part in the australa trilogy. hope she keeps the high standard she has done so far.
your friend karen.

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AvidReader says

I just read your review of An Inquiry Into Love and Death. I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I've still not read St. James' first novel, even though I had intended to last year. I have got to cut down on the number of books I request to review via Netgalley. I've only read two of my own books this year and March and April won't likely see me reading from my own TBR pile either :-(

I hope all is well!

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Bev says

Hi Isabelle,
I have a TBR title of
Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration (2013)
by David Roberts
I thought of you when I added this....

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Mara B says

Yeah, those are exactly the kinds of things I was hoping she would go into more detail about on her website. I'm still annoyed that her promise of more discussion of fact vs. fiction just meant she'd written an essay on the topic "fact vs. fiction"! There seemed to be so much more she could have talked about in her Author's Note.

Irvine WAS quite handsome! I thought Rideout really did a good job with that character--George and Ruth were well-drawn as well, but Irvine was really the character who tugged at my heartstrings the most in those final tragic passages.

On my Everest kick earlier this year I started with High Crimes by Michael Kodas and then read Into Thin Air and a children's "Worst Case Scenario" choose-your-own-adventure book (what can I say, it was fun!). I also watched a ton of science specials about the effects of altitude on the brain and that kind of thing...It was all really fascinating, and I do think I'm going to return to the topic pretty soon. Thanks for the link to the climbing season coverage, that should be really interesting to follow!

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Mara B says

Oh, I'm so glad you're enjoying it! I gave my ARC to another librarian, so I can't double-check this, but I think in the Author's Note at the end she does say that she wanted to emphasize the "survivor's guilt" aspect of things by making Trafford die earlier. It did feel a bit heavy-handed to me, as I think there was plenty of survivor's guilt to go around after WWI even for those who hadn't lost siblings...

It sounds like Wade Davis's non-fiction book "Into The Silence" may take a similar approach connecting the Everest attempts to the trauma of WWI...I think I'm going to read it pretty soon, though I decided I needed a bit of a break from Everest after reading so much about it in such a short amount of time (and watching the Nova special about them discovering Mallory's body, which gave me nightmares).

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Mara B says

I certainly did! Later she tries to help one of the women get a better Indian name by suggesting that she leap over the campfire, in the hopes that they'll then go for "Woman Who Leaps Over Fire". Unfortunately, the woman is not May, and therefore clumsily falls into the fire instead. Whoops!

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Karen R says

hi isabelle,
see you have got over your reading glitch and are back on track.
after lilstening to lands beyond the sea it took a bit of time for me to settle to my next book. lands beyond the sea was a hard book to follow because it was so good.
i'm going to start another chick lit type book because the one i was going to listen to "dancing at the rascal fair" is another historical fiction -this time about settlers in america. i think i will go through the lands trilogy and leave that one til later.
i'm on books i bought over a year ago and so can't remember what they are about and les wanders through my books like a grass hopper. i can't keep up with him. he is working his way through harry bosch books as i buy them. recenly he had a change by listening to peter diamond books by peter lovesey which are set in bath in the uk.
your friend karen.

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