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I don't recall my mom loving any guy I dated except for one guy I dated when I was 18. He was a marine. I'm Canadian but he was stationed in Bangor, Seattle. He would come up and visit me when he had leave. Then he got stationed in Japan and sadly died in a freak accident there. He was a real upstanding man and we most likely would have gotten married if he hadn't died.

One of the biggest heartbreaks of my life.😥
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Oh yeah!
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Gershun,

Giggling...over your comments. Ever dated a great looking guy and when you kissed there was no chemistry at all?

Oh, and it was always the guy that your parents just loved!

This is funny, for some reason my daddy didn’t like Italians. Well, it just so happened that I always fell for those gorgeous dark haired Italian guys! I married an Italian. I think I am a wannabe Italian! Hahaha.
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Just finished Tana French's "In the Woods". A really good read!
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Yes Willie, I don't know how I stomached reading them when I was a young girl. They are definitely not empowering to women. Thank goodness there wasn't any sex in them when I used to read them. Imagine the disillusionment when I grew up and actually had real sex. Sorry, maybe I've slept with the wrong kind of men but the earth never actually moved for me.

T M I, I know......................:P
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Harlequin books have changed a lot from the ones I used to read in my early teens - there's even sex now - but the basic theme is still girl is let down/betrayed by the man in her life, meets a bad boy who is really just a misunderstood good guy, he solves all her problems, they fall in love and live happily ever after. They're the antithesis of women power, that's for sure.
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Never read those romance novels.
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My kids read box car series.
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I used to read Harlequin romance novels. Ugh....I wouldn't line a bird cage with those now. No offense to anyone who likes that sort of thing but I find the whole "He burned me with his black, provocative eyes and my heart beat like a hummingbird when he tore his shirt off" kind of nauseating now.😖
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When I was small I loved Nancy Drew and the Boxcar children. when dad was with us his great CG once brought over a Nancy Drew and read it to him, I was charmed, and he loved it. And I admit I borrowed my male cousins Hardy boys.. LOL Now I love Cozy mysteries and any sort of mystery
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I get nostalgic at times and read the classics that I read many years ago.

What were your favorite books as a child?

I loved Beatrice Potter books. Adored Alice in Wonderland and Mary Poppins. Any of Grimm's fairytales. Mother Goose stories.

In New Orleans we have a place called StoryLand. It’s in our City Park. My daddy took us there often. It was really fun. I took my kids there when they were young. At Halloween kids can go trick or treating there and the main character from the books pass out the candy.
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Reading a book that mentions about imagination and positive thoughts to complete goals
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I love it CM! I am hooked on it. Hey, I listen to some of the BBC stuff on NPR. It’s great!

Now you have me curious about your falling out with BBC.
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That sounds absolutely fantastic, NHWM. I'm a big radio fan (or I was before I fell out with the BBC over... never mind!) and this sounds like a wonderful resource.
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Don’t laugh but I often listen to WRBH. It is a local station for the blind. It’s a small studio located on Magazine St. here in New Orleans. It’s a non profit and volunteers read fiction and non fiction, also major newspapers, magazines, medical journals, etc.

As many sighted people listen to it as blind. Check it out. WRBH.org. You can look up the website and find the program listings for what they are reading. Tons of local and national authors.

Anything from classics to science fiction. They also read lots of biographies. It’s fantastic. Every now and then the author will read his own book. What a treat! All sorts of people from famous to everyday people volunteer to read.
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Reading author Valerie Taurico, articles based upon her book:
"The Righteous and the Woke – Why Evangelicals and Social Justice Warriors Trigger Me in the Same Way".
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tree artist - just saw this. Rosa is the duck.🦆 😊 The last of the series (so far) came out this year, so there may be some you haven't read.

Currently reading the Lord Peter Wimsey mystery series by Dorothy L Sayers  - more light reading.
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Glad, it is a wonderful book, for sure. Just finished Anne Tyler's Clock Dance.

I'm also reading The Perfectionists by Simon Winchester about the beginnings of precision in machining.
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Received The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks from dd2 for Xmas. She has a way of choosing great books! Sounds fascinating, even disturbing and non-fiction.
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In The Heart Of The Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick. An engrossing tale of survival at sea from the days of Nantucket whalers, circa 1820. I just learned it was filmed so at some point I hope to see what a good director can do with this powerful story.
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I’ve been reading a lot of books by Robert Dugoni & Chad Zunker. I read when I go to bed because it helps to stop my mind from constantly thinking about what is going on in my life.

I ended up joining the Amazon Kindle unlimited for $9.99 a month because I read so much & found it cheaper for me to do it this way. I believe you can have 10 books at a time & their unlimited reading books are by many different authors.
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Golden, it’s been years since I read and listened to the series. I’m searching my memory......isn’t Rosa the duck? That’s funny!
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I enjoyed Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips and Nomadland JeSsica Bruder.
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treeartist - Thanks. I grew on the border of Quebec (province not city), essentially in French Canada. These books triggered many happy childhood memories. I can hear the accents in my head. I am sure I would enjoy the audio version. Does Rosa have a French Canadian accent? lol I'll check my local library. They aren't known for having a broad selection.
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Golden, give yourself a treat and start the Louise Penny series over again, but this time use the audio versions. That’s what I did after reading them all. The man who narrates is amazing and you get to hear the French accents of the characters. I listened to an interview with Louise Penny in which she said that the narrator insists on recording her books without previously reading them so that his narration is fresh. I think even the author is in awe of him! I never paid for one audio book - either I could get it on a CD through my local library or more recently, they now have digital copies.
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I enjoy Baldacci too. Am reading DUST by Patricia Cornwell.

Trudy
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Sadly, I finished the Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny. Loved them . I am into Alexander Smith McCall's "Portuguese Irregular Verbs" series having finished his "Corduroy Manson" series. So far I liked it better.
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I just finished a new release on Janis Joplin. Sad and a waste it was for her to die so young,her addiction was so strong before and after her fame she probably wouldn't have lasted long. For all those who have overcome addiction it is a testament to your character. Perhaps one achieves or rediscovers that character when they are able to overcome that force that has kept them captive.
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Serving Victoria about Queen Victorias' ladies in waiting
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I have to retract my opinion of the Fern Michael series I mentioned before. Just couldn't force myself to get interested.
I grabbed a Debbie McCumber at the library today. Hopefully I can submerge myself in some easy reading before sleepy time tonight.
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