Buddy Challenge #13 (Superstitions)

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Friday The 13th Superstition (Unedited Podcast #13)

What a great idea it is though to give thanks for all the things you appreciate. You are much appreciated in my small part of the world. Have a lovely Thanksgiving weekend. Hmm, not such a new thread any more, is it? Skimming from the top, what catches my eye is Chocolate Lab wine. Judy , I do plan to read more of that series -- and Larry Watson's work, too. Paul , thanks for the words of appreciation! And Christmas is right around the corner now for you to look forward to. Katherine , I've been very hit-or-miss with my thread clicking, and even more so with actual posting.

Chocolate Lab wine is worth noting. It is a sweet Concord wine with natural chocolate flavor --yum -- and the label is adorable: Dec 1, , 9: Today was a kind of manic day. I led worship at two congregations, headed to a third church for a luncheon, then made a grocery store stop, went home and put together a fruit salad for yet another church's dinner which my husband was attending this evening, and baked cookies for a Merchant's Assn.

Then I went back to the first church I preached at this morning for a pizza party. Is that clear as mud? Now I'm trying to decide what my reading focus should be for December. I have two books still in progress from my November themes that I need to finish: Catch November by the Numbers and Frozen in Time Non-fiction Follow-up , with both also fitting my "new to me author" November theme. For December, I'm inclined to favor the familiar authors and series -- "Christmas with friends," perhaps? Terri, I hope you are getting used to the new way of washing and drying clothes.

I hope my old faithful ones never need to be replaced. I have trouble with change the older I get! So glad you loved Montana Watson's newest book is excellent as well. Dec 2, , 9: Just catching up on some LT threads. Good to hear that your washer and dryer came at just the right time! I know what you mean about getting new stuff that doesn't quite do the same thing as the old stand by that you were used to. I think even worse than new appliances is new computer hardware or software.

The mystery that you reviewed, Forty Words for Sorrow , looks interesting. I will have to look for a copy. Dec 3, , I'm getting used to it. I do wish I'd realized how high up the dryer controls would be when I decided to buy these models and stack them! I was so focused on the width and depth to fit them in my little laundry space, I didn't think about height!

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I agree that new computer stuff is the hardest to adapt to. I was just talking with someone at church the other day about that very subject! I think most of us have more trouble with change as we age. The young people can just pick up the new stuff and run with it. It's amazing what a preschooler can do with a computer these days. When people say "It's so simple a child could do it," I laugh if it's something to do with technology, because that's no guarantee an adult can!

I'm not sure what I can say that hasn't already been said in triplicate, but I'd better get on it. I worked a long shift yesterday, until closing. Last night I stayed up late, finally getting or making some time to read. Today is my day off so I could sleep in a bit. I'm about halfway through Frozen in Time: The book is really more about the process of Beattie's scientific expedition to investigate the Franklin expedition's fate, rather than a summary of what has been determined about the expedition -- though there's certainly much data about what has been found and where.


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I'm glad that I'm reading this one in hard copy, where I can easily flip back to the maps at the front of the book -- I highly recommend that anyone reading this book do so in hard copy for that reason. This is my son's last day of Thanksgiving break, and I think he's ready to go back to school. He slept in today, too, and has been on and off the computer this morning. We're going to the gym later. I think he's really bored.

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Dec 7, , 3: This is another short but powerful book. I started listening to this via audio -- which was wonderful! I put all my other reading on hold because I needed to see how this one would turn out. This story takes place in the mountains of North Carolina, and is told via three different narrators.

At the time of the tragedy, Jess was a 9-year-old boy; Adelaide was an older woman who had delivered most of the children in the community, serving as a midwife; Clem was the sheriff. Other significant characters are the pastor Chambliss, and Jess's family: I don't want to spoil the plot. Suffice it to say, from the very first chapter, you know that there will be a child killed, and that a church -- and in particular, its pastor -- will be involved. And we quickly sense that the pastor, Chambliss, is not a very nice man.

Cash tells the tale in his own way, via the three narrators and their memories of what happened. The story often drifts for a time into the memories of even earlier times, which let us get to know the characters and their back stories. Occasionally these trips down memory lane would momentarily make me almost lose my bearings in the narrative; but the details recalled greatly contribute to the overall arc of the story. Bad things happen in the church but, in the end, this is not an anti-church kind of book; it's really not particularly about church at all.

Rather, it's about people in general: It's about how people with their own agendas can lead well-meaning people in dangerous directions. And it's about relationships: Dec 7, , Just drifting a few LT threads to try to catch up with what's doing on with all my friends. You've been a very busy lady! Montana was one of the best books I haver read in several years. And naturally I've been struck by a book bullet with Forty Words for Sorrow. Great title and sounds like a good book. Dec 8, , Isn't it a great title, Gail? Montana was superb. It wasn't as brilliantly straightforward in the telling -- the multiple viewpoints and the way the tale unfolded was a little more complex, but it had some of the same sense of conflicting loyalties and the difficulty of speaking up against what's wrong.

The really good books are the ones that keep you thinking after you close the cover real or virtual , and it's amazing to have read two books in the space of less than a month that affect me so much in that way. They never use the word autism in the book, but the symptoms are there and the author on his webpage which I immediately visited when I finished the book describes the child as autistic.

As the parent of a son with autism, I vividly remember the case, I think it was in Texas, where an autistic child really was asphyxiated in a misguided "exorcism" attempt by some fanatical church group that didn't believe in neurology and thought he was demon-possessed. That event horrified me, and I wonder if Wiley Cash was aware of the case and it inspired his work here.

I guess when I look up info on the author after finishing a book, it usually means the book hit home. Most of Wiley Cash's appearances seem to be in the South for this book, but he's scheduled to do a book signing in Sewickley, PA in March. Not close to me, but not totally out of the question, either. I have just requested it. This morning, hubby made a loaf of Rosemary Bread; this afternoon he put up the Christmas tree. That's two more things than I've gotten done today.

Dec 7, , 9: Don't you mean two more things he's gotten done Terri?? No, I meant that those two things were two more things than I'd done, as I'd accomplished nothing of note when I wrote that. Maybe you misread the word "than" as the word "that"? Or were you counting my review as an accomplishment, and felt that I shouldn't consider my morning a zero in comparison? Yay for you, Bonnie! I hope you like it as much as I did. I'm glad you pointed out the sale. That book sounds terrific. Thanks for the recommendation, Terri! I am in luck because the local library actually has a copy, so maybe I can get it read when I am off for Christmas break.

Dec 8, , 7: It is 8 miles away from me. So he will go to the Penguin Bookshop, I imagine? I would love to meet up Also, the book sounds good. Dec 8, , 8: I've had that one on my To-Read list since it came out and just never got to it. That needs to change. His new book also looks very good. Dec 8, , 2: Kath , at this early date I'm tentatively thinking of planning on going, weather permitting. That's still snow season here in the mountains especially, so we shall see, but I'll keep you informed.

It would be awesome to meet up! I hope you get to that book soon. I really thought it was good. Dec 8, , 3: We were supposed to be part of a church Christmas caroling expedition today, but Mother Nature has intervened with more snow than expected, and ice anticipated for later. This morning, we first planned to go anyway, but then thought better of it. I am glad, as I had a close call on the road, and my husband did too. Driving between the churches that I preached at this morning, I rounded a curve to find a tanker truck sliding down the hill toward me on my side of the road!

He managed to regain control and get back on his side of the yellow line, but I just about had kittens! Hubby had issues with his car not getting traction going up and over the mountain on his way home from preaching this morning.

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It was good to get home and stay home this afternoon. We are switching between watching the Eagles game and the Steelers game. Is anybody watching the Eagles game this afternoon? The Pittsburgh game is snowy, but the Philadelphia game is super-snowy! They said they have about 5 or 6 inches of snow on the field now -- interesting game conditions. I once had an incident with ice on the highway, and it is super freaky trying to control a car that is sliding around. Much less someone else's truck. Dec 8, , 4: Yikes is right, Katherine! It can seem well nigh impossible to control one's vehicle in the ice, but one is truly at the mercy of other drivers and their sliding vehicles!

It actually wasn't too close a call from where I was -- but then I can't help thinking that if I'd been just a few seconds further down the road when he slid across, I would have been toast! The football games were very entertaining today, though only the Eagles game had the outcome that I wanted. My favorite moment of the afternoon was when the officials in Philadelphia called for the snow shovels and snow blowers because they couldn't see where the goal line was.

Dec 8, , 6: I'm glad you liked Montana so much. I loved it and would never have heard of it if not for LT. Sounds like you're slowly getting used to your new washer and dryer. Unfortunately, the washer now often sounds like a jet taking off. When we had it serviced recently I asked the repairman what his recommendation for the best washer and dryer were and he said the front loading LG. You're experiences on the icy and hilly roads near you are harrowing to read about much less live through. I hate ice with a passion. Dec 8, , 9: I have Richard's richardderus very strong recommendation to thank for my reading Montana, , and Tina's tututhefirst fine review to thank for introducing me to A Land More Kind than Home.

If I can pass it forward and encourage others to check out these fine books, that's good. Yes, I'm slowly getting used to the new laundry equipment. They seem to get the job done, and I've heard that the LG brand is supposed to be reliable. Hi Terri, I only started actively participating in the 75 book challenge part way through this year but the recommendations and reviews have definitely changed my reading habits!

I know what you mean about finding more books to enjoy because of LT. Dec 10, , Meg , this group has most definitely changed my reading habits! I've learned about so many great books here. On the other hand, this is one I'd always heard about, and never read until now: No, library -- started with audio download, but grabbed our library's hard-copy edition to finish the book when my audio loan was running out.

Youssarian looked at him soberly and tried another approach. But first he has to ask me to. That's part of the rule. Sure, I can ground Orr. Let him ask me. Then I can't ground him. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions.

Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. This is the essential nature of Catch, a term originating with this novel that has entered the common lexicon referring to a bureaucratic no-win situation. It's even in Webster's dictionary! As a note at the front of the book comments, the actual island is too small for all the activity described in this book; but, then, the characters of Catch are larger than life, so it's not so odd that their abode would be larger than in reality.

Among the oddballs populating the strike force on the island are Youssarian, who is determined to avoid danger at all costs; Milo, the commissary genius and king of the black market; Major Major Major Major, promoted so that his rank matches his name; Chief White Halfoat, who drives out his roommate with death threats and is waiting to die of pnumonia; the enigmatic Major -- de Coverly, of whom everyone is terrified, but whose exact identity and responsibility no one seems to know; and a host of other military misfits. I can recognize the genius of the biting satire and dark humor Heller employs in this book.

And there were times when it was laugh-out-loud funny, and other times when it really made me think about the insanity that passes for normalcy during times of war. But there were some sections where I found it tediously over-the-top. The sections about Milo and his black market dealings especially left me cold.

But just when I was considering giving up, it got more interesting when Youssarian got new tent mates and they evicted the dead man who lived in the tent but had never reached the squadron. OK, you have to read it to understand it. What's especially notable is the way he approaches certain pivotal incidents and some small oddities, too from multiple angles and viewpoints. He hints at an event at one point, mentions it at another, remembers it somewhere else from another character's POV, and eventually you get the full impact.

I'm not going to rate this, because I know, intellectually, that the writing is far better than my appreciation of it. ETA to add I changed my mind a rated it -- 4 stars. Dec 9, , 3: Good review of Catch , Terri. I had forgotten how well done that explanation of the term is; I'm glad you excerpted it. I remember liking this book when reading it as a young guy. I'm not sure how it would stand up now, but that excerpt and your comments make me think it probably would stand up quite well.

Dec 9, , 7: I love that explanation, too -- it's worth reading the book just for that! And it really is artful, how the little oddities Heller created would relate to each other and keep popping up at different parts of the book. Dec 10, , 7: But you didn't post your Catch in reviews! Do you really think I should post it? There seems to be no shortage of reviews for that book.

It's a good thing I did, because I had forgotten to take it out of my "currently reading" collection, and going to the book page for the review reminded me! I even rated it -- 4 stars. I did tweak the review a bit, after discussing the book with my hubby and thinking of another aspect of the book I found especially impressive. Dec 10, , 3: OK, Catch is another of those books that's staying with me after reading.

The longer I think about it, the more clever, even brilliant, aspects of it seem. I am having a hard time deciding what novel to read next. I brought home two books from the library -- one of them being the latest Louise Penny -- but neither is quite what I want right now. I'm inclined to want to read something off my own TBR shelves. Maybe something a little lighter, but not quite cozy.

My son had Keystone Exams today at school, and came home rather subdued. I hate the current mania for standardized testing! Dec 11, , 6: Unlocking the Secrets of the Franklin Expedition Author: After reading Dan Simmons' novel The Terror , a horror novel which is based in part on what's known of the lost Franklin Expedition to the Arctic, which disappeared during their search for the Northwest Passage, I wanted to read a non-fiction book on the subject to see just how rooted in reality the back-story was and to generally learn more about this interesting subject.

I must say, Simmons used a lot of the known information in setting up the story line of his novel. This book, Frozen in Time , is not really about the Franklin Expedition per se -- it's about the work of Owen Beattie and the expeditions he led in the s to try and gain more knowledge about what happened to the lost expedition. The real focus is on the summers of and , when three known graves of Franklin Expedition members on Beechy Island were opened, and the amazingly permafrost-preserved bodies of the crewmen were exhumed and given modern autopsies before careful reburial.

Those of you who are faint of heart, be warned -- there are photos of the dead men. The bodies are, indeed, amazingly well-preserved after over a century in their icy graves, but still not too pleasant to look at. Goodsir a surgeon of the Franklin Expedition , as well as color photos of sites the Beattie expeditions visited and explored and of some of their work set-ups. Some of the more interesting photos were of the hand-lettered metal plates that were made by the shipmates of the dead sailors and placed on their coffins. The exhumations and examinations, especially the lab tests done, did yield results.

The book is not long -- pages plus illustrations, appendices, sources, and index. It was reasonably well-written and held my interest reasonably well. The authorship of this book is credited to expedition leader Beattie and John Geiger, a journalist who won awards for his coverage of the Beattie expedition. While Beattie gets the lead writing credit, he is referred to in the third person throughout the book. I think perhaps the book makes more of Beattie's findings than can legitimately be claimed; but certainly he has confirmed one issue which probably at least contributed to the dismal outcome of the Franklin expedition.

Dec 11, , 8: Terri- Great review of Catch I read that one way back in my school days and remember loving it. Like Joe, I am curious to see how it holds up today. How was the audio or at least the sections you listened to? Frozen in Time sounds really good too! There is a new NF book out, by Mitchell Zuckoff with that same title and that one also sounds fantastic. Dec 12, , Mark , I thought the audio was pretty good, but not outstanding, IMO. The narrator seemed to fit the tone of the book, if you know what I mean.

I've started another non-fiction book that is really good. Annie's Ghosts is NOT a ghost story; it's about family secrets. A journalist learns that his mother had a sister that she pretended didn't exist: The journalist sets out to learn about the aunt he never knew, and try to understand why the family kept her a secret all those years. I pulled it off the shelf just to look at it, and now I'm on page Dec 12, , 8: You might enjoy the one I just finished, it does have ghosts, a murder mystery , and a warning Are you talking about the Heather Graham one? I've tried several of hers that sounded good, but always wind up not particularly enjoying them.

There's always some silly romance, and I don't really read romances. I kind of gave up on her. The book about the family secret, Annie's Ghosts , is really engrossing. As it goes along, it delves a bit into subjects like the laws for committing mental patients in the 's, the history of mental asylums, and how privacy laws affect genealogical research. There is also a Holocaust survivor in the family tree -- a fascinating story right there.

And another possible family secret has been shaken loose from the family tree. Do the records exist to confirm it? I'll have to keep reading. I just wish the print wasn't so small -- it's rare to see a book from a major publisher set in such a small font. I have the paperback edition -- I wonder, was the hard cover first edition set in this font? I'm half tempted to buy the e-book so I can enlarge it, but I'll just keep resting my eyes every so often. I'm about halfway through, and neglecting things I should be doing in order to keep reading.

Despite the font issues, this may be a rare for me 5-star read.

It will certainly make my list of most memorable books for the year. I really liked Annie's Ghosts when I read it a few years ago. I found it hard to put down, too. A friend loaned me her ARC, and I don't remember any font issues with it. It was probably laid out like the hardcover edition. Dec 14, , 1: Both Annie's Ghost and Frozen in Time sound interesting. You have hit on two topics that I am very interested in - real genealogical mysteries and the Franklin Expedition. Dec 14, , 8: Adding Frozen in Time to the BlackHole.

Dec 14, , Carrie , I'm finding it very hard to put down. I do wish I had a hard-cover edition, if the print was bigger in that format. Maybe it's not really that extraordinarily small; perhaps my eyes are just getting old. Meg , it's fun to touch on two subjects in a row that are of interest to a fellow LTer! I'd still like to read something else about the Franklin expedition.

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This one really does focus mostly on Beattie's work, though he does give some background of the findings of earlier search efforts. Stasia, my rating of 3. It is extremely rare to find bodies preserved in such a state after a century, and I get the feeling that Beattie and his crew were quite awed by the experience. ETA to add Actually, my rating of 3.

Dec 14, , 2: After reaching my initial goal of 75 books, I set my sights on a new goal of books. It was great to reach that level with this fine volume: A Journey into a Family Secret Author: If I hadn't finished the challenge already, this would definitely fit into "All in the Family" How does it fit the category?

As noted earlier in my thread, this book really drew me in. It's rare for me to get drawn so deeply into a non-fiction book that I temporarily abandon my novels until it is done; but with the exception of my audio book novel at times when regular reading wasn't an option and my e-book read from my phone on lunch break at work , I focused only on this book until it was finished. As I said earlier, it's about family secrets.

Why did his mother keep her a complete secret from him and his siblings? Did his father know about Annie? What was Annie's story? What was she like? Why was she committed for so many years, and what might her treatment have been like? How did she manage to remain a secret for so many years? Are there people left alive who remember her? Steve Luxenberg utilizes all his investigative journalism skills in trying to find information: One of the relatives is a Holocaust survivor, with an amazing story of her own to tell. He's drawn to learn still more about his family and its history. The book not only deals with the secret of Annie, but a number of other family secrets unearthed in the search.

It ponders the question of the secrets families keep -- their nature and the reasons for keeping them. One of the review blurbs quoted at the front of the book is from the president of the National Genealogical Society, and I can see why this book would be popular with those in that field. This was a really solid, thought-provoking book. The snow is now coming down very heavily now. I hear sirens, and our scanner app is buzzing with activity. There are multiple vehicle accidents all at once, springing up all over the county.

I'm glad I don't have to go anywhere right now. Dec 14, , 6: WE actually closed the library 30 minutes early Dec 14, , 7: I imagine our library may have closed early, but thankfully I didn't have to work today, so I don't know. I will be interested to see of there are issues when they find out Even if someone found it closed, they might not comment, as people expect closures when the weather is bad. Or do you plan to just 'fess up? I noticed closure notices on the TV for a number of things in our area, including a library or two. I put a note on the door.. I actually texted Laura to ask if we could close half an hour early, she never responded.

Besides, I always just fess up I would probably 'fess up, too. But our librarian is pretty reasonable about closing in bad weather.


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