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Chriscat83, thanks for that great info!   I've just done some checking and it doesn't appear as if we'll be able to get the BBC Channel 5 locally, but I'm going to call the cable company (about 3 am in the morning so I don't have to wait several minutes for their response!) and ask about it.

Thanks for sharing that.   I'm really feeling myself drawn to the Dales just from thinking about Herriot's masterful tales of being a veterinarian in that area.
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GardenArtist, it just so happens that a brand new TV series of James Herriot has recently started on UK Channel 5. The landscape and gentleness of the setting and stories are lovely. Maybe they will be available at some point for you. From my posts on this I sound as though I do nothing but watch TV! Not true, but as the Autumn nights are closing in, a good drama is always welcome!
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CWillie, you're SO organized!   I'm impressed.  

Loved your comment about bare chested men.   I also often judge a book by its cover, defying the adage not to.    The bare chested men and breathless women are good clues that it's not a story I want to read.

I'm just finishing The Flight Girls, about the WASPS.  This is the third read, and I'll probably read it again later.  

This morning as I was looking over my book collection, I spied a James Herriot novel.  It's been years, if not decades, since I read his delightful adventures of being a vet in the Yorkshire Dales, so it's time to reread one of his books again.  They're so relaxing, and he had such a way of describing veterinary practice that I was always entertained (and glad that I never wanted to be a vet for large animals in cold winter areas.)
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I have spent an enjoyable morning cross referencing the overdrive catalogue, goodreads, and then searching my (dysfunctional) cloud library for the same books. I've been able to bookmark several that look interesting and I managed to score the new Mary Russel book by Laurie R King and will revisit J. A. Jance's Joanna Brady series that I lost track of several years ago. I know it is said that you can't judge a book by the cover but I very much do, for example if I see a young woman in the arms of a bare chested man I'm pretty sure what kind of mystery is inside - no thanks.
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Golden, good to hear you are enjoying the Father Brown TV series too! I am hoping for a new series in January, which is when they usually come out. Last year my husband was on a train out of London heading home and found himself in a carriage full of Father Brown actors rehearsing their lines on the way to a series shoot. He was delighted!!
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Chriscat83 - Love Father Brown. I have read all the stories and watched many episodes on TV. I am in Canada and we get then here from time to time.
The scenery is part of the attraction for me for series set in Britain. I lived there for some years and really enjoy seeing it again on TV.

Just starting the Bulldog Drummond section of my Great British Detectives.
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Rage by Bob Woodward
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Alva,

Great suggestion! I know a couple of people that I could give that book to as a birthday gift! LOL. Eh, may not exactly be a welcome gift though.
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Others are reading to me at the moment. We have a local radio station for the blind. Many sighted people like myself tune in as well.

The read bestseller fiction and non fiction books daily, along with newspapers, magazines and medical journals.
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Cwillie, I bought an e-reader some years ago... But I still buy paper books... I like bookshops ;-) to save space and money I also borrow books from the library and we exchange books with my colleagues.
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Two word Anche - digital books.
I'm so cheap I get a library copy, and if I'm quick without having to wait.
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I have just finished a book by an Italian writer. I think the book has been translated into English, the title I suppose has been translated literally : the temptation of being happy.
I will now start a historical novel about Venice. Iam also waiting for the 5th volume of Robert Galbraith. I have read the first four in English. I know it was released on the 15th September but I will wait for the paper back edition to become a little bit cheaper.
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Just Finished Clutter, an Untidy History, about a woman who goes home to take care of her Mom's hoarded mess. A history of Hoarding. Quite good. Recommend it.
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Golden, interesting you mentioned Father Brown in an earlier post. In the UK we’ve had about 5 or 6 seasons of Father Brown dramas on TV over the past few years. They are excellent if you like the books. Not sure if the programmes are available in the US but worth a look. We love them as they are filmed very close to where we live, so enjoy recognising the locations. In terms of books, I’m working my way through the booklist of Persephone Books, a small publishing house focusing mostly on female writers (UK and Us) from about 1900 to 1980. Fascinating social history from the various period settings.
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Still plugging away at my Great British Detectives and thoroughly enjoying them, but, speaking of Ruth and Rosa, I found a new Armand Gamache book that was recently released. I bought it and am saving it for when I finish what I am reading now. 😊😊😊
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Love Ruth and her pet duck Rosa.
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This is my second Louise Penny book. I'm enjoying so far.😊
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Daughter of 1930,

I looked up the book you mentioned. After what I've seen in life, read in books and learned from others, I'm not surprised by anything anymore.
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Educated by Tara Westover, a memoir about growing up in a religiously zealot, abusive family where there was little education or contact with the world. I’m kinda doubting the truth of some of the author's tales....some seem extremely improbable
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Bookstand picks: 1) Legends Of The Wild West - True Tales Of
Rebels & Heroes
2) Life-100 People Who Changed The World
3) The US Presidents - Best And Worst Of All
Times
#1 and #3 published by Centennial Media
#2- is by Merideth Corporation

Multiple waits in the car and other distancing routines plus medical offices devoid of any reading materials - including pharmaceutical brochures - I decided short stories about the famous and infamous of all time fits into the distancing routine.

I'm still in search of a current and past cartoon magazine of all times.
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Love the Gamache series by Louise Penny and have read them all. I grew up in that general area though a bit west of Montreal and lived in Montreal for a couple of years.

I have finished the Father Brown series and am now into another mystery series by  R. Austin Freeman featuring John Thorndyke as the medical legal expert. The $1.99 for the Great British detectives was very well spent. I have been through all of Holmes (Doyle) Father Brown (Chesterton) and am well into Thorndyke and only half way through the ebook.
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I just love Louise Penny; on our way back from Quebec last summer we took a long detour in order to go and have lunch at the restaurant that may have served as a model for the bistro featured in her books.
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I just started a new book. "A Better Man" by Louise Penny
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Reading "Why? because your anointed." By T.D Jakes
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Reading Dr. Leslie Kernisan on recent B-12 deficiency blog.
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Nah, Barb, I reckon you’re just fantasising about the ‘little pin (that) bores through the castle wall’. A lot of people on this site could do with one!
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I'm reading the National Enquirer, because .. who cares anyway. It's like eating popcorn.. it tastes sort of good, but not filling or nutritional.

I'm also reading corona tests, observations ..to see the 'experts' either lie or be wrong. We probably All have been exposed. Reality bites ...
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Richard II
"Impartial are our eyes and ears:
Were he my brother, nay my kindgdom's heir.
As he is but my father's brother's son,
Now by my scepter's awe, I make a vow.
Such neighborhood nearness to our scared blood
Should nothing privilege him, nor partialize
The unstooping firmess of my upright soul:
He is our subject, Mowbray; so art thou;
Free speech and fearless I to thee allow"
Henry II, Shakespeare.
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I'm reading through Vatta's War, a fun SF series by Elizabeth Moon. I've been rationing them so I have something on my wish list to look forward to.
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The Last Closet: The Dark Side of Avalon by Moira Greyland

I love true stories based on a person's life. This story has a very rough beginning with a very good and true ending which I've heard is there, but I have not finished reading it yet. She writes not as a victim of what she lived through but for those whose lives has been like her's and offering them hope.

It is the autobiography of the daughter of Walter H. Breen and Marion Zimmer Bradley. However, it is not for the faint of heart.
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