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@Dina
This really sounds exhausting. I hope the one winning in the end will be the one you would have supported.
@DC
Have fun in Norway. I would like to visit the country some day. We are planning a trip to Ireland for next year and stay with friends for a few days. After that maybe a road trip with bed and breakfast. Not sure yet. There are several places we want to see again and want to show to the kids.
We will have our kittens on Wednesday!
Edit:
Forgot to say: I'm still reading the new Percy Jackson adventure. It is nice and funny as always. The spin-off was good (the one with too much romance), but the secret is almost out. I did not betray anything, but she found the book on my kindle. What she doesn't know yet is, that the translation is already out. A good thing she did not want to go into the book shop last week, because she would have to run through the cold rain to get there, lol. I went through the rain but did not run, but walk slowly. Doesn't matter, if you get wet anyway, lol. The book was on display for everyone to see.
My next book will be the new one by Butcher junior.
Dina:
Yay for kittens! :)
Please tell us about them getting home. I am super happy they will be together.
Your future trip sounds great.
You made me laugh so much with your stories about the big secret. And I hope your daughter enjoys the book when she got it. Also, Butcher Sr. next book is about to arrive too!
Regenbogen:
--- Quote from: Dina on October 28, 2023, 06:27:11 PM ---Yay for kittens! :)
Please tell us about them getting home. I am super happy they will be together.
Your future trip sounds great.
You made me laugh so much with your stories about the big secret. And I hope your daughter enjoys the book when she got it. Also, Butcher Sr. next book is about to arrive too!
--- End quote ---
I definitely will tell you about the kittens. :)
At work, I always have to show the pictures. Aaawww cute! 😆
Yes, the new book by Butcher Sr.! Soon. But I will finish Percy Jackson tomorrow. I need something in between.
Funny, there are so many months without new books and then they all seem to pop up at around the same time.
I still have not started the new series by Benedict Jacka. But of course there is no rush. It just always feels that way, when there are new books I've been waiting for. ;D
I have not informed myself, but it seems that there will be at least 2 more Percy Jackson books, though usually they come in bundles of 5. He needs to do 3 quests and this book is only about the first. It is situated between the Heroes of Olympus and the Trials of Apollo, so after the first 10 books with mainly Percy as main character. And it is called book number 6. ??? Confusing, isn't it?
I like Percy. Sometimes he behaves a bit like a teenage Harry Dresden, lol. Only without all the attraction to good looking girls. And he has a cool mother who is still around.
Well, I don't know. I think I will start with Long Past Dues and see, if I can finish it before The Olympian Affair is published. And if I am still reading it: will I be able to continue or will I choose to start the OA? I'm not sure. It's no DF book, so there's no addiction, lol. I do not prefer the one or the other, but looking forward to both of them equally.
Mini is trying to read the secret book in English. I don't think she'll get far. She's 13 now and only learning English for 4 years, but she seems very motivated. Who knows. I know that it took me a long time to be able to understand most of what I'm reading. And I still can't always understand some of the details. Or I interpret them in a different way from the context. I think she will still be happy to have it in German. She has read all the other books several times, so I am sure she'll do that with this one as well.
Dina:
Let us know if you liked the ending. It is very sad when a book ending disappoints you (Foucault's pendulum, the Eco book, came to my mind).
Long past dues is the one by Butcher Jr?
And I feel the same about reading in English. I have been doing it for year but they are things I do not get, not only entire words I do not know but also ways to interpret words I do know. Languages are fascinating that way.
Regenbogen:
Yes, Long Past Dues is the second book of James Butcher's series. The first was Dead Man's Hand. And as I write this, I notice that both book titles are three words with 4 letters for each word, if you count "man's" as a whole word. I wonder if it was on purpose and if he continues this in future books.
I can't remember any Percy Jackson book having an unsatisfying ending. Or even a cliffhanger. But I can be wrong with the cliffhanger. If there was, it wasn't so bad, because I always was ok waiting for the next book.
This one had a nice ending, too. And one knows that the series is not finished yet. I did not even miss the lack of an overall evil threat. Probably there is one, I just don't know it yet.
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