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Congrats!!!

Congrats on the new addition to your family! :)

Congratulations!
Babies are such a family blessing!

Hello, I've been "lurking" in this group awhile but I'm going to post something now and hope to join in properly next month.

Welcome, Carrie!

Great, Carrie! We love getting new members:)

Yay, Elizabeth! How wonderful for you :-) Congrats on the new addition to the family <3

Welcome, Carrie!

Lalitha wrote: "How wonderful, Elizabeth! Congratulations :)"

Yeah! Babies are awesome! Congratulations Elizabeth!

Wondering if anyone else is having this issue..... all the dates for when I finished reading books have been erased on GR.

Ed wrote: "Wondering if anyone else is having this issue..... all the dates for when I finished reading books have been erased on GR."

Yes. It is a bit unnerving, but I have a banner on my books page saying GoodReads is aware of it and working on it.

Ed wrote: "Wondering if anyone else is having this issue..... all the dates for when I finished reading books have been erased on GR."

I think the Read dates have been reported as a bug by others. You should contact support. support at goodreads dot com or use the Contact link.

Welcome, Carrie!!!

Ed - I see this post now in Feedback.

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My read dates and starting dates have all disappeared, too. It's frustrating, but they'll be back eventually.

Yay for Heather for winning the gift card! More books....

Yes.... I did take Elizabeth's advice and my dates came back soon thereafter...the two things may or may not be related...but then I got a nice response indicating the GR was aware of the bug and it would be fixed soon.

Congrats Heather on winning the gift card!

Congrats, Heather--enjoy!

I'm happy for you, Heather!

congratulations Heather!

Enjoy your gift card, Heather!

"Not Quite Jumbo"--great task!

itpdx wrote: ""Not Quite Jumbo"--great task!"

I thought that too!

I just posted a bunch of shorter books including 3 Shakespeare plays, so I'm sorry to have listed so many all at once. There are two reasons: one, we are going to The Oregon Shakespeare Festival the first week in July, so I'm in the mood for Shakespeare. The second is that I volunteered for what turned out to be a speed reading challenge based on Quidditch structured like the Harry Potter game. I read a lot of short books to help out because I read a lot, but I am not actually a speed reader. It will be over sometime today and it will be good to get back closer to normal!

I just couldn't seem to get my post for The Buccaneers right. Can't use for Listopia Tag because of a lexile issue, but I went ahead and claimed the female style. No, Elizabeth, no.

The new cruise ship came through today. I think it was here last Monday, too, but I didn't see it. I has a capacity of 4000 passengers - taller and wider than the others that come through here - and my husband tells me it was the first of the large ships to go through the new Panama Canal.

Karen Michele wrote: "I just posted a bunch of shorter books including 3 Shakespeare plays, so I'm sorry to have listed so many all at once. There are two reasons: one, we are going to The Oregon Shakespeare Festival th..."

Fun!

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "The new cruise ship
Norwegian Bliss
came through today. I think it was here last Monday, too, but I didn't see it. I has a capacity of 4000 passengers - taller and wider than the others that co..."

Did anybody from this group hop off of it? Seems like many here like to travel as much as they like to read! (Smile)

I just returned this evening after taking an extended road trip to Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. I was taking grandson to Iowa to spend summer with my daughter, his mother. Then I went on to do some research on the Western Underground Railroad and to try to verify any of my ancestors had anything to do with it. I know they were abolitionists but family legend had they helped ferry fugitive slaves from slave holding Missouri to Free state Iowa, where they eventually went further north until they got to Canada. Found some clues in old newspapers too. They were pioneers to Kansas in 1852 when it was still “Indian Terroritory� I did find many of their graves, and met with some nice people in Historical Societies, libraries and really distant cousins. Dropped in on a few locals too to get their oral history. Went by part of Oregon Trail and saw a sad Cholera cemetery there. Most of the graves were infants and children and several markers only said “unknown�.

Rebekah wrote: "I just returned this evening after taking an extended road trip to Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. I was taking grandson to Iowa to spend summer with my daughter, his mother. Then I went on to do some r..."

That sounds interesting, I haven't been to that part of the US.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "The new cruise ship
Norwegian Bliss
came through today. I think it was here last Monday, too, but I didn't see it. I has a capacity of 4000 passengers - taller and wider than the others that co..."

We went with Norwegian Cruise Lines when we did the Alaskan cruise. It was my husband's parents 50th wedding anniversary, otherwise we probably wouldn't have chosen to cruise at that point in our lives. It was very nice, partially due to the fact that it wasn't one of those gigantic cruise ships. It's interesting they are moving to larger ships now.

Valerie wrote: " It's interesting they are moving to larger ships now. "

This one has a go cart track on the stern upper deck. What was most interesting was the water slide that dips off one side of the ship - and of course returns! (I'm not interested in going on a cruise - ever, to anywhere, by the way.)

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Valerie wrote: " It's interesting they are moving to larger ships now. "

This one has a go cart track on the stern upper deck. What was most interesting was the water slide that dips off one side ..."

That is our feeling too. Although, unless you are rich and have a yacht, it really is the only way to see that part of the coast of BC and Alaska. It also was a good way to handle the whole extended family with different age ranges + interests.

Valerie wrote: "Although, unless you are rich and have a yacht, it really is the only way to see that part of the coast of BC and Alaska. "

Or you could live here. ;-) We have taken the trip via Alaska Ferry to Bellingham and back - 36 hours one way. We've also gone north the same way. Lots to see, but no entertainment on board, so bring a book.

I would LOVE to come to Alaska some day. It is on my bucket list, for sure.

My husband and I, along with our labradoodle Sadie, are starting a road trip to Alaska on Saturday. Alaska has been on our bucket some time now and we are really looking forward to the trip.

Norma wrote: "My husband and I, along with our labradoodle Sadie, are starting a road trip to Alaska on Saturday. Alaska has been on our bucket some time now and we are really looking forward to the trip."

Are you going up the Alcan, Norma?

Norma wrote: "My husband and I, along with our labradoodle Sadie, are starting a road trip to Alaska on Saturday. Alaska has been on our bucket some time now and we are really looking forward to the trip."

Amazing! My husband and I have (very loosely) talked about that trip! I see you are from Parksville (which I love). Have a great trip!

Several years ago, one of my friends (from south) was in Fairbanks on the solstice. I've never been to Fairbanks, but if I were to go, that's when I'd like to be there. It is worth noting, that it is getting into the high 60s F during the day, but still low to mid-30's F overnight.

Bea wrote: "I would LOVE to come to Alaska some day. It is on my bucket list, for sure."

It's worth it!!
I've been to Alaska, but it was when I was 14. I spent six weeks in Anchorage with relatives that left there two years later--it was amazing but not hear where Elizabeth lives. We even spent a night at the foot of Mt McKinley with friends of my relatives.

The Alaskan cruise ships sail by my parents' place in southwestern BC as well as they go through Georgia Strait. My parents live on the mainland (but you take a ferry to get there--no road connects it just like no roads go to Juno, etc). I wonder if my parents have ever seen that very large one.

Yes we are going up the Alcan. My husband and our traveling companions have planned every stop along the way. We hope to be in Fairbanks July 10th and leave Haines August 1st. Its going to be a great trip.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Norma wrote: "My husband and I, along with our labradoodle Sadie, are starting a road trip to Alaska on Saturday. Alaska has been on our bucket some time now and we are really looking forward to th..."

Norma wrote: "Yes we are going up the Alcan. My husband and our traveling companions have planned every stop along the way. We hope to be in Fairbanks July 10th and leave Haines August 1st. Its going to be a great trip."

Sounds wonderful! Have a great time!

Norma wrote: "Yes we are going up the Alcan. My husband and our traveling companions have planned every stop along the way. We hope to be in Fairbanks July 10th and leave Haines August 1st. Its going to be a gre..."

My sister and her husband had quite a surprise when they drove up the AlCan nearly 30 years ago. They saw a moose race across the highway. As they were wondering what on earth could make a moose move that quickly, a grizzly bear appeared, chasing it. Drive carefully :) and enjoy your trip!!!!!

Maybe I won't get any sympathy, but I have to whine anyway. It's hot, hot, hot! It was 85 today. We're not used to this - 3 days ago the high was 65, and we've had mostly 50s all month. No one in Ketchikan has air conditioning, except stores. We have a fan, of course, and it is working overtime and there is a breeze, so all of the doors and windows are open to get air circulation. But it's 84 in the house. I can only hope it will cool down tonight.

Ok, whine over.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Maybe I won't get any sympathy, but I have to whine anyway. It's hot, hot, hot! It was 85 today. We're not used to this - 3 days ago the high was 65, and we've had mostly 50s all month. No one in K..."

Whine away, Elizabeth! We'll at least empathize. ;) I was telling my husband, even after all of these years of living in Ontario, I still am not a fan of the extremes of heat + humidity or cold due to being born and raised on the West Coast! We've lived in Ontario for 32 years, I wonder how long I can keep on with that excuse.....

Yesterday, in a facebook group I belong to, one of the members posted that she does not read. This shocked me to the core.

Reading is such a big and important part of my life, that I think someone who doesn't read must have an empty life. (I do understand time constraints, but even 1 or 2 books a year is still reading). Obviously, I'm overstating it - I guess they fill it up with TV??

I've read and watch tv.

�...he had to comfort himself with the firm conviction that most of what he objected to in Mohawk and the world at large was not the result of people reading the wrong books, but rather of not reading any at all.�
� Richard Russo, Mohawk

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "�...he had to comfort himself with the firm conviction that most of what he objected to in Mohawk and the world at large was not the result of people reading the wrong books, but rather of not read..."

Exactly!