Goodreads Sanctuary discussion

Oh fun! :-) Thanks Martin! :-)

So what are you guys up to this week?
After a week of being ill, I'm going to try to get some writing done. :-)

You're welcome Karin! It is a great idea to have a special thread to chat!
one week before the holidays! I have so much work to do during these holidays! :-// (grading, prepare the opening days at school, planning the exams,...)
What kind of stories or books do you write Karin?

You have a great but difficult job! I would never be able to have order in my class. :-/
I like to write fantasy. At the moment I'm writing a crime novel with a fantasy twist.

So how's everyone today?

Hi Karin! I'm good! And you?
I like fantasy. Do you write in French or in English?

I'm fine :-) had a fun day with my parents. I write in Dutch. I live in the Flemish part of Belgium and I just moved there from the Netherlands a year ago. So my native language is Dutch.

I wish I could speak another language.

The weather is my area has been so crazy this week. Two days ago it was 65 degrees F and now it is 15 degrees F. I'm very much looking forward to spring!!

I adore winter but spring makes the world a bit brighter. Is everyone enjoying their weekend? I am! :-)

Hi everyone! I'm spending a good weekend (even if my muscles hurt a lot again). I'm on holidays so hope to rest.
I love all seasons: I love winter when it's really cold, to walk in a freezing weather feels so great! Then coming back home, to drink a mug of hot chocolate or coffee, to eat waffles or pancakes and to read a book curled up in a blanket... (it's exactly what I'm doing right now!)

what a coincidence! I am reading curled up in a blanket too. :-) The perfect way to spend a weekend I think. :-)

I totally agree Karin! Happy reading!

Aaargh...that moment when you have to put down your book, because you have to do something tedious like eating...sigh...

Happy sunday everyone! So I have this weird quirk that when I enjoy a book very much I tend to hug it. ;-) Is it just me or do any of you also hug books? :-)

Happy sunday Karin! You are not the only one! I even caress the cover! @_@

Hello everyone!
So tomorrow it's Valentine's Day. Are you planning to do something? Or maybe you don't celebrate it? Maybe curl up with a nice romance novel?
I don't have any plans (yet). My husband and I agreed that we are not going to do anything on the day itself, but we are going to have a nice dinner together on another day. We do like to celebrate it a bit because three years ago he asked me to marry him on Valentine's Day. So romantic ;-)

Hi! That's really romantic Karin!
Nothing special for Valentine's Day for us. We don't celebrate it actually.
Program for this afternoon: to clean the fridge, to grade some papers, to play with my daughters, to go to my shiatsu session and to READ!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I'm looking forward to catching up on my reading and having a quiet dinner at home.

That sounds great, Shevella! I hope everyone had a nice day yesterday. My husband surprised me with a little gift and a lovely dinner. So I had a great day! :-)
Today I'm going to write a little more and hopefully read (a lot). Still waiting for the books I ordered (Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Middlemarch). I've started on the ebook version of Middlemarch but I prefer the feel of real books!

Gooooood morning everyone! How are you all doing today? I'm fine. Still waiting for my books to arrive. I hate waiting...

Hi everyone! Hope you've received your books Karin! That's why I prefer to go to the bookstore...
I spent a great day yesterday with my daughters. We went to a place called Le Vaisseau (the ship) where children are invited to experience, create, discover things, nature, etc. They love that place!
Today, we are gooing to learn to use the sewing machine and try to make cushions!

Hey! I hope you had a great weekend, Martin. I have received Tess of the D'Urbervilles but I'm still waiting on Middlemarch.

So I have a question for everyone: How much influence does cover-art have on your choice to read a book? Of course the story is the most important, but for me cover-art is the first introduction. In a bookstore I mostly pick up books with a beautiful illustration or nice typography on the cover. I rarely pick up books with a photo on the cover.

Karin wrote: "Hey! I hope you had a great weekend, Martin. I have received Tess of the D'Urbervilles but I'm still waiting on Middlemarch.

So I have a question for everyone: How much i..."

I had a great weekend, Karin! Thanks!
I love book covers! Like you, it's often what makes me buy a book! I have a lesson plan on book covers for my graphic design students. I love talking about book covers!

The cover of the book doesn't influence me that much. The author is more influential in my choices....and other people's recommendations.

When I'm browsing for a new book to read, the book cover is usually what makes me investigate it further. That's one thing I really do not like about ebooks.

The salespersons at the bookstore where I buy all my books in English know that I love covers. So when I order a book, they always ask me which publishing house,...
I even bring my books to work to show them to my students in graphic design and to discuss them!

End of holidays! Back to school!

Hope your return to school went well. I know it can be tough going back after a nice break.

My holidays are coming up in about two/three weeks. In need of a holiday. Maybe it'll break my writers block....

Hope so Karin!

Tomorrow is World Book Day! Have you prepared something? Will you do something special?

Oh! I didn't know that... Uhmm I would love to buy lots and lots of books, but I'm afraid my husband will put a stop to that (huge to read shelf). Sooooooo I guess I'm going to read! I started American Gods and I am going to choose another classic from the top 100. I finished Middlemarch and it was just perfect. :-)

HAPPY WORLD BOOK DAY!

martin eden wrote: "HAPPY WORLD BOOK DAY!"

ditto!

Happy World Book Day!

I read short stories with my students today to celebrate that World Book Day; We read Désirée's Baby by Kate Chopin. They were shocked. I didn't give them the end, they had to guess, but didn't find it. Then we discussed the story. It was really enriching!

Martin, I must say I really like the graphics you choose for our threads!

Shevella wrote: "Martin, I must say I really like the graphics you choose for our threads!"

Thanks a lot Shevella!

How are you all doing today? I've just come back from work. It was a looooong day, with exams... I'm exhausted! And it's only the beginning of the week! Still I'm excited cause on Saturday, we have our open day at school... It's such a great day where we can show our students' works and projects!

Hey Martin!

Saturday sounds like an exciting day for you! My vacation starts this thursday. Looking forward to it! :-)
I was wondering if anyone in this group uses an online library subscription. I live in a small town with a tiny library (most of the books are in Dutch and I rather read in English). So yesterday I found Scribd and I'm absolutely over the moon that I can read the books I want to read but I'm not sure about if I want to have them on my bookshelf. Scribd is not exactly perfect. You can only read 3 books a month and it doesn't have all the books in the world. But still, for me it's wonderful! Anyone else here using Scribd or a similar subscription?

Hi there!
It's a great day indeed, Karin! Every body at school is waiting for it and preparing great things.
Hope you have great holidays!
Know nothing about online library subscription, sorry, Karin.
Happy Hump Day everyone!

It's a dreary day in my neck of the woods; perfect for reading. Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!

Hi everyone! I was very busy and couldn't spend time on GR :-//
There was the open days at my school, so we were really busy preparing, decorating, cooking cakes... That's a really important day for our school!
You can watch the first booktubes of my students on Youtube!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pM20...
I'm so proud of them! They thought they couldn't read a book in English when we started that project in October! And when I told them they had to make a video to post it on Youtube, they were so scared! But they managed to do it!

Your students did a great job! I think their videos are much better than a written report.

Very creative!

love the picture :)

Just checking in on Goodreads to see what I've missed. I have finally recovered from 2 strains of the flu. I was too sick to read so now I'm way behind. Hoping to get caught up and get out and enjoy some spring weather!