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Just finished the second of two related books by Dave Eggers - The Every. He calls these two (The first is "The Circle") satires but a lot of it is right on the money about how large tech companies invade our privacy. I've been recommending them to everyone I know who works in any technology-related field.

I really miss the small town Ireland novels of Patrick Taylor who has retired. So I was glad to have stumbled on the series by Felicity Hayes-McCoy. The first is "The Library at the Edge of the World". I enjoyed it and will read the others in the series but I didn't fall in love with the characters like I did with the…

""Lone Stars" by Justin Deabler. This is his debut, a semi-autobiographical novel. I hope for more from him.

Reading "The Boys" by Ron and Clint Howard. I'm about 75% of the way through and am enjoying it very much. I didn't realize that Clint did as much acting as he did.

Twisted Tea Christmas by Laura Childs. A bonus was the several pages of tea resources.

Finished "An Irish Country Yuletide" by Patrick Taylor a few days ago. Yesterday I found out that he has retired and will no longer continue the series. I wish him well in retirement but I will very much miss the series.

Catfish_Fan, you might like to try the author I just finished, Marc Cameron. He has done some of the "continuation" of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series. I most recently finished "Brute Force", which is number 6 in his Jericho Quinn series.

In researching the issue I mentioned above I learned that Overdrive will phase out its Overdrive app next year in favor of its Libby app.

The longest audiobook I have listened to is "World Without End" by Ken Follett at 45.5 hours. My iPod Touch is giving me fits as far as eaudio goes right now. If anyone has suggestions I would appreciate it. I could listen to what I has already downloaded but when I tried to borrow more or return what I had already I got a…

An Irish Country Welcome by Patrick Taylor. I have read everything in this series so far. Set in Ireland in a small town. It's like the characters are friends.

I love the taste. Also, the antioxidants.

I prefer black tea, strong brew, with a little sweetener and half-and-half. I am especially partial to Typhoo and Barry's.

I love to read! I always have a book in my purse; I have one on my nightstand; I have ebooks on my tablets; I listen to eaudiobooks. I probably get through more ebooks than books in any other format because I listen while exercising and doing things around the house. Like nossmf said, those few minutes add up.

Many libraries partner with BWB so your purchase from them may help add to the budget of a library.

Like Crazy: Life With My Mother and Her Invisible Friends. by Dan Mathews The author's mother is coping with worsening dementia.

The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne

I love audiobooks. I use an iPod. I borrow from my library through Overdrive. I carry my iPod when walking in my basement and also as I do chores in the house.

Some places have "little libraries" but they can be hard to track down. Usually set up by private citizens on their yard. It's kind of a "leave a book, take a book" kind of thing. Free. If you see one of those you could leave some books there. Assisted living places sometimes have libraries which rarely have a budget.

Currently reading "The Kids Are Gonna Ask" by Gretchen Anthony.

Hello, it's HANOVERLADY from Sparkpeople. Just checking in to say I'm here. I look forward to participating more when I get the hang of this new site.