Hibernator's Second Thread

Hi all! I have a job driving about 1.5 hours a day, which means I have more time for listening. 🤪 My goals for the rest of the year are:

The Siege of Macindaw, by John Flannagan
The German Girl, Lily Graham
The Devourers, by Indra Das
Consequences of Capitalism, by Noam Chomsky
A Mother's Reckoning, by Sue Klebold
On Immunity, Eula Biss
The Dictionary of Lost Words, Pip Williams
Evicted, Matthew Desmond
My Sister the Serial Killer, by Oyankin Braithwaite
Moby Dick, By Herman Melville
Sixteen Scandals, by Sophie Jordan

Wish me luck!

Happy new thread, Rachel.

Some of them catch my eye and some of them Moby in particular look a bit on the heavy going side!
Good luck with the challenge and I hope that your driving job is rewarding. x

Thanks Paul! It's just a way to make a little money on the side. Being paid to drive a woman to work. I mainly took it because it gives me opportunity to get paid to listen to an audiobook. 🤪

Happy New Thread!

Happy new thread Rachel!

>3 The_Hibernator: Good thinking :0)

Happy new thread!! And enjoy the audio books. : )

Happy Friday, Rachel! Happy New Thread. It looks like you have a nice variety of books to listen to.

Happy new thread, Rachel!

>3 The_Hibernator: That is great, being paid for driving and meanwhile listening to audiobooks :-)

Happy new thread, Rachel, and good luck with the audiobook goals.

Happy new thread, Rachel.

Happy new one!

I always am impressed by your resourcefulness, Rachel.

Enjoy your driving/listening/reading.

Thanks everyone!

Tomorrow I'm participating in Dewey's Readathon. Won't read for 24 hours, but it will be fun!

happy new thread!

Happy new one, Rachel! I like your list up top of books you want to get to this year. I just read Moby Dick last year and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it.

Good luck with the driving gig!

New-thread orisons, Rachel! Hoping for a new week of great reads and peaceful family life, too.

Happy New Thread, Rachel!

Difficult trying to figure out how many books you have read this year Rachel. Any help you can give me?

I love the idea of getting paid to listen to audiobooks. I did that for years, lol.

>14 banjo123: Thanks Banjo!
>15 Crazymamie: I'm enjoying it too, Mamie!
>16 richardderus: Thanks Richard!
>17 ronincats: Thanks Roni!
>18 PaulCranswick: Hi Paul! I only managed 14 books this year so far, but now that I'm reading more, I should be able to finish 6 a month and get to 75 next year. Looking forward to it!
>19 alcottacre: I know, right, Stasia?

I already changed my plan for what books to read. 😂🤣

>6 Berly: Do you have a thread, Kim? I couldn't find it and can never get the wiki to work on my phone.

I wrote this on Wednesday. Copy-pasting today. I will update my pictures soon, hopefully. Can't do that from my phone.

Hi all! I have been so very busy lately. I was sick on and off for a while, but haven’t been sick for weeks. I was working 65 hours a week for a while, but am down to 45. Maybe I should keep it that way. It gives me more time for things like this.

I finished one book since my last post: The Siege of Macindaw, by John Flannagan. It is a book in the middle school series The Ranger’s Apprentice. I highly recommend the series to people who enjoy middle school books. It’s kind of a middle ages type of setting.



D11 and her friend got their ears pierced. They were both really brave! It was hard on both because of their anxiety, which makes the fact that they did it a proud moment.



Afterwards, we went axe throwing.



We went apple and pumpkin picking after that.



We dyed D11’s hair, and sprayed the boys’ with temporary spray.







We decorated pumpkins.







The kids dressed up for Halloween and trick-or-treated. D11 was Marie Antoinette, M9 Jason, and IL2 a ninja.







And IL2 got into my makeup.



ETA: I figured out how to do pictures on my phone! This is going to take a while. I'll do them one by one.

Phew! That was a process!

Yay for the pictures! Love them.

Sorry to hear you have been sick and hope that you are well on the rebound now, Rachel! I suspect that working 20 less hours in a week will be helpful in that regard.

Happy weekend!

That's just way, way too cute of all y'all! I'm glad it's (mostly) been *good* stuff keeping you from wandering through and sharing.

Enjoy the weekend ahead!

>23 The_Hibernator: Gosh; 65 hours a week would be too exhausting to keep up. I'd stick with quality time with your family. It looks like you've all been having fun! And the kids are growing fast.

>20 The_Hibernator: I was one out by giving you 15!

Have a lovely weekend.

Loving all the photos.

>24 The_Hibernator: curious what the process is in a phone?…
I tried to upload to my junk drawer and it flipped upside down. And then I could not get it to show up in my thread :/

** nice Halloween costumes - looks like fall fun!

So I was wondering if Melville intended on Quequeg and Ishmael to be in a homoerotic relationship and found an article entitled:

Lovers of Human Flesh: Homosexuality and Cannibalism in Melville's Novels, by Caleb Crain

I haven't read it yet, but the basic idea is that Melville uses "cannabalism" as a euphamism for homosexuality. Yikes! I'm not sure whether to be offended, to laugh, or to nod knowingly.

>29 jayde1599: Hi Jess! I was using html to transfer the picture from my blog to my LT thread. So I'm going to try transferring a picture from my LT junk drawer to here. Give me a moment, then I'll tell you what I did.



Do you use html code? Android or iPhone?

>30 The_Hibernator: I am laughing myself.

>30 The_Hibernator:, >32 alcottacre: Soooo… cannibalism is more palatable to the reader than sex between a couple of guys. 😱

>33 drneutron: ...you see my problem, I feel sure...

>30 The_Hibernator: At that Puritanical time and in this Puritanical place, it would've been a good dodge. You can see it if you're looking for it, and pooh-pooh it if you aren't.

>31 The_Hibernator: I can manage the basic html code that has been shared over the years on LT. I think where I am getting hung up is how to copy image location on an iPhone. And it is probably super obvious! Lol

>35 jayde1599: It's too fiddly for me to do photos on a phone. I do find (on the computer) that I can't just open my gallery and choose a photo to copy. I have to click on it to open it and then copy the address from the address bar. To be honest, things have probably been updated to be more efficient but I learned through experience (and frustration) that that method works, so I'm sticking with it.

Can't help you with orientation of photos though; LT seems to have a mind of its own there. (Usually, rotating the photo on my computer, sometimes through the whole 360º, and saving it again before loading to LT works, but not always.)

Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/336835

Love all the pictures!! : )

Yes, I have a thread....Come say hi!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/335981#n7659513

Happy Thanksgiving to you and all your clan, Rachel

Here's the Thanksgiving readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/336954

A Thanksgiving to Friends (Lighting the Way)

In difficult times
a friend is there to light the way
to lighten the load,
to show the path,
to smooth the road

At the darkest hour
a friend, with a word of truth
points to light
and the encroaching dawn
is in the plainest sight.

Rachel, to a friend in books and more this Thanksgiving

Rachel, I am so very grateful for you, my wonderful friend here on LT.

I wish you (and yours) happiness and health on this day of Thanksgiving. And cookies. : )

Thank you all. Will be back soon to answer messages. Have COVID for the second time in 3 months. Plus pneumonia. Sooo tired.

Oh no! Take care of yourself.

>43 The_Hibernator: So sorry, Rachel, take care.

Rachel, I am so sorry to hear that you have COVID again, AND pneumonia. Please take care of your dear self. Sending healing thoughts, hugs, and much love.

Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337209

Oh No Rachel! So sorry to hear. PLEASE please take care of yourself and get better soonest!

all good wishes

Sending more good wishes for your quick recovery Rachel.

Get well, Rachel.

Well, that just sucks, Rachel. Hope you're feeling better soon :(

Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337387

Just waving hello and hoping you're feeling better.

Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337564

Thinking of you, Rachel, and hope you are feeling better.

Hope all is well dear Rachel

Thinking about you, Rachel, and hoping that you're feeling better and have more energy.

>58 karenmarie:, >57 magicians_nephew: what they said

Here's the Christmas readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337733

Sorry to hear about the Covid issues, Rachel. I hope that is all behind you now. How is the rest of the family? We sure miss you around here.

Happy Holidays to you, my friend! Great to see LT going strong into 2022.

Or in other words: Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!

Hi Rachel! Hoping you're feeling much better.

Wishing you and your family the very best of the season and good health and happiness for 2022.

Have a lovely holiday, Rachel.

Merry Christmas!

Hope you are doing okay!!



These were our family ornaments this year and, despite COVID, a merry time was had by all. I hope the same is true for your holiday and here's to next year!!

Here's the New Years readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/338012

Hi all! Everyone is fully recovered from COVID! I'm looking forward to a new year where I stop by everyone's threads, and read 75 books, and pop in on my own thread at least once a week! Here's to hoping!

Thanks all for your well wishes!

>70 The_Hibernator: Yay! Glad to hear everyone is better. And looking forward to seeing you more often ;0)

>70 The_Hibernator: Life sounds good again!! Hope to see more of you in '22. And that you all stay WELL!!

>70 The_Hibernator: So happy everyone is recovered, Rachel!
Looking forward to see all your hopes coming true :-)

Thanks Nina, Kim, and Anita! I'm optimistic because I have a Plan. Yup. One that deserves a big "P."

So glad to see you on my thread, Rachel, and >70 The_Hibernator: is good news and full of hope.

Happy New Year!

Forget your stresses and strains
As the old year wanes;
All that now remains
Is to bring you good cheer
With wine, liquor or beer
And wish you a special new year.

Happy New Year, Rachel.

Happy New Year!

Wonderful News!