Pagey wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:51 am
They are not an actual shop where you can browse, a lady runs it from her home to help a dog charity. You have to look at the FB page and message her with any items you want to buy, pay online then arrange to collect from the security gatehouse in front of the compound.
Thanks Pagey, that sounds OK, and they seem to have a tie-up with The Adoptable Puppy Cafe too. The website offers 'buy online at cost plus shipping' and I was thinking website, etc.
Yes, you can pay for shipping or collect from the compound. They rely on people and organisations donating items to sell.
'If you didn't have a wasted youth you wasted your youth'
Tony's Bookstore? Back when this was the Blue and Yellow bookstore, I was a regular patron. The "exchange" part was especially attractive. . .bring a bag of books to exchange and collect a bag full of new books at an attractive discount. Does anyone know if this is still the policy? And will they buy new books? ( I have taken to spending too much on new books from the mall bookstores . . .most of which, once read, I no longer need.) Alternative to that, what is the current situation of donating books to a good cause?
LolaBeltran wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2024 10:49 am
Tony's Bookstore? Back when this was the Blue and Yellow bookstore, I was a regular patron. The "exchange" part was especially attractive. . .bring a bag of books to exchange and collect a bag full of new books at an attractive discount. Does anyone know if this is still the policy? And will they buy new books? ( I have taken to spending too much on new books from the mall bookstores . . .most of which, once read, I no longer need.) Alternative to that, what is the current situation of donating books to a good cause?
As I mentioned in a previous post you can go to the monthly Book Swap at I Rice Restaurant, Rieb Tanrod Fai Road, Hua Hin Soi 68-70 (between Tira Tiraa condo and railway), Hua Hin. (On Google maps).
It takes place every 10th of the month from 11am to 3pm, just turn up, no need to leave any books but you can if you wish, also help yourself to what you like all free. You don't have to eat at the restaurant.
Although my stock is dwindling; I read on a Kindle now, except for occasional hard backs bought to treasure and re-read/refer back to (99 pct non-fiction). A Kindle is perfect for beach/pool/bed with low lighting before sleep. Reducing text size for faster reading when alert and enlarging it again when sleepy.
As I mentioned in a previous post you can go to the monthly Book Swap at I Rice Restaurant, Rieb Tanrod Fai Road, Hua Hin Soi 68-70 (between Tira Tiraa condo and railway), Hua Hin. (On Google maps)."
This sounds perfect Joelle . . sorry I missed your previous post.
As I mentioned in a previous post you can go to the monthly Book Swap at I Rice Restaurant, Rieb Tanrod Fai Road, Hua Hin Soi 68-70 (between Tira Tiraa condo and railway), Hua Hin. (On Google maps)."
This sounds perfect Joelle . . sorry I missed your previous post.
I enjoyed the BBC series SAS Rogue Heroes and then did a bit of background reading on the SAS and some of the men involved. I decided to download (from z-library) the book on which the TV series was based, by a chap called Ben MacIntyre.
MacIntyre is not someone I was familiar with, but I like his style of writing, and although the book is research-based non-fiction, I'm finding it to be a page turner.
He has written a number of other books on spies and Colditz, and I've downloaded most of them too. The film Operation Mincemeat was based on another of his books.
dtaai-maai wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:32 pm
I enjoyed the BBC series SAS Rogue Heroes and then did a bit of background reading on the SAS and some of the men involved. I decided to download (from z-library) the book on which the TV series was based, by a chap called Ben MacIntyre.
MacIntyre is not someone I was familiar with, but I like his style of writing, and although the book is research-based non-fiction, I'm finding it to be a page turner.
He has written a number of other books on spies and Colditz, and I've downloaded most of them too. The film Operation Mincemeat was based on another of his books.
I'd done the same - really enjoyed the "SAS Rogue Heroes", but actually got that one as a paperback (other books downloaded).
On the subject of Series/Movies based on books, I was looking at the "Silo" book series by Hugh Howey (recommended by buksida. The series includes the novels Wool (2011), Shift (2013), and Dust (2013). Silly expensive in print, but free at https://z-library.sk/s/Hugh%20Howey
As I've just finished the second season of "Silo", I might just stick at the first book for now!!
"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things" - Yma o Hyd.
pharvey wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 2:02 am
On the subject of Series/Movies based on books, I was looking at the "Silo" book series by Hugh Howey (recommended by buksida. The series includes the novels Wool (2011), Shift (2013), and Dust (2013). Silly expensive in print, but free at https://z-library.sk/s/Hugh%20Howey
As I've just finished the second season of "Silo", I might just stick at the first book for now!!
Almost finished 'Wool' and will do so before starting Silo season 2. If you like sci-fi I recommend reading 'The Expanse' series by James S. A. Corey, its way better than the TV adaptation and takes the story much further.
Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed? - Hunter S Thompson
buksida wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 11:51 am
If you like sci-fi I recommend reading 'The Expanse' series by James S. A. Corey, its way better than the TV adaptation and takes the story much further.
I find reading a book then watching an unfaithful TV adaptation of it is often the wrong way around. I'm usually happier when I watch something on TV I enjoy and then read the book(s).
If I ever saw there was a TV adaptation of Danielewski's House of Leaves I'd run for the hills. It's metafiction of the highest order and it has to be experienced in book form, with coloured text throughout and appendices. On the screen it would just turn into some bland science fiction horror story.
pharvey wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 2:02 am
On the subject of Series/Movies based on books, I was looking at the "Silo" book series by Hugh Howey (recommended by buksida. The series includes the novels Wool (2011), Shift (2013), and Dust (2013). Silly expensive in print, but free at https://z-library.sk/s/Hugh%20Howey
As I've just finished the second season of "Silo", I might just stick at the first book for now!!
Almost finished 'Wool' and will do so before starting Silo season 2. If you like sci-fi I recommend reading 'The Expanse' series by James S. A. Corey, its way better than the TV adaptation and takes the story much further.
Just finished Wool and have just downloaded Shift (the prequel) and Dust
There's another novel by the same author that looks interesting - Beacon 23
For centuries, men and women have manned lighthouses to ensure the safe passage of ships. It is a lonely job, and a thankless one for the most part. Until something goes wrong. Until a ship is in distress.
In the 23rd century, this job has moved into outer space. A network of beacons allows ships to travel across the Milky Way at many times the speed of light. These beacons are built to be robust. They never break down. They never fail.
At least, they aren't supposed to.
It's also a 2023 MGM+ series, 2 seasons, mixed reviews.
