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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 8:06 pm
Hi Mamie ... imagine me in the "chick lit" thread ... kind of funny! I'll let you know how the book is. That's right Mamie, you and I could be neighbors!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 6:13 pm
I loved, loved, loved The Four Seasons by Mary Alice Monroe. Scout, I think you would love her writing. Her book The Beach House is really good too. I highly recommend both. I have another one of hers in my to read pile, as well. I may have to look up all the others she's written. I am going to start Mim Warner's Lost Her Cool by Lynn Messina. I going true blue chick lit this time around. I haven't read any of her other books but this one looks good.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 7:09 pm
Thanks, Mamie, I'll put those on my next-to-read list!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 7:17 pm
I just realized that I have 2 of her books in my to read pile! I have way too many books in that drawer and darned if I didn't order even more! I really think I need some rehab!
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 9:28 am
No, No, if you go through rehab, we have to find another supplier!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 9:53 am
You'll just have to score elsewhere!
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 9:57 am
It just won't be the same...
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 7:05 am
Jen, I agree with you about The Other Side of the Story. I finished it but read it SO slowly because I was just not into it. I just started Bombshell by Lynda Curnyn. Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich due out June 21. An Ex to Grind by Jane Heller due out in July
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Not1worry
Member
07-30-2002
| Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 5:49 pm
Just finished two really good ones. Being Committed by Anna Maxted and The Goddess Rules by Clare Naylor. Both sweet, funny, and enjoyably unpredictable. The description of the Brazilian waxing in the Maxted book had be crying with laughter.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, May 02, 2005 - 9:50 am
I quit reading Mim Warner's Lost Her Cool. I could not get into it at all! I am starting Gods In Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson. It has started out pretty funny already. Not really a chick lit book though.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 8:32 am
I finished Gods In Alabama. I liked the way she wrote but it was just okay for me. I am going to start Sleeping Over by Stacey Ballis. I'm hoping that it's one that I really get into.
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Not1worry
Member
07-30-2002
| Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 12:28 pm
The Art of Mending was very good. Not really Chick Lit, so I guess I will mention it in the other thread too. I wanted more from the ending, but later realized that was probably intentional, since the characters were kind of left wanting more also. That was neat. I think I'm going to try some of her other books. Now reading A Perfect Match, sort of a lite Christian fiction Chick Lit. Not great, but amusing at least.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 12:54 pm
I liked the Art Of Mending and I know exactly what you mean. I like Elizabeth Berg's books. She has a new one out but I haven't gotten it yet. It's called The Year of Pleasures.
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Puppylov3
Member
01-26-2004
| Friday, May 06, 2005 - 5:10 am
Okay so I've finished The Devil Wore Prada on unabridged audio - loved it. Currently Reading In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner - which not only do I love but can't wait to pass on to my mother. Let's just say that there's some art reflecting life going on with me, my sister and that book.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, May 06, 2005 - 9:10 am
Puppy, you know that it's coming out as a movie, don't you? It's going to be Toni Collette and Cameron Diaz as the sisters.
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Puppylov3
Member
01-26-2004
| Friday, May 06, 2005 - 10:24 am
i know - says so on the front cover of my book.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Friday, May 06, 2005 - 1:34 pm
I'm reading The Stand In by Kate Clemens. blurb on the back cover: "In the bestselling tradition of Olivia Goldsmith and Jane Heller comes a wickedly funny, outrageous novel, in which two women trade places only to discover that every ordinary life has its extraordinary moments..."
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Jen
Member
07-27-2003
| Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 6:19 pm
I just bought Dixieland Sushi by Cara Lockwood. She wrote I Do, But I Don't, which I loved and Pink Slip, which I thought was okay. As soon as I finish Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, I will start this one.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 6:27 pm
I really liked Sleeping Over. Even though it was told in 4 different women's perspectives, it was easy to follow and I like the way it worked out.
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Not1worry
Member
07-30-2002
| Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 7:24 pm
For Matrimonial Purposes was a fun book. I learned a lot about India and arranged marriages. Even though the culture was so different, there is the common theme of wanting to please your family, but needing more from life. There's a sequel to it that I'm waiting for at the library. Now I'm reading Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith by one of my favorite authors, Anne Lamott. Even though I disagree completely with her political view points, I love her insights. Also have begun In the Company of Cheerful Women, the next No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency book.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 7:36 pm
Haven't read back through the thread, so sorry if this is a repeat. My gal pal just gave me The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love. TOO FUNNY! And the best part is that I can read it in little bits and pieces between grading research papers! LOL
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, May 16, 2005 - 9:09 am
Finally finished Little Bitty Lies by Mary Kay Andrews. You know, I didn't think I was going to enjoy it at first but I ended up liking it. Basic story is that a woman's husband walks out on her and their teenaged daughter and takes all their money. To save face she stages his death down in Cozumel to try to get his life insurance money. I'm the law-abiding type, and for some reason it bugged me even though I know it is just fiction! But the focus went off that and then I liked it. Was reading in the paper yesterday that the author is going to be about 45 minutes away for a luncheon on Friday and I am tempted to go. I've already got lunch plans that day with a group of my girlfriends that get together for lunch monthly, so will probably just keep those plans. But I love listening to authors talk about their books, so I am sure I would enjoy it.
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, May 16, 2005 - 10:23 am
Oh...and I forgot about mentioning what I read on vacation. One was Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler. Liked it overall, but ended weakly I thought. Then I read Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson. I believe this is the first of her books about caterer Goldy, who this time gets involved in solving a mystery when the poisoning of her father-in-law gets her catering business closed down for a period of time. It was a great vacation book - lightweight mystery, romance, and recipes included.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, May 16, 2005 - 10:37 am
I have a few of the Goldy books sitting in my drawer to read. It's good to know that they were fun! I'm reading Debbie Macomber's A Good Yarn but I haven't really read to much lately. I've got to snap to it. Yesterday, for the heck of it, I made a list of the books that I've read these past couple of years and it came to 234. I am going to start keeping a record because knowing me, I will buy something that I've already read. That's how my brain is working lately! I couldn't even begin to know all the books I've read in my life!
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, May 16, 2005 - 11:50 am
I know what you mean. Mamie. I never seem to remember titles, so I have to stand around in the library and read a few pages to figure out if I have already read it. I should make a list, too, but that's far too much organization for me. Since I don't buy books often it isn't a major problem....I just take them back to the libary.
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