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Scout
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01-20-2005

Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 3:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
Native texan - You'd think the Osmonds would have been more responsible! I always liked the Osmond Family, but I'll be annoyed at them for your sake! And they acted like such a nice family...

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 3:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I joined the Monkee fan club and the Partridge Family fan club.

Scout
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01-20-2005

Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 4:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
Mamie, did they disappoint or were you a happy member?

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 4:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I was a happy camper!

Scout
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01-20-2005

Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 4:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
Good - I'd hate to have to be disillusioned with everything from my childhood.
I was reading back through this thread for some more new book ideas. I thought I was a pretty avid reader, but I think I'm a rookie compared to you, Mamie.
I really wish I could find a book I consider great. I don't know if it's just me, but most of the ones I've read lately I just find myself speed reading through. They're not bad. They're just not that "I can't put it down" kind of book I wish I could find.

Puppylov3
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01-26-2004

Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 6:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puppylov3 a private message Print Post    
omgosh - Osmond fans (as well as Little Women and Little House fans) MY PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 6:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Scout, most of the books I have read are good reads. There have been some that I can't put down but that's the kind of reader that I am. I just read a good book called Baker Towers by Jennifer Haigh. I found it to be very old-fashioned and a very good book. I think you might like it.

This went from the Chick Lit thread to the "My People" thread! lol

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 7:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
I think we are all around the same age here (I'm 44.) I also liked the Osmonds. Bobby Sherman was my favorite, though. I was an avid reader of Tiger Beat magazine. I was never a fan club member, though I would have loved to have been. My parents were not supportive of that sort of stuff...yes, they did traumatize me with such parental behavior. It's amazing I turned out as well as I did. :-)

I've been in a fun and lightweight reading mood, so I have liked most of what I have read lately. Kinda like I am with movies....they don't have to be great for me to enjoy them. I am fortunately very easily amused.

To get back to the chic lit, I just finished my last of the Shopaholic series....Shopaholic Takes Manhattan. Not reading them in order screwed me up a bit. I read "Shopaholic Ties the Knot" first and now I want to go back and re-read since there were probably some things I missed not knowing what came before. They are such cute books....I laughed out loud loudly the other day when I was reading and figured the neighbors are probably wondering about me (I live by myself and no one was visiting.)

Scout
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01-20-2005

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 8:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
Yesitsme - I'm 44 as well. We need a 60's and 70's nostalgia thread. I had forgotten about Tiger Beat. I couldn't really afford the magazines very often, but I would go to the store and try to read as many as I could. I wasn't as in to Bobby Sherman as I was Lance Kerwin. I remember Leif Garrett's picture was always on the cover and except for a guest spot on Family as Buddy's boyfriend and the short series (Was it Three for the Road?), he wasn't in anything. Speaking of Family, I was a huge Kristy McNichol fan. Wish she was still acting.
Back to books, I'll have to try the Shopaholic books. Seems like a lot of people have liked them.
Thanks, Mamie, for the suggestion. I'm going to try to find that one this afternoon. I think my problem is trying to stick with authors I liked who are just putting out the numbers now, instead of trying something different.
Puppylov, did you get your name from the Donny Osmond song, or are you a literal "puppy lover"?


Puppylov3
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01-26-2004

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 10:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puppylov3 a private message Print Post    
Almost 41 here - and yes the name comes from the Donny Osmond song -lol.

Let's see - Leif Garrett - thought Parket Stevenson was way cuter than Shaun Cassidy. Bobby Sherman was too old for me. hmmmmm Tony DeFranco.

Scout
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01-20-2005

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 12:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
Puppylov, I used to wish my brother was as nice to me as Donny was to Marie!
One of the things I most like about this thread is that there are people here who admit to liking both books and television. A lot of people I know are too "high-brow" to ever admit they watch tv (yet when a conversation about it takes place, they always seem to know what's going on. hmmm). They always say they'd rather read. But if I ask them what they're reading, well, they've been busy, or the kids don't give them time etc.
Anyway, it's nice to know there are other people out there who actually do read, and who also like to discuss television. It makes me feel very liberated. Readers and TV-Lovers unite!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 12:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Being the "older woman" of the group at 47, I freely admit that I love tv! I am a huge reader but I need to watch my shows as well. I can admit to my "crushes" past and present! I saw Bobby Sherman in concert and the Osmond Brothers in concert. My dad was so great about loading up the station wagon and carting a bunch of screaming girls. I've done the same with my dd and her friends. Great memories.

Scout
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01-20-2005

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 12:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
Mamie, You're so lucky. They were never in concert anywhere near here. It's neat how everyone is practically the same age.
I just got back from the library. They didn't have much in, so they put in an order for me for two of Marian Keyes books and the Baker Towers book. They only had one of the Shopaholic books -Shopaholic and Sister. I'm anxious to start it.
I finished the Mary Higgins Clark book. It was okay, but she has this bad habit of making so many characters be the possible suspect that it's impossible to guess "whodunnit". I like a book that presents just enough clues that you can make an educated guess and then when you're right pat yourself on the back for your brilliance! Maybe that's too much to ask from a book...

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 12:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I've read all of the Shopaholic books. They are really cute. I am reading Just Between Friends by Sandra Steffen. I haven't had that much time to get into it these past few days but I intend to find more time this weekend. Scout, too bad we didn't live close to each other because I've got my own little library going right here. My dh swears that I am a book-buying-aholic!

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 1:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
I love tv, too....and I have noticed that those who say they never watch aren't lightyears ahead of the rest of us in knowledge or more interesting as people. In fact, I learn all kinds of great things watching "junk" tv. I am an efficient viewer....I tape almost everything I watch, then fast forward as necessary. But I can't remember the last day the tv wasn't on at my house!

I went on vacation back in Sept. with two of my girlfriends and I think I embarrassed one of my friends with the chic lit books that I took (some recommended by you guys!) It was a cruise and they fit perfectly with the relaxation and sun and I thoroughly enjoyed them. She's someone who always cares about what things look like to strangers, so I guess I should have taken something more serious-minded in her opinion. LOL! The other girlfriend only reads things like Carl Sagan, but she seems amused by what I come up with to read and enjoys me relaying the stories to her and the humorous passages I share. And I'll devour a book a day and she will read a page!

I was surprised with the Shopaholic books that she was able to maintain the character and not make me tire of her. The Shopaholic and sister is one of the last of the series.

Thanks for the recommendations Mamie, as always! I have these bedraggled lists that I cart around with author's names on them....lots picked up from here. I always seem to enjoy them. And I would love to just move in for a month and use your library!!!!!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 1:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
You'd all be more than welcome!

My daughter said they were discussing something like this in her English Lit class. About how some people look down at what you read , like we should all be sitting around reading Chaucer. Reading a good book of any kind, I think, is a worthwhile thing. Because I choose to read some "Chick Lit" does not dumb me down. I just don't understand the need to pretend to be something that you aren't.

Scout
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01-20-2005

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 1:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
Amen to that, Mamie. People ought to understand that there is something to learn from practically anyone or anywhere. One of the greatest quotes I ever heard came from Bugs Bunny himself. He said, "Don't take life so seriously - you'll never get out alive".
You just never know where inspiration might come from. And I think that anyone you see carrying around Chaucer is literally just carrying around Chaucer.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 1:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Love that quote! That's a big problem in our society. Everyone takes themselves so seriously. The sun does not rise and set for just one person. There is such an air of self-importance anymore. It really is the "me" generation and that is very sad.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 10:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I just started Hating Valentine's Day by Allison Rushby. It's kind of slow going right now, not really reeling me in. We'll see how it progresses.

Scout
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01-20-2005

Saturday, February 12, 2005 - 2:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
Mamie, Just finished Shopaholic and Sister. It was great - thanks for recommending it. I'm going to try to get to a bookstore and find some of her other books. At first, I wasn't sure about the main character - I can't really relate to her shopaholic tendencies since I'm not much of a shopper, but the more I read and found out the character, the more I enjoyed it. There were parts I found myself reading aloud to my husband, they were so funny.
I found the new Dean Koontz that Tabbyking had mentioned, so I think I'll start on that next.

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Monday, February 14, 2005 - 8:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
Scout, I like you am nowhere close to a shopaholic, but I liked those books a lot. I can't believe she kept the character going through a series of books and I didn't get bored, but I guess that is evidence of her skill as a writer. She keeps Becky multi-dimensional, smart, resourceful and funny, has her accepting responsibility for her actions, and shows her as someone who cares about other people. Fun reads. My advice is for you to now go to the first one and work your way through....that's the way I wish I would have done it.

Started "Two for Joy" by Patricia Scanlon this morning. I only read a few chapters, but I am enjoying it. I'll report more as I progress.

Scout
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01-20-2005

Monday, February 14, 2005 - 10:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
Yesitsme, I had written a post here but I must not have hit the post message after I previewed it. Anyway, I went to the bookstore yesterday and bought the first three shopaholic books - and yes, I'll read these in order this time!
I loved the character of Becky. The off-the-wall stuff that comes out of her mouth just cracks me up. Her "save the hedgehogs" was great. If the character was only a compulsive shopper, I don't think I'd care to read it, but she's so kind and thoughtful of everyone else that it just makes her seem quirky and not self-absorbed.
Right now, I'm reading a Marian Keyes (finally got one) called "Watermelon". It's really good so far.

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Monday, February 14, 2005 - 11:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
I like Marian Keyes, but haven't seen that one at my library (I borrow instead of buy!) I'll have to be on the lookout for it. Our library just got a new computer system and are moving into a new library in March. When that happens, I will be able to search the catalogue and put books on hold online. That will make my life so much easier, though I won't get the exercise I get now walking from one end of the fiction to the other as I remember to see what's in for my favorite authors.

Scout
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01-20-2005

Monday, February 14, 2005 - 11:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
Yesitsme, I don't usually buy either (blaming the shopaholics influence on me...)
Our library used to be better about keeping up to date with books, but now it's hard to get them. They will order a book for you, but even if I'm the one who requests it and they tell me I'm first on the list, next thing I know I'm suddenly the third or fourth. I think the people that work there must get first priority or something.

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Monday, February 14, 2005 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
That's when you get a confused expression on your face and say "How did that happen? I thought when you put the hold on it you told me that I was first on the list." (I'm good with that perplexed look since it is often my state of being.) Make them come up with an explanation...they shouldn't get to go to the top of the list.

I'm hoping that the extra shelf space in the new library will be filled with all kinds of new stuff. I can't wait! Libraries make me happy in general, but a brand new one just thrills me. (Yes, life is better if you are easily amused!)