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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Monday, February 23, 2004 - 12:49 pm
Finished Cold Mountain. I enjoyed every word of it. It will be a while before I will be able to invest in any other fictional characters so I decided my next book will be "Legacy" by James Michener. It is short and a quick read not requiring too much of an emotional investment (I hope). Then I think I need to read a non-fiction book, so I have selected "A Reporter's Life" by Walter Cronkite.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, February 23, 2004 - 2:16 pm
Just got the Hunt Sisters book so I am looking forward to starting it tonight! I have the feeling it will be a very fast read.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Monday, February 23, 2004 - 8:35 pm
I think you're right, Mamie.. hope you enjoy it as much as I did. I just finished the Elizabeth Berg book a few minutes ago, a gentle book, typical of her books.. And will be starting Richard Cohen's Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness, A Reluctant Memoir Cohen is Meredith Viera's husband and the story is sad.. he's been battling MS for 30 years.. it runs strongly in his family.. and has suffered two recent bouts with colon cancer.. I think he's also losing his sight.. Barbara Walters did an interview with Meredith about this.. very touching. I expect the book will be equally touching.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, February 23, 2004 - 10:16 pm
Oh yes Seamonkey, let me know if you like this one because I am interested in reading it also. And I am halfway through the Hunt Sisters already!
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 7:33 am
I finished "Legacy" by James Michener and found it very disappointing. It was like a fourth grade lesson on the constitution. A quick read with no emotional investment. Hard to tell fact from fiction. I have the original hard cover edition and feel bad for anyone who actually paid $16.95 for it. Michener is one of my favorite authors, so I will add this to my collection, but it won't bring back any fond memories when I see it in my bookcase. I am now off to spend some time getting to know Walter Cronkite.
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Neko
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 12:16 pm
I'm sure everyone here's already read it, since you're all big readers, but I've just started "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden. And so far, I'm really enjoying it.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 1:51 pm
That's a good one Neko....Just finished The Hunt Sisters and of course, sat there crying at the end. Am now reading Bet Me by Jennifer Cruisie. I like to go light after the tearjerkers.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, February 25, 2004 - 2:47 pm
I agree, that is a good one, Neko.. Mamie, glad you liked The Hunt Sisters.. The Cohen memoir is definitely worth reading, not done yet.. I'm a bit surprised that it wasn't more carefully edited but that doesn't keep the story from being compelling.
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Alegria
Member
07-05-2002
| Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 9:06 am
I'm just catching up! Sujata Massey's books are top notch. I am almost done with the series and have put the last 2 aside so I have something to look forward to when I am desperate for a good read (the cupboard should never be bare ) Memories of a Geishi is such a wonderful book. I wonder if Arthur Golden is working on anything else? I hope Bet Me is a good one. Crusie is very deft & witty. Maimie, please keep us posted 
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 11:36 am
I finished Bet Me. I had never read any of her other books but I breezed through this one in a day and a half. I loved it and I will go out and buy her other books!
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 11:23 pm
I finished the Cohen memoir and started the first book written by Geraldine Brooks (whose memoir I read recently), Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden Worlde of Islamic Women.. extremely enlightening.. well written.
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Reiki
Member
08-12-2000
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 12:25 am
I just ordered "Memoirs of a Geisha" for my bookclub. Glad to see so many people enjoyed it. I hope I do too.
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 6:22 pm
I wanted to read Memoirs of a Geisha but then heard the author was being sued by the Geisha for inaccuracies. Here's an interesting article from the Japan Times if anyone is interested. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20010501k3.htm
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 7:43 pm
Hmm that was three years ago.. wonder how the lawsuit was resolved, or how much publicity she got for her book? It alsos sounds like it was losing face that caused her to come after him.. in other words, the geisha community's outrage. Personally I found it to be well written and not at all sensationalized. Anyway, she did write her book and it is available in paperback: Geisha: A Life by Mineko Iwasaki. I just put it on my wish list. Anyway, I finished the Geraldine Brooks book about muslim women and would HIGHLY recommend it. Now starting.. The Hobbit to participate in the TVCH book club reading of that and the triology..
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Neko
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 5:47 pm
I finished "Memoirs of a Geisha" a few days ago. I really enjoyed it and was happy with the ending, but I don't think I would have been happy if it hadn't ended that way. LOL PS - I think that the son was born...just cause..
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 8:09 pm
I just started reading What Was She Thinking by Zoe Heller and I love it just after reading the very first chapter!
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 12:08 pm
I just finished The Last Juror and was wondering if anyone else read it. I thought it was good but not as good as The Runaway Jury.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 11:47 am
Mamie, I enjoyed that book too!! WWST.. I finished The Hobbitt this morning and before I get started on the trilogy (must check in with the book club thread today) I'm going to enjoy the two latest collections from my favorite comic, For Better or For Worse, which are With this Ring and Reality Check and also wanting to read Alissa Quart's Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 8:08 pm
I just ordered The Time Traveler's Wife, The Confessions Of Max Tivoli and P.S. I Love You. Sea, if you've read any of these and I'm sure you probably have, let me know if they are any good.
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Reiki
Member
08-12-2000
| Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 9:18 pm
Sea, I love For Better or Worse. I have been following the lives of the Patterson family for many many years. Lynn Johnston is just great.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 11:29 pm
Mamie, haven't read any of them.. Reiki.. yes.. I adore what Lynn Johnston has done with her work.. I have almost all of her collections and two of her books, I keep wanting Elly to fire Kortney
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, March 05, 2004 - 9:42 am
Oh I can't wait until Elly wises up to Kortney!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 11:12 am
Finished What Was She Thinking and now am on to The Future Homemakers of America.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 2:56 pm
Future Homemakers was ok.. I finished Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers this morning.. eye-opening and very sad, really. Will be starting a novel by Mary Rielindes Ellis, The Turtle Warrier.
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Reiki
Member
08-12-2000
| Monday, March 08, 2004 - 3:05 pm
I finished Memoirs of a Geisha and have started Bel Canto. I enjoyed Memoirs and was glad that she got want she wanted, but I felt sorry for the other guy a little. My father was stationed in Japan following WW2 and I thought of him when reading about the American GIs visiting the tea houses. I'm having a hard time getting into Bel Canto, and I'm supposed to have it finished by Thursday night for my book club. Hopefully it will grab me as I get further into it. Here is a synopsis from Amazon.com: Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of Mr. Hosokawa, a powerful Japanese businessman. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gun-wielding terrorists breaks in through the air-conditioning vents and takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different countries and continents become compatriots.Friendship, compassion, and the chance for great love lead the characters to forget the real danger that has been set in motion and cannot be stopped. You'd think with the Japanese influence on both books we'd be meeting in a Japanese restuarant this month, but we are having Italian inside. Guess that goes with the opera.
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