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Archive through January 02, 2005

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Rslover
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11-19-2002

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 7:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rslover a private message Print Post    
I am reading The Five People You Meet in Heaven. The movie is airing next Sunday.

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 8:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
They made a movie out of it? I didn't know that...I saw th Tuesdays With Morrie movie...Good book (both of them). What channel, do you know?

Puppylov3
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01-26-2004

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 8:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puppylov3 a private message Print Post    
I read Five People, wasn't thrilled with it but I think that's just me.

Right now I'm reading The Romanov Prophecy (forget who, not near the book right now)

Rslover
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11-19-2002

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 10:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rslover a private message Print Post    
It's ok, a quick easy read. Kaili, it is on abc.

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 6:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beachcomber a private message Print Post    
Has anyone read Sharyn McCrumb's books? Would you recommend them? Thanks!

Not1worry
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07-30-2002

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 8:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Not1worry a private message Print Post    
Beach, I read one of hers, The Ballad of Frankie Silver. The only reason I read it was because I knew someone who was related way back to the real Frankie Silver, and she'd told us a lot of the legend. That book was very good, but I tried another of hers and it was so-so. That's all I can tell you.

I finished Five People You Meet in Heaven yesterday. I loved it. I won't see the movie, since I enjoyed my own imagination. I hadn't read it earlier because I'd heard it was too sad. Although it dealt with sad themes, I didn't find it depressing. I didn't think it was nearly as sad as Tuesdays With Morrie.

Still working my way through the Callahan Garrity mysteries. I'm on the 5th in the series now and they are all very good.

Started a mystery called Body Double by Tess Gerritson, but only made it a few pages in. I'm not in the mood for autopsies and serial killers this week.

Westtexan
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07-16-2004

Monday, November 29, 2004 - 8:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Westtexan a private message Print Post    
I just finished reading Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer. Fascinating!! I haven't kept up with this thread to know if anyone has read this book and discussed it. It's a true crime story about some fundamentalist Mormons(FLDS). It also gives a lot of history on the origin of the Mormon religion. I couldn't put the book down. While the Mormon history storyline was fascinating to me, the true crime storyline was just so sad and disturbing. I still can't fathom how those people could do such horrible things even with all the background given in the book. Very baffling. (It mentions a little about Elizabeth Smart's abduction because her kidnapper is a FLDS.)

Karen
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09-07-2004

Thursday, December 02, 2004 - 6:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
There's been some discussion over in the "Lost" folders about Watership Down. It not only reminded me how much I loved this book, it prompted me to dig out my copy and pick it up again. I just thought I'd mosey on over to the library and put it in the front of people's minds, if you haven't read it and are looking for something to relax with over the holidays, I really reccomend this book.

Shadoe
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11-04-2004

Friday, December 03, 2004 - 1:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shadoe a private message Print Post    
I'm reading The Double by Jose Saramago. Some time ago, I was wandering around Chapters, just looking for books to replenish my to-be-read shelf, and I came across a book Blindness by this same author. I enjoyed this book so much that as soon as I finished reading, I went right back to Chapters to buy up all the books I could find by this author. I have to say that each and every book by this author keeps me totally immersed from start to finish. All the Names, The Cave, The Stone Raft, Blindness and now The Double, each story different yet equally powerful. I can hardly wait to get to the four other books by Jose Saramago that are on my bookshelf, waiting for me to read.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Sunday, December 12, 2004 - 6:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I am reading Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich. I have never read any of her books before so I am looking forward to this one.

Sweetest_thang
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09-28-2004

Monday, December 13, 2004 - 7:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sweetest_thang a private message Print Post    
I started reading the Stephanie Plum Series by Janet Evanovich. About ready to start book 5. I am LOVING it. I want to read Metro Girl too. Let me know how it is.


Cathie
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08-16-2000

Monday, December 13, 2004 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cathie a private message Print Post    
Beachcomber, I have read Sharyn McCrumb's books and enjoyed them. I also love all of Janet Evanovich's books!

I just finished reading Michael Crichton's State of Fear. It was not as good as his other books for me--kind of fragmented at the beginning, and too many unbelievable life-saving events...

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Monday, December 13, 2004 - 2:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
I haven't checked in a while so I thought I would let you all know that I am currently "A New Song" by Jan Karon which is the book #5 of the Mitford series. Once I got started...I just kept on rolling. I will probably read all eight books and then sit anxiously awaiting the ninth and final volume.


Cathie
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08-16-2000

Monday, December 13, 2004 - 2:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cathie a private message Print Post    
A great little book for the holiday season is The Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Guinn. I bought a copy for my mother last Christmas and ended up reading it before I wrapped it, then bought another to give to her because I wanted to keep one for myself. There is a good review of it at Amazon.com for anyone who wants to know more.

Puppylov3
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01-26-2004

Monday, December 13, 2004 - 5:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puppylov3 a private message Print Post    
I finished Shepard's Abiding by Jan Karon this weekend. A nice happy book - I needed that.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, December 15, 2004 - 8:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Sweetest, Metro Girl was a cute book. It reminded me of something Romancing the Stoneish, if that makes sense. I liked it but I didn't love it.

Puppylov3
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01-26-2004

Monday, December 20, 2004 - 7:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puppylov3 a private message Print Post    
Finished The Romonov Prophecy by steve berry.

Definitely recommend it (especially if you've like stuff like DaVinci Code or Rule of FOur)

Not1worry
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07-30-2002

Wednesday, December 22, 2004 - 5:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Not1worry a private message Print Post    
Oh good, I can't wait to try Metro Girl. I didn't like the other Evanovich non-Plum books.

I've recently read Loop Group by one of my all-time favorite authors, Larry McMurtry. He wrote Lonesome Dove and Terms of Endearment plus many others. Loop Group was very different from his other novels and I enjoyed it. For one thing, he didn't kill off hardly any of my favorite characters in a gruesome way.

The book jacket said that it was about a Hollywood woman having a minor mid-life crisis and deciding to go with her best friend visit her aunt in Texas. The visit didn't seem to be but a sidenote, so I'm not sure why the blurb said that. She runs a loop group, which I guess provides sound effects for films. The people in the group are quite a strange bunch.

I also finished the last Callahan Garrity mystery. I wish there were more, they were wonderful. Now I'm reading Ahead of the Game by Suzann Ledbetter. So far, so good. She's got a very funny style.

There's a bunch of other stuff on the shelves. Our library is opening a wonderful new main branch on Jan. 3rd. For some reason, during the month of December, all the books are not due until Jan. 18th, instead of the usual 2 weeks. I may have gone a little overboard with my selections, I've got a lot of reading to do.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, December 22, 2004 - 6:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I just ordered Loop Group so I was glad to read your input. I usually agree with you on most books!

I just finished a wonderful book called A Year and A Day by Leslie Pietrzyk. It was all about a teenaged girl growing up in the 70's whose mom commits suicide and she hears her talking to her for a year and a day. It really is about the healing process and growing up. I really recommend it.

Not1worry
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07-30-2002

Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 5:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Not1worry a private message Print Post    
I think you'll like it Mamie, let me know what you think! It's totally different from the Berrybenders, more like his other contemporary novels. It ended too quickly, but very satisfying.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Sunday, December 26, 2004 - 9:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I just finished reading How To Murder A Millionaire by Nancy Martin. A really fun, quick read. I liked it so much that I ordered the next two in the series tonight!

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Monday, December 27, 2004 - 3:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
I just finished reading the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime by Mark Haddon. It's a story in the voice of a 15 yr old autistic boy, who is trying to write a novel about his attempt to solve the murder of a neighbour's dog. I actually really liked it.


Now I'm reading the The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, December 27, 2004 - 6:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I really liked it too, Eeyore. I just liked the way it was told, straight forward as the boy saw things.

Knightpatti
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12-06-2001

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 8:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Knightpatti a private message Print Post    
Marmie = what are the next 2 in the series? I read How To Murder a Millionaire, too and loved it.

Just finished Clay Aikens, Learn to Sign. It is his story about not so ordinary person dealing with his life and what has happened with him. Very refreshing!

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 9:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
I loved Curious Incident (as any of you regulars know :-)).

I got Gilead for Christmas, along with Case Histories. Can't wait to start reading....