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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Monday, February 14, 2005 - 12:58 pm
Put me down in the "easily amused" group, too, because a brand new library would be very exciting. I wish ours were bigger. They have many different explanations for getting moved down the list (none of which have ever made much sense). I'll have to perfect my "perplexed expression"!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, February 14, 2005 - 1:17 pm
I am a shopaholic when it comes to books. I belong to all the book clubs and I buy when they have good deals. I loved the Shopaholic books even though I also am not a shopaholic. I really don't get the infatuation with shoes. Maybe someone could enlighten me. I loved Watermelon. It was the first Marian Keyes book that I read. I'm not really getting into the one I am reading now so I might have to put it down and pick up something else. I have a drawer full of books waiting to be read.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Monday, February 14, 2005 - 1:53 pm
Mamie, You must be a mind reader because as I was reading, Watermelon, a little while ago and they were going on and on about shoes, I was thinking that I must be the only person (woman) around who doesn't understand and share a shoe obsession! Give me a pair of tennies any day. In fact, give them to me every day. I've never, ever liked buying shoes and I hate wearing anything uncomfortable. The best part about buying books is that you get them first. I'm not a smoker, but whoever has the book before me usually is and since I'm allergic, I'll have to read holding the book a couple of feet away from me. We don't really have any book stores close by (except a Wal Mart selection) so it's usually easier to just have the library get them.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, February 14, 2005 - 3:00 pm
Scout, I'm with you! I usually prefer going barefoot but then again, my Mom was born and raised in Kauai and shoes are quite optional there. And the shoes that so many women crow about, look to be the most uncomfortable creations around!
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 8:46 am
Kauai sounds so nice - I would love to have all that sunshine! I've never been there, but I'd like to. (especially barefoot) I really should look into the book club route. I've never tried it before. Do you recommend any in particular? What I liked most about the shopaholic books was the light tone. I was definitely in the mood for that type of book. I've always liked books with quirky characters.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 9:48 am
I find myself leaning toward "lighter" books lately. I have enough seriousness in real life, why not some escapism? I find that the British and Irish authors of Chick Lit seem to write the best of the quirky characters. I belong to all the book clubs. Literary Guild is a good one and so is Rhapsody. Rhapsody is a romance book club but you can get bestsellers and some fun chick lit books there as well. I don't really read historical romance, though I used to when I was younger. I like books that are based in the present usually.
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 10:48 am
Yes, I too have been in the mood for only reading fun stuff for at least a year now and I think you are right....I think that everything in life seems to be so heavy and I would just as soon be in the oblivion of fiction. I figure that you have to be balanced and I don't run away from the problems of real life, but get involved and roll up my sleeves, yet I think you have to take care to make sure there is some balance there and that you are also taking a lot of time to laugh and dream. I have a British mom, and I think from her I get that love of the quirky side of people and laughing about almost everything and everybody (especially ourselves) in life.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 10:51 am
Thanks, Mamie, I'll check out the Literary Guild and the Rhapsody. I know a long time ago, you'd have to buy a set number of books per month, but I don't think it works that way anymore. I wonder if Fannie Flagg has any new books coming out?
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 12:02 pm
You just have to buy 3 or 4 books in 2 years time. It's great having the internet now to check and mark off the month's books if you don't want to receive them. You usually get to buy 4 or 5 books for $1, which is tremendous, and I hit my quota of books in the first two months. Some months, they will have deals like free shipping and handling or buy 1 book get 1 half off or even buy 1 or 2 and get one free.
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 11:33 am
Finished "Two for Joy" by Patricia Scanlon this morning. I'm not sure how I feel about it. I liked it on one level (another Irish author!), but it bugged me on another. I think it is because she kept switching up the story from the different character's point of view, which generally I like but here I felt like sometimes they didn't ring true. And the flow seemed off in the book and the ending seemed rushed. I just may have been in a hyper-critical mood this week...it happens!
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Friday, February 18, 2005 - 10:27 am
Just finished, "Watermelon" by Marian Keyes. It was good (My son dislocated his knee this week, so couldn't get much reading done. He's doing fine now, thank goodness). Now on to the shopaholic books...
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, February 18, 2005 - 12:26 pm
Glad to hear that your son is fine. That hurts! My son is very tall and he has to be careful because that has happened to him before.
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Friday, February 18, 2005 - 2:28 pm
I loved Watermelon. Just started Every Boy's Got One.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Friday, February 18, 2005 - 2:49 pm
Mamie, My son is really tall (6'3"), also. Maybe that's part of the problem, he grew so quickly that it weakened the knee. They said they'll teach him some exercises in rehab so hopefully, it won't happen again. Did it happen to your boy more than once? I love the new Shopaholic book so far.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, February 18, 2005 - 3:05 pm
His knee pops sometimes but it hasn't dislocated again. He did go through the therapy and he is very good at working out on it. He's 6'8" and he's always been tall but it's the way they grow, I think. How old is your son? Justin is 22.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Friday, February 18, 2005 - 3:20 pm
6'8" -wow, that's big! My son is 16 and sincerely hopes he can reach your son's height! Did you read "The Other Side of the Story" by Marian Keyes? They library just called and had that one in for me.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, February 18, 2005 - 6:01 pm
I haven't read that one but you will have to let me know how it is. I am reading The Ivy Chronicles by Karen Quinn right now. It's about a woman who loses her job and husband and ends up starting a business for getting kids into the "right" schools. It's really been a fun read so far. I recommend it!
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 3:30 pm
Does anyone know of a good book review website?
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 4:00 pm
I like to look at the reviews on Amazon.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 5:13 pm
I finished The Ivy Chronicles and I highly recommend it. It was very funny. I am now reading Honeymoon Suite by Lynn Michaels and am finding it a quick, good read too.
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Jen
Member
07-27-2003
| Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 6:57 am
I don't always agree with the reviews here, but it has good info on upcoming Chick Lit books... http://chicklitbooks.com/
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 8:35 am
I did post that I liked the site before we were all a figment of our imaginations! LOL I also posted that I love Meg Cabot , too!
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 8:48 am
Thanks Jen and Rslover! I had some posts on yesterday, but they're gone, so I'll re-post. I finished "The Other Side of the Story" by Marian Keyes. It was okay, but I didn't like it as well as "Watermelon". Also finished the first shopaholic book. It was good - a nice, fast, easy read. My post that got lost was probably my most profound, thought-provoking one ever...(kidding)
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 9:16 am
It really was Scout! I read it and was very impressed with your thoughts!LOL Of course, my missing posts were just as deep!
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 10:46 am
I was both moved and awed with your insightfulness as well, Mamie. History would have long remembered what we said here.
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