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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 5:43 pm
Mamie, is that a recently published book?
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 9:21 pm
Yes, it's a new one.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, April 15, 2005 - 9:15 pm
I finished Ya-Ya's In Bloom. I enjoyed it. I am now going to start The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd. She wrote The Secret Life of Bees, which I really loved. Let's hope her second novel is as good.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Saturday, April 16, 2005 - 6:30 am
I'm re-reading The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher. I think it's one of her best. By the way, does anyone know if she is ever going to come out with another book? I sure hope so.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Saturday, April 16, 2005 - 7:06 pm
'rumor' has it that Pilcher has retired from writing. i loved the shell seekers, too!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, April 16, 2005 - 7:12 pm
I have never read The Shell Seekers. Scout, I think you've found one that I haven't read! Thanks for the recommendation.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, April 18, 2005 - 9:00 am
I finished The Mermaid Chair and it wasn't as good as The Secret Life of Bees. There was a lot of statue symbolism like Bees but I found myself at the end, just wanting to flip through it and get it over with already. I am going to start Everything She Thought She Wanted by Elizabeth Buchnan. It's about 2 women, spanning across years, who find themselves at crossroads in their lives. One in 1950, having an affair with a younger man and one in present time, deciding about having a baby.
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Not1worry
Member
07-30-2002
| Monday, April 18, 2005 - 6:17 pm
Breakdown Lane was very good, but not a comfortable read. The utter selfishness and delusion of the characters upset me. I hate to have the characters that I like get treated so badly. She's an awesome writer, though. I wanted to put the book down, it was depressing me, but I kept hoping for a somewhat happy ending. Good book, but not the light Chick Lit for this thread! Now re-reading White Smoke by Andrew Greeley, which I read a few years ago. It's about the next papal conclave, although fictional, it's very informative about the process. I figured now was a good time to read it again. I have The Mermaid Chair on hold at the library. Looking forward to it. A lot of symbolism is lost on me, so we'll see if I get it.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 10:48 am
Not1, thanks for the info on The Breakdown Lane. I got it yesterday but I think that I will wait to read it when I can get into something more depressing.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 9:20 am
I thought I had posted in this thread but I posted in the What are you reading thread. Okay, my mind is somewhere else today. I now reading Lucy Sullivan's Getting Married by Marian Keyes. I wanted something a bit more fun this time around.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 7:27 pm
I finished Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married and I have to say that it was getting to be where I didn't care too much for Lucy. I was just thinking she needed to get over herself after a while! I am going to start Strange Bedpersons by Jennifer Crusie.
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Jen
Member
07-27-2003
| Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 10:45 pm
I just read The Other Woman by Jane Green. It was good. Not as good as some of her others, but I would recommend it. Started The Other Side of the Story by Marian Keyes. HATED IT. I only read about 50 pages, but it was nothing like her others I felt. I loved all her other books, even Under the Duvet, the short stories about her life. I have been reading some young adult books recently so haven't been into Chick lit much. I am sure closer to summer I will be reading more, so I need some good suggestions. I think the last two I talked about weren't as good since they were dealing with mothers, mother in laws, and family issues. I like reading about the single girl in the city and her issues.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, April 25, 2005 - 11:07 am
I finished Strange Bedpersons. Very short but cute book. I enjoy Jennifer Crusie. I am now reading The Four Seasons by Mary Alice Monroe. I really like her writing and this is about 3 sisters who get together for their youngest sister's funeral. The sister leaves a letter asking them to do something, which I haven't gotten to yet. But I am really liking it so far.
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, April 25, 2005 - 12:46 pm
Well, I have forgotten the name of two of the books I read recently, but neither was stellar. They fit my purposes, though....easy reads, nothing too taxing. But I just started Little Bitty Lies by Mary Kay Andrews (who is actually Kathy Hogan Trochek, author of one of the mysteries I just read.) So far it is pretty good, though I am only a couple of chapters in.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Monday, April 25, 2005 - 12:59 pm
I just finished "Light on Snow" by Anita Shreve. It wasn't too bad, reads pretty quickly. I think I would have liked it more if it had been longer.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, April 25, 2005 - 1:44 pm
I liked that one, Scout. It was a pretty quick read but it did draw you in.
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, April 25, 2005 - 2:40 pm
I went looking for mindless paperbacks to take on my cruise yesterday, but didn't see anything that I hadn't read that I wanted to read. My best hope is that we are leaving from Tampa where my college roommate, also a voracious reader, lives and I am hoping I can raid her bookshelf! I think I am going to e-mail her to pick some out for me. She is someone that almost always picks something that I will like.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, April 25, 2005 - 3:27 pm
I like how you went looking for "mindless" paperbacks! LOL Isn't a mindless book, good company every once in a while?
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 9:04 am
After the last couple of weeks, I am going to conserve my brain cells as much as possible. Of course, some would say that I should just exercise them, but what do they know?!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 9:07 am
Some would say that I have few brain cells left!
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 9:09 am
If regular exercise wears you out, then doesn't it seem like exercising brain cells would make them wear out faster as well? I believe in resting them as much as possible. I'm back into reading Rosamund Pilcher with "Coming Home" - my second favorite of all her books.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 3:12 pm
Has anyone read "Fat Chance"? It's a Red Dress Ink Novel, even though I don't know what that means. I picked the book up the other day but I don't know much about it.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 3:13 pm
Chicklit.com will have a review on it, Nic. Red Dress Ink is just the publisher. I get a couple of books from them every month and I've enjoyed the ones that I've gotten.
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 3:24 pm
I like the Red Dress Ink books. Usually they are lightweight, funny romances and I usually like that the women are strong yet imperfect. They're generally fast reads, and enjoyable. I put in an order with my Tampa friend that she was to stock me up with paperbacks before my cruise. She graciously agreed! I told her that I would bring her any that I have that I have read, though she reads so much it is hard to find something she hasn't read (like Mamie!)
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 3:29 pm
I'd gladly share the wealth with you! I could share with Nic because she doesn't live too very far away from me.
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