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Archive through June 29, 2004

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Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, June 18, 2004 - 1:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Good to know because I just ordered that one!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, June 19, 2004 - 3:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Beginner's Luck is a FIND! I'm half way through and keep picking it up, then wanting to go slow.. But based on the firsr half, I recommend this novel and plan to check out her other writing as well.

Lkunkel
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10-29-2003

Saturday, June 19, 2004 - 4:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lkunkel a private message Print Post    
I ended up starting Greg Palast's The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Truth About Corporate Cons, Globalization, and High-Finance Fraudsters today on the bus. I have the revised American edition.

It's a pretty scary book. If even half of what's written is true, geez.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, June 21, 2004 - 5:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Finished Beginner's Luck and I hesitate to compare, but I think I love the characters almost as much as the ones in SLOB.. and that is really saying something.. a reveiw compared it to Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe and I can see that too..

Next starting Louise Erdrich's The Bingo Palace).

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, June 25, 2004 - 12:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Finished that book and now staring on Dick Pound's Inside the Olympics: A Behind-the-Scnenes look at the Politics, the Scandals, and the Glory of the Games. Seemed timely...

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Friday, June 25, 2004 - 1:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
Sounds VERY interesting Sea....let me know how it goes...I have an extensive collection of books on the Olympics and this sounds like something right up my alley.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, June 25, 2004 - 2:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
If you come to Mystic, I'll give it to you.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Friday, June 25, 2004 - 6:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
I'm coming to Mystic! Bring me books, Seamonkey!

I have an Elizabeth Peters and a Kathy Reichs book that I am taking to the beach with me next week. Can't remember the title of either of them! Also taking the LOTR series, since I never got it together for the book club and I reallyreallyreally want to read them!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, June 25, 2004 - 7:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I don't think they ever started LOTR.. I bought them and read The Hobbit.. oh well..

Hermi, I will bring you a book to Mystic..

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, June 25, 2004 - 8:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I am almost finished with Sam's Letters To Jennifer by James Patterson.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Friday, June 25, 2004 - 8:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
WOOHOO...just got The Bronze Horseman at BN for $2.50...HARDCOVER! That's less than 10% of original price! I've heard wonderful things about it, but first I've got to finish The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve. Shouldn't take more than a day or so.

Any advice on The Mists of Avalon? I've got that one and Anna Karenina to read this summer along with TBH. Where do I start??

Jen
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07-27-2003

Friday, June 25, 2004 - 9:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jen a private message Print Post    
How is Sam's Letters to Jennifer? What is the basic plot? Is it worthwhile? I used to love James Patterson.

Thanks!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, June 25, 2004 - 9:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Did you read Suzanne's Diary For Nicholas? It's in that same vein. Jennifer goes to her grandmother's side when she lapses into a coma and finds a stack of letters that Grandma Sam has written for her about her life. It's quite good and a very fast read.

Jen
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07-27-2003

Saturday, June 26, 2004 - 9:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jen a private message Print Post    
Nope, I didn't read that one either. Sounds good. I think I will check them both out of the library!

Thanks.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, June 26, 2004 - 10:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Teach, I'd suggest starting on page one ..

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Saturday, June 26, 2004 - 5:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
LOL!! Yup, got that covered. Now...which book???

Bronze?
Avalon?
Anna?

Grrrr...worst part about summer...picking priorities! LOL

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, June 26, 2004 - 7:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I am reading The Lost Girls by Laurie Fox. It's about the generations of Darling women starting from Wendy Darling. Are they delusional or do they really possess the magic to fly with Peter Pan? Great writing so far.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Sunday, June 27, 2004 - 6:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I've got that one too for the summer Mamie! Glad to hear it's a fun read.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Sunday, June 27, 2004 - 6:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Oops...meant to also say, I went w/ Bronze Horseman....and it's WONDERFUL! I'm only 140 pages in, but it's set in Russia during WWII...when Germany is invading. Excellent so far (and gets your interest right from the first page!)

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - 6:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
I didn't exactly read them (listened to them on my PocketPC) but I recommend the two Books Dan Hecht has written in the Cree Black series, City of Masks and Land of Echoes. Cree Black is a degreed psychologist who specializes in parapsychology. Her partner is an engineer who tried to find scientific explanations for the phenomenon they observe. I slightly preferred City of Masks because it is set in New Orleans, a city I was preparing to visit when I listened to it. Land of Echoes is set on an Indian reservation. Both were non-stop listens, though, and I highly recommend either one.

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - 7:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
I'm reading The Trick of It by Michael Frayn. It's funny so far. The story is told via the main character's letters to his oldest friend. It's a quick read.

Not1worry
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07-30-2002

Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - 4:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Not1worry a private message Print Post    
I was reading People magazine (something I'm not proud of) and they had a "where are they now" thing on Shannon Faulkner, the young woman who fought to get into the all-male Citadel in SC. I thought it was interesting that Citadel alum and author Pat Conroy paid for Shannon's college education after she left the Citadel. Apparently he felt that the Citadel handled it all wrong and wanted to do something to make up for it.

I know it doesn't really go with the "What Are You Reading" thread, but I didn't know where else to mention it. Pat Conroy is a great writer, so it caught my interest.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - 8:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Works for me, Not1.. I've been known to indulge in a People magazine ..

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - 8:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I've also been known to indulge in a People magazine...about once a week

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - 9:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Hee.. actually I used to subscribe to it :-)

Nowadays I usually snag one if I"m flying somewhere, at least..