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Archive through June 17, 2005

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Not1worry
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07-30-2002

Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 1:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Not1worry a private message Print Post    
Mamie, weirdly enough, I ended up with a large print copy. I guess I wasn't paying attention when I reserved it at the library. The words that would have been italicized in a regular copy were in bold print for the large print version. It droves me nuts, it seemed like every 3rd word was emphasized. I don't remember the brother in particular, I think I hated the way all the dialogue was written. I only read a few chapters, but I did hate that brother character. I'm pretty sure I've read other books by her that weren't as bad though. She really blew it with that book.

Mitford is just as much fun the second time around!

Scout
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01-20-2005

Friday, May 27, 2005 - 2:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
I just finished "The Shop on Blossom Street", by Debbie Macomber. It reads through very fast and I enjoyed the story. It reminded me a little of "Evening Class" by Maeve Binchy, but concentrated on developing fewer characters more fully. Am anxious to read the sequel.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, May 27, 2005 - 2:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I liked the sequel just as well, Scout.



Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Friday, May 27, 2005 - 5:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beachcomber a private message Print Post    
Scout, I am glad you posted that! I just bought that book to read.

Has anyone read "The Town that Came A-Courtin" by Ronda Rich? I bought it but my niece commandeered it last week before I could read it and now I have to wait until she finishes. She reads books when she has time and that means a month or more!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, May 28, 2005 - 10:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I've never heard of that one, Beachcomber.

Scout
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01-20-2005

Monday, May 30, 2005 - 8:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
I just finished Mary Alice Monroe's, "The Four Seasons" and I loved it. I'm anxious, now, to read some more of her books. Thanks, Mamie, for that recommendation!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, May 30, 2005 - 9:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I'm so glad you liked it. I hate to recommend books for the fear that someone will get them and hate them!

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 8:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I have just finished the first two "Yada Yada Prayer Group" books - they are so good! Funny, sad - a great read.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 10:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I finished The Goodbye Summer and it was okay. Some parts I really loved and some parts I wanted to kick the heroine in the behind!

I just started Table For Five by Susan Wiggs. It's about to unlikely people who have to raise the three children of their brother/friend. I am sure that it will lead to them falling in love.

Jen
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07-27-2003

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 12:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jen a private message Print Post    
I agree Mamie, I liked Sleeping Over better than the other one.

I have been wondering about the Yada Yada Prayer Group books. Good to hear they are enjoyable. I will have to check them out.

Up next is The Birth of Venus for book club. Then The Kite Runner. But I will probably go to a chick lit book first, Technically Hitched.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 7:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I finished Table For Five and really loved it! I have enjoyed the Susan Wiggs books that I have read very much.

I am going to start on Pawleys Island tonight.

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Friday, June 03, 2005 - 7:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
I'm reading Best Friends by Debbie Macomber right now and loving it. The story of best friends who meet when they are young and grow up together, though one is the family of a judge and the other the daughter of an alcoholic who works in a factory. The whole book is journal entries, letters, and announcement-type things (birth, marriage, death.) Brushes the history of the time as it goes through. Just started it last night and am almost finished with it!

Just finished a "young adult" book (Amazon recommends for grades 6-9, but who cares?) by Sarah Mlynowski ("Bras and Broomsticks") that was very cute. The story of a 14-year old girl who discovers her 12-year old sister and her mother are both witches. I don't think I will ever get over my love of books for this age group!

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 6:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
Got the name of the Debbie Macomber book wrong... it's actually called Between Friends!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 1:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I really enjoyed Pawleys Island. Thank you very much, Beachcomber.

I am starting The Right Address by Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman. It's all about the high falutin in New York.

Yes, I think I've read the Macomber book. I've read so many of hers, it's hard to remember.

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beachcomber a private message Print Post    
That's great Mamie, didn't it make you want to go have cocktails on Huey's patio and talk to his mother? That is one book that I will read again in a couple of years.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 3:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
It really did! I would have loved it. I also just got Shem Creek by the same author.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 9:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Finished The Right Address and what a fun read! I am going to start reading Lost In The Forest by Sue Miller. I usually enjoy her books very much.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 2:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Done with Lost In The Forest. It had some very sexually charged scenes that were in a very difficult situation and at times were hard to read but all in all, I found this to be a good read. I like Sue Miller's writing.

I am going on to something lighter and fun, Must Love Dogs by Claire Cook. I know there is a movie coming out with John Cusack and Diane Lane from this book. Looking forward to it.

Not1worry
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07-30-2002

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 5:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Not1worry a private message Print Post    
Mamie, I liked Must Love Dogs, hope you enjoy it too.

If anyone would like to read Chick Lit from a man's perspective, I recommend Men and Other Mammals. I didn't think I would like it since it was about 2 brothers and not really what I look for in Chick Lit, but I'm glad I stayed with it. It focuses on a British poet who is praised as the voice of the modern man, but really isn't much of a deep thinker. There's penguins involved, which is always a winner with me!

Also read a Christian fiction by Lori Wick, Moonlight on Mill Pond. Nice story, below average writing, mild entertainment, but wholesome.

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Friday, June 10, 2005 - 8:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
You know, I think I like any book made into a movie starring John Cusack just on principle!

Just read Babyville by Jane Green. Three women at various stages of the baby continuum...one who is desperately trying to get pregnant, one who doesn't want to get pregnant and does, and another who has always wanted to be a mother and finds it a bit more than she bargained for. Three stories that overlap, but they are all told separately instead of jumping back and forth. I enjoyed it and didn't think I would (I just read it because Jane Green wrote it.)

Not1worry...you had me laughing about the penquins.

Scout
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01-20-2005

Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 9:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
I finished Beach House by Mary Alice Monroe which I enjoyed very much. I liked the mother-daughter story. Now, it's on to the sequel to Debbie Macomber's, Shop on Blossom Street - A Good Yarn.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 8:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I finished Must Love Dogs and it was just the cutest story! I am looking forward to seeing the movie now. I am on to reading The History Of Love by Nicole Krauss, which is not really considered Chick lit but it has gotten some very good reviews in everything that I've read.

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - 11:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
My latest was Mike, Mike and Me by Wendy Markham. The story of a woman choosing between two men named Mike. My problem with it was it goes back and forth from the present time (where she is married to one of the Mikes) to the past so you can guess which ones she picks. Drove me nuts for about the two thirds of it, then I adjusted. Still I would have preferred the story in order.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, June 16, 2005 - 8:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
The History Of Love was very good. Very different in it's writing form but a wonderful story.

I started reading The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank last night. I'm loving it already.

Scout
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01-20-2005

Friday, June 17, 2005 - 9:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
I thought that "A Good Yarn" - the sequel to "Shop on Blossom Street" was as good as, if not better, than the original. I like the way Debbie Macomber uses the store premise and then introduces new customers/characters into each story. I hope she continues the series.