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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 11:17 pm
Yesterday, I finished Summer Sisters. It was a very good book. I also started a book called Until August, which is by an author from around here. It really really weird reading it because it takes place in my home county and the main female character that it's based on is one of my old friend's older sisters.. So odd.. Anywho, it is a good book so far.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 12:34 pm
I am starting a book called Blood Orange by Druscilla Campbell. It's about a missing child and the repercussions and secrets within the family. I have read a book of hers before and really liked it. Hopefully, I will say the same again!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 9:39 am
Finished Blood Orange and I really liked it. I just started reading The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble. It's kind of hard at first to remember who's who but I'm getting into it so it's becoming easier. They seem to read these books that really tie in with the lives of some of the readers.
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Macaroni
Member
06-06-2005
| Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 7:52 pm
Sillycalimomma: Did you finish Devil in the White City? If you did, post your opinion. I read the book last year and I was fascinated with both stories told: the building of the World's Fair and the serial killer.
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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-13-2003
| Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 8:10 pm
Actually, because of HP I decided not to start it. I finished HP last week so I decided to pick up Devil again. I am only about 5 chapters in (I read it while dd is at tennis lessons) but I am really enjoying it. It was a bit hard to follow at first-a bit too factual for my taste, but it is growing on me and now I am enthralled. I am finding the history very interesting thats for sure, and wonder why I have never heard of any of this before. I'll come back and post when I am done!
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Macaroni
Member
06-06-2005
| Friday, July 29, 2005 - 8:52 pm
Sillycalimomma: Thanks for the response. I thought the book started a bit slowly, but soon the facts begin to accumulate and become a fascinating story of an amazing accomplishment! Paired with the creepy story of the twisted serial killer, the book becomes difficult to leave. I hope you continue to enjoy it.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 11:48 am
I'm reading Sue Grafton's R is for Ricochet but it's taking me awhile to get into it. Unlike her other books that I can zoom thru in a couple of days.
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Puppylov3
Member
01-26-2004
| Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 12:09 pm
just finished Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity. currently reading CS Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, and With No One as Witness by Elizabeth George
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Saggkl
Member
07-17-2002
| Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 4:48 pm
Just finished Robin cooks new book Marker. Waiting for Morrell's new book Creepers. Loved his Brotherhood of the Rose and Fifth Profession. Getting ready to read my first Kathy Reichs book, Deja Dead.
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Tashakinz
Member
11-13-2002
| Monday, August 08, 2005 - 6:11 am
A friend started me on the "Outlander" series a couple of months ago and I'm up to "The Fiery Cross." Great books. Such a rich writing style.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, August 08, 2005 - 2:38 pm
Woohoo! Another convert! LOL Welcome to Jamie's world Tasha -- planning a trip to Scotland yet? In 5 days I'll be listening to the author, and on Sat. of this week, I'll be having dinner w/her, her DH Doug, and about 50 other "Hosers" who are in awe of her writing! Can't get much better than that. You have preordered A Breath of Snow and Ashes on Amazon, right? LOL
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Tashakinz
Member
11-13-2002
| Monday, August 08, 2005 - 4:11 pm
lol Teach - I don't understand the "hosers" reference, but she does have a wonderful gift with words. As for book 6 I'll just borrow it from my friend when she's done with it and slowly pick them up for myself as I can afford them. I've already blown my entire summer reading budget on Harry Potter and J.D. Robb's latest Eve Dallas book.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, August 08, 2005 - 7:08 pm
Oops -- sorry. "Hosers" is the name we use on a message board devoted to Lallybroch and Jamie & Claire. It's actually a term from Strange Brew (an 80's movie) -- but we've used it to signify anyone who has become so enchanted w/this series that we refuse to believe that Jamie is a FICTIONAL character! LOL We're all pretty addicted -- Scottish everything, dragonflies abound, strawberries mean WAY more than any other fruit, and amber is our favorite stone! LOL Our motto: Many are called, but few are Hosen! Anyway, glad you have someone who is willing to loan the books -- if you ever get a chance to listen to the unabridged version on tape, I'd highly recommend it. I've read the entire series 3 or 4 times, but I've listened to it twice, and I catch a LOT of little things that I never catch in the readings. ((((backs slowly off her Lallybroch soapbox)))) My apologies- - these are my all time favorite books, and I tend to get "geeked" when someone new discovers them and likes them, too. Just ask Jasper! LOL HEY JASPER -- you finished yet???
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 3:34 pm
I just finished up a book by Dan Simmons called "Summer of Night". I was looking for a thriller/horror author similar to Stephen King, and I just happened to pick this up in the book store. It reminds me a lot of King's style and I really enjoyed it. I found at the end that there is also a sequel to it called, "A Winter Haunting". I'm so glad to have found a new author.
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Newman
Member
09-25-2004
| Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 8:54 pm
Am reading "Reading Lolita in Tehran" by Azar Nafisi. Actually I'm listening to it on tape while I case mail or walk around the park. Heavy book. Giving me a better understanding of Iran, Muslims, and what's going on now in Iraq. Also making me curious about other books such as Great Gatsby, Pride and Prejudice, Lolita, Henry James, and other "literature." 13 tapes, 18.5 hours which is quite the commitment for my little audio bookclub, but the book is well worth it. Much to talk about. Issues. Good bookclub book, it's about a bookclub in Tehran afterall. Maybe too intellectual for us, but I'm trying to overlook that flaw.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 4:51 am
That book is so interesting, Newman. It made me want to read more of their book club's reading list, too. I loved getting a look into the minds of these Muslim women. What a great book club selection!
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Newman
Member
09-25-2004
| Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 10:09 am
I agree Mak1. I'm going to try to get my little bookclub to listen to The Great Gatsby or Pride and Prejudice. I am still listening to the book. It does make me want to read and learn more about Islam. They are the biggest religion in the world but they're so backward and unfriendly toward women. How can Islam flourish in a modern world? Why don't the women revolt? Why do the men support it? So many questions...
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 10:52 am
Oh Scout, I think I read that--Summer of Night--several years ago. If its the one where a group of boys are running from this 'rendering truck' and something evil going on in their town, I really enjoyed it.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 7:41 am
I'm almost finished Daughters of Eden by Charlotte Bingham. Its the story of 4 young women on the eve of WW2 in England, and how they come together at a secret place called Eden Park to work as spies or on top secret files. I liked seeing how people lived back then, and you really appreciate the scrifices normal everyday citizens made for their country--then kept quiet about it.
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Not1worry
Member
07-30-2002
| Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 4:37 pm
A Year of Pleasure by Elizabeth Berg was very good. It took me about halfway through to get into her writing style, but then I was savoring every page. It's the story of a newly widowed woman who drives into the Midwest and just picks a place to start over. It was a beautiful story of living with grief without being depressing. Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella (of Shopaholic reknown) was great! I liked it much better than the Shopaholic books, the heroine was great. Although I enjoyed the Shopaholic books, I always felt like Becky just needed a good kick in the pants. This girl is a highly successful, super busy lawyer who makes a huge mistake, walks out of her building, gets on a train and ends up at a country home. She's mistaken as a job applicant for a housekeeper position and ends up going along with it. There were a few chapter that I thought were a bit stretched, but mostly it was a really fun read.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, August 18, 2005 - 9:17 pm
I am going to start The Cradle Robbers. It's the sixth book in the Mommy Track series by Ayelet Waldman. Real funny mysteries.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, August 19, 2005 - 7:07 pm
I just finished reading The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks. Not nearly as good as The Notebook but nice, lite reading. Now I am reading From the Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz and its really good! Over 700 pages but its such a page-turner that I know I'll finish it in no time. Very, very twisted bad guy in this book.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - 10:43 pm
I'm reading Mad Girls In Love by Michael lee West. I'm loving it. It's very rich in the Southern culture. Very entertaining.
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Saggkl
Member
07-17-2002
| Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 2:53 pm
From the Corner of his Eye was really good. The Summer of Night sounds like Kings It.
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Westtexan
Member
07-16-2004
| Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 7:35 pm
Just finished Memoirs of a Geisha. I heard it was being made into a movie and due out around December. I wanted to read it before the movie. I really enjoyed it as I knew nothing about geishas. It put me in the mood for sake.
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