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Rslover
Member
12-06-2002
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 6:24 pm
I just took Mystic River out of the library. Not1, 10 Big Ones is due out in June!
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Kady
Member
11-11-2002
| Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 10:45 pm
Well I finally finished "Bloodsucking Fiends" tonight. I never ever would have picked up one of Christopher Moore's books on my own. But I have always enjoyed Adven's humor in the threads he starts...so if he thought it humorous, I would give it a go. It has got some very funny stuff in an offbeat, weird, sarcastic kind of way. That is the one thing that I love most about this thread is checking out something I ordinarily never would have looked twice at. Now I'm gonna take a break from the vampires and read a nice "Chick Lit" book. I will maybe pick up another one of Moore's books when I return to the library. 
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 8:46 am
I finally finished Marjorie Morningstar. It took me quit some time to get through it. I put it down several times. I found Noel Airman to be so insufferable that I was totally put off by him. I hated much about the book. The 1950's sexual stereotypes, the pretty girl gets the all the good guys, and the 1950's version of "cool" was just sickening. I realize that it was written in another time, for another audience, but I have always enjoyed Herman Wouk's tales, and thought I could enjoy this one in that context, but alas, I just couldn't abide it. I did make myself finish it and was satisfied with the ending. I am on to Cold Mountain and 50 pages in, I am enjoying it so much more.
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Not1worry
Member
09-15-2002
| Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 10:35 am
Thanks for telling me about the 10th book, RS. I can't wait for June!
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Seamonkey
Member
05-13-2002
| Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 11:59 am
A Blade of Grass was sad and thought-provoking.. brings up questions without any "right" answers. No winners. Lots of loss. So.. switching back to non-fiction, I'm reading Geraldine Brooks' Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over. Brooks is an award-winning foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. She re-discovered her pen pal letters when her father was dying and decided to see if she could contact the long lost letter-writers... Israeli, arab, American, Aussie, French.. So far, I'm learning about her early life..
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 12:10 pm
Sea...that sounds like a great read!
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Seamonkey
Member
05-13-2002
| Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 12:15 pm
Funny, I was thinking as I typed that you might like this one. I had to get it thru the used book network of BN.com.
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Adven
Member
03-21-2003
| Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 1:24 pm
Mak, I really enjoy the "Prey" series, particularly the last four or five. There's a bit more cop humor than in the earlier ones. I wasn't wild about "Naked Prey", his latest in the series. It wasn't horrible or anything, just not up to his usual standards. Kady, I am touched that you went out and got a book based on my recommendation. I feel a need to reciprocate. Tell me your favorite book of all time and I'll go out and get it.
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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-18-2003
| Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 10:26 pm
Well, I just finished Mystic River. I really liked it (duh, finished it in under a week!) but I figured out how it was going to end way too soon. Wish I hadn't, but it was still a great read. I went to try and find a new book to take on, one of the chic lit suggestions, but just couldn't get myself into them. I want a new book, but have to clue which one now. Ho hum......guess I will read all of the archives here and see if that helps!
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Bearware
Member
05-26-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 9:48 pm
Ok, you all are going to think I'm some kind of mindless mental lightweight, but really, I have to recommend the Evanovich books. They start with One for the Money, and go up to Nine so far. They are lightweight, romance and a bit of mystery novels, and absolutely hilarious! I NEVER laugh out loud when I read alone, and I found myself doing that over and over!
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Saturday, January 31, 2004 - 5:24 am
Bearware, I love them, too! The only one I haven't read yet is Nine.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Saturday, January 31, 2004 - 1:29 pm
Sillicalimomma, this might sound odd, but I read Mystic River about 5 months ago and I can't remember why the one guy killed his friend. I seem to remember people thought he killed the guy's daughter, but I remember someone else responsible. I cant get hold of the book til later to find out. Also, I can't beleive my memory is so bad.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 1:43 pm
Finished Foreign Correspondence, very enjoyable and insights into the Aussie mind, at least this one Aussie.. Now starting a book that someone mentioned in this thread: Lesley Hazelton's memoir Driving to Detroit: An Automotive Odyssey.
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 3:28 pm
Bearware, You would probably like Jane Heller too. Check out her site and book descriptions. http://www.janeheller.com/jh_aboutjh.htm
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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-13-2003
| Monday, February 02, 2004 - 9:02 am
Cablejockey-*spoiler for mystic river*The father of the girl who was murdered (Katie) did kill his old friend Dave even though he was not the one who murdered Katie. Dave's wife told Jimmy the story of him coming home covered in blood and that she thought he had done it. Right after he killed Dave is when Sean found him to tell him they caught the real murderer. Hope that helps!
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Monday, February 02, 2004 - 12:59 pm
I am nearly halfway through Cold Mountain, and I can't even begin to tell you how much I am enjoying this book. It so well written that I can see the scenery, hear the sounds of the birds and the bugs, smell the air, taste the food, and feel what it is like to be there. Sometimes I feel as though I am right there walking beside Inman on his journey home, and other times, I feel like I am standing there working right beside Ada, and Ruby. I can't tell you how wonderful it is to have characters to care about again. Charles Frazier makes them so real with such depth and dimension. The writing is so pure poetry sometimes that I find myself reading passages over again just to enjoy the way the words come together. I also love the side stories that come up along the way. Like the preacher, Inman met, and the prisoner who was yelling his story to the crowd below from his prison cell. I am really going to hate when this book ends, so I am trying to slow down my reading so I can enjoy this experience a while longer.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, February 02, 2004 - 7:31 pm
Mary, the characters that Inman meets along the way was my favorite part of the book. I liked the journey more than the ending.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 7:37 am
Thanks, Sillicallimomma, that info did help.
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Bearware
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 6:19 pm
Mak1, thanks I'll check into her - you really HAVE to read nine, it's the funniest yet!
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Bearware
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 6:20 pm
RSlover, thanks for the headsup! I'll check her out!
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Not1worry
Member
07-30-2002
| Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 8:35 pm
I was in the used book store today and looked at Mystic River. I would have sworn up and down that I read this book, but flipping to the first page I could tell right away I never have. The used book store lady was looking at me like I was a little off. So this leaves me wondering what book was that??? I was thinking of Peace Like a River, a great book. This explains why I was so confused in the Mystic River discussion. Then I asked if they had any Christopher Moore books and she would NOT shut up. She is apparently his biggest fan. Unfortunately it made me think, if she likes him that much then I am going to hate it on principle, because she was terribly annoying. I'm halfway through Fluke and it's so very different. Yet it's good enough that I'm staying with it.
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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-13-2003
| Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 11:06 pm
I really like Mystic River. I don't know how I will take the movie now though. It is always so hard for me to like a movie after reading the book. I usually picture things much different. Except with Harry Potter...tee hee I picked up The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc Looked like a nice light read which I could use right now in between all my courses!
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Adven
Member
02-06-2001
| Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 8:39 am
We Christopher Moore fans tend to be annoying, Not1. Have you read the third installment of the Berrybender books? I think it's called "By Sorrow's River" or something like it. The first two were a riot. I've got another book or two to read, then I'm going out and getting that one.
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Not1worry
Member
07-30-2002
| Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 10:15 am
Adven, I've read the third Berrybender. I think "visually inhaled" it would be a better term. I laughed as much as I winced. I finished Fluke. All in all, it was a satisfying read. I usually don't enjoy anything that is that far off of reality. I was impressed that Moore could take a bizarre and outlandish situation and write it so well that I wasn't distracted with why it was ridiculous. What Moore book would you recommend next?
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Adven
Member
02-06-2001
| Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 12:29 pm
Yeah, McMurtry's westerns tend to do that. One minute you're laughing your head off, the next someone's getting disemboweled or scalped in some horrific manner. As for Christopher Moore, they all are outrageous and completely divorced from reality. I love them all, but Bloodsucking Fiends might be my favorite, probably because it was the first I read of his. It's got an endearing, if bizarre, love story and the main character, a girl named Jody, is interesting and unique.
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