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Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, April 04, 2005 - 12:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I read Queen of the Big Time first and then Lucia, Lucia. Since I bought Big Stone Gap yesterday, I will start that soon. The other two are Milk Glass Moon and Big Cherry Holler.

Your trip sounds just so amazing! How great it must be to see so many places. It all sounds like great adventure. I think it would be a lot of fun to do it with friends too. Good for you!

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Monday, April 04, 2005 - 1:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
I'm single, but a lot of my friends that have husbands and boyfriends tend to like to travel with the girls. Usually their SOs don't really like to travel as much as they do, so they come with me. And I definitely appreciate it. One of the friends going with me this time has a boyfriend that likes to sleep in his own bed (she is my constant travel companion) and the other has a husband that has back problems and can't travel much. I always say that even if I eventually find a guy, I will still have to do at least one girl trip a year. I think women get more adventurous as they mature, while men get a bit more staid.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, April 04, 2005 - 1:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
My husband loves to go places and things but there is a different companionship on a trip with girlfriends. You are really just enjoying yourself and not worrying about your mate and what they want. It's more about you.

Scout
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01-20-2005

Monday, April 04, 2005 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
Wow - sounds like a great adventure - you're a regular globe-trotter! Hope you are able to make the Peru trip, also. Do you keep journals?

I think I'll order the Big Stone Gap trilogy. If you two recommend it, I know it will be good.
I'm really enjoying, "The Time Travelers' Wife" so far. I never could find "Enchanted April" at the library, so I think I'm going to order that one, too.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 8:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I'm really enjoying The Hot Flash Club Strikes Again. It's really about all kinds of mother-in-laws. I sometimes want to scream at some of them for taking what they do but I'm sure it will work out in the end of the book. I am almost done with it.

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 11:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
I wish I kept journals! I always think I am going to remember everything and then find out that I don't. You know "I'll remember this moment for the rest of my life" and then the next minute "Huh?"

Finished Queen of the Big Time this morning and really enjoyed it. Not sure what I am starting next, but I have about 3 choices.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 11:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
And as you get perimenopausal, you start forgetting what you did yesterday!

Scout
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01-20-2005

Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 11:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
Hey Mamie, didn't you say that yesterday?

Who wrote "Queen of the Big Time"?

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
Adriana Trigiani....my author of the week. This was the Italian Little House on the Prairie one. I think I have read all of her stuff now, so I have to move on to someone else until she writes something else!

Scout
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01-20-2005

Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 12:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
I just found her book, Big Stone Gap, at the library and thought I'd go ahead and start reading. Was Queen of the Big Time her newest one? I love finding a new author and knowing I'll have a series to read through. I've been waiting on some of my other authors forever, it seems like.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 1:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
LOL Scout...did I say it yesterday? What day is it anyway?

I think that Queen of the Big Time was her latest book. That or Lucia, Lucia. Both are very much worth a read. I really like her. I had bought Lucia, Lucia a while back and just never got around to reading it but once I picked it up, I wanted to read all her books and there are only a few writers who make me want to do that.

Scout
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01-20-2005

Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 2:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
Hey Yesitsme, you should open up your own folder. I opened one yesterday, and Mamie shared all her friends. It's great. I'd like to hear more about your trip and your other adventures.



Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 6:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I finished The Hot Flash book and loved it. I'm getting with the bandwagon and am going to start Big Stone Gap.

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 7:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
OK Scout you have convinced me. I am going to break down and open up a folder!

Today I started my first Callahan McGarrity mystery by Kathy Hogan Trochek. I think someone here recommended at some point. I didn't get very far into it yet, but it seems good. I'm with you Scout....I like finding an author with a few books under their belt to keep me busy for a while!

Scout
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01-20-2005

Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 7:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
Yay Yesitsme!!!

Let us know how the McGarrity book is because I've never read any by that author before. I'm going to start the Big Stone Gap book today, except with my new computer addiction it's hard to find the time!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 8:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
You computer addict, you! LOL I do my reading at night. It's usually during my shows that I can't miss. When I am watching Lost, it's during the commercial breaks.

Scout
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01-20-2005

Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 8:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
I have trouble reading unless it's completely quiet. I guess I can't do two things at once. Mamie, no wonder you get so many books read - you're a "multi-taskally", while I'm only a "single-taskally".

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 9:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
What did you call me?! Since I do daycare, I am always doing many things at one time. I'm used to handling a lot going on. I am lucky in the fact that all my daycare kids are in school and I have them in the afternoon. That frees me for my computer time!

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 10:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
I am a multi-tasker, too. I always have a book or magazine in my lap as I watch tv. Then during the commercials I do things like empty the dishwasher or throw a load of clothes in the wash. My favorite time of day, though, is about 45 minutes to an hour in the morning when I lounge in the tub with a book and a cup of tea or coffee. I get up and walk for about an hour with a friend, so that is my reward.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 12:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
My favorite time of day is the evening when we have just our family here and it's peaceful. I climb into the bath, light some candles and relax. Then, it's to my books and my tv and it's just restful. Unless it's a super exciting episode of Lost!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 9:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I haven't really gotten into Big Stone Gap as quickly as I would have liked. I am enjoying it but I just haven't seemed to be able to read it for too long before putting it down to do something else.

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 12:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
The Big Stone trilogy didn't move quickly for me...in fact, when I read Milk Glass Moon the other week, I remember just not getting into it for a while. Then all of a sudden I really liked it and it moved more quickly.

I have had meetings every night this week except last night, and haven't really gotten much reading done. I still have read in the morning, but it seems to be slow going. I have one meeting at 7 tonight and another at 8, so I doubt I will get to it. Why does real life interfere with my fantasies?

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 12:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Darn that real life!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 9:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I finished Big Stone Gap tonight. It was like you said, Yes, it really picked up. It was a slow moving story but it had so many simple pearls of wisdom in it that sometimes made me suck in a little breath and say yes, that's it. I really enjoyed it. I was saying to Ave Maria, come on already! I will have to go and get the next two soon. I am now going to start reading The Ocean Between Us by Susan Wiggs. I read another book of hers called Summer By The Sea. It was one of those that I was surprised to like so much so I am looking forward to this one.

Scout
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01-20-2005

Friday, April 08, 2005 - 10:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
I finished, "The Time Traveler's Wife". While I thought it had some pretty original ideas, I also thought it left an awful lot of questions unanswered.

I'm enjoying, "Big Stone Gap" so far.