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Archive through January 11, 2005

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Rslover
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11-19-2002

Saturday, October 30, 2004 - 4:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rslover a private message Print Post    
Yesitsme,
You reminded me to check out her site for her upcoming book. Can't wait for An Ex to Grind due out next July. What a great title! Have you read any others? I think the first one I read was the Club and I thought it was so funny. That got me hooked on her.

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Monday, November 01, 2004 - 7:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
RSlover, I'm making my way through all of Jane Heller... Lucky Stars, Infernal Affairs (weird, but I liked it in spite of that), The Secret Ingredient, Sis Boom Bah, the Club, Name Dropping. I think I started with Princess Charming, which I read when I was going on a cruise with two of my girlfriends. Fun reads all. Something quirky about her as a writer that I enjoy. You know, looking at my list now there isn't much of hers that I haven't read... she does need to get a move on with new ones!

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 8:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
Three that I just read....

"The Other Side of the Story" by Marian Keyes. Something about her writing I really like. These are the stories of three women...one whose father leaves her mother for a woman only four years older than she (the daughter) is and it disrupts and changes her life; her former best friend who got involved with her former boyfried, thus ruining the friendship; and the agent for both of them (during the book, each woman is published for the first time)who is involved with a married man herself. Intersecting stories but for most of the book the major characters are separate. Hard to explain...but I liked it!

"Getting Rid of Bradley" - Jennifer Crusie. Simply fun.

"Drop Dead Gorgeous" - Anna Cheska. Sort of deals with single life after 30. Other dimensions to it also. Liked it, though at times it almost had too much going on and was a bit muddled.


Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 7:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I'm reading Whose Wedding Is It Anyway by Melissa Senate. She also wrote See jane Date and The Solomon Sisters. I love it!

Rslover
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11-19-2002

Friday, November 19, 2004 - 3:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rslover a private message Print Post    
I finished Girls' Night In. Some of the stories are better than others. I am now reading Boy Meets Girl by Meg Cabot. It is written mostly in emails, similar to Boy Next Door.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, November 19, 2004 - 6:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I liked Boy Next Door much better. Whose Wedding Is It Anyway was great fun. I recommend it.

Jen
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07-27-2003

Monday, November 22, 2004 - 7:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jen a private message Print Post    
I couldn't finish Girls Night In. I think I need more development in the story. Short stories aren't for me. I just dropped it along with American Girls About Town and Never on a Sunday.

Boy Meets Girl was cute. I especially enjoyed the connections to our old favorites from the first book. There is a new one coming out sometime next year. If you go to her website you can read about it.

I am reading Citizen Girl by the girls who wrote The Nanny Diaries. Good so far, but kind of slow to get started.

Another favorite of mine that I am not sure I shared was Three Rooms in Chelsea. Very cute book!

I really like Marian Keyes also. Funny and quirky at the same time. I think I have read most of hers.

Sweetest_thang
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09-28-2004

Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 8:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sweetest_thang a private message Print Post    
I just finished, (which I started and finished) on my vacation "Cold Tea on a Hot Day" by Curtiss Ann Matlock. It was a great read that I found at the Half Price book store. Now I am about to start the sequel, "At the Corner of Love and Heartache".

I am trying to find the first books of Janet Evanovich so that I can properly read the series. It's hard to find them all or at least the first few in the 1/2 book stores!!



Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, December 01, 2004 - 10:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I'm reading Charlie All Night by Jennifer Weiner. I really enjoy her writing.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, December 02, 2004 - 7:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I thought about this last night after I had posted, I meant to type Jennifer Crusie not Weiner. Love them both though.

Jen
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07-27-2003

Monday, December 13, 2004 - 12:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jen a private message Print Post    
Finished Citizen Girl, by the girls who wrote The Nanny Diaries. It was slow and never really got into it. I wouldn't recommend it. I guess my expectations were too high after TND.



Rslover
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11-19-2002

Sunday, December 26, 2004 - 1:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rslover a private message Print Post    
I just finished Full Blast by Janet Evanovich. This BLAST series (co-authored with Charlotte Hughes) never got off to a bang and doesn't even come close to the Stephanie Plum stories.

I am now reading and enjoying Making Minty Malone by Isabel Wolff. The plot moves quickly and the characters are funny and quirky.

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 8:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
Finished Female Intelligence by Jane Heller this morning. This was about male/female communication....the title character is a linguist that trains men in womanspeak yet often does not relate to people that way herself. Fun read.

Oh, I've read lots of others lately but can't remember what! But about everything I have read has been good and had me saying to myself "I love books" over and over again.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 9:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I read Bombshell by Lynda Curnyn. I really enjoyed it. It was the first book that I have read of hers. I like that the character had some curves.

Rslover
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11-19-2002

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 10:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rslover a private message Print Post    
I read her book Engaging Men and liked it. So many books, so little time.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 12:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Isn't that the truth!

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 7:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
I've read Engaging Men by Lynda Curyn and Confessions of an Ex-Girlfriend. Will have to look for Bombshell.

This morning started "Can you keep a secret?" by Sophia Kinsella. Falls right into my need for holiday fun chick lit reading!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 8:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
That's a cute one!

Jen
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07-27-2003

Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 9:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jen a private message Print Post    
I just finished Fishbowl. I had read one of her books before and wasn't too fond of it. But this one was cute!

Next up Too Good to be True by Shiela O'Flanagan and Weekend in Paris by Robyn Sisman.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 5:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I'm reading Watermelon and I am really loving it! I hadn't read her before and I am beginning to think that the British/Irish have the chick lit market cornered!

Rslover
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11-19-2002

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 8:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rslover a private message Print Post    
I loved Watermelon too. I am now reading Does She or Doesn't She? by Alisa Kwitney.

Jen
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07-27-2003

Saturday, January 08, 2005 - 10:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jen a private message Print Post    
I just read Every Boy's Got One by Meg Cabot. It was cute, and I always love the references to characters from her other books. I LOVED The Boy Next Door and don't think this or Boy Meets Girl measures up. It is still good reading though. All the different forms of writing keep the pace fast and furious, although some of the journal entries were a bit long.

If you liked her past books, I would recommend this!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 10:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Oh good, I ordered that one! I didn't like Boy Meets Girl as much as Boy Next Door either. I'll be interested to see if I feel the same about the new one.

I just finished Bookends by Jane Green. Really liked that one.

Rslover
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11-19-2002

Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 8:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rslover a private message Print Post    
I really disliked Metro Girl. What a disappointment! It does not even come close to her Stephanie Plum books. It wasn't as funny, the plot was boring and you could care less about the characters. I think she is turning these books out way too fast. This and her Full books are a waste of time.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 9:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I always wonder about authors who put so many books out, like Nora Roberts. There seems to be a new book out by her every month! I just wonder about the quality of the writing.