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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 11:20 pm
i have been reading all the diane mott davidson books about the caterer who always stumbles upon murder victims. i love all the recipes the books include. over the last week, i have read 4 of her books in order and the library is holding another 5 or 6 for me. i also tried out some of the recipes and they are really good! some of the titles are 'the main corpse', 'the grilling season' and 'prime cut'. what fun! except that i find myself totally hungry sometimes when she is whipping up a dinner for 20 on short notice!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 11:33 am
Tabby, I have the whole set and I've read up to The Grilling Season. They are lots of fun. I haven't ventured into making any of the recipes yet.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 1:25 pm
That is my biggest complaint about Diane Mott Davidson's books...I gain weight while reading them!! At least with an author like John Sandford you can't eat because of all the sickening gore.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 10:17 pm
lol, granny! once i was reading one of davidson's books and woke up thinking i had the camembert pies to serve for dinner the next night...i was real excited and thinking i only had to make a nice salad to go along with it! oh my goodness, i tried the potato with fish (trout for me) and it was delicious. i love just grating the potatoes, squeezing the liquid out of them and forming 'pancakes' out of them. no extra ingredients to make them stick together. they come out like crispy little bird's nests. better than any hashbrowns i ever made before! anyway, you put the potatoes on each side of a fish fillet dipped in egg and flour and then cook them like they were just potatoes and pop them in the oven once they are crisp. i think they should just put out a cookbook with all the recipes because i am forever writing them down or shoving a book into my copier! i find it's best to read her books while on the treadmill LOL
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 3:26 pm
I'm reading a fun book called Reality Check by Leslie Carroll. It's about 3 roommates who are on a reality show called Bad Date. They have to tell their worst dates each week, while hooked up to a lie detector to make sure they aren't embellishing and then the studio audience votes out who they think had the least worse date. It's primarly about Liz, who's an copywriter for an ad agency. She's a lot of fun.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, October 14, 2006 - 5:59 pm
I just finished reading Some Nerve by Jane Heller. Very funny stuff! It's the first book that I've ever read of hers and I will definitely be getting more. I already have Sis Boom Bah in my TBR pile. I also read Window Dressing by Nikki Rivers. It was another Harlequin Next book. Another book that I totally enjoyed and finished in one evening. This collection hasn't let me down yet. I think I've read only one of them that I wasn't impressed with. Chick lit for the "older" women.
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 11:45 am
I just finished it too Mamie. I first read Country Club and she had me hooked. Nice, funny, fluff reading! I just reserved Reality Check.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, October 23, 2006 - 9:13 am
I'm reading a wonderful book called Reconstructing Natalie by Laura Jensen Walker. It is Christian fiction but that's not the sole focus. It's about a 27 year old woman who has breast cancer and it's about the joy, the sadness, the anger, the friendships and family that go along with it. It's really peppered with a lot of pop culture and it's been a truly uplifting read.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, November 25, 2006 - 10:04 pm
Jen, I just started reading Stupid And Contagious. It's too funny!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, November 27, 2006 - 9:41 pm
You were absolutely right about Stupid and Contagious. It was a lot of fun. Some parts had me laughing out loud.
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Jen
Member
07-27-2003
| Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 6:27 am
Glad you liked it Mamie! I recommend that book to everyone. The woman who wrote it works or worked for MTV. I hope she writes another chick lit book. I think she has other things in the works that are a bit different.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 9:30 am
I didn't realize that her mother was Tina Louise.
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Harsbars
Member
09-15-2005
| Friday, December 01, 2006 - 5:53 am
I just finished reading 'Something Borrowed' by Emily Giffin. Its a different take on romance and friendship. It was recommended by a few of my co-workers. I cried a few times. Very enjoyable!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, December 01, 2006 - 9:38 am
Harsbars, that is a good one.
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Harsbars
Member
09-15-2005
| Friday, December 01, 2006 - 2:10 pm
Mamie, I just finished reading this entire thread and I see you have read Meg Cabot's Size 12 novel. I was at the store debating whether or not to buy it, so I'll make sure to give it a try. I actually read Meg Cabot's The Boy Next Door and Every Boy's Got one. The Boy Next Door was really funny. If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it! 
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, December 01, 2006 - 2:59 pm
The Boy Next Door is one of my favorites! I wasn't that thrilled with Size 12 but that doesn't mean that you won't like it. Have you read Something Blue by Emily Giffin? I enjoyed that one too. I still haven't read her newest book Baby Proof.
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Harsbars
Member
09-15-2005
| Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 7:42 pm
LOL. Meg Cabot's books are usually hit or miss for me. While I thoroughly enjoyed The Boy Next Door and The Boy Meets Girl, I was really disappointed with Every Boy's Got One. I have not read Something Blue yet, I am waiting for my co-worker to finish and lend it to me. I heard it was just as good as the first one, so I am getting anxious with all the wait! I've actually started to read Diary of a Mad Mother To Be by Laura Wolf. I read Diary of a Mad Bride To Be which I found laugh out loud funny!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 7:43 pm
I'm reading The Girls Guide To Hunting And Fishing by Melissa Bank and just loving it! It's really getting me out of a reading slump. I also loved her book The Wonder Spot.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, February 18, 2007 - 8:38 pm
I just read a really fun book titled It's About Your Husband by Lauren Lipton. It was a little novel about spying on one's husband and mistaken identity. Lots of fun. I am now on to Because She Can by Bridie Clark. I hear it is a thinly veiled novel about the time the author worked for Judith Regan.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 6:15 am
Shopoholic and Baby- just finished it. As good as all the others in the series. I love the Shopoholic books.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 9:44 am
I've got it but haven't read it yet. I too love the series.
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Pamplemousse
Member
09-28-2003
| Thursday, April 26, 2007 - 7:50 pm
Nancy Thayer's Hot Flash Club series is hilarious. I have read & reread them...dying for a new one to come out. seems ages since the last one (hot flash club chills out) even have my MIL reading them. although am pre-hot flash stage i can still relate to the characters!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, April 26, 2007 - 8:24 pm
They really are good books. I've read all of them except Chills Out but it is in my TBR pile.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, June 29, 2007 - 2:00 pm
I think that this is considered a chick lit novel. Just read Lulu Meets God And Doubts Him by Danielle Ganek. I loved the title and was very happy that the book was a entertaining read. It's all about a girl who works in an art gallery in New York and what revolves around the sale of a painting, the title being the name of the painting. I highly recommend it.
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