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Saggkl
Member
07-17-2002
| Wednesday, December 06, 2006 - 2:15 pm
sorry wrong quote.
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Saggkl
Member
07-17-2002
| Wednesday, December 06, 2006 - 2:17 pm
We have both of those books, Saggkl. We're looking forward to the movie - the previews look good. Didn't I read where Paolini was still a teen when he wrote Eragon? Yes he was 17. His family paid for the first publication. He went around to book stores and read his book to people. Then a publisher bought the rights. That is one talented boy. I read everything from mystery to fantasy. Someone gave me this to read and I enjoyed it very much.}
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Oxies_luv
Member
05-13-2005
| Thursday, December 07, 2006 - 1:02 pm
Escapee...I loved Ride the Wind! I was just thinking the other day about re-reading that one. Lucia St. Clair Robson wrote some other good ones too; Walk in My Soul, Ghost Warrior come to mind. If you haven't already, try reading The Outlander series by Diana Galbadon. I re-read that whole series every few months.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Friday, December 22, 2006 - 11:23 am
Thanks for the heads up on Eragon. I ordered it for my grandson, and I can tell it's right up his alley. He is going to be tickled! I was wondering what comes after Harry Potter. I think I may have found the answer. Thanks gang!You are the best!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Thursday, April 12, 2007 - 9:37 am
If anyone is looking for a good non-fiction book...interesting, exciting, etc., etc., look at the reviews on Amazon for Three Cups of Tea. It's the only time when as I was reading a book MOVIE popped into my mind. (Tom Hanks as Greg?) And what can I say, I have to say it -- I am related to Greg Mortenson. His mom is my cousin. The blood of someone like that is coursing through my veins too?! I haven't done anything with it (except donate it).
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 4:33 pm
Just ordered it, Color. Looks promising and with your recommendation I know I will enjoy it.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 5:58 pm
Same here Ophilia, I went to the library and got it yesterday...Im taking it to bed with me tonight...It looks like somthing I will really enjoy...
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 7:57 pm
Has anyone read Craig Ferguson's book? It looks intriguing, and I'm thinking of getting it for DH for Father's Day. However, I'd like some reviews from "real" people before purchasing it. TIA 
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 10:07 pm
Teach, no but I love him! I may get it just because its by him! What kind of book is it?
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, April 16, 2007 - 7:42 pm
Here's Amazon's description: Between the Bridge and the River:"His strange, funny, profane, surreal, and surprisingly moving first novel is about friends since childhood from Glasgow. Fraser meets fame and fortune--well, the Scottish equivalents, at least--as a televangelist but unfortunately has insatiable yens for booze, prostitutes, and . . . knitwear. Meanwhile, George is a bit of a lost soul, who may or may not have a terminal illness. The novel also features illegitimate half-brothers Saul and Leon from the American Deep South and an eclectic cast of historical figures, including Carl Jung. Ferguson pokes good-natured fun at the media, pop culture, reality TV, religion, and, of course, Scotland as the novel jumps gleefully from Glasgow to London to Paris to Miami to Vegas to L.A., and from one character to another, while somehow managing to make weird literary sense. Fond of deranged, slightly warped humor? Try this. June Sawyers Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved " http://tinyurl.com/27qohw
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Friday, May 04, 2007 - 1:27 pm
Og and Chew, I'd love to hear what you think about it after you've read it. Of course, I'm somewhat biased. But I think it is a very interesting true story. Felt like I knew the Pakastani people (in the book) after finishing it. I finally got to meet Greg in April at a local book store during his book tour. How do I tell him I'm a relative? I took old snaps of his mom and her parents and put them in front of him while he was signing. "That's grossmama and grosspapa." He recognized his great grandparents (my grandparents) first. Something interesting he said about the book. The hardcover came out early last year. Subtitle is "One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations...One School At a Time". Greg wanted it to say something about "peace", not "terrorism". Publisher said "peace" would not sell. Greg agreed to the "terrorism" subtitle IF if and when the book came out in paperback, the the subtitle on it would be "One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time". Hardcover sold well enough for paperback edition, so hardcover and paperback covers are different. And that's my last name on page 45 of the book.
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Thursday, July 26, 2007 - 7:40 pm
Anyone have any suggestions for good uplifting biographies or autobiographies? I thinking one of those would be good about now. I tried the library today, but was too late; they had closed. Sure I can find something another day, but thought someone here might have a suggestion.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, July 26, 2007 - 10:04 pm
IMHO, I loved Michael J. Fox's book "Lucky Man." He writes as if he's just having a conversation w/you, and his outlook is absolutely amazing!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Friday, July 27, 2007 - 6:17 am
Beth, "Three Cups of Tea". (See my post immediately above yours.) It's the story / biography of Greg Mortenson. It's uplifting. An adventure. Five-star reviews on Amazon. Let me know if you read it and what you think about it.
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Friday, July 27, 2007 - 4:06 pm
Thanks guys, I picked up Michael Fox's book at our small Ashford library late this afternoon; also picked one up from the 50 cent sale bin--only book written by Paul Reiser, co-star of "Mad About You". It's about "coupledom", which doesn't interest me as much as the fact that the book, if it's anything like the jacket flyleaf, is very funny. Also a book about raising a golden retriever pup, after losing a horse. I will try to find the cup of three book later, thank you for your input! The Fox suggestion saved me lots of time in pouring over shelf biographies!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, July 27, 2007 - 8:00 pm
Reiser's book IS funny, Beth. He's got two of them, and DH and I enjoyed both.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, August 24, 2007 - 8:16 am
I just finished reading the entire John Jakes' series about the Kent family. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but now I am looking to move on. Any suggestions for books that are about that era? I love series books that follow a long period of time.
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Merrysea
Member
08-13-2004
| Friday, August 24, 2007 - 10:08 am
Escapee, have you read Diane Gabaldon's Outlander series (Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross and A Breath of Snow and Ashes). There's some time travel involved, but it's mostly historical fiction, not sci fi. The first few books take place in Scotland in the 1700s, then move to the colonies and up through the start of the Revolutionary War. I highly recommend them!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, August 24, 2007 - 3:49 pm
Thanks Merrysea, I will look them up. Being 3/4 scottish, I am very interested. 
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, August 24, 2007 - 8:15 pm
I was coming to say the same thing, Merry! Just two weeks ago, I got to hear her speak AND have dinner with her (with a group of about 50 people) AND go to a private cocktail party she and her husband hosted AND get an advance copy of her second Lord John book (signed of course)! It was a heavenly, Scottish weekend! The Outlander series is absolutely, the best series I have ever read! Another, shorter book, series that deals w/some Irish history is Andrew Greeley's Nuala Anne series. (Irish Gold is the first one.) It's set in the present time, but there are two mysteries being solved simultaneously - one current and one in the past (think Michael Collins era). They're great fun, but a bit shorter. Diana's books average 700-800 pages; the Greeley books average about 250.
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Dogrivergirl
Member
06-24-2005
| Tuesday, September 04, 2007 - 1:50 pm
I just finished "Tragedy in Tin Can Holler" by Rozetta Mowery. It is a true story of her family. I was interested because I live where her family is from, but I got more than I bargain for in the story. Her grandmother was a serial killer who built the house where one of my friends lives today. The book is set during the depression era and goes through all the trials and tribulations of growing up poor in rural TN. It was a real page turner! Her and her family went through soo much. http://www.tragedyintincanholler.com
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 4:05 pm
I'm reading my first Jane Austin ever, Pride and Prejudice. She was a very good writer and story teller. The book holds up well today.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, October 08, 2007 - 10:52 am
I just want to thank those who recomended John Jakes to me. I just finished my 12th John Jakes book. I am hooked, and he is becoming my favorite author. I am going to read American Dreams and then take a Jake break and read the Outlander series.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, October 08, 2007 - 3:54 pm
I really enjoy early american fiction and westerns, I am always interested in Novels that are a saga and continue through generations focusing on one family. I really enjoyed the Texas, Vegas and Kentucky series done by Fern Michaels. If anyone else has any other recomendations for me, let me know. I am a library junky now.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Monday, October 08, 2007 - 6:39 pm
I would really like to see you read COLD SASSY TREE by Olive Ann Burns. I have a feeling that you will enjoy it and it will be an amusing change from John Jakes. Book Description If the preacher's wife's petticoat showed, the ladies would make the talk last a week. But on July 5, 1906, things took a scandalous turn. That was the day E. Rucker Blakeslee, proprietor of the general store and barely three weeks a widower, eloped with Miss Love Simpson -- a woman half his age and, worse yet, a Yankee! On that day, fourteen-year-old Will Tweedy's adventures began and an unimpeachably pious, deliciously irreverent town came to life. Not since To Kill A Mockingbird has a novel so deftly captured the subtle crosscurrents of small-town Southern life. Olive Ann Burns classic bestseller brings to vivid life an era that will never exist again, exploring timeless issues of love, death, coming of age, and the ties that bind families and generations.
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