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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, November 05, 2007 - 5:10 pm
4 1/2 hours in the tub, and I zipped through another terrific Susan Wiggs novel Summer by the Sea.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, November 05, 2007 - 5:22 pm
Mame, that was one of my favorites of her books. Cute little story.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, November 05, 2007 - 8:30 pm
Mamie, I have a few others of her books by my bedside ready to read. And I'm really looking forward to them. 
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 3:31 pm
I just finished Bye-Bye, Black Sheep by Ayelet Waldman. It's part of her Mommy track series. They are all so much fun. I am now reading The Psycho Ex Game by Merrill Markoe and Andy Prieboy. It's about two people who try to one up each other with their psycho ex stories. It's hilarious!
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Monday, November 12, 2007 - 10:23 am
I am trying to get thru Book Of The Dead by Patricia Cornwell. I really enjoyed her first books but it seems like this thread of paranoia got bigger and bigger as she wrote more books. This one is like wading thru a swamp of conspiracies. I am curious if anyone else has read the book and if they liked it? I am thinking about just skipping to the last page and finding out who the bad guy is!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, November 12, 2007 - 11:33 am
Just added to my beside stack: Rosie O'Donnell's Celebrity Detox. And Ellen Burstyn's Lesson's In Becoming Myself (thanks to Mamie's rave review.)
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Bluejaxrock
Member
04-23-2004
| Monday, November 12, 2007 - 8:46 pm
Reading, or I should say, re-reading for the umpteenth time, Gone With the Wind. It is in my top 5 books ever, but it's been a couple of years since I last read it. In checking the local library website, it was featured because of it's anniversary. Sorry, I can't remember which one - I've had CRS for a long time. I like historical fiction, like GWTW, Gods and Generals, Holocaust, In Cold Blood. Any recommendations?
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Monday, November 12, 2007 - 9:30 pm
The Pillars Of Earth by Ken Follett is probably my favorite in the Historical Fiction genre. 12 Century England is the background for building the biggest and best Cathedral in the World. It sounds boring but it isn't...trust me!
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Bluejaxrock
Member
04-23-2004
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 5:56 pm
Thanks, Supergranny. Any others? I liked John Jakes' Civil War novels, a little. I'm not much into mushy romances...lol
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 7:12 pm
I'm reading a really good mystery right now titled Promise Not To Tell by Jennifer McMahon. I started it this morning and am now 3/4 of the way through. I can't wait to see how it ends.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 9:34 pm
Bluejax..This is on my library's web page. I thought you might be interested. It's release date is Nov 16th. Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig Fully authorized by the Margaret Mitchell estate, Rhett Butler's People is the astonishing and long-awaited novel that parallels the Great American Novel, Gone With The Wind. Twelve years in the making, the publication of Rhett Butler's People marks a major and historic cultural event. Through the storytelling mastery of award-winning writer Donald McCaig, the life and times of the dashing Rhett Butler unfolds. Through Rhett's eyes we meet the people who shaped his larger than life personality as it sprang from Margaret Mitchell's unforgettable pages: Langston Butler, Rhett's unyielding father; Rosemary his steadfast sister; Tunis Bonneau, Rhett's best friend and a onetime slave; Belle Watling, the woman for whom Rhett cared long before he met Scarlett O'Hara at Twelve Oaks Plantation, on the fateful eve of the Civil War. Of course there is Scarlett. Katie Scarlett O'Hara, the headstrong, passionate woman whose life is inextricably entwined with Rhett's: more like him than she cares to admit; more in love with him than she'll ever know… Brought to vivid and authentic life by the hand of a master, Rhett Butler's People fulfills the dreams of those whose imaginations have been indelibly marked by Gone With The Wind.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 2:47 pm
I am buying that book. I love that era. Is there any other that are recommended that are very "Americana" early American history-ish? Some romance is alright.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 3:45 pm
Killjoy - Julie Garwood
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 4:45 pm
Accessory To Murder by Elaine Viets, fun little cozy.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 5:04 pm
The Ocean Between Us by Susan Wiggs. (Hard time getting into it.)
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Bluejaxrock
Member
04-23-2004
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 8:52 pm
Thanks, again, Supergranny. I remember reading the "sequel" to GWTW and I couldn't stand it. The review on Rhett Butler's People sounds pretty good. Worth a shot, anyway. Off to reserve it at my library.
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Spunky
Member
10-08-2001
| Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 11:32 am
I had read The Kite Runner first and just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. I found the second book an improvement as the theme was more complex and the political aspect better explained. He sure knows how to tell a story, the scenes are vividly described and you can feel the sufferings of the women and the cruelty of their husband and as a reader you really feel like wanting to go there and fight for the victims. Even the murder of her husband seems justified to the reader, (I felt almost like saying 'it was about time!', she kills him while he was killing his younger wife and so saves her), you don't get any lawyer there to defend you, she knows that she will be executed and stoically accepts her fate. Not all sad stories have a happy endings like in his books but for once I won't complain. I am now reading the 1992 book The Children of Men which brought many reviews after the recent movie and I don't want to see it before I finish the book.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 2:12 pm
Murder List - Julie Garwood
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 2:39 pm
I'm reading The Year Of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs. He lives for one year following the bible's rules, literally. It's very funny so far.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 3:51 pm
Mamie, I read about him and his book in People Mag, it looks interesting!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 4:30 pm
It's really interesting so far but I'm only on his first month.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 5:27 pm
I'm reading The First Assistant by Clare Naylor and Mimi Hare. I wanted something light and easy.
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 6:36 pm
I finished Wicked over the weekend and I gotta say I didn't love it. Toward the end I just wanted it to be over. Just not my cup of tea I guess.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 7:24 pm
Cold Moon - Jeffrey Deaver
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 7:45 pm
The Pearl by Dorothea Benton Frank. A great short book about an elderly lady and Christmas - perfect for the season!
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