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Mictay
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09-29-2006

Monday, January 07, 2008 - 4:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mictay a private message Print Post    
Mamie,I just started reading Anybody Out There?

Beach,The Last Chance Saloon is good by her!

I didn't realize how many books she had out until I went on ebay and was looking for more by Marian Keyes!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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I didn't like Making Waves at all.

I just finished Talk Before Sleep by Elizabeth Berg and really enjoyed it. Very touching story.

Can't decide what to pick up next.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Monday, January 07, 2008 - 6:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Finished Glass Castle and loved it - reminded me of Angela's Ashes.

Started "The Innocent Man" by Grisham, completely without realizing it was a TRUE story! It seemed odd that I'd read over 50 pages without any dialogue. Did a bit of flipping through the future pages and THEN noticed the picture section in the middle. FINALLY it dawned on me that it was NON-Fiction! DUH! :-) It's good, BTW.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, January 07, 2008 - 7:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
The Glass Castle had me torn. I went back and forth thinking what an adventure the children had, to how bad the parents were. It was a good book.

I've decided on reading Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo. I've heard nothing but good things about it.

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Monday, January 07, 2008 - 8:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
S is for Silence - Sue Grafton - very good

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Monday, January 07, 2008 - 10:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
Jasper....T For Trespass is even better! She seems to be one of the authors who improves with each book.

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

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I finally broke down and popped open a Grisham book. I started with "Skipping Christmas" because of it was just that time. Liked it a lot! So I opted for "A Painted House" as my next read. LOVED IT!!! Then off I went to the GOOd WILL store where I found several titles for 50 cents a piece. I know I'm late to the Grisham party...but at least it paid to wait!

I recently finished "Light on Snow" by Anita Shreve in just two days. I liked it a lot...but it was so heavy that I had to balance it out with lighter fare from Maeve Binchy. "Quentins" was just the ticket.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

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Oh I loved Skipping Christmas!!

Egbok
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07-13-2000

Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 11:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Egbok a private message Print Post    
I've been reading Love In The Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It's a love story...just my type of read!

I received this book for Christmas and it's an Oprah's Book Club selection. I hadn't heard of it before receiving it and I'm enjoying the story. Of course, I do love *love stories*.


Escapee
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06-15-2004

Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 9:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Blacktop Cowboys. It's about the local (well, Northern California) bulldoggers. One of them is my horseshoer. It follows them through the 2004 rodeo season on their way to the NFR.

Spunky
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10-08-2001

Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 2:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spunky a private message Print Post    
I finished The Golden Compass and now I can't wait to see the movie and read the other 2 sequels.

I think it's one of the best youth literacy and was surprised that I actually couldn't put it down. When it was suggested to me that I now would love to read Harry Potter I said, "not at all" (don't really like the "magic" theme). I saw the Harry Potter movies and yet I was never motivated to start reading the books. But the Golden Compass movie controversy made me read the book and I loved it.
I was angry that some Catholic schools have decided to remove this wonderful book from their libraries only after the movie came out.
What a medieval approach to a wonderful story and excellent writing.

Sly1973
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03-26-2007

Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 8:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sly1973 a private message Print Post    
Been reading several titles by Jodi Picoult. She is very good if you haven't read any by her yet. Easy to read and pulls you in.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 9:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I've read most of her books and enjoyed them.

Anniem
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05-21-2006

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 9:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Anniem a private message Print Post    
I just finished Cold Sassy Tree, by Olive Ann Burns, and I'm starting Water for Elephants. CST is a great old book, the sequal was finished after the authors premature death. Ann in CO

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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I loved Water For Elephants, hope you do too.

I'm reading The Other Woman by Jane Green and just having a great time with it.

Knightpatti
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12-06-2001

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 10:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Knightpatti a private message Print Post    
Me too, Loved Water for Elephants. I had picked this book out for our book club and everyone enjoyed it.

Our bookclub finished this month The Ultimate Gift. Tonight we got together and watched the movie, shared dinner, and talked about the book. I want to read this book every year.

Feb's book is Marley and Me. I just started it, but I know I am going to enjoy it. Guess next meeting, everyone will be talking about dogs.

Kattatude
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04-28-2005

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I've been reading the Vampire books by Anne Rice lately.

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Monday, January 14, 2008 - 10:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
I just finished Next by Michael Crichton.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 4:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I'm reading a wonderful little book titled Where The River Runs by Patti Callahan Henry. I really enjoy her writing.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 4:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
I am reading Rhett Butler's people, but having trouble with the way McCaig writes. Anyone else have the same issues? I am only about 2 chapters into it.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 6:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Golden Compass - started it in the tub last night... during a three hour soak... lovely. Anyhow I'm halfway through it now. :-) Fascinating and to my surprise, it IS a real page-turner! Bit grisley tho, and not sure if I can see it on the big screen as I am a major wimp, and don't like gory stuff. DH keeps waffling about wanting to see the film...some days yes, some days not so much. I have a pal that's seen it at least once and wants me to go see it with her. I guess she loves that film. LOL. She's the one who lent me the book. Now she says she's bought herself another copy so I can keep it. Okay. Whatever. Thanks. As for the religious controversy... I'm not seeing a whole lot of it, at all. Either I'm missing it, or it doesn't crop up til later.

Spunky
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10-08-2001

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 9:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spunky a private message Print Post    
Mame,
I'm the one who always waits for the dvd but I think I'm going to see Golden Compass before it leaves the theatres.... better hurry... the book was too good to wait for another 6 months for the dvd..

I am reading Atonement, almost finished, I don't get how this movie won the Golden Globe... so I have to go watch this movie too before it leaves the theatres...hoping it would be better than the book (the style of writing was so frustrating for me since I want to get to the point in a much quicker way than the author did...).

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

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Escapee there has been mixed reviews on Rhett Butler's People. Anniem loved it ../8324/5043437.html"#DEE7EF">
Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 9:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Spunky, I felt the same way when I was reading Atonement. I didn't like it and it was one of those books that was so hyped up.

I'm reading There's No Place Like Here by Cecelia Ahern. I enjoy her books and this one has a very interesting concept about a women who looks for lost people and finds herself lost and in a place where all lost souls end up.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 10:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    

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having trouble with the way McCaig writes. Anyone else have the same issues?




Me. I find it terribly disjointed. I got about halfway through and moved on to something else. I'll pick it up again later, but it didn't grab me at all.