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Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 5:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
Prisoner, I hope you enjoy it!


I just finished Breaking Dawn and enjoyed every minute of it. The naysayers can poo-poo it all they want, but I found it a very entertaining read...even if it is written for teens.

Now I wonder what my wife's gonna come up with next.

Another good series of books to read, not necessarily the same genre, but written more for a teen, is the Artemis Fowl series. I get a kick out of that too.

But hey...this coming from a guy that loved all the Brian Jaques books. REEEDDDDWWWWAAALLLLL!!!!!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 6:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Nick, I'm glad that you loved it. I've heard some pretty funny takeoffs on it by people who don't agree with you. I want to hear what Ladyt thinks of it.

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 8:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
One thing is that I prolly didn't take it as seriously as some people or expect as much from it. I just took it as it came to me.

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 8:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
I had no preconceived notions going into it. I wasn't wrapped up in the characters.

I didn't care what happened or how it happened. I was pleased that by the end of the book...all questions were answered.

And she left doors open to continue the series if need be or spin off from it.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 9:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
REDWALL ROCKS!! My DS got hooked on them when he was in 2nd grade, and he now has the entire series as well as most of them in audiobook. Brian Jacques narrates almost all of the audiobooks, and I just love his voice. :-)

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 4:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I finished Made in the U.S.A. and although it was hard to love the character of Lutie, her brother more than made up for that.

I'm going for some romance now and reading A Summer Affair by Elin Hildebrand. I usually enjoy her books and they are always based at the beach, which I love.

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 1:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
I am at the library, picking up another armload of books. I finished "Angry Housewives Eating Bon bons" and loved it. Just loved it. I am such the dork that I really want to write down the titles of all the books the ladies read in their book club and read them myself! But I won't...I have to show some restraint sometimes. I do have several of them in my case at home though and will think of the ladies of Freesia Court when I get around to them. And of course, some of them I read already. I so loved this book and wished these ladies could be my neighbors, but then that would mean living in a city, and I sure don't ever want to do that again if I can help it. Anyway, I highly reccommend this book.

I started "Dispatches" by Michael Herr which was due back at the library on Monday. It isn't a book to rush through. It's history and literature all rolled into one. So I re-newed for another three weeks. That way I can read it slowly and enjoy it fully.

Jodied75
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08-26-2004

Friday, August 08, 2008 - 12:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jodied75 a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Mary, I have just placed a hold on "Angry Housewives Eating Bon bons" at my library. Sounds good!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 2:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I was disappointed in A Summer Affair. I've read all of Hildebrand's books and there was only one that I didn't care too much for. Now there are two.

I'm reading All The Way Home by David Giffels. It's all about renovating a home and what he learns about his home and his family.

Terolyn
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05-06-2004

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 12:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Terolyn a private message Print Post    
I talked my daughter into reading my favorite books from my childhood this summer. She is 9.

She read "Phantom Toll Booth" last week and loved it.

This week she read "Where the Red Fern Grows". She emailed me a while ago. She said she just finished the book and it was the saddest book she had ever read, also the best.

I have always loved that books, makes me kinda weepy when I think of it.

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 12:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
I finished Twilight last Thursday. Surprisingly, the fact that I don't like vampires didn't become an issue. However while reading, I think I sighed and rolled my eyes at least as many times as Edward did in the book. And it was all due to Bella's swoony helplessness. I'm a klutz too but what healthy 17-year old panics at the thought of having to WALK, for God's sake?

Still, I had to find out happened. That story was like crack. When I finished the book I had a day or so of flustered withdrawal but apparently have gotten over it. Now the library's called and said they have the third book on hold for me so I guess I better read the second. I'm not that excited but we'll see. A week ago I would have been way excited, lol.

I really liked the pictures of the house from All the Way Home that were featured in our local paper recently.

ETA: I love, love, love The Phantom Toll Booth too! Never read Red Fern, was told it'd make me really sad.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 12:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Calamity, I hadn't liked vampires when I was young because of Dark Shadows. I loved Buffy the Vampire Slayer even though I still have this weird thing about vampires. I did enjoy Twilight and the next two books.

I loved All The Way Home. It was endearing and funny. There weren't too many pics of the house in the book. I'll have to see if I can find them somewhere.

I am reading Land of a Hundred Wonders by Lesley Kagen now. I loved her last book, Whistling in the Dark. Hope I like this one just as much.

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 12:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
Glad to hear you liked "Whistling in the Dark" Mamie. It's listed in my recommendations on Amazon, and I have been considering for a must read soon selection.

I finally finished "Dispatches" by Michael Herr last night. I can't say that I enjoyed it, but it was a good book. I will think of young Mayhew everytime I hear the Oscar Meyer weiner song. He will not be forgotten.

Needed something more amusing, so I selected Lorna Landvik's "Tall Pine Polka". It has a cast of quirky off beat characters that I am sure I will come to love before it's all said and done.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 12:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
That's one Landvik book that I haven't read yet.

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 7:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
For the umpteenth time I'm rereading Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 1:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Don't say I never listen to you guys... I just bought Twilight, started it last night at am 2/3 through it now. I expect to have it finshed later today... While I don't find the female character very endearing, her story is fascinating. And I like the main male character. :-)

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 1:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Bella can be very whiny.

I'm reading The Shack by William P. Young.

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 1:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
LOL Mame..me too. I am listening to the series and had a hard time getting through the first part but liked the action towards the end. Now am on the second book New Moon. Not as good as say a Jeffrey Deaver novel with real monsters but at least I am keeping up with the latest books! If you all could see the town of Forks though...it is a dump! I should drive up there and take pictures so you could see it. And to think these tourists from all over are coming to see it because of these books. Maybe they cleaned it up since they are having all these visitors.

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 7:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
This morning I finished Crow Lake by Mary Lawson. I'm so sad it's over!!! I really loved this book so much. It was heartbreaking, and just superbly written. Loved every minute of it.

Mamie, I have The Shack on hold at the library. Let me know what you think.


Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 10:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Spent so much time resting in bed the last few days, from a tripping in an elevator and all my fibro-ouchies flaring up that I've plowed through all 3 books that I just bought a few days ago: Cecelia Ahern's A Place Called Here, Stephenie Meyer's Twilight, and Nora Robert's Tribute. Now I have to go and get the rest of the Twilight series... and I'm bummed that the 3rd in Nora Robert's Blood Brothers trilogy doesn't come out til November... I thought it was August and was so disapointed to discover I have to wait even longer for it...

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Oh and thanks to whoever told me here that Tribute wasn't that scary, you were absolutely 100% correct. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Although the endorsement by none other than Stephen King on the back cover made me uneasy until I began to actually read the story. And same goes for Twilight. :-)

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 11:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Lori, The Shack was just okay for me. I was hoping to feel a bit more uplifted from it but I wasn't. It had a lot of the same kind of story as maybe a Mitch Albom story but not as good, IMO.

I'm reading A Blessed Event by Jean Reynolds Page.

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 11:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
Just finished "The Mercy of Thin Air" by ronlyn domingue. I highly recommend this book if you like a good ghost story.

I am about to start another Christopher Moore book, love him!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 11:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Denecee, I loved Mercy.

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Friday, August 22, 2008 - 7:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
I just finished two Elizabeth Berg Books. "The Things We Keep" was very good, and so was "Until the Real Things Comes Along". She is an exceptionally good writer, but they are very short reads.

I also finished "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien...a very gifted writer as well. I read a short story on an airplane in a magazine back in the 80's and I can still recall a lot of the imagery. Imagine my surprise when it showed up again all these years later.