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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 1:03 pm
Yeah, I agree Prisoner... I admit though that I have enjoyed her darker stuff in the past, but it's been ratcheted up almost to thriller level for me. And I'm not thrilled. LOL. It's just that I love her character/family driven stories so much. The one that caught my attention in the first place were the Stanislaski family series, and there were tons of those stories, not just 3 books, cuz it was a huge family, LOL. (sp) I've just checked out her site, so I'm up to speed on the new trilogy, - thanks to you letting me know about it in the first place. Grin. I may give in and get it... I just got turned off her stuff after Angels Fall and Blue Smoke. I bought the book Blue Smoke, and then it was on tv before I had a chance to read it, and I hated the movie, and can't bring myself to read the book, and it was a hardcover! So I paid full freight for the thing. It seems to me, she's more interested in writing 'screenplays'... IYKWIM. She's writing for the 'eventual' tv audience, and her stuff is way grimmer and less lighthearted than ever. If you go to her site, and read a sample of Blood Brothers, she even says at the begining that it reads like a screenplay or movie. How subtle is that??? LOL.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 1:20 pm
The Blue Smoke book was much better than the movie -- you lost a lot of the family connections in the movie that were in the book. My problem with the latest trilogies is that a story doesn't end with each part -- you need to read the other parts in order to get a complete story. Her Circle trilogy was the same way, and to a lesser extent, so was the Garden trilogy. Before that, you could get a complete beginning, middle, and end in one book, and still feel the continuation of the story in the other parts of the trilogy. Her latest ones are more like one big bloated book split into three parts.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 2:15 pm
Well you are semi-convincing me to give Blue Smoke a shot, since I have it anyways. I do love the way she writes. Is Blood Brothers hardcover or paperback? Cuz I'm not willing to buy her hardcovers if they are so grim, but I'll probably shell out for a paperback.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 2:26 pm
Paperback. I just downloaded her book lists in Excel to my smartphone, so now I can doublecheck which ones I've read and have the list when I go to the store!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 3:03 pm
You are a genious, Priz!!! I wonder if I can do that with MY cellphone?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 6:39 pm
Yes!! I finally got my Saint City Sinners book by Lilith Saintcrow.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 8:03 pm
I'm reading Dream When You're Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, December 07, 2007 - 5:22 pm
I've just started reading Born Standing Up by Steve Martin and really enjoying it. He's a talented writer.
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Friday, December 07, 2007 - 5:25 pm
Mamie, how did you like Dream When You're Feeling Blue?
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, December 07, 2007 - 6:51 pm
Lori, I liked it and liked the historic aspects of it but I was very disappointed in the ending.
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Friday, December 07, 2007 - 8:20 pm
That's pretty much exactly the way I felt about it too. The ending made me mad.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 11:09 am
Spoiler Click below to view spoiler | I didn't get how Hank ended up marrying her sister. That was out of nowhere. Because she didn't want children? I didn't get it and then he professes his love to her at the end?! It was just too offbase for me. |
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 11:32 am
Spoiler Click below to view spoiler | Exactly. And why would that be ok for everyone? And how could the sister just agree to that? Is it better that everyone is living a lie? Ugh. Irritates me all over again just thinking about it. LOL I normally love everything Elizabeth Berg writes, but that ending was really bizarre. |
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 1:13 pm
I'm a big fan of hers too. I just didn't get it. It was like she just stopped short and ended it and it wasn't a satisfying ending.
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Mictay
Member
09-29-2006
| Monday, December 10, 2007 - 4:21 am
I just got done reading The Last Chance Saloon,by Mariam Keyes(sp?),I loved it,has anybody else read anything by her?
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, December 10, 2007 - 10:26 am
Mictay, I've read most of her books. I only have one left in my pile to read. I think my favorite was Watermelon. I'm reading Forget About It by Caprice Crane. Good fun!
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Monday, December 10, 2007 - 11:17 am
Current books -- Bed -- Rhett Butler's People Car -- The Physician's tale Office -- Lady of Light and Shadows (sequel to one I just finished) One of these will be promoted to Easy Chair with Cats on Lap book once the semester is over and I have three weeks off!
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Mictay
Member
09-29-2006
| Monday, December 10, 2007 - 12:22 pm
Mamie,i'll be on the hunt for her other ones now,the great thing about that book was I bought it second hand for a quarter! Prisoner,how can you keep track of all those books?!
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Grannyg
Member
05-28-2002
| Monday, December 10, 2007 - 12:38 pm
Beyond Reach, Karin Slaughter
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Monday, December 10, 2007 - 1:39 pm
Prisoner06 please let us know if you enjoy the Rhett Butler's People book. There are several of us here that are interested. Thanks! I am like you in that I keep several books going at the same time plus my audio books. I've done that my whole life...too many books and not enough time.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, December 10, 2007 - 2:14 pm
I can't read more than one book at a time. Of course, I usually read a book in about 2 days time so I get a lot of reading in.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, December 10, 2007 - 5:15 pm
How do you read in the car?! I am reading California Gold.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Monday, December 10, 2007 - 5:24 pm
Prince Charming - Julie Garwood Cold Moon by Jeffrey Deaver took me for ever to finish, it seemed so tedious
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 12:27 pm
How Starbucks Saved My Life by Michael Gates Gill
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Mictay
Member
09-29-2006
| Friday, December 14, 2007 - 4:20 am
Just got done reading Good In Bed,very good book IMO!Now I'm reading Honeymoon by James Patterson this is my first book of his,and i know my bf mother loves JP so I thought I would give him A try!
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