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Anniem
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05-21-2006

Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 7:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Anniem a private message Print Post    
Hello, I just finished Rhett Butler's People and I really liked it! It was so much more satisfying than Scarlett, which I hated. I would love to hear what other people thought about it.

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 6:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
Hey thank you Anniem. I'm going to go reserve it then. I was worried it might be like Scarlett so I'm glad to hear the good review!

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 9:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
I'm reading The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. Very long book but very good! Has anyone else read it?

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 10:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
I really enjoyed it...I was trying to remember who I just recommended that book to...hmmm. I can remember my books but other than that my senior moments kick in.

My mother was a librarian for Pierce County and I've volunteered. While we were traveling in our motor home I set up quite a few lending libraries in the rv parks...that's why I seem so familiar with all these books. Plus I am an avid reader and I do love the books!!

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 10:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Well, I sure hope William Hamleigh has something absolutely horrible happen to him. grrrrr I'm about 3/4 through with this almost 1000 page book.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 5:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I read a few good ones this past week. How Starbucks Saved My Life was just a joy. It really was a very uplifting story.

I also read I Love You, Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle. Very funny story about a nerdy boy who on saying his valedictorian speech, tells the most popular girl how much he loves her. This leads to a very funny graduation night. It would be a wonderful teen movie.

I read What Do You Do All Day? by Amy Scheibe. Great chick lit about motherhood.

I am now reading It Ain't All About the Cookin' by Paula Deen. I just love her and I can just hear her relating her life.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, December 21, 2007 - 10:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I've been trying to get into Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult for a few days now. I know it's Christmastime and I'm busy but I don't know if I'm liking it or not.

Bicbicz911
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08-20-2005

Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 6:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bicbicz911 a private message Print Post    
Mamie, I'm working on Born Standing Up also, let me know what you thought of it. I'm really enjoying the glimpse into his past, although I can't believe how much he remembers and the memorabilia he kept! I can't remember names of people I met last week and he has details. Unbelievable.

I also just finished Blood Brothers, and I loved it, although it was really a lot like the Circle trilogy.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 6:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
I'm reading Rhett Butler's People, and while it's much better than *ick*ptooey* Scarlett, I'm not thrilled with it. I find it very disjointed with too many characters. It just hadn't grabbed me the way I had hoped it would.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 12:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Just finished "Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver. Not as good as Poisonwood Bible, but a quick, easy read.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - 11:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I've been trying to find some time to read but it has escaped me this week. I plan to hunker down today and read The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James.

Mictay
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09-29-2006

Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 6:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mictay a private message Print Post    
I bought A few more Jennifer Weiner books,I really enjoyed Good In Bed,right now i'm reading Goodnight Nobody.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 12:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Vince & Joy by Lisa Jewell... I HAD to buy it when I saw the title... LOL!!!

Tagline on the back cover: For Vince and Joy, finding their destiny is easy. Following it, isnt....

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 2:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I received $80 in gift cards for Half Price Books and I just got home with a nice big bundle! I'm in heaven.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 3:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Mamie, that's super!

I got some bookstore gift cards last year, which I loved, cuz I average between 30 -50 bucks each time I set foot in the bookstore. But this year it's been movie passes as gifts. So I'll be going to the movies from now til year ZOT. LOL.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 3:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I'd love some movie passes too. I could go for that as well. Maybe I should hint around for those next year.

I belong to a few of the online book clubs like Literary Guild and Quality Paperbacks so I am always ordering books. I think I have about 12 pre-ordered right now.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 3:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Well I'm still grieving Nora Roberts going over to the dark side. :-( And I haven't found an author I'm as obsessed, er, captivated with as her to replace her.

I do love Cathy Kelly (more a Binchy/Pilcher style) but she writes MAYBE one book a year. And her latest is avail in England and I'm going bonkers waiting for it here.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 3:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I saw some Cathy Kelly books there but didn't buy them. I'll have to get them next time if they are still there.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 4:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
I'm glad. You'll enjoy them. Cathy Kelly writes FAT engrossing, intertwined novels. So you get involved in several main characters not just one. And I love that. Thing with me is that I use what I call the Pacman Method, if I like an author I have to chomp through everything they've ever written AND in chronological order if at all possible so their growth as a writer becomes palpable. I'm guessing/hoping you know what I mean. Or maybe it's the OCD in me. LOL

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 5:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I know what you mean, though now I envision a little Ms. Pacman with your face on it!

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 5:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
LOL

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, December 31, 2007 - 2:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Ancient Egypt Book of the Dead. Comes with a semi-funny story.

Right around Thanksgiving, little adopted sis told me she wasn't buying individiual presents for the family, but while out shopping she had seen something, thought about me and picked it up for baby nephew to give me. She hoped I'd like it. Then a few days later sis told me that I was going to love it. I didn't think anything else about it.

Few weeks ago little adopted sis came to get the baby and I was sitting here watching some documentary on the building of the pyramids or something similar and we got to talking about my fascination with Ancient History and some of the books I have.

Then right before Christmas we went to Barnes and Nobles and I told Darren I wasn't buying anything for me, we were there for one thing, nd I wasn't getting anything for myself (ya'll know how hard that is!) We walked in and sitting right there in front was the Ancient Egypt Book of the Dead. I sat there staring at it and then finally picked it up and thumbed through. Put it down, got the one book I was there for, went back and looked again. Finally walked out fo the store sighing cuz I didn't have that book.

Christmas afternoon, little adopted sis and nephew came up and handed me a present. I got one little corner tore off and knew exactly what it was. Of course, then I had to sit there and explain how I knew what it was without opening it all the way, lol, and how excited I was. I've been all up in it for days now and love it.

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Tuesday, January 01, 2008 - 9:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
Just finished the audio book of How o Talk to a Widower, by Jonathan Tropper. I had never read anything by him before, but just grabbed it from the library shelf. I really enjoyed it, even though it is about a guy in his late 20s who loses his 40 year old wife in a plane crash and is dealing with the aftermath of her death (I usually try to avoid depressing books.) It's emotional, sweet, a bit cynical and funny. I ended up liking all of the characters and laughed out loud at some of the dialogue. And as is important for audiobooks, I liked the guy reading it! I have put this author on my list to be on the lookout for more of his stuff.

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Tuesday, January 01, 2008 - 1:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
Wargod, there is an Amelia Peabody series written by Elizabeth Peters that are fun to read. The author has written several non-fiction novels on Egyptology so her story details are authentic.

I just finished Sue Grafton's T Is For Trespass and it is her best one so far. I have enjoyed her alphabet mystery series for a good light mystery. This one is a little scarier but definitely not to be missed if you like her books.

Mame have you tried any of Anne Rivers Siddons or Belva Plain books? I know what you mean about Nora Roberts darkside...I tried a couple of times to read her Robb series but just didn't care for them. It's really funny cause I love scifi but not that much heavy breathing in my scifi!!

I enjoy hearing about the different authors, going to look for Jonathan Tropper and Cathy Kelly. Thanks!!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 2:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I just finished reading my first book of the year, Ain't She Sweet? by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. She's always a good light read.

I am now reading The Pull Of The Moon by Elizabeth Berg.