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Neko
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 12:28 pm
I'm reading "Pride and Prejudice" right now, and just finished "Jane Eyre." I don't know why I'm in the mood for "classic" novels, but I guess I am :D
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 12:47 pm
i recently finished Michael Critchton's "Next". it was horrible. i was so disappointed as i normally love his books. it had too many characters and some of them had the same first name. it had way too many subplots to follow. it was very preachy about DNA research ethics. and, the ending was just thrown together to try and make you feel good. blech.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 2:43 pm
I've just started Cathy Kelly's novel PAST SECRETS. Love all her books, they are very engrossing. She's been compared to Maeve Binchey.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 5:12 pm
I just finished Dean Koontz's By the Light of the Moon. I loved it! The main characters could travel similarly to the way the guy on Quantum Leap did.
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Kattatude
Member
04-28-2005
| Monday, February 05, 2007 - 7:19 am
I've had a busy 2 weeks of reading. Too much snow and cold makes me want to curl up and read to my heart's content. Let's see...I've read several books: The Boleyn Inheritance by Philappa Gregory which is the story of Katherine Howard and Anne of Cleves, wives of Henry VIII and Jane Rochford who was Anne Boleyn's sister-in-law. I love historical fiction, so I enjoyed this book. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See, a novel set in China about two friends and their lives. Loved it. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, a memoir. A good read. Cage of Stars by Jaquelyn Mitchard, a story about the murder of two little girls in a Mormon family, and the affect it had on the older sister who was babysitting them the day of the murder. A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice (Ann Rice's son) about 4 friends in New Orleans. Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich, the last (so far) in the Stephanie Plum series. I may have to make a trip to the local library today to find something else to read!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, February 05, 2007 - 10:01 am
Kattatude, I loved Cage Of Stars. I couldn't put it down, once I started reading it. I even wrote to her afterwards.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, February 05, 2007 - 11:08 am
Jasper, I loved Angels Fall, but I found it her most 'disturbing' book. It kinda creeped me out in places, and I found it affected my mood for a few days. Odd but true. I can really see this as a film, and I understand it WAS on the LIFETIME channel in the USA last Monday night, starring Heather Locklear... Any chance anyone saw this? Better yet, anyone tape it? (wink wink, nudge nudge) I'm in Canada and we don't get that channel.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, February 05, 2007 - 11:10 am
HEATHER LOCKLEAR was in a playful mood at the press conference for her new Lifetime TV movie, "Nora Roberts' Angels Fall." "Just give women what we want, and we will all be happy," she joked. Locklear is playing a woman who was traumatized by watching the murders of several close friends. After spending some time in psychiatric care, she tries to build a new life. It is something that the actress, who filed for divorce from rocker husband RICHIE SAMBORA last February, is doing in real life, too. "Let me just tell you, I am single, I still like rock stars and any man that is good for me. Just not married men." Being slightly more serious, she added, " I love to work, whether it is comedy or drama. It has to be a good character, a good script." Heather also indicated that she may be joining a series currently on the air, but says, "It's a secret." Link: http://www.etonline.com/tv/news/38372/index.html
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Kattatude
Member
04-28-2005
| Monday, February 05, 2007 - 2:25 pm
Mamie, I really enjoyed that book, too. I didn't put it down either, until I was finished. Needless to say, I didn't get much done that day!
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 3:22 pm
Mameblanche, I know what you mean, it made me feel a little out of sorts myself. Re the movie, no Lifetime for me either, I'm up outside of Barrie. Reading Twelve Sharp now. I started it while I was in a diner having breakfast and there was a line right near the beginning about Lulu and the only reason she had not burst out of her shirt was because it was snagged on a nipple had me laughing out loud, not sure what the other patrons thought of me!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 8:12 pm
I'm reading The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood. It's a very emotional read. A woman joins a knitting group after losing her 5 year old daughter and the rest of the group is made up of woman and a man, who have had tragedies and pain in their lives, as well.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 10:04 am
Just finished Cathy Kelly's PAST SECRETS. A lovely antidote for a stress-filled week. Elegant, satisfying and relaxing. What's next? Can't decide between Maeve Binchey's latest or a Nora Roberts reprint. That's what's left on my bedside table. Definately time to hit the stores for more books. It's always reassuring to have at least 4 new books piled beside the bed. 
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Monday, February 19, 2007 - 2:23 pm
No Defense - by Kate Wilhelm really enjoying this one
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Monday, February 19, 2007 - 8:38 pm
Mame, all four of the Nora Roberts Lifetime movies are available on iTunes for $9.99 for the series (I think they are $2.99 each). I just read Stealing home by Sherryl Woods and really liked it -- just the light read I needed. Also reading The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, February 19, 2007 - 11:54 pm
Thanks Prisonerno6 - From Nora's Website: http://www.noraroberts.com/ When will the Lifetime movies air in Canada, the United Kingdom, other European countries and Australia? The word from Mandalay and Stephanie Germain Productions is that Canadian rights to the movies have been licensed to CanWest and should be televised in June or July. The United Kingdom, Europe and Australia are not yet licensed. We will provide updates as they occur. When will the movies be available on DVD? According to Mandalay and Stephanie Germain Productions, Sony has the license on the DVD distribution of the movies. While no dates have been set at this point, they will probably be released close to the TV air dates in each country. (As for what I'm currently reading, since I couldn't decide between the Roberts or the Binchey, instead I'm reading a non-fiction paperback called Introduction to Psychology, it's kind of like Psychology for Dummies. LOL.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 2:20 pm
Beware Mame, you know what they say. A little bit of Psych is a dangerous thing. Just finished Jeffrey Deaver's Twisted Tales 2. Very good selection of short stories with good twisted plots and endings. Even a Lincoln Rhyme short story.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 10:24 am
I'm reading a wonderful book called The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand. It's set in a restaurant in Nantucket and it just makes me hungry reading about all the good food. I read another book of her's called The Love Season, another about cooking, but that one was just okay for me.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 11:07 am
LOL Supergranny! 
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Monday, February 26, 2007 - 8:54 am
I have been reading Grace by Robert Lacey, a biography of Grace Kelly. It was very interesting well researched book.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, February 26, 2007 - 9:53 pm
Prisoner, I just started Stealing Home and am enjoying it. Today, I got the second book in the series as well.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 2:17 pm
I am currently reading "Scarlett" by Alexandra Ripley. I love books of this period. I finished the North and South Trilogy by John Jakes, after Scarlett I will start on The Kent Family Chronicles by John Jakes, then Fearless by Lucia St. Claire Robison. So many books, so little time.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 3:19 pm
Escapee, I read the entire Kent Family Chronicals many, many, maaaaany moons ago, and loved them. They turned me into a John Jakes fan! You are in for a TREAT. Enjoy!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 4:13 pm
Mame, how many books are in that series? I have the first three, I think.
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Kattatude
Member
04-28-2005
| Friday, March 09, 2007 - 10:29 am
I'm just starting River's End by Nora Roberts. I'm having a hard time getting into it. Has anyone read it that can tell me whether it's worth the effort?
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, March 09, 2007 - 10:47 am
I don't know if I've read that one....Nora Roberts books, while i like them, are pretty much all the same.
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