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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 10:11 am
I think my aunt has "Shoot the Moon" and was supposed to pass it on to me. I am going to have to remind her, but she probably already gave it to someone else. 
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Monday, October 02, 2006 - 7:48 am
I just finished reading, "The Last Town on Earth", by Thomas Mullen. It's really different from anything I've read lately, and I enjoyed it very much. It's about a logging town in Washington who quarantines themselves (before anyone gets sick) in 1918 when the flu is killing people worldwide at enormous rates. The author said he based the book on a few towns that actually did quarantine themselves at that time in order to prevent others from bringing it in, rather than than to prevent it's spread. The people in the town had been attempting to create something of a utopia - isolated, equal, etc. When a tired, possibly ill, soldier comes walking up and asks for refuge, the fear of their own families becoming sick shows how quickly people can change.
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Westtexan
Member
07-16-2004
| Friday, October 06, 2006 - 8:58 pm
I'm reading Middlesex. Very intriguing. Gonna go and read another chapter right now.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Saturday, October 07, 2006 - 8:31 am
Forever and Always by Jude Devereaux
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, October 07, 2006 - 10:16 am
I'm reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. It's a wonderful novel. It's narrated by death and it's about a little girl in Nazi Germany and the family she lives with. Very good.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 3:27 pm
I'm reading Heartbreak Hotel by Jill Marie Landis but so far, it's not doing too much for me.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 1:09 am
I can't read anymore. If I sit down to read, I fall asleep. I listen to books instead. I love books on tape because I can get so much done when I'm listening. I am listening to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix right now. I love Sue Grafton's alphabet mysteries too.
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 10:19 am
I might head out to the book store today. I want to get the new John Grisham book. The Innocent Man.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 10:26 am
The new Grisham book sounds very interesting. I'm reading a wonderful novel called Once Upon A Day by Lisa Tucker. It's about a father who raises his children, isolated after the supposed death of their mother and what happens when they go looking for answers. Really well written.
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 4:23 pm
I just started a series by Karleen Koen . . historical fiction with lots of juicy details, set in England and colonial America, early 1700's. Just finished " Through a Glass Darkly ", and enjoyed it, now starting " Now Face to Face " (greedily waiting for October 24, new Stephen King is out ! )
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 11:50 pm
Started Morrigan's Cross, which is book 1 of Nora Robert's Circle Trilogy last night and am 2/3 through it. Just found out on her website that the 2nd part of the trilogy is now available, AND the 3rd part of the trilogy will be out Oct. 31. I love her trilogy's cuz you don't have to say goodbye to those characters at the end of a book, they are there for 3 books. 
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Kattatude
Member
04-28-2005
| Monday, October 16, 2006 - 8:01 am
I'm reading Sea Glass by Anita Shreve. I just discovered her and am enjoying the way she tells a story.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Monday, October 16, 2006 - 8:14 am
Kattatude, please tell me how you like it. I'm considering it for my next book shopping trip.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Friday, October 20, 2006 - 5:15 am
Hey Mame, saw your post in the RN thread and thought, "I bet she's reading the Circle trilogy." Can't wait until October 31 for the last one.
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Friday, October 20, 2006 - 12:16 pm
Maybe I will have to read the circle trilogy.
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Westtexan
Member
07-16-2004
| Friday, October 20, 2006 - 6:19 pm
Has anyone read any of Steve Berry's books? I just joined a book club and our first book is The Romanov Prophecy. I'm not too excited by the choice but have always wanted to be in a book club.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Friday, October 20, 2006 - 7:47 pm
Westtexan,I know he's compared to Dan Brown but I haven't gotten a chance to read any of his books yet. I'll enjoy hearing how you like him. I just got the new book Thriller edited by James Patterson. 32 short scary stories by authors like David Morell, Michael Palmer...even one by Lincoln Child and one by Douglas Preston. I read the first story by Lee Child a minute ago....good one.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, October 20, 2006 - 11:48 pm
Prisoner & Saxy, I just bought the 2nd in Nora Robert's Circle Trilogy today and can't wait to get to it. Yay! And to my utter delight I discovered that MAEVE BINCHY has a new book out. So I got that too. 
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, October 20, 2006 - 11:53 pm
LIFETIME TV is turning 4 of Nora Robert's books into made for tv films. Whooohooo! Here's a snippet from the press release:} LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1 -- World renowned novelist and publishing sensation Nora Roberts and entertainment industry producer Peter Guber's Mandalay Television will join creative forces with Lifetime Television, it was announced today by Trevor Walton, Senior Vice President, Original Movies. The network plans to turn four of Roberts' best-selling novels into Lifetime Original Movies over the course of next year, with Guber and Stephanie Germain serving as executive producers. "We are thrilled to be collaborating with publishing and Hollywood legends Nora Roberts and Peter Guber," said Walton. "Selling an average of 21 books every minute, Nora's talent is endless and the American public cannot get enough of her work. The piece de resistance is that we have Peter and Stephanie's tremendous talent to help us bring Nora's great storytelling to life." Peter Guber, Chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment Group, said, "Building this exciting filmed franchise by combining Lifetime's powerful brand with Nora Roberts, a stratospheric author, will create a compelling entertainment experience." Germain, President of Stephanie Germain Productions, added, "Nora's books are a perfect match with Lifetime's commitment to bring inspirational women's stories to their audience." Bestselling titles presently being developed for the four movies include: Blue Smoke, Carolina Moon, Montana Sky, The Villa, Brazen Virtue and River's End. Since publishing her first novel in 1981, Roberts has gone on to become a #1 New York Times best-selling sensation. With more than 280 million books in print, Roberts' novels have spent a combined 100 weeks at the #1 spot on the coveted list. In addition, since 1999, every book published under her name has hit the New York Times best-seller list. Amazon.com recently reported that Roberts is their third most popular author -- following only Tom Clancy and JK Rowling. Roberts is a member of several writers groups and has won countless awards from her colleagues and the publishing industry.
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Westtexan
Member
07-16-2004
| Sunday, October 22, 2006 - 11:30 am
I just finished reading Middlesex. Awesome!! Now I have to start my book club book in hopes of finishing it in time for discussion. Question: Why is Callie's brother named Chapter Eleven?
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Slothkitten
Member
09-16-2003
| Sunday, October 22, 2006 - 3:46 pm
Just read Susan Issacs last? book . . Somewhere to Hang My Hat . . . love her books, and all her charactors.Interesting and flawed, funny, irritating and finally, lovable. She always has some very believable sorry so & so's in her stories. I hope she writes her memiors, she has got to have quite a story herself.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, October 22, 2006 - 11:13 pm
Slothkitten, I quite enjoy Susan Isaacs. The book Shining Through was awesome and the film, although different from the book, is one of my faves. http://www.susanisaacs.com/
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Dlkuhn4
Member
07-14-2002
| Monday, October 23, 2006 - 7:54 am
I just finished reading "Wicked" the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maruire. It was great I'm running to WalMart to buy the 2'nd one today. Has anyone read this? I am dieing to talk about it. What about his other ones? I am also getting "Confessions of thr Ugly Stepsister.
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Monday, October 23, 2006 - 9:01 am
Dlkuhn4: you will enjoy the 2nd one as well. I have read both Wicked and Son of a Witch. Stop by my folder if you want to discuss it! I haven't read Confessions of the Ugly Stepsister, but I bet it's good. I mentioned a while back that I was starting to reread the Harry Potter Series. I posted a little over a month ago. I am now 208 pages into Book 5. I guess with as busy as I am that taking a month to get through the first four isn't too bad, is it? LOL
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, October 23, 2006 - 9:05 am
The only one that I've read is Wicked.
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