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Anniem
Member
05-21-2006
| Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 7:53 am
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.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 6:22 pm
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!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 9:25 pm
I'm reading The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. Very long book but very good! Has anyone else read it?
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 10:21 pm
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!!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 10:32 pm
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.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 5:01 pm
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.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, December 21, 2007 - 10:51 am
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.
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Bicbicz911
Member
08-20-2005
| Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 6:11 am
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.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 6:26 am
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.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 12:15 pm
Just finished "Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver. Not as good as Poisonwood Bible, but a quick, easy read.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - 11:14 am
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.
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Mictay
Member
09-29-2006
| Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 6:24 am
I bought A few more Jennifer Weiner books,I really enjoyed Good In Bed,right now i'm reading Goodnight Nobody.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 12:56 pm
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.... 
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 2:36 pm
I received $80 in gift cards for Half Price Books and I just got home with a nice big bundle! I'm in heaven.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 3:07 pm
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.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 3:25 pm
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.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 3:33 pm
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.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 3:37 pm
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.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 4:39 pm
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
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 5:00 pm
I know what you mean, though now I envision a little Ms. Pacman with your face on it!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 5:12 pm
LOL
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 31, 2007 - 2:15 am
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.
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, January 01, 2008 - 9:20 am
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.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Tuesday, January 01, 2008 - 1:24 pm
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!!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 2:36 pm
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.
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