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Mameblanche
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08-24-2002
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 4:32 pm
Aw thanks Yessie. Mwah! I think if someone is fit and healthy throughout their lives it really pays off in the long run... cuz these old folks probably were in terrific shape their entire lives!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 4:41 pm
On topic... My friend who lent me the Golden Compass, lent me part 2 called The Subtle Knife. Apparently the trilogy is called His Dark Materials. So I'll be starting part 2 today or tomorrow. Philip Pullman is the author.
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 9:48 am
Over the weekend I finished The Saving Graces by Patricia Gaffney. Last night I finished America's Boy: A Memoir by Wade Rouse. LOVED them both!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 9:58 am
My galpal just swung by and dropped off The Amber Spyglass, the last book in Philip Pullman's trilogy. Yipee! I just zipped through the first 2, it's quite the pageturner.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 10:16 am
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 10:21 am
Mocha, are you enjoying Wicked? I know it's a best-seller. I found it hard slogging through it, and didn't care for it at all, although I tried. I'd kill to see the play tho.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 10:36 am
That's interesting Mame. I was about to make a fairly long post about The Amber Spyglass. I'll be interested to hear what you think of it.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 10:39 am
Jimmer I promise you I'll report back with my thoughts on the book, the story, and the controversy, once I've tackled book 3. Cuz I am dying to hear what you have to say about the book/series.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 10:40 am
So far it's ok Mame but I'm only on page 25 lol.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 10:42 am
Well Mocha, Glad you are enjoying it so far... do let me know your opinion when you're done tho, pls. I have friends who loved it... so I'm curious how you'll ultimately feel about it.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 10:51 am
I just finished reading Esacpe by Carolyn Jessop. What a fascinating read! It is the story about her life in a polygamist family and how she got out when Warren Jeffs took it over. I had no idea! I am now reading The Faraday Girls by Monica McInerney and I have the feeling that I've read it before or it's similar to something I've read. I read so many books that I don't know what I've read! I just started keeping track last year so if I've read it, it was a few years back.
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Sharon
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 1:52 pm
Hi all, has anyone read the latest Patricia Cornwell - Book of the Dead? I just finished it a couple weeks ago but found it was not as good as her previous books. Was it just me or did it seem disjointed?
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 4:35 pm
I am reading Redeeming Love. Has anyone else read this?
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Mictay
Member
09-29-2006
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 4:51 pm
Just started Bookends by,Jane Green!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 5:19 pm
I enjoyed Bookends.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 8:24 pm
Sharon...I felt the same way about Book Of The Dead. I think I mentioned in this thread that it was hard to wade thru. But I am thoroughly enjoying Irish Girls About Town. I've been trying to space the stories so I don't finish so fast but I only have 3 more stories to the end. Maeve Binchy's short story was great. Remember Nora in Quentins? She moved to Italy to be by her married lover Mario. Maeve's piece brought the greatest ending to Nora's story. I highly recommend this book to devotees of Binchy, Marian Keyes and Cathy Kelly.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, February 01, 2008 - 4:18 pm
Thanks GG I promise to add Three Irish Girls About Town to my list of must reads. 
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, February 01, 2008 - 4:47 pm
I'm reading Clapton by Eric Clapton, of course. It's dragged a bit in the beginning but he's now with Cream so it's picking up.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Friday, February 01, 2008 - 7:01 pm
Jayne Ann Krentz's latest, Sizzle and Burn. Book 3 of her Arcane Society series.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 8:51 pm
I finished Clapton and though it dragged in parts, it was interesting. His son's death left me in tears. I am now going to read Sue Miller's new book, The Senator's Wife.
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 12:40 am
Just read Love In The Time Of Cholera. It is amazing. It is only 350 pages so it only took me an hour or so to read. I was reading it between turns at Bowling on Wednesday. I want to see the movie now. I am on the waiting list at the library for Pillars Of The Earth by Ken Follett. I am way down on the list.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 6:57 pm
Jimmer & company... I finished His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman today. Book 1 - Golden Compass, Book 2 - Subtle Knife, Book 3 - Amber Spyglass. Well I wept through the last chunk of pages... and I loved it. (Still think the story is too visually violent so will wait and rent the movie when it comes out. No way I could handle it on a big screen in the theatre!) But the entire trilogy was a complete pageturner from start to finish. As for the controversy... I'd heard so much misinformation in the media that I was twice as surprised by a lot of the events in the book as I would have been when it went in directions I was not expecting. I found it interesting that other religions were not part of the story at all, as if they don't exist or are not worthy of mention. THAT bugged me at the end, when it hit me, that The Church was the main antagonist, rather than religion per se. And in doing so, Pullman may not realize it, but he's validating that particular God. He may not approve of it, but at least it's a foe worthy of acknowledging for his story. That's pretty much the only thing that p'od me, other than the gore. OMIGOSH the books just swim in blood and torture, etc. Yuck to the power of 10. LOL. But taking that into consideration, I loved the books, and couldn't put them down. And I wept through the last few pages... so I have to side with the fans on this one. I kept DH who is Catholic up to speed on the theories of the book as he has NOT read it. But he's not offended. He says 'It's the point of view of someone who doesn't believe in God. But he's entitled to his opinion.' DH is keeping an open mind til he sees the movie with me when it comes out on dvd. And then he may possibly have a different opinion. Or not. I'll report back at that point - in the movie thread. I was joking with someone and I said it was as if Harry Potter and Hermione visited the Lord of the Rings via Narnia. Okay Jimmer, dyin' to hear your 'take' on the books. 
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Mictay
Member
09-29-2006
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 5:43 pm
Finished Bookends,loved it.Now i'm on to Angels by Marian Keyes!
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 8:01 pm
Just finished No Place Life Home Mary Higgins Clark and started Kentucky Rich by Fern Michaels. I am currently so overwhelmed with choice I don't know what to pick up first.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 8:26 pm
It is so much fun to be able to discuss books with other readers. This is a great thread. I'll probably say more later but I'll offer a few brief comments on the His Dark Materials trilogy. Thanks for the heads up in my folder that you finished reading it Mame. I started reading the trilogy after all the publicity surrounding the film release of "The Golden Compass". Plus the movie poster looked cool. LOL - Now there's a good reason to read a book! With respect to the controversy surrounding the author's atheism and negative view of religion, I didn't find it particularly troublesome. I tend to look at this as fiction – no more and no less. That said, I could see why some religious people would find the final book in the series upsetting. I enjoyed the first two books and I was very curious about how he would finish the series. He did a wonderful job of setting the stage for a grand finale. I was fascinated and on the edge of my seat and very curious about how he would pull it all together. Now the bad part. I don't know if I didn't understand what he was trying to do or say but I just didn't feel that he completed the series in a satisfying way. There were many loose ends and some truly head shaking stuff. Head shaking in that it didn't make sense to me or seem meaningful. Maybe someone here can explain it to me (Mame?). If there is enough interest, maybe we should start a separate thread for this as any sort of in depth discussion will result in some huge spoilers for anyone who hasn't read the series.
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