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Archive through December 14, 2007

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Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 1:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Yeah, I agree Prisoner... I admit though that I have enjoyed her darker stuff in the past, but it's been ratcheted up almost to thriller level for me. And I'm not thrilled. LOL. It's just that I love her character/family driven stories so much. The one that caught my attention in the first place were the Stanislaski family series, and there were tons of those stories, not just 3 books, cuz it was a huge family, LOL. (sp)

I've just checked out her site, so I'm up to speed on the new trilogy, - thanks to you letting me know about it in the first place. Grin. I may give in and get it... I just got turned off her stuff after Angels Fall and Blue Smoke. I bought the book Blue Smoke, and then it was on tv before I had a chance to read it, and I hated the movie, and can't bring myself to read the book, and it was a hardcover! So I paid full freight for the thing. :-( It seems to me, she's more interested in writing 'screenplays'... IYKWIM. She's writing for the 'eventual' tv audience, and her stuff is way grimmer and less lighthearted than ever. :-( If you go to her site, and read a sample of Blood Brothers, she even says at the begining that it reads like a screenplay or movie. How subtle is that??? LOL.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 1:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
The Blue Smoke book was much better than the movie -- you lost a lot of the family connections in the movie that were in the book.

My problem with the latest trilogies is that a story doesn't end with each part -- you need to read the other parts in order to get a complete story. Her Circle trilogy was the same way, and to a lesser extent, so was the Garden trilogy. Before that, you could get a complete beginning, middle, and end in one book, and still feel the continuation of the story in the other parts of the trilogy. Her latest ones are more like one big bloated book split into three parts.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 2:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Well you are semi-convincing me to give Blue Smoke a shot, since I have it anyways. I do love the way she writes.

Is Blood Brothers hardcover or paperback? Cuz I'm not willing to buy her hardcovers if they are so grim, but I'll probably shell out for a paperback.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 2:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Paperback.

I just downloaded her book lists in Excel to my smartphone, so now I can doublecheck which ones I've read and have the list when I go to the store!

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 3:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
You are a genious, Priz!!! I wonder if I can do that with MY cellphone?

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 6:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Yes!! I finally got my Saint City Sinners book by Lilith Saintcrow.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 8:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I'm reading Dream When You're Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, December 07, 2007 - 5:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I've just started reading Born Standing Up by Steve Martin and really enjoying it. He's a talented writer.

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Friday, December 07, 2007 - 5:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
Mamie, how did you like Dream When You're Feeling Blue?

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, December 07, 2007 - 6:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Lori, I liked it and liked the historic aspects of it but I was very disappointed in the ending.

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Friday, December 07, 2007 - 8:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
That's pretty much exactly the way I felt about it too. The ending made me mad.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 11:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
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I didn't get how Hank ended up marrying her sister. That was out of nowhere. Because she didn't want children? I didn't get it and then he professes his love to her at the end?! It was just too offbase for me.


Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 11:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
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Exactly. And why would that be ok for everyone? And how could the sister just agree to that? Is it better that everyone is living a lie? Ugh. Irritates me all over again just thinking about it. LOL I normally love everything Elizabeth Berg writes, but that ending was really bizarre.


Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 1:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I'm a big fan of hers too. I just didn't get it. It was like she just stopped short and ended it and it wasn't a satisfying ending.

Mictay
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09-29-2006

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 4:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mictay a private message Print Post    
I just got done reading The Last Chance Saloon,by Mariam Keyes(sp?),I loved it,has anybody else read anything by her?

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Mictay, I've read most of her books. I only have one left in my pile to read. I think my favorite was Watermelon.

I'm reading Forget About It by Caprice Crane. Good fun!

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 11:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Current books --

Bed -- Rhett Butler's People
Car -- The Physician's tale
Office -- Lady of Light and Shadows (sequel to one I just finished)

One of these will be promoted to Easy Chair with Cats on Lap book once the semester is over and I have three weeks off!

Mictay
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09-29-2006

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 12:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mictay a private message Print Post    
Mamie,i'll be on the hunt for her other ones now,the great thing about that book was I bought it second hand for a quarter!

Prisoner,how can you keep track of all those books?!

Grannyg
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05-28-2002

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 12:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grannyg a private message Print Post    
Beyond Reach, Karin Slaughter

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
Prisoner06 please let us know if you enjoy the Rhett Butler's People book. There are several of us here that are interested. Thanks!

I am like you in that I keep several books going at the same time plus my audio books. I've done that my whole life...too many books and not enough time.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 2:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I can't read more than one book at a time. Of course, I usually read a book in about 2 days time so I get a lot of reading in.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 5:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
How do you read in the car?! I am reading California Gold.

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 5:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
Prince Charming - Julie Garwood

Cold Moon by Jeffrey Deaver took me for ever to finish, it seemed so tedious

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 12:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
How Starbucks Saved My Life by Michael Gates Gill

Mictay
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09-29-2006

Friday, December 14, 2007 - 4:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mictay a private message Print Post    
Just got done reading Good In Bed,very good book IMO!Now I'm reading Honeymoon by James Patterson this is my first book of his,and i know my bf mother loves JP so I thought I would give him A try!