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Racinrach
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11-16-2006

Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 2:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Racinrach a private message Print Post    
Dogrivergirl: I know I read the last part of the Jacob part in Breaking Dawn and my mouth hit the floor and she was like WHAT WHAT WHAT!!! I could only laugh and tell her to read faster... I have just a few more pages of midnight sun to read on line (it's Twilight through Edwards eyes) it only goes a little past when she finds out what he is but I really wish she would just go ahead and finish it because it give so much more to the twilight book having the other half filled in.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 5:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I do hate it when I fall in love with a book or the characters and then it ends...

I'm liking the Wally Lamb so far, but I guess I'm sort of predisposed to like his wordy/quirky/damaged characters..

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 6:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Testimony by Anita Shreve

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 9:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
FINALLY got my mitts on PAGAN STONE, the third in the Nora Robert's Sign of Seven trilogy. Yay me. :-)

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
Sea! So glad to see you posting in this thread again. You always have such awesome recommendations. I'm always seeking out books that you have read and liked! You have to introduced me to so many authors that I wouldn't have found on my own. Thanks so much! I am forever grateful.

I am at the library right now looking to load up for another onslaught of snow this week!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 8:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Testimony was a very interesting read. It really was a trickle down effect of tragedy.

I'm now reading Maureen McCormick's Here's The Story. I may never watch The Brady Bunch the same way again. LOL

Knightpatti
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12-06-2001

Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Knightpatti a private message Print Post    
I read recently Mary Kay Andrews' southern novels, Savannah Bliss and Itty Bitty Lies. They were a fast read and enjoyable.

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 11:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
I recently read "First Class" The women join the Naval Academy. It is an absolutely fascinating read. It was written by a member of the first class. She wrote it following two female characters, one of whom was a real person, and the other was a compilation, but all incidents were true.

It reads like a novel, and has all the humor, history, romance, hard work, breaking traditions, falling in love, breaking up, and all the stuff that comes with being a gal in a man's world. Just a terrific read. I would like to see it in all high school libraries, as there are many lessons to be learned about individuality vs conformity, following traditional paths vs following your dreams, how to go along to get along, keeping your femininity without appearing weak, how people come together and grow apart, how just because you love someone ...it doesn't mean the whole world is going to stop turning because of it, life sometimes requires compromises, making relationships work in the real world requires a lot of hard work, etc..

I just can't say enough good things about this book. Can you tell I just loved "my girls" and admired them greatly.

While I was reading it, I kept trying to figure out which one was the "real" girl and which was the compliation...and I was sure I had it...but when I got to the end I was astonished how wrong I was!

Proud and happy to report that of the 81 girls that started out...55 graduated!

Libshea
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08-31-2006

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 2:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Libshea a private message Print Post    
I feel so lowbrow compared to most of you because I only seem to be reading crime novels! Currently am reading The Dirty Secrets Club by Meg Gardiner.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 3:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Crime novels are good. I enjoy a really good cozy mystery.

I'm reading Milkrun by Sarah Mlynowski. I'm going chick lit, not too much to think about, reading.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 3:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Just finished the constant princess. not as descriptive as I would hope, but not bad, fast read.

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 4:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
I am reading Stephen King's Just After Sunset. It's his latest and a collection of short stories. There is some really good ones in there too!

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 11:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I'm kind of addicted to Ann Rule myself Libshea. True crime stories always fascinate me. Is that an illness?

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 10:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Songs For the Missing by Stewart O'Nan

I got an email today that said I won a collection of Christmas books. The funny thing is that I probably won't get them until after Christmas!

Libshea
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08-31-2006

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 1:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Libshea a private message Print Post    
Live Flesh by Ruth Rendell. She's really one of the best crime/suspense writers around. I seem to recall there was a movie made loosely based on this -- by the Spanish director Pedro Almodovar and Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardam have roles in it.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 4:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory, so far.....meh.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 10:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Pieces Of My Sister's Life by Elizabeth Joy Arnold. I hated it the first go round, but gave it another try and it's not quite so bad this time, just that the characters aren't endearing themselves to me.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 3:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddons

Mame, I liked that book. The characters were hard to love but I really got into the story.

Libshea
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08-31-2006

Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 5:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Libshea a private message Print Post    
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. Of course, it's a mystery novel -- but this time I have the excuse that it was my book club's next pick. It got great reviews and so far I am loving it.

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 6:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
Mamie, I am listening to Off Season in the car at the moment. I had a difficult time with it at first...too bogged down with overdone prose for my taste. But I stuck with it and now am enjoying it. Still only about halfway through, though.

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Saturday, December 20, 2008 - 8:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
Just finished a great "feel good" book that I recommend for the season. DH rolled his eyes seeing me bawl over the end of the book...but they were tears of joy I told him!

A Dog Named Christmas by Greg Kincaid.
When Todd McCray, a developmentally challenged young man still living on his parents Kansas farm, hears that a local animal shelter is seeking temporary homes for its dogs during the days leading to Christmas, he knows exactly what he wants for the holidays. His father objects, but Todd’s persistence quickly wins out. Soon the McCrays are the short-term foster family for a lovable pooch the young man names Christmas.
But what about all the other dogs who will be forced to spend the Yuletide season in cages? In the days that follow, Todd uses his special gifts of persuasion to encourage his hometown to participate in the “Adopt a Dog for Christmas Program.” What follows from his small act of kindness will teach his family, and his community, about peace on earth and good will toward men—and animals.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Saturday, December 20, 2008 - 11:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
Now reading book 2 of the Sign of Seven Trilogy by Nora Roberts. I refused to read any of them until all of them came out. I hate the way she leaves me hanging between books, lol ...

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Sunday, December 21, 2008 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
I asked Santa for Nora's Key Trilogy and the Twilight series an more importantly the new Laurell K Hamilton book. Soooo now have to wait to see which I get lol.

Elizabeth116
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11-26-2006

Monday, December 22, 2008 - 8:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Elizabeth116 a private message Print Post    
I'm reading Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 12:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I got 4 different gift cards for Borders for Christmas. I am a very happy camper/reader.