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Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, September 08, 2008 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
It was called Hold Tight.

Pamplemousse
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09-28-2003

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thanks Mameblanche I will check them out
the titles alone made me smile

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

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Pample, do let me know what you think. And btw, I'm sure you can get them at the library or a 2nd hand bookstore... they've been around for years!

Calamity
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10-18-2001

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Monday night, 400-some pages into Breaking Dawn, I gave up. I hardly ever abandon a book after starting it and never before that far into one but I had had it. Maybe someday I'll finish it. Then again, maybe not.

Someone gave me The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein to read.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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It really was awful, wasn't it, Calamity?

You'll love Racing in the Rain.

I'm reading the new Debbie Macomber book 8 Sandpiper Way. I needed some light reading after two very intense mysteries.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

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<------ 1/2 way through Secret Life of Bees. Quite enjoyable.

Neko
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08-03-2001

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Just bought the boxed set of all the Harry Potters.

So that's what I'll be reading...

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

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Just read "Twenty Wishes" by Debbie Macomber, I really liked it. It is another in the Blossom Street series.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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I think that Twenty Wishes is my favorite of the Blossom Street books.

Mak1
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08-12-2002

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Missing by Chris Mooney
It is scary, tense, thrilling, and horrific. I'll need something very light after this.

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

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I have had to put "Oh My Stars" by Lorna Landvik down for a while and may end up returning it to the library to be picked up later...or not.

I am having a tough time getting into it. I have a hard time with books who have a main character that is somehow deformed, unloved and treated badly by everyone including her parents to the point where she is suicidal. I am sure that at some point things are going to turn around for her...but I am one quarter through the book and so far it ain't looking so good. I am just weary of it. I am not enjoying this book and since I am reading it for enjoyment...it's time to put it down. But it could just be me.

I picked up "Daughter Gone to War" by Winnie Smith. My experience with this book is that it speaks to my very core. I love Winnie Smith. I wanted to be Winnie Smith and some part of me always regretted that I didn't get to do what she went and did.

For the first time in my life thanks to Winnie Smith. I am grateful that that particular dream of mine never came true. I would not be the person I am today had I gone through the ordeal that Winnie experienced. I like who I am now. There is a great deal of peace in knowing that all those years ago...I made the right choice. I have Winnie Smith to thank for that. Winnie Smith is now my hero.

I also read "When I was a Young Man" by Bob Kerrey. I liked it a lot. I have always admired Bob Kerrey and enjoyed reading his story.

I tried reading Elizabeth Berg's "Say When" but am finding it tedious as well. Not liking the main characters or the premise of the book. It too may see the return trip to the library unfinished. Again it could just be me and where my mind is these days.

Now I am reading Phil Caputo's "Rumor of War". This book was listed as one of the top three books to read if you are looking to read about the Vietnam war experience. The copy I have from the library is a beat up paperback that is practically falling apart. I am having a tough time reading it while trying to keep the pages from falling out.

This is an important book. Much too important to be the only copy in the library especially in this poor condition. I called the library yesterday to let them know that this book was in horrible shape and that I thought it should be replaced. I questioned how I would go about doing that.

The librarian I talked with said it all depended on "what was out there." I told her that I had been in a Barnes and Noble recently and that I had seen the trade paperback version there.

While we were talking, she had been on her computer so when I said that I just wanted to do something about this book and didn't know what to do...she replied. "You wanted to do something... Now you have. I just ordered the trade paperback version."

I was truly appreciative.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

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Somebuddy shoulda warned me... I spent the last section of The Secret Life of Bees in a puddle of tears.

Which of course means that I LOVED it! :-) Can't wait to see the movie to see how it compares.

But now I'm probably going to read something that hopefully won't bring me to tears again. I think my next book will be Debbie Macomber's Promise Texas.

Calamity
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10-18-2001

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Mamie316: I think "awful" is perhaps the most polite way to describe it, lol.

At one part while I was reading it, a friend interrupted me to ask what book I had. The way he asked it though, I mean the tone of his voice, made me go, "What?" kinda defensively. To which he responds, "You just had this w t f?! look on your face!". Pardon the expression. But that about says it all as to what I was thinking while reading.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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The Godmother by Carrie Adams

Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002

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If you like secret society stories mixed with high action on an international level, mixed with a little spiritual sci-fi, you should check out John Twelve Hawks 'novels of the fourth realm', titled "The Traveler" and "The Dark River".

Libshea
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08-31-2006

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Looking Down by Frances Fyfield

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

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July, July by Tim O'Brien

It's about the Class if 69 having a class reunion in the year 2000. Seeing them in 2000 and looking back to where they were and who they were in 1969. Good read so far.

Libshea
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08-31-2006

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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. So far, this is one of the best books I have read in a long time. I am only 1/3 into it, but the story is so rich with character. Edgar is a boy who is mute and lives on a farm with his mother and father who breed dogs. It truly is remarkable.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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Libshea, it's a beautifully written book.

I'm reading Somewhere in Heaven by Christopher Andersen. It's the love story of Christopher and Dana Reeve.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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Oprah picked The Story of Edgar Sawtelle for her new book club book.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

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Mamie, Christopher Reeve's movie Somewhere In Time was one of my all time favorites. I cry every time I watch it. The theme music also makes me cry. Is the book good?

Libshea
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08-31-2006

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Mamie -- I saw that! For once I am a step ahead of Oprah -- and so were you!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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Twinkie, the book was really a glowing story of the two of them. It was a good read because it was so positive. I love love love Somewhere in Time!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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Oh and Libshea, we are trendsetters! LOL

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

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The Dim Sum of All Things by Kim Wong Keltner.