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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, October 09, 2008 - 7:50 am
Total change of pace for me. I just finished reading "Leading with my Chin" by Jay Leno. Funny and poignant. I started to read it in the library, but had to quit after the first chapter because there were too many laugh out loud moments and I didn't want to get kicked out! Total enjoyment.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Thursday, October 09, 2008 - 11:51 am
I just finished The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society. If you enjoy authors such as Maeve Binchy and Rosamunde Pilcher you will love this book. It's been quite awhile since I read a book this good. My husband is so irritated at me though...he would see me crying , laughing and cheering over this book and shake his head. I was a little daunted at the description of letters during wartime but don't let that deter you..you will soon be in another time. I want to go to Guernsey!!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, October 09, 2008 - 11:57 am
Okay, SG, I'm putting your recommendation on my list. I love Binchy and Pilcher!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, October 09, 2008 - 12:03 pm
I enjoyed Sharon Osbourne's book. I think she's a bit much at times though. I am now reading The Cure For Grief by Nellie Herman. I've gone from Extreme to very serious.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, October 09, 2008 - 12:11 pm
I'm starting on Nicholas Spark's THE CHOICE.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Thursday, October 09, 2008 - 1:25 pm
Z, those are some of my very favorite books. I keep them handy in case I want to read them again.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 5:55 pm
Candy Girl (A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper) by Diablo Cody Very funny so far.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 6:48 pm
I am half way into Oprah's book choice The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. It is well written and of course I love the dogs.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 6:53 pm
It is a beautifully written book.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 7:01 pm
We just got home from Borders and I got The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks and Lisey's Story by Stephen King. Now I'm torn about which one to start first. LOL
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 8:22 pm
I have The Lucky One coming soon. You'll have to tell me how you feel about it, if you read it first anyway. LOL
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Libshea
Member
08-31-2006
| Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 8:32 pm
Supergranny -- I recently read The Story of Edgar Sawtelle and really loved it. Not only was it a beautiful character driven story -- as a huge dog lover, I am thrilled how it conveyed the true magic that those wonderful creatures hold. I have now added The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society to my list of must reads -- thanks for the great description.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 - 3:23 pm
Another Time Another Place ed'd by Zane
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 - 3:40 pm
Lots of cold showers for someone!! LOL
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, October 12, 2008 - 4:10 pm
Lol I'm sayin
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, October 13, 2008 - 2:26 pm
I just read The Shack. Beautiful book. It will break your heart and lift it up at the same time. Before that I read Snow Flower and the Secret Fan which was ... hmmm ... wonderfully written, hard to put down book, but it wasn't easy to read because it is about footbinding and all that it entailed. But it was an interesting insight into the culture that surrounding China during that period of time and why footbinding existed at all.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, October 13, 2008 - 3:02 pm
Roxip, I felt the same about Snow Flower. I was cringing through most of the foot binding parts.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 8:09 am
But I'll bet you couldn't put it down. Very interesting read. A friend of mine gave it to me when we were going to camping since I had forgotten to read a book but I ended up just sticking it under the seat of my car...but a few weeks later was waiting on DD and pulled it out and got sucked right into it. A very interesting culture. So many impressive qualities (respect of family) and yet so many horrible ones at the same time.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 8:27 am
My friend, who is Chinese, gave it to me to read. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It really was a book that was hard to put down.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 10:20 am
Mamie, I'm halfway through The Lucky One and all I can say is....if it were really, really good I'd be finished by now. I keep putting it down so I guess its not holding my attention much.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 11:21 am
LOL Twinkie! I am just the opposite. When a book is really really good I don't want it to end. I will put the book down and think about it and I like the warm fuzzy feeling that I get from a book that has me captured.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 11:23 am
I confess...I usually read the end first. But then I will read the book to see how it got there. I used to peek at Christmas presents too. I wish I could break myself of the habit but I fear I'm beyond help at this point.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 11:37 am
I tried to go to the library yesterday to get the Sookie Stackhouse series but they weren't open. Our schools were open so the library should've been open too 
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 12:00 pm
Twinkie, I've felt that way about his last few books. I'm reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I've never read it before, only have seen the movie.
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 10:45 pm
Heat Lightning by John Sandford...a Virgil Flowers novel Beyond Belief, Finding the Strength to Come Back by Josh Hamilton...inspirational christian stuff by a very good baseball player
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