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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Monday, September 24, 2007 - 3:01 pm
Mameblanche - enjoy I am on her sixth book, A Breath of Snow and Ashes. I love this series.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, September 24, 2007 - 3:04 pm
Thanks Jasper, but the ancient Scottish jargon throughout is a tiny bit of a slog for me. I'll get used to it, I'm sure, but I prefer this type of story in the movies. I'll keep y'all posted as to how it's coming along. 
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, September 24, 2007 - 3:10 pm
Mame, I couldn't get into it. I know many people who love the series and many who don't.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, September 24, 2007 - 3:33 pm
Well I'm about to pop into the tub with this book. I'll keep y'all posted on my progress. (With the book, not my bath, LOLOL) But I do feel rather Grinchlike when I say it hasn't swept me away yet. I TRULY believe I would love this as an old movie with Greer Garson and oh, some Hollywood hunk. Grin.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 2:19 pm
I think they should take the Kent Family Chronicles by John Jakes and make a TV series out of it.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 4:14 pm
I'm reading a lovely memoir titled A Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas. It's about her life after her husband is hit by a car.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, October 01, 2007 - 12:28 pm
I'm now reading the new Nicholas Sparks book, The Choice. I'm only a couple of chapters into it but it seems like his standard fare.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, October 08, 2007 - 6:26 pm
Just finally (!) finished the Gabaldon, Outlander book. Not my cup of tea at all, sorry. (shrug) I only started getting into it around page 600. Really. But I was determined to finish it, and spent a good chunk of the day doing just that! That's punishment reading a book you don't like that's 850 pages! LOL. I am a fast reader, but I wasn't compelled to pick it up except in fits and starts over the last couple of weeks. But I want to get to another book in my stack so I pushed on. Until this morning, I'd only read about half of it... so I completed the last half in one sitting (well lying, in bed). It's quite the (violent) epic. I MIGHT see it as a movie, but to read it was a job and a half. I think I'll stick with contemporary fiction for the next little while at least. LOL.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, October 08, 2007 - 6:28 pm
Just starting the British novel - 'NO! I Don't Want To Join A Bookclub!' by Virginia Ironside.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, October 08, 2007 - 6:40 pm
Devil's Right Hand by Lilith Saintcrow
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Monday, October 08, 2007 - 8:28 pm
This past weekend I finished The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World an autobiography by Marshall "Major" Taylor. Mr. Taylor was the first black man to ever win a world championship in cycling. He was also the great grandfather of one of my good friends!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, October 08, 2007 - 9:04 pm
I am reading the most interesting book. It's called Bad Monkeys and it's written by Matt Ruff. Here's a write-up: From Publishers Weekly In this clever SF thriller from Ruff (Fool on the Hill), almost everyone is a bad monkey of some kind, but only Jane Charlotte is a self-confessed member of The Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons. Or is she? In a series of sessions with a psychotherapist in the Las Vegas County Jail nut wing, Jane tells the story of her early life in San Francisco and her assimilation into the Bad Monkeys, an organization devoted to fighting evil. Crazy or sane, Jane is still a murderer, whether she used a weapon like the NC gun, which kills someone using Natural Causes, or more prosaic weaponry. Still, nothing is quite what it seems as Jane's initial story of tracking a serial killer janitor comes under scrutiny and the initial facts about her brother, Phil, get turned on their head. At times the twists are enough to give the reader whiplash. Ruff's expert characterization of Jane and agile manipulation of layers of reality ground the novel and make it more than just a Philip K. Dick rip-off. (July 24)
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - 1:50 pm
Songs Without Words by Ann Packer
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 5:02 pm
I just finished a wonderful book titled Away by Amy Bloom. I was engrossed in it and read it in a day and a half. I am now reading The Hazards Of Sleeping Alone by Eliza Juska. I think that's her name. I'm also enjoying this one. I had a few books before this that just didn't hold my attention and I hate that!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 12:58 pm
I picked up the book The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta this morning and I really think it will be one of those books that is hard to put down. I'm loving it.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 4:46 pm
Devil May Cry by Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 9:21 pm
Let me warn you, I read for pure entertainment. I do not want to be "enlightened" or "educated". I want to be entertained. Currently I am reading "Out of Control" by Stephen Long. Based on the events surrounding the death of David Harris who was run over by his wife, Clara Harris in their Mercedes right here on Nasa Rd, in Clear Lake...couple of miles down the road from me. True crime stories have always fascinated me...I like to know why people do what they do. Since this one happen only miles from me...I recognize all the locations and businesses discussed. The book is based mostly on interviews and court room documents.
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Grannyg
Member
05-28-2002
| Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 6:34 am
I just finished "Murder List" by Julie Garwood, Playing for Pizza by John Grisham (very cute and funny book, very light reading and I loved it) and now I'm reading "Far Harbor" by I forget who. Very romantic tale and I'm enjoying it so far. Read "Playing Dirty" by Sandra Brown and was totally disappointed in it. It just never seemed to have a good story. (shrug) And she is one of my all time favorite authors.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 8:43 pm
Stalemate - Iris Johansen
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Friday, October 19, 2007 - 4:34 pm
Jasper I love Iris Johansen. First book I read of hers was "Ugly Duckling"...an old one but still very good...Now I usually get them within weeks of publication.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 5:11 pm
I'm reading Ellen Burstyn's autobiograpy, Lessons In Being Myself. I love reading about Hollywood in the 60's, etc. They've lived lives that are so full of adventures. It's very interesting.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 8:16 pm
Dick Francis has written a new book after 6 years. Dead Heat is co-authored with his son. I enjoy his mysteries with the backdrop of the horse racing. I'm almost done and still haven't figured out the bad guy is. This book has the hero as a chef catering to the racing crowd. He even brings in Chef Ramsey's restaurant. Fun book to read.
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 9:02 pm
i'm reading Clapton by Eric Clapton.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 9:10 pm
Spooky! He is on Larry King right now. Hope you catch it.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 10:41 pm
Mamie, I'm gonna put that on my must read shopping list. 
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