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Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, November 05, 2007 - 5:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
4 1/2 hours in the tub, and I zipped through another terrific Susan Wiggs novel Summer by the Sea.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, November 05, 2007 - 5:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Mame, that was one of my favorites of her books. Cute little story.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, November 05, 2007 - 8:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Mamie, I have a few others of her books by my bedside ready to read. And I'm really looking forward to them. :-)

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 3:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I just finished Bye-Bye, Black Sheep by Ayelet Waldman. It's part of her Mommy track series. They are all so much fun.

I am now reading The Psycho Ex Game by Merrill Markoe and Andy Prieboy. It's about two people who try to one up each other with their psycho ex stories. It's hilarious!

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Monday, November 12, 2007 - 10:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
I am trying to get thru Book Of The Dead by Patricia Cornwell. I really enjoyed her first books but it seems like this thread of paranoia got bigger and bigger as she wrote more books. This one is like wading thru a swamp of conspiracies. I am curious if anyone else has read the book and if they liked it? I am thinking about just skipping to the last page and finding out who the bad guy is!

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, November 12, 2007 - 11:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Just added to my beside stack: Rosie O'Donnell's Celebrity Detox. And Ellen Burstyn's Lesson's In Becoming Myself (thanks to Mamie's rave review.)

Bluejaxrock
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04-23-2004

Monday, November 12, 2007 - 8:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bluejaxrock a private message Print Post    
Reading, or I should say, re-reading for the umpteenth time, Gone With the Wind. It is in my top 5 books ever, but it's been a couple of years since I last read it. In checking the local library website, it was featured because of it's anniversary. Sorry, I can't remember which one - I've had CRS for a long time.
I like historical fiction, like GWTW, Gods and Generals, Holocaust, In Cold Blood. Any recommendations?

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Monday, November 12, 2007 - 9:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
The Pillars Of Earth by Ken Follett is probably my favorite in the Historical Fiction genre. 12 Century England is the background for building the biggest and best Cathedral in the World. It sounds boring but it isn't...trust me!

Bluejaxrock
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04-23-2004

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 5:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bluejaxrock a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Supergranny. Any others? I liked John Jakes' Civil War novels, a little. I'm not much into mushy romances...lol

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 7:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I'm reading a really good mystery right now titled Promise Not To Tell by Jennifer McMahon. I started it this morning and am now 3/4 of the way through. I can't wait to see how it ends.

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 9:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
Bluejax..This is on my library's web page. I thought you might be interested. It's release date is Nov 16th.

Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig
Fully authorized by the Margaret Mitchell estate, Rhett Butler's People is the astonishing and long-awaited novel that parallels the Great American Novel, Gone With The Wind. Twelve years in the making, the publication of Rhett Butler's People marks a major and historic cultural event. Through the storytelling mastery of award-winning writer Donald McCaig, the life and times of the dashing Rhett Butler unfolds. Through Rhett's eyes we meet the people who shaped his larger than life personality as it sprang from Margaret Mitchell's unforgettable pages: Langston Butler, Rhett's unyielding father; Rosemary his steadfast sister; Tunis Bonneau, Rhett's best friend and a onetime slave; Belle Watling, the woman for whom Rhett cared long before he met Scarlett O'Hara at Twelve Oaks Plantation, on the fateful eve of the Civil War. Of course there is Scarlett. Katie Scarlett O'Hara, the headstrong, passionate woman whose life is inextricably entwined with Rhett's: more like him than she cares to admit; more in love with him than she'll ever know… Brought to vivid and authentic life by the hand of a master, Rhett Butler's People fulfills the dreams of those whose imaginations have been indelibly marked by Gone With The Wind.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 2:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
I am buying that book. I love that era. Is there any other that are recommended that are very "Americana" early American history-ish? Some romance is alright.

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 3:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
Killjoy - Julie Garwood

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 4:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Accessory To Murder by Elaine Viets, fun little cozy.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 5:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
The Ocean Between Us by Susan Wiggs. (Hard time getting into it.)

Bluejaxrock
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04-23-2004

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 8:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bluejaxrock a private message Print Post    
Thanks, again, Supergranny. I remember reading the "sequel" to GWTW and I couldn't stand it. The review on Rhett Butler's People sounds pretty good. Worth a shot, anyway. Off to reserve it at my library.

Spunky
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10-08-2001

Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 11:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spunky a private message Print Post    
I had read The Kite Runner first and just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. I found the second book an improvement as the theme was more complex and the political aspect better explained. He sure knows how to tell a story, the scenes are vividly described and you can feel the sufferings of the women and the cruelty of their husband and as a reader you really feel like wanting to go there and fight for the victims. Even the murder of her husband seems justified to the reader, (I felt almost like saying 'it was about time!', she kills him while he was killing his younger wife and so saves her), you don't get any lawyer there to defend you, she knows that she will be executed and stoically accepts her fate.
Not all sad stories have a happy endings like in his books but for once I won't complain.

I am now reading the 1992 book The Children of Men which brought many reviews after the recent movie and I don't want to see it before I finish the book.

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 2:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
Murder List - Julie Garwood

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 2:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I'm reading The Year Of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs. He lives for one year following the bible's rules, literally. It's very funny so far.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 3:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Mamie, I read about him and his book in People Mag, it looks interesting!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 4:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
It's really interesting so far but I'm only on his first month.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 5:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I'm reading The First Assistant by Clare Naylor and Mimi Hare. I wanted something light and easy.

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 6:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
I finished Wicked over the weekend and I gotta say I didn't love it. Toward the end I just wanted it to be over. Just not my cup of tea I guess.

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 7:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
Cold Moon - Jeffrey Deaver

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 7:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beachcomber a private message Print Post    
The Pearl by Dorothea Benton Frank. A great short book about an elderly lady and Christmas - perfect for the season!