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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 2:04 pm
Elaine Viets has some fun, light mysteries as well.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 7:17 pm
Sue Grafton is also excellent. Not alot of romance though but a lil. I'm reading Unded and Unemployed by Mary Janice Davidson.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 7:26 pm
Lillian Jackson Braun, Yankee. Especially, if your grandmom likes cats.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 9:01 pm
I just finished reading Dear John by Nicholas Sparks. I wasn't disappointed. It was back to his sentimental old self. I didn't enjoy his last two books as much as this one. I am now reading Soapsuds by Finola Hughes. I figure who better to write about soap operas than she!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 10:16 am
North and South by John Jakes. So far I really like it. I have all 3 books in the series. I am almost done (over halfway) with North and South. Thanks for reccomending it folks!
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 8:00 pm
You are welcome...but actually that was an easy call. When you started saying what you wanted in a book you just described John Jakes novels.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Monday, November 20, 2006 - 8:57 am
I am nearly finished with Nelson DeMille's "Plumb Island". I wanted to spend some more time with John Corey from "Night Fall". I very much enjoyed this murder mystery, even though murder mystery isn't my favorite genre. I enjoy Mr. Corey's sense of humor. He reminds me of a younger Lenny Briscoe of Law and Order. I don't know if I will go for my third John Corey book "Lion's Den" after this or not. I might need another change of pace.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 2:04 pm
Now reading What They Want by Omar Tyree. I'm finding it a lil too wordy and slow. It better pick up soon.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 2:10 pm
Yank, I hesitate to even mention these, lol, but the Harlequin Intrigue series of books are light, fluff, mystery with romance.
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Jhonise
Member
07-10-2003
| Friday, November 24, 2006 - 8:17 am
I'm about to finish Me vs. Me by Sarah Mylnowski. I'm really enjoying it. Mocha, you are a brave woman to read anything by Omar Tyree. I haven't been able to enjoy his books since the late 90s!!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, November 27, 2006 - 10:15 pm
Yesterday I wrote in my folder: Just got done with my THREE HOUR aroma-bath... lovely... I am the cutest, cleanest, loveliest-smelling prune around. LOL If I was any more relaxed, I'd be a puddle on the floor. And I picked the best book for soaking in the tub. The Gunrunner by Hugh Lawrie, is hilarious! I was yowling in hysterical lafter in the tub. DH pops in to see who I'm talking to... ROFL! I started on page 1 when I got in, and am on page 156 currently. I guess I average about 52 pages an hour... FYI - Hugh Lawrie plays Dr. House on HOUSE on tv. He was also Bertie Wooster in 'Jeeves and Wooster' on British TV.
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Kattatude
Member
04-28-2005
| Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 12:02 pm
Mame, I just read a Jeeves and Wooster book last week. The Catnappers. I did chuckle at a few things in it. I noticed the Jeeves and Wooster show on PBS not long ago but didn't watch it. I love books with humor so I'm going to have to find the Hugh Laurie book. I'm currently reading Strange Fits of Passion by Anita Shreve. I've been on a Shreve kick for a few weeks now.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 9:28 pm
I am about halfway through "The Lion's Game" (not "The Lion's Den as I erroneously stated above). That's something considering it's over 900 pages. I love Nelson DeMille, but I have to tell you that it's not an exageration when I say that this is one of the best books I've ever read. I loved "Charm School", and "Word of Honor" and "Up Country", and thoroughly enjoyed the other two books with John Corey as the protagonist, but this one is on a whole other plane. Wow...what a book! The thing is that I wasn't expecting to enjoy this book. I didn't think that I would be able to get into a "terrorist" type of thriller, all things considered, but Nelson managed to reach out and grab me by the shirt to get my attention in the opening chapters, and then kept me not only interested, but involved. This is one of those books that must be read to be appreciated. It would make an okay movie, but reading the thoughts of the main characters is what makes this book special. I highly recommend it.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Friday, December 01, 2006 - 3:21 pm
Just finished, "The Gods of Newport" by John Jakes. It was pretty good, but I didn't like it as well as his earlier books. I loved both the Revolutionary Kent Family Chronicles and Civil War series. Waiting for the library to call with Michael Crichton's new book, "Next". Anyone read it yet?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, December 06, 2006 - 2:26 am
Not yet, but I know I will. I always read Crichton's books. They had it at the grocery but it was full price.. pfft to that.. I'm realing "The Tender Bar: A Memoir" by JR Moehringer and finished and book crossed John Grisham's "The Innocent Man" (also read "The Dreams of Ada", about the same town, same corrupt police and judicial system in Ada, OK) and a novel whose name I'm blanking out .. "Me & Emma". Next might be Stephen King's latest.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, December 06, 2006 - 9:35 am
Sea, I really enjoyed The Tender Bar.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Wednesday, December 06, 2006 - 12:57 pm
I am sort of wading thru "The Innocent Man". Usually love Grisham's books but not so enthralled with this one. I think Ann Rule does the true crime so much better. I haven't given up tho...may get better!!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, December 07, 2006 - 1:06 am
Scoutie, I loved the Kent Family Chronicals and North and South. 
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, December 11, 2006 - 7:18 pm
I am reading The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. At times, funny, at times, sad, but just a wonderful memoir, that I highly recommend.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 11:43 am
Supergranny, I thought The Innocent Man was a bit slow-going at times and of course it is non-fiction. My brother said Grisham has said it is his first and last non-fiction; too much work researching. Anyone who like sagas consisting of several thick juicy books that follow families or towns for generations should check out the British author R. F. Delderfield. He did some wonderful sagas. My whole family was entranced by them.. I'm reading King's Lisey's Story now.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 1:31 pm
Finally finished The Innocent Man. I just downloaded Scott Turow's Limitations to listen to while I start wrapping presents. Anxious to hear if Lisey is any good.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 11:25 am
I just finished Michael Crichton's book, "Next". It was okay, but definitely not one of his best. Nothing like some of his early books. He uses a lot of stories/controversies from current news about bio-genetics and ethical and legal questions. But he uses so many different examples and then tries to tie them all up into one story, that it doesn't make much of a story at all. A somewhat promising first-half that just degenerated into a really long, idiotic chase. Supergranny - I read "Lisey's Story" a while back. Everyone I've talked to who's read it either loves it or hates it. There doesn't seem to be a lot of in-between. I'm in the hated it category. I loved his early books, but haven't liked many of his recent books.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Monday, December 18, 2006 - 5:56 pm
Seamonkey - I just noticed your post about R.F. Delderfied. I really loved his books. My favorite was, "To serve them all my days". Just finished up a book that is the beginning of a new historical series by Jane Kirkpatrick called, "A Clearing in the Wind". It's based on the true story of a German religious group that started out in Bethel, Missouri, and then sent out new settlers across the Oregon Trail to start new settlements. I really enjoyed it. It reminded me a lot of a book I read years ago called, "Hannah Fowler" about the Shakers.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, December 18, 2006 - 6:03 pm
I am reading The Year Of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion. I'm only a few chapters into it, right after the death of her husband, and it's got me hooked. It's written so poetically.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Thursday, December 21, 2006 - 7:33 pm
Mamie, I want to read "The Year of Magical Thinking" sometime soon, but I'm sort of afraid of the grieving associated with the book. I read "Marley and Me" and I'm still grieving that sweet but really bad doggie. Lately I've been consuming at an alarming rate the Allison Weir Tudor and pre-Tudor royal biographies. She hooked me with "Eleanor of Aquitane" followed in rapid succession by "The Princes in the Tower", "The Children of Henry the Eighth," "The Life of Elizabeth I," "The Six Wives of Henry the Eighth" each of which I found informative, very nicely researched and well-written. She manages to make each of her subjects interesting and appealing (even Henry himself). I was less impressed with her "Henry VIII, The King and His Court" which goes into great detail of what it was like to live in a royal household in the 1500s (you'd think that would be interesting, but you'd be surprised how uninteresting the food eaten in a royal household in the 1520's can be.) I also read her "Queen Isabel", whom she tried mightily to turn into a sympathetic character, but failed miserably (this is the Queen who had her husband King Edward killed with a hot poker up the behind). This book had no one in it to like or root for, they were all just exceptionally bad people. "Eleanor of Aquitane" is a marvelous book about an extraordinary woman (a queen in her own right, the wife of two kings and the mother of multiple kings) about whom not that much has really been written. "The Princes in the Tower" lays out the case against Richard III, whom she convincingly argues is in fact the person who murdered his 12-year-old nephew the King of England, and his 10-year-old brother, the Duke of York, in order to take the crown of England for himself. I can't figure out how Allison Weir has the time and resources to research and write all these books. They're great.
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