Author |
Message |
Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, January 02, 2006 - 6:26 pm
I just started reading Jennifer Estess' Tales From The Bed. It's about her living with ALS and the relationship she has with her two sisters. So far, I'm a few chapters in and I'm already laughing and tearing up.
|
Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Monday, January 02, 2006 - 7:32 pm
I just finished Faye Kellerman's "Straight Into Darkness" I don't care for her writing as much as I do her husbands but this is a period piece about Germany when Hitler was just getting started. Throw in a serial killer and the German police trying to do their jobs. It was interesting but gloomy.
|
Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 12:51 am
Mamie, it is a good book huh? I had seen the documentary about them and the book just added so much more depth. Such a cruel illness..
|
Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 9:42 am
Really, really a horrible illness. I was so impressed with how she kept living. She was no quitter!
|
Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 4:48 pm
I just finised reading Journey of Soulsby Michael Newton. I am now reading Destiny of Souls by same author. Plus, I am going to start Forever Odd by Koontz.
|
Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 8:54 pm
I just picked up and started reading Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld. I'm really enjoying her writing. I really feel this girl's angst.
|
Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 10:26 am
Just finished The Secret Life of Bees last night, and loved it....but it was slow reading for me. I think because it was so writing-driven so I felt like I had to get every word. Or it could have been that my attention span was limited with the holiday goings-on.
|
Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Saturday, January 07, 2006 - 3:27 pm
Daughter really surprised me. Because I finished the book that she gave me for Christmas so quickly...she bought me another one! A biography of Joe Namath...which seems to be very in depth. I am enjoying it so far...and I won't be finishing it anytime soon.
|
Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, January 09, 2006 - 9:44 am
I usually pull a book of the weeks best sellers list and read it. This past week was Nora Robert's Red Lily. I bought it only to realize it was the 3rd of a series so I had to buy the first two. The First one, Blue Dhalia, was good, it moved fast and was an easy read, the second, Black Rose, I didn't enjoy as much, but still readworthy for the series. Right now I am on Red Lily. As soon as I am done I will report on the whole series. So far it's a descriptive, romantic, mysterious, friendly and enjoyable read, as they all were, on different levels.
|
Jhonise
Member
07-10-2003
| Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 8:59 pm
I just started Joplin's Ghost by Tananarive Due
|
Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 9:15 pm
I'm on a Hemingway kick myself. Finished A Farewell to Arms recently and am now reading The Sun Also Rises. I so enjoy Hemingway's writing style.
|
Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 8:43 pm
SOmeone wanted to know what I thought of Wicked when I was done with it. I finished it a couple weeks ago, and I really enjoyed it. Today, I just finished Odd Thomas, by Dean Koontz. I REALLY enjoyed that one. I can't wait for DH to finish Forever Odd so I can read that! I started Son of a Witch, the sequel to Wicked, after I finished Odd Thomas.
|
Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 8:50 pm
I am in the middle of "Saving Fish From Drowning" by Amy Tan. It seems a little disjointed and not as easy to follow as her other books but I do enjoy her description of other cultures and countries.
|
Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 8:51 pm
I'm reading The Last Suppers by Diane Mott Davidson. It's the fourth book in the Goldy Bear caterer mysteries.
|
Saggkl
Member
07-17-2002
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 3:38 pm
Well I just re read M.M. Kaye's books again after many years. Far Pavilions and Shadow of the Moon. Also read The Touch by Colleen McCullough (The Thorn Birds.) Am trying to find something else. Has anyone read The Kite Runner?
|
Not1worry
Member
07-30-2002
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 5:09 pm
A Girl Named Zippy was very good! I'm not much into non-fiction, but this was excellent. It made me think of all those childhood memories that are so strange and vivid. Also finished The Lake, the River, and the Other Lake by Steve Amick. It was about a small, fictional Michigan town that is slowly losing its identity to tourism and rich summer folks. One of the native locals, an Indian man who was a SEAL in Viet Nam, begins a small scale war on the jet skiiers invading the lake. It was funny and well written.
|
Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 5:46 pm
I loved Zippy, Not1. It was very well written. She has another one out now which is a continuation of her story.
|
Not1worry
Member
07-30-2002
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 6:22 pm
Yes, and sadly, my library doesn't have it yet. I'm looking forward to reading it though! I read one of her fiction books about a young girl who was a pool playing prodigy, but I didn't connect that it was the same author till I was at the library today.
|
Kattatude
Member
04-28-2005
| Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 7:18 am
I'm reading Christ the Lord by Anne Rice. Quite a departure from her usual writing. Finished a book by Phillipa Gregory a couple weeks ago called The Constant Princess. It was about Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon. I love historical novels.
|
Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 11:54 am
I'm reading The Ballroom On Magnolia Street by Sharon Owens. I loved her last book and I'm already loving this one.
|
Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Friday, January 20, 2006 - 2:33 pm
I'm rereading The Glorious Appearing by LeHaye/Jenkins...I felt the need of an intense spiritual reading experience.
|
Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 11:28 pm
I finished The Ballroom On Magnolia Street and loved it! Not1, that is one that you will have to read. I know you read the first. I am now reading An Innocent, A Broad by Ann Leary. She's the wife of Denis Leary and it's recounting how she went into labor 3 months early while they were in London for a few days for Denis to do a comedy show. She ended up there for 5 months. She's very funny.
|
Not1worry
Member
07-30-2002
| Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 3:55 pm
Mamie, I read the other one about the tea house. I tried the ballroom one a few months ago and didn't get into it. I will try it again though. Sometimes if I've been reading a lot of one style book, I can't easily change gears. I did love the tea house one, so I'm sure it's worth trying again on the ballroom. The Ann Leary book looks good too. I'm reading The Journal of Mortifying Moments, a chick lit book about a girl whose therapist has her record all her embarrassing, horrible incidents with men. Very funny.
|
Jedisan
Member
01-11-2002
| Monday, January 23, 2006 - 5:29 pm
I just finished "Teacher Man", the latest by Frank McCourt. It is really cute - a very fast read Lots of little great snippets about his years as a teacher in New York. A nice gift for any teacher too. Saxy, "Son of a Witch" is not bad - I felt it was rushed a bit. It is very short, but entertaining enough. Please come back and post your thoughts when finished.

|
Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Monday, January 23, 2006 - 8:26 pm
After reading comments on Shelley Winters' autobiographies, I bought both of them. I'm barely into the first book and I'm already hooked big time. It reminds of reading Lucille Ball's autobiography that was written from tapes found by her attorney long after her death - I can her voice telling the story.
|