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Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, November 21, 2005 - 11:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I just finished Three To Get Deadly and I loved it. I have the whole set of books but I'm mixing it up with all the books I have yet to read. I am going to start Hearts Desire by Laura Pederson next.

Erinbear
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08-05-2005

Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 6:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Erinbear a private message Print Post    
I love Patricia Cornwell and the Kay Scarpetts series. I was waiting and waiting for the new one "Predator" to be released. I rushed right to the library and put myself on the waiting list (I am no longer allowed near bookstores as I tend to drop $100 whenever I stop in just to look) I was sooo excited when I went in Saturday and the librarian told me that she had "Predator" for me. Kidlet thought I was nuts, I was THAT excited.

I couldn't wait to rush home and read it. I was disapointed. It was terrible, very disjointed with no real flow at all. I had to force myself to read it, hoping with each turn of the page that it would get better, it didn't. Dramatic scenes were just ended then the next chapter it was all resolved. There was no real plot development or new character development. Not at all the Patricia Cornwell I have come to know and love over the years.....I wondered if maybe there was a part one to "Predator" that I missed somehow.

Scout
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01-20-2005

Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 9:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scout a private message Print Post    
I saw above where many of you had liked, "The Secret Life of Bees" and found it in the library a couple of days ago. What a great story - I love the way Sue Kidd writes. In a way, she reminds me of Fanny Flagg. She doesn't have the same sense of humor, but she makes her characters come alive the same way. They both make you wish you could actually meet the people in their stories.

Finqwik
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09-23-2000

Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 10:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Finqwik a private message Print Post    
Erinbear sorry to hear that I hope it does'nt signal the beginning of the end for Patricia Cornwell whom I've enjoyed reading over the years.

Saggkl
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07-17-2002

Wednesday, November 23, 2005 - 9:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saggkl a private message Print Post    
Well I started the book Memoirs of a Geisha. I saw the ads for the movie and thought I would try the book. Has anyone read it? And Supergranny, I just finished Creepers. Enjoyed it. I even checked out the web site he was talking about. I guess there are really people who do this. It had some very interesting pictures of old buildings.

Max
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08-12-2000

Wednesday, November 23, 2005 - 10:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
Saggkl, I loved {Memoirs of a Geisha} and can't wait to see the movie. It's been a long time since I read the book, though. :-)

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 10:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I read Geisha a long time ago, as well. It was a wonderful book and I'm looking forward to the movie too.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Saturday, November 26, 2005 - 7:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
I'm not reading anything now :-)

Not1worry
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07-30-2002

Monday, November 28, 2005 - 4:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Not1worry a private message Print Post    
The Life of Pi. I hate books that mess with your brain! It was very good, very well written, but it left me with more questions. Good for discussion and making you think, but I was in the mood for something relaxing. I have GOT to get to the library again soon.

I re-read 11 on Top just for fun. Also read Hot Flash Holidays, part of the Hot Flash Club series.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, November 28, 2005 - 5:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I think I might have been the only one in the world who just didn't like The Life Of Pi.

Mameblanche
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04-13-2005

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 3:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Oh Mamie, I hated the Life of Pi! One of my least fave books of all time. I gave it chance after chance, but although it a tiny handful of good points (all of which are now forgotten...) it was a lousy read. I think that book is a case of the Emperors New Clothes. It just seems like everyone wants to claim a slice of the Pi. I say, let them eat cake. heh.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Now I don't feel so bad! lol

Not1worry
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07-30-2002

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 5:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Not1worry a private message Print Post    
The thing with Life of Pi was I really had to force myself to wade up to the middle of the book. Once I got halfway into it, then I was engaged with the story. Which made it all the more irritating to have that "maybe it all never happened" ending! And gruesome...ewww...I was afraid I'd have nightmares.

Someone had bought this for my great-aunt and she never read it, so she gave it to my mom, who passed it to me. Only because of the holiday, I had nothing from the library left. Never again will I let my library stack get so low.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, December 05, 2005 - 3:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Just began At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks. It's the follow-up to True Believer, which I didn't really love but I'm liking the beginning of this book a lot more.

Spangs
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10-07-2005

Monday, December 05, 2005 - 9:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spangs a private message Print Post    
Just re-read RESERVATION ROAD by John Burnham Schwartz. It is a great read about the loss of a little boy, and each chapter is devoted to one of the main characters and gives in depth insight as to how the tragedy affected each of them. Very good novel!!

Saggkl
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07-17-2002

Monday, December 12, 2005 - 6:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saggkl a private message Print Post    
Just got Predator by Patricia Cornwell from the Library, haven't started it yet but heard it wasn't very good. anyone know?

Shadoe
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11-04-2004

Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 9:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shadoe a private message Print Post    
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, December 23, 2005 - 2:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I just started Needled To Death by Maggie Sefton. It's a nice, quick cozy mystery. I haven't had much time for reading lately.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, December 25, 2005 - 3:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I liked Life of Pi.

And I read and enjoyed Memoirs of a Geisha long long ago when it first came out in hardback.

Also adored Secret Life of Bees

Reading now: The Best American Travel Writing 2005.

Recently finished Warday, Angels and Demons, Jodi Picoult's Vanishing Acts, Tales From the Bed; A Memoir, We Are All the Same: A Story of a Boy's Courage and a Mother's Love

That's all in December.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 2:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I just started The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer. What a lovely memoir!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 5:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Oooh Mamie! I love a good cozy!! (I've run thru quite a few cat cozies and cooking/food cozies!) Nothing better than to curl up in a sunny spot with a cat and a cozy mystery!

Springer
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03-12-2004

Friday, December 30, 2005 - 6:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Springer a private message Print Post    
Newman:
I recommended a book for you in "Your Favorite Book of All Time". Does it sound like something you would like?

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, December 30, 2005 - 11:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I'm about finished with Marley & Me: life and love with the world's worst dog and I want to slap the guy for having a huge dog that he has no clue how to control and then he makes all sorts of sweeping statements about labrador retrievers.. grr..

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Monday, January 02, 2006 - 12:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
I have about 50 pages left to read in "Light from Heaven" by Jan Karon the latest and last of the Mitford series. My youngest daughter gave it to me for Christmas.

I reported to her today that I was almost finished and LOVED it. She said that sad thing about giving me a book, was that when I found one that I loved, I went through it rather quickly, and the pleasure seemed so temporary.

I explained to her that everyone else had given me a gift that I needed, but that I would always remember that she was the one who gave me something to love. That seemed to pacify her. (Hopefully she will continue to give me books I love!)

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, January 02, 2006 - 12:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Besides, if you love it, you might re-read it later, at a slower pace. Maybe that would please her?

After Marley, I read a book for HS ages, The Queen of Everything that I plan to pass along to a 19 year old.

Now starting a first novel by John Dalton, that I found on the recommended shelf at Barnes & Noble: Heaven Lake.