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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 8:49 pm
Oh good, I loved Langdon! I will try and find it tomorrow! So much for sleep tomorrow night! I started reading DaVinci yesterday morning and finished it this afternoon. My son had a b-day party to go to today, but I just was so into the book I begged my mom to go instead..rotten mom huh? BUT son has a b-day party for the next two weekends that I will make sure and go to those!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 1:13 am
I read them out of order and enjoyed them both.
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 3:58 am
Zmom, I think you'll like Angels & Demons. I found it a quicker read than Da Vinci Code.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 8:16 am
That's what my husband and daughter said. I am going to have to read it now.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 9:01 pm
A&D was highly recommended to me too. I'll also be reading it out of sequence. As I read DC last week 2 days before seeing the film. The DC paperback was normal size, but the A&D paperback is larger lenthwise and is difficult to hold in my small hangs. Also its narrower. Odd that. Currently in the last 1/3 of Teacher Man right now. And highly enjoying it. A less traumatic read than Angela's Ashes, and way less boring than 'Tis.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 6:21 am
I read 90 Minutes in Heaven over the weekend (well, in less than 24 hours -- it was a small book). It was awesome!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 9:40 am
Mocha, I read Blood Canticle a few months ago. It was like coming home. I loved it.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 9:45 am
I finally finished it and I felt bittersweet because I wanted more lol. Lestat is truly one of my favorite characters.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 10:03 am
Without anyone spoiling it for me as I have only read part of one book in the series so far, that being the first part of Interview With the Vampire, I find it interesting and curious that people find Lestat a favorite character, mainly because the vampire being interviewed speaks so disparagingly about him. I guess I'll find that there is more to this than I am aware of, once I get further into the books.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 11:06 am
Exactly Jimmer. You'll come to love the Brat Prince. 
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Saggkl
Member
07-17-2002
| Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 12:12 pm
I wish Rice would come back to her Vampire chronicles. Or maybe the Mayfair witches.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 12:39 pm
Sagg I agree. I wish I could've seen Lestat the play (or was it a musical?) when it was on broadway. But it closed last month dangit.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 12:49 pm
I'm currently halfway through No Logo by Naomi Klein. A disturbingly fascinating look at corporate influence in daily life and the branding of the world. It's a bit difficult in places -- it almost reads like a textbook -- but the content is incredible to read.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 6:18 pm
I just finished the Da Vinci Code as well. My expectations must have been very high as I was a little let down by the book. I kept waiting for things to get better. I finished it in a few hours but it seemed to take forever. I will give his other books a try, my sister says Angels and Demons was much better and another friend says her favourite was Digital Fortress.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 6:19 pm
I read a Julie Garrow book yesterday "The Secret" a quick fun read and started Iron Orchid by Stuart Woods.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 6:27 pm
I'm reading The Main Corpse by Diane Mott Davidson. Fifth in the Goldy Bear series.
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Spoton
Member
09-16-2005
| Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 10:30 am
Gotta share my delight with "Manhunt: The Tweleve Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer" by James Swanson. Wonderful, riviting history of Lincoln's last hours and Booth's last days. The detail in this book is astounding - the author has put together a chronological telling of the story, relating the parallel story lines as they happened. For example, you read about Booth receiving treatment from Dr. Mudd at the same hour that Lincoln is dying in the Petersen house, his Secretary of War literally setting up in the next room to ward off possbile attack by a (possibly) re-grouped confederacy. Some of the most enjoyable to me are the accounts of the people in D.C. - the emotions they were going through - spontaneous celebrations and serenades of their war heros every night up to the asassination, then the equally spontaneous demonstrations at the word of Lincoln's imminenet death. It all becomes so real and so, well, yesterday, as though 150 years have not passed. If you are interested at all in the civil war period, I HIGHLY recommend this book.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Friday, June 09, 2006 - 5:13 pm
Fannie Flagg has a new book coming out July 4th "Can't Wait to get to Heaven" and it sounds good! Combining southern warmth with unabashed emotion and side-splitting hilarity, Fannie Flagg takes readers back to Elmwood Springs, Missouri, where the most unlikely and surprising experiences of a high-spirited octogenarian inspire a town to ponder the age-old question: Why are we here? Life is the strangest thing. One minute, Mrs. Elner Shimfissle is up in her tree, picking figs, and the next thing she knows, she is off on an adventure she never dreamed of, running into people she never in a million years expected to meet. Meanwhile, back home, Elner’s nervous, high-strung niece Norma faints and winds up in bed with a cold rag on her head; Elner’s neighbor Verbena rushes immediately to the Bible; her truck driver friend, Luther Griggs, runs his eighteen-wheeler into a ditch–and the entire town is thrown for a loop and left wondering, “What is life all about, anyway?” Except for Tot Whooten, who owns Tot’s Tell It Like It Is Beauty Shop. Her main concern is that the end of the world might come before she can collect her social security. In this comedy-mystery, those near and dear to Elner discover something wonderful: Heaven is actually right here, right now, with people you love, neighbors you help, friendships you keep. Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven is proof once more that Fannie Flagg “was put on this earth to write” (Southern Living), spinning tales as sweet and refreshing as iced tea on a summer day, with a little extra kick thrown in.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, June 09, 2006 - 5:15 pm
Beach, I've already pre-ordered it!
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 12:45 pm
I bought two books last night: Angels & Demons and I will bear witness 1942-1945 A Diary of the Nazi Years I will bear witness is much like Ann Frank's Diary, only this is a gentleman age 60 who is married to an Aryan. I can only read a few pages at a time as I become very depressed with the visualizations that are written.
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Hussy
Member
08-06-2004
| Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 1:40 pm
I am in to James Patterson lately. Read both Sam's letters to Jennifer and Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas this week. Finished the latter one today then cried for awhile. I have always enjoyed his novels but just read the murder type ones. I loved both books and found them sad yet great reads. I was walking around the library and ran across a book by Jennifer Weiner titles Good in Bed. As a fluffy person it made me laugh at loud at times. Wonderful fun read.. Now looking for my next read if anyone has a suggestion.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 2:38 pm
Oh my goodness! I just read Welcome to the World, Baby Girl by Fannie Flagg and enjoyed it immensely. I am so excited that she is revisiting Elmwood Springs in her new book, and those characters. I love those people!
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 6:48 pm
I am just getting ready to start Marley and Me by John Grogan. This book has been suggested to me by several people. i have been trucking through In Cold Blood. While I find it a good book and interesting, it is just not what I am in to right now. I will have to pick it up again later.
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 8:40 pm
In cold blood sounds familiar, what is it about? Who wrote it? I will bear witness has to be one of the most moving books I have ever read. I have just read 1942 and I am going to start on 1943 tonight.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 9:49 pm
ZMom, Truman Capote wrote In Cold Blood.
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