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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 3:02 pm
I'll have to look for those Supergranny! Grafton's up to T??? Geez, I think the last one I read was M or N. Don't know why either cuz those are fun quick books to read.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 4:56 pm
Supergran, A.R. Siddons no, but B. Plain yes. A long time ago. Time to check out Siddons. And maybe reacquaint myself with Plain.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 5:12 pm
I enjoy Siddons. Dorothea Benton Frank writes wonderful books about the southern lowcountry.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 5:21 pm
I went looking for books by Cathy Kelly and I found the info about this jewel. Stopped at the library and they thought this sounds like a fun book to have so they are hunting it up for me...love my little home town library!! Irish Girls about Town (2002) An anthology of stories edited by Maeve Binchy, Cathy Kelly and Marian Keyes
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 5:58 pm
I love Irish authors. They seem to capture such flavor in their writing....great story tellers. I didn't know Sue Grafton's new one was out, so thanks! I went right in and got on the waiting list at the library (I think I am #11.) Anytime I run low on ideas for new authors, I check out what Mamie and the rest of you are saying (Mamie's opinion generally is right on par with my own, so I am especially glad she reads as much as she does!!!!)
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Kady
Member
07-30-2000
| Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 11:16 am
have ya'll read any of the sweet potato queens books? the auther jill conner browne is going to be at our little small hometown book store tomorrow. i'm thinking of going. never been to a book signing before. her books are funny. the new one is "The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Raising Children for Fun and Profit."
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 12:49 pm
I do...have the Sweet Potato Queen's Cookbook. Hysterical! How fun for you to get to meet Jill. Please let us know all about it!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 1:29 pm
I've read the first novel about the Sweet Potato Queens. It was a fun read. I finished The Pull Of The Moon. It was a very quick read. I related so much to it because the woman had just turned 50 and was at that point in life with a lot of questions. I am now reading The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs.
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 6:30 pm
I just read the first novel about the queens, too. Loved it. I haven't read her other ones, though. I need to. I would imagine that this author in particular would be worth meeting...she sounds like a character. I love meeting authors. They fascinate me. Most I have met have been real animated, but on occasion you will meet one that makes you ask the question "How did this person write that book??"
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 8:18 pm
I went to a book signing for Anne McCaffrey. There was this sweet white-haired lady who looks like a grandma....and she has written some of the best science fiction that I've ever read.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, January 03, 2008 - 8:37 pm
I've got Sweet Potato Queens Big Ass Cookbook and Financial Planner -- LOVE IT! Read "The Ghost of Hannah Mendez" over Christmas vacation. It was a quick, intriguing read. It was a historical/supernatural style about the Jews in Spain during the Inquisition, but it was interwoven w/a current family from NYC. I'm also racing through Glass Castle -- haven't had time to read it before now, but WOW, can't put it down!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 12:08 am
Oh my gosh, oh my gosh SG, you got to meet Ms. McCaffrey????? I am so freaking jealous! Tee hee, it does crack me up though everytime I read one of her books (she has tons of fantasy ones like the dragon rider series) and then I get to the back cover and see her picture! She does look exactly like the type of grandmotherly figure who'd meet the kids at the door carrying a tray of cookies or sit around knitting booties and hats for the newest babies, lol.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 12:08 am
I have 3 books on my bedside table at the moment... not sure which one I'll start yet.
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Dbald
Member
08-04-2007
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 4:41 am
My nephew is about to be deployed to Iraq and before he left he cleaned his barracks and brought me 10 Dean Koontz books..I have only read one before Door to December and it was very scary, but he swears "Auntie you have to read these" and he is going to war for us so seems a very little to ask me to do. I'll let you know
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Knightpatti
Member
12-06-2001
| Friday, January 04, 2008 - 9:53 pm
Dbald is one of those books THe Watchers? I think Dean K wrote it. Great book!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 12:25 am
Koontz has some good books, Dbald. I don't think most of them are that scary, but I enjoy decent scary books (can't stand the ones that are all blood and gore) so could be wrong .
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 8:40 am
Koontz's books are rarely gory. His early works are a little more so than his 90's novels. Watchers, Lightning, The Bad Place, Midnight, Strangers, Strange Highways, Dark Rivers of the Heart, and Hideaway are his best earlier works...I think of his later books, False Memory and the Frankenstein books are my faves.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 9:56 am
I remember reading his book The Funhouse years ago and being totally scared. I'm reading Making Waves by Cassandra King.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 11:37 am
I like to sleep at night. I read a Stephen King novel as a teen, and that was the beginning and the end of my reading stuff that creeps me out beyond belief phase. LOL
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 12:08 pm
Koontz scares the hell out of me lol. My mom loves his books though.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 7:28 pm
I listened to an audio book of his called The Darkest Evening Of The Year and I absolutely loved it. A thriller about a woman and her shelter for abused/rescued golden retrievers. Just up my alley...a thriller and about dogs!
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Kady
Member
07-30-2000
| Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 11:40 pm
i didn't get to go to the book signing. i only found out about it too late too get my help to come in. it was on friday and they both were already scheduled at their other jobs. at least i know now that this bookstore has a website and i can get informed in time to get someone to run my tanning salon for a few hours.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 7:23 am
I read The Darkest Evening last month and enjoyed it. It proved that some monsters and horror stories are all too real whenit comes to animal abuse.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 12:54 pm
Watermelon by Marian Keyes. Loved it and the characters! I am going to order some of her other books. Any book of hers in particular that someone would recommend? Mamie, it is a good thing we are not in elementary school. The volume of books that you read is amazing and you would ace the reading competition (# of books read) every year and we would not be happy having to go up against you! Thank goodness that we are all older and greatly value your recommendations!! 
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 1:51 pm
Watermelon was my favorite books of hers. I'm glad you liked it and I'm glad that we aren't competing for anything! LOL I'm also glad that you enjoy my recommendations. A few of her books follow the other sisters. The last book that I read of hers was Anybody Out There? I enjoyed that one.
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