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Jasper
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09-14-2000

Monday, September 24, 2007 - 3:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
Mameblanche - enjoy I am on her sixth book, A Breath of Snow and Ashes. I love this series.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, September 24, 2007 - 3:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Thanks Jasper, but the ancient Scottish jargon throughout is a tiny bit of a slog for me. I'll get used to it, I'm sure, but I prefer this type of story in the movies. I'll keep y'all posted as to how it's coming along. :-)

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, September 24, 2007 - 3:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Mame, I couldn't get into it. I know many people who love the series and many who don't.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, September 24, 2007 - 3:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Well I'm about to pop into the tub with this book. I'll keep y'all posted on my progress. (With the book, not my bath, LOLOL) But I do feel rather Grinchlike when I say it hasn't swept me away yet. I TRULY believe I would love this as an old movie with Greer Garson and oh, some Hollywood hunk. Grin.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 2:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
I think they should take the Kent Family Chronicles by John Jakes and make a TV series out of it.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 4:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I'm reading a lovely memoir titled A Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas. It's about her life after her husband is hit by a car.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, October 01, 2007 - 12:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I'm now reading the new Nicholas Sparks book, The Choice. I'm only a couple of chapters into it but it seems like his standard fare.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, October 08, 2007 - 6:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Just finally (!) finished the Gabaldon, Outlander book. Not my cup of tea at all, sorry. (shrug) I only started getting into it around page 600. Really. But I was determined to finish it, and spent a good chunk of the day doing just that! That's punishment reading a book you don't like that's 850 pages! LOL. I am a fast reader, but I wasn't compelled to pick it up except in fits and starts over the last couple of weeks. But I want to get to another book in my stack so I pushed on. Until this morning, I'd only read about half of it... so I completed the last half in one sitting (well lying, in bed). It's quite the (violent) epic. I MIGHT see it as a movie, but to read it was a job and a half. I think I'll stick with contemporary fiction for the next little while at least. LOL.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, October 08, 2007 - 6:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Just starting the British novel - 'NO! I Don't Want To Join A Bookclub!' by Virginia Ironside.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Monday, October 08, 2007 - 6:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Devil's Right Hand by Lilith Saintcrow

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Monday, October 08, 2007 - 8:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
This past weekend I finished The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World an autobiography by Marshall "Major" Taylor. Mr. Taylor was the first black man to ever win a world championship in cycling. He was also the great grandfather of one of my good friends!

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Monday, October 08, 2007 - 9:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
I am reading the most interesting book. It's called Bad Monkeys and it's written by Matt Ruff.

Here's a write-up:

From Publishers Weekly

In this clever SF thriller from Ruff (Fool on the Hill), almost everyone is a bad monkey of some kind, but only Jane Charlotte is a self-confessed member of The Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons. Or is she? In a series of sessions with a psychotherapist in the Las Vegas County Jail nut wing, Jane tells the story of her early life in San Francisco and her assimilation into the Bad Monkeys, an organization devoted to fighting evil. Crazy or sane, Jane is still a murderer, whether she used a weapon like the NC gun, which kills someone using Natural Causes, or more prosaic weaponry. Still, nothing is quite what it seems as Jane's initial story of tracking a serial killer janitor comes under scrutiny and the initial facts about her brother, Phil, get turned on their head. At times the twists are enough to give the reader whiplash. Ruff's expert characterization of Jane and agile manipulation of layers of reality ground the novel and make it more than just a Philip K. Dick rip-off. (July 24)

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - 1:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Songs Without Words by Ann Packer

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 5:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I just finished a wonderful book titled Away by Amy Bloom. I was engrossed in it and read it in a day and a half.

I am now reading The Hazards Of Sleeping Alone by Eliza Juska. I think that's her name. I'm also enjoying this one.

I had a few books before this that just didn't hold my attention and I hate that!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 12:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I picked up the book The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta this morning and I really think it will be one of those books that is hard to put down. I'm loving it.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 4:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Devil May Cry by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Boberg
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10-04-2002

Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 9:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Boberg a private message Print Post    
Let me warn you, I read for pure entertainment. I do not want to be "enlightened" or "educated". I want to be entertained.

Currently I am reading "Out of Control" by Stephen Long. Based on the events surrounding the death of David Harris who was run over by his wife, Clara Harris in their Mercedes right here on Nasa Rd, in Clear Lake...couple of miles down the road from me.

True crime stories have always fascinated me...I like to know why people do what they do. Since this one happen only miles from me...I recognize all the locations and businesses discussed. The book is based mostly on interviews and court room documents.

Grannyg
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05-28-2002

Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 6:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grannyg a private message Print Post    
I just finished "Murder List" by Julie Garwood, Playing for Pizza by John Grisham (very cute and funny book, very light reading and I loved it) and now I'm reading "Far Harbor" by I forget who. Very romantic tale and I'm enjoying it so far. Read "Playing Dirty" by Sandra Brown and was totally disappointed in it. It just never seemed to have a good story. (shrug) And she is one of my all time favorite authors.

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 8:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
Stalemate - Iris Johansen

Boberg
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10-04-2002

Friday, October 19, 2007 - 4:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Boberg a private message Print Post    
Jasper I love Iris Johansen. First book I read of hers was "Ugly Duckling"...an old one but still very good...Now I usually get them within weeks of publication.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 5:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I'm reading Ellen Burstyn's autobiograpy, Lessons In Being Myself. I love reading about Hollywood in the 60's, etc. They've lived lives that are so full of adventures. It's very interesting.

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 8:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
Dick Francis has written a new book after 6 years. Dead Heat is co-authored with his son. I enjoy his mysteries with the backdrop of the horse racing. I'm almost done and still haven't figured out the bad guy is. This book has the hero as a chef catering to the racing crowd. He even brings in Chef Ramsey's restaurant. Fun book to read.

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 9:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
i'm reading Clapton by Eric Clapton.

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 9:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
Spooky! He is on Larry King right now. Hope you catch it.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 10:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Mamie, I'm gonna put that on my must read shopping list. :-)