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Archive through January 26, 2003
Seamonkey | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 02:19 pm     Finished up the book about AIDS Doctors, not without some fond memories, and sad ones, too, of people lost from my life.. Now starting Barbara Kingsolver's book of essays written/gathered in response to 9/11/2001, Small Wonder.. figuring that I can stop at the end of an essay when the book club book arrives. (my own small wonder, Critter the cat, is helping me write this.. purring and washing my left hand with her raspy pink tongue ) |
Djgirl5235 | Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 06:31 am     I just finished "Desecration" of the Left Behind Series (took me all of 3 hours to read it) and I loved it... now I'm sitting waiting for the next book to be released this April... I've moved onto Patricia Cornwell's "Isle of DoGs" and although I like it, since it's not a Kay Scarpetta novel, I'm not as into it as I usually would be. |
Seamonkey | Friday, January 17, 2003 - 09:31 am     I got my book club book yesterday, but couldn't bear to stop reading Small Wonders, Barbara Kingsolver's book of essays.. she's just so readable and even though I'd say we have some large differences, I have great respect for her ideas and anyway, I finished reading it in the wee hours before I slept. And now have just started the club book. |
Mak1 | Friday, January 17, 2003 - 10:56 am     I just finished One for the Money by Janet Evanovitch. I liked the Stephanie Plum character and plan to read the series....love the kooky grandmother! Now reading The Hours by Michael Cunningham (the movie just came out). First chapter was confusing, too many names without mentioning the relationships to the other characters. It's getting better as I get into it. I'm still waiting for my TVCH book club book.....Sea's has arrived, so mine should be close, I hope. |
Seamonkey | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 10:47 am     Finished I Don't Know How She Does It about 3am.. good read Next book is a first novel by Jennifer Weiner, Good in Bed, billed as a "Beach Book".. |
Djgirl5235 | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 11:45 am     I gave up on Isle of DoGs... I just couldn't get into it, and I'm not going to waste really good reading time on a book that isn't interesting. Anyone care to recommend something? I love mysteries and thrillers and have pretty much read every book by: Johnathan Kellerman, Peter Straub, Nicci French, Iris Johansen, Tami Hoag, Patricia Cornwell, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, etc. |
Fluffybbw | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 12:43 pm     Djgirl5235 have you read any of Jeffrey Deaver's books: "The Bone Collector" is wonderful and the first is a series featuring his hero Lincoln Rimes, a paralyzed forensic expert. They are really great. |
Seamonkey | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 01:48 pm     You might also like Tabitha King's books. |
Calamity | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 01:57 pm     I goofed and returned the book I was reading to the library a while back. Then, of course, someone checked it out. Just got it back. It's called 'Rocket Boys', a true-life story (the author admits he fudged some details) about a boy growing up in a small West Virginia coal mining town in the late 1950's who goes on to work for NASA. The movie 'October Sky' was based on it. |
Zeno39 | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 04:09 pm     I finally finished The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou. I really enjoyed it. Now I want to read Poems and I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. |
Mak1 | Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 12:45 pm     I finished The Hours yesterday. I really liked it and will definitely see the movie. The subject matter isn't for everybody....lots of sadness in it. It was fascinating to see the separate story lines blend together. I started Two for the Dough, the 2nd Plum mystery by Janet Evanovitch. Today my TVCH book club book showed up, so I'm reading that too. |
Seamonkey | Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 01:44 pm     Yay!! Glad you finally got it!! |
Mak1 | Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 04:49 am     Thanks Sea! I guess the snails move even slower when they deliver up here in the cold weather. |
Seamonkey | Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 12:46 pm     I've noticed that the mailman who only comes one or two days a week, as opposed to the sturdy regular female carrier, rarely managed to deliver books.. I suspect he leaves them for her. And we don't even have frozen snails almost ever here in So. Cal. |
Seamonkey | Friday, January 24, 2003 - 12:49 am     Just finished Jennifer Weiner's Good in Bed, which was excellent.. the main character/narrator is a woman who "will never be under size sixteen" and this has been an issue since childhood, mostly for others .. anyway it looks like maybe HBO is going to break the mold (she's been told no one would be interested in this character, or there are no bankable actresses who would want to play her..) and this may become a series.. Her second book is now added to my wish list.. And my next book is waiting upstairs.. to be decided when I go upstairs.  |
Cablejockey | Friday, January 24, 2003 - 06:05 am     I have just finished Dean Koontz's latest, By The Light of the Moon. Now that I'm finished, I'm hoping there's a sequel. |
Car54 | Friday, January 24, 2003 - 08:10 am     Cablejockey...I read it too. Did you feel like the whole book was just a setup for another book? I ended up feeling like there was a ton of exposition and then it was over..... |
Cablejockey | Friday, January 24, 2003 - 11:20 am     Oh yes I did. He must be careful this idea doesn't get all cartoonish, with the super hero stuff going on. I found the build up to the super powers, very realistic, and the people involved very human. |
Seamonkey | Friday, January 24, 2003 - 11:40 am     Started Pete Hamill's new novel, Forever, looks to be intriguing. |
Seamonkey | Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 08:50 am     I'm totally hooked on Forever, which starts in 1700's Ireland and now has moved to Manhattan circa 1740.. Ophiliasgrandma I'd recommend this to you, think it is your type of book.. at least worth checking out  |
Ophiliasgrandma | Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 04:20 pm     SM, who is the author? |
Seamonkey | Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 04:35 pm     Pete Hamill - Forever This is the magical, epic tale of Cormac O'Connor, who arrives in New York City from Ireland in 1741 and remains, well, forever. For Cormac has been given the gift of immortality, but only on the condition that he never leave the island of Manhattan. Through Cormac's eyes, we watch the city transform from a burgeoning settlement on the tip of an untamed wilderness to the romantic, gaslit world of Edith Wharton's time, and finally to the pulsing, thriving metropolis of the present day. But this is also Cormac's story, as he explores the mysteries of time and immortality, death and loss, sex and love. Though his life is proof of enduring magic, the living of it takes place in a world that can be gloriously, or terribly, real. === I'm loving it!! |
Ophiliasgrandma | Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 07:19 pm     Mucho gracias...I have now ordered it from my librarian daughter. I'll try to remember to report to you how I liked it when I'm finished. |
Seamonkey | Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 09:00 pm     Cool.. as I read the beginning in Ireland, you just came immediately to mind, OG.. and any of you who like historical novels as well.. |
Wiseolowl | Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 07:42 am     Just finished Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy. Great read - story of Jack Ryan's life in the early 80's, when he was new at the CIA and his involvement in the attempted assassination of the Pope. For those of you who like Clancy , but get frustrated by his sometimes long-winded and technical discussion of weapons systems, you'll like this one as there is no tech stuff. |
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