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Alegria | Monday, September 02, 2002 - 09:31 am     Sea, why does an arsonist do it? I just finished 'Outlander' and it was a book that got better and better. She did some very dramatic, atmospheric writing near the end that kept me hooked even though the outcome was pretty certain. I'm going to take a break, read something different and then start the second book in the series "Dragonfly in Amber". One thing I wondered was - Claire, the heroine, wanted to return to her time & place. In order to do so she had to get back to the stone circle and, specifically, the split stone. How did she know that going into the split stone would end up transporting her forward to the right time & place? That seems like an awful lot to assume. It seems more likely to me that she could have been plopped anywere. Any sassenach fans who have thoughts? |
Jazzcat | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 01:49 am     bigd, i loved 'like water for chocolate'. rent the movie too. it is one time that i can say that the movie is as good as the book! |
Jazzcat | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 02:00 am     sisalou, i read 'the corrections' or rather i should say i got through it. i loved it at times and fast-read thru it at times. i have set it aside to go back and read again at a later date. some pretty bizarre people and happenings, and just a very dysfunctional family. |
Vanillarose | Friday, September 06, 2002 - 04:02 pm     Hi! I'm new to this particular board, but not new to the ClubHouse. I have just finished with what has turned out to be my favorite book, ever!!!! "Cat Among the Pigeons" by Agatha Christie. I absolutely adored that book! There is so much to it! Murder and mystery, of course...espionage, intrigue, royalty, jealousy....and oh so much more; all set in a posh English school! I don't know that this book would suit eveyone's taste, but it certainly was right up my alley!!! I've seen a bit of discussion of Maeve Binchy and Rosamunde Pilcher. I adore those authors, and would have to agree that they have a very similar style, although Maeve, I think, tends to be a bit more melancholy. I am glad to have found this board, and I intend to become a regular poster, here! I love books!!! |
Marysafan | Friday, September 06, 2002 - 05:25 pm     Welcome Vanillarose! Glad to have you join us! I am sure you will fit right in! |
Seamonkey | Saturday, September 07, 2002 - 07:03 am     Great to see more and more TVCH readers!! Look forward to your posts, Vanillarose! Alegria.. I guess there are different types of arsonist, but this particular guy had been rejected by the police (LAPD) and got into firefighting but quickly into arson work. He was a real control freak, in both work and life.. (he was married 4 times, and had affairs too) seemed like he set fires to "get" people who didn't clear brush properly, and set fires to keep funding coming in for the arson team. I guess it is typical that arsonists want to observe the fires they set and this guy did that, he'd be "uncanny" at showing up at a fire scene, taking pictures. He liked the power but often overstepped (like carrying a fake police badge). He set many fires in retail establishments that were open for business and in one disastrous fire, four people were killed. He also wrote a book which paralleled his life and that finally helped to convict him. === Finished the John McEnroe book last night (it was ok for me since I've followed tennis for a long time, but can't see the general reader being particularly interested). Next book .. well it is upstairs, I'll put in the title later. |
Jo_5329 | Saturday, September 07, 2002 - 08:29 am     Hi there everyone. Just found this website today, told to me by a friend who posts here (Hi Silks) I am currently reading Leslie Glass' "The Silent Bride" I read a lot of mystery, fantasy, and True Crime. I'm a big of J.D. Robb's "In Death" series. (J.D. Robb is Nora Roberts btw) Hope to be around here for a while Jo |
Marysafan | Saturday, September 07, 2002 - 08:30 am     Sea, Thanks for your take on the McEnroe book. I too have followed tennis forever, but not so much lately. In our house, in those rare moments when a heated arguement broke out...someone would always break the tension by saying...."YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS! CHALK FLEW UP!" Never failed to bring a laugh. |
Marysafan | Saturday, September 07, 2002 - 08:35 am     Hi there Jo! Glad you stopped by. This is a great place. You will find several others who share your taste in books. I hope you will read and post often! |
Seamonkey | Saturday, September 07, 2002 - 03:25 pm     Mary.. I could hear the book in Mac's "voice" and of course remembered many of the tournaments, learned more about his temper and such.. it was ok. The new book os by Ruth Kluger, "Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered".. just now translated into English tho it has been around awhile in German and other languages. Oddly, it had been on my read soon pile and the other day I wanted to wish a happy Rosh Hashanah to a friend in Israel and wanted to be sure of the spelling of Hashanah, so went to www.haaretz.com to check and while there was browsing about and found a lengthy book review of this very book (I was on the English website for that news organization. So.. decided it would be the next book to read. |
Lslb | Saturday, September 07, 2002 - 03:28 pm     Janet Evanovich fans - just heard that she has a new book "Full House" out that is not part of the One through Eight series. Anyone read this or know anything about it? I love the Stephanie Plum series and it never crossed my mind that she'd write about anything else - HaHa! |
Ophiliasgrandma | Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 10:59 am     SEAMONKEY: I have started 'Cat From Hue'. It seems to have a way of sucking a person in. I'll get back to you later to give you a full review opinion. Thanks for this title. |
Rolandcat | Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 11:51 am     Seabiscuit. What a wonderful book. Based on the true history of the race hourse from the 30's that did not look like a thoroughbred race horse but went on to win many races. From a historical point of view, gives a seldom know view of the beginning of car dealersship etc. in the early 1900's. For crime, mystery lovers... 1-John Sheldon's Prey series. I think it starts with Eyes of PREY. 2-Clive Cussler's with Dirk Pitt... any of them 3-Nelson DeMille-Charm School, The Gold Coast etc. |
Wiseolowl | Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 12:18 pm     Am currently reading Citizen Hearst biography byW. A. Swanberg .. sounds dull but what a fascinating character Hearst was. For those of you who might be exploring authors outside America I suggest you try Wilbur Smith -a South African . Adventure, romance.. a real eyeopener into the African continent . There are individual works and family sagas. Speaking of Africa try "The Power Of One" ..cannnot recall the author ..read it so long ago but very inspirational and entertaining |
Northstar | Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 01:28 pm     I just closed the book "Expecting Adam" by Martha Beck. It's a definate re-read for me but I'll let a few months pass first. Wiseolowl-is "The Power of One" fiction or non? |
Wiseolowl | Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 02:05 pm     Northstar - fiction story of a young white south african boy growing up in that very complex society, achieving public adulation and changing lives by the force of his own personaliy. Our whole family including teenagers read it and really enjoyed it. |
Northstar | Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 03:32 pm     Thank you. I'm off to the bookstore today. |
Seamonkey | Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 05:41 pm     Ophiliasgrandma.. I'm almost jealous!! I didn't want that book (The Cat from Hue) to end, in some ways. I hope it rewards you as it rewarded me. I loved Seabisquit!! All plusses with a book like that.. interesting story, good historical info and learning about an area I never knew.. horseracing. Too Close to Shore was another book like that.. about a great white shark which attacked several people along the eastern shore of the US, many years back, when bathing in the ocean was becoming popular... As for Africa.. I highly recommend Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight.. which takes place in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe and that area, written by the daughter of white landowners there, incorporating history of that area of upheaval, and a very interesting, highly dysfunctional family.. and that book helps open an eye on the current situation in Zimbabwe as well.. Just look at all these posters here!! Great!! |
Vanillarose | Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 06:05 pm     I've just started Villette, by Charlotte Bronte. I watch a TV show called 1900 House that seriously got me in the mood for something Victorian to read! I was trying to decide between Villette or Thomas Hardy'sMayor of Casterbridge.
Semonkey, Still Alive, a Holocaust Girlhood Remembered sounds like a sad but very interesting read. Please let us know how you like it! Wiseolowl, your recommendation sounds extremely interesting as well. It sounds like a very powerful book. <----- Adding new books and authors to her list of books to look for. |
Marysafan | Sunday, September 08, 2002 - 08:15 pm     Vanillarose, I loved 1900 house! I always thought that maybe I would have been happier living in a much simpler time...but not after watcing those folks! the clothes were uncomfortable...and everything was such a chore! ..and you are right ...stick around here for a while and your want list just grows and grows! |
Emerald | Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 07:12 am     Alegria - I just finished the 4th book in the Outlander series....I love them! (And Jamie!!) Since I basically have no life and love to read, I'm usually reading 3 books at a time. I have a "home" book, Audio book for 3 hr R/T commute to work and an ebook for my Palm at work. The 3 I'm currently reading are: Home - Clive Cussler's "Fire Ice" (very good); Car - Robin Cook's "Shock" (not so good); and ebook at work is Jeffrey Deaver's "Stone Monkey" (Excellent). Thank God for Libraries!! I hope they start carrying ebooks soon so I can stop paying for them! |
Seamonkey | Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 09:06 am     Vanillarose.. "Still Alive".. well it is excellent! I'm halfway through and this woman really cuts through to the bone.. really dealing with issues that many others don't, I think.. like which experiences have similarities to hers, which don't, how often she really cannot talk about it, her refusal to "glorify" things and people.. like just because someone survived doesn't make them "good" or "bad" that people, like her mother, still had their strengths and weaknesses and just so many issues. Reviews use phrases like "brutally honest", "reflective, impassioned and uncompromisingly honest", "explosive mixture.. of eloquence and brutal candor.. her observations are magnificent". I'd have to agree with those words. Not light reading but not maudlin. Remember that only recently was the full version of Anne Frank's diary released.. her father had censored out many of the more honest and what he'd consider embarrassing parts.. So.. I highly recommend this prize-winning book. Emerald.. I concur with your opinion of Robin Cook's "Shock".. I've enjoyed him over the years but he's become pretty formulaeic.. IMO.. kinda the Danielle Steel of medical thrillers. Northstar.. just checked out "Expecting Adam" at BN.com and it looks very good.. it is now on my wish list there. Thanks! |
Breezy | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 01:31 pm     Vanillarose, I love the works by the Bronte sisters..I haven't read that one, but may if you give it a good review! |
Breezy | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 01:33 pm     Vanillarose, I love the works by the Bronte sisters..I haven't read that one, but may if you give it a good review! |
Seamonkey | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 01:46 pm     Finished up "Still Alive" and started on "Elvis in Jerusalem: Post-Zionism and the Americanization of Israel" by Tom Segev. |
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