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Marysafan
| Saturday, November 22, 2003 - 12:17 pm
I am currently reading "Cathedral" by Nelson Demille, and was thinking "Why hasn't this been made into a movie?" So I did some web surfing and just discovered that one of my favorite Demille's "Word of Honor" has been made into a made for TV movie and is airing on TNT on December 6th and also on December 7th. It stars Don Johnson and Sharon Lawrence will play his wife. Jean Tripplehorn is the legal officer who tries to see if there is enough evidence to bring charges. I can't wait to see it! (Alas, no "Cathedral" movie...yet!)
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Buzzelda
| Sunday, November 23, 2003 - 12:55 am
I'm reading "Paradise Alley" by Kevin Baker. Great book - NY during the Civil War and the Irish mob war protesting the draft. At the time any man could pay the draft office $300.00 to have his name removed from the pool. The Irish were destitute and $300.00 amounted to two years wages. Just finished "American Massacre" by Sally Denton - excellent - non-fiction account of the Mormons who massacred an Arkansas wagon train on its way to California. Controversial because settlers' journals tell us the massacre was ordered by Brigham Young and for over 100 years the Church has denied it, but the evidence is piling up.
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Seamonkey
| Sunday, November 23, 2003 - 1:22 am
Buzz, you might also be interested in Jon Krakauer's Under the Banner of Heaven as a followon, about fundamentalist mormons..
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Buzzelda
| Sunday, November 23, 2003 - 9:05 am
Sea, While I'm not mormon, I lived in Salt Lake City for 9 years until my husband retired and now have a winter home in Nevada about 100 miles from the site of the mormon massacre. In all the time I lived in Utah the massacre was only whispered about. One of my friends, who is also from the South and was a professor at the Univ of Utah knew a lot about it and why no one talked about it. It really intrigued me. Thanks for the tip. Are you an avid reader? I am, maybe we could discuss other books we've read.
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Seamonkey
| Sunday, November 23, 2003 - 7:50 pm
I think I'm more rabid than avid Drop City, btw, has me securely in its thrall.. didn't think I'd get so hooked on it...
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Mamie316
| Sunday, November 23, 2003 - 8:03 pm
I just started reading "The Boy Next Door" by Meggin Cabot. It is written in emails that are sent back and forth between the characters. At first I thought, ok, but it has me hooked already!
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Not1worry
| Monday, November 24, 2003 - 7:08 am
Mamie, every time I read your posts, I think "Me too!" I enjoyed that book as well AND I think Jon Bon Jovi is the sexiest ever. I finished Faye Kellerman's "Street Dreams" and it was definitely one of her best. Even though the crime was solved halfway through the book, you still wanted to keep reading to see how the characters dealt with it all.
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Marysafan
| Monday, November 24, 2003 - 8:16 am
I finished "Cathedra" yesterday. I have to say that at times it was so intense that I had to force myself to put it down even though overall the book was basically "Unputdownable". After that, I really needed something very good, but not at all intense, so I went to my "must read someday" bookcase and pulled out a Herman Wouk (one of my favorite authors). I have just started but so far am thoroughly enjoying "Marjorie Morningstar". The other really neat thing about this book is that my copy is a 1955 book club edition. It has all the original flyers and leaflets about upcoming selections stashed in the back. Makes me wonder if the 1950's housewife ever actually read the book. From the condition of the book, I think probably not. Such a shame, but perhaps the Iowa farmwife didn't find the pretty young Marjorie Morgenstern from New York City particularly interesting. And too, she didn't know that this would someday become a movie starring the beautiful and talented Natalie Wood (which is now on my must see list). Also, on the back cover is a very nice picture of the author himself. He was a very handsome man in his day! I will enjoy this time with my treasure.
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Mamie316
| Monday, November 24, 2003 - 9:11 am
Mary, Marjorie Morningstar is one of my fav movies. I just love Gene Kelly in that!
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Seamonkey
| Monday, November 24, 2003 - 11:57 am
I finished Drop City and am starting on Broken Music: A Memoir by Sting.
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Mamie316
| Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 9:59 am
I just started If Looks Could Kill by Kate White. I think it was a Kelly Ripa book.
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Mak1
| Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 8:25 pm
I just read The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. I enjoyed it, and was surprised to see who the fifth person was....didn't see that coming at all!
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Reader234
| Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 9:54 pm
Mak, I bought that book, they are using it as a "book club" choice at church, dh read it... and almost cried.. he cant wait till I read it.. I dont feel like crying, I am avoiding reading it lol!!
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Mamie316
| Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 12:28 am
I know Mak, didn't that last part just kill you? The hands?
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Seamonkey
| Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 2:30 pm
Finished Sting's memoir and starting an intriguing book: Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks.. liking it so far..
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Mak1
| Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 6:01 pm
Yes Mamie, the hands! Reader, you have to read it...it's well worth any tears shed! disclaimer: Of course, anyone in a fragile emotional state could find it overwhelming and would be better off to wait to read it when they are feeling stronger.
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Slothkitten
| Friday, November 28, 2003 - 4:44 am
Seamonkey, I had posted on Geraldine Brooks, love her books. Year of Wonders is her first novel, she has a couple of nonfiction books you might enjoy, too.
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Seamonkey
| Friday, November 28, 2003 - 12:36 pm
Slothkitten.. she's an EXCELLENT writer!! I'm really loving this book and her writing.. and you bet I'm going to check out her non-fiction as well.. what an adorable author photo too..
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Seamonkey
| Friday, November 28, 2003 - 12:55 pm
Just went way back to see where you had posted, SK.. I wonder if we should have a thread with just the title and author for books we really really recommend.. much as I love my wish list at BN.com, they limit it to 25, which is simply inadequate for me.
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Squaredsc
| Friday, November 28, 2003 - 4:51 pm
i just started a book called roadrunner. it's by the author of nappily ever after. of course the book is upstairs or i would've wrote the authors name, lol.
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Slothkitten
| Friday, November 28, 2003 - 5:24 pm
Seamonkey, so glad you're enjoying Year of Wonders.I got very excited about that book, it's a perfect read and I'm hoping she will continue with her fiction, so beautifully written. Ms.Brooks IS adorable, she's Australian, married to Tony Horowitz ( excellent nonfiction " A Confederate in the Attic " ). Your idea of a separate thread sounds great. I've posted a few of my fave's in the Favorite thread ( couldn't pick just one )Since you like Ms. Brooks, you might consider checking out Noah Gordon ( he's in the faves thread )His story and charactors, his writing is similar to hers, dramatic without being over the top, fully realized charactors and stories that are rich and satisfying ( a deaf country doctor,1850's ). I finally got The Secret Lives of Bees, will start tonight, can't wait. Still waiting on the The Five People You Meet in Heaven. The nonfiction book about Polygomy by Ms. Allredd was about the fundamentalist Mormans . . her father was a leader . . . found it very dry ( no juice!), but now I can check out the books recommended here about the same subject, thanks to Seamonkey and Buzzelda :.)
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Seamonkey
| Friday, November 28, 2003 - 7:19 pm
<how Seamonkey feels about Slothkitten reading Secret Life of Bees> Be sure to wear your fanciest virtual HAT, SK!! I'll get over to that new thread later on..
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Mak1
| Friday, November 28, 2003 - 7:59 pm
<me too, about SLOB!!> Great idea for a separate thread, Seamonkey. Sometimes this thread moves fast, and I don't get all the books written down that I want to add to my list. Then I have to search and/or forget what I was looking for...CRS you know.
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Zachsmom
| Friday, November 28, 2003 - 10:33 pm
I finished a few books this week. Sudden Sea by R.A.Scoot, it's about the hurricane in 1938 New England. Amazing read. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. I cannot say how much I enjoyed this books. It chronicles 2 stories, 1 of the building of the world fair of 1893 (I had no idea this is where the Ferris Wheel was first engineered!) and the 2nd storyline was of a serial killer H.H.Holmes. I loved the way the 2 stories meshed as 1 didn't really have anything to do with the other, except they took place in the same city at the same time. I also finished and passed on The Johnstown Flood (forgot author and don't have the book anymore} This was a very good read, as I knew nothing about the happenings of this event. It amazed me that a vast amount of water could travel such a distance and still have such an impact! All of these books were given to me by Seamonkey and I must say she has turned me into a new genre of reading. I am very interested as to what section of the bookstore she walks through to find such amazing reads! I went to Barnes and Noble today, but I couldn't figure out where to look! After reading the above books, it just reinforced my belief on how fortunate we have it today, and how much we take for granted. I am starting Persuasion by Jane Austin tonight. I have only read Pride and Prejudice of hers and have always meant to read more of her writings, but never picked up another book of hers. Saw this at BN today for $5 and couldn't pass up the sale. I also picked up Crimes and Punishment for later reading.
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Tashakinz
| Saturday, November 29, 2003 - 7:33 am
The Stephen King thread has gone to the grave so... Is anyone else reading "Wolves of the Calla"?? I'm about half-way through and am in dire need of someone to discuss it with (lol).
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