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Seamonkey

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 8:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Her other book is Lucky.

Ric_Munoz

Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 12:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I enjoyed "Lovely Bones" very much, but I was impressed more with "Lucky" -- very disturbing, of course, but also ultra compelling. I'd recommend the latter before I'd recommend the former.

Seamonkey

Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 10:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
She did an excellent job of explaining how society and the system further victimize those who are sexually assaulted.

Ric.. have you considered attending the get-together in Long Beach in October???

Ophiliasgrandma

Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 3:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just finished the latest Stephanie Plum, To The Nines. Rip, roaring fun as usual. The only bad part is having to wait for the next book.

I entered the contest to name it, but haven't heard anything one way or the other yet. There are only so many popular phrases with the number ten in them, so I expect there were a lot of duplicate entries. The rules said in that case the winner would be decided by a drawing. Keep your fingers crossed for me. The winner gets a signed book and a dedication line in the book.

Ric_Munoz

Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 3:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Seamonkey: I glanced through the messages a while back, but kind of lost track of it. Has a firm date/time/site been announced? Thanks for any info you can provide, Sea!

Not1worry

Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 7:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ophilias, I just finished it today too! I hate having to wait. I just want to keep on going. 8 was still my favorite, but this one was no disappointment.

What was your entry for the contest? I can't think of a thing. A signed book would be oh so cool.

Seamonkey

Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 7:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ric, go read in this thread ../9200/1094535.html"../../clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":)">

Hummingbird

Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 8:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am reading The Fourth Hand by John Irving. These characters are a hoot! Especially the hand doctor.

Ric_Munoz

Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 10:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hummingbird: Please assure me that you have read "A Prayer for Owen Meany" -- that is his masterpiece; if you haven't, please do so the instant you finish "The Fourth Hand." Thank you.

Seamonkey: Thanks for the link. I will peruse it carefully and see if I can make it to the gathering down south!

Hummingbird

Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 1:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I read "Owen Meany" several years ago when it first came out. I have also read Garp, Hotel New Hampshire and Cider House Rules. Irving is one of my favorites.

Ric_Munoz

Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 5:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ahhh...Hummingbird...that's a relief. Shortly after "A Son of the Circus" was published in 1994, I wrote him a letter telling him how disappointed I was in it (though it IS one of the funniest books of his oeuvre) and how it didn't measure up to "Owen Meany." Miraculously, Irving wrote back and explained that he understood my disappointment, but that "Son of the Circus" was special for him after having spent so much time in India.

Then, in 1997, during the publicity tour for "A Widow for One Year" Irving made a (very) rare West Coast public appearance--I went to hear him read a chapter from "Widow" at the Rizzoli's in Santa Monica. Afterwards he agreed to have his picture taken with me--it's one of my most treasured possessions.

Don't forget to read "Circus" and "Widow" -- both are WAY better than "The Fourth Hand."

Not1worry

Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 7:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I've always read more than one book at a time. Usually I keep one in every major area of the house, so I don't have to look too far for something to read!

Downstairs book -Started what looks to be a mediocre Fern Michaels book. Not in the mood to have to concentrate too much.

Upstairs book - I have the first Sparkle Hayter book that I'll try.

Non-fiction on the nightstand book - I'm reading a collection of Watchman Nee's work. He was a Chinese evangelist in the mid 1900s. I can only read about 2 paragraphs at a time, it's wayyy deep. Or maybe I'm way tired when I'm reading it before bed.

Bathroom book - Successful Homeschool something or another by Raymond Moore and Any Child Can Write.

Ophiliasgrandma

Monday, August 25, 2003 - 9:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Not1worry..let me see if I can remember a couple...TEN DOWN...TEN TIL DEATH...TENse!...COUNT TO TEN...TENsion... I submitted about 15 or so titles.

Hummingbird

Monday, August 25, 2003 - 9:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, one at a time is all I can handle right now and I have to make time for that. Reading has always been a passion with me. I am one of those people who reads and eats at the same time because that is a time when I am sitting down. This drives my husband crazy but he has learned to live with it.

Ric_Munoz, what a great story. I have never met one of my favorite authors in person. I did see Pete Rose at a book signing in Lexington one day. :) I wan't interested in him or his book though. I will try to read "Circus" and "Widow" on your recommendation soon.

Ric_Munoz

Monday, August 25, 2003 - 9:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hummingbird, I haven't met too many of my favorite writers either--the one writer I ever wanted to meet was John Irving. It was Nov. 1978 when I read one of his books for the first time, so I only had to wait 19 years for my dream to come true. And, if you have to choose b/w "Circus" and "Widow" I would go with "Circus" -- it is so incredibly funny; it made me pee my pants 3 or 4 different times.

Seamonkey

Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 8:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
<mental note to send a case of Depends to Ric for use when reading funny books>

Sharing a small book with you.. my friend Verity read this to her son Lachie, way down in Canberra and shared it..


THE PAPER BAG PRINCESS. by Robert N Munsch

Elizabeth was a beautiful princess.
She lived in a castle
and had expensive princess clothes.
She was going to marry
a prince named Ronald.

Unfortunately, a dragon
smashed her castle,
burnt all her clothes
with his fiery breath,
and carried off
Prince Ronald.

Elizabeth decided
to chase the dragon
and get Ronald back.
She looked everywhere
for something to wear
but the only thing she could find
that was not burnt was a paper bag.
So she put on the paper bag
and followed the dragon.
He was easy to follow
because he left a trail
of burnt forests and horses' bones.

Finally, Elizabeth came to a cave
with a large door that had
a huge knocker on it.
She took hold of the knocker
and banged on the door.
The dragon stuck his nose
out of the door and said,
"Well, a princess!
I love to eat princesses,
but I have already eaten
a whole castle today.
I am a very busy dragon.
Come back tomorrow."
He slammed the door so fast
that Elizabeth almost got her nose caught.

Elizabeth grabbed the knocker
and banged on the door again.
The dragon stuck his nose
out of the door and said,
"Go away. I love to eat princesses,
but I have already eaten
a whole castle today.
I am a very busy dragon.
come back tomorrow."
"Wait," shouted Elizabeth.
"Is it true that you are
the smartest and fiercest dragon
in the whole world?"
"Yes," said the dragon.

"Is it true," said Elizabeth,
"that you can burn up ten forests
with your fiery breath?"
"Oh yes," said the dragon,
and he took a huge, deep breath
and breathed out so much fire
that he burnt up fifty forests.

"Fantastic," said Elizabeth,
and the dragon took another huge breath
and breathed out so much fire
that he burnt up one hundred forests.
"Magnificent," said Elizabeth,
and the dragon took another huge breath,
but this time nothing came out.
The dragon didn't even have
enough fire left to cook a meatball.

Elizabeth said, "Is it true
that you can fly around the world
in just ten seconds?"
"Why, yes," said the dragon
and he jumped up and flew
all the way around the world
in just ten seconds.
He was very tired when he got back,
but Elizabeth shouted,
"Fantastic, do it again!"

So the dragon jumped up
and flew around the whole world
in just twenty seconds.
When he got back
he was too tired to talk
and he lay down
and went straight to sleep.

Elizabeth whispered very softly,
"Hey, dragon."
The dragon didn't move at all.
She lifted up the dragon's ear
and put her head right inside.
She shouted as loud as she could,
"Hey, dragon!"
The dragon was so tired
he didn't even move.

Elizabeth walked right over the dragon
and opened the door to the cave.
There was Prince Ronald.
He looked at her and said,
"Elizabeth, you are a mess!
You smell like ashes,
your hair is all tangled
and you are wearing a dirty old paper bag.
Come back when you are dressed
like a real princess."

"Ronald," said Elizabeth,
"Your clothes are really pretty,
and your hair is very neat.
You look like a real prince,
but you are a toad."
They didn't get married after all.



heeeee. A Toad!!

Max

Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 10:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
While on vacation, I read "The Lovely Bones" and "The Pilot's Wife." Both excellent books. I'm also about halfway through Rohinton Mistry's "Family Matters" and Anne Rule's "Every Breath You Take." Again, both excellent reads.

Weenerlobo

Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 11:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Making my way through Silas Marner by George Eliot. Interesting.

Sasman

Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 1:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
the pinocchio syndrome by david zeman, very exciting.

Not1worry

Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 2:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Max, I'd like to know how you like Family Matters. I thought I'd read it, but after looking it up on Amazon, I haven't. Not sure if I would like it or not.

Max

Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 8:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Not1, did you read Mistry's "A Fine Balance"? If you liked that, you'll like "Family Matters," too. Very similar in style and evocative of life in Bombay/Mumbai, just a more recent time period than "A Fine Balance."

I love Mistry's writing. Reading his dialogue, I can almost hear the Indian accents coming through. :)

Seamonkey

Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 11:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Loved A Fine Balance!!! And Every Breath You Take.. WHAT a case.. that man was a monster!!
I'm sure Family Matters is in my future too. Mistry's quite a good writer, huh? I felt like I learned so much history too.

Honey51

Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 4:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just finished Faye Kellerman's Street Dreamsand really enjoyed it. One of her best.

Max, I read Lovely Bones this spring. It's one of the most interesting books ever.

Ophiliasgrandma

Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 10:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Max and Seamonkey, I can hardly wait for Mistry to come out with a new book. He is a great story teller with a unique writing style. He was a good find.

Mak1

Friday, August 29, 2003 - 3:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm reading Rumplestiltskin by Ed McBain.