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Slothkitten
| Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 11:17 am
Finished A Thousand Days in Venice..great story,very lush and romantic..Marlena de Blasi is currently writing the sequel,sorry,don't know how to make a link..her interview is at Amazon. Life of Pi and The Five People you Meet in Heaven (love a good cry)sound good. Next-Sharon Kay Penman's historical fiction about Eleanor of Aquitaine(2nd of planned trilogy). The Worst Day of My Life so far;my mother,alzheimers and me....novel by M.A.Harper. I love Amy Tan..hope she puts out a new book soon I agree with all of you about Seabiscuit..a perfect read,wonderful story..the writer actually had me involved physically..literally on the edge of my seat!
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Seamonkey
| Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 1:01 pm
Slothkitten!! That's great news about a sequel to A Thousand Days in Venice!! I think I'll release A Thousand Days today at the physical therapy office... it is all labelled and ready to go.. I have The Worst Day of My Life So Far and for the life of me not sure if I have read it yet or not.. eek.
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Babyruth
| Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 2:12 pm
Finished reading The DaVinci Code and loved it! Brings up all sorts or questions and makes me want to know more. I love that. Will pick up his other book ASAP. Can't wait to see the ABC special that Cablejockey mentioned. Have just started the Life of Pi, now that Ms Sweetpea has finished it.
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Slothkitten
| Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 6:37 pm
Seamonkey-Yes!Her sequel is titled Dolce Salata. Am really enjoying The Worst Day..a new voice! As I read constantly;I forget what I've read once in a while,too,lol.
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Seamonkey
| Friday, October 24, 2003 - 9:34 am
I finished reading Jhumpa Lahiri's novel The Namesake and I think she's a wonderful writer. I did release the book yesterday but was chagrinned to find that the book I'd left there last week was still there and I took it back!! Now treating myself to the new Tracy Kidder book.. I love everything Tracy Kidder has ever written way back to The Soul of a New Machine, House, Among Schoolchildren, Old Friends, Home Town and now, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A man who would cure the world.
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Yankee_In_Ca
| Friday, October 24, 2003 - 11:25 am
Seamonkey -- I'm almost done The Namesake (prob will finish tonight) -- I love it too but will hold my comments until I'm finished.
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Yankee_In_Ca
| Saturday, October 25, 2003 - 8:31 pm
Seamonkey -- meant to tell you that I finished The Namesake. Again, I really enjoyed it, though the last few chapters actually made me shed some tears. Very bittersweet, I thought...
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Seamonkey
| Saturday, October 25, 2003 - 10:16 pm
Yeah, it WAS bittersweet, but I have hope for Gogol to end up happy.. But she really is an excellent writer. I did leave that diBlasi book at physical therapy but found that the book I'd left there several days prior was still there and I was so mad I took it BACK! If the diBlasi is still there Tuesday, that's IT for that place. I'll try the freezer case of the Seven-11 again, maybe
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Reader234
| Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 8:10 am
I love this thread, I'm searching book sales, and the Goodwill for some of these titles. I've wanted to read "SLOB", and the DaVinci code...
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Apriljo
| Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 7:33 pm
okay..well i just got through reading nicholas sparks book "the notebook" it was sweet..it kinda made me cry a little at the end..but seems like all his books that i own seem to do that
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Azriel
| Monday, October 27, 2003 - 1:56 am
I just got through reading 'tuesdays with Morrie (an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson)' by Mitch Albom. I could hardly read the last 2 chapters through my tears, but I was smiling the whole time I was crying. This is a true story. Albom goes back to talk to a favorite college professor who is now dying. They decide to write their 'last thesis' together. This book is the thesis and it's a very moving look at life and death. Despite my tears, the book is not morbid and depressing. It's very uplifting. I plan to pass this book around and let all the people I love read it.
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Marysafan
| Monday, October 27, 2003 - 7:13 am
Over the weekend, I finished "The DaVinci Code" and I thorouoghly enjoyed it, although I am not usually not a fan of the murder mystery genre. I enjoyed trying to solve the puzzles along the way, and giving some thought to the history and lore of modern religion. Hubby brought me some more garage sale finds, and I have started one of them by an author I have never heard of named James Michael Pratt called "Ticket Home". It is about twin brothers who are 18 years old in 1939 at the start of the book. We are at the end of the depression in Oklahoma when the family returns to run a small railroad in a rural town that has been decimated by the migration of it's citizens to California, and where the boys both become smitten with the same pretty girl. I know that World War II isn't far off, and will be a major factor in their lives. I won't give you the details on the back cover as I think it went much too far spoiling some of the early going. I'm only about 50 pages in and so far, I am enjoying it.
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Kimmo
| Monday, October 27, 2003 - 5:12 pm
I finished reading Kate Christensen's "Jeremy Thrane"-- So funny! It's set in New York City and is about an aspiring novelist approaching middle age and realizing, after his closeted movie star lover breaks up wiht him, that he has to reconnect with the workaday world and his far-flung family. It sounds a little soap-opera like, but it isn't...I laughed out loud several times at the way Jeremy phrased things. It was also very touching, it gave me a warm, fuzzy feeling inside at the end. Now I am going through the never-read bookcase of my husband's books...That may take a year or so. I'm now reading "European Society, 1500-1700," by Henry Kamen.
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Solifelike
| Monday, October 27, 2003 - 10:48 pm
Hello! I am new to here! Julianna here. My Goodness! I am an avid reader, and aside from the Davinci Code, I think I've not heard of any of the books you all are talking about!! Looks like I've found a new wonderful place to be! SeaMonkey, what is the genere of the books you just mentioned above? I am always looking for something new to read. I've spent the last month working my way through my stack of books I'd let go for too long. I needed to make some space...I love haunting booksales, but have no place for the newbies!
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Seamonkey
| Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 12:07 am
Solifelike!! Welcome!! You have indeed come across a great part of this board.. I cannot tell you how many great books I've heard about here.. Books just wanna be FREE! See what I mean at: bookcrossing This url will give you an idea of the types of books I read... I'd say I tend more toward non-fiction than fiction. I don't often read mysteries or romantic stuff. But of course no hard rules. I'm not the only bookcrosser here; thanks to Max, we have quite a nice group of TVCHers there too.
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Solifelike
| Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 11:38 am
Thanks for the welcome SeaMonkey! I always love discussing books!!! Yeah buddy, I'm home!!!
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Not1worry
| Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 11:43 am
Welcome, Solifelike! I've also read some great books that were recommended in this thread. Stuff that maybe I wouldn't pick up on my own. I guess I am going to have to read the Davinci Code now, no getting around it! I want to know what everyone's talking about.
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Seamonkey
| Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 11:56 am
Not1.. I've been thinking the same thing.. but before I order it, must make sure it isn't in my pile already .. DaVinci code..
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Mak1
| Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 3:49 pm
Welcome, Solifelike! I've found so many great books and authors from this thread, my to-read list just keeps growing and growing.
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Reader234
| Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 6:44 pm
Azreil, you'll be happy to know Tuesdays with Morrie was required reading for my son's college Freshman class!! We bought it in the summer, and we all read it!! Oprah did a segment on that book too, if I'm not mistaken I think there may be a sequel? something lurks in the back of my brain...
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Not1worry
| Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 7:03 pm
I know Tuesdays with Morrie was made into a TV movie with Hank Azaria. I read it years ago and loved it.
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Slothkitten
| Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 7:10 pm
Solifelike!!Welcome,another reader! Glad to see you here,I love it,too. Lot's of great readers and books here..your dance card will be full.lol
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Marysafan
| Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 7:15 pm
I saw Mitch Albom interviewed recently because of his new book, "The Five people you meet in heaven" (or something like that) and he said it took him so long to write another book because he wanted to find a story that moved him. He said he had a hard time convincing his publishers to back this book, because what they really wanted was a sequal to his first book. He said he didn't want to do a sequal because everything that was worth saying had been said....besides...what was he going to call it..."Wednesdays with Morrie"?? I just love Mitch's sense of humor and I am a faithful reader of his column in the Detroit Freepress which you can find online.
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Slothkitten
| Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 7:16 pm
Anne Rice's Blood Canticle is in my hot,little hands..now to choose..1#Restrain self and savor slowly..or..2#Abandon all restraint and gobble it up?
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Not1worry
| Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 9:08 pm
Gobble, Slothkitten! Gobble! That's my vote. My mom just called and she finally gave in and read the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. She loved it, of course and is thinking of buying the set for my grandpa for Christmas. She said she really had to force herself to read it, since the idea of the book didn't interest her at all. I tried not to tell her "I told you so" too much.
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