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Archive through December 30, 2003

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Mak1

Saturday, December 20, 2003 - 7:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I finally finished The Crown of Columbus. It was a good mystery/adventure. Some reviewers called it a romantic comedy, but I didn't see it as that.

Just started Chat Room by Linda Hall. It seems good so far, another mystery.

Not1worry

Sunday, December 21, 2003 - 7:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ooooh...Mak, Chat Room is one I'm hoping to get for Christmas. Did you read the one before it in the series? I can't think of the name.

Seamonkey

Sunday, December 21, 2003 - 2:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Looks like the first one is called Steal Away.

Mak1

Sunday, December 21, 2003 - 5:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
You're right, Seamonkey, it's Steal Away. No, Not1, I haven't read it. I didn't realize until I received this in the mail that it was the 2nd of a series. It is well written so far, and a fast read. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Not1worry

Sunday, December 21, 2003 - 6:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes, Steal Away. I loved that one a bunch. I read a few other books of hers also. I will be looking for a Chat Room shaped package under the tree this week! Hopefully my mom took the hints.

To everyone who praised SLOB, I must agree! Great book.

Ophiliasgrandma

Monday, December 22, 2003 - 12:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
For a funny and sometimes touching book I heartily recommend ENSLAVED BY DUCKS - Bob Tarte

After you read it go online, find EBD website which contains all the photos of the varius animals that Mr. Tarte wrote about.

Seamonkey

Monday, December 22, 2003 - 1:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks bunches, OG!! Just added that to my wish list :)

Seamonkey

Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 11:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Finished Code Name Ginger and I felt kind of battered with all the egoes, all the money spent and accumulated..

New book is Dow Mossman's The Stones of Summer a first novel, but written in the seventies.. the author then disappeared, was a trucker and had other occupations then was tracked down and made the subject of a documentary.. apparently he may be writing again.. anyway the novel was reprinted and is huge with small print and dialog and inner thoughts that run on and on and on :) Giving it a chance tho..

Arm22

Wednesday, December 24, 2003 - 2:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
reading "The Day after Tomorrow" by Allan Folsom.
Great read so far.Suspense, espionage, and good twists. Has anyone read this?

Mamie316

Friday, December 26, 2003 - 5:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am hoping that now that Christmas is over, I will have time to read. I've been halfway through Cold Mountain for a month now. I have two other books sitting there waiting for me and today, I ordered 7 more. Both of my book clubs had buy one get the rest half off so how could I resist!

Slothkitten

Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 4:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I've been reading, but unfortunatly nothing to
recommend or really even mention :.(

Several boys ( BOOKS! lol, typos funny, I'll leave it, snort ) I had high hopes for . . just didn't do it for me.


So, I'll use this post to thank all of you for
YOUR posts . . I have loved reading them!
You all have turned me on to so many great reads since I joined TVCH this Fall . . Enjoy ya'll so much.

Seamonkey, Mak1, Mamie ( marmie :.) Not1, Marysafan, Calimity, Zachsmom , Kimmo, Elizajane . . . and everyone that I forgot, thanks for the laughs and your insight!

Zachsmom

Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
YAY! New books for the Holidays!!

I recieved a gift certificate to Barnes & Noble for Christmas! Of course I had to rush out yesterday and use it
Books that I picked up:

Rising Tide by John M Barry- This is about The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and how it changed America

Madame Bovary This is one of B&N's Collectors Library. I picked up this one and Oliver Twist I am hoping to start a library of the classics.

Rainbows End by Maury Klein- This is about the Crash of 1929. Should prove interesting.

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde- Another of B&N's collectors Library, and The Metamorphosis- and other stories by Franz Kafka.

Last but not least The Inferno by Dante Alighieri. This one is Robert Pinsky's translation. I have read Longfellows translation and it was a bit "flowery" for me. This is supposed to be one of the best translations. I am sooooo looking forward to reading it. I am saving it for last, as I hope I like this poets translation so I can move on to Purgatorio and Paridisio.

YAY Books!!! Anyone else recieve interesting books for the holidays?

Lkunkel

Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 11:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just finished Nora Roberts' The Key of Light and, rather than walk to Walmart right now to get book 2 in the series, I'm pulling out a book I just got from a friend: The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy by Stewart O'Nan.

Tomorrow, I'll get the second book...

Kady

Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 12:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi all...

I just placed an order for some books on Overstock.com. I have never used them in the past so I will let you know how it goes. I liked the fact that the shipping was only 2.95 on the whole order.

I have ordered from half.com in the past and that was successful but you have to pay 2.79 shipping on each book which will add up. Here are the books I ordered with the prices.......

Schmidt Delivered $1.00
Cold Mountain $7.85
The Bell Jar $8.69
Angels & Demons $3.59
A Child Called It $7.39
The Da Vinci Code $11.22
Life of Pi $6.30
Subtotal: $46.04
Shipping Charges: $2.95
Tax: $0.00
Total: $48.99

So if any of you are looking for some bargains on books, you make want to check it out. :)

Seamonkey

Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 1:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Books on the way here:

Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam(recommended to a bookcrosser by their cabbie in Vietnam as a good explanation.. 750 pages, yikes!)

Native Speaker (growing up second generation Korean-American)

Enslaved by Ducks: How One Man Went from Head of the Household to Bottom of the Pecking Order (recommended by OG of TVCH)

Fearless Living: Live without Excuses and Love without Regret (by the SO life coach and on sale for $5)

The Way the Crow Flies (novel)

Love Heels: Tales from Canine Companions for Independence (recommended by some celeb, but an organization I donated a couple of labradors to..)

Some great sets of books up there!!

Z-Mom.. I might have to borrow Rainbow's End from you.. sounds interesting.

Egbok

Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 8:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wow Kady, I hope Overstock.com works out for you...I'll be looking for your report! And it sounds like you got some good books coming your way.

Sea?, did you get your books from Overstock too?

Currently I'm into reading Cold Mountain and I'm really liking this story! I have so many books to read and so I'll be back to report in as I start a new one...


Seamonkey

Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 10:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
No, BN.com has a mainline right into my credit card :) But I've read several of those books.

Egbok

Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 11:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Gosh Sea, don't you wish those credit cards didn't make it so easy to be mainlined??!! LOL!

Mamie316

Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 11:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I belong to 2 book clubs and I am sure my husband wishes that I didn't. Hey, it's my personal credit card and my one enjoyment! Now, if I can just get through Cold Mountain and read the others before my new shipment comes in!

Kady

Monday, December 29, 2003 - 12:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just finished Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People you meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. Both were very good. I now have a book by Anita Shreve to read but I can't remember the name of it.

Seamonkey

Monday, December 29, 2003 - 1:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kady, if the Shreve is her newest one, All He Ever Wanted, I'll be very interested to hear what you think of it.

Loved Tuesdays.. the book, the movie and especially the interviews Ted Koppel did with Maury. Have The Five People on my waiting to read pile.

Eggie, I finally applied for a BN credit card.. not sure I'll qualify but hopefully.. then I can dump another card and build up points toward books.. of course Discover is my main card anywhere that is taken..

(no, I don't carry balances)

Kady

Monday, December 29, 2003 - 6:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
No this is an older one. I bought a couple of her books at the used book store here in town because I remember seeing her name in this thread. I'll get up off my lazy butt and go look at the title...hold on.

This one is The Last Time They Met.

I think I remember reading that you were disappointed in her newest one. I have never read her before. I would like to read some of the older ones and then read the new one to see what I think. Maybe one day they will have it at my used store cheap and I'll go ahead and pick it up.

Lkunkel

Monday, December 29, 2003 - 10:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
DH and I received a call from the office on Sunday afternoon--apparently we had packages up at the office. Fortunately, one bundle was of four Carl Hiaasen books, so I'm holding off on picking up the Key of Knowledge until the Key of Valor comes out.

So, I'm now reading Lucky You.

Not1worry

Monday, December 29, 2003 - 1:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
YAY!! I got Chat Room for Christmas! It was quite good, but I think the first, Steal Away was better. I also got a Beth Moore non-fiction that's been on my wish list for so long I forgot it was there.

Lkunkel, I love Hiaasen! Let me know what you think of the books. It seems like it's been a while since he had a new one, maybe I should check Amazon.

I want to read Five People, too.

Mom had a load of paperbacks for me, but I can't remember what any were. She said they were all enjoyable, but none fantastic. I've got so much unpacking and organizing to do, the last thing I need is a book I can't put down.

Mak1

Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 6:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I finished Chat Room and started The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith.

I liked Chat Room, particularly the twists that kept me guessing. I found myself wanting to holler to one character "no! don't trust him! don't meet him!" I'll probably read more by Linda Hall.