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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Sunday, July 21, 2013 - 6:08 am 
Lol they are intimidating but well worth the ride. There was only one of them that I found a bit draggy but I won't say which. I'm enjoying getting to know Claire and Jamie all over again. Have fun TNT .
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, July 21, 2013 - 5:10 pm
Jasper - the one that had the never-ending day at the beginning?  However, I LOVED that one later when Jamie was "confessing" to the priest about Claire's butter churning! LOL
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, July 21, 2013 - 10:14 pm
I read Outlander and didn't like it. I know I am in the minority here.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, July 22, 2013 - 5:26 am
I think I tried one too Mamie, and felt likewise. Bet we'd like the film version though.
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Monday, July 22, 2013 - 12:14 pm
Mamie & Mame - I'm with you two. Stories about time-travel hold zero appeal for me. (But I thoroughly respect/understand the appeal they have to the masses!)
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, July 22, 2013 - 9:32 pm
Tnt, once you get through "Outlander" and then "Dragonfly", you'll HAVE to read "Voyager"...it's so good!!
I have all the novels on my Kindle in book and audible form. I really enjoyed "reading" along as I listened to Davina Porter read "Outlander" to me. I loved Davina's English?/Scottish? accent as she read the opening novel about Claire and Jamie to me.
This series is about historical time travel and an awesome romance. An excellent read for those who enjoy history, time travel and romance. I truly hope the mini series presents "Outlander" as closely as it is written by Diana Gabaldon.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - 7:05 am
And I love the humor in it. In Voyager there is a weddding on a beach with a drunk priest, sheep with ribbons in their wool, and a question of anatomy arises. While it has a main romance at the center of it, the historical aspects takes precedent over the "bodice-ripping," and family ties are just as important as well.
The fact that she has a PhD in science (3 degrees actually) and has always loved research helps her write intelligently as well. I love that I can use her books as examples of descriptive narrative, dialogue, AND vocabulary building.
BACK ON TOPIC: I am LOVING The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake. I was able to read a good chunk yesterday, and I'm hoping to finish it today. The touch of the unusual (feeling the baker's feelings through food and the disappearance/reappearance of a sibling - physics experiment, possible?) has completely intrigued me.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - 8:52 am
I just finished Tapestry of Fortunes by Elizabeth Berg. I really liked it. It had such warmth and a joy for life.
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - 11:59 am
The PD James I just finished (A Taste for Murder) was a bit of a workout due to its bloated length, but it was satisfying overall.
I fortunately have a bit of fluff for a change of pace: Man Up! Tales of My Delusional Self-Confidence by Ross Mathews (a.k.a. "Ross The Intern" from the Tonight Show with Jay Leno). He's a laugh riot on the show and the book is basically the same except for all the foul language he's not allowed to say on TV.
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - 3:16 pm
Teach - Voyager has to be my favourite if I have to pick one. Slowly reading, Geilles just came in to the picture. And yes the endless day~~~
Finished The Silver Star by Jeanette Walls, I did not like it. My grandpa just read The Glass Castle and loved it and I believe Scout mentioned her other books were better, so I'll still read the others when the opportunity arises.
Listening to Unexpected Blessings by Barbara Taylor Bradford.
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Mak1
Member
08-11-2002
| Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - 7:27 pm
I just finished The Innocent Man by John Grisham, a riveting and disturbing true-crime story. Grisham read an obituary, delved into the details, and realized he could never create such a rich, layered story. So, he wrote his first nonfiction book.
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Wednesday, July 24, 2013 - 9:22 am
ack I dumped that audio book already. could not get into it. instead listening to Summer Fever by Mary Kay Andrews. see how this one goes.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, July 24, 2013 - 3:13 pm
Wasn't Grisham's first book about a man falsely accused - and possibly on death row? Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, apparently!
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Mak1
Member
08-11-2002
| Wednesday, July 24, 2013 - 6:56 pm
That is the plot of The Innocent Man. He published it in 2006 and called it his first work of nonfiction.
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Wednesday, July 24, 2013 - 7:02 pm
Finished Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King. It was good.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 3:52 am
My book club has selected "The Water Is Wide" by Pat Conroy for our next meeting. I am not a Pat Conroy fan, but would like to hear the opinion of others - in gneneral or about this book. Please share -
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 7:00 am
TNT- That`s one of my all-time fave books! Saw the movie starring Jon Voight (Conrack) years ago. Then bought the book and became a HUGE fan of Coroy`s, and have read almost EVERYTHING he`s ever written. Love that man to pieces. And of course seen most of the other films.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 9:47 am
Thank, Mame! I value your opinon -
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 1:14 pm
Thanks TNT. I HOPE you enjoy it. Hugz. While googling I discovered that the movie was remade in 2006 with the actual title of the book The Water is Wide. I'll have to check it out. (Conrack came out in 1976)
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, July 26, 2013 - 3:22 pm
I've started The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty and I am reading Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Really liking both of them so far.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, July 26, 2013 - 5:44 pm
I loved The Water is Wide.. it was made into a movie, "Conrack". The people on the island tended to call Conroy Conrack.
I love autobiographical books anyway and he's an engaging writer to boot.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, July 26, 2013 - 5:48 pm
And now I keep hearing The Water is Wide in my head!
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/james+taylor/
the+water+is+wide_20069248.html
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, July 26, 2013 - 5:49 pm
Songwriters: CABRIERES, JEAN-PAUL / TRADITIONAL,The water is wide
I can't cross over
And neither have
I wings to fly
Build me a boat
That can carry two
And both shall row
My love and i
There is a ship
And she sails the sea
She's loaded deep
As deep can be
But not so deep
As the love I'm in
I know not how
I sink or swim
Oh love is handsome
And love is fine
The sweetest flower
When first it's new
But love grows old
And waxes cold
And fades away
Like summer dew
Build me a boat
That can carry two
And both shall row
My love and i
And both shall row
My love and i
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Rieann
Member
08-26-2006
| Friday, July 26, 2013 - 6:07 pm
I love Eva Cassidy's version of that song as I am sure you do too Sea (we raved about her in another thread).
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, July 26, 2013 - 6:15 pm
Love the song but had never made the connection - a day when I don't learn something is a day wasted!
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