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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 5:20 pm 
Teach - I got it today!!! Now I just need to decides whether to dive into it or re-read Echo in the Bone first.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 6:46 pm
I picked up my copy of Gabaldon's "Written In My Own Heart's Blood" and I'm like you Jasper, wondering if I should re-read Echo In The Bone first.
I might just skim through Echo rather than re-read and then dive into WIMOHB . . . all 814 pages!!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 7:38 pm
I just finished listening to Echo for the second time (read it normally the first read), so I'm ready to read! I still have 20% left in Flowers, so my goal is to finish it up tonight after I finish the few papers I have.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 1:49 pm
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a beautiful book, written by a beautiful woman. Her life was so hard and filled with pain but she endured and thrived. The world definitely lost a bright star.
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 11:38 pm
Finished Gods Like Us earlier tonight. It had a lot of interesting chapters about how movie (and other types of) celebrities have evolved since the advent of the film business.
The writer, Ty Burr, is a reporter for the Boston Globe and I was surprised at his over-use of the irritating "That said," phrase (half-a-dozen times at least). Worse, he referred to CAA as Creative Arts Agency instead of the correct Creative Artists Agency. It's only the biggest talent agency in the world and he called it 'Arts' in three different parts of the book - you'd think a newspaperman would know better!
Tomorrow I dive into the Walter Isaacson biography about Steve Jobs. I know I'm late to the party in reading it, but better late than never. 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, June 13, 2014 - 8:45 am
That is definitely worth reading and also eye-opening.
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Mak1
Member
08-11-2002
| Friday, June 13, 2014 - 1:08 pm
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. I'm 40 pages in, and it's heartbreaking so far.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, June 13, 2014 - 8:28 pm
Mak, That is one of my favorite books. Trust me, there is humor that helps make it a thoroughly enjoyable book. I had the great privilege of hearing Mr. McCourt speak shortly before he died, and he was HILARIOUS!
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Saturday, June 14, 2014 - 1:10 pm
I've read Angela's Ashes. It was good. I finished Crave by JR Ward. I think it is actually the second book in a new series. I haven't read her other books. Just started Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, June 15, 2014 - 11:38 am
Finished The Art Forger.. some basis in history, Learned about forging art, and a bit of a mystery.. not bad.
Starting Everest the First Ascent, by the daughter of a man who was instrumental in getting the British team to the top, just prior to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953. His contributions were largely ignored. His estranged daughter realized this in 1993 when the team presented for the Royal family and others. Took her another decade to tackle the subject, after so m e of her by then late father's letters were found.
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Sunday, June 22, 2014 - 11:50 am
Finished Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton. It was good. Didn't realize it was published after his death in 2008. I didn't know he was dead.
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Monday, June 23, 2014 - 3:46 pm
I finished the Steve Jobs biography and you were absolutely right, Sea -- very eye-opening. There were so many 'oh-my-goodness' passages. The one that stayed with me the most was his refusal to let the doctors perform the surgery on his pancreas (after they had detected the tumor at a very early/very treatable stage) that likely would've saved his life. I can't even imagine how frustrating it had to be for his wife, who begged him to have the surgery.
I'm now reading The Good Father by Noah Hawley, who is also the head writer/creator of the "Fargo" TV series that recently concluded on the FX network. If it's even remotely close to the quality of the "Fargo" show, I'm sure it'll be extremely well-written.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 7:39 am
As someone who is around people fighting to beat off cancer almost every day and many who struggle with hw to pay, or changes in insurance, it is SO frustrating to know that Steve Jobs had access to any treatment, anywhere, any time, and let it slide.
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 12:35 pm
It was also stunning that -- after Jobs had to undergo the liver transplant in 2009 -- he persisted in following his eccentric fruit-only diet, which resulted in massive weight loss, followed by an accelerated death, i.e., he could've lived an extra year or two if he'd only eaten the balanced variety of foods that the doctors and his family begged him to eat. Amazing!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 8:29 pm
Finished The Secret History today. The story pulled me in, and I must admit the ending surprised me a bit. Tartt has the ability to get her readers interested in people that are beyond the "norm," doesn't she?
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Friday, June 27, 2014 - 2:07 am
So glad you liked it, Teach. I'm sure you have a mountain of titles to get to, but I hope you'll one day read The Little Friend as well. I'm still marvelling over how much I loved that book. Even if I end up liking The Goldfinch more, TLF will always have a special place in my heart. I'm number 67 on the waiting list for Goldfinch by the way, which is a lot better than the 1,004th position I started out in back in early April.
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Tresbien
Member
08-26-2002
| Friday, June 27, 2014 - 5:05 am
I'm taking a break from book 5 of the Outlander series and am enjoying The Kite Runner.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, June 27, 2014 - 8:09 am
I got notification from my library that The Invention of Wings was available, so while I'm listening to Written in My Own Heart's Blood (and reading it on Kindle more slowly), I've started Kidd's novel, too. UncleRicky, I'll see if I can get the other Tartt book through my library online. She is definitely an author I want to keep reading!
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Sunday, June 29, 2014 - 1:35 pm
I'm almost 100 pages into The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson and I have found it very slow going so far. Hard to believe it's a best seller. I hope it picks up soon.
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Rieann
Member
08-26-2006
| Sunday, June 29, 2014 - 1:41 pm
It picked up for me, Heckagirl. I found the beginning extremely slow as well. Hang in there.
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Sunday, June 29, 2014 - 2:04 pm
I am reading The Art of Racing in the Rain and love it.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, June 29, 2014 - 2:52 pm
That was a good one! Good to see you, Fruitbat!!
You might enjoy 600 Hours of Edward and Edward Adrift by Craig Lancaster. I really loved those books and wanted more Edward.
I finally finished the book about Griffth Pugh andit was a slow go, not what I thought, but I did finish and was grateful when the last 20% was just notes I could skip.
Now reading ]I{The Year We Disappeared: A Father - Daughter Memoir, by Cylin Busby and John Busby. Drawing me in right away.
Teach, I agree that Tartt makes us interested in people beyond the "norm", but she certainly doesn't make me like them and in the end I'm not willing to grab another of her book, at least at this point. This may be partly because I was around real people in childhood who were way outside the norm (not my family, thankfully) and I know the harm that can be caused.
Uncle Ricky, yes.. just so frustrating but he seemed to so often not listen to others.. often this would hurt others in his life or his company but this time it was faital for him. I cannot respect the way he was so ungenerous with some of those who helped him to get where he got and his attempt to take down Amazon, costing many people in book prices, but still what a waste of a mind to so stubbornly refuse treatment.. as I recall, hi had an odd childhood too.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, June 29, 2014 - 4:54 pm
Heckagirl - I LOVED that series, but I confess that I actually listened to the audiobook for the first one. It made it so much easier with the Swedish names and places. I think it helped me stay interested as well. Hang in there - when it picks up, it goes full speed!
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Sunday, June 29, 2014 - 10:33 pm
I'm reading John Grisham's Calico Joe. It's a fast read and I'm enjoying it a lot. And whaddayaknow....a Fruitbat sighting in this thread!!
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Reenie
Member
06-24-2006
| Monday, June 30, 2014 - 8:24 am
Fruitbat...get the tissues ready!! Loved "The Art of Racing in the Rain"!
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