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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, September 05, 2011 - 3:55 pm 
I'm reading Coming Up For Air by Patti Callahan Henry. I love her books, all set in the South.
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Mak1
Member
08-11-2002
| Monday, September 05, 2011 - 4:49 pm
I'm reading The Lilac Bus by Maeve Binchy.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, September 05, 2011 - 6:04 pm
Makkie, I read that years ago, I think I've collected everything Binchy's ever written. I just love her stories.
ETA, currently reading Nicholas Sparks' novel, Safe Haven and quite enjoying it.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, September 05, 2011 - 11:02 pm
Book I'm reading is Escape from the World Trade Center (Ebook short) by Leslie Haskin. Tells of her escape from offices in Tower 1 and the aftermath.. PTSD..
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, September 07, 2011 - 3:20 pm
Finished that short book and it was the first I'd read a memoir about 9.11 that covered such detail, which was very real and hard to read.. plus her emotions.
She was on the 35th floor of tower 1.. thus had a shorter escape route (not that it was at ALL easy!.. very traumatic) and that was the first tower hit and the second to fall so a bit longer to get out.
She actually got out, thanks to another person, got on a ferry.. (she kept insisting she had to find an ATM to get money and the other woman told her she was crazy, they needed to get away and that they wouldn't be charging, which they were not doing.. but they did get right on and then had to wait a long time for a PATH train.. while they were waiting the second tower did fall).. Anyway, different and interesting.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, September 07, 2011 - 3:22 pm
I'm still stuck on Kristen Hannah books. Read True Colors and Between Sisters this weekend. I like them because in my always on the go lifestyle, they are fast, easy reads. However, they have a little too much consistency, always a family issue, always a tragedy, always the tragedy works out for all parties involved. Every book.
Next on my list is Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt. Tell me about Maeve Binchy. I love that strong Irish name: Maeve.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, September 07, 2011 - 7:14 pm
Escapee, Maeve Binchy, is, as you suspected, Irish and her books are quite engaging. Early book, Circle of Friends (I think) was made into a movie.
Anyway some later books include locations and some characters from earlier.. I suspect there are websites that give ordering.. but they also can stand alone.
I loved Evening Class.. but not just that one.
Rosamunde Pilcher is also an excellent writer along similar lines. I think she has stopped writing books (early book is The Shell Seekers) but it seems that her son, Robin Pilcher is now writing. I just snagged a couple of his to try out.
Engaging locations and characters..
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, September 08, 2011 - 12:22 am
Sea & Escapee & Makkie, another similar Irish writer to Binchy and Pilcher is CATHY KELLY. I'm a HUGE fan and highly recommend her. Also, about 10 years ago I met Binchy and her husband Gordon Snell, at a few literary media events. Lovely couple.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, September 08, 2011 - 10:23 am
I finished If You Believe last night by Kristin Hannah.......meh, not one of her better ones. I am goign to read Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt then I want to read all the Fanny Flagg books and Sue Monks. I am in that kind of a mood right now.
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Reenie
Member
06-24-2006
| Thursday, September 08, 2011 - 5:19 pm
MAMEBLANCHE - can you suggest one of Cathy Kelly's books? I'm a sucker for Irish writers. THANKS!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, September 08, 2011 - 9:35 pm
Hiya Reenie, I'm pretty OCD when it comes to authors I like, I prefer to read their books in the order they were first published. So having said that... here is her first book:
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, September 08, 2011 - 9:37 pm
And here is the link to her website, http://www.cathykelly.com
If you click on the library link at her site, her books are listed most recent (last) to first.
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Mak1
Member
08-11-2002
| Friday, September 09, 2011 - 7:29 am
Thanks for the recommendation, MameB. I have added her to my long long list of TBR.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, September 09, 2011 - 8:36 am
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Reenie
Member
06-24-2006
| Friday, September 09, 2011 - 10:05 am
MAME B - I will start there! Thanks so much!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, September 09, 2011 - 12:15 pm
Enjoy Reenie! Let me know what you think of it.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, September 09, 2011 - 12:28 pm
I finished Coming Up For Air and got my review up.
I'm starting Bent Road by Lori Roy.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, September 09, 2011 - 1:03 pm
Mamie, do they assign you books to review or do you choose your own. I've got one I read last week and I'd love your opinion. I found it disturbing, but engrossing. Another critic called it haunting, and I'd concur. Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones (of New Zealand) This is literature, it's not the typical novel that I prefer. But this story will stay with me for along time... I do hope you and others read it, I'd love to hear what you guys think of it.
click here to see the book on Amazon dot com
From the author of the beloved, bestselling Mister Pip: a novel about a mother's search for her stolen child. A novel you can't stop thinking about.
A woman washes up on a beach in Sicily. She has come from Tunisia to find her son, taken from her when he was just days old and stolen away to Berlin. With nothing but her maid's uniform and a homemade knife stashed in a plastic bag, she relies on strangers — some generous, some malevolent — to guide her passage north. These strangers tell of their encounters with her, building her story in fragments of memory, prejudice and sentiment into a moving work of sacrifice and love. Hand Me Down World tells an epic story about the courage of a mother, the versions of truth to which we accommodate our lives, and love's ultimate power to redeem us.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, September 09, 2011 - 1:25 pm
They are going to send us books but they haven't yet and they encourage us to review whatever we are reading. So far, the 3 books I've reviewed are mine.
That sounds like an interesting book, Mame.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, September 09, 2011 - 1:43 pm
Maybe the b'day fairy will send it to you a couple of months early... ;) I don't care if it's a positive or negative review, I'm just interested in your opinion.
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Yesitsme
Member
08-24-2004
| Friday, September 09, 2011 - 4:50 pm
Just finished Catching Fire, the second Hunger Games book. Really enjoyed it, though hate the ending. Yeah, I know it was setting up for the 3rd book, but I personally like every book in a series standing on its own.
Katniss drives me crazy sometimes but she is a good character. In fact, all of the characters are well written. I think what I enjoy most is that none are perfect, but most are good people. I would like the author to next write another series of the same stories from the point of view of Peeta. Or it would even be interesting from the point of view of Haymitch or Gale or Prim.
For those that like audio books, the narrator of this series is really good. I keep feeling her voice in my head even when I am not listening to it. Starting on Mockingjay, the 3rd book, now.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, September 09, 2011 - 5:22 pm
I'm really interested to see how they portray it in the movie. I hope it's as good as the book. I loved Hunger Games and though I enjoyed the other two books, they were not as good for me.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, September 09, 2011 - 6:31 pm
I'm reading a book, right now, that has essays by a bunch of other YA authors, writing ABOUT The Hunger Games trilogy..
The Girl Who Was on Fire: Your Favorite Authors on Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games Triology. and they are quite interesting. Would be especially good if someone was learding or in discussions or teaching, using these books.
Best not read until after you have finished the trilogy.
Teachmichigan, I don't think it is lendable but if it is ... mine is available. $4.49 on Kindle or for any Kindle app.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, September 09, 2011 - 7:43 pm
Thanks, Sea! It sounds perfect for school. Tons of my kids have read the trilogy, and those essays might help them see how to write about literature rather than just summarizing it.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, September 09, 2011 - 8:32 pm
OH yes, it would be perfect for that. So far they are really analyzing things. And some comparisons to books the kids have probably read (that I haven't)..
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