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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, October 12, 2012 - 8:07 am 
Wow thanks OG, that sure was an eye-opener!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, October 12, 2012 - 10:27 am
Finished Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog by Susannah Charleson.
Now have even more appreciation of the work done by volunteer search and rescue teams.. dogs/people..
This woman really gets inside the mind of her golden retriever and I like them both. And she also rescues pomeranians, much to like. She's a pilot as well.
I think she could write more about any number of things and I'd be happy to read what she wrote.
Just starting a book that I already wish I'd read long ago, or more on the subject of internment of the Japanese americans during WWII but more important the treatment of them for decades prior and after.
Considering that a close family member by marriage came from parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles who lived through that experience and era.. most important.
Silver Like Dust: One Family's Story of Japanese Internment by Kimi Cunningham Grant.
So far, well written.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, October 12, 2012 - 10:41 am
Definitely eye-opening about Botswana!
Custom, indeed. Just last night I highlighted this in the book I mention above.
quote:They were from Jap0an, so they could not become citizens. The Naturalization Act of 1790 limited naturalized citizenship to "free whites," and although in 1868 the Fourteenth Amendment extended this to African Americans, it was not until 1954 that Asian immigrants could become naturalized citizen. California's 1913 Alien Land Law prohibited noncitizens from owning land, but Papa and Mama, like many Japanese families, sidestepped the stipulations fo this law by deeding the house in the names of their children, who had been born in the United States and were therefore rightful citizens.
And there were segregated schools, theatres, only being allowed in many venues one day a week,and so much more.. all this long before Pearl Harbor and internment. ANd many of the actions in Califoria violated a clause from the 1894 Commerce and Naviation treaty signed by the US and Japan. Per Theodore Roosevelt the action (of segregating schools) "intemperate" and he deemed Californians "idiots" for instigating an international conflict.
So, eye-opening, but we need to look inward as well.
LOL..I'm only 11% into this book, just wait!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Friday, October 12, 2012 - 2:57 pm
I just read a good paranormal series by an author named Charlotte (I think) Abel, the first book was "Enchanted" and the second "Taken." It is about a girl with magical powers whose family is crazy and they have to move from rural Arkansas to Colorado and about trying to adjust to a life without being surrounded by her family. Now I just have to wait until that darned 3rd book comes out in December!
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Anntie
Member
09-03-2010
| Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 8:24 am
Read "Me & Emma" last night. Wow! I could not stop until I was finished and never ever guessed how it would end. Mamie, thanks for posting. When my stack of library books gets shorter I'll be getting the sequel.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 11:57 am
Anntie, the ending was a surprise, wasn't it?! I'm so glad you liked it.
I just finished reading Eight Girls Taking Pictures by Whitney Otto. She wrote How to Make an American Quilt. I can't say that I loved it. It was for review and probably not something I would have picked up on my own.
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Rvon
Member
12-11-2003
| Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 12:19 pm
I loved "New York" by Edward Rutherford....read it on my Kindle.
I also loved "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn. That book really is a must read for everyone. It has more twists and turns than any other book I have read. Every time you think you have this book figured out another twist pops up. Great, great book. I have not read her other books though.
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Anntie
Member
09-03-2010
| Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 3:48 pm
Reading " A Dog's Purpose" by W. Bruce Cameron. I previously read " A Dog's Journey", out of order but that's ok.
I love these books even though they make me cry. Don' t bother if you are not a dog lover.
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Anntie
Member
09-03-2010
| Monday, October 15, 2012 - 1:55 pm
"Summerland" by Elin Hilderbrand. Set in Nantucket; car crash on graduation night kills one and puts another in a coma. How the families, survivors and community cope with tragedy.
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Jag2000
Member
07-01-2009
| Monday, October 15, 2012 - 4:44 pm
Anntie..read Summerland and really, really enjoyed it. Good read.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - 12:36 pm
Just got my copy of The Twelve by Justin Cronin. It's the sequel to The Passage and I cannot wait to get into it!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - 1:34 pm
I went to put it on my wish list (for when the price drops a bit (first one I did pay $9.99 for and now it is $7.99) and... it was already on my wish list!
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Anntie
Member
09-03-2010
| Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - 2:40 pm
Reading "Judgement Call" by J.A.Jance, the latest in the Joanna Brady series. I picked up The Passage from the library yesterday and am on hold for The Twelve. I'm intimidated by the size of the book. Do I really want to tackle it?
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - 4:16 pm
The Passage is a large book but I got so involved, I read it in two days.
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Anntie
Member
09-03-2010
| Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - 4:39 pm
Ok Mamie, when I finish this one I will give it a whirl.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - 9:52 am
Oh, goody, Anntie, a new Joanna Brady.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - 10:02 am
The Passage certainly kept my attention when I read it.
I finished Silver Like Dust: One Family's Story of Japanese Internment by Kimi Cunningham Grant.
I learned so much, felt such sorrow and some anger as well..
Next book, might be Molly Ringwold's book but might not.. might be another.
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Anntie
Member
09-03-2010
| Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - 2:19 pm
It's a good one Ophiliasgrandma.
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - 6:02 pm
I'm reading Lord John and the Private Matter, please tell me the whole book isn't Lord John pondering his cousin's marriage and whether or not to tell her.
I have an author to recommend, Jennifer Hillier. Her first book Creep was very good. I just picked up her second Freak. So many many books stacked up to read. Well, shelves of them actually.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - 9:06 pm
Starting Gina Gershon's In Search of Cleo: How I Found My ••••• and Lost My Mind.
Hmm well that is the title..
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, October 18, 2012 - 3:13 am
Jasper - it's not. 
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Thursday, October 18, 2012 - 7:48 am
Thanks Teach. I'm about half way thru and thinking I hope this whole book isn't about the origins of a sore!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, October 18, 2012 - 9:15 am
I finished The Twelve last night. Loved it! Now the long wait for the last book in the series. I guess about 2 years.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, October 18, 2012 - 2:13 pm
LOL, Mamie.. I feel your angst.
I'm hoping The Twelve drops in price.. maybe after the settlement of the class action suit.. and then I'll probably re-read the first book and wallow through the second.. and then wait for the third.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, October 18, 2012 - 3:09 pm
It really wasn't too hard to follow into the second book without re-reading the first. There was a bible-like thing in the beginning that reminded you of all that happened and to who.
I started Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio. Something totally different from the thrills and chills of The Twelve.
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