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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, June 20, 2011 - 9:32 am 
Cablejockey, I got that as an ARC and loved it. Totally had me hooked all the way through. I recently had an ARC of her new one coming out, which wasn't as good.
I'm reading Summer Rental by Mary Kay Andrews.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, June 20, 2011 - 9:45 am
Cried my way through the last 2/3 of the book! Wow. That book was worth every accolade and prize heaped upon it.
Now need some light, escapist reading, so I'm enjoying A TURN IN THE ROAD by Debbie Macomber. (I started it a short while ago, but put it down to read the other book which was a library dl. This one I purchased online.)
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Monday, June 20, 2011 - 10:38 am
Oh Mamie, glad you enjoyed it too!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, June 20, 2011 - 11:17 am
Cable, that looks really good! $9.99 so I just got a sample for now. And it looks like that author has a new book coming out July 5 as well..
Mame, I completely understand needing to switch gears, but wasn't it a good book??
I'm still reading Wanderlust which is well written and very interesting, even though I don't care much for the actions of the author (it is a memoir), but at least she's honest about her actions! And her travels, while often bailing out on those in her life at each time, are quite interesting, too.
And I got the book for 99 cents, though it is now selling for $9.99. SCORE!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, June 20, 2011 - 11:30 am
Sea, it was extraordinary! And yay for scoring that .99 cheap read. I love buying stuff on sale.
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Reenie
Member
06-24-2006
| Monday, June 20, 2011 - 1:38 pm
Just started "The Hunger Games" because so many people have mentioned it to me. It's not the usual type of book I'd read, but now I can't put it down!
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Queenie
Member
07-09-2007
| Monday, June 20, 2011 - 1:52 pm
Reenie, I thought the same way as you.
Not my type of read BUT it was really good! At the first of the book, I couldn't wrap my brain around why they have children "playing" in the hunger games considering what they do in the hunger games.....
It is now going to be a movie!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, June 20, 2011 - 2:23 pm
I loved The Hunger Games and I'm in the same boat as you two, it wasn't my usual cup of tea. I enjoyed the second and third books but not as much as Hunger Games.
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Reenie
Member
06-24-2006
| Monday, June 20, 2011 - 2:37 pm
Queenie - I KNOW! The thought of these children "playing" in the hunger games is crazy!!
Mamie - I just can't get over the concept of this book! I will probably charge right into 2 and 3!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, June 20, 2011 - 4:19 pm
I did charge right into the next two and I enjoyed them, just not quite as much. You'll have to let me know what you think.
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Reenie
Member
06-24-2006
| Monday, June 20, 2011 - 6:08 pm
Will do~!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, June 20, 2011 - 7:37 pm
I have The Hunger Games pulled out from archive on Amazon and on my short list of TBR..
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 9:52 am
The new Maggie Sefton's "Unraveled". It is a cozy mystery series based on a group of knitters.
It is a very enjoyable series set in Colorado with an assorted age group and knitting patterns at the end. Throw in your murder to solve and it's a light entertaining read.
I'm still very careful not to get into anything to deep or emotional. I just dissolve in a puddle of tears and my happy pills won't work.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 12:20 pm
Finished Lincoln Lawyer (loved it - and now want to see the movie), and am halfway through The Art of Racing in the Rain.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 3:12 pm
Working on "Confessions of a Prairie B...." by Alison Arngrim. I like her style.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 3:27 pm
GAL, I enjoyed that one. She's fun.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 3:32 pm
just finised all of "The Hungar Games" good but sad
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 3:32 pm
finished
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 4:49 pm
I am currently reading a good little thriller from some time ago call "Darkness Peering" by Alice Blanchard.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 6:08 pm
Finished Wanderlust and to the end, and including the author's bio.. don't have a whole heck of a lot of respect for her, but she writes pretty well.
Now starting another memoir, Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir by Jennette Fulda.
Currently this is $9.99 but I snapped it up when it was 99 cents.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 6:32 pm
Mamie, how was Summer Rental?
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 6:15 am
Really like Alison Arngrim's autobiography. It's amazing how solid and grounded she is based on what she experienced in her own home. Throw major Hollywood stardom/infamy on top of that and you wouldn't think she'd be able to avoid a drug-fueled total life meltdown. I admire her.
Bio of David Niven is next. I loved his autobiographies, now I want to read about what he left out.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 12:16 pm
Finished Art of Racing in the Rain last night - now on to Water for Elephants (yes - that book that "everyone" read about 3 years ago! I'm finally catching up! LOL)
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 1:11 pm
Hey, a good book is a good book whenever you read it!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 5:52 pm
Exactly! 
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