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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 9:06 am 
Yay Mamie, I'm thrilled for you. As others have said, I often check out your recommendations. This is a match made in heaven and you will be FANTASTIC! Congrats, my dear friend. 
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 9:08 am
Thanks all!
I just finished reading The End of Everything by Meg Abbott. It's one of those books that I liked but didn't like, all at the same time. It had some weird twists and turns.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 10:12 am
Just sent my picture in for my blog avatar. Why is it we hate our own pictures so much?
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 10:15 am
Hey Mamie, with your new hot-bod, you should be PROUD. So when can WE see it? After all, we're your original devotees and fans.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 10:23 am
Justin took it with the web cam on the lap top and he attached it to my email review. I have no idea how to bring it up! LOL I am going to have to get a lot more computer savvy.
And I may have lost 19 pounds, but my body is anything but hot. (Unless you count the hot flashes!)
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 11:42 am
If you find the pic in the email, and then SAVE it to the PICTURES folder on your hard drive, you can then upload it anywhere you like, here, FB, wherever.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, August 20, 2011 - 3:59 pm
Finished Stolen Innocence... survival and so much loss.
Starting Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Truimph of Trust at Ground Zero by Michael Hingson and Susy Flory. Michael and his guide dog, Roselle, made it down 1,463 steps to safety..
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Monday, August 22, 2011 - 10:38 am
finished Children of God by Mary Doria Russell
very good read
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, August 22, 2011 - 10:49 am
I'm reading Stiltsville by Susanna Daniel and absolutely loving it so far.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, August 22, 2011 - 10:55 am
I'm really liking this book and this guy! It is not just about 9/11 but about his whole life.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, August 22, 2011 - 6:13 pm
Finished Last Block in Harlem today, and was surprised by the ending. Good read - but the kindle edition is HORRIBLE; there are tons and tons of words that are supposed to be one word but they're split in two -- like de lete or un likable - drove me crazy because it disrupted my reading fluidity!
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Landileigh
Member
07-28-2002
| Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 10:59 am
just started Shania Twain's "From This Moment On". It has been mesmerizing so far.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 3:46 pm
I finished Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Truimph of Trust at Ground Zero by Michael Hingson and Susy Flory.
This jumped around but covered 9/11 but also his entire life, which is at once amazing but amazing in how "normal" he is, and then just how much he has done to promote equal access for all. He is blind and his wife is confined to a wheelchair.
So there is memoir, issues, ideas, resources and a great story all rolled up into one.. highly recommend this.
StartingInside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion by Janet Reitman.
Teach, I think I had the same beef with Last Block.. terrible formatting.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Friday, August 26, 2011 - 12:51 pm
56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports - I'm a sucker for baseball books and mid-20th century histories (though this isn't a history book, strictly speaking). Not being a Yankees fan, I don't exactly love the book but it's interesting.
Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties - not a book you'd want to drop on your foot. Holy cow, is it big. In spite of the title, this includes some early '60s movies too as well as some international films. As a reference book, I guess this has its merits but I couldn't help thinking the author was taking the subject a bit too seriously. I wanted to tell him, "Look buddy, this isn't Citizen Kane. It's a Three Stooges movie with a rocketship and a talking unicorn. Lighten up!" Of course, I didn't read the whole book, just skimmed through it, looking at the entries for personal favorites or ones I've heard of but never seen. And every time I turned a page I was afraid there'd be a picture of a spider but I didn't see any *whew*. Saw some giant scorpions and sea slugs and a bat-spider-something mutant but they didn't bother me. Oh and now I want to see The Man in the White Suit with Alec Guinness.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 9:25 am
I just finished an ARC of a YA novel titled All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin. I enjoyed it and I think it's probably the start of a series. A young girl in 2083 is in charge of taking care of her family when her father, a organized crime boss and chocolatier (yes really) is killed.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 9:48 am
Finished How Can I Talk if My Lips Don't Move - great little book from an autistic teen. It provides a ton of insight that will be especially helpful in teaching.
Now I'm reading Food, Inc. (only $1.49 yesterday on Kindle!) and Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaimin (this is the collection that has "Baby Cakes" in it - on of my favorite stories to use in English class).
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 12:16 pm
Teach, glad you read that boook.. How Can I Talk.. I thought any teacher could read it through different eyes in terms of all that was done by his mother and various resources for him to learn and he expresses just how it worked for him.
I'm still reading the book about Scientology and I swear it is really scary to learn the whole history of it.. talk about thugs and bullies.
And one comment made me think of Suri Cruise.. parents were told to see their children as small adults and the lack of a regular education within Scientology families was perhaps more marked than for kids in the FLDS.. not to mention that kids as young as 12 were left by their parents to be raised to be "Messengers" (flunkies for L Ron Hubbard) and see to his needs.. such as some kids just followed him around, holding his lighter or his ashtray!).
Arrgh.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, August 29, 2011 - 1:49 pm
My first review is up!
http://booktrib.com/reviewers/
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, August 29, 2011 - 2:37 pm
Very cool, Mamie!!
Love your picture but I'll never forget the one of you holding onto that big spear outside of Spengers 
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, August 29, 2011 - 3:01 pm
I should have had a spear!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, August 29, 2011 - 8:14 pm
Informative. Succinct. Excellent. Brava Beautiful Mamie!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 6:15 pm
Very nicely done Mamie, you should be very proud of yourself. Congratulations on a job well done!!! Look forward to reading your next review.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 8:51 pm
Thanks guys. You are very sweet.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Monday, September 05, 2011 - 8:24 am
Right now I am in the middle of reading The Book of Names by Jill Gregory and Karen Tintor. Lots of action and a unique premise--every generation 36 righteous souls are born and in their hands lies the fate of the world. Someone wants to kill them all.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/172763.The_Book_of_Names
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, September 05, 2011 - 1:44 pm
Finished the book about Scientology.. wow.. scary hold they have on so many people.
Back to 9/11 and another survivor story.. I'll check the title and add that in.
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