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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, December 25, 2011 - 11:12 pm 
That's fab Mamie! Let us know what books you splurge on with those gift cards!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, December 25, 2011 - 11:30 pm
Finished The Scottish Prisoner at about 2 AM last night, and now I'm halfway through Wishin' and Hopin'. I'd love to stay up and finish it, but my eyes are slamming shut!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, December 26, 2011 - 1:42 pm
Finished the King's 11.22.63 and grabbed one that I might have gotten for free or at least a low price, Commune of Women.. group of women stuck in a room at LAX during a terrorist attack where hostages are taken.. good read. I'm 87% through that.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Monday, December 26, 2011 - 5:35 pm
I'm reading The Scottish Prisoner. It's nice to read about Jamie again!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, December 26, 2011 - 6:05 pm
Finished Wishin' and Hopin' today (Wally Lamb), and now I'm about halfway through Things Fall Apart. I love it when I have an entire day to read and watch movies!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, December 26, 2011 - 6:19 pm
Finished Commune of Women and starting My Sister's Voice which is about a deaf woman who was abandonned but has done well as an artist and suddenly finds out she has an identical twin sister who was not abandonned. Not far into it.. no meeting yet.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 12:36 pm
Sea, that sounds fascinating, so I just now put a hold on My Sister's Voice online at my library, thanks to your post. They'll notify me by phone when it's avail for pickup. 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 12:48 pm
Well so far I'm not liking the main character as she describes her actions and attitudes but I think this just isn't exactly my genre and I think it will be an interesting read despite my feelings .. and the author is doing her job in pulling out these feelings
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 1:20 pm
I read a review on Amazon that it too a while to get into it and then it became a pageturner. 
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 2:03 pm
Merry! I am going to read that one VERY soon!!!! I am having trouble muddling through the first Lord John book though. Seems very wordy and no grab
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Reenie
Member
06-24-2006
| Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 4:01 pm
Has anyone read "Fifty Shades of Grey"?.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 7:27 pm
Finished Wishin' and Hopin' and am now 60% through King of Infinite Space. Hoping to finish it tonight.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 10:04 pm
I'm reading A Pinch of Love by Alicia Bessette.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 10:06 pm
Finished it, and I'm glad I didn't pay for it. I had the ending pegged halfway through the book. It was okay, but definitely not one I'd buy. Since it was a Kindle lending library book, I didn't mind so much.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 10:14 pm
Teach, there was one book I bought that was supposed to be a 50's memoir, I think even by a KB author and it wasn't tht expensive at all but when I started reading it.. it was just horrible..content, format, etc. I was so irate I got my money back from Amazon! And they refunded it.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 6:01 am
I have ordered "Scottish Prisoner" and "Stars of David" from my local public library. They didn't have "Commune of Women."
I typically read cozy mysteries and like to read a series at a time in chronological order because I like the back stories. However, I have decided to take some of your recommendations above!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 10:53 am
Commune of Women auther is Suzan Still.. $3.99 on Kindle but it is available in paperback.
It is loanable but I'm not sure if it can be loaned to an Kindle app on a computer or just to one of the kindle devices.
I got it when it was free.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, December 29, 2011 - 11:01 pm
Finished My Sister's Voice and while it was interesting it was pretty far fetched and 99% of the characters mad me want to slap them.. oh well.
Starting Wading Home: A Novel of New Orleans by Roaslyn Story.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, December 30, 2011 - 6:32 am
I will have to ponder buying a book for myself for more than $.50 - and I usually wait for the last day of the library sale when the paperbacks are $.25 I buy books for others as gifts, but just not for myself -
Wading Home sounds very interesting - I am looking forward to hearing more!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, December 30, 2011 - 9:45 am
It is novel and I've just started.. like it so far.
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 10:18 am
Kitchen Confidential. I found it in the bottom of
Our closet. We do not know where it came from
So far really liking it. I like his use of words and
Always thought he was a bit sexy.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 6:35 pm
I got Kitchen Confidential as a Kindle loaner and loved it!
I'm reading Armageddon (Leon Uris) and struggling to get into it. If it doesn't pick up by chapter 20 (I'm at 14), I may lay it aside for summer and read a quick Harry Bosch mystery before school starts up again.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 7:14 pm
I'm reading What My Best Friend Did by Lucy Dawson and was hoping to finish it by tonight and be my last book of the year but it doesn't seem as if that's going to happen. Maybe if I pull a really long reading session.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, January 01, 2012 - 6:59 am
I have Stars of David checked out, and it is the fifth book in my stack, so I should hit it by next weekend -
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, January 01, 2012 - 7:13 am
TNT - I absolutely loved it and found it fascinating and informative. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Keep us posted.
Hugs and happy new year to all my fellow bookworms here!
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