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  • crusader1
    crusader1 Member Posts: 114
    edited December 2010

    Hi Ladies,

    Voracious..     Hoda Kotb was so gracious and real. And had real great legs. sweet lady..

    I loved 1000 White Women.

    Just read Cutting for Stone. Another really great book.

      I also just read the Susan B Komen book written by her sister.Have any read it/ Interesting and informative.. A quick read..I learned that Cytoxin (chemo drug) which I took had it's origins in chemical warfare in WW1.

    Sorry for typos my computer is in the shop ..

    Hugs,

    Francine

  • retrievermom
    retrievermom Member Posts: 321
    edited December 2010

    I'm reading This is where I leave you at present, after reading about it on a blog or this site.  What a family!

    I didn't dislike A gate at the stairs.  Really liked the beginning and the end.  But the middle part seemed a total tangent.

    Ruth:  You could come a little westward and participate in a handcart re-enactment anytime, hee hee. 

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,791
    edited December 2010
    Laughing
  • AnneW
    AnneW Member Posts: 612
    edited December 2010

    Happy Holidays to all the readers, and I hope everyone gets lots of good books for presents!

    Anne

  • voraciousreader
    voraciousreader Member Posts: 3,696
    edited December 2010

    Here's the latest review, hot off the presses of The NY Times on the wonderful new Julia Childs book that I'm almost finished reading:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/books/review/Kummer-t.html?_r=1&ref=books

    Happy Holidays!  Hope you all get the books that you want to read...and have the time to read them!

  • wenweb
    wenweb Member Posts: 471
    edited December 2010

    Happy Holidays and happy reading in 2011!!

  • Unknown
    Unknown
    edited December 2010

    I just finished reading I remember Nothing by Nora Ephron and did find parts of it that I not only related to, but also made me laugh, but I liked her book I Feel Bad about my Neck a lot more. 

  • wenweb
    wenweb Member Posts: 471
    edited December 2010

    Marybe.

    I read I feel Bad about my neck and it was laugh out loud funny which has made me hesitant to read her next one because I heard it wasn't as funny.  I am reading A reliable wife though.  Got it from the library since it's a rather short book.  It gets expensive reading everything on Kindle. 

  • voraciousreader
    voraciousreader Member Posts: 3,696
    edited December 2010

    wenweb -  A Reliable Wife.  He's a good wordsmith. Eh?

    So I finished As Always, Julia and since there wasn't much to do outdoors because of the blizzard, I was able to make a dent in a number of other books that were demanding my attention...

    So, I started reading chapters in a very provocative book, When Illness Goes Public: Celebrity Patients and How We Look at Medicine, written by Dr. Barron H. Lerner.  While the book was published a few years ago, I just stumbled upon a few essays that he's been writing for The New York Times on various subjects and was interested in the book.  While it's a book about medicine, it has nothing to do with breast cancer.  I am pleased that he wrote the book because it was a topic that, in the past, I found very facinating and had mixed feeling about.  Definitely tickled my brain.

     http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/14/health/14essa.html?ref=michaeljfox

    http://www.amazon.com/When-Illness-Goes-Public-ebook/dp/B003TLMRA8

    I only had a little time to begin reading Fanny Farmer's Last Supper. 

    http://www.amazon.com/Fannies-Last-Supper-Re-creating-Cookbook/dp/1401323227/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1293456932&sr=1-1

    If my street doesn't get plowed in the next couple of hours, I might get to read more and report back whether or not it's worth reading....

  • crusader1
    crusader1 Member Posts: 114
    edited December 2010

    Hi..

    Hope all had a great Christmas.

    I just read A Reliable Wife for my Gilda's Club book club. I liked the book but many didn't.Talk about a cold and dreary environment. many people with such bad lives. I did like the surprises in the book.

    I am now finishing The Postmistress. I did not love it.. Any read it.

    Hugs,

    Francine

    18 inches of snow yesterday..First blizzard in a while..

  • Unknown
    Unknown
    edited December 2010

    I liked Reliable Wife.  I am enjoying Look Me in the Eye so far.  One of my friends got me The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo for Xmas....she has read the entire series and loved them.  Wenweb, Nora's 2nd book definitely was not as funny.  Have you ever seen the list of all the stuff she has done?....a ton of movie screenplays...guess Heartburn was based on her own divorce.

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,791
    edited December 2010

    reading "Half Broke Horses" by Jeannette Walls....not loving it so far

  • bookart
    bookart Member Posts: 210
    edited December 2010
    Got McPhee's The Founding Fish for Christmas.  Just started it, but it is a pleasure.  Of course, I read about half of How to Build your Own Greenhouse by Marshall first - I'm plotting my gardening future.  I really wanted Edible Landscaping - Attack on the Front Lawn, but it wasn't in stock, so I have to wait to order it until I get paid again!  I've downloaded a number of previews and free books to my Cruz tablet, but haven't figured out how to download some of the freebies.  I started reading a fascinating book written in the 1800s called Travels in North America in 1834, 1835  and 1836, including a summer residence with the Pawnee tribe of Indians in...(it goes on, and on - is this a title or an essay in itself?) by Sir Charles Augustus Murray. It starts out with the sea voyage and a leaking ship that almost founders; it's pretty thrilling.  The book was scanned with an OCR program, so there are many problems with the text, but still readable without too much effort.  I'm excited to find these books.  I'm reading it on my computer, not my Cruz, as I haven't figured out how to transfer it to my Cruz tablet.  I'll figure it out eventually.
  • wenweb
    wenweb Member Posts: 471
    edited December 2010

    voracious.  I definitely think Goolrick is a good wordsmith, but when I look at his picture on the bookjacket, he's a little scary.  This is making me wonder where this story came from Surprised

    Marybe.  I did know that Nora wrote many screenplays, but was not aware that Heartburn was one of them.  I've never seen the entire movie. 

  • voraciousreader
    voraciousreader Member Posts: 3,696
    edited December 2010

    wenweb-  If my memory serves me correct wasn't Goolrick  kind of mangy looking?  Believe me, I sometimes wish every male author could look like Lee Child:

     http://www.leechild.com/lee.php

    Oh and Nora and Heartburn...Wenweb...I'm starting to feel bad about my neck when I hear that you didn't connect the two....Oy!

  • voraciousreader
    voraciousreader Member Posts: 3,696
    edited December 2010

    wenweb -- When Ephron wrote the book, Heartburn and it became a best seller, I thought Carl Bernstein was going to disappear with Deep Throat.  Then when she went on to write the screenplay for the movie and Meryl Streep was picked to play the lead...well, I thought it was even better revenge on him!

  • crusader1
    crusader1 Member Posts: 114
    edited December 2010

    hI,

    One can read Goolrick's autobiography..The End of this World As We Know it..At my book discussion the librarian had read it. I believe she said that he had real mental problems and had been hosptialized. Not a very happy life..abuse etc..despite being very weathly .

    I am reading Legacy by Danielle Steel ..I know it's junk but I have been reading her books for 30 years. Good reads, stories etc.

    I loved Stieg larson's trilogy..The girl.....

    Hugs,

    Francine

  • wenweb
    wenweb Member Posts: 471
    edited December 2010

    Voraciousreader,

    Now there's a guy.  I have heard about the Jack Reacher series...  Oy yourself...you're funny!!  Thanks for making me laugh today.

  • Alpal
    Alpal Member Posts: 112
    edited December 2010

    I mentioned months ago that my son was trying to get me to read Greg Iles. He's really good if you like mystery, courtroom drama. Better than Grisham. Iles is from Mississippi, too. Studied law at Ole Miss, just like Grisham. Still loving my Kindle!

  • retrievermom
    retrievermom Member Posts: 321
    edited December 2010

    I just finished Dennis Lehane's Moonlight mile.  He picks up the characters of Gone, baby, gone a decade later.  A fun, predictable read.  Not his best novel, but it wraps up the characters, and I doubt he will return to them.

    I like Ephron in bits and pieces, but a heavy diet feels snarky to me.

  • voraciousreader
    voraciousreader Member Posts: 3,696
    edited December 2010

    Voraciousreader's DH, Mr. VR,  just finished Tom Clancy's new NY Times Bestseller, Dead or Alive.  He must have really enjoyed all 800+ pages, because he read it in less than a week!  He climbed into bed with Greg Isle's The Devil's Punchbowl.

    Speaking of Clancy, I recall once watching him discuss his writing.  The interviewer asked what he does when he gets writer's cramp.  He replied, "What's that?"  He said he NEVER runs out of things to write about.  My husband found the book engrossing.  My husband is an engineer and finds Clancy's work stunning when it comes to minutiae.  Sometimes when I ask him some military question he'll have the answer and I'll ask, "How'd you know that?" And he'd reply, "It's in one of Clancy's books!"  Amazing.

    Crusader1.  Thanks for filling us in on Goolrick.  Interesting, while also sad.  I'm happy to hear though, that at least his "issues" didn't interfere with him becoming a good writer.  Facinating.

  • iodine
    iodine Member Posts: 869
    edited December 2010

    Oh, goodie, a new Clancy book!  Yea!!!  I will have to get it for dh for Valentine's Day.

    I got so many good books (thank you so much for the suggestions!) for Christmas, even got a duplicate of the a Follet.  Will trade it, tho.  LOL>

  • Sierra
    Sierra Member Posts: 180
    edited December 2010

    Has anyone read the WoodCutter

    I have my name down for

    A Guide to the good LIfe

    William Irvine

    an excellent author

    Sierra :)

  • Alpal
    Alpal Member Posts: 112
    edited December 2010

    Great news for Kindle users. Amazon has announced that Kindle books can now be loaned out for a period of 2 weeks. For instance, if I have a book on my Kindle, I can lend it to you for two weeks. It would not be available to me during that 2 weeks. I think the Barnes and Noble reader had this feature and Amazon is trying to keep up with them.  Not all books can be loaned as the publisher has to approve and some are resisting. Can't wait to see what my son has on his Kindle!

  • wenweb
    wenweb Member Posts: 471
    edited December 2010

    I saw that today as well.  Also, I know that the Barnes and Noble reader can take books out of some libraries.  I am assuming that Kindle will follow suit with that as well, which would be great since it gets expensive buying Kindle books all the time.

    Happy New Year Everyone!! 

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,791
    edited December 2010

    Here's to Happy Reading in 2011!

  • voraciousreader
    voraciousreader Member Posts: 3,696
    edited December 2010

    Ahh...Ruthbru -- I can hardly wait to start!  Wink

    Happy New Year everyone!!!  May we all find the time to enjoy reading AND finishing our delicious books!

  • crusader1
    crusader1 Member Posts: 114
    edited January 2011

    A very happy and HEALTHY new year to all.

    Thanks for the info on the kindle loaning. I was not aware of that...Weneb and Alpal.

    I am now reading the latest Danielle Steel Legacy..different than her other books. Traces the roots of a women from Boston with French and Native Indian roots. Worth the read..Tells  a story of an Native American Women and the French Count she meets in the 1700's .

    My book club is reading the History of Love by Nicole Krauss. anyone read it.

    Hugs,

    Francine

  • Unknown
    Unknown
    edited January 2011

    The Twilight Zone episode where Burgess Merideth's glasses get broken is starting right now....his name is Mr.Henry Bemus .  I always watch the TZ marathon on NewYear's Day. 

  • voraciousreader
    voraciousreader Member Posts: 3,696
    edited January 2011

    For those of you who've never watched it, here's a synopsis of the Twilight Zone episode where Burgess Merideth's glasses get broken....just as he's about to find the time to read.  The episode is called, "Time Enough to Last."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Enough_at_Last

    THE.BEST.

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