Book Lovers Club
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Voracious: Funny coincidence - I just read the Clairborne review in the Child book today.
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So I decided to read Catching Fire and when I wasn't looking my DS has gone and stolen my book. Guess I'll pick another book to read for now. I'll have to dig through my stash and see what I come up with.
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Minustwo... Now THAT is funny!
Lost... My family members know better than to touch my reading paraphernalia! VR#2, aka VR's mother, has been known to read VR's reading material while she's sleeping, but is under strict orders NOT to touch it when VR is awake! VR HATES it when she has a moment to read and has to WAIT for VR's mother to finish a sentence, paragraph or heaven forbid a chapter!!!! It can get very down and dirty when VR's mother visits! VR has to make sure there's enough reading material for both to enjoy! Bless VR2... She's 87, sharp as a tack and loves to read all day long! VR hopes she has seen her own future and it looks wonderful!0 -
I am really enjoying the secret life of bees.. it's just exquisite.0
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I loved secret life of bees, have read it a couple of times.
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lostinmo... guess that's one thing you cant get angry at your DS stealing
I have put Secret Life of Bees on my list of "To Read" which is growing daily.
I am still working through Any Known Blood - really enjoying it though.
Hope you all have wonderful days.
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Tazzy- I snuck it back when he wasn't looking and managed to read 200 pages. He's a night owl and will read after I go to bed, so it works out. We just have to remember whose bookmark is whose.
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Just finished Defending Jacob, which was okay, but I thought the ending was a cop out. I think there's plenty to discuss in that whole story, from the justice system to how people defend their families at all cost. My neighbors went through a roughly similar thing with our local justice system a while back. It can get ugly. Having money helps.0
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Lostinmo.... I think it is wonderful to be in a household of readers.... my DH only reads newspapers or the internet... I just dont get it. My childhood I remember always had books in it and my Mum read to me all the time, in fact so did my Dad.
AnneW - not heard of that book.. I will have to look it up in GoodReads. Sounds like my kinda book.
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I just finished Loving Frank. I agree with others, cross it off your to read list. The main character you can not like and the ending is horrible and upsetting.
Now....I am about to head camping for the weekend and need to download a book......ideas?
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Hey Laurie... do you want some 'easy' reading for the camping trip. I cant wait until all my crap is over and I can go camping again.
Kris Raddish... I love her books (and I am not a fiction reader - often). They are about women and our relationships we form.. will have you laughing and crying.
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Laurie.... Anna Quindlen's new book, Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake! Or any other book of hers!
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Thanks VR- I'll check it out.
Tazzy- It doesn't have to be light reading just good reading ; p I still can't get over how horrible that book was!
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Well IMHO Raddish writes 'real'. I will make sure not to put Loving Frank on my "To Read" list.
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Laurie...once you begin reading something wonderful, you will soon forget Loving Frank...
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Laurie08: I think you should add The Kitchen House to your list. I read it and really enjoyed it. I just put The Orphan Master's Son on my list. It looks good and got some great reviews. Enjoy your camping trip!
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After reading Loving Frank, I don't even like his houses anymore!!!0
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I am reading we need to talk about kevin--liking it very much. Such honesty in her writing-
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Hi, just got back from a beach vacation. Here are two quick, entertaining books. Easy reads that you can pick up, put down and don't care if they get wet when the tide comes in. I'm copying in their Amazon plot descriptions for you:
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton is a gorgeous debut novel set in England between
the wars. It is the story of an aristocratic family, a house, a mysterious death
and a way of life that vanished forever, told in flashback by a woman who
witnessed it all and kept a secret for decades.King of Lies by John Hart
Jackson Workman Pickens-known to most as Work-mindlessly holds together his life: a failing law practice left to him when his father, Ezra, mysteriously disappeared, a distant wife, and a fragile sister, Jean, damaged by the shared
past they've endured. And then Ezra's body is discovered. Set to inherit his father's fortune, Work becomes a prime suspect. But so does Jean. Fearing the worst, Work launches his own investigation, crossing paths with a power-hungry detective, a string of damning evidence, and the ugly rumors that swirl within his small, moneyed Southern town.
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i just read The Road. My daughter has several books she is reading for her AP english class over summer break. It was really pretty good and I looked forward to reading it every night.
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Anyone belong to Amazon prime and have used their books? I don't find much info on it unless you join so thought I'd ask you amazing readers!
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Just came back from visiting my parents in Northern Ont. My niece has started studying Ayurvedic Medicine.Started reading some of her books and find them very interesting.Right now I am reading Prakriti Your ayurvedic constitution.Will let you know what I think about it all after my books are finished.
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I just finished Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward. I couldn't put it down. About a teenage girl and her poor family in the Mississippi bayou country leading up to Hurricane Katrina. It was a National Book Award winner. Loved it. The voice was so authentic.
I need to look for more National Book Award winners.
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I am 3/4 of the way through Jenny Lawson's Let's Pretend this Never Happened. This book isn't for everyone, but for those who get her quirky humor, it is pretty darn funny. Hilarious, actually. My college-aged daughter was laughing her head off! Plan to also read the DaVinci Code this summer - I am probably on a very,very small list of people who haven't read this intriguing (so I am told) book, yet!
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What a really hate is misplacing a book. I was reading the Secret Life of Bees... i misplaced it for at least a week and just found it last nite. In the meantime i got lost in Uhuru.. the manly African book.. it's actually excellent.
i want to go back to bed to finish reading about the bees.. I am almost finished.. again, just exquisite.
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Apple... I read that book when I was in school - what a blast from the bast. You have totally made me want to read it again.
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Nora Ephron died.....I was sad to hear that . I loved her books about aging that I could relate to and made me laugh out loud.
Lately, I have been very absorbed with catching up on the TV series Breaking Bad before the new season starts so have not read a lot, but did read Loving Frank which I really liked and also have read a several David Sedaris books....he is one who really makes me laugh. I guess I had the opposite reaction to Loving Frank that you had, Ruth.....I wanted to know more about him and definitely more about Mamah after reading it.
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I also wanted to know more about them, but in a John Edwards and his mistress sort of way.....tabloid creepy.
I am so sad about Nora too. My Book Club read I Feel Bad About My Neck, we laughed and laughed....plus it's true, I do feel bad about my neck!
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I am just finishing Stay by Allie Larkin, I seem to be reading a lot of novels centering around dogs. Although fairly formulaic, I found myself drawn into the story. I also recently read Susan Wilson's book, The Dog Who Danced, which was also very good.
Jane
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oh .. i hadn't realized she had died. i watched a Charlie Rose interview with her yesterday.. when?
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