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From: lendube
Date: 08-10-2006, 05:48 PM (1 of 68)
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I've spent some time reading the "Getting to Know You" thread and so many list reading as a favorite past time when not sewing or tending to things that need tending. I happen to be reading a series that I'm loving and thought I'd mention it and ask what others are reading and loving. I discovered the Benni Harper series by Earlene Fowler by first listening to a book on cd. I do that a lot. I live quite a distance from anything so it helps the driving time go by. I loved the stories and characters and immediately sought out more. I'm on my fourth now and plan to read as many as I can get my hands on. They're cozy mysteries that take place on the central coast of Calif. with which I'm quite familiar. The titles are all quilt patterns and quilting plays a small background part in each one so far. The main character finds herself involved in murders or deaths one way or the other and solves them. No mega brainwork reading these books but they're fun and the kind you can't wait to get back to. Anyone else know this series or want to share what you're reading or have read?? |
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 08-10-2006, 11:09 PM (2 of 68)
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I've never heard of that series but I'll be looking for it at my local library. I have been reading the latest book by Kathy Reichs, Monday Mourning. Reichs has written a bunch of books and they are all about Tess, an anthrapoligist (spelling?) who works with the Cornor's office in Montreal. Usually there are bones found and she works with the police on discovering who it was and what happened. As I am familiar with the Montreal area, I can relate to the areas that she refers to in the books. TTFN from
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 08-10-2006, 11:54 PM (3 of 68)
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I have all of Reichs books..LOVE'EM... Cornwell, J.Kellerman, Monica Ferris (Crewel World), Sarah Graves (home repair/mystery), J.A. Jance (Beaumont series only), McBain (now deceased), So many I can't remember right now... My sister and I exchange books every couple of mnths. She just sent me 20, I'll be sending her about 20 back. (when I get tired of books and don't read'em for awhile. I send'em to her and she takes them to Powells Books in OR and exchanges them for new/used ones we haven't had. Chrys
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From: toadusew
Date: 08-11-2006, 09:24 AM (4 of 68)
I love the Benni Harper series by Earlene Fowler! She is one of my favorite authors! Since I am a native Arkansan, I always appreciate her references to Arkansas and the Razorbacks.  My favorite types of books to read are the cozy mysteries--especially a series. Tamar Meyers is another favorite author--she has two series and both are hysterically funny. Her Penn Dutch inn mysteries are the ones I'm most familar with, although I did read one book in her other series--it's about an antique dealer, set in North Carolina, I think. I also like Mary Daheim, Carolyn Hart, Joan Hess, Jill Churchill, Margaret Maron, Patricia Sprinkle, M.C. Beaton (British author), JoAnn Fluke, Monica Ferris, and many others--too many to name and I can't remember them all either! 
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From: DorothyL
Date: 08-11-2006, 09:50 AM (5 of 68)
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My taste in books is almost as eclectic as my taste in music. But I do love a good mystery. Dorothy |
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From: sews4love
Date: 08-11-2006, 02:28 PM (6 of 68)
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Reading is my second passion right next to sewing. Right now I am almost done with "Ellen Foster" by Kaye Gibbons and then I will start the sequal called "The life all around me by Ellen Foster". My favorite auther is Diana Gabaldon who is the author of the "Outlander" series. I am waiting and praying she will have another one soon. I love any books about Scotland and Ireland.  Molly |
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From: mamahoogie
Date: 08-11-2006, 02:44 PM (7 of 68)
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I'm a big reader too and love the Earlene Fowler mystery series. There is another series about quilts by Jennifer Chiaverini about the Elm Creek Quilters that I really enjoyed. And one of the funniest series I read was by Janet Evanovich starting with "One for the Money"....absolutely hilarious. Another series I enjoyed was the Calder series by Janet Daily. The only thing with this one is - go by her website not the library. Her website tells you in what order to read them whereas the library has them by when they were printed which really threw me for a loop. She must have written one then decided to write one generation back as an after thought. Violet I've decided to live forever - so far, so good.
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From: stephi
Date: 08-11-2006, 03:31 PM (8 of 68)
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I have gotten out of reading like I used to but I am an eclectic reader too. Most of the time I pick up a book at the local B&N and start reading if Im still reading it three pages later I buy it. I have read alot of the dean koontz my friend is very into him, But I also love Harry Potter and its all my middle schoolers faults, they had them everywhere when I was subbing. I picked up a students durring a two bell change over and never put it down. I am an incredibly fast reader so I will normally fly through a book in no time. One book I suggest every teacher or parent read is called "A Child Called it" Its very sad but make you really think. Check it out sometime, you wont be sorry. David Pelzer is the author.
Stephi
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From: esrun3
Date: 08-11-2006, 04:21 PM (9 of 68)
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I'm fairly eclectic in my reading but mysteries are my favorites-especially medical ones. I love Diana Gabaldon's series-but remember, it took 5 years for the most recent one to be written and published. I don't anticipate anything soon from her. Most of my favorites don't write fast enough, Robin Cook, JD Robb, Diana Gabldon, Tess Gerritson, Michael Palmer, and many more I can't even begin to remember right now. When I'm ready to shop I look through my bookcase for authors as well as titles so I don't duplicate (I still manage to duplicate occasionally). I've enjoyed the Beverly Lewis series also based on the Amish in PA. I'll have to go looking for the quilt mysteries-hadn't heard of them before.
Lyn
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From: lendube
Date: 08-11-2006, 08:09 PM (10 of 68)
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I'm thrilled with the response I'm getting here and jotting down a hundred authors and titles! thx Stephi - Starting in the mid-80's I started reading everything that Dean Koontz wrote. I was a huge fan till not too long after I realized that his books were so similar. I got a little bored and quit. Then years later I read "Intensity" and it scared the bejeepers out of me! I had to finish it - morbid curiosity won out. That was almost 10 years ago and I haven't read one of his since.   Keep 'em coming! Lennie |
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 08-11-2006, 08:41 PM (11 of 68)
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Lennie, since you are still looking for suggestions....She doesn't write mysteries, but I just love the books written by Luanne Rice. Karen Robards is another author that I always look for when I go to the library. Books by Kay Hooper are also on my list. She writes a type of mystery but it involves someone who has psychic powers and helps solve crimes. Lyn, did you know that J.D. Robb is the pen name for mysteries written by Nora Roberts. I have read all books and like both. TTFN from
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From: sews4love
Date: 08-12-2006, 05:19 PM (12 of 68)
Lyn, if it takes Diana Gabaldon 5 years to wirte her next book, I just hope I can remember what happened in the first ones!  My daughter has almost every book written by JD Robb/Nora Roberts and I have read many of them. The last few I read though were way too much alike.  I love Luanne Rice too. she is on the top of my favorites. I used to read King and Koontz but stopped about 10 years ago. Molly |
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From: keljo60
Date: 08-12-2006, 05:29 PM (13 of 68)
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One book I suggest every teacher or parent read is called "A Child Called it" Its very sad but make you really think. Check it out sometime, you wont be sorry. David Pelzer is the author. This is a very good book, and it does make you think. He also wrote 2 sequel books to this one, both very good. I also have eclectic tastes in reading, but I tend to lean more to the historical or time-travel romances. Diana Gabaldon is very good, and so is Lynn Kurland. Lots of time-travel and ghosts in her books!, and Lynn Kurlands characters are all related in some way, Jude Devereaux has a lot of books that have the family thread in them. Kelly
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From: sews4love
Date: 08-13-2006, 10:17 AM (14 of 68)
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Keljo60 - Always great to know there is another reader just like me. When I first read "A Knight in shining Armor" I could not put it down. I even bought a hard cover edition for my book shelf of books I will not part with and will read again. the "Outlander" series is on that shelf too. I can't wait to go to B&N and check out Lynn Kurlands because I have not read any of her books. Lendube - Thanks for starting this thread! Molly |
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 08-13-2006, 02:54 PM (15 of 68)
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Yep...I'm another one who loves D. Gabaldon. I have "A Breathe of Snow & Ashes" that I bought a while a go and was saving it to read on my holidays. But instead of reading it I started painting! I know that I can't start it until the painting is done...otherwise no painting will get done! I've read all of Jude Devereaux's too. I've never heard of Lynn Kurland but will now be on the look-out for hers. Just remembered...another author that I am always on the lookout for is Barbara Delinsky. Love her books! Has anyone read any books by Judith Michael? I've read them all but one. But my favourite was "A Certain Smile". TTFN from
Judy |
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From: stephi
Date: 08-14-2006, 08:34 AM (16 of 68)
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I have read the other two david pelzer books (cant remember titles right now) They are good but not as shocking and addictive as the first. Its nice he did two more because it really gives you closure on what has happened to David. Then your not left wondering what he is doing today!! I have read a few lauren rice books I believe, the name is very familiar. I havent had cable since I moved out of my parent house (9 years) so I used to read alot, but now I have a 4yo and all I read now normally rymes or has some sort of moral in it!!
Stephi
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From: pretnichols
Date: 08-14-2006, 08:45 AM (17 of 68)
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""I'm a big reader too and love the Earlene Fowler mystery series. There is another series about quilts by Jennifer Chiaverini about the Elm Creek Quilters that I really enjoyed. And one of the funniest series I read was by Janet Evanovich starting with "One for the Money"....absolutely hilarious. I loved the Jennifer Chiaverini series -- I just finished the last one. I have been reading a lot of Danielle Steele, and anything else that looks good on the "new" release shelf from the library. They had a summer reading program, and if I read 6 books, I earned a beach bag. It's lime green -- really stands out! I am going to check out some of these other authors.......keep the wonderful suggestions coming! Peggy
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From: pucktricks
Date: 08-14-2006, 09:29 AM (18 of 68)
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I have rather random (I'm not even going to say eclectic, because that's too tame a word) tastes, and have various authors that I like. In the vaguely mystery genre I like the Dick Francis and Jasper Fforde books. Dick Francis writes books that have some vague relation to horses in everyone even if it's just that one of his characters owns one. Jasper Fforde writes the Thursday Next book series, which there are four of, and if you like litereary references you'll love this series. However most of my reading is in fantasy and I read a lot of juvenille fiction because I like the authors (Dianna Wynne Jones is my current favorite). But, I also like Raymond Feist he did some really great world building to create his world and now just creates small series in that world that deal with a few characters or maybe their kids, and it's really rather amusing. I could keep listing more, but then I'd have this twenty page posting....... Ticia |
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 08-14-2006, 05:53 PM (19 of 68)
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Nicholas Evans wrote the Horse Whisperer...but I didn't care for the movie as the book has a totally different ending and was much better. He has two other books that I really loved...The Loop and The Smoke Jumpers.
TTFN from
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From: Domestic Goddes
Date: 08-16-2006, 07:20 PM (20 of 68)
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IIn the vaguely mystery genre I like the Dick Francis and Jasper Fforde books. Dick Francis writes books that have some vague relation to horses in everyone even if it's just that one of his characters owns one. Ticia That's because he was a Champion Jockey - very famous here. I have every one of his books. Mystery/crime thriller novels: Elizabeth George is excellent. She's American. She's been a huge success over here and her books have been dramatised (the TV series did not reflect the books at all and were a disappointment). P D James is also very good with her crime thrillers. Both books would give you an interesting insight into life in the UK if you were so inclined. |
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From: pucktricks
Date: 08-16-2006, 11:17 PM (21 of 68)
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Yeah, that's part of why I loved reading his books. I was completely horse crazy in high school, and found it absolutely fascinating how he wrote his books. I don't know of many other authors who do that much research. Ticia |
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From: Domestic Goddes
Date: 08-17-2006, 05:51 PM (22 of 68)
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There was a rumour some years ago that it was actually his wife that wrote them - never substantiated. Has anyone over there read the Colin Dexter series of books about Inspector Morse? Was the televised series shown in USA/Canada? Worth a read if you haven't already. |
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From: pucktricks
Date: 08-17-2006, 06:10 PM (23 of 68)
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I haven't heard of them, but I"ll see if I can find some. I'm always on the look out for more good mystery books, especially ones my husband might like. Ticia |
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From: keljo60
Date: 08-17-2006, 09:38 PM (24 of 68)
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[QUOTE=sews4love]Keljo60 - Always great to know there is another reader just like me. When I first read "A Knight in shining Armor" I could not put it down. A Knight in Shining Armor was the only book that inspired me to write a fan letter to the author! And she even replied! I have long since lost the reply but I got one! I have recommended this book to many many people. Also Constance O'Day-Flannery is a good time-travel author. Her earlier works were time-travel, but she doesn't so much anymore. Kelly
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From: keljo60
Date: 08-17-2006, 09:43 PM (25 of 68)
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However most of my reading is in fantasy Have you read any Anne McCaffery? She wrote the White Dragon series and the Dragonriders of Pern. The artist who did those covers is Michael Whelan. He is married to my husband's cousin! He also did some Steven King (Dark Tower series) and tons of others! I have read some fantasy books just because Michael did the cover and they turned out pretty good! Kelly
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From: lendube
Date: 08-17-2006, 10:26 PM (26 of 68)
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FYI, Yes, the Inspector Morse series was on here in the States for years. It was on our Public Broadcasting System (PBS) which is a television station supported by the public. I never watched the series much but my dh did. I believe Inspector Morse was just replaced by someone else. Why am I thinking that the actor that played him died (in real life)? Lennie |
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 08-17-2006, 11:46 PM (27 of 68)
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Yep...the actor who played Insp. Morse died. I didn't care for the show much. I liked Prime Suspect and Midsomer Murders( which they moved to a channel I don't have, but they'd love you to buy the series from A&E on DVD at $60. a season ).
Chrys
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From: kylefty
Date: 08-18-2006, 05:18 AM (28 of 68)
| So glad to see so many reading enthusiasts. I just started reading the Elm Creek Quilt series, finished the first and loved it. I got lucky and found the first three books bound in one hardback for only $2 more than one paperback. I have also started "Monday Mourning" and was glad to read that others enjoy her. This is the first I have read and I am just into chapter 3. I read Nora Roberts "flower series", Black Rose, Blue Dahlia, and Red Lily and enjoyed those but haven't read any of her others. I used to be a very avid reader but found that nothing else got done. Now that I am older (not too old) I take time out to read. I need to do something I enjoy for my mental and physical states and if nothing else gets done, so be it (at least until I get back to it). Unlike sewing, reading is a portable hobby that doesn't require other needed tools (except my glasses) and I wish everyone "Happy Reading!" and thanks for all the new ideas. |
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From: pucktricks
Date: 08-18-2006, 09:05 AM (29 of 68)
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However most of my reading is in fantasy Have you read any Anne McCaffery? She wrote the White Dragon series and the Dragonriders of Pern. The artist who did those covers is Michael Whelan. He is married to my husband's cousin! He also did some Steven King (Dark Tower series) and tons of others! I have read some fantasy books just because Michael did the cover and they turned out pretty good! I've read all of them but the last two. I really enjoy them, but they're starting to change a little from the original story. Ticia |
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From: sewingrandma
Date: 08-18-2006, 10:48 AM (30 of 68)
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I must really go in for the weird stuff. Good authors, many with a very dry sense of humor also. Jim Butcher-Dresden files, Tanya Huff-anything she writes, Kay Hooper-just started her books, Merchedes Lackey, Kim Harrison, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Christine Feehan, Hannah Howell, Karen Moning. Now to the more normal authors Sara Parentsky-V.I. Warshawsky series, Janet Evanovich-Stephanie Plum series, Tony Hillerman, Walter Mosley, Stephen White, Jonathan Kellerman, James Patterson, Robert Parker etc. So I read a little much. I listen to audio books when I sew also.If you like to research authors and find others that write like your favorites or see which books they recommend go to www.fantasticfiction.com Happy reading
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From: sews4love
Date: 08-18-2006, 11:24 AM (31 of 68)
Thanks Keljo60, I now have 2 more authors to add to my list. Ann McCaffery and Constance O'Day-Flannery. I have every book, I think, written by Jude Deveraux. I even bought a paperback copy of AKISA to loan to friends. I keep my hard cover to myself.  Has anyone read "The Time Travelers Wife"? I forget the author. I was stuck in an airport with nothing to read and both it in the gift shop. It was definitely different from the usual time travel books. Sewinggrandma, I could never sew and listen to an audio book. I have trouble just having the radio on and sewing! LOL I don't multi-task well.  I envy those who can.  Molly |
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From: stephi
Date: 08-18-2006, 01:56 PM (32 of 68)
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Molly Im not sure multi tasking is soo much a gift as it is the trouble of a busy mind, LOL!! I cant do just one thing at a time, I have got to have the TV or radio or my hubbie talking to me to be able to sew or cook, or clean. Other wise I start and never finish it!! My husband says Im ambidextrous in the mind, LOL. Some of my best reading has been done while also watching TV I know its crazy but I cant just have silence and focus....I think I got it from my grandmother she drank herself todeath trying to figure out life!!
Stephi
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From: Sancin
Date: 08-18-2006, 05:49 PM (33 of 68)
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I have just finished reading The Way the Crow Flies by Ann-Marie MacDonald, a Canadian writer (often referred to as Can Lit by book clubs). From being on these discussions for a year or more I find many of us are of 'a certain age'. The book has many levels to understand but can be read for just what it says very easily. The story occurs in the early 1960's and is the story of a military family living on an airforce base. Into the plot is woven the tension of the times, the Cold War, the Cuban crises, the Berlin Wall, Kennedy, etc, yet are not really the plot. I was enchanted by the family life, the children and women's lives described and what one could and could not talk about. Tho I did not have anything to do with military living I did grow up in a small town and on every page a memory of some sort came to me. Warning to American readers, this is a Canadian book and the Canadian AirForce. *~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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From: sewingrandma
Date: 08-18-2006, 06:34 PM (34 of 68)
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Molly, when I listen to books my sewing projects seem to go together smoother. I get very frustrated when I listen to music while sewing lately and nothing fits together the way it should. My projects seem to take less time also though I know they don't. Audrey Niffenegger is the author of the book. Stephi I also read while watching tv. DH is amazed I can follow both at the same time. Sharon Shinn is another author I've enjoyed. She did a series on Angels. Brockie
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From: Domestic Goddes
Date: 08-18-2006, 07:14 PM (35 of 68)
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Yep...the actor who played Insp. Morse died. I didn't care for the show much. I liked Prime Suspect and Midsomer Murders( which they moved to a channel I don't have, but they'd love you to buy the series from A&E on DVD at $60. a season ). There's a new Prime Suspect coming out in the Autumn - really looking forward to it as Dame Helen Mirren is one of my fave actors. Hope you get it over there. John Thaw, the actor who played Morse, died from cancer some years ago. He wasn't replaced as such, but they made a series about his sidekick, Sergeant Lewis. I'm re-reading "A Year in Provence" at the moment - wish I was there! I love France. Another 24 hours and I'll be there. Strangely, John Thaw was in the televised version of that too. |
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 08-19-2006, 03:44 PM (36 of 68)
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I have one of those also.. I was always told that it was because my zodiac sign is gemini.. (twins) A palm reader told me That I have "2 heads".. My Mother used to get so angry at me because I could not do my homework unless the radio was on.. (before TV for all you young folks)...I hear 2 different conversations frequently and keep up with both.. I read and watch tv in the evenings a whole lot of the time.. My favorite book of the last 25 or so years is Watchers by Dean Koontz.. They made 2 or 3 movies supposedly about it, but they were all grade z blunders.. The book is one I re-read every so often.. I like Margaret Maron, Kathy Reichs, (Sh is a professor at our university here) -she is back and forth between here and Montreal all the time-- I like Robin Cook, Linda Fairstein, Mary Higgins clark, also ex-DIL Mary Jane Clark, The elm Creek Quilter series, James Patterson's Alex series and the 1st thru the 5th series by Patterson..Patricia Cornwell. The series about the paralyzed Detective with the female investigator.. (can't think of the name right now..)
Sew With Love
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From: lendube
Date: 08-19-2006, 05:37 PM (37 of 68)
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Oh, "Watchers"......... I love that one too. It was my first D.K. I've heard from more folks that it's the one that hooked a lot of us on Dean Koontz. If you love animals and can appreciate a bit of "hmmmm, maybe it could happen" you can't help but love it. It combines so many elements. A page turner for sure. Must be handy to have two heads! Alas, I have but one. Less maintenance at least. Take Care, Lennie |
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From: sewingrandma
Date: 08-20-2006, 10:48 AM (38 of 68)
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Libby, it is Jeffrey Deaver that writes the Lincoln Rhyme series. I read way too much.
Brockie
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From: Bama
Date: 08-20-2006, 11:22 AM (39 of 68)
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I love fantasy books too, but I also read a variety of other books. Alot of them are books that my kids read first and pass on to me. I finished up "The Chronicles of Narnia" while we were at the beach this summer. I was pretty impatient waiting for dd to finish it and give it to me. Of course "Lord of the Rings" is one of my all time favorites. Also all of the Harry Potter books. I wish the next one was coming out sooner. Just finished "Wicked". I loved it because I'm a big Wizard of Oz fan, but my ds read a little and didn't like it at all. I'm planning to check out some more of Gregory Maguire's books. I just started on "Memoirs of a Geisha" and also "Marley and Me". I must also have 2 heads. I sometimes alternate between two books. My son does the same thing. Sometimes we are reading the same book and have to take turns so I just pick up another one. My dd says she doesn't know how we keep the stories straight.
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From: keljo60
Date: 08-20-2006, 12:57 PM (40 of 68)
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My mother used to say it was impossible to read more than one book at a time and keep them straight. That goes to show what she knew about other people's thought processes! I have books laying all over the place and read a bit of each here and there. I leave one in the bathroom, and the nightstand, then the end table or coffee table, of course, and don't forget the one left in the car or the office desk for breaks! I am also someone who cannot do one thing at a time. I have a difficult time watching TV without something to do with my hands. It drives DH crazy because I'll be watching TV while he is trying to talk to me and I quote his last sentence (or more) back to him word for word! "Two minds" can be a blessing or a curse! Kelly
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From: lendube
Date: 08-20-2006, 01:18 PM (41 of 68)
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Kelly, I'd have to agree with your Mama to a point. I usually have one regular book going and one book on cd in the car. I do have to think to separate the two sometimes. What's really creepy is when I confuse books with real life. I have to stop sometimes and wonder if something that happened in the book "really" happened or not. Or, is that a character in a book or a person I really know? Don't think I'm nuts! It's just a flashing thought each time but jeez, my poor brain can only hold so much information! Bama, I read "Memoirs of a Geisha" a few years ago when it came out. It's a beautifully written book. What a life it had to have been for those women. And Marley, I enjoyed that book so much. It's just a well told story of an average family with average things going on but it tugs at those heartstrings. My dh read it too but refused to finish it. We have a black Lab that's "his" dog and that big, strong, macho man of mine couldn't bear to read about Marley getting old and feeble. I guess that's part of why I love him though.... (Doesn't keep me from gently teasing him about it...... )Lennie |
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From: stephi
Date: 08-21-2006, 09:21 AM (42 of 68)
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Memoirs of a Geisha...LOVED IT!! The movie was good too but the book was soo much better!! It was one of those books that was written in a way that you understood right away and didnt have to rethink of what just happened?! I have read it twice, then was forced to hand it over to my best friend who, Im sure, has read it about 40 times since. I also love Chronicles of narnia but it is a book that after reading it the first time I had to reread it to pick up on everything.
Stephi
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From: weezyrider
Date: 08-21-2006, 11:48 AM (43 of 68)
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Glad there's quite a few "multi-taskers". I can't just watch TV. Either I read or sew. I sew watching football or baseball. I like the Dick Francis mysteries. Have most of them. Will re-read a lot of Asimov's Robot series. I like sci-fi. Weezy |
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From: DorothyL
Date: 08-21-2006, 01:24 PM (44 of 68)
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Weezy -- I'm an Asimov fan too, especially the robots. I loved the way he pulled all three series' together in the end. It seemed like he had one more book to do to finish it all up but died before he got to it. When I read, I read. No TV, just music. But I like recorded books when I sew. And one book at a time (usually). I read one at a time and start the next as soon as I finish it. I've been doing that since I was about 8-years-old. So what's everyone reading now? I'm reading Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich. It's a great, entertaining read and if you start feeling sorry for yourself and the things you don't have this book will open your eyes to the lives of people around you. It might even make you a little less offended when someone in the service industry doesn't treat you just the way you think you should be treated. Dorothy |
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From: sewingrandma
Date: 08-28-2006, 10:58 PM (45 of 68)
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Does anyone belong to this club? http://www.paperbackswap.com/index.php It sounds interesting/good, but I always try to be careful about something that sounds too good to be true. Brockie
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From: esrun3
Date: 08-29-2006, 09:54 AM (46 of 68)
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Does anyone belong to this club? http://www.paperbackswap.com/index.php It sounds interesting/good, but I always try to be careful about something that sounds too good to be true. Looks interesting but I haven't heard of them before. Lyn
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From: mommydionne
Date: 08-29-2006, 12:32 PM (47 of 68)
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I'm on a Margaret Atwood kick right now, there is a library in walking distance (this is a HUGE treat for me). just finished Oryx and Crake (really weird) and and 1/3 through The Robber Bride (not quite so weird). I'll read anything but horror, love Patricia Cornwell, Robert Jordan, Raymond Feist, Wally Lamb, Douglas Adams and lots of others. The library is nice to have close by otherwise I go broke on buying books (our old library was open 3days a week for 4hours at a time, not very convienent hours either). I tend to read a couple of books at a time too, also reading Bill Clinton's autobiography (interesting but too much name dropping) and Jack Welch's autobiography (just started, no opinion yet). Jeanette
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From: MaryW
Date: 08-29-2006, 04:17 PM (48 of 68)
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I love autobiographies. I am reading Kite Runner, so far very good. My grandson just read The DaVinci Code. He wasn't really impressed. I am going to read that next.
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From: pucktricks
Date: 08-30-2006, 08:56 AM (49 of 68)
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I'd have to agree with your grandson on the DaVinci Code..... It has an interesting premise, but if you're a history buff or anything like that you see great big gaping holes in the story and his theory. I will say it was a great way to tick off my husband, who sat there on a regular basis and threatened to do some really horrible thing to the book. That and any book which stops the action for 50 pages or so to give exposition is kind of silly. And, yes I am prepared to duck and run from all the people who loved the book. Ticia |
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 08-30-2006, 11:36 AM (50 of 68)
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Ticia...no need to duck & run. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. There are lots of books others have mentioned that I would not enjoy. I'm not a history buff but loved DaVinci Code. I liked the plot and mystery of it all...but that's why it is called "fiction" and not fact.
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From: Sancin
Date: 08-30-2006, 04:31 PM (51 of 68)
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I read The DaVinci Code several years ago and it was an OK read. I like historical things like that, but the whole time I was reading it I kept thinking that I had heard the story before. Has anyone else found that and where would one have heard the story before?
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From: DorothyL
Date: 08-30-2006, 06:17 PM (52 of 68)
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Two or three guys came up with at least some of the ideas and published it as nonfiction. One or two (I keep thinking there were two but I'm not sure) were suing Dan Brown and one wasn't. That is probably why it seems familiar. Dorothy |
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From: pucktricks
Date: 08-31-2006, 09:15 AM (53 of 68)
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Okay, admittedly that's one of my pet peeves, when someone gets something that I know about history wrong. I don't know if any of you saw "A Knight's Tale," but my husband and I were practically yelling at the screen during it because of the historical and cultural problems it had. I don't mind if they're minor, but if it's something that you can know about with little effort and correct easily, that bothers me. Ticia |
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From: pucktricks
Date: 08-31-2006, 09:23 AM (54 of 68)
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One of them did sue him, and the really funny thing is Dan Brown even mentions the guy who sued him's book (wow is that bad grammar) in DaVinci Code. Despite all of that, Dan Brown still won the lawsuit, it came as a shock to a lot of people who were sure it would be a copyright infringement. Ticia |
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From: DorothyL
Date: 08-31-2006, 10:09 AM (55 of 68)
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Brown didn't really infringe on the copyright because, as I remember, the book was part of the plot. He didn't lift from the book he made that book part of the story. There is a difference. Dorothy |
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From: keljo60
Date: 08-31-2006, 04:43 PM (56 of 68)
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I enjoyed the book. I enjoy reading about history, especially when there is a little romance thrown in. Maybe that's why I enjoyed the Outlander series so much. The DaVinci Code does make you think "what if", but do remember that it IS fiction and Dan Brown makes a point of saying that in the beginning.
Kelly
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From: Magot
Date: 08-31-2006, 04:45 PM (57 of 68)
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Well , I liked it as a good read - but then I like Harry Potter, Winnie the Pooh,anything bu Anne Mcaffrey(especially the dragon books) and Jane Austen - at the moment I am enjoying very old Regency Historical novels - nothing like a bit of Fluff! I also like "It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers" (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson S.) by Louise Rennison and her other titles - "Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging ", "...and That's When It Fell Off in My Hand." "Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers", and we all await the latest release in paperback in February "'...Startled by His Furry Shorts!' " All these are confessions of the afore mentioned Georgia Nicholson S - a 15 year old school series about discovering BOYS! By the way, Boy entrancers are of course false eyelashes, and It is Sven who wears furry shorts (Angus is a cat). Anybody worried about my sanity? love and kisses, Jan
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From: pucktricks
Date: 08-31-2006, 07:46 PM (58 of 68)
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Of course you're not crazy. I too like those types of novels, I like the Princess Diaries, they're my guilty pleasure/fluff to read in a few hours. Ticia |
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From: lendube
Date: 08-31-2006, 07:48 PM (59 of 68)
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Yes! and thank God for BBCAmerica, English Lit, etc. or I would swear you were speaking a foreign language!
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From: Magot
Date: 08-31-2006, 08:32 PM (60 of 68)
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I AM speaking a foreign language - mine is English - what's yours?
love and kisses, Jan
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From: pucktricks
Date: 08-31-2006, 10:18 PM (61 of 68)
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Texan! Ticia |
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 09-01-2006, 11:16 AM (62 of 68)
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Canadian, Eh!
TTFN from
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From: keljo60
Date: 09-02-2006, 09:43 PM (63 of 68)
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I speak country and I speak sewing!
Kelly
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From: lendube
Date: 09-02-2006, 09:46 PM (64 of 68)
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Okay Miss Jan, you got me! I'm like a Californiac, I mean, like, you know, where there's lots of sun and surf's always up, like, you know, like really, c'mon dude! Lennie
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From: Magot
Date: 09-03-2006, 12:57 AM (65 of 68)
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Lennie, that was weird - you sounded just like Shaggy from Scoobidoo.... I have a new imac and instead of telling me that I speak "International English" it says "British" with a little Union Flag in the top corner! YAY! Back to topic - Anybody read "Billy" by Pamela Stevenson? A biography of Billy Conelly's life - I find the man incredibly funny and admire the tragedy he has been through to get there - sympathetically written by his wife. I have read "It" and it moved me - then there were the ones that came after and I began to think they were a book too far... love and kisses, Jan
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From: DorothyL
Date: 09-05-2006, 08:49 AM (66 of 68)
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I love Billy Conelly, too. He makes me laugh. Dorothy |
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From: Magot
Date: 09-05-2006, 11:17 AM (67 of 68)
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You mean you don't need subtitles? I heard that some of our comedians with regional accents needed subtitles in the states. (e.g. Jasper Carrot)
love and kisses, Jan
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From: DorothyL
Date: 09-05-2006, 06:05 PM (68 of 68)
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Conelly and others may modify their routines for us, Jan. Dorothy |
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