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Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:31 pm  |
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I started to read "Madam Bovary" and I really tried to read the whole book but it was a real drag!
I stopped and started to read "The Help" today. What a big difference between the two books. This one is more enjoyable to read. |
I cried like a baby in that movie!!! its great |
There's a movie? When was it released? |
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Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:43 am |
Just finished...
Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen - Great story, especially when you learn from the authors notes many of the events in this story are based on actual seperate events through out circus history. Which makes it much more funny, and way more sad! The movie was done well too!
The Revenger - Rory Clements - Historical Fiction, my fave! All I can say is wow! Grabbed this at the library on a whim. Clements has another book written prior to this one. Getting that one soon.
The kids an I are reading Captain Underpants. Because potty humor goes a long way to get little boys involved in reading! |
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Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:40 am |
the help is brilliant  |
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Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:05 pm |
| Skincare wrote: |
| Tiny wrote: |
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I started to read "Madam Bovary" and I really tried to read the whole book but it was a real drag!
I stopped and started to read "The Help" today. What a big difference between the two books. This one is more enjoyable to read. |
I cried like a baby in that movie!!! its great |
There's a movie? When was it released? |
last year sometime, it was very good!!! loved loved loved it, its prob out on dvd by now |
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Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:45 pm |
I need to look into the movie Tiny!
I'm now reading Defending Jacob by William Landay.
A real page turner! |
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Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:17 am |
I LOVED Defending Jacob.. Lots of twists.
Along the same lines Gone Girl is a great one. The first few chapters are a lead in. The prose is snappy, but the plot truly thickens!
A compelling page turner. |
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Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:35 am |
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I will have to try that, not heard of it.
I ordered Dark Places, also by Gillian Flynn. The reviews of that one looked really good as well.
Yes, I thought the Hunger Games was more for younger readers but it was an interesting read.
I am a huge fan of Diana Gabaldon, love all of the Outlander series. Very detailed and intense books filled with vivid descriptions and the Scottish Highlands (sigh). I have read and re-read them so many times! Can't wait for the next installement out next year! |
I am with Annie the Outlander series are fantastic!!! Love loved all of them. |
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Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:23 am |
| Tiny wrote: |
| Skincare wrote: |
| Tiny wrote: |
| Skincare wrote: |
I started to read "Madam Bovary" and I really tried to read the whole book but it was a real drag!
I stopped and started to read "The Help" today. What a big difference between the two books. This one is more enjoyable to read. |
I cried like a baby in that movie!!! its great |
There's a movie? When was it released? |
last year sometime, it was very good!!! loved loved loved it, its prob out on dvd by now |
It's also on Movie Central right now--here's the listing of upcoming showtimes in case you have MC and want to DVR it:  http://www.moviecentral.ca/movies/index/8648/the-help#.UAmRqo7_TWF |
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Sat Nov 10, 2012 3:55 pm |
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
I was very disappointed with the ending, but a good read. |
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Sat Nov 10, 2012 7:40 pm |
How do you all find the books that you read?
Do you select the bestsellers from Amazon? |
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Sat Nov 10, 2012 8:21 pm |
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How do you all find the books that you read?
Do you select the bestsellers from Amazon? |
Yes. I have Amazon ebook and I get my books from there. The selection process is easy on Amazon because other people will write book reviews and that can help you decide if you want to read the book or not. |
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Sat Nov 10, 2012 8:24 pm |
| Defending Jacob was another excellent read and you really want to finish reading the book. |
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Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:13 am |
Finished Beautiful Disaster, very contemporary and a fun read. If you love Gone Girl, you will also love Dark Places by the same author.
Both great!
Reading The Winter Sea right now, so far very good! |
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Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:30 pm |
| I have just finished Clash of Kings(2nd book of Series song of ice and fire) |
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Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:51 pm |
Another question: do you all mostly read fiction?
If not, what genres do you read most of the time? |
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Mon Nov 12, 2012 7:04 am |
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| I have just finished Clash of Kings(2nd book of Series song of ice and fire) |
I don't know what the series is. What is the 1st book? |
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Mon Nov 12, 2012 8:28 am |
| I read 99.9% fiction. I do like fiction though with historical fact, such as the Voyager/Outlander series. |
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Mon Nov 12, 2012 10:37 am |
| I'm reading In the Woods by Tana French. |
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Mon Nov 12, 2012 10:38 am |
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| Defending Jacob was another excellent read and you really want to finish reading the book. |
I posted this twice! lol
Well, it is worth reading. |
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Tue Nov 13, 2012 8:42 am |
Just ordered Everything Matters so looking forward to that!
I choose mine by Amazon, reviews, NY Times bestseller list and our local best seller list.
But there is a lot I do NOT.
I usually do my research on Amazon and read the premise and then the reviews to make up my mind.
I will also resell them or donate if I don't like them.
Finished the Anne Rice "Sleeping Beauty" series, not a fan, AT ALL. Never been so bored. I am a huge fan of hers, but this was too much and way over the top. This is her earlier work that has found a resurrgance since the Fifty Shades explosion, but not at all the same. Someone passed it on and I didn't know what I was in for. They are no longer invited to my house, haha. |
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Tue Nov 13, 2012 5:45 pm |
| I'm reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel. |
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Wed Apr 17, 2013 12:27 pm |
| I'm about to order The Closing Of The Western Mind by Charles Freeman. |
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Sat May 04, 2013 4:51 am |
| Skincare wrote: |
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| Defending Jacob was another excellent read and you really want to finish reading the book. |
I posted this twice! lol
Well, it is worth reading. |
This keeps popping up as recommended to me on Amazon. Now I think I'll have to get it .
I've recently read The art of racing in the rain by Garth Stein. It's basically a book about a family told from the perspective of the dog. Sounds a bit weird, but I found it a very moving read.
I finished The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult last weekend, and practically devoured it. Main parts of it takes place during WWII, following a Jewish girl and a German officer through the gruesome going ons in the war and the camps. a dominant theme is empathy or the lack thereof and dehumanizing. The end is a bit bleh though, but that's only 5 pages out of a long and gripping book.
Then I would like to mention The Passage by Justin Cronin. Downloaded this by accident, as it showed up amongst all the chick lit that Amazon normally recommends.
And be warned, this book isn't for everyone. For the first 100 pages or so, I was on the fence (having expected a romance with a little shopping and work stuff thrown in  ), but then I was hooked. The story is about the survival of the human race after an outbreak of a virus that turns those affected in to something resembling vampires. So, yeah, it's a sci-fi/vampire/apocalypse sort of book.
I would say that if one liked Dark Tower by Stephen King, then this is definitely a book to get. |
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Sat May 04, 2013 4:59 am |
I have not read a book for a long time. I read The Secret and The Power.
Both are very good and so true |
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Sat May 04, 2013 6:54 pm |
| The book of the Negroes. Historical fiction and un-put-downable. Based on historical figures and an historical document. |
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