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Post by texasgal on Mar 16, 2008 15:15:17 GMT -5
Remi, to answer your question of three years ago (see above), yes the title is Inca Gold, not Aztec Gold. ;D  Shockwave is the last Cussler book I've read; that was a good one too. |
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Post by hutchshottie on Mar 17, 2008 13:19:20 GMT -5
Three years ago.................damn thats one slow response Tex (only joking!!!!)
I love the Tess Gerritstein books, read a few and loved them. But i am going to TOTALLY embarass myself and admit this but i read a childrens book series. The Hardy Boys. I love them. Have done since i was 12 and i have about 100 books at home. They are silly and easy to read. But i love them
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Post by texasgal on Mar 17, 2008 17:05:33 GMT -5
Three years ago.................damn thats one slow response Tex (only joking!!!!) .....................But i am going to TOTALLY embarass myself and admit this but i read a childrens book series. The Hardy Boys. Ha, well I posted something and noticed I'd never answered Remi's question. Sorry, Remi! No need to be embarrassed at all, HH! Somehow I got through childhood without ever having read Charlotte's Web. I heard it discussed on radio a while back, got curious, so I'm ordering a cheap copy of it via Amazon. |
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Post by texasgal on Mar 17, 2008 17:19:46 GMT -5
Oh btw Remi, don't forget Louisa May Alcott for your girls' reading, especially Little Women. Your little writer might be especially interested in this as it is autobiographical about Louisa's own family.
Someone else here mentioned Laura Ingalls Wilders' books. I second that.
Also Diary Of A Young Girl by Anne Frank for your eldest daughter - when you think she's ready.
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Post by tonks on Mar 28, 2008 14:43:08 GMT -5
OMG..I am reading "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer, and I love it!!!!! Can´t stop reading it!!
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Post by meowencrazy on Mar 28, 2008 22:21:39 GMT -5
I remember reading Anne Frank's book when I was elevan...it's beautiful. So is Little Woman. I like stories with the rush of adventure, like The Count Of Monte Cristo and Treasure Island.
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Post by caraboo on Apr 26, 2008 20:13:14 GMT -5
Just an interesting aside... I don't know if any of you have been following the "Love and Consequences" debacle. In short, this is a "memoir" that was written by Margaret Seltzer, that she claimed was her true story as a gang member, but it was later revealed as a total fabrication. The book editor associated with it at Rivershead publishing was a young lady by the name of Sarah McGrath. Who the hell is Sarah McGrath, you might ask, well, she's none than a second cousin to the Wilson boys and daughter of Charles 'Chip' McGrath, one time editor of the New York Times Book Review and Literary Editor at The New Yorker, where his son Ben McGrath is currently a writer. Chip McGrath, Ist cousin to Bob Wilson, (Bob's Mum and Chip's mum were sisters) is now a writer at large for the New York Times, and just last month wrote a scathing attack on PBS, on how outdated it had now become, with a particular focus on Jim Lehrer, who has been with PBS since 1975. Who hired Jim and gave his first start?......None other than Bob Wilson. Do I detect some family rivalry? Hahahaha
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Post by texasgal on Apr 26, 2008 22:11:39 GMT -5
Hmmm... sounds like maybe a bit of a family feud as I seem to recall Bob Wilson was the manager of the Dallas PBS affiliate, KERA. Maybe Bob found out what Chip McGrath knows about PBS, and that's why Bob left? Don't know.
A couple of weeks ago, I watched a movie/documentary about Geronimo titled Geronimo: An American Legend. The movie was supposed to be based on the journal of Britton Davis, one of the U.S. soldiers who captured Geronimo. I've always been interested in Native Americans and Native American history and wondered how much of the movie was true - if at all. Movies have a reputation of getting history all wrong. From what I know, only the ending of the movie was factual. So I found a copy of Britton Davis' journal via Amazon, bought it, and now have it. I look forward to reading it.
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Post by bluebutterfly on Dec 3, 2008 14:49:42 GMT -5
I knew there had to be a book thread around here somewhere . . . goodie, I wrote down some suggestions.
Has anyone read Jodi Picoult? She wrote "Sister's Keeper", "Vanishing Act" "Nineteen Minutes" "The Tenth Circle" "The Pact" "Plain Truth" and a bunch more. I highly recommend them.
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Post by texasgal on Dec 3, 2008 19:21:23 GMT -5
Thanks for your contribution to this thread, Blue. It's about time it was resurrected.
Do books on tape count? I started listening to Team Of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin today while at work. So far, it's very good. Chock full of info I never knew.
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Post by startip on Dec 4, 2008 1:07:30 GMT -5
My mother was a very passionate reader. She got me hooked on the Anne of Green Gables books when I was in the 6th grade. They are a great series of books for little girls. My mom said she got my middle name from that series. Anne with an e, cause it make it a little more special than just plain Ann.
I tend to read in spurts too. Once I get hooked on a book, all life around me ceases to exist until I am done. If it's really a good book I tend to be disappointed cuz I don't want it to be over yet. I have to confess that I really haven't read anything much lately.
My mom always had several books going at once. After she passed away, when I was going through her things, I found many dogged eared books and some with post-its in them. She would come home from the library each week with two big stacks of books in each arm. I think for her it was escapism for her depression, and dealing with the real world. But in the end it gave her comfort away from her cancer. She read continually until she was on so much morphine she could no longer see or think straight. Once she stopped reading I new it was down hill from there...
I do have my mothers passion for books to blame on my getting so addicted to a good story though, it was her that would buy me her favorite childhood books such as "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn," in order to coax me into better grades and reading skills. I find myself buying books on the afterlife now that she is gone. I still expect my mom to flicker the lights to let me know that she is looking in on me. I haven't really been able to get too serious about any of those books though. Now that it is wintery and cold, I am craving a really good read.
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Post by bluebutterfly on Dec 4, 2008 9:05:48 GMT -5
Startip, I LOVED Anne of Green Gables . . . I still have the whole series and re-read them periodically. I love all of L. M. Montgomery's writing. Like you, I have to credit my mother with my love for books. She was always willing to take us to the library.
Texasgal, books on tape absolutely count. Of course, the fact that your reading about Abe Lincoln and I'm reading novels is why you're the Rhodes Scholar and I'm, um, me. #wink#
Actually, I just read two books by Willie Nelson (very funny) and now I'm reading Edna St Vincent Millay's biography. She's my favorite poet. We come from the same neck of the woods.
modified for speling, spellng, spelling!!!!
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Post by texasgal on Dec 5, 2008 7:39:37 GMT -5
Startip, I used to be a passionate reader too. But now I find it difficult, maybe it's because of my job and my trouble with concentration. So the book has to grab me in the first couple of pages, and then I'm good. I have a long list of Must Read Books but I have to retire to read all of them. ;D Speaking of Anne of Green Gables, NPR did a whole show on that series. Well, maybe just the first book. If you'd like to listen to the conversation, just pm me and I'll send you the link. Blue, Oh I enjoy a great novel just as much as the next person. Next two novels on my list are All The King's Men (based on the life of Huey Long) and Raintree County (an epic Civil War novel). RC was made into a movie in the 50's with Liz Taylor and, I think, Montgomery Clift. |
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Post by startip on Dec 16, 2008 21:27:58 GMT -5
Have any of you read the "Walter the Farting Dog" books? They are amazing! There are at least 3 of them, and the book store even had stuffed Walters that you could squeeze, and they um, you know... Is it obvious that I have boys!?
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Post by texasgal on Dec 17, 2008 8:42:28 GMT -5
Startip, no I haven't heard of it but it sounds funny.  I finished The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown on tape the other day. I' might start listening to a new book today. Edited to add: I started listening to The Christmas Train today. I forget the name of the author but it's read by Tim Mathison (from Animal House). It's an autobio of a man's cross-country train trip in current U.S.A. and all the people he meets on the train. Doesn't sound like much but I'm really enjoying it. Nice light reading compared to the heavy historical books I've been listening to lately. |
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