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Post by Phalon on Jan 19, 2008 21:35:20 GMT -6
"101 Foods That Could Save Your Life" by David Grotto, RD, LDN, published by Bantam Books, 2007. I'm not actually reading this book - since my friend who insisted I borrow it from her, gave me a three day deadline because she's not done with it yet. Sheesh, and I thought the Library Biddies were tough! "No, no - you finish it; you can insist I read it some other time." "No, you're here; take it now and I'll come get it on Monday." (eye-roll)
It really is very interesting; fruits and vegies, grains, yoghurt - all the healthy stuff and what areas of the body their goodness targets, and the diseases they may help prevent. And check this out - coffee is mentioned! And not in a bad light! Ha! Fire up that sludge pot; I've got Parkinson's Disease, cardiovascular disease, inflammatory conditions, liver cirrhosis, breast cancer, and memory loss to prevent!
Seriously though, though it's common knowledge that many of the foods that are discussed are good for you, it is interesting to learn why they are good for you.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jan 23, 2008 16:53:50 GMT -6
Billionaires Prefer Blondes by Suzanne Enoch
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 3, 2008 21:48:32 GMT -6
Twice the Temptation & A Touch of Minx
Both by Suzanne Enoch
AND
Gabriel's Woman by Robin Schone
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 9, 2008 17:43:51 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Mar 23, 2008 22:46:46 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Mar 26, 2008 17:06:03 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Apr 2, 2008 16:52:15 GMT -6
Finished the May Bird series. Just finished reading:
Moonspinners by Mary Stewart
Phalon: I think you'd enjoy this book. Nicola's cousin is a botanist and there's constant talk bout plants throughout the whole book.
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Post by Mini Mia on Apr 5, 2008 15:51:21 GMT -6
I stayed up all night reading: Killing Britney by Sean Olin. It was an okay read. I'd give it a 5 perhaps. It did keep me guessing until the end as to who the killer was ... which is why I didn't put it down to go to bed. I did a google search of the author and found half the readers hated the book and half loved it, so pick it up at the library and if you feel you'd want to read it again, go out and buy it.
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Post by Mini Mia on Apr 9, 2008 22:28:03 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Apr 9, 2008 22:29:49 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Apr 19, 2008 16:36:40 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on May 21, 2008 18:54:51 GMT -6
If anyone was wondering what was keeping me offline the last few days, it wasn't lightning. Nopers. It was:
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
I highly recommend that you read it!
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Post by Mini Mia on May 25, 2008 18:12:53 GMT -6
Airhead by Meg Cabot
I've discovered there is to be a sequel. If it's like her "Princess Diary" series there could be tons more. My only complaint is that the book ended with a sort of, "to be continued," and I hate that. The first May Bird book did that too. I always thought a book was to be completely separate from all the others in a series and have a satisfying ending. Perhaps with TV shows and movies doing that, it has become okay for books. (The second "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie did that as well. Yet it did finish it's particular quest. Still I didn't like the way it left me hanging.)
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Post by Mini Mia on May 26, 2008 16:50:21 GMT -6
Prom Nights From Hell by Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephenie Meyer, and Lauren Myracle
I've only read Meg Cabot's & Stephenie Meyer's stories so far.
Hey Phalon, I thought this thread post and the poster's blog might be of interest to you:
Thread Post
The Garden Muse (Blog)
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Post by Mini Mia on Jun 12, 2008 18:15:11 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Jun 14, 2008 20:00:28 GMT -6
The Lover by Robin Schone
I should have read the above book first, before reading: Gabriel's Woman, as it is the first in the two book series.
Now I'm reading "Cold Comfort Farm" by Stella Gibbons.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jun 18, 2008 19:47:37 GMT -6
I'm still reading CCF, but the language is bugging me to no end, so after a few chapters I pick up and read, "Under the Sabers" by Tanya Biank. I'm not all that crazy about it either. I'm thinking of reading Melissa Marr's fairy books next.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jul 10, 2008 15:33:58 GMT -6
Finally finished "Cold Comfort Farm." Also finished "Army Wives" & "Wicked Lovely."
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Post by Mini Mia on Jul 11, 2008 20:06:27 GMT -6
Ink Exchange
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Post by katina2nd on Jul 11, 2008 22:04:55 GMT -6
Just finished "Last Witness" the second of what will apparently be a trilogy, good reads the first two ........... books.google.com.au/books?as_auth=Jilliane+P+HoffmanCurrently reading Jeff Lindsay's "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" with Dearly Devoted Dexter, Dexter in the Dark and Dexter by Design to follow, when I get round to buyin' em that is.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jul 16, 2008 16:30:03 GMT -6
She Went All The Way by Meg Cabot
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Post by Mini Mia on Jul 16, 2008 22:47:08 GMT -6
Twins by Caroline B. Cooney (5 out of 5 stars -- A very good read.)
I ordered her "Face On A Milk Carton" series. I liked the movie.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jul 18, 2008 20:13:38 GMT -6
Stranger With My Face by Lois Duncan
It is similar to the "Twins" book I read before it. I chose them because I have characters who are twins and I wanted some insight from other books on how they dealt with twins.
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Post by Phalon on Jul 21, 2008 6:15:03 GMT -6
Shoot, I had to go back a page to find out what I last read. "101 Foods That Could Save Your Life" in January?! Surely, I've read a book since January. I think "Trowel and Error" (a gardening book), "Love, Loss, and What I Wore", and "The Crystal Cave" by Mary Stewart came after.
That's it? I think so, and it's a shame I've read so little. Dang, the Library Biddies aren't going to recognize me.....which is probably a good thing.
During the busiest season at work - spring and early summer - I tend to stick with short stories or magazines; they're easier than novels to pick up and put down, and sometimes not get back to until a week or so later. Yesterday, a customer gave me an article that appeared recently in the Chicago Tribune that gave me the same kind of chill when reading it that I get whenever I hear the song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"; a kind of melancholy feeling.
The article was a "Dear John" letter.....Dear John Deere, to be exact. It was a lament to the loss of the prairie, turned into farmland in the capable blades of Dear John's invention. The writer likens the furrows created by the tractor to a land perplexed, wondering what has happened to it. There is a juxtaposition to loss; the fuel it produced...in the form of food, economic growth, and ironically, new means of fueling the tractor that allowed us to destroy the prairie with such ease - every gain comes comes with a price, and although there are prairie restoration projects in place, the original landscape can never be regained.
I wish I could post a link to the article; it was a good one. But the Tribune requires an on-line subscription to read.
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Post by moonglum on Jul 24, 2008 14:34:25 GMT -6
I decided recently to upgrade my vhs collection to dvd and started with the films by Quentin Tarantino. Vox (bless her) came home from work the other day with a copy of 'Quentin Tarantino - The Man, The Myths And His Movies' by Wensley Clarkson. So far it has been a thoroughly enjoyable read.
I've also just laid my hands on a script of a comedy sketch from an old tv programme. The programme was called At Last The 1948 Show, and is regarded as being the forerunner and birthplace of Monty Python. I've got an LP record of the 'Best Of' (bought when it was released in 1968), and 'The Bookshop' sketch has long been a favourite of mine.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jul 24, 2008 17:43:34 GMT -6
I've never read Jane Austen, so I got her "complete novels" - 7 novels in 1 book - and have started Sense & Sensibility. Like Cold Comfort Farm, I just can't get into the language. It baffles me. But I'm just a country bumpkin, so I'll go with that as an explanation for my confusion.
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Post by moonglum on Jul 25, 2008 11:27:56 GMT -6
You're not alone Jox.I don't know anybody that really understands her or Shakespeare.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jul 25, 2008 16:43:14 GMT -6
I've not read Shakespeare either. Only parts of Romeo & Juliet for English class. I tried to read The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, but put it down and went on to something else. I also bought The Leatherstocking Tales I & II by James Fenimore Cooper for the tale: The Last of the Mohicans, but I've not read any of the stories yet. I'm expecting them to be hard to read as well.
I wish they would be updated to today's language, but that most likely won't happen. At least there are good movies to help me understand what's going on.
I once tried to read The Girl in a Swing by Richard Adams but stopped reading after a few pages. I've seen rave reviews for it, but I haven't made myself pick it up again. Perhaps it's a literary style that I just haven't been able to partake of.
Of course, there are different tastes, and I'm sure that's a good thing. I know some consider what I like to read as crap. But at least I can make heads or tails of what the author is saying.
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Post by Phalon on Jul 25, 2008 20:57:42 GMT -6
Joxie, I had to dig back to find this, but I liked the way Siren put it. In a conversation about Virginia Woolf's writing, she said, "I think you have to read her writing in small doses. I didn't comment right away on the her passages you quoted because I had to go back and read a little...digest that...read a little more...digest that. It is truly rich writing. But like rich food, if I go at it too fast, and have too much at once, it makes my head (and tummy) swim."
I think Jane Austen's writing is like that....rich, but better in small doses. Her sarcastic wit is biting, and quite funny...but sometimes, I have to reread a couple of times to pick up on it.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jul 25, 2008 22:16:29 GMT -6
I am glad that there are those who can understand it better than I. Otherwise there wouldn't be so many movies made ... and the stories would no longer be selling.
I also think that it's because I've gotten used to reading fast. Today I read a bit slower, and there were a few passages that kind of made better sense overtime. And, yes, I did have to read it a couple of times in a row.
I guess I'm just not used to works that have to be savored. But expanding my horizons is probably a good thing.
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