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Post by Phalon on Jul 27, 2008 22:13:45 GMT -6
BOLL at your 'some people think what I read is crap' comment, Joxie. You should browse my library sometime; there's a piece of crap in there for everyone's palate - which doesn't sound quite right, but you know what I mean. Except romance; I don't read cheesy romance novels. I always think I should read more of the classics; I've never read Shakespeare for the same reason as you and Moonglum - I don't understand it. But Scrappy loves Shakespeare. I like Horace. And I like Jane, and Virginia too. Different strokes (of the pen) for different folks.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jul 27, 2008 22:46:53 GMT -6
That is indeed a good thing. I'd hate it if I didn't have "crap" to read.
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Post by vox on Aug 8, 2008 14:36:24 GMT -6
Well I must be in the 'boring'category, I like a good read but mostly it's autobiographies! and history, I really enjoy reading about factual things! Things that actually happened! I have read quite a lot of fiction in my time, romances when Iwas younger and science fiction (thanks to MG!) but I do seem to 'get lost' in the autobiographies!
I have just finished reading one by 'David Essex' a really good read, probably because he came from where I was born! Lol
So that either puts me inthe 'boring' category or 'crap' category, but each to their own I say!
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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 8, 2008 15:55:55 GMT -6
Well, they say that one man's junk is another man's treasure. And if everyone liked to read the same thing, a lot of authors would have to find themselves another job.
I got Meg Cabot's Mediator & 1-800-Where-R-You? Book Series. I've read the first two books of the Mediator series:
1) Shadowlands 2) Ninth Key
And I'm fixin' to go read the third book:
3) Reunion
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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 11, 2008 16:09:43 GMT -6
I finished:
3) Reunion 4) Darkest Hour 5) Haunted
And have started reading:
6) Twilight
This is the last book in the series.
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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 11, 2008 23:30:09 GMT -6
I've finished the last of Meg Cabot's "Mediator" book series & will be starting the first book in her "1-800-Where-R-You?" book series.
1) When Lightning Strikes
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Post by Phalon on Aug 13, 2008 5:36:31 GMT -6
Sheesh, Joxie - a book a day! Once upon a time, way back when, I could stay up and read until the wee hours. If I tried that now, I'd be late for work every morning - my alarm clock would never get set, because I'd end up falling asleep on the couch with the book on my lap.
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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 13, 2008 16:11:45 GMT -6
Well, they're short children's books. Now when I get to the "Twilight Series" it will be a different story. Those books are huge! I don't think I'll get through each book per day. It will probably take more than a couple of days per book. I plan on reading them after the "1-800-Where-R-You?" series, which I haven't started yet. I'm taking a break and working on my own stuff.
I haven't finished "S&S" yet. I read it way too slow and decided I'd get back to it after the "Twilight Series." I don't know if I'll finish it then, or take another break to read other (faster) works again. I've got such a huge TBR pile. Actually I've got several piles: Adult, childrens (various age groups), & Non-Fiction "How To Write" books. When I get tired of one pile (or genre in that pile), I switch to another.
Also, the more I like a book, the faster I read. And the six books in "The Mediator" series were good. I read there may be a movie, and I can't wait. I'm so in love with a ghost named "Jesse." I wish I had one of my own. The age level on this series is: Ages 12-17.
The "1-800-Where-R-You?" book series was turned into a TV series that ran for around three seasons, called: Missing. I've never seen it, but I plan on renting it from Netflix.com some time or other. The age level on this book series is: Ages 14-17. Since I haven't read them yet, I don't know if the content is more mature than "The Mediator" series. I've liked everything I've read by Meg Cabot so far, so I'm looking forward to reading this series.
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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 23, 2008 22:49:50 GMT -6
I read: "When Lightning Strikes" by Meg Cabot ... Will read book two next.
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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 26, 2008 19:19:15 GMT -6
I read: "Code Name: Cassandra" by Meg Cabot ... Will read book three next.
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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 29, 2008 1:24:10 GMT -6
I read: "Safe House" by Meg Cabot ... Will read book four next.
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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 30, 2008 2:46:08 GMT -6
I read: "Sanctuary" by Meg Cabot ... Will read book five next.
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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 31, 2008 1:22:22 GMT -6
I read: "Missing You" by Meg Cabot, the fifth book in her "1-800-Where-R-You?" series ... Will read "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer next. It's the first book in a four book series.
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Post by Mini Mia on Sept 10, 2008 16:38:02 GMT -6
I've read: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, & Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. And I'll probably read them _at least_ one more time before continuing on with my _huge_ TBR pile.
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Post by Mini Mia on Sept 17, 2008 23:52:29 GMT -6
Well, since Ike took out my lights for 58 hours, I had nothing to do, so I reread "Twilight" & "New Moon" ... reading by sunlight & flashlight.
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Post by Mini Mia on Sept 20, 2008 16:08:08 GMT -6
I've reread "Eclipse" and have started rereading the final book: "Breaking Dawn".
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Post by Mini Mia on Sept 24, 2008 11:57:37 GMT -6
I finished rereading "Breaking Dawn" ... It's the most action packed one of the four. Thus my absence.
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Post by Mini Mia on Oct 21, 2008 15:02:45 GMT -6
While keeping my Mom company in the hospital I read:
"The Face on the Milk Carton" & "Whatever Happened to Janie" by Caroline B. Cooney
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Post by Phalon on Oct 29, 2008 4:59:36 GMT -6
Sheesh! I traveled four pages back to find the last book I read. It was in spring, before I started back to work....which is not to say, I don't read during the work season; I just don't have time to sit down and read for hours, and basically stick to magazine articles and short stories, (thanks for the short story thread, Joxie; I've got one to add to the list).
When we went on vacation a couple of weeks ago, I brought two books with me that have been sitting on my shelves waiting to be read for ages. I opened neither on the trip. Instead, during a day of rain which kept us inside for a too-large amount of time, I picked up a book off the rental house's well-stocked book shelf:
A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana by Haven Kimmel
What a fun book! It's Kimmel's childhood memoirs growing up in a small backward town in the late sixties and early seventies. Not written as a one cover-to-cover continuous story, it's more of a series of short blurbs on life; each chapter contains a series of events on particular topics that all tie together at the chapter's end.
She writes using an adult's vocabulary, from a child's point of view, with an adult's perspective - if that makes any sense. "Zippy", Kimmel's nickname as a child because she zipped around nonstop, tells the story, and what seems natural for a kid takes on a whole different meaning when seen through the eyes of an adult. It's charming, and full of wry humor at the same time. A very good read.
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Post by Mini Mia on Oct 29, 2008 15:50:59 GMT -6
... (thanks for the short story thread, Joxie; I've got one to add to the list).
You're very welcome.
I just finished reading "The Voice on the Radio" by Caroline B. Cooney ... I will be reading the 4th book (What Janie Found) in the series next, and then I will start the "Sookie Stackhouse" Series by Charlaine Harris.
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Post by Mini Mia on Oct 30, 2008 4:00:00 GMT -6
Finished with "What Janie Found" ... and now on to the "Sookie Stackhouse" Series by Charlaine Harris. I just hope the books are as good as, or better than, the "True Blood" HBO show.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 1, 2008 23:17:20 GMT -6
"Dead Until Dark" by Charlaine Harris.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 4, 2008 15:56:29 GMT -6
"Living Dead In Dallas" by Charlaine Harris.
There is a character named 'Callisto' in this book that is a maenad. She poured berserker rage into a small group of victims and ... . (You'll have to read the book.)
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 8, 2008 18:44:17 GMT -6
"Club Dead" & "Dead to the World" by Charlaine Harris.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 11, 2008 1:14:25 GMT -6
"Dead As A Doornail" by Charlaine Harris.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 13, 2008 17:23:56 GMT -6
"One Word Answer" from Bite & "Definitely Dead" by Charlaine Harris.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 28, 2008 16:30:09 GMT -6
"Tacky" from My Big, Fat Supernatural Wedding (a Sookie-universe story without the character of Sookie Stackhouse) & "All Together Dead" by Charlaine Harris.
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 26, 2008 21:15:52 GMT -6
"An Evening with Al Gore" by Charlaine Harris ... from the collection: Blood Lite by Kevin J. Anderson.
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Post by Phalon on Dec 28, 2008 22:40:55 GMT -6
I've got a lot of new books in my "To Eventually Get Around To Reading" pile. For Christmas I received "Jane Austen: A Family Record", (that one Santa got some help with; I put it in my stocking myself), and "The $64 Tomato" which I've wanted to read for awhile.
My boss gave me a bunch of books under my protest - under protest because I don't know when I'll get around to the ones I have already. But we went skiing last week, which somehow led to her feeling compelled to making hot chocolate for us, and loading me up on books, (she was cleaning for Christmas company I think, and wanted her overflowing bookshelf problem to become my overflowing bookshelf problem). There are novels "Whitethorn Woods" by Maeve Binchy, and "Big Stone Gap" by Adriana Trigiani. "Lizards on the Mantel, Burros at the Door" is a nonfictional account of a woman's pioneer lifestyle during 1940's in the earliest days of Big Bend National Park. "The Good Good Pig" I'm assuming is about a pig.
Shoot, I'm still reading "According to Seasons" which I haven't picked up again since the holidays started drawing near. I can't remember where I put it exactly - it's not been seen it since I cleaned for company. Maybe I should check my boss's shelves.
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Post by Phalon on Jan 11, 2009 23:58:22 GMT -6
I just finished "Whitethorn Woods" by Maeve Binchy. What a wonderful story! Or, I should say, stories - each chapter tells the story of a different character, some of their lives entertwined, some never have - and the reader can assume - never will meet.
A small town in Ireland is up in arms about a new road being built which will bypass the town. The people of the town are split - to some, the road is welcome because it will alleviate traffic congestion, and make the streets safer for the town's residents. Others are against it - the bypass will cut through Whitethorn Woods, and in it, St. Ann's well will be destroyed.
The well, either viewed as silly ancient superstition, or as a place for spiritual guidance, has touched each character in some way. Some in big ways, some only in passing, and some have heard of the well only as a small part of family history. Some don't even know the well has affected their lives at all. But it has. People in town, England, France, Israel, and America - every person's life in the story is attached somehow to this well that is to be torn down.
But the book is not about the well at all. It's about people, human nature, traditions and survival. A very entertaining read.
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