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07/26/12, 08:28 PM
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Just finished "Room" by Emma Donoghue. Amazing.
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07/29/12, 02:23 PM
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"The Self-Reliant Homestead" by Charles A. Sanders. Good little book.
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07/29/12, 04:29 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: S. Louisiana
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The "Bruno" mystery series by Martin Walker, set in SW France.
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07/31/12, 09:17 AM
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Creole Belle by James Lee Burke. Meh.
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08/02/12, 10:14 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Originally Posted by Irish Pixie
Creole Belle by James Lee Burke. Meh.
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I just glanced at the first few pages and I'm worried that JLB has lost his edge.
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08/02/12, 12:44 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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Originally Posted by LisaInN.Idaho
I just glanced at the first few pages and I'm worried that JLB has lost his edge.
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His older work is just so awesome that the new "old guy ranting against ALL evil in the world" is just disappointing. I want to be entertained, not lectured. 
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08/02/12, 12:55 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Originally Posted by Irish Pixie
His older work is just so awesome that the new "old guy ranting against ALL evil in the world" is just disappointing. I want to be entertained, not lectured. |
I hate when this happens with authors. Anne Rivers Siddons used to be such a terrific writer and now her books are all basically the same. Such a shame.
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08/03/12, 08:13 AM
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08/03/12, 12:00 PM
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I'm going to try to finish "Fifty Shades of Grey" from what everyone has told me I didn't read far enough into the story. Mommy porn. 
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08/03/12, 08:01 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: N. Ontario
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Currently reading.....Knights of the Black & White by Jack Whyte (a historical novel about the Knights Templar); Born to Bark, by Stanley Coren, a great book for anyone who loves terriers  ;, Talking Sheepdogs by Derek Scrimgeour; Top Trainers Talk about Starting a Sheepdog; and lastly.. Herding Dogs, Progressive Training by Vergil S. Holland
If you see a pattern....welcome to my new world of a 14 week old Border collie 
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08/04/12, 10:20 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: far north Idaho
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Originally Posted by Irish Pixie
I'm going to try to finish "Fifty Shades of Grey" from what everyone has told me I didn't read far enough into the story. Mommy porn. |
Grammy porn! 
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08/07/12, 11:15 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Kansas
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"The Dirty Life" A Memoir of Farming, Food and Love by Kristin Kimball.
"This book is the story of the two love affairs that interrupted the trajectory of my life: one with farming—that dirty, concupiscent art—and the other with a complicated and exasperating farmer."
Single, thirtysomething, working as a writer in New York City, Kristin Kimball was living life as an adventure. But she was beginning to feel a sense of longing for a family and for home. When she interviewed a dynamic young farmer, her world changed. Kristin knew nothing about growing vegetables, let alone raising pigs and cattle and driving horses. But on an impulse, smitten, if not yet in love, she shed her city self and moved to five hundred acres near Lake Champlain to start a new farm with him. The Dirty Life is the captivating chronicle of their first year on Essex Farm, from the cold North Country winter through the following harvest season—complete with their wedding in the loft of the barn.
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08/11/12, 10:35 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Kansas
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I just finished reading "The Last Christmas Ride" by Edie Hand
and "New Mercies" by Sandra Dallas.
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08/14/12, 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by LisaInN.Idaho
Grammy porn! |
It's more like bad porn...after the first few "episodes" it gets really borrrrriiinnngggg. I guess I'm not the submissive or subservient type.....I would have strangled the leading man the first time he laid a hand on me 
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08/16/12, 02:25 PM
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Finished Willow's Journey by Jennifer Donohoe. I really enjoyed it.
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08/16/12, 03:32 PM
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Crazy Goat Lady
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Just recently finished The Hunger Games Trilogy and The Good Food Revolution by Will Allen. I just started The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food by Janisse Ray.
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08/16/12, 05:19 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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I want to read the Hunger Games so bad.
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08/17/12, 07:54 AM
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It's more like bad porn...after the first few "episodes" it gets really borrrrriiinnngggg. I guess I'm not the submissive or subservient type.....I would have strangled the leading man the first time he laid a hand on me |
I read for entertainment, my taste is eclectic and runs the gamut from erotica, thriller, mystery, fantasy, and right now I'm in a "southern redneck" phase. Reading is an escape from the routine of my life so I certainly wouldn't want to read something that parallels it. One doesn't have to be a detective to enjoy a thriller or mystery, right?
ETA: I'm currently reading "Backseat Saints" by Joshilyn Jackson, it's a delightful "southern redneck" story.
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08/17/12, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by lathermaker
It's more like bad porn...after the first few "episodes" it gets really borrrrriiinnngggg. I guess I'm not the submissive or subservient type.....I would have strangled the leading man the first time he laid a hand on me |
I thought the books were entertaining and enjoyed them for what they were. I've not read as much porn as you must have, so I had nothing to judge them against. The sex got a bit old so I'd skip through it but the underlying story was engaging enough despite some clumsy writing.
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08/17/12, 10:14 AM
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Crazy Goat Lady
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Central Indiana
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I want to read the Hunger Games so bad.
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I can loan the ebooks if you're interested.
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08/17/12, 03:04 PM
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I want to order Cornjerkers. Its a book about life in Hoopeston, il in 1967. Growing up in that era, and their winning basketball team.
I did reread The Moonflower Vine by Jetta Carleton. This is an annual read for me. I let my daughter, age 39, read it and she loved it too. This summer she also read Peyton Place and A Summer Place. She loved those too. She is tired of a lot of the contemporary books. She'd had Peyton Place laying around for years, but had never read it. She said she couldn't put it down.
Jane Smiley, recently listed Moonflower Vine as one of the 10 best but most unappreciated books. If you have never read it, do so. It is wonderful. I have been rereading it since 1967. It was a Readers Digest Condensed Book in the 50's. It's a laugh and cry story, wholesome, and beautiful.
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08/17/12, 08:57 PM
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I can loan the ebooks if you're interested.
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I may take you up on that in a couple of weeks. I have a lot of writing to do right now. But I try to give myself reading breaks and during that time I devour books.
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08/18/12, 12:27 PM
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Crazy Goat Lady
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I may take you up on that in a couple of weeks. I have a lot of writing to do right now. But I try to give myself reading breaks and during that time I devour books.
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Just send me a message when you're ready. They are easy reads.
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08/25/12, 06:24 PM
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I will, thank you!
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08/26/12, 06:37 AM
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Reading "Seeds of Deception", Jeffrey Scott......WOWZERS!!!!
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08/27/12, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by LisaInN.Idaho
I thought the books were entertaining and enjoyed them for what they were. I've not read as much porn as you must have, so I had nothing to judge them against. The sex got a bit old so I'd skip through it but the underlying story was engaging enough despite some clumsy writing.
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 You make is sound like that's all I read is porn! LOLOLOLOL Any of the "romance novels" could be classified as lite porn. What got me was the ego on this neanderthal jerk....reminded me too much of my ex husband...
I bought the second book at the same time....I think that one actually has more of a plot...we'll see, I just started it.
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08/29/12, 02:25 PM
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I'm reading "The Cold Dish" by Craig Johnson, I downloaded the novel because I enjoy the TV series "Longmire" that is based on the book, but the two are only vaguely similar. I'm enjoying the book, and will probably read more in the series.
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08/29/12, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Irish Pixie
I'm reading "The Cold Dish" by Craig Johnson, I downloaded the novel because I enjoy the TV series "Longmire" that is based on the book, but the two are only vaguely similar. I'm enjoying the book, and will probably read more in the series.
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I guess I'll have to get this one too. I always love the books you're reading. Except the Dark Tower ones. I couldn't get into those.
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08/29/12, 05:18 PM
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I guess I'll have to get this one too. I always love the books you're reading. Except the Dark Tower ones. I couldn't get into those.
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I finished "The Cold Dish" and it was very good, with a few laugh out loud parts, and started "Dragonflight" by Anne McCaffrey. I had read the entire series years ago (in print) and loved it, I'm iffy about the narrator on the audio version but he may improve.
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08/31/12, 12:02 AM
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"The Survival Mom" by Lisa Bedford. So far, great practical info on emergency preparedness, electrical outages, what to stock up on for YOUR family, how to store, etc. Very informative, and not your typical doom and gloom survivalist stuff. I'm really enjoying it, and has made me think of things I wouldn't have thought to keep on hand, even for temporary emergencies. Somehow it reminded me of the an old tv series where they name their daughter Mabel, which stood for Mother's Always Bring Extra Love, or something like that! Lol
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