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Post by Bara on Jun 11, 2007 12:22:10 GMT -5
ps - I'm going to get well ahead of you lot when I go in for the Bionic Woman treatment! SNOZ!  |
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Post by Kim on Jun 11, 2007 13:18:54 GMT -5
I'm gonna go with 10th circle, since I haven't read all of it. Now if only I have enough left on my amazon card to get it!
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Post by Bara on Jun 11, 2007 14:37:08 GMT -5
Woo-hoo!  The Book Club is up and running. Should we have a special forum, Terrie? Thea - you're right. Not much is known about Anne of Cleves. I do remember from my history days, that it is true that she lived out her life in 'retirement' and that Henry would go and visit her and ask her advice. So she must have done something right! I live less than a mile from Hampton Court - so it's a prime visiting spot to take Exracers! (Remember, Shannon?) The Yeoman who used to be guards are now the guides. They will 'shiver your timbers' with tales of the ghost of Katherine Howard. There is a stretch of corridor between the Queen's Apartment and the Chapel, where they DO say of a dark and midnight watch, the ghost of a young girl comes screaming down the corridor calling for Henry. Ghostly guards in doublet and hose, pull her screaming back down the corridor. The ghost of Henry does not look up from his prayers in the Chapel ... Woooooooooo! Come over and hear the tale for yourself and see if you can see the ghost of poor Katharine! Modified to say : 'The Flanders Mare' - THAT'S why we like Anne of Cleves! |
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Post by adcooper on Jun 11, 2007 15:35:35 GMT -5
Deb, my public library is FREE for residents, and offers passes to a lot of cool places such as the Museum of Sciences in Boston, Plymoth Plantation, etc. etc. Next (upscale) town over, it's $25 for a membership. I'm pitching a fit, here. A "Free Library" should not charge for ANYthing except overdue fines. Harrumph. |
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Post by Goalie on Jun 12, 2007 8:48:05 GMT -5
The book club forum is open for business. In fact I am going to move this thread over there.
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Post by filly on Jun 12, 2007 8:52:25 GMT -5
Woohoo! Thanks, GM! This ROCKS!!!  |
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Post by johnnysauntie on Jun 13, 2007 7:27:34 GMT -5
Okay, folks -
I'll pick up H2O for Elephants, 13th this and 10th that for book club. For you voracious readers that are looking for more ideas:
Brooks, Goalie and you other HP fans, consider the works of Terry Pratchett. Hilarious satire a la Carl Hiassen set in a magical land. Add magic to lunacy and it's good stuff. Fantasy/satire/out and out humor. I've read everything he wrote.
Horsey books:
Riding Lessons, Flying Changes (both by Sara Gruen, H2O for Ellies author). Beach reads, brain candy.
Non-horsey:
Thumbs up for the previously mentioned Kite Runner (spellbinding, wrenching) and Time Travellers Wife (spectacularly creative).
New authoress Marina Lewycka has two amazing works out, A Short History of Tractors in the Ukraine and Strawberry Fields (which is out under a different title in the UK, it think it's The Caravan). Poingant, wry, sweet and sometimes funny looks at the lives of Eastern European immigrants in the UK. Lovely reads.
Zaidie Smith's On Beauty is terrific (as is her debut White Teeth)
Everything by Richard Russo, especially Empire Falls, Straight Man, The Risk Pool. Family dysfunction done very well, liberally sprinkled with love, irony and heroism.
The aforementioned Carl Hiassen for funny, holds nothing back satire. He particularly enjoys lampooning corrupt politicians and developers.
Off to Amazon to scoop up recommendations from you others!
Nerdily yours,
JA
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Post by sarafina on Jun 13, 2007 9:05:21 GMT -5
JA - you nerdmeister, you. I LOVE Terry Pratchett! we got the series from another geek-ola friend, and i've been working my way through.
LOVE these book recommendations....better than bookslut.com!!!
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Post by Goalie on Jun 13, 2007 9:20:03 GMT -5
Hey, I was going to call JA a nerdmeister. lol I too love, love love, Terry Pratchett.
I have to add Horse Heaven to the horsey titles and then an old, favorite is the book Sweet William by John Hawkes. Not for the faint of heart, Tells the story of this horses life from start to finish. I will admit I cried reading it.
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Post by Deb on Jun 13, 2007 10:26:45 GMT -5
I am so excited about getting some really good recommendations for reading. I'm going to have to catalog some of my paperbacks to send a list along of which ones I have. Most of them I've had for years and some were non-stop reading for me.
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Post by Bara on Jun 13, 2007 11:01:05 GMT -5
Terry Pratchett!  Anyone want 'Thud'? I got TWO copies for Christmas, and of course, I'd already read it! And of course, still trying to shift 2 copies of Susanna Clarke 'Ladies of Grace Adieu' - Christmas again! GOING once, going twice ... or Oxfam here they come! |
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Post by bindi on Jun 13, 2007 12:57:07 GMT -5
The Kite Runner. I couldn't put it down, it was the most amazing read ever. I wanted to stop reading it cos I kinda knew where it was heading, but not how. If you can get your hands on it, read it. Great read.
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Post by Goalie on Jun 13, 2007 13:30:49 GMT -5
Bara, I want it. ;D Just put that copy of Thud in the mail to me today please. ;D
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Post by Bara on Jun 13, 2007 15:11:48 GMT -5
Okie-doke Terrie! And as a SPECIAL OFFER , you get a copy of the other one as well!
XX
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Post by Goalie on Jun 13, 2007 17:48:33 GMT -5
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