BOOKS

daniel green · #1 07-05-2008, 08:32 PM

I had never read "Marley and Me," though my husband had and it's been on our night-table for over a year. I finally read it today. What a lovely, good book!

What's everyone else reading?

Oh, and if you are a David Sedaris fan, his new book is hillarious. Serious, too. VERY good.

#2 07-05-2008, 08:34 PM

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Originally posted by daniel green [*]I had never read "Marley and Me," though my husband had and it's been on our night-table for over a year. I finally read it today. What a lovely, good book!

What's everyone else reading?

Oh, and if you are a David Sedaris fan, his new book is hillarious. Serious, too. VERY good. [/*]

My 14 year old son just got done reading "Marley and Me" and he liked it as well. He told me what Marley used to do during fireworks and thunderstorms. LOL

Pick up "Charley's Web," by Joy Fielding. GREAT read!!

Noahs ARK · #3 07-05-2008, 08:38 PM

Just finished Janet Evanovich's "Fearless Fourteen".

Just started Patricia MacDonald's "Stolen in The Night".

ortiga · #4 07-05-2008, 09:15 PM

"Carter beats the Devil" I couldn't put it down. Kept reading all night.

"The God of Small Things" and the "Poisonwood Bible" 2 books I'd like to read again.

And best of all:

The Kiterunner, by Khaled Hosseini ..................some books you'll never forget, this is one.

daniel green · #5 07-05-2008, 09:17 PM

I absolutely loved The Kiterunner.

Whatever you do, do not see the movie.

However, if you liked the book The Namesake, DO see the movie! Excellent!

ortiga · #6 07-05-2008, 09:26 PM

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Originally posted by daniel green [*]I absolutely loved The Kiterunner.

Whatever you do, do not see the movie.

However, if you liked the book The Namesake, DO see the movie! Excellent! [/*]

Let me guess....the movie couldn't hold up to the book?

SavannahStar · #7 07-05-2008, 10:02 PM

Got three good true crime novels at my library. Paul LaRosa: Nightmare in Napa, Tacoma Confidential and Death of a Dream. Finished the first two, now halfway done with the third. All are wonderful! He is a very good writer. I have seen him post on IS before, about the Tacoma case.

Wukong · #8 07-05-2008, 10:16 PM

Currently reading High tide at Gettysburg....again. I'm a sucker for Civil war stuff :-}

In the queue are; Marley and Me (happy to see good reviews here) and The last lecture by Randy Pausch.

Shells2 · #9 07-06-2008, 12:23 AM

I just started reading "The Shack" again. It is such an amazing book

daniel green · #10 07-06-2008, 02:02 AM

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Originally posted by ortiga [*]

Let me guess....the movie couldn't hold up to the book? [/*]

Not even slightly.

daniel green · #11 07-06-2008, 02:04 AM

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Originally posted by SavannahStar [*]Got three good true crime novels at my library. Paul LaRosa: Nightmare in Napa, snipped. [/*]

Hey, SS.

I think I saw the 48 Hrs or Dateline or some show about that case. Weird case, huh?

Alibar · #12 07-06-2008, 02:27 AM

About to finish Ann Rule's first novel, Possession. Her non-fiction aren't full of sex scenes, so, she seems to be getting it out of her system in ficition. LOL

SavannahStar · #13 07-06-2008, 08:40 AM

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Originally posted by Serenity [*]Just finished: Eat - Pray - Love ( Elizabeth GilbertO

Almost finished with: The Secret (Rhonda Byrne)

Next in line:

Water for the Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Keeping Faith (Jodi Picoult)

I love books! [/*]

Water for Elephants is FABULOUS......I loved it.

I am a big Jodi Picoult fan too, read most all of her books.

SavannahStar · #14 07-06-2008, 08:41 AM

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Originally posted by daniel green [*]

Hey, SS.

I think I saw the 48 Hrs or Dateline or some show about that case. Weird case, huh? [/*]

Yep! And yes, you did see it on 48 Hours. The author is a producer or something on that network.

I'm almost done with Death of a Dream and I am thinking the guy is innocent!

SavannahStar · #15 07-06-2008, 10:04 AM

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Originally posted by MarchHare1 [*]marley & me is being made into a movie, starring Owen Wilson [/*]

Oh that's good to know! I like that actor very much.

I haven't read Marley yet but that has been in the back of my mind for a long time. Thanks to daniel for bringing it up. I'll put it on my reserve list at the library.

#16 07-06-2008, 12:29 PM

Anyone read, "Smoke, Mirrors, And Murder" by Ann Rule?

Can't seem to put the book down! Interesting murder cases.

She also writes about the Mary Winkler case.

Mimi428 · #17 07-06-2008, 02:30 PM

Recently finished Miracles on the Water: The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-Boat Attack by Tom Nagorski.

Here's a brief synopsis: Much of the power of the story—then and now—derives from the 90 children on board who were being carried to safety in Canada. The S.S. City of Benares, with 406 crew and passengers aboard, was 630 miles out in the North Atlantic on September 17, 1940, when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat. As the Benares sank, passengers and crew abandoned ship in the stormy waters. Those who made it into lifeboats faced gale-force winds and icy waters—a "recipe for hypothermia." With the nearest help 300 miles away, the survivors faced long odds. Despite frequent heroism, many drowned or died of overexposure before the HMS Hurricane arrived and rescued 108 survivors. In its search, the Hurricane missed Lifeboat 12, and its passengers endured eight more harrowing days on the open sea before being rescued.

Excellent read, very harrowing in some parts. I was not at all familiar with the story of the Brits sending children to Canada during WWII.

OOPS - almost forgot the link - synopsis is from Amazon.com -

http://www.amazon.com/Miracles-Water...5364991&sr=1-1

theal3 · #18 07-06-2008, 02:36 PM

Non-fiction has always hooked me: biographies, history, current best sellers about current or recent events.

ExArkie · #19 07-06-2008, 02:43 PM

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Originally posted by Wukong [*]Currently reading High tide at Gettysburg....again. I'm a sucker for Civil war stuff :-}

In the queue are; Marley and Me (happy to see good reviews here) and The last lecture by Randy Pausch. [/*]

Love "High Tide at Gettysburg" and Gettysburg is one of my favorite places in this country. Read this and go, if you can!

Just finished "Rhett Butler's People." I was all set to HATE it; but, instead, really enjoyed this book. Told from HIS point of view from childhood till several years after the war - I loved it!

SavannahStar · #20 07-06-2008, 02:55 PM

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Originally posted by ExArkie [*]

Love "High Tide at Gettysburg" and Gettysburg is one of my favorite places in this country. Read this and go, if you can!

Just finished "Rhett Butler's People." I was all set to HATE it; but, instead, really enjoyed this book. Told from HIS point of view from childhood till several years after the war - I loved it! [/*]

Civil War is a love of mine also. I did Civil War reenacting with my son for a number of years. We visited many battlefields also. I've read a ton of CW related books, both fiction and nonfiction.

Mimi428 · #21 07-06-2008, 03:07 PM

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Originally posted by theal3 [*]Non-fiction has always hooked me: biographies, history, current best sellers about current or recent events. [/*]

Me too, but I also like non-fiction about less than recent history.

I'm still in the middle of reading Convict Women by Kay Daniels about the women who were sent (as punishment) to Australia. Her premise is that their history has been very poorly understood because the whole lot of them were relegated to being either 'good' or 'bad' women, with nothing inbetween. It's a bit of a dry read, but very interesting.

daniel green · #22 07-06-2008, 04:11 PM

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Originally posted by SavannahStar [*]

Yep! And yes, you did see it on 48 Hours. The author is a producer or something on that network.

I'm almost done with Death of a Dream and I am thinking the guy is innocent!

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Oh, I didn't know that. It was a very interesting show.

I'll have to get Death of a Dream, then, for my week at the beach family trip reading.

daniel green · #23 07-06-2008, 04:12 PM

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Originally posted by theal3 [*]Non-fiction has always hooked me: biographies, history, current best sellers about current or recent events. [/*]

I always was a strictly fiction reader till a few years ago when my daughter got me into the Allison Weir bios of the kings and queens of England. Started with the one about Elizabeth after watching the first movie.

And now I have read them all. Though not easy reading stuff, they are absolutely engrossing.

daniel green · #24 07-06-2008, 04:14 PM

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Originally posted by SavannahStar [*]

Oh that's good to know! I like that actor very much.

I haven't read Marley yet but that has been in the back of my mind for a long time. Thanks to daniel for bringing it up. I'll put it on my reserve list at the library. [/*]

It had been like that for me. Everyone I knew had read it but me. I finally did yesterday and it's something one can read in one long sitting. It was soooooooooo good. And I know you will love it.

I love Owen Wilson but don't see him in the role. Also heard that Jennifer Anniston plays the wife and I don't see her in that role either.

Mimi428 · #25 07-06-2008, 04:20 PM

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Originally posted by daniel green [*]

I always was a strictly fiction reader till a few years ago when my daughter got me into the Allison Weir bios of the kings and queens of England. Started with the one about Elizabeth after watching the first movie.

And now I have read them all. Though not easy reading stuff, they are absolutely engrossing. [/*]

My understanding was the Alison Weir's books were historical fiction, not bios. Do you recall any of the titles? Might be a good series for me to get for my mom.

#26 07-06-2008, 04:22 PM

Recently finished A Beautiful Child (non fic) and Stolen Innocense (non fic) and am starting an old book I found at an estate sale The Right Stuff.

ExArkie · #27 07-06-2008, 04:27 PM

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Originally posted by Boxer [*]Recently finished A Beautiful Child (non fic) and Stolen Innocense (non fic) and am starting an old book I found at an estate sale The Right Stuff. [/*]

Loved "The Right Stuff!" Have you seen the movie, which I loved also, especially, Sam Shepard as Chuck Yeager - fell in love, right there!!!

#28 07-06-2008, 04:30 PM

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Originally posted by ExArkie [*]

Loved "The Right Stuff!" Have you seen the movie, which I loved also, especially, Sam Shepard as Chuck Yeager - fell in love, right there!!!

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Yeah, I've seen the movie. Uh Yup on Sam Shepard, lol. I had no idea there was even a book. It's a large pictorial along with the text.

Mimi428 · #29 07-06-2008, 04:42 PM

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Originally posted by Mimi428 [*]

My understanding was the Alison Weir's books were historical fiction, not bios. Do you recall any of the titles? Might be a good series for me to get for my mom. [/*]

Answering my own question here - I just did a Google search & found Alison Weir's website. I was mistaken in thinking she wrote only historial fiction - she has written many bios & non-fiction.

This is going to be FUN trying to figure out what to read first. Thanks DG for bringing this to my attention.

From her website - a list of her books -

http://alisonweir.org.uk/books/index.asp

daniel green · #30 07-06-2008, 04:50 PM

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Originally posted by Mimi428 [*]

This is going to be FUN trying to figure out what to read first. Thanks DG for bringing this to my attention.
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I would start with Henry VIII, King and Court and then go from there. Either forward--which I think is the best way to go--to the book about his wives and the one about his children and then to Elizabeth or back to Eleanor of Aquitane.

The EofA book is by far and away the densest of her books and a reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllly slow read. I loved it but it was rough going. One of those times that I had a second fast reading book to read when I couldn't concentrate.

But if you start with HenryVIII you get really absorbed.

daniel green · #31 07-06-2008, 04:58 PM

Mimi--in the last couple of yrs Weir has actually done some fiction, based on fact.

The Lady Elizabeth: A Novel by Alison Weir

and Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey

I read Innocent Traitor a few months ago and it was a good read and quite fun. And I just ordered The Lady Elizabeth right now when I saw it was out while chking Amazon for this.

BTW, one of the best Weir books--for me--was Princes in the Tower.

Mimi428 · #32 07-06-2008, 05:12 PM

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Originally posted by daniel green [*]

BTW, one of the best Weir books--for me--was Princes in the Tower. [/*]

Thanks for the tips. Most appreciated. I just finished reading a synopsis of Princes in the Tower & it sounds fascinating.

I just read on her website that she is working on a bio of Anne Boleyn.

http://alisonweir.org.uk/next/index.asp

Entitled The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn , it will tell in unprecedented detail the dramatic tale of Anne Boleyn's arrest, imprisonment and execution, and will also look at the development of the romantic legends surrounding this extraordinary Queen. The expected publication date is the autumn of 2009.

Sounds fab, doesn't it?

LeftJab · #33 07-06-2008, 05:50 PM

Lords of Kilbourn is a sequel to the book: Lords of Lawndale - My Life in a White Chicago Street Gang. If you like movies and books like the Outsiders, the Warriors, and the Wanderers, then you may be interested in this book written about Chicago. This book was written in a time frame when you still had the last of the old school turf gangs. When Chicago was divided into the People and Folk unities, and you could get beaten up for wearing the wrong color shirt or shoes. Also, it was the time period when crack cocaine made it's debut. Gangs and Mobs have always been a special interest of mine, so being able to help with this book was an honor.

The good thing about this book - if you hate it then you can message me and I can tell the author

SavannahStar · #34 07-06-2008, 06:50 PM

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Originally posted by Boxer [*]Recently finished A Beautiful Child (non fic) and Stolen Innocense (non fic) and am starting an old book I found at an estate sale The Right Stuff. [/*]

Hey Boxer, I read A Beautiful Child a couple of weeks ago! What a fabulous book that was.....I had never heard of that case. Wonderful author, great writing style. VERY sad case. I would recommend that book very highly to any true crime fan.

daniel green · #35 07-06-2008, 08:34 PM

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Originally posted by Mimi428 [*]

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Sounds fab, doesn't it? [/*]

Oh, I can't wait.

I really can't. Her books are so well-researched, they just make that period come to life.

And this is someone I want to learn more about.

5boxersmom · #36 07-06-2008, 09:04 PM

I am reading Motherless Daughters, The Legacy Of Loss by Hope Edelman.

It is for any daughter who has lost her mother no matter what the age.

ortiga · #37 07-06-2008, 09:12 PM

History of the Plantagenets by Thomas * Costain. 4 volumes available singly and cheaply from Amazon. 1960's.

Daughter of Time. Don't read the wiki synopsis, just read the book. Did he or didn't he.

Mimi428 · #38 07-06-2008, 09:42 PM

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Originally posted by Pythonesque [*]

Have you read The Fatal Shore by Hughes? Very good read about the history of Australia becoming a convict colony. [/*]

Yes, but it has been more than a few years ago. ITA it was a very good read.

book · #39 07-18-2008, 05:04 PM

After watching the Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult I decided to start reading her books. Some are great and hard to put down, some are so-so.