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01-18-2009, 11:36 AM
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Location: San Diego
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Ohmygod, that story in Me Talk Pretty One Day about talking about Easter in French class? It had me in STITCHES. I have also listened to David Sedaris read it and it's even better in his voice!
One Fifth Avenue - this was kind of interesting. Started off slow, with a lot of characters, I almost stopped reading it. It got pretty intriguing by the middle and then it had a lukewarm finish.
Your Heart Belongs to Me - why why do I torture myself so? What happened to the Dean Koontz of yore? He who wrote Lightning and Watchers and Strangers? Heck, I'd even take a Bad Place or Hideaway at this point! This was just dreck. I just plugged away at it to see HOW it ended and it was LUDICROUS. Awful.
Without a Backwards Glance - a mom who walks out on her family on Christmas Eve and how that affected the kids' lives.
I have written something below in white text as a spoiler. If you don't want to be spoiled, don't highlight the section between the stars!
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Really surprised they so quickly forgave the mother. It was a big build up to the "reunion" and then, well, nothing really. Thought the mother was a selfish, loathsome character and I really can't believe she was so easily integrated just because she wrote some letters after she left.
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Last edited by Glory87; 01-18-2009 at 11:37 AM.
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01-18-2009, 11:52 AM
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#77
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I was born this way hey!
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Arizona Girl trapped in Maryland
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I'm currently reading Dead To the World by Charlaine Harris.
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01-18-2009, 02:00 PM
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#78
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Shrewsbury, MA
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i also really liked the part in me talk pretty one day where their dad is beside himself that david's sister is "fat"...but it's just half a fat suit! his book "naked" was also fantastic, but i couldn't get through even half of barrel fever??
i just finished "snuff", and now i'm a little ways into "survivor" - my b/f says it's palahniuk's best book.
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01-18-2009, 05:29 PM
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#79
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Minneapolis
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Bearing down to get The First Patient finished tonight and then tomorrow I start State of the Onion
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01-18-2009, 06:20 PM
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#80
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Massachusetts
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It's midterm time for my high school students that I teach, so I am reading books that can help them with their exams. I read "Dawn" by Elie Wiesel earlier and am currently in the middle of "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants". haha
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01-18-2009, 09:48 PM
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#81
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Junior Member
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Location: Texas
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I am reading Any Given Doomsday by Lori Handeland. It's a different genre for me but it was free so thought I'd give it a try. Not too bad so far.
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01-19-2009, 01:03 PM
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#82
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I was born this way hey!
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Arizona Girl trapped in Maryland
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I just started reading Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich!!!
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01-20-2009, 12:20 AM
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#83
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
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I know this may be totally cliche cause i'm quite young,
but I am wanting to read the twilight series.
I have read Twilight and New Moon, now I need Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn.
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01-20-2009, 12:55 AM
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#84
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I was born this way hey!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexis
I know this may be totally cliche cause i'm quite young,
but I am wanting to read the twilight series.
I have read Twilight and New Moon, now I need Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn.
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I love those books!!!!!!!!!! When I'm done reading the pile of books I have now, I'm gonna reread Twilight for the zillionth time, lol.
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01-20-2009, 10:05 AM
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Senior Member
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Location: Southern California
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Who cares how old you are, I loved the Twilight series and both of my in-laws read them as well and they're over 62!
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01-20-2009, 11:33 AM
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#86
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Glory87
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Glory87, I'm still kinda new to bookreads...but would like to add you as a friend if I'm able to find out how. Lemme know if your interested and if yes, how to add you. 
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01-21-2009, 11:28 AM
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#87
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I was born this way hey!
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Arizona Girl trapped in Maryland
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Today I'm going to read, The Reader by Bernhard Schlink. The movie looks pretty good, and Kate Winslet (LOVE HER!!) won a Globen Globe for it, so I thought I'd read the book before seeing the movie. I can probably finish it today too.
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01-21-2009, 04:31 PM
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I was born this way hey!
Join Date: Jan 2008
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I just finished The Reader..so now I'm going to start, Untamed by PC & Kristin Cast.
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01-22-2009, 02:05 AM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: San Diego
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BornToFly
I'm going to start How To Be Single tonight. Anyone here read it?
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I just started this tonight. I'm about 50 pages in and so far I love it love it love it!
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01-22-2009, 02:08 AM
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#90
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BornToFly
Glory87, I'm still kinda new to bookreads...but would like to add you as a friend if I'm able to find out how. Lemme know if your interested and if yes, how to add you. |
Sorry, I posted before I saw this!
I would love to add you too!
My name on goodreads is just Glory! I looked for you as Borntofly but I didn't find you 
To add a friend:
Click Friends along the menu bar on top (kind of in the middle)
Click Add Friends (it's a green link on the top right half of the page, first of three green links)
Scroll to the middle, there is a box for Search for Friends, type Glory and click Find Friend
When my name appears, click Add Friend
It is surprisingly not very intuitive!
Last edited by Glory87; 01-22-2009 at 02:09 AM.
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