Bamie - I know chicken lady is something else. Yesterday her boss was giving me items to put on a "to do" list & she kept interupting with stupid things that were not related. She's just an idiot! I just want to give her something shiny to play with!
I didn't see that about the series....hmm interesting.

The last book I read was called The Same Sweet Girls it's by Cassandra King..It was a very good book! It's about 5 women who have been friends since college, and have gotten together twice a year for a SSG reunion. She's got a couple of other books...The Sunday Wife & Making Waves My DH bought me those 3 books for Valentines day.
He got me A Salty Piece of Land for Christmas...it was good too. Gotta love Jimmy!
I think my fav. authors are Robin Cook & John Grisham
I'm glad someone started this thread....I really need to find some time to read again.

I can't wait to read all the posts in here...have to run to class, but you chickies have great taste in books from what I've seen so far! :cp:

Books are even more fun than food, and that's saying something! ;)

Wow...I just doubled my "Books to Read" list. :D Thanks, Chickies!

A Thousand Acres was very odd at the end. Lots and lots of dead people. Not really my thing. :p

I don't know if I've read Edith Warton or not. What was Ethan Frome about? :chin:

All right, finished The Taking by Dean Koontz. Happy ending, not what I expected, so I guess that's good. Not a bad read, and a real page turner. Perfect summer or weekend quickie.

Read Ethan Frome for my Modern Novel class back when. HATED IT.

I don't think I've ever read any Edith Warton. What is Ethan Frome about? :chin:

Mamaeli, I've never read any of Dean Koontz' books. What is his writing style like?

All I remember about Ethan Frome was a broken leg and a long winter.....not much help eh?

Here's an overview:
Finding himself laid up in the small New England town of Starkfield for the winter, the narrator sets out to learn about the life of a mysterious local named Ethan Frome, who had a tragic accident some twenty years earlier. After questioning various locals with little result, the narrator finally comes to learn the details of Ethan’s “smash-up” (as the locals call it) when a violent snowstorm forces the narrator into an overnight stay at the Frome household.

Sounds like I hit the nail on the head right? ;) Very depressing.

Just finished Death is Forever by Elizabeth Lowell. Really enjoyed it. Excellent suspense, though the romantic plot was kind of blah for me (could be just me though). However the diamond hunt and find more than made up for it! Defintely check it out.

I'll write you what's on the back on my copy.

First published in 1911, Ethan Frome is widely regarded as Edith Wharton's most revealing novel and her finest achievement in fiction. Set in the bleak, barren winter landscape of New England, it is the tragic tale of a simple man, bound to the demands of his farm and his tyrannical, sickly wife, Zeena, and driven by his star-crossed love for Zeena's young cousin, Mattie Silver.
"In it's spare, chilling creation of rural isolation, hardscrabble poverty and wintry landscape," writes Alfred Kazin in his afterword, "Ethan Frome overwhelms the reader as a drama of irresistible necessity." An exemplary work of literay realism in setting and character, Ethan Frome stands as one of the great classics of twentieth-centruy American literature.

NOT as depressing as Thomas Hardy, Sarah! :lol:

Oh man, Tess! Oh that was terrifically sad! :cry: Yes, Thomas Hardy is very depressing.

Your description sounded more palatable, Ellis. Adia, your description made me think of Wuthering Heights. <shiver> I really dislike that book. :p

Ok, it's not NEARLY as depressing as Wuthering Heights and to it's credit it's relatively short. I hated it and didn't like the movie either. Blah. Ok, I'm done! :)

Oh my gosh. I LOVE Wuthering Heights! The symbolism is fantastic!!

Ellis, I liked WH more the second time I read it, but it's still a twisted disgusting little novel. :p I hate the whole idea of his burrowing into her grave to lie with her. I wanted to take Heathcliff and Catherine, stick them in a room, and tell them to hash it out and not come out until they were done. Oy! :rolleyes: I really disliked the whole idea of the stranger hiding out during the storm and trying to figure out what was happening in the household. It was way too confusing. :dizzy:

Can you tell it's not my favorite? :lol:

Are you just on a non-fiction bent right now, Ellis? I didn't realize you liked fiction too! :)