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#214793 - 09/26/11 05:19 AM
Re: Reading a new book
[Re: jabber]
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I've just finished reading the third book in the Elm Creek Quilters Series by Jennifer Chiaverini -- and thoroughly enjoyed it! Maybe that's partly because I'm a quilter, but I think it's also because I enjoyed the women's stories. The three books are: The Quilter's Apprentice; Round Robin; and The Cross-Country Quilters. Here's a link to Chiaverini's website which includes synopses of these books as well as others: Elm Creek Quilters Series I recommend them as enjoyable, heart-warming reads.
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#214795 - 09/26/11 09:45 AM
Re: Reading a new book
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I enjoy books where womens' stories are told..and how they interconnect so I will look for these books Sandy.. Have you read Maeve Binchy's books..?I recommend them..plenty stories there.
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#214799 - 09/26/11 05:05 PM
Re: Reading a new book
[Re: yonuh]
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Mountain Ash: Yes! Maeve Binchy is one of my favorite authors, and I have almost all her books. I love the interconnections between characters from one book to the next. Seeing a character you've met before is like unexpectedly meeting an old friend! Yonuh: Thanks for the Friday Night Knitting Club recommendation. I'll look into those for my Kindle. (I'm a crocheter, not a knitter, but maybe some day ....)
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#214804 - 09/27/11 11:06 AM
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The first book of Maeve's that I read was Light a Penny Candle..Many years ago. The impact was that I read some of the book with tears running down my cheeks.There after all her books have been on my book list. I feel I know the people and yes the interconnection is wonderful.She writes shorts stories as well as her novels. She weaves her stories with absolute magic..
I have Irish in my ancestry and maybe her books resonate all the more due to this. She describes a very happy upbringing and this rings through her writing..I would love to meet her.
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#214847 - 09/30/11 02:02 AM
Re: Reading a new book
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Sandy N, thank you for sharing your review of Jennifer Chiaverini's Elm Creek Quilters Series. I'm not a quilter - but I collect quilts, and from what I read on the website you linked us to, I expect I would enjoy this series. By the way, I just minutes ago finished reading your novel, "I. O. U. Sex," and I thoroughly enjoyed the way you and co-author Sandy Allen wove together the three women's stories into one satisfying novel. Your three characters seemed like real people to me, and though your book is almost 400 pages, I read it cover to cover in under 24 hours. Just as Chiaverini's Elm Creek Quilter series follows members of the Elm Creek Quilters through a variety of experiences, I certainly hope that we will be reading more about the adventures of YOUR protagonists, June, Kiki and Peggy. And to everyone on the forum reading this post, I urge you to check out Sandy's hilarious book about three lifelong friends who've stuck together over the many decades since high school, and make a pact over drinks one night to look up their old high school boyfriends -- and "make amends" for the sexual frustration their virginal behavior caused. The book's available on Amazon, in both paperback and Kindle formats -- and at Barnes and Noble in both Nook and paperback. "You go girl!"
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#214871 - 10/01/11 04:39 AM
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[Re: Anne Holmes]
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Thank you, Anne, for your kind words. My co-author and I are so glad you enjoyed the book, and we sincerely appreciate your support.
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#215729 - 12/11/11 01:36 PM
Re: Reading a new book
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Anybody read The Hunger Games? I just finished the trilogy, wondering if anyone else here has read them and any thoughts??
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#215740 - 12/12/11 12:24 AM
Re: Reading a new book
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The Hunger Games are set in the future, the main character is a 17 year old girl, the country is divided into districts and each district picks one girl and one boy to go to an arena and fight for survival. It's different from my usual read but so was The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and I thoroughly enjoyed that series and can't wait to see the movie. There is also a movie of The Hunger Games coming out some time next year I think.
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#215782 - 12/14/11 07:06 AM
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I'm reading Ride to Raton, the second book in the Owen Family Saga series by Marsha Ward. (The first is The Man from Shenandoah.) The books take place in the old west, after the Civil War, and they have no sex or profanity. The thing I'm enjoying most about them is the dialogue, but the characters are interesting too. They're fun reads.
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#215926 - 12/26/11 07:59 PM
Re: Reading a new book
[Re: Sandy N.]
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Registered: 05/10/09
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I've read all 3 of The Hunger Games Books too. Scary to think of the world becomming like that. I normally read the same fiction most of us read but once in awhile I like odd things. These were odd! By looking at it on some movie site I like the looks of the girl they got to play Katniss and the little girl who plays Rue is a cutie. Woody Harrelson is playing Haymitch, perfect casting there. I'm not much of a movie goer but this one I'll have to see. What did you think of them?
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#215946 - 12/28/11 11:48 PM
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Now reading Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy. Have always loved her books and think this is the only one of her's I haven't read. Found it in paperback the other day so bought it. Only a few chapters into it so far, but it's as good as all her others.
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#215951 - 12/29/11 10:24 AM
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Loved Minding Frankie...I have it on audio too..enjoy.You may weep.
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#216028 - 01/05/12 08:00 PM
Re: Reading a new book
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I watched the tv mini series The Pillars of the Earth on REELZ channel and loved it, so I downloaded the book for my Kindle. I'm hoping the book is as good as the mini-series. The author is Ken Follett, has anyone read this book ? I think it was written in the late 80s. Thanks for any input. Tricia
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#216029 - 01/05/12 09:19 PM
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My husband has read that book..Pillars of the Earth..and he feels it's the best book of all time! I've not read it but his daughter has. Took her a while to get thru it, but she did. Don't think she felt the same though.
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#216031 - 01/05/12 11:45 PM
Re: Reading a new book
[Re: Anne Holmes]
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Registered: 12/23/10
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If you liked Pillars of the Earth then you'll like World Without End too. It takes place in the same setting but two centuries later. Fantastic book that I highly recommend.
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#216033 - 01/06/12 04:48 AM
Re: Reading a new book
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Registered: 03/12/10
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Is that PD's newest book? I saw she had a new one out... I've only ready one of her books -- Death in Holy Orders -- but I really enjoyed it, and want to read more...
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#216052 - 01/07/12 01:29 AM
Re: Reading a new book
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[color:#3366FF]Jabber: There's always hope! Even if you get to where you can't type, you can use voice recognition software. Keep writing![/color]
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#216054 - 01/07/12 02:56 PM
Re: Reading a new book
[Re: Sandy N.]
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#216193 - 01/19/12 08:11 PM
Re: Reading a new book
[Re: Sandy N.]
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Love the concept of using voice recognition software to write a book. Are there any you particularly recommend? Somewhere we have a license to an early version of "Dragon Naturally Speaking" but we haven't used it. In a somewhat related vein, Ronda Del Boccio, who is my mastermind partner, mentioned a free tool, Screenr this morning when we were talking. It only allows you to record five minutes at a time, but it allows you to create and share web screen casts. You could use this to read a part of a book chapter you're developing or have published, while allowing users to read it on the screen. Or read it on the screen while they hear you speak it. It opens up some interesting book marketing options. I love to read, but I am never getting time to focus on and make progress writing a book. Ideas from those of you who have done it are welcome!
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#216216 - 01/22/12 02:58 AM
Re: Reading a new book
[Re: Anne Holmes]
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I'm with you, Yonuh. I've always got a book going. Right now I've started rereading The Same Sweet Girls by Cassandra King. It was written in 2005, and the protagonists are all approaching 50 yrs old. They've been friends for 30 years. Anne: Thanks for the link to Screenr. It sounds intriguing. Unfortunately, my computer doesn't have a camera. But I'll keep the info for the future, in case that should change.
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#216575 - 03/04/12 02:00 AM
Re: Reading a new book
[Re: chatty lady]
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chatty: I clicked on your blog link and it took me to a post from 2011. You might want to double-check it.
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#216576 - 03/04/12 02:06 AM
Re: Reading a new book
[Re: Sandy N.]
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I recently re-read Two Old Women -- and enjoyed it all over again. It's the retelling of an American Indian legend, and it takes place in Alaska. If you're interested, I wrote a review on the Boomers & Books blog: Book Review: Two Old Women
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