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Two of my favorite things Susan :)
Still making my way through "The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship" I am really enjoying this one, and I think even more so than Random Acts of Kindness. I read half the book in one sitting last night and could have kept going. But thought I had better get some shut eye for the big meeting at work this morning.
Susan wrote: "Ang, I felt the same thing I wont be a spoiler but wait till you get to the last page!"Hey Susan, maybe we could have a mini discussion about the book when I am finished. I think TarheelGirl is reading it also. I know most of the others did it as the book club read over at B&N. And after your comment I am itching to finish now!!
Ang from OZ wrote: "Susan wrote: "Ang, I felt the same thing I wont be a spoiler but wait till you get to the last page!"
Hey Susan, maybe we could have a mini discussion about the book when I am finished. I think T..."
That sounds good. I'm about 100 pages into it and I'm going to read some more tonight.
Hey Susan, maybe we could have a mini discussion about the book when I am finished. I think T..."
That sounds good. I'm about 100 pages into it and I'm going to read some more tonight.
TarHeelGirl00 wrote: "Ang from OZ wrote: "Susan wrote: "Ang, I felt the same thing I wont be a spoiler but wait till you get to the last page!"Hey Susan, maybe we could have a mini discussion about the book when I am ..."
Great Tarheelgirl, once we are both finished we can have a bit of a discussion about the book.
(I hope you don't mind that Debbie? Also anyone else who would like to chime in that would be great)
Susan wrote: "Ang, I just added One, Two, Three to my to read list it looks interesting."Hi Susan, yes I see that, I entered the giveaway. It sounds interesting doesn't it. I am a sucker for a good dance movie. And the description in the give away said Perfect Chemistry meets Save the Last Dance. Early reviews look promising as well. :)
Ang from OZ wrote: "TarHeelGirl00 wrote: "Ang from OZ wrote: "Susan wrote: "Ang, I felt the same thing I wont be a spoiler but wait till you get to the last page!"
Hey Susan, maybe we could have a mini discussion abo..."
Would it be possible to have a thread set up where we all could join in?
Hey Susan, maybe we could have a mini discussion abo..."
Would it be possible to have a thread set up where we all could join in?
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Hey Susan, maybe we could have a..."
I think that's a lovely idea and I'm setting up a thread right now for you
And I think I enjoyed The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship more than R A of K but I also think that's because it was an all inclusive novel.
I can't wait to read and join in on your conversations about TPC&MOF
If ever you want a thread just ask!
Thanks, Deb. That was fast! Now I need to find time to finish the book. I'm really enjoying it so far.
Looking forward to discussing, thanks Deb! I hope everyone will join in!
I'm working my way through Martha Grimes' Richard Jury novels. The early novels seem different than the Jury I remember from later (well mid-series anyway) novels. I kind of lost interest after The Rainbows End, so it will be interesting what my feelings are once I get to that point.
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Kamas, Hi thanks for sharing. How long ago did you read them? I know my tastes in fiction changes with my age.
Have a great weekend!
I'm still trying to get through my required reading.
I am finished with "The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship" and now I am reading Night Swim. It was one of the B&N freebies sometime back and Susan has already read it and gave it 5 stars, so I feel like I will probably like it too!
I'm going to start a preview I downloaded of Red Hill. If I like it I'll get the full version. Sounds like an interesting read and reviews I have seen look promising. A new author for me. We'll see how it goes.
Still waiting on my new credit card so I can get the full version of Red Hill. Currently reading a preview of "The Discovery of Witches" not sure I like it, its a bit strange to start off with. Did you find it hard to get into Debbie? 
Well, I started The Orphan Train today at lunch. Then tonight I found The Memory Box free with the Kindle app on my Nook, so I got interested in it. It is supposed to be free today and tomorrow (July 31) if anyone is interested. I haven't read much, but so far it is very intriguing.
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It was a bit hard for the first chapter or two but after that it was clear sailing the rest of the very large book. You have a good advantage Ang as you don't have to wait 1.5 years in between volumes. I think you'll really like it once it takes off. There's just so much mystery at first, so many things we don't know and so many things that Diana doesn't know either. Stay with it I think you'll be glad you did
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Thanks for the heads up TarHeelGirl, do you still visit the Free Fridays Nook Blog?
Card arrived so I got the full version of Red Hill by Jamie McGuire and am back reading it again, very interesting. If you like zombie apocalypse books :)
Deb, I do still check out the Nook Blog on Fridays. I'm afraid I might miss something! I have sooooooo many freebies that I want to read.
Susan, you're right. The picks haven't been that great lately. Last week's was a cozy that looked pretty good for when I am in the mood for a light, quick read.
The Memory Box has really drawn me in. I'm having trouble putting it down.
Susan, you're right. The picks haven't been that great lately. Last week's was a cozy that looked pretty good for when I am in the mood for a light, quick read.
The Memory Box has really drawn me in. I'm having trouble putting it down.
Susan wrote: "TarHeelGirl00 wrote: "Deb, I do still check out the Nook Blog on Fridays. I'm afraid I might miss something! I have sooooooo many freebies that I want to read.
Susan, you're right. The picks haven..."
I have the Kindle app on my Nook HD+ and I got it that way. I like reading using the NOOK better. I hardly ever use the Kindle app, but this book looked too good to turn down.
Susan, you're right. The picks haven..."
I have the Kindle app on my Nook HD+ and I got it that way. I like reading using the NOOK better. I hardly ever use the Kindle app, but this book looked too good to turn down.
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I'm sort of sad because I was hoping to watch the first episode of Outlander and just found out that my dish package doesn't include STARZ :( so I'll have to wait for DVD LOL
I'll be finishing up my October reviews and starting my November the one I'm most looking forward to is Sarah Morgan's upcoming
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Just started reading The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line. I loved Veronica Mars when it was on TV years ago and the movie that just came out was great so I couldn't wait to start reading the book. Hope it can live up to my expectations!
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I hope do too April, have a great weekend!
Finished reading Red Hill, wow I really enjoyed it. And picked up another of Jamie McGuire's books and polished it off as well. It was a novella called "Happenstance" I thought it was great also. There is going to be another two parts to the novella so I am looking forward to reading the second once it comes out.
Debbie wrote: Kamas, Hi thanks for sharing. How long ago did you read them? I know my tastes in fiction changes with my age...."I read them in the mid-90's. My mother sent me The Old Silent and got me hooked. So I borrowed a bunch of hers until I kind of lost interest in them. I always like Melrose, and still do. Jury I always thought a little morose and melancholy, but I'm not finding him quite so in the early novels. I'm enjoying the re-reads so far.
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Ang Glad you're enjoying your finds! :)
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I read them in the mid-90's. My mother sent me The Old Silent and g..."
I'm glad you're enjoying them. Thanks for commenting and Have a great weekend!
Recommend for future group read. The Boy in the suitcase by Leen Kaareberbol and Agneta Finns. It is part mystery, part action, part thriller, and 100% tug on any mother's heartstrings. The story manages to take you all over northern Europe and makes you afraid to breathe before you turn the next page. But you have to, for the good guys have to protect and take care of the young innocent they found hidden away in a suitcase that they were asked to deliver to someone for a friend. The friend ended up dead. And the Grande chase and search for truth start. I lost a nights sleep because I couldn't put the book down till I knew what happened to the little boy. So much for that box of tissue and pound of M&Ms....
Karen wrote: "Recommend for future group read. The Boy in the suitcase by Leen Kaareberbol and Agneta Finns. It is part mystery, part action, part thriller, and 100% tug on any mother's heartstrings. The story..."
Thanks for the recommendation. I just noticed it's on sale for $1.99 at B&N too!
Thanks for the recommendation. I just noticed it's on sale for $1.99 at B&N too!
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Thanks Karen!
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I'm reading a new novel by Marilyn Brant called Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Bet,
it's a spinoff of her Novel Pride Prejudice and the Perfect Match. She'll be visiting the blog chatting about Jane Austen later in the month.
Then I'll be re-reading Beatriz Williams greatest love story EVER Overseas, those of you from B&N will know the title because we read it together way back when.
Next will be Beth Harbison's new release Driving with the Top Down
Then it's on to my November reviews :)
what's on your reading plate this weekend?
I finished off the "Providence Trilogy" by Jamie McGuire. I am binge reading everything by this new author I have found. Really enjoying all her books. Currently just starting "Beautiful Disaster" apparently this book got some bad reviews once it was released as it contained a bit of scary violence! I'm game though. Also read the "Kalona's Fall" novella by PC Cast. Been a very busy reading week. Next up will be Orphan Train. 
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Looks like you've been busy reading Ang :)
thanks for sharing
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Have a safe trip!
Hope you have a great trip Susan. I should have been doing housework over the weekend, but chose to read instead. I figure it will still be there waiting for me!
No Susan it sure doesn't. Not that it is very dirty. And certainly never untidy. I am a total neat/clean freak lol! :)
Susan wrote: "Just started reading Orphan Train."Me 2!! Enjoying it so far. About 30% read! I actually didn't want to put it down last night.
And stayed up a little too late reading!
I finished "Wuthering Heights" and now I finally got around to starting "Orphan Train" at lunch today. Actually I had already read the first chapter, but I went back and re-read it.
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Oh TarHeelGirl Wuthering Heights is my All Time Favorite classic, not an easy read and certainly no happy ending but OMG the passion. It Rocks!
Debbie wrote: "TarHeelGirl00 wrote: "I finished "Wuthering Heights" and now I finally got around to starting "Orphan Train" at lunch today. Actually I had already read the first chapter, but I went back and re-re..."
I really liked it too! It amazes me that so long ago someone so young wrote something so dark!
I really liked it too! It amazes me that so long ago someone so young wrote something so dark!
Well I've never actually read Wuthering Heights. I supposed I really should read some classics shouldn't I?! :) Really getting into Orphan Train now, I think I'll finish it off tonight.
Ang from OZ wrote: "Well I've never actually read Wuthering Heights. I supposed I really should read some classics shouldn't I?! :) Really getting into Orphan Train now, I think I'll finish it off tonight."
B&N has had a classic for free almost every day lately. Today it's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" if anyone is interested. That's how I got "Wuthering Heights." Soon I want to read "Frankenstein." I've never read it either. It's hard to believe it was published in 1818.
B&N has had a classic for free almost every day lately. Today it's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" if anyone is interested. That's how I got "Wuthering Heights." Soon I want to read "Frankenstein." I've never read it either. It's hard to believe it was published in 1818.
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Now that's my kind of book ;)
I am reading this really fantastic book "The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963." It is a middle grades book narrated by the middle child of the family, Kenneth, about a middle-class black family in Flint, MI. The stories are so normal, but expressed in such a way as to make them compelling and simply delightful. The trip to Birmingham, AL, the climax of the narration, brings home the realities of being black in the rural south in the 1960s. Up to that point, the Watsons could have been any family in any time in history.
I understand why everybody's having a hard time putting "Orphan Train" down. I got to page 106 at lunch, but now I have to go back to work. Boo-hoo-hoo!
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Hi Ruth, thanks for the suggestion. It sounds fascinating Thanks
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I'm posting the questions next week!
I'm done with Orphan Train!!! Reading If I Stay, and hoping to see the movie maybe this weekend!
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