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Christine wrote: "The book cover is what grabbed my attention, but it's really so very good!"

Is it sad? The description made it sound sad.

[[deleted user]]

So far it's not sad, so far it's just mysterious. I haven't been feeling too hot so I've only read about 1/4 of it. I'll let you know.

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Christine wrote: "So far it's not sad, so far it's just mysterious. I haven't been feeling too hot so I've only read about 1/4 of it. I'll let you know."

I'm really a big baby about mother-daughter books. They tend to make me cry and depress me, too. :(

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Okay, I'm almost done with Tell Me Something True and yes, Jeannette, it's pretty sad. Very good, but sad also.

[Jessika]

Right now, I'm reading The Shining by Stephen King, which, strangely enough, is my form of comfort read to get me through the end of the semester. Since he is my favorite author, I love sinking into his words and his writing style.

I'm also reading A Confederate Lady Comes of Age: The Journal of Pauline Decaradeuc Heyward, 1863-1888, which is the journal of a young woman who wrote during the latter half of the Civil War, as well as the Reconstruction Era.

[Lisa]

I'm reading Unwind, and I'm about halfway through. Wow! What a great "horror" tale for 13-17 year olds. I'm enjoying it very much. Great premise, great characters.

[Kathy]

I finally got started on The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest , the last book in the Steig Larsson books about Lisbeth Salander. I ordered this last one from Book Deposit because I couldn't wait for it to come out in the U.S. It is such excellent writing, such a shame that Larsson died so young.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Oooooh Kathy, you are so tempting me to want to order that as a mother's day gift to myself! Do they have it in paperback or is a hardback?

[Kathy]

Lee wrote: "Oooooh Kathy, you are so tempting me to want to order that as a mother's day gift to myself! Do they have it in paperback or is a hardback?"

It's a big whopper of a hardback. It's definitely a read-at-home book, unless you want to take along a separate bag just for it. LOL! It grabbed me right away, so, Lee, order it, order it, order it.

[Lisa]

Lee, Get it for yourself. Get a few books as a gift for Mother's Day!!! (I'm such a corrupting influence.)

[Lee, Mod Mama]

You guys are bad! I love you! I'm going to check the Book Depository right now. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[[deleted user]]

Do it! Do it! Do it!

Why should Lisa and Kathy have all the corrupting fun?

[Chrissie]

I agree too!!! Do it! We mothers must support each other!

[Manybooks]

Lee, part of Mother's Day is spoiling yourself, indulging yourself, so, yeah, go for it; you deserve it.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Status update: 2 books in the check-out so far!
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Thanks for the encouragement ladies! :-)

[Lisa]

Go Lee!!!

[Lisa]

Lee, Please report back and tell us about all your purchases.

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Lee wrote: "Status update: 2 books in the check-out so far!
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Thanks for the encouragement ladies! :-)"

As if you really needed any encouragement to go book buying ;-)

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Well, actually I'm usually pretty good. I try and limit myself to buying only a few times a year.

I just ordered four books which are all paperbacks so it wasn't too expensive:

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess

[Lisa]

Interesting books, Lee. That Born to Run is on my list, I think. I'll be particularly interested in what you think of the choice theory psychology book.

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Very restrained Lee. You have far more willpower than I do!

[Kathy]

Well, all I need is someone else buying books to get me to click on Amazon and order. Ok, so I don't need any encouragement either. I bought the following:

Beasts by Joyce Carol Oates (I think I'm sufficiently recovered from her last one to read another one by her. I have to pace myself on Oates)

Daughters of the Witching Hill by Mary Sharratt (There's a great video by the author on Amazon in which she visits the historical places of the book while telling about it, in character.)

A music CD, Sam and Ruby's The Here and Now (I first listened to this great duo on XM's The Coffee Shop station.)

So, Happy Mother's Day to me! OK, Lee and I have thrown down the book buying gauntlet. Who else will pick it up? Report back in and let us know.

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I'm waiting til my buddy arrives from the US next week. She's bringing me all sorts of treats, so I will resist! (She has worked part-time for years in a great Indie bookstore in Manchester Center, so I know she will bring great stuff!)

PS: and I forgot about my box from Better World Books, which hasn't turned up yet. Yummy! Can't even remember what I ordered.

[Kathy]

Oops, I meant The Coffee House station. Hayes, what a great friend to have!

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Lisa wrote: "Interesting books, Lee. That Born to Run is on my list, I think. I'll be particularly interested in what you think of the choice theory psychology book."

A friend recommended the William Glasser book Lisa. I probably won't get to that one for a bit but you'll see when I'm reading it.

I'm very intrigued by the running book even though I'm not a runner!

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Hayes wrote: "Very restrained Lee. You have far more willpower than I do!"

Oh Hayes, don't say that LOL! You're making me want to go back for more!

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Yay Kathy! That was fast. Let's see if anyone else succumbs!

[Kathy]

Lee wrote: "Yay Kathy! That was fast. Let's see if anyone else succumbs!"

I just finished a late lunch and am going to go read now. I hope when I check back later that we have had some more ladies following our lead. I would say I feel like the Pied Piper, but that would make those who follow, rats. LOL!

[Manybooks]

Kathy wrote: "Well, all I need is someone else buying books to get me to click on Amazon and order. Ok, so I don't need any encouragement either. I bought the following:

Beasts [bookcover:Beasts..."

My Amazon cart is full right now as well, but I have not yet pressed the check-out button, maybe I'll be able to hold off until next week.

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I'm reading "Persuaded" by Jenni James. She has written a series for teens based on all of the Jane Austen books. The copy I am reading is due to be published sometime later this year.

[Peregrine]

Starting Watch by Robert J. Sawyer. This book is the sequel to WWW:Wake, which I just finished and heartily enjoyed. Alas, WWW: Wonder, the third in the trilogy, will not be out until 2011.

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I'm reading The 9th Judgement against my pledge to stop reading Patterson books. I still cave and read the women's murder club books. And it's on Kindle so I can't throw it under the garbage truck in frustration this time. In my defense, I needed a mindless thriller break.

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Christine wrote: "I'm reading The 9th Judgement against my pledge to stop reading Patterson books. I still cave and read the women's murder club books. And it's on Kindle so I can't throw it under t..."

Good! You do not want to throw your Kindle under a garbage truck! :)

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Kathy wrote: "Hayes, what a great friend to have!"

Isn't that the truth! We haven't seen each other in 12 years. And she is making the supreme sacrifice to fly here as she loathes flying and she will be travelling alone.

I can't wait to see her!

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Hayes wrote: "Kathy wrote: "Hayes, what a great friend to have!"

Isn't that the truth! We haven't seen each other in 12 years. And she is making the supreme sacrifice to fly here as she loathes flying and she w..."

And, she's bringing books! :)

[[deleted user]]

Kathy,

I didn't buy any books yesterday, but I talked my daughter into buying two. Does that count??

[Chrissie]

I promised myself to stop buying books faster than I can read them. Well that went down the drain. I bought:
Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430-1950
Birds Without Wings
The Road From Home: A True Story of Courage, Survival and Hope and
Not Even My Name: A True Story.
All deal with the complex relations between different ethnic groups in Turkey Greece and Armenia.

Having thoroughly enjoyed but now finished The French Blue, I am currently reading Curiosity. I want to compare it to Remarkable Creatures. Both are about Mary Anning, a woman who discovered at Lyme Regis, England, numerous fossilized skeletons 40 years before Darwin published On the Origin of Species.

[[deleted user]]

"Curiosity" sounds good. I read a children"s picture book about Mary Anning some years ago.

[[deleted user]]

Curiosity and Remarkable Creatures both sound great Chrissie. Thanks for the suggestions.

[Chrissie]

Hayes and Jeanette, I want to see how Curiosity compares to Remarkable Creatures which I really did not enjoy. The facts are of course the same, so it is interesting to see how two authors build different stories. Currently I enjoy the curiosity of the two main characters, Henry de la Beche and Mary Anning. Note - that is also the name of the book. There is a spark in these two characters and at this point both are only children. And consider this, Remarkable Creatures is the title of Chevalier's book. Was it the fossils that were remakable or the the characters who fought the accepted religious belifs of the time and searched for other ways of explaining the discoveries? The name "remarkable creatures" connotates that these characters were strange, different weird - all rather negative terms. Curiosity on the other hand is the descriptive quality used by the other auhor, and it has a forward looking fun spark to it. You feel the difference in the writing. But hej, I have only read 80 pages!

[Kathy]

Jeannette wrote: "Kathy,

I didn't buy any books yesterday, but I talked my daughter into buying two. Does that count??"

Yes, that counts, Jeannette. As long as you are enabling others, you get credit, too. LOL!

[Kathy]

Gundula wrote: "Kathy wrote: "Well, all I need is someone else buying books to get me to click on Amazon and order. Ok, so I don't need any encouragement either. I bought the following:

Beasts [bo..."


Push that button, Gundula!

[Kathy]

Chrissie, Curiosity sounds really good. I'm adding it to my to-read and wish lists. Congratulations on your book buying, too.

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Chrissie wrote: "Hayes and Jeanette, I want to see how Curiosity compares to Remarkable Creatures which I really did not enjoy. The facts are of course the same, so it is interesting to see how two authors build di..."

I read the synopsis page for each book and "Curiosity" struck me as the book that I might most enjoy. I didn't get that feeling from the other title, "Remarkable Creatures." We'll see how your initial reaction hold up.

[Chrissie]

Jeanette, exactly. Second impressions can be false. I have already changed my mind twice with this book, that is why I have written no intermediary review yet!

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I'll wait for the final review. The story of Mary Anning is fascinating, even with my limited reading from the picture book.

[Peregrine]

Here's some info about Joan Thomas' first book, Reading by Lightning: http://www.wpgfdn.org/programsproject...

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Thanks for the link Peregrine. Both books sound appealing to me!

[Chrissie]

Peregrine, I only add just one book at a time for each new author. Joan Thomas's first book also is intriguing. Thanks for the link! If I add it to my mountain will depend on how much I end up liking Curiosity! So far I definitely prefer it to Remarkable Creatures. Both have the same subject, but Thomas' book brings the characters closer to the reader. Mary's father has died and you see how the villagers cared for him. You feel Mary's religious indignation - God was suppose to heal the sick. Mary is only eleven.

[Peregrine]

Lee and Chrissie, you're welcome. Both books are on my tbr; haven't gotten to 'em yet.