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[[deleted user]]

*sigh* I love San Francisco. I've been a couple of times, and my husband and I honeymooned there. When I (rarely) think about moving back to the states I think of SF, not my native NYC.

[Chrissie]

Jeanette and lisa,

Ansel Adams! What a photographer! Try enlarging the cover......gorgeous!

[Lisa]

Chrissie, Thanks. That is much better. Still not as good as full size but that does give a much better idea of it.

[[deleted user]]

Hayes wrote: "*sigh* I love San Francisco. I've been a couple of times, and my husband and I honeymooned there. When I (rarely) think about moving back to the states I think of SF, not my native NYC."

Don't know about living there, but I would like to visit again.

[Dawn]

I think I'm going to do a quick read of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" over the weekend.... as prep for my vacation in Savannah!

[[deleted user]]

Dawn wrote: "I think I'm going to do a quick read of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" over the weekend.... as prep for my vacation in Savannah!"

That was a good one!

[Dawn]

I did enjoy it the first time around -- when the movie first came out, I read the book :). If I recall, it was a very fast, enjoyable read then, too!

[[deleted user]]

I wanted to visit Savannah so much after I read it. Take lots of pictures...maybe you can post a couple. :)

[Dawn]

I am a picture-taking fiend :) Just bought a new point-and-shoot digital camera .... My friends and family fear me when I go on vacation. Took over 700 pictures in Arizona last year.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

digital cameras are the best invention ever! No more messing around with film and being afraid to take bad shots or wasting money! Love it!

[[deleted user]]

Lee wrote: "digital cameras are the best invention ever! No more messing around with film and being afraid to take bad shots or wasting money! Love it!"

Me, too! Now my kid can take as many pictures as she likes, we download them to the laptop every day (we did this in Ireland), and then you have a clear camera for the next day!

[Mona]

Kathy, CAUGHT is ready for me to pick up at my library but I won't get there until Monday.

Wow, it is so great to hear that Coben nice in person too. Did you have him autograph something for you?

I follow Coben on Twitter(but I have not been on there for a while). He tweeted a while back that a guy sitting next to him on the plane pulled out one of his books to read. And that was a first for him.

[Ronyell]

I am currently reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and so far, the book is really awesome!!! I can't wait to reach the ending of this book!!! Also, after I read Harry Potter, I will read Tender Morsels.

[Kimberly]

I'm reading Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs. I love it. It's a great read!

[Ronyell]

Kimberly,

Oh! You're reading Tarzan? I never got the chance to read the actual book and I only seen the Disney movie of Tarzan. Have you seen the Disney version before?

[Kimberly]

Ronyell wrote: "Kimberly,

Oh! You're reading Tarzan? I never got the chance to read the actual book and I only seen the Disney movie of Tarzan. Have you seen the Disney version before?"

Yep. I'm one of the ones in the group that was still a wee one when it came out in theaters! I was 7 when my brother and sister took me. I loved it. Still do. Can't belive that was 13 years ago!

The book is great. More adult though. I had no idea there were 24 books in the Tarzan series alone! Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote a total of 91 books not including short stories, essays and articles in 38 years. I find him to be one of my favourite authors.
I've been reading some old school adventure/ sci-fi novels like Jules Verne's books and Sir Arthur Conan Doyles Lost World as of late.

[[deleted user]]

Mona wrote: I follow Coben on Twitter(but I have not been on there for a while). He tweeted a while back that a guy sitting next to him on the plane pulled out one of his books to read. And that was a first for him."

Oh Mona, that got me. I actually signed up for twitter just to follow Coben, haha! Of course, I never plan to tweet, but I will probably follow some authors now.

[Mona]

It's been a while since I've been on TWITTER since I spend so much time here:) You may want want to subscribe to his newsletter too.

Also, your book ratings/reviews here on Goodreads show up as Tweets unless you opt out.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Eeek! Do they really? I just signed up but I don't want all my GR activity automatically on Twitter.

[[deleted user]]

Seriously??? How do I opt out?

[Lee, Mod Mama]

I just checked on my GR account settings and you have to opt in. I think we're okay.

[[deleted user]]

Okay...thanks, Lee.

[Mona]

Hello Lee & Christine:

Yes, I believe the default is to opt out of TWITTER/FACEBOOK feeds.

You can always go back to your account and click on APPS if you change your mind.

Sorry didn't mean to scare you guys. :)

[Dawn]

Just started "Poppy Done to Death" by Charlaine Harris (this is an Aurora Teagarden mystery).

[Lisa]

We definitely have to opt in to have our Goodreads account connected with facebook &/or twitter. And it's not so easy to do.

I did it then undid it with facebook at one point. All 3 of mine are separate. And, I really spend time only here at goodreads.

[[deleted user]]

Reading O Jerusalem again. The Russell Holmes series is definitely on my list of comfort reads.

[Chrissie]

Having finished Ali and Nino: A Love Story, which I will give 5 stars, I am now reading The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life, a biography of the author who wrote Ali and Nino. Probably the book was written both by Kurban Said, who was actually Lev Nussimbaum and Baroness Elfriede Ehrenfels. It is also debatable who exactly wrote The Girl from the Golden Horn.

[Lisa]

Chrissie wrote: "Having finished Ali and Nino: A Love Story, which I will give 5 stars, I am now reading The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life, a biography of the author who wrote Ali and Nino."

Chrissie, That will be so interesting!

[Chrissie]

The two books are different but Ali and Nino could very well have represented Lev's and Elfriede's own experiences with different cultures, religions and places.

Now I have finally written a review, but I do not do the book justice!

[Peregrine]

I'm near to finishing Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson. I laughed out loud in many places!

[[deleted user]]

Peregrine wrote: "I'm near to finishing Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson. I laughed out loud in many places!"

It sounds like a crazy household! :)

[Mona]

LIFE AMONG THE SAVAGES sounds interesting--I'm putting it on my list.

[Maude]

I love Life Among the Savages altho' I haven't read it again in a long time. The follow-up book to this is Raising Demons.

[Mona]

Ok, Maude, I just added RAISING DEMONS to my list.

[Peregrine]

Starting The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham. On the back cover of my library copy is written: "The Painted Veil is a beautifully written affirmation of the human capacity to grow, to change, and to forgive." Based on that, I'm interested.

[[deleted user]]

Peregrine wrote: "Starting The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham. On the back cover of my library copy is written: "The Painted Veil is a beautifully written affirmation of the human cap..."

I liked this book. I felt that it was beautifully written.

[Mona]

I have not read the book but really enjoyed the movie.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

I liked the book but it had to grow on me. I've heard the movie is even better.

[Lisa]

I loved the movie.

[[deleted user]]

I heard that the movie has a "slightly" different ending. I shouldn't have liked this book, based on my usual feelings about these types of stories. But, I just loved reading this. The author made me see and feel everything that was he was describing.

[Peregrine]

Jeannette wrote: "I heard that the movie has a "slightly" happier ending. I shouldn't have liked this book, based on my usual feelings about these types of stories. But, I just loved reading this. The author made..."

Hints about endings are spoilers, no?

[[deleted user]]

That's really not much of a spoiler, is it? Unless you've seen the film.

I tried not to give anything away, but I'm truly sorry if I did. I hope I'm just leaving you guessing. :)

{I edited my post (message 941), but you'll have to edit your post (message 942) to get rid of my spoiler.}

[Kathy]

Mona wrote: "Kathy, CAUGHT is ready for me to pick up at my library but I won't get there until Monday.

Wow, it is so great to hear that Coben nice in person too. Did you have him autograph something for you..."

Yes, Mona, I got him to autograph several books. So cool! I think I'll add him to my Twitter authors, sounds like he has some interesting tweets. I don't use it often, but it's worth checking on what authors tweet sometimes.

[Kathy]

Lisa wrote: "I loved the movie."

Oh, Lisa, I loved the movie, too. I'm embarrassed to say that I haven't read the book, as I usually read the book first. I am adding it to my summer list though.

[Jessika]

Right now, I'm reading Frost: Poems, which is a collection of Robert Frost's poetry. I'm also reading The Bell Witch: An American Haunting by Brent Monahan, and I'm re-reading Stephen King's Rage, found in The Bachman Books.

[[deleted user]]

Catching up in your free time, Jess? :)

[Kathy]

After finishing the wonderful latest and last book by Steig Larsson, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, I decided I need a light, comfort read. So, I am reading Mary Higgins Clark's latest, The Shadow of Your Smile. Her books are rather predictable, but there is a mind resting comfort in them.

[Mona]

Yes, Kathy, I don't get on TWITTER nearly as much as I used to. But I also subscribe to Harlan Coben's newsletter to see if he's coming out with anything new.

Going to library today to pick up CAUGHT.

[Jessika]

Jeannette wrote: "Catching up in your free time, Jess? :)"

Oh, for sure, Jeannette! Now that I have time off from school, I try to make the most of it! :)

[[deleted user]]

I am trying something very new for me - 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill. I don't usually like short stories, but these are really very interesting and original. Just found out that Joe Hill is Stephen King's son - he obviously inherited the creativity gene!