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Darla wrote: "Kelly - I'm only about 130 pages in ([b:And the Band Played On:Politics People and the AIDS epidemic|28212|And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic|Randy Shilts|http://photo..."Hey Darla you are so sweet. Thank you for the update. I know. I agree with your comment and it is so sad that after all these years people still don't protect themselves every way possible. Looking forward to reading it myself. Take care.
Jeane wrote: "Cindy, my goal was 50:-))) am at 63 now..."That's awesome Jeane, congrats on surpassing your goal!
Kellie wrote: "Janet wrote: "I recently read A Girl Named Zippy. I loved it. Very lighthearted, and easy to read. laugh out loud funny."Janet. I liked that one too. The book that followed Zippy,
[b:She Got..."
I need to get Zippy from the library. My BFF bought me She Got Up Off The Couch... for my birthday and I've been holding it in my to-read pile for six months.
Cindy who wrote the book A Girl Named Zippy? There is a sequel to it? What does BFF stand for? Not familiar with all the lingo yet. LOL. Is it the same author for She Got Up Off The Couch?
Kelly wrote: "Cindy who wrote the book A Girl Named Zippy? There is a sequel to it? What does BFF stand for? Not familiar with all the lingo yet. LOL. Is it the same author for She Got Up Off The Couch?"She Got Up Off the Couch is by the same person who wrote A Girl Named Zippy. It's a continuation I guess of her memoir. She/Couch is about her mother I think. BFF stands for Best Friend Forever, it's a cheesy term I used twenty years ago when I wrote notes to my friends in school. My best friend and I use it now kind of tounge in cheek.
And it gets even better at the end, especially if you like surprises.Callista wrote: "I am reading The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. Amazing so far, and it's rapidly approaching the point where I can't put it down."
I'm reading 'Love in the time of cholera'. It is a slow read. I like the style of language but the emotional melodrama is wearing me down.I'm tempted to try a lighter parallel read but I think that would be the kiss of death.
Thanks Cindy.Kelly, when I don't have a so=called career break I look for a job. That is because we moved to Dublin about a month ago, so looking for something. Before I lived in London and worked as customer services representative for JOhnson and Johnson.
Thanks for the translation Cindy. I will look up the two books we are talking about to see who the author is. Thanks again.
Well Jeane I hope you find something perfect for your situation soon. Wow Johnson and Johnson. Are you originally from London? Do you have an accent? I love accents. I know how you feel I am looking for work too. Bummer. Take care. :)
No Kelly, I am Belgian, from the northern part. I was working for their contact lens department at the headquarters there, belgian market.
Sounds interesting. My geography is terrible so I have no clue where in the world you are but I will check it out. Take care.
NyA wrote: "I've just started Just After Sunset~Stephen King. I love his short story compilations. Before this, I read the Twilight series. Very fast read. I read them all in a short amount of time. No gre..."NyA,
I take it you read "Different Seasons" - 4 novellas by King? If not this is a fantastic read. I liked all of them except the last - "breathing method" - 2 of them became Shawshank redemption and "Stand by me" movies.
Just started Skin by jeremy Poolman. It is written funny, weird and goes fast. But even though I am at page fifty..I still don't have a clue what the story will be really about and when I will ahve the feeling that it really started. But there are only a bit more than 200 pages...it feels like he is jsut brabling along...
Kelly wrote: "Cindy who wrote the book A Girl Named Zippy? There is a sequel to it? What does BFF stand for? Not familiar with all the lingo yet. LOL. Is it the same author for She Got Up Off The Couch?"Haven Kimmel wrote Zippy and She Got Up Off the Couch. They are written in essay form. They are very funny and heartwarming and remind me so much of my own childhood.
Esther wrote: "I'm reading 'Love in the time of cholera'. It is a slow read. I like the style of language but the emotional melodrama is wearing me down.I'm tempted to try a lighter parallel read but I think tha..."
Esther.
I struggled with Love in the Time...but managed to finish it. It was not a book that I enjoyed. I felt the author went on too many tangents and I struggled to follow the plot. It might be I was "Lost in Translation"...
Kellie wrote: "Esther wrote: "I'm reading 'Love in the time of cholera'. It is a slow read. I like the style of language but the emotional melodrama is wearing me down.I'm tempted to try a lighter parallel read..."
Kellie I totally agree with you on this book. I struggled to get to the end, I did finish it, but it is a book I would not recommend.
Kellie wrote: "Kelly wrote: "Cindy who wrote the book A Girl Named Zippy? There is a sequel to it? What does BFF stand for? Not familiar with all the lingo yet. LOL. Is it the same author for She Got Up Off The C..."Thanks Kellie, I couldn't remember her name to save my life.
Lori wrote: "Since I had fallen in love with the Book Of Lost Things, I thought I would stay the course of twisted takes on old stories and read The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde. hmmm.... only a few chapters in..."What I have found with Fforde is that I have to read his stuff in order or else it makes even less sense. He loves to mention stuff that happened three books ago or throw in some obscure joke from the first book, whatever. I love his stuff, but The Fourth Bear is the second book in his second series. You might be better off reading The Eyre Affair which is his first book in the his first series, the Thursday Next series. There you'll get a better grasp of his interesting wordplay.
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I'm reading Tweak:Growing up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff, not so sure how I feel about it yet. I think A Million Little Pieces kind of did me in on addiction memoirs but I wanted to read it before reading the book by Sheff's father Beautiful Boy. It's also the author's first book so it meets a requirement for the winter challenge and since it's technically YA (although so graphic it seems like it would be better for 16+ at least) I thought I'd be able to finish before the new year which would bring my total number of books read for the year to 80. I'm currently at 79-I can't end the year at 79!
I am just starting Glenn Beck's The Christmas Sweater. Has anyone else read this yet?
Just got home from the library and now I have to get on the stick to read Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen: A Novel by Susan Gregg Gilmore. So once again, I am toting five books, plus the one I am listening to on my MP3. Is there a doctor in the group?
Robin wrote: "NyA wrote: "I've just started Just After Sunset~Stephen King. I love his short story compilations. Before this, I read the Twilight series. Very fast read. I read them all in a short amount of t..."Yes I have read Different Seasons, but it's been quite a few years and I would love to read it again! I don't remember the last one ~ "Breathing Method" ~ that you mentioned so I probably wasn't too fond of it either.
It's funny NyA, I don't remember Breathing Method either-except for the beginning. I wonder what it is about that story? Guess I'll have to re-read it and see.
I am reading The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill right now. (I think in the States it was published as Someone Knows My Name). I actually started it a few months ago but put it down cause I was too busy with school work, and have just picked it up again. I was wondering if anyone else has read it? It is excellent so far!
I just finished "The Last Lecture" Randy Pausch and have just started "Twelve Sharp" Janet Evanovich.
Paula~ How did you like The Last Lecture? I have it on my shelf waiting to be read but I haven't made it to it yet.
I want to read The Last Lecture, but because the author has passed away I thought it would be too sad.
Yes how is The Last Lecture? That is so sad and not fair what happened to him. He left young children and his wife. Althought the last time I saw him on Oprah he seemed optimistic but that could of been for the camera.
I liked The Last Lecture, he definitely had a pretty amazing perspective on things. It's definitely sad in parts but mostly hopeful.
I started Farenheit 451 the last couple of days and am only to page 40. I'm reading this for the Winter challenge book I have never been able to finish. I'd love some encouragement. I'm struggling again! This just doesn't appeal to me, though I can appreciate the excellent writing. Does it pick up?I probably shouldn't have started it after reading several "quickies." But I am determined to finish it. I fell asleep after 15 pages last night and I went to bed at 10 pm!
I really liked it Marsha although I didn't love the end. Hang in there with it-it will go fast!
Joanie~ Yes, the very fact that it is so unmemorable makes me want to read it again. Just to find out what was so lacking about it. To Everyone else~The good and bad thing about this group is that just about every post I read offers another book to add to my TBR pile. It's going to take me years to get through all of them but I'm looking forward to it. so thanks.....I think :) lol
Marsha, I tried to read Fahrenheit 451 about three years ago and could not get through it. I decided to pick it back up about two months ago and loved it. The beginning lagged for me a bit, but after a certain point I found that I could not put it down.
I am reading Haunted Lily... a little spooky fun. Its a good read, I cant put it down! I would be finished by now if it werent for the busyness of the holidays! The editing (or lack thereof) is driving me crazy. I am resisting the urge to bust out a red pen and correct/grade it like a school teacher!
I just finished the second book in the Gemma Doyle trilogy! I felt the last 80 or so pages dragged, but that could have been me reading at 3 am.On to Living Dead in Dallas - hope it's as much fun as the first Sookie book.
The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz. I love it. Can't put it down.
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I am currently reading a biography of Bob Dylan, I read Lost Laysen by Margaret Mitchell on Sunday and I have a pile of books lying in wait to be read. Upcoming reads for me are Homecoming by Bernard Schlink, The Time Travellers from The Gideon Trilogy, and Jane Eyre among others.
Lori wrote: "Wow Cindy, you pulled my post from waaaay back. I read that book ages ago. I do have the first book of the Eyre series but really am in no rush to read it."Yeah, I didn't realize how old it was until I was done posting. I love Fforde though and his Thursday Next series is really great. He has a great sense of humor and I think his word play is very clever. And, in reading the Next series, you come across the origin of the Nursery Crimes series as well.
Just finished Skin by jeremy Poolma. Not good, not good... and why can't I seem to find it by author or easily by title with the add book/author.Has anyonw read this book? It feels like (and probably he jsut did that) the author is just rabling, brablin, babling or however it si called about whatever he feels like telling and full of lies....
Thanks for the plugs for Farenheit 451. I know I'll finish it this time. Maybe I'll like the characters a little more when I take the time to get to know them.
Paula wrote: "I just finished "The Last Lecture" Randy Pausch and have just started "Twelve Sharp" Janet Evanovich."Paula/Allison: I saw Randy Pausch on Oprah and then listened to the Last Lecture on my MP3. What a powerful epitaph to one heck of a man. Both his presentation and the Lecture on audio were worth the time.
NyA wrote: "Joanie~ Yes, the very fact that it is so unmemorable makes me want to read it again. Just to find out what was so lacking about it. To Everyone else~The good and bad thing about this group is ..."
NyA: Give up the idea of years. Count on a lifetime. For every book that gets added now, there will be ten next year and the year after that. Sorry to be so hopeful, but it's my OCD kicking in.
Linda~Yea I kind of figured it would come to that! LOLI don't really mind because I love collecting books almost as much as I love to read them. I just have to get a bigger house! LOL
I am currently reading "The Pillars Of The Earth" by Ken Follett and I am really enjoying it.
oooh, Fiona... are you reading Watership Down right now??? I just read that one this month... I absolutely loved it. If you want to totally creep yourself out, picture the rabbits as humans... I couldn't put it down :)
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I'm sure you "career break" lol did help. Just curious what you do for a living when not on break? :)