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[Charity]

Ha! Poor Jesse. And the big guns come and steal all your great players, too. :-(

[Charity]

I should mention that my husband was really contemplating naming one of our sons Nolan after one of your hometown heroes.

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Shoeless Joe. I hadn't heard of it, but I'll check it out. Does it focus on all of his career or on the scandal?

The Rangers. They usually have good sticks!

[[deleted user]]

Sticks don't win the series. Pitching, baby! haha

[Charity]

Shoeless Joe is the novel that was adapted into 'Field of Dreams'.

If you are a baseball lover, a lot of people have said the novel Last Days of Summer is quite excellent.

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Jeez, I should have known that. I should create a folder for favorite movies I watched before I realized there was a book. Fight Club being another.

[Emma]

Started The Film Club today and I'm about half way through. It's quite good, the father's a bit of a wuss though. Yes, you can drink, bring girls into your bedroom, I don't care. oh, and despite the fact that I told you you would be in trouble if you did drugs, you have a free pass now to do ANYTHING you want! Aren't I an awesome parent?

[JT]

Charity, I finally got around to Kavalier and Clay this year and let me tell you, it is a fantastic read. I'm sure you won't be disappointed. It was my first Chabon and I'm anxious to delve into more of his stuff.

[Charity]

Fabulous! With so many outstanding Chabon recs, I can't wait!!

[Mandy]

From posts on previous page - Year of Wonders is one of my favourite books, I loved, loved, loved it.

Secondly, eloping sounds fantastic - I am the same about not wanting to spend all that money on a wedding, give me the honeymoon any day - it's mine and my partner's day and I don't want to spend thousands on everyone else - selfish me. So we've been bouncing around ideas for our wedding and we were thinking of getting married on a cruise, we have a few other ideas but if we get married at home it will be very small and just what me and him want, I'm not there to make everyone else happy.

Now, back to books - I finished The Book of Lost Things - well I was only going to give it two stars, it was okay but it's when I was thinking about it last night that I think I'll bump it up to three stars because there are loads of lessons in this book and it is written really well. I know others love it and I can certainly understand how they do, just not my ultimate cup of tea.

I'm on to Anybody Out There now, about 130 pages in, can't wait to pick it up and read some more.

[Lorena]

Logan - everyone else who loves years of wonders, I have wrote it down on my wish-list, on the top! As I said before I love exploring the whole "witch" phenomena and its so nice to see strong female characters for once.

Logan - you didn't like the old lady from Crime and Punishment? She was so lovable ... my favorite from the whole book! LOL Fedor D. had woman issues ... and yeah I Know you all remember how I give authors "made-up" problems.

[Ann from S.C.]

Two of my favorites are PEOPLE OF THE BOOK and YEAR OF WONDERS. I love Geraldine Brooks.

[Mandy]

I have People of the Book to read on my shelf but other books keep getting in the way, glad to hear you liked it, Ann.

[Stacie]

I am a girl and I get caught up in Field of Dreams too...I used to play catch with my dad. :)

[Stacie]

The Book of Lost Things FINALLY came in at the library. I can't wait for my daughter's TV time so I can start it!

[Lorena]

I am a horrible mother I cancel our cable during vacation time so the girls won't watch as much tv, they can watch one movie from their collection per day, or play 1 hour of Wii/playstation/whatever, the rest of the day is either outside, play, read, crafts, etc. My husband makes fun of them and says I am traumatizing them LOL

[Mandy]

That is a fantastic idea, Lorena. These days kids don't get active enough and also some parents are quite happy to shove them in front of tvs - don't get me wrong, the odd movie and tv time can come in handy and I certainly wouldn't take it all away but definitely not all day. It's in their best interests!!

[Lorena]

Mandy, my husband had the TV as his personal Babysitter, so he pretty much thinks I am rather nuts for spending so much time entertaining the kids, and keeping them busy. I keep telling myself that one day they'll be gone and I will miss these days ...

[Stacie]

I am a horrible mother year round...we have cable, but TV is VERY limited here and what is watched is also limited. Her friends watch all sorts of things that I couldn't even imagine my daugther watching! She hates it, but oh well. She is going to hate a lot of things I do and don't let her do for the rest of her life...get used to it!

[Mandy]

Oh for sure you will miss them. All I hear is how fast kids grow up and how you have to enjoy every minute with them because you can't get those minutes back later on in life. Funny that, when you are a kid you can't wait to grow up, when you've grown up you wish you weren't in such a hurry to grow up and took more advantage of the relative simplicity of those days.

Anyway, I don't think you're nuts at all.

[Mandy]

Amen, Stacie.

[Val]

Oh my gosh, Lorena, these things you are doing make you a GREAT mother! I've been doing the same thing with my girls this summer as far as limiting their TV time, and they're already used to not having cable. They have made up for that, though, during recent trips to my parents' place. While I'm busy stripping wallpaper, they're getting caught up on Disney Channel. Anyway, keep up the good work and the kids will thank you for it later!

[Val]

Oh, I forgot to mention what I'm reading. I just started (literally minutes ago) Bucking the Sun by Ivan Doig. Has anyone else read it? I've read many of his other books and love his style.

[Lori, Super Mod]

92 POSTS??? That is what I walked into after being gone for a day and half... and thats just on this post... Eek!

Mandy glad you finshed Book of Lost Things and sorry you didnt love it as much as I did. What was your favorite part? I think I like the whole Snow White and the Dwarfs the best, always got a giggle out of me!

Logan, I hate you! You finished Brothers Karamazov? Im still trying to get reading time in, in order to finish. Im only in the 300's. I was out visting my dad with my kids for the past two days and only got to read one chapter.... Ivans Parable. Im dying to get back to it, but this summer is really taking up alot of my time! Gessh!

I have to agree with you on the whole crazy, insane women.... Fyodor D. didnt have a very impressive vision of the female species :(

[Mandy]

Lori, the Snow White part was definitely my favourite, although as discussed somewhere else it did seem to sway from the book a bit but I liked that, it lightened it for me and I read parts out to my partner and he liked it too.

[alicia]

Stayed up to the wee hours of the morning and finished Old Wounds.Now on to another series I want to catch up with.French Pressed by Cleo Coyle.

[Liz]

Katie, your assessment of Salem (Massachusetts, I presume) is almost correct.

Since I live in the next town over, there are, however, some redeemable places - the Rebecca Nurse Homestead in Danvers (once part of Salem), the memorial dedicated by Elie Wiesel to those who were condemned and put to death for witchcraft, the Hale House in Beverly (Rev. Hale was called in to give testimony), the graveyard where some of the principle characters in the Salem Witch Trials were laid to rest - to name a few.

One needs to do their research and AVOID some of the tourist traps!

[Linda]

Jeremy:

Don't mean to step on anyone's toes, but (and bear with me) although I am not exactly a baseball fan, it is part of our history. Can't say that I sit riveted to a game, but if anyone has not seen the baseball series by Ken Burns (Civil War fame), run, don't walk. I was mesmerized by all nine innings (that's how each disc is set up) and, as a history major, really got in to the delicious tidbits I didn't know about the game.

Have you ever been to the Bull Durham park. The old one was totally falling down, but a great place to spend the evening out. The new one lacks the charm, but is a vast improvement structurally.

Linda

[Linda]

Ann:

I read People of the Book and loved the way it moved in a backward time sequence. Have not read anything else by her, but for a first read, I was intrigued by her style.

Linda

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Thanks Katie. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for that. I always need something during the winter to satisfy the baseball itch. It could make a nice snowy day. That and Fever Pitch.

[Chloe]

Ahhhh, Lori! You're finally to the part that I was asking you about. Unfortunately all I can tell you is that my confusion about the parable was all cleared up in the last 100 pages- just what you wanted to hear, I'm sure. I think Ivan may just be my favorite Karamazov- he's such a pompous ass. I love how he's so proud of his mind yet everyone runs circles around him. Okay, I'm shutting up now.

[Emma]

I finished The Film Club! It wasn't half bad, besides the father being a bit of a wuss. And the majority of the book being about Jesse's heart being broken, or him rapping or doing drugs and getting hung over.

[Charity]

Way to go, Em!! I feel like such a slacker.

[Emma]

Haha, well, I understand the heart being broken part, but otherwise, he just lets him do whatever he wants. Did I mention Jesse sleeping with girls? And his father knowing it?

[Tisha]

So.... I just started Kite Runner. I normally avoid books like this but I am branching out. I hope I enjoy it and dont get too depressed.

[Mandy]

Tisha, Kite Runner is one of my most favourite books, I really hope you like it. Be sure to let us know what you think :)

[Val]

Tisha, you definitely won't get depressed with The Kite Runner. It's a wonderful story. Yes, there are some hard things in there, but it was one of those I hated to have end.

[Tisha]

I just read the reviews in the book and there were comments like "Parts are excruciating..." I just chickened out and grabbed another book to read, but after reading these 2 recent posts I'm going to go ahead and dive in.

::admittedly nervous::

[Mandy]

Okay, so I'm still reading Anybody Out There by Marian Keyes and I just finished part one - wow!! I certainly did not see that coming!! Those of you who have read it will know what I mean. I had been guessing about it but nuh, not even close. Well done, Marian, I love a good twist.

[The Book Whisperer (aka Boof)]

Mandy, that sounds exciting. I've had this book on my shelf forever but haven't got round to reading it. Certainly sounds intruiging.

[Mandy]

It's a good book so far but that twist really punched me in the guts - LOL - or maybe I'm just not too good at seeing the clues :o)

[Stacie]

Tisha, you won't regret your decision to move forward with Kite Runner.

[Kirsty]

hehe Mandy, I didn't see that coming either!

[Cynthia]

I finished All We Ever Wanted Was Everything...it was a really good book...the only thing I would have changed is the end I would have liked a little more closure. But overall it was good story. Next I plan to read Beginner's Greek by James Collins.

[Jessica]

Mandy, when I read Anybody Out There I had a hunch that's what the twist was going to be and then I just couldn't get that idea out of my head so I was more relieved than anything when I found out I was right!

[Jessica]

Also, I just started reading The Faraday Girls by Monica McInerney last night.

[Allison]

I just started Losing It by Valerie Bertinelli. So far it is pretty good. She's very straightforward and truthful - it's like reading a letter from an old friend. Reading about her struggles with insecurity really hits my heart.

[Hayley]

I started reading Kate Mosse Labrinyth(sp) and I am really enjoying it. I love it where two lives are joined together over hundreds of years and the fact she tells the story really well. I also love reading stories on the Holy Grail, whether there fiction or non-fiction.

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Hayley, if you like that kind of storyline, the Troy Games series by Sara Douglass is right up your alley. Characters are linked together through several lifetimes....a labyrinth is linking factor...hmmmm....did one steal the idea from the other?

[Theresa]

Tisha, I read The Kite Runner and I thought it was a beautiful story. The hardest part to read is fairly early on - but what comes from the part, the journey after it, is what makes the story so great. I have a hard time reading certain material - such as the hard part of this story - and it brought tears to my eyes, but I braved on past it and it was well worth it.

Don't give up on it. :)