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Great review, Faith. I was so into the story , I wasn't bothered by the lack of quotation marks. I just loved these characters!
Death by Darjeeling
– Laura Childs – 3*** This is a good cozy mystery. I like how Childs took time to build the relationships among the tea shop’s employees, and other characters. There are plenty of suspects, and a couple of red herrings to keep the reader guessing. I’ll keep reading this series.
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Tomorrow, starting a historical fiction Chicken Dreaming Corn by Roy Hoffman that Diane alerted me to. About Jewish small business owners in Mobile on the eve of WWI. So excited to read this thanks Diane. Also starting a memoir of a true southern lady Sum it Up by Coach Pat Summit with a co-writer. I will have tissues handy.
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What about Patricias? I have been a fan since high school. My claim to fame is that Tamika Catchings went to my school and I did the team's stats. Mind you growing up in Chicago the Bulls were champs but our high school girls basketball team was hot. Have loved UT women's hoops ever since.
When Drew Brees blew into town and gave the New Orleans Saints a new lease on life, a bunch of Drew babies popped up. I have girlfriend with a female dog named Droux ;)
I heard the cutest story. A couple who are huge Cub fans almost as big as me decided to name their kids after the ball park. Their kids names are Addison, Clark, Sheffield, Grace, and Ivy. Back before I was religious I would have used Addison in a second. My kids have Jewish names; however, if the Cubs actually win this year, we are getting a dog and naming it Bryzzo.
Seeing that The Last Night of Ballyhoo is doing lousy at the polls I went ahead and picked it up from the library. Only 98 pages so if anyone wants to read also I'd love to discuss with y'all.
Yes, yes me please . I am waiting for mine to arrive
It is second in the trilogy after Driving Miss Daisy and I wanted to compare
I'll hold off discussing but I'm going to read tomorrow.
I bought Enemy Women for my Nook after reading News of the World, but have not gotten. to it yet,Finished Blind Sight
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Off the bucket list, here I go following Mr Simpson's name sake. DohThe Odyssey
Odyessus hasn't come home from Troy. Is he dead or alive?
Suitors are camped out on his doorstep. Eating their way through the family's resources and livestock. They wish to marry his widow. (We know what they really want). I'm surprised they haven't drawn lots and started killing one another.
She's a tricky one though. Weaving by day. Unweaving by night.
Telemachus, his son, wants to kill them all. Athene tells him to go look for daddy. Give it a year then come back. She knows how to whisper in a young man's ear. Off he goes.
Here's a recurring description
When newborn Dawn came on with her rose-fingered daylight.
I really liked The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney. My review is here:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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I finished Feast Day of Fools by James Lee Burke. My review is here:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The Boy Kings of Texas
– Domingo Martinez – 2** This is a memoir of growing up in Brownsville Texas, near the border with Mexico, in a poor barrio, with few opportunities and even less hope. There are parts of this memoir that are engaging and funny. But on the whole I felt as disenfranchised from the experiences he relates, as he states he felt. I kept waiting for some insight, and never got it, and I’m left disappointed and dissatisfied. I felt I was reading the rambling notes of a journal his therapist suggested he keep, rather than a cohesive memoir.
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Tom wrote: "Living in California, I need a little help getting in the proper mood for autumn. This year I did it by rereading one of my favorite horror books from my youth, Harvest Home by ..."I think I read this when it first came out ... the women basically run things, don't they?
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You could say that.
Tuesdays With Morrie
– Mitch Albom – 5***** and a ❤The subtitle is the perfect synopsis: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson. This little gem of a book is the result of Tuesdays the author spent discussing life, death, family, work, and love with his former professor and mentor, who was dying of ALS. It’s touching and inspiring.
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Finally have gotten rolling with Last Ride to Graceland but cannot find the "initial" impressions section. At any rate, I'm enjoying it - that pink cover had me procrastinating for weeks! Reminds me a bit of Where'd Ya Go, Bernadette - smart and witty.
Book Concierge wrote: " Tuesdays With Morrie
– Mitch Albom – 5***** and a ❤
The subtitle is the perfect synopsis: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson. This lit..."
I've got a friend with ALS... so hard.
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It is not a book I would normally read and then I saw the soothing cover and was hooked. And I don't usually like pink. Go figure.
Carol wrote: "*raises hand*"LOL. Guilty dog barks first, baby girl.
Brina wrote: "It is not a book I would normally read and then I saw the soothing cover and was hooked. And I don't usually like pink. Go figure."Isn't it funny how a title or cover can color your level of interest for a book? I didn't know until recently that the publishers - not the author - chooses the cover art and often the title. That's not always the case, but it will be one question I have for the writer when I get finished up here.
Diane wrote: "I wonder how many people have NOT read "Last Ride to Graceland" because of that pink cover. Her publisher should be ashamed. It was a much better better book than the cover."Diane, my favorite book cover ever is for The Sisters Brothers. It told you up front that it was quirky and involved some killings, but was fun at the same time.
My. That makes me sound like an axe murderer or something.
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It gave me pause but, with Kim being as charming as she is, I decided to risk expulsion from the He Man Woman Haters Club and go for it.
I agree about the pink cover it almost put me off This is not chick lit it s misleading
Covers are a big draw for many, wonder why they aren't more careful?Finished The Kept Woman
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Well, the cover of Last Ride to Graceland certainly did not connect me with the book. I got to it sooner because the group read it, that's for sure. Tom, you live in NorCal & have a daughter. You should be evolved enough to move past the he-man thing. ;-)
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I have two daughters and even my dogs are female. I admit that I live in a seats-down household.
LeAnne wrote: "Carol wrote: "*raises hand*"LOL. Guilty dog barks first, baby girl."
You got that right. I'd sooner be caught with 50 shades of Grey in my car then the cover of this book.
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LOL. Guilty dog barks first, baby girl."
You got that right. I'd sooner be caught with 50 shades of Grey in my car then the cover of this book."
Remember the schoolbook covers your mom made from brown paper sacks? They work great.
I loved those. I liked to decorate them. Truthfully I never pay attention to a cover of a book. Maybe 2 times I noticed a cover at the library and grabbed a book I wouldn't have read otherwise. But usually if I want to read a book I'm not going to judge it by the cover (oh no, sorry, but I really meant it this time.).
Speaking of brown paper wrappers, I once got a package in the mail right before Mothers Day. It was from hubby Joe and read Happy Mothers Day to one hot mama. Huh. Unwrapped it and found 50 Shades of Gray!
LeAnne wrote: "Speaking of brown paper wrappers, I once got a package in the mail right before Mothers Day. It was from hubby Joe and read Happy Mothers Day to one hot mama. Huh. Unwrapped it and found 50 Shades ..."He's a good man, that one.
I'm reading the back of my eyelids more than anything else. Sleep is a best seller lately.
The dystopian novel Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton is beautifully written. Here is my review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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