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Fri, Jun 13, 08 at 23:26
| I like this thread but it was getting on the long side to download, so hope you don't mind my starting a #2.
I'm a black woman in Nova Scotia. The British had promised that blacks could be free and would be given land here but have not fulfilled their promise so we are struggling to survive. . |
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| I am a king in Egypt. I changed my name to honor the southern Horus as well as the nothern Set. |
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| I wish I could guess from the clues given what books you two are reading, but I have no idea. They both sound interesting. As for me, I'm still in Europe in the Middle Ages since, as soon as I finished the book, I turned back to the beginning and started over. This time, I'm marking passages, underlining, taking notes, etc. It's so interesting and so full of fascinating information. |
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- Posted by wigardenerwannabe (My Page) on Sat, Jun 14, 08 at 16:04
| Ok froniga, now you have me curious...fess up...what is the book that has you finishing it and than reading it again? wig |
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- Posted by sarah_canary (My Page) on Mon, Jun 16, 08 at 1:41
| This is too easy ... but I'm on a giant disk, carried by four elephants, who are riding on the back of giant turtle swimming through space. :) I'm with a failed wizard named Rincewind. |
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| Sarah, I googled "Rincewind" because I had never heard of it and discovered that I might like this book. |
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- Posted by sarah_canary (My Page) on Mon, Jun 16, 08 at 12:11
| Deborah - If you've never read Terry Pratchett, this could open up a whole new world for you -- literally. My favorite Pratchett, so far, is Equal Rites. Enjoy! |
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- Posted by georgia_peach (My Page) on Mon, Jun 16, 08 at 12:26
| I'm exploring an uncharted tributary of the Amazon. Our expedition is negligently undersupplied. I've provided my readers with a description of the Candiru fish which has left this reader shuddering! (BTW -- I've seen this on other boards where posters supply the title/author in parentheses. Are we making this a guessing game, or would folks like to see the author/title supplied when we post?) |
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| I would like some kind of clue about the title/author because I think I have just found a new author to read by Sarah's clue of Rincewind. |
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- Posted by wigardenerwannabe (My Page) on Mon, Jun 16, 08 at 18:05
| I would also really appreciate a title/author listed. wig |
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| I would love to see the author and title referenced. |
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- Posted by woodnymph2 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 17, 08 at 12:24
| froniga, are you, by chance, reading Follett's "Pillars of the Earth"??? |
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| I'm at Joe Morelli's house, and someone just threw a brick through the front window. You don't want to know what was tied to the brick! |
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- Posted by reader_intransit (My Page) on Tue, Jun 17, 08 at 13:14
| I'm in present-day north Wales, on a mission: to climb a mountain to scatter the ashes of an ex-spouse. However, the weather is stubbornly uncooperative. While I wait for it to clear, I'm surprised by an out-of-the-blue love, but there are complications ahead... Deborah, Wig and Siobhan, |
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- Posted by carolyn_ky (My Page) on Tue, Jun 17, 08 at 16:30
| I'm switching between Buenos Aires and suburban Virginia. My uncle is hunting for me, and my adoptive father (which I don't know about) is moving a lot to protect me. |
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- Posted by cindydavid4 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 18, 08 at 18:57
| I don't think this was started out as a guessing game, but I like the idea very much. I just finished a very long and boring visit to a suburb in LA, in the 70s, listening to lots of whiny spineless women complain about their husbands/boyfriends/lovers/children. Glad to be home. deborah, Im another Disc World fan. Equal Rites is a good one, tho another I like to hook new readers to is Soul Music. I've linked this before and its very helpful - since the books are sort of grouped by characters, this gives you an idea of where to start with each group. You don't have to of course, all the books stand alone. But its an interesting guide |
Here is a link that might be useful: Disc World
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- Posted by blossomgirl (My Page) on Wed, Jun 18, 08 at 19:29
| I am in Eastern Europe in a medieval castle. |
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| I’m in America in the far-distant future, where the U.S. government, economy, and society have long since collapsed and there are only a few remnants of our industrialized society. Right now I’m on the "dreaming road" headed east toward the sea, where I’ve heard there are ships waiting to transport people to Europe. |
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- Posted by cindydavid4 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 18, 08 at 23:32
| Oh I read that - Avalon, or Passport to AValon, something like that? Unsettling, but good. blossomgirl, so whats happening in that castle of yours or around it? |
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| Thanks Cindy and Sarah- Disc World may well be the answer to my "frustrated" post. |
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| Cindy, wasn't sure if you were referring to my post, but mine is The Pesthouse by Jim Crace. Also, it's funny you should mention Soul Music. I've read the previous two 'Death' books and that one is waiting for me on my bookshelf. Glad to hear it's good. |
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- Posted by woodnymph2 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 19, 08 at 12:52
| blossomgirl, are you, by chance, reading Kostova's "The Historian"? |
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- Posted by blossomgirl (My Page) on Thu, Jun 19, 08 at 13:10
| woodnymph2-No it is not "The "Historian" cindydavid4-Inside the castle some renovation has finally started again after being delayed for some time. I am with my cousin who is very wealthy. I think I am seeing things that might not be there. |
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- Posted by blossomgirl (My Page) on Thu, Jun 19, 08 at 13:45
| reader intransit-Are you reading "The Long Walk Home"? |
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- Posted by cindydavid4 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 19, 08 at 16:05
| dorie, yes, I was responding to your post. I have the Crace on my TBR shelves, and really want to get to it this summer. Have you read his other books? Quarrantine is an interesting look at Jesus (tho probably not for those easily offended), and Gift of Stones is just amazing; takes place during the Iron Age, as things were changing. I this Soul Music is the disc world book that had me laughing the most. His play on words is just magical in this book. Especially when I figured out who one of the characters was supposed to be. Veer, yes, thats the one, thanks. I was typing away from my shelves and was too lazy to get up and look. I have a very old copy of that book as well as the sequel Between Woods and Water. I always hoped he'd write a final book about the last part of his journey. The man is in his 90s so I am not sure if that will ever happen now. |
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- Posted by reader_intransit (My Page) on Fri, Jun 20, 08 at 2:25
| Blossomgirl, Yes. |
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| Cindy, I'm now really looking forward to reading Soul Music. Maybe it will be next, as I'll need something light after this book. I'm enjoying it a lot though, the author has a gift with words. This is my first book by Crace but I was looking at his other books. Gift of Stones looks interesting to me, as does Being Dead. |
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| I am in NYC searching for my birth mother. I always knew I was adopted, but not until I began my search did I discover I had a twin sister who had been adopted to another family. My sister and I, reunited, are not only searching for our birth mother but also trying to unravel the mystery of why Jewish identical twins put up for adoption were being separated. (And, this is non-fiction.) |
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- Posted by lemonhead101 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 20, 08 at 11:27
| I am in nowadays with a family struggling with the oldest child with meth addiction and resisting rehab. I am trying to figure out to tell the two youngest kids about their brother and having a hard time with it. Non-fiction. |
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- Posted by blossomgirl (My Page) on Fri, Jun 20, 08 at 14:06
| bookmom41-"Identical Strangers?" reader intransit-we read "The Long Walk Home" in my library reading group. |
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- Posted by wigardenerwannabe (My Page) on Fri, Jun 20, 08 at 14:44
| I am on the British moors, staying at my uncle and aunt's isolated inn that is very creepy and my uncle is involved with many evil undertakings. |
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| Blossomgirl--yes, Identical Strangers it is. |
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| wig-sounds like either DuMaurier or Holt. |
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- Posted by wigardenerwannabe (My Page) on Fri, Jun 20, 08 at 17:36
| Yes, it's Du Maurier - Jamaica Inn - compelling read - I feel like I'm right there and it's pretty sinister! Now I'll have to look up Holt...although need a first name as there are too many I'm sure. I love Du Maurier and would love to find another author with a similar style. wig |
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| Victoria Holt-not as deep as DuMaurier, but a similar style. She also wrote as Phillipa Carr and Jean Plaidy. |
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- Posted by carolyn_ky (My Page) on Sat, Jun 21, 08 at 20:23
| I thought Mistress of Mellyn was the best Victoria Holt book. I kept reading her for a long time hoping for another I liked as well, but eventually they all seemed too much alike. |
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| The other author that I like of that ilk is Catherine Gaskin-again, not as literary as Du Maurier, but a good storyteller. |
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| I am at a house party on the Thames on the day The Prince of Wales married Diana Spencer. |
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- Posted by reader_intransit (My Page) on Sun, Jun 22, 08 at 3:01
| Blossomgirl, How did your reading group like The Long Walk Home? |
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| I'm in an English country house and trying to figure out what to do since my blasted gentleman's gentleman is off on vacation somewhere shrimping! A famed English loony doctor is masquerading as a butler to spy on one of the guests who is a well-known American playboy while my aunt (our host) has buzzed off to be by her son's side who has German measles. At least the food's excellent ..... |
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| Oh yes, Anatole is supreme. |
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- Posted by blossomgirl (My Page) on Sun, Jun 22, 08 at 15:48
| reader intransit-My reading group all agreed the book was well written and made us want to visit Wales! The "grump" in the library group thought the book was a "bad romance" but she hates everything we read so I pay her no attention. |
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- Posted by lemonhead101 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 23, 08 at 11:13
| I am in Botswana with a woman of "traditional build" and her husband and we are solving mysteries whilst drinking red bush tea. |
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| Oh, Lemonhead, I know what you're reading! It's The No. 1 Ladies Detective series. I just love those books. Ok, I just started a new book and I am in Cape Cod in the 1700's and my husband is a sea faring man. |
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- Posted by woodnymph2 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 23, 08 at 12:21
| I have just arrived at an elegant villa in Tuscany. It has been some 20 years since I have stayed there, before family concerns forced me to end my studies and return to the States. I am now a college professor, hot on the trail of some sonnets possibly written by the Bard to his Dark Lady, who may have once lived in this villa. I was put on this trajectory by the tragic death of one of my students. |
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| I am in Amherst to attend the conference marking the 100th anniversary of Emily Dickinson's death. The misguided organizer of the conference has failed to ask any women to take part as contributors or presenters, so stand by for fireworks. Or worse. |
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- Posted by blossomgirl (My Page) on Tue, Jun 24, 08 at 14:10
| ccrdmrbks-Sounds like the Homer Kelly mystery book called "Emily Dickinson is dead". Good mystery series and this one was written near the beginning of series? by Jane Langton. I love mystery books-they are my # 1 favorite thing to read. I really liked this one..have you read her others? I am in Manhatten and it is hot in August. I am a D.A. who has been called to a murder in a abandoned building. |
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- Posted by cindydavid4 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 24, 08 at 15:07
| I am in Maine, 1839, watching a young girl come of age. |
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- Posted by carolyn_ky (My Page) on Tue, Jun 24, 08 at 17:40
| I'm on my third visit to Three Pines, Quebec. Can you believe there has been another murder? And the persecution from my having caused bent Surete` officers to be sent to prison is heating up. |
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| blossom-I am a long time mystery addict-I just checked my Goodreads site and I have 352 mysteries listed-and I haven't added all of them! Jane Langton is an old favorite. wig-just thought of another author for you-Anya Seton. I am following Carolyn to Canada. pack the woolies! |
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- Posted by smallcoffee (My Page) on Tue, Jun 24, 08 at 21:04
| I have just left the north fork of the Shenandoah river in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. I have to explore where I want to go next. |
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| Do I stay in Canada, or do I go? Go where? That is the question. |
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- Posted by carolyn_ky (My Page) on Wed, Jun 25, 08 at 15:32
| I've moved from Canada to Oahu and am now investigating what appears to be a surfing accident on the North Shore in December when the really big waves come in. But I think it's murder, because the victim got a "gift" just before he disappeared of an ancient Hawaiian weapon, a wooden club encircled with shark's teeth, which meant a threat--a call to battle. |
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- Posted by smallcoffee (My Page) on Wed, Jun 25, 08 at 15:51
| I've moved on to a small town in Mississipi. My twin and I are orphans in the custody of alcoholic neglectful grandparents. A stepmother who wants to adopt us gives us reason to hope. |
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| I've been following my abusive husband from Florida to Boston to San Diego to DC as his job takes him from place to place-but after the last time he locked me in the bathroom for hours, I have escaped-but with no money, no job and no skills-where can I go? My family warned me not to marry him-but won't support me in the first divorce in our family, either. I'm at my wits' end. |
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| Now remarried to a placid, kind, dare I say slightly dull man and living in London-which gives me great scope for social climbing. |
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- Posted by lemonhead101 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 26, 08 at 10:33
| I am in Utah learning about Mormon Fundamentalism and Joseph Smith after the murder of a young mother and her young child. Interesting how some things get twisted around and turned into something they're not - just for someone's benefit. |
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| Couldn't agree more Liz. I've just left a steamy Victorian London where bosoms were a-heaving, limbs a-twitching and corsets and bonnets were hitting the fan. |
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| On the Riviera-socially, I've climbed about as high as possible! |
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- Posted by blossomgirl (My Page) on Thu, Jun 26, 08 at 19:39
| ccrdmrbks-I just checked out the "Goodread" web site and it is fantastic. Thanks for the tip. I am a mystery book addict like you. Who are some of your favorite writers? I just discovered Japanese women mystery writers. I read a Natsuo Kirino novel and it was excellent. C.J. Samson is a favorite and I also like the Scottish writer Josephine Tey. |
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| My social climbing has brought me to the top of the mountain, but it is about to send me to oblivion-but I won't be alone. One other will be going out into the void with me........ blossom-oh goodness- The link below is to the best mystery site ever!
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Here is a link that might be useful: Stop You're Killing Me website
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- Posted by cindydavid4 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 27, 08 at 10:06
| lemonhead, you are reading Under The Banner of Heaven? I haven't read it yet, but I know that the Mormon Temple here had an article in the paper condeming it as filled with half truths. Having lived in Salt Lake City for a time, I take what they say with a grain of salt. Whats your take on it? I am in early America, in the colonies just after the REvolutionary War, over her husbands decision to take charge of the new country. |
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- Posted by lemonhead101 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 27, 08 at 10:12
| Cindy - Yes -- Under the Banner of Heaven. Very interesting so far although I don't understand the reasoning behind these child brides at all. If she was my child, there wouldn't be any way I would subject her to that. |
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| cindy-Abigail Adams? |
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| In Crampton Hodnet |
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- Posted by blossomgirl (My Page) on Fri, Jun 27, 08 at 16:51
| ccrdmrbks-Wow what a great web site! I just sent the info (Stop You're killing me) to my sister who is also a huge mystery fan. I have not read all the fav. authors you have listed. I have to go check out some of them now. I have read from your list: Dorothy Sayers, Sara Woods, Jane Langton, Agatha Christie, Elizabeth Peters, Martha Grimes and P.D. James. Someone gave me a copy of Marsh's " Night at the Vulcan" and it is sitting in my TBR pile. |
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| Having to leave Crampton Hobnet-reluctantly-as I finished the book! Not sure where I'm going next. blossom-Every series is better if you start at the beginning...that's why I love that site. |
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- Posted by smallcoffee (My Page) on Fri, Jun 27, 08 at 18:02
| I am on a train from London to a small town in Suffolk determined to finally figure out what led to a tragic incident 20 years earlier. I'm determined to end a long cycle of depression and substance abuse stemming from the fallout from this incident. |
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- Posted by carolyn_ky (My Page) on Sat, Jun 28, 08 at 18:19
| I'm in Cranford and wallowing in it. |
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| It's the winter of 1947 and I'm a 9-year old boy living with my parents in England. My father was a soldier and it was difficult for me to adjust to his homecoming. There's a little girl who lives nearby who thinks I'm kind. But then she is treated very badly at home. Ten years from now I'll be coming home after a 2-year stint in prison. |
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| Sorry to take so long to get back. Things happen. The book I was reading is Thomas Cahill's Mysteries of the Middle Ages. Of all his Hinges of History series I liked this one and How the Irish Saved Civilization best. |
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- Posted by woodnymph2 (My Page) on Wed, Jul 2, 08 at 7:52
| froniga, I love the Hinges of History series. I think Cahill takes the ordinary and makes it fascinating. Mysteries of the Middle Ages was my favorite of them all. The only one I've not yet read is Desire of the Everlasting Hills. |
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| I am on my way to Ospreys for an assignation-and to try and prevent a murder. that's downstairs. upstairs, I am in England, watching from the sidelines as three very strong-willed women try to control history through the men in their lives. |
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- Posted by carolyn_ky (My Page) on Wed, Jul 2, 08 at 15:09
| I'm on Martha's Vineyard trying to prevent baddies from finding my old friend and helping discover who killed the pretty girl who disappeared a year ago. |
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| I'm on a train to New York, having just attended H.P. Lovecraft's funeral. |
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- Posted by reader_intransit (My Page) on Thu, Jul 3, 08 at 15:39
| I'm in center city Philadelphia (they don't call it downtown Philly, but center city), managing a cafe', and in an otherwise ordinary day, Cary Grant walks in. Dorianne, |
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- Posted by blossomgirl (My Page) on Thu, Jul 3, 08 at 16:44
| reader intransit-I am curious about the Philly book because I read the other book you read and liked it. If no one can guess-will you tell me the title? |
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| I'm working in my garden in North Carolina. The apple tree keeps trying to get me to eat one of it's apples. |
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- Posted by reader_intransit (My Page) on Fri, Jul 4, 08 at 13:33
| Blossomgirl, I just posted the title and author on the "July Reads" thread. |
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| rouan, I've visited that garden too. Sorry I missed you. |
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| I've been evacuated to Marsett Bay during WW II, and I am using my legal expertise to advise the 'Pin Ministry' on the vital pin industry. And then there's a murder.... |
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- Posted by blossomgirl (My Page) on Sat, Jul 5, 08 at 10:21
| rouan-Garden Spells reader intransit-Just wrote the name down. It sounds good. |
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| Blossomgirl, Yes That's it! I just love that apple tree. I think it's one of the best characters in the book. Froniga, I'm sorry I missed you, we could have had a comfortable tea party there (if the tree would allow it). |
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| Reader Intransit, sorry to take so long to get back to you. Yes, it was The Outcast. Very depressing book, but good. |
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- Posted by woodnymph2 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 7, 08 at 11:38
| I'm a Latin teacher at an exclusive girls' school in upstate New York. I'm living in a cottage by a lake, trying to decode the rash of mysterious suicides that have occurred among previous Latin students, intermittently. |
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- Posted by smallcoffee (My Page) on Mon, Jul 7, 08 at 23:41
| woodnymph-That sounds like a book by Carol Goodman? I've read two by her. My favorite was about a woman searching for her deceased mother's last and lost manuscript of a fantasy novel. Can't remember the titles of either but both had to do with bodies of water in upstate NY. I've been dropping in several places; India in the years during and after WW2 (that's a DVD but based on books so cheating a little), Victorian England on my way to the home of my benefactor in the country, and finding myself off the Orphan Train and into a hotel kitchen in Nebraska in the late 19th century. Actually I'm feeling a little confused! |
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- Posted by reader_intransit (My Page) on Mon, Jul 7, 08 at 23:52
| Doriann, Thank you for letting me know about The Outcast. If it is depressing, I don't think I'll read it, I have already have a few along those lines. Woodnymph, Smallcoffee, |
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- Posted by woodnymph2 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 8, 08 at 11:08
| smallcoffee and reader, you are both so right! I am only one half way through it, but I am thoroughly caught up in the mystery. It definitely reminds me of Donna Tartt's "The Secret History", with all the classical references. I've just finished Goodman's "The Sonnet Lover", set in Italy, about a college professor, and recommend it highly. |
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- Posted by carolyn_ky (My Page) on Tue, Jul 8, 08 at 17:25
| I'm bouncing back and forth between present-day Manila and all over during WWII while working on either the www or the Enigma Codes. |
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- Posted by twobigdogs (My Page) on Wed, Jul 9, 08 at 7:48
| Okay, this is a tough one: I am in Santa Theresa, driving my "new" used Mustang instead of my usual V-W bug. PAM |
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- Posted by lemonhead101 (My Page) on Thu, Jul 10, 08 at 10:00
| I'm in the middle of a journal written by a physician who is now a patient with a stubborn perforated bowel and all the infections that go with that. It's now something like day 86 in hospital. Yuck for him but interesting for me. |
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- Posted by wigardenerwannabe (My Page) on Thu, Jul 10, 08 at 18:48
| I'm 60 and just left my life in which I was a successful business woman to join a cloistered Benedictine community. Pretty obvious huh?? wig |
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| Oh wig-I envy you! I am in Maine, trying to figure out who is giving deadly nightshade berries to little children. |
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| I have just stepped ashore onto the island called Albion for the start of what will be a very long journey tracing the future steps of my 'family' the Atrebates. All will be made clear in about 400 years. |
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- Posted by woodnymph2 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 11, 08 at 8:59
| wig, oh do tell! You are not reading anything by Kathleen Norris are you? (Such as The Cloister Walk). |
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| no, I don't think she's reading Kathleen Norris. She's reading one of my all time top three favorite books! And as soon as I finish my pending trip to China, I might join her! I need a serene reread! |
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- Posted by woodnymph2 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 11, 08 at 12:14
| Oh, then, cece, it must be "In this House of Brede" by one of my favorite authors, Rumer Godden! |
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| That's what I'm betting...wig? |
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- Posted by wigardenerwannabe (My Page) on Fri, Jul 11, 08 at 18:20
| Yup. It is House of Brede, based on recommendations from this forum. I meant to come back and correct the age as she was in her early 40's not 60 when she entered. I had to really concentrate last night to try to make an association with all the 'dames' and 'sisters' - lots of characters, but it is coming together. I'm enjoying it so far so thanks for the recommendation. wig |
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| Struggling to assert my unsought authority at Tyndal Priory in 1270. |
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- Posted by lemonhead101 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 13, 08 at 17:48
| I am in somewhere like NYC and with a group of women, in their forties, all wondering what to do now that their kids are older and don't need so much care any more. Should they (the mums) all go back to work? How do they fill in that ten-year gap of experience?All very interesting. |
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| Lemonhead, that's The Ten Year Nap, isn't it? Please let us know what you think of it, I wondered if it was worth a read. |
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- Posted by lemonhead101 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 14, 08 at 13:39
| Sheri - yes, it's the "Ten Year Nap". It's good so far and I think I am someething like halfway through it. It's nothing mind-shattering, but if you're after a good story along the lines of typical women's fiction, then this is a treat. I wonder if her other books are as good. |
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| Small Coffee, please give me the name and author of the book about the Orphan Train. Some months ago I actually found this book online and started reading it, but when I tried to return to it later I couldn't find it. So I guess I'd better try to locate the print version if you can give me the data. Thanks very much. |
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- Posted by smallcoffee (My Page) on Wed, Jul 16, 08 at 10:55
| rule34-the book I was reading was Sarah's Patchwork by Stephanie Grace Whitson. I don't know if that's the one you were looking at. Actually I gave up on it about halfway thru finding it a bit facile. Do you belong to Paperbackswap? I plan on posting it there. |
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| I just left Three Pines after my second visit-I can go one more time...could be on my way right now-but I am reluctant to turn the car around, since I know that it will be my last visit, at least for a while. I hope she's typing her fingers to the bone as we speak! I hate it when I get in on the ground floor of a series! Too long between books. |
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- Posted by twobigdogs (My Page) on Wed, Jul 16, 08 at 15:10
| I am wandering in Cornwall. I've walked for over 40 days, slept where I've fallen only to wake up and walk again. I must stop now, reluctantly, for I've discovered a body near the base of a cliff. Now the police are involved. I know I must do the right thing. I've no identification on me and if they only knew who I am ... PAM |
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- Posted by carolyn_ky (My Page) on Wed, Jul 16, 08 at 15:58
| Pam, I know! I know! I enjoyed that book a lot, much more than the last few. |
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- Posted by woodnymph2 (My Page) on Wed, Jul 16, 08 at 18:53
| Oh PAM, DO TELL. I am really into anything set in Cornwall, as is a close friend here. |
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- Posted by twobigdogs (My Page) on Thu, Jul 17, 08 at 10:14
| Okay! I'll spill the beans! It is Careless in Red by Elizabeth George. I got a bit confused in the beginning as all of the characters were flitting in and out, but now I've got them straight. And so far, so very good. It is very hard to put the book down and accomplish anything in the house. PAM |
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| I'm in Ballybucklebo |
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- Posted by carolyn_ky (My Page) on Fri, Jul 18, 08 at 15:37
| I'm in the Montana mountains. I am a detective on a fishing trip/vacation with my wife and my partner, and murder has reared its ugly head. |
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- Posted by twobigdogs (My Page) on Fri, Jul 18, 08 at 16:25
| ooo, carolyn, you've got me hooked. I'm always on the lookout for a good mystery. Tell us, tell us. PAM |
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| Ooooooooooo this is fun! I can't believe I didn't notice this thread sooner. I've only recognized two books so far, but it's been fun trying. Mine is super easy, especially since I've posted about it on the July reads thread;-): I'm outside Moscow, in the early 1800s. Napoleon's army has just invaded Moscow, and we're unsure what stragedy the army is going to use to get them out. |
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- Posted by wigardenerwannabe (My Page) on Sat, Jul 19, 08 at 0:30
| I am in Weimar Germany and my father, a German sympathizer, has just discovered that I was hiding a Jewish man in the house and released him to authorities. I am four months pregnant with his child. wig |
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| I will be on my way to China later today. Must be back by Monday. |
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- Posted by carolyn_ky (My Page) on Sat, Jul 19, 08 at 20:10
| Pam, it is Swan Peak by James Lee Burke. I just love Burke's lyrical writing (one of the best living writers IMO), but he has always had a lot of violence and I think he is getting darker as he progresses. This is the brand new Dave Robicheaux book. |
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- Posted by lemonhead101 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 21, 08 at 10:23
| I am in the middle of an evening shift in a seafood restaurant in somewhere north in USA. Somewhere like North Dakota or similar as they are having a blizzard and we are debating whether to open up for dinner. It's the last night before the restaurant closes and so things are winding up and coming to a head, personnel-wise. The snow makes it lovely to read when it's 90's outside. :-) |
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| I am headed either to the Hebrides or Templeton. Haven't decided which plane to jump on. Or boat. |
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| Lemonhead, I'm betting it's Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan. I haven't read it, but the description sounds dead on for that book. |
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| Well, the postman came with a parcel via Bookmooch, so I am in the Berkshires-is the woman in the faded purple dress and face-hiding sunbonnet real, or is she a ghost? Shades of Turn of the Screw! |
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| I'm in New York City and I was told there'd be cake. |
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- Posted by lemonhead101 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 22, 08 at 10:24
| Kren - You're right. It's "Last Night at the Lobster" by Stewart O'Nan. It's pretty good so far. And Sheri - are you reading Sloan Crossley (or similar) who wrote "I was told there'd be cake"? My fav story was the one about the ponies.... Which was yours? |
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| Lemonhead, yes, it's I Was Told There'd Be Cake. She's a good writer, and my favorite essay was the one about summer camp. Would you recommend Last Night at the Lobster? I've been thinking about getting that from the library, too. |
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| I'm living in Wisconsin, near a tiny little town called Popcorn Corners. My family raises dogs for a living. |
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- Posted by carolyn_ky (My Page) on Thu, Jul 24, 08 at 14:51
| I'm a rich lady and am back in Cranford. |
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- Posted by lemonhead101 (My Page) on Thu, Jul 24, 08 at 16:49
| Sheri - I am enjoying "Last Night at the Lobster" and am about halfway through it so, yes I recommend it if you just want a nice little read about contemporary USA. It also helps that I worked as a waitress during my college years in a restaurant so I can recognize some of the situations they get into. I'd order it from the library - you have nothing to lose! |
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| I'm living in the backwoods of Tennessee (think "hillbilly;-). Unknown to me, my father has been murdered by a local man who used to be a bootlegger. My Mother and I scrape by, and we live in an old abandoned log cabin. |
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- Posted by carolyn_ky (My Page) on Tue, Jul 29, 08 at 15:19
| Oxford and environs, solving another murder for Henry II. |
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- Posted by reader_intransit (My Page) on Sun, Aug 3, 08 at 2:12
| I'm in early twentieth century Barcelona, where I'm a writer, living in a house--unbeknownst to me--with a tragic past. A mysterious editor offers me a fortune to write a book "like no book that has ever been written", but as the project progresses, my suspicions multiply. (Some of you may want to follow my steps to old Barcelona, but I'm afraid you will have to wait for the English translation). |
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- Posted by smallcoffee (My Page) on Sun, Aug 3, 08 at 22:45
| I am in Mille Lacs Minnesota helping my impoverished elderly aunt run a bed and breakfast in the mansion built by my great-great grandfather, a lumber baron who got rich by exploiting the native Ojibwe. |
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- Posted by twobigdogs (My Page) on Mon, Aug 4, 08 at 9:03
| My soon-to-be ex-husband said that I had to be out of our inn by the beginning of the tourist season - July 4. For me, this would be not only our nation's day of independence, but a celebration of my own independence, too. I bought 20 acres of my very own. It is not accessible by car since there are no roads. But I have a canoe. With the help of some friends, I built my own cabin. Shut off, alone except for my dog Pitka, I am exactly where I want to be. Some people think my book is like Walden but written by a woman. I say that I simply love these Adirondack Mountains and am simply writing about my life. PAM |
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- Posted by woodnymph2 (My Page) on Mon, Aug 4, 08 at 9:52
| I am living Paris in 1880, near Montmartre. Among my aquaintences are artist Degas and the sister of author Louisa May Alcott. My sister will one day become a famous artist, long after my untimely death.... |
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- Posted by reader_intransit (My Page) on Mon, Aug 4, 08 at 13:27
| Woodnymph, Are you reading Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper? |
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- Posted by reader_intransit (My Page) on Mon, Aug 4, 08 at 23:56
| Woodnymph, Never mind. Reading the "August Reads" thread, I realize you reading the book mentioned above. Isn't it a great little book? |
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- Posted by woodnymph2 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 5, 08 at 11:11
| reader, have not finished it yet, as I am savoring every word. It is a poignant story, elegantly written, IMO. Somehow, the character of Lydia is reminding me of poet Emily Dickinson, who also died young of Bright's Disease. I was an art history major, so am really enjoying the description of Degas, et al. Hope you see this -- perhaps I should have posted it on the other thread. |
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