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jaybird
07-09-2002, 08:35 PM
I'm curious, and I'm also looking for something new/different to read. Right now I'm reading "Stupid WHite Men...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation," by Michael Moore. It's really VERY good, very enlightening and VERY irreverant! In my suitcase, packed for vacation are: "Seven Up" and "Eight is Enough," by Janet Evanovich (a HILARIOUS series), "The Angel of Darkness," by Caleb Carr (author of "The Alienist"), "The Grapes of Wrath," (because I read it EVERY year on vacation for the last upteen years), "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" (because I haven't read it for years,) "Man's Search for Meaning," by Victor Frankl and 2 of my favorite poetry books. Don't laugh, I average a book a day when I'm on vacation!

So, what's your read of choice right now?

Ladytiger
07-09-2002, 08:37 PM
The Celestine Prophecy by Redfiled series, reading the first one again, each time I read it, I get something more from it.
Just got done reading Best Laid Plans by Sidney Sheldon (my fav author)...any of his books, I get done in two nights!! Lawrence Sanders is good too!

dcut4
07-09-2002, 08:48 PM
I just started "One Thousand White Women, The journals of May Dodd" by
Jim Fergus.

true:In the 1850's the Cheyenne indians proposed to the goverment that 1000 white women be given to the tribe, the reasoning behind this is that in the indian culture all children born belonged to their mothers culture and this seemed a logical way to intregrate the indian society into the whites..of course this was turned down flat by the goverment. This book goes on the pretense that it did indeed go through and is the diary of one of the women. Don't know how good this is as I just started it tonight. My sister liked it alot and sent it to me.

ahippiechic
07-09-2002, 08:48 PM
I'm re-reading "Black House" by Stephen King. I thought it was only so-so the 1st time, but I like it better on this go-around, LOL!

flute
07-09-2002, 08:55 PM
"Super Baby Food" by Ruth Yaron http://www.superbabyfood.com

:D:D:D It's more for parents of youngins ~but there are cool recipes in there ~pizza crust~soft pretzels~fake french fries~potatoe recipes~oatmeal recipe~help my hamburger quick, a meatloaf recipe I'm yet to try~self rising flour, vanilla sugar, vanilla extract~pumkin pie spice~ice cream, fruit slushy, AND TONS MORE RECIPES, over 350 :)

Nutrition information, how to cook & feed your baby from 4 months to 3 years, plus charts, what to feed ur baby, when, when to introduce new foods, what to look for in a high chair.
How to save $, from re-using everything to making everything (laundry detergent, baby wipes, all purpose cleaner, diaper rash ointment, etc) AND TONS MORE!!

Lasher
07-09-2002, 08:58 PM
Right now I'm reading

Burning Down the House : Selected Poems from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe's National Poetry Slam Champions (take a wild guess who it's about :P)

kelblend
07-09-2002, 09:00 PM
Fertile Ground by Ben Mezrich

A nightmare is about to be unleashed. Jake Foster, a leading fertility specialist, has just made a terrifying discovery that may explain why Boston has recently suffered the highest infertility rate in the country. But before he can share his news with his wife, ER physician Brett Goster, she tells him an incredible story of her own. Just hours before, a healthy young man with no visible injuries bled to death moments after being rushed into her emergency room-the fifth such fatality in a week.

Even as Jake and Brett compare notes on their seemingly unrelated mysteries, a pair of burtal dramas unfold in disparate corners of the city. A respected R&D scientist is found murdered on the eve of a historic merger between his corporation and a leading consumer goods company. And in a nerarby Beacon Hill lab, Jakes' fertility clinic is destroyed in a suspicious fire that kills his yound research asst. Investigators will find a puzzling link between the two victims: both had logged into the database of the Centers for Disease Control just moments before their deaths.

But Brett has no way of knowing this when she, too, logs into the CDC database, oblivious to the danger about to befall her. Jake and Brett now find themselves the object of a killer with a deadly secret, expendable pawns in a treacherous corporate cover-up. Racing against the clock, Jake and Brett will put their lives on the line to stop an epidemiological crisis about to be unleashed across the entire nation-and, with it, a shocking conspiracy of Orwellian porportions that will claim countless lives-unless they can expose it first.


Not bad description from the jacket lol--I just finished the Reaper by him where people who turned on their tv's or computers were dying. lol Not a bad read actually.

erniemarie
07-09-2002, 09:02 PM
I am rereading Catcher in the Rye for the upteenth billion time because I am in a state of inner turmoil right now :(

Lasher
07-09-2002, 09:28 PM
{{{{{{{{{{{erniemarie}}}}}}}}}}}

but on the bright side it's a good book;)

erniemarie
07-09-2002, 09:33 PM
my favorite book, Holden Caufield reminds me of my self at times :rolleyes:

Lasher
07-09-2002, 09:48 PM
:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Queensown
07-09-2002, 11:12 PM
Wizard in the Grove - Tayna Huff

mizjen
07-09-2002, 11:40 PM
Before I had kids I could read a book a day.

Right now I'm reading From A Sealed Room. In the last month or so I read The Poisonwood Bible, A Painted House, Keeper of the Crystal Spring (which I loved), Traveling Light (which I really, really loved), and Someone Else's Child.

Lasher
07-10-2002, 01:51 AM
well it's almost 4am and I can't sleep so i started a new book Curious Wine

Legion600
07-10-2002, 02:16 AM
"The Hatchet Men"- the story of the Tong Wars in San Francisco's China Town in the early 1900's.

"Plain Speaking" by Merle Miller- A biography of Harry Truman compiled from taped interviews that Miller did with the late president. Some funny comments by Truman about people.

"American Archival Analysis" by Richard J. Cox- It deals with the recent developments in the archival profession in the U.S. I'm reading it for a Public History class but its interesting.

intimidator329
07-10-2002, 03:14 AM
Driver #8 by Dale Earnhardt Jr and Jade Gurss.

Remembering Dale Earnhardt-(my mom got me this book)

cpbaby
07-10-2002, 05:17 AM
I am not currently reading ANYTHING, please dont fall over. I had two tests this week and a physics chapter and two physcics labs to do, so my reading has suffered. HOWEVER, last week, between Sunday night and Thursday afternoon I read the entire "Stephanie Plum" series by Janet Evonovich. Im ready for 9 to be out! Ive also read saeveral other books. I can read two a day if Im not studying hard. Im hopeing to get to the used bookstore this afternoon and trade some in.

justinenycole26
07-10-2002, 05:52 AM
I'm reading The Golden Mile by John Sherlock.

If you have a weak stomach, don't read this book.

"Janna Maxell had everything. Stunning beauty and superb breeding. Fabulous wealth and power as head of a global financial empire ruled from her penthouse at the pinnacle of Beverly Hills' Golden Mile. Janna had everything.... and nothing. Who was her father? And who was the man now trying to destroy her?

From the past, a monstrous secret was rising to claim her. And the only way to save herself was to pursue the truth in all it's terror around the world.... and probe deep into the guilty hearts of three older women, and the man who made puppets of them all....."

I searched forever for this book, read it years ago and loaned it to someone who lost it and I could never remember the title. I bookmarked this thread, there are some in here that sound really good, like Fertile Ground, thanks Kelblend!

juliegirl78
07-10-2002, 05:55 AM
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie
If you are a mystery fan, she's the best! ;) JMHO

If you want to laugh you butt off, try these:
Forrest Gump by Winston Groom
My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber~or anything by him! :p

Have a great vacation, jaybird! :cool:

angelinwaiting
07-10-2002, 06:56 AM
Silent Night by Mary Higgins Clark:)

jaybird
07-10-2002, 07:09 AM
Originally posted by cpbaby
HOWEVER, last week, between Sunday night and Thursday afternoon I read the entire "Stephanie Plum" series by Janet Evonovich. Im ready for 9 to be out!

OHMIGOD I love those books! I have 7 and 8 packed for vacation---NOT in my carryon because I'd have them both read before we get there. After #6 I emailed JE and told her she didn't write as fast I as read and that was causing some problems! I read 1-6 during the 4 days we were in NO last year. I understand (I think from the JE website) that they've gotten Sandra Bullock to play Stephanie Plum in "One for the Money!" She'd be perfect. (I have 1-6 lent out to various people on a rotation basis & I HOPE I get them all back at some point!)

kimp67
07-10-2002, 07:47 AM
Almost finished with "Violent Crimes" by Hugh Holton

When a famous Chicago columnist is slain in vicious ritualistic fashion, Commander Larry Cole finds himself on the trail of Martin Zykus, the most cunning killer he has ever faced. Sister Mary Stalings, one of Zykus' earliest targets, holds the key to unlocking Cole's case - one he must solve before her tormentor returns to settle an ancient score."

ksjayhawkfan
07-10-2002, 07:51 AM
Im just finishing "The Diary of Ellen Rimbaur" Not too bad but not too good either. I have to finish it though, I never leave a book half read:rolleyes:

captorquewrench
07-10-2002, 08:23 AM
In the past week or so I have read:

Two Xanth novels (i reread them frequently)
Dr Death (kellerman)
Remnant (the most recent in the left behind series)
Re-read Chamber of secrets to get ready for november movie
Erma Bombeck Family, the ties that bind.......and gag
Stephen king's Night Shift
Once upon a winter night (can't remember who wrote it but it's a good fantasy)
and Hostage (robert crais or craig, something like that)

im finished and going ntus for more books.

I think i will look for Johnny Cash, both Man In Black and Man in White (about the apostle paul)

wingsfan
07-10-2002, 08:29 AM
I'm reading : The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. It got excellent reviews by both Time and Entertainment Weekly. It's the story of a murdered 14 yr old girl and it's told from her perspective.

captorquewrench
07-10-2002, 08:48 AM
I know i said i will be reading some johnny cash, but no, I have to brush up on my Shakespeare! Dahubby reminded me that the Shakeseare festival is coming up!

This year they are putting on Measure for Measure and A Midsummer Night's Dream

I like to reread what we are going to see before we go see it, then read it again soon afterwards.

Any houston peeps interested.......this production is THE BOMB even if you're not a fan of Bill.

http://www.hfac.uh.edu/theatre/hsf.htm

Tasha405
07-10-2002, 10:05 AM
Remember Me by Mary Higgins Clark

intrigued
07-10-2002, 10:08 AM
Just finished "The Remnant"

juliegirl78
07-10-2002, 10:24 AM
I have to go pick up my copy of The Remnant. Preordered it here at home, but we were on vacation when it was released. Those books are so awesome!

jaybird
07-10-2002, 10:36 AM
Originally posted by Ravenlost
White Oleander and it is good. Stayed up until 3 a.m. this morning reading.

White Oleander is excellent!!! It's coming out as a movie very soon with Susan Sarandon playing the mother. I loved Poisonwood Bible and A Painted House too!

For some reason, I just can't get into the Left Behind series. I have had the first one sitting here for years...

FREEBFREEK2
07-10-2002, 10:36 AM
I just started reading The Remnant this morning.I have read all of these books and they have all been great.I am not sure how I am going to ba able to wait a year for the 11th book to come out.If you have not already checked out the website,you should.:)

www.leftbehind.com

Tigerseye0420
07-10-2002, 10:42 AM
Im reading "Daddys Little GIrl" It is Mary Higgins Clarks new book! I love her work!

wingsfan
07-10-2002, 10:52 AM
Originally posted by FREEBFREEK2
I just started reading The Remnant this morning.I have read all of these books and they have all been great.I am not sure how I am going to ba able to wait a year for the 11th book to come out.If you have not already checked out the website,you should.:)

www.leftbehind.com

A YEAR?!?!?! I finished THE REMNANT last week. I thought it was a GREAT read, very fast paced.

captorquewrench
07-10-2002, 10:58 AM
yeah wingsfan.....the next one isn't due out for another year.

tesa
07-10-2002, 11:02 AM
I'm reading

Winnie The Pooh's Greatest Adventure's :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

But when I get time to read what I want I'm reading Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen and The Long Road Home by Danielle Steele...Black and Blue was just on t.v but the book is much better :)

FREEBFREEK2
07-10-2002, 11:07 AM
Originally posted by wingsfan


A YEAR?!?!?! I finished THE REMNANT last week. I thought it was a GREAT read, very fast paced.


Yep,it does not come out until Summer 2003!:(

juliegirl78
07-10-2002, 11:10 AM
Originally posted by Tigerseye0420
Im reading "Daddys Little GIrl" It is Mary Higgins Clarks new book! I love her work!

I like her stuff, too... Her last several I have not read yet~I keep meaning to check them out from the library, but I never remember to... :rolleyes: :p

wingsfan
07-10-2002, 11:13 AM
Originally posted by FREEBFREEK2



Yep,it does not come out until Summer 2003!:(
:(:(:(

Did anyone else read in TIME a few weeks ago about Tim LaHaye starting another series w/ a different co-author?

smeans
07-10-2002, 11:21 AM
The National Enquirer:rolleyes: ;) :D

picklepuss
07-10-2002, 11:48 AM
Stephen Kings "Dreamcatcher"

kelblend
07-10-2002, 11:53 AM
I'm stuck on the one before the Remnant. I think it's Desecration. I have read them all and for some reason I can't get into that one. Gonna have to. lol

jaybird
07-10-2002, 12:02 PM
Originally posted by Ravenlost
Nicole and I saw previews for White Oleander last Sunday (Michelle Pfeiffer is playing the mom). I told Nicole I had the book, but hadn't read it yet. She told me to read it quick because she wants to read it now. We are hoping to go see the movie together. The previews look excellent. Robin Wright Penn and Renee Zellweger are also in it.

We also saw previews for Moonlight Mile...Susan Sarandon is the mother with Dustin Hoffman as the father. It looks very good too, but Nicole doesn't want to see it. She doesn't like movies that make her cry a lot.

LMAO! :D I got my previews mixed up. Pfeiffer is in Oleander and Sarandon in Moonlight Mile. Sarah & I saw the previews when we did Ya Ya Sisterhood. IF YOU AND NICOLE HAVEN'T SEEN YA YA, DO IT!!! We saw it with my mom and Brian's g/f. Was great! Sarah said the same thing about Moonlight Mile. That it looks like a rental to her because she'll cry through the whole movie!!! White Oleander looks VERY intense. As much as I liked the book, I'm not sure I'll see the movie.

OOOH OOOH OOOH! I have a great book for you and Nicole to read. It's by Terry Prachett (English author, writes science fiction) You won't find it on the shelves, it's out of print. I bought 2 copies at half.com for nothing. If you want, I'll send you both copies - but ya gotta send them back, because I re-read it ever so often. It's a fun book about this offbeat family of 3 witches. It's hilarious. Sarah & I read it at the same time.

Tigerseye0420
07-10-2002, 12:12 PM
Juliegirl....could you possibly email me i seen another post you left and this one and id love to talk to you more!

(((((((((HUGS))))))))

Tigerseye0420@aol.com

Jessica

mugwump
07-10-2002, 02:11 PM
The Beach House - by James Patterson & Peter de Jonge. Not as good as
his usual books ... maybe it was ghost written for Patterson.

DH is just finishing The Paris Option - Robert Ludlum, so guess I'll
tackle that one next.

By then I'm hoping my name comes up on the reserve list for Daddy's
Little Girl - Mary Higgins Clark.

cpbaby
07-10-2002, 02:11 PM
Originally posted by jaybird


OHMIGOD I love those books! I have 7 and 8 packed for vacation---NOT in my carryon because I'd have them both read before we get there. After #6 I emailed JE and told her she didn't write as fast I as read and that was causing some problems! I read 1-6 during the 4 days we were in NO last year. I understand (I think from the JE website) that they've gotten Sandra Bullock to play Stephanie Plum in "One for the Money!" She'd be perfect. (I have 1-6 lent out to various people on a rotation basis & I HOPE I get them all back at some point!)


The only problem I have with her BESIDES the fact she writes so darned slow, it that in various books she states Stephanie played "train" with Morelli at age 6 and then sold him a canoli behind the bakery case at age 16 and he was 18. In the first three pages of either 5, 6, or 7 she states she was playing train at age 7 and selling him canolis at age 18.:confused: Things like that disturb me.



Who do you think Ranger, Morelli, Grandma, and Lula will be???


I see Morelli as a MUCH younger Baldwin boy and I figure they will get Cloris Leachman to play Grandma. I REALLY dont care for Cloris Leachman.

Jolie Rouge
07-10-2002, 02:16 PM
"ACORNA'S SEARCH" fourth in a series by Anne McCaffery. Just finished "TIGER BURNING BRIGHTLY" by Mercedes Lackey. Assorted Star Trek novels including the new "GATEWAY" series.


It's by Terry Prachett (English author, writes science fiction) You won't find it on the shelves, it's out of print. I bought 2 copies at half.com for nothing. If you want, I'll send you both copies - but ya gotta send them back, because I re-read it ever so often. It's a fun book about this offbeat family of 3 witches. Which ones ?

captorquewrench
07-10-2002, 02:18 PM
OOOH OOOH OOOH! I have a great book for you and Nicole to read. It's by Terry Prachett (English author, writes science fiction) You won't find it on the shelves, it's out of print. I bought 2 copies at half.com for nothing. If you want, I'll send you both copies - but ya gotta send them back, because I re-read it ever so often. It's a fun book about this offbeat family of 3 witches. It's hilarious. Sarah & I read it at the same time.

are you referring to Witches Abroad ???????

that had me rolling!!!!!!!

mizjen
07-10-2002, 03:17 PM
Originally posted by jaybird


White Oleander is excellent!!! It's coming out as a movie very soon with Susan Sarandon playing the mother. I loved Poisonwood Bible and A Painted House too!

I loved White Oleander, too. It took me awhile to get into the Poisonwood Bible, but once I did I really liked it. A Painted House had me hooked from the first sentence.

Two other books that I really liked were South of Resurection and Whisper of the River.

I love that there are other people that truly love books. I don't know anyone like that.

jaybird
07-10-2002, 03:45 PM
OOPS! A title would help, wouldn't it? It's "Wyrd Sisters," by Terry Prachett. I have 2 copies and will send them to whomever wants to read it, but I want them back.

cpbaby>>>Billy Baldwin would be good, but he's not devastatingly handsome enough (IMHO) to play Morelli. Johnny Depp would be out of character. Andy Garcia? Nicholas Cage? OOOH OOOH OOOH! Val Kilmer??? "THUD" Nah, definately not a role he'd play. Cloris Leachman would make a good Gramma, or how about Ellen Burstyn? Ranger's tough. I can't think of anyone BAD enough and BUFF enough both for that role. OOOH. Antonio Banderas - LMAO!

jbedolphin
07-10-2002, 04:06 PM
i'm reading the divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood by rebecca wells. it's actually pretty good!

cpbaby
07-10-2002, 04:24 PM
Originally posted by jaybird
OOPS! A title would help, wouldn't it? It's "Wyrd Sisters," by Terry Prachett. I have 2 copies and will send them to whomever wants to read it, but I want them back.

cpbaby>>>Billy Baldwin would be good, but he's not devastatingly handsome enough (IMHO) to play Morelli. Johnny Depp would be out of character. Andy Garcia? Nicholas Cage? OOOH OOOH OOOH! Val Kilmer??? "THUD" Nah, definately not a role he'd play. Cloris Leachman would make a good Gramma, or how about Ellen Burstyn? Ranger's tough. I can't think of anyone BAD enough and BUFF enough both for that role. OOOH. Antonio Banderas - LMAO!


PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me borrow that book! I promise to love it like it was my very own and give it back as soon as I got done. Email me- cpbaby@usa.com


Billy isnt pretty enough. Alec was, but now hes too old. There is NOBODY pretty enough to play Ranger, but Antonio Banderas would work out in my mind, he just doesnt have the right color skin. But, WHEW, cant you see that man dressed all in black driving a black car.(cpbaby shivers with delight)


Did Jessica Tandy die? SHE wouldve made a GREAT Grandma. I have someone else in my mind but for the life of me I cant remember her name or anything she played in. Maybe it will solidify in my mind soon.

jaybird
07-10-2002, 05:08 PM
Originally posted by cpbaby
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me borrow that book! I promise to love it like it was my very own and give it back as soon as I got done. Email me- cpbaby@usa.com

Billy isnt pretty enough. Alec was, but now hes too old. There is NOBODY pretty enough to play Ranger, but Antonio Banderas would work out in my mind, he just doesnt have the right color skin. But, WHEW, cant you see that man dressed all in black driving a black car.(cpbaby shivers with delight)

Did Jessica Tandy die? SHE wouldve made a GREAT Grandma. I have someone else in my mind but for the life of me I cant remember her name or anything she played in. Maybe it will solidify in my mind soon.

cp>>>Get back with me and remind me AFTER I get home from vacation the 20th. I will NOT remember to mail it tomorrow, and I'm outta here Friday at 5am.

Seems yes, Jessica Tandy did die. But she would have been perfect! Has to be spunky and sassy! ((can't we 'tan' up Banderas???))

Here. Don't you think he'd work?? I can give him a ring if you'd like and ask him to consider the part...

Bwahahahahahaha!
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http://community.webshots.com/storage/1/v2/6/39/77/43263977xxfDUx_ph.jpg

Jojaby
07-10-2002, 05:14 PM
Just finished Rose Madder by Stephen King

cpbaby
07-10-2002, 05:29 PM
Andy Garcia probably would work, come to think of it.


And we can stick Antonio in a tanning bed. He should darken up NICELY!;)

jaybird
07-10-2002, 07:17 PM
Raven, see if Jesse has Wyrd Sisters. He might not have that though, it's somewhat different than Prachett's other work from what I understand. It's the only Prachett book I've read, I haven't read any of his Discworld books. This was recommended by an English friend. Said we reminded him of The Wyrd Sisters. :eek:

Granny Weatherwax! That's the one! ;)

HEY, Nicole's card came back to me a week ago. Undeliverable. If you re-email me her address, I'll send her another after we get back from vacation.

captorquewrench
07-10-2002, 07:30 PM
hehehe. i loved granny weatherwax in witches abroad. have not read wyrd sisters.


jaybird, I will take you up on a copy of wyrd sisters with a solemn oath to return it. trust me? LOL ;) email me this user @ yahoo

jaybird
07-10-2002, 07:41 PM
I didn't know there were other books with Granny Weatherwax! Is it by Terry Prachett too? I'd love to read it!

captorquewrench
07-10-2002, 07:43 PM
yes, witches abroad is part of the discworld series. I no longer have a copy. water damage. :rolleyes:

really nice story

Magrat (not margaret!) is left a wand when one witch dies. she runs off to be a fairy godmother and the granny weatherwax & the other 2 (isn't one of them deisderata? it's been a few years since i read them) witches force themselves on magrat and her trip to help the girl.

ravenlost, how neat to chat with an author. writers tend to be very faceted & intelligent. not to mention.....FASCINATING!

juliegirl78
07-10-2002, 07:51 PM
Originally posted by Tigerseye0420
Juliegirl....could you possibly email me i seen another post you left and this one and id love to talk to you more!

(((((((((HUGS))))))))

Tigerseye0420@aol.com

Jessica

E-mailed ya! :p

jaybird
07-10-2002, 07:54 PM
In Wyrd Sisters, it was Granny, Magrat and Nanny Ogg.
"...The trouble began when the three witches-Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick-had their monthly cauldon-stirring disrupted by murder, mayhem and the sudden arrival of a royal baby.

The spell sisters immediately gave the noble heir away to a passing troupe of actors-along with the customary witches' birth gifts. But the kingly ghost of the baby's father refused to let them off the hook. He demanded that Granny and her friends recover the princeling and help him wrest the kingdom away from the regicide, Felmet-a ruler who burned down houses whether they needed it or not, and believed that witches should pay taxes like everyone else!

Filled with surprises, magical and otherwise-a wild ride through Discworld time and space in the hilarious tradition of 'The Light Fantastic' and 'Sourcery'--Wyrd Sisters is a delightful mix of fantasy and fun as only the inimitable Terry Pratchett could brew it."

((I did TRY to read "Good Omens," but just never made it half way through))

jaybird
07-10-2002, 08:36 PM
Never got the email Raven.

Ummm, Discworld=Sci Fi. I don't think I can do sci fi. I quit Stephen King when he went off the deep end YEARS ago. I'll try Good Omens again. Right after YOU go to the dentist. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Ladytiger
07-10-2002, 09:42 PM
ROFLMAO- and both of you..another great book was Weaveworld by Clive Barker, really makes you wonder about stepping on those oval rugs LOL

Wimzik
07-10-2002, 09:55 PM
Dreamcatcher--Stephen King

Ladytiger
07-10-2002, 10:16 PM
Originally posted by Ravenlost
I've got that one Ladytiger...haven't read it yet. Kinda overdosed on Clive Barker. Might have to dig it out though.

I usually don't get into those kinds of books, but that one is GOOD!

wingsfan
07-11-2002, 07:00 AM
these Pratchett books sound great! Somebody give me a list of titles to look for...Please?!

captorquewrench
07-11-2002, 07:10 AM
jaybird, I really think the term sci fi applies very loosely to the Discworld series i think it falls more under the category "Humorous Fantasy"

Here is a good website about terry and it has a link to a bibliography
http://www.co.uk.lspace.org/about-terry/index.html

And another:
http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/

And a free monthly newsletter
http://www.ufbs.co.uk/dwm/

egads I love google searching!

Oh and i f you like those, you might like Piers Anthony's Xanth novels or the Incarnations of Immortality series.

Xanth is a magical fantasy land where everyone has a magical talent, none are duplicated. Based on PUNS!

Incarnations of Immortality is just that. Death is a person, Evil is a person, time, i think is....years since i read them.

Georgia Peach
07-11-2002, 08:04 AM
Right now I am reading "Ashes to Ashes" by Tami Hoag. Since I picked up her book "Night Sins" I have been trying to read all her books that the local library has. They are really good mystery books. (To me anyway)

Jolie Rouge
07-11-2002, 12:43 PM
The way they are writen you can pick up anywhere in the series, but it will flow better if you start at the begining.

NOW I have to go find set....



the Incarnations of Immortality series ... Death is a person, Evil is a person, time, i think is....years since i read them.

Another excellant set ... hhmmmm where did I store these ? "On a Pale Horse" begins the series with "Death", then Time; "Bearing an Hourglass". War is Mars :"Holding a Red Sword" {?}. Nature is "Being a Green Mother"; .... and I can't think of the last ....
now that is going to annoy me the rest of the afternoon until I remember.

Jolie Rouge
07-11-2002, 01:02 PM
It establishes the series - everythings ties together in the last one... {{{Jolie wanders off muttering ..."what is the name of THAT book ??? }}}

captorquewrench
07-11-2002, 01:15 PM
Incarnations of Immortality

On a Pale Horse
Bearing an Hourglass
With a Tangled Skein
Wielding a Red Sword
Being a Green Mother
For Love of Evil
And Eternity

and here is a complete piers anthony bibliography:
http://www.hipiers.com/bibliography.html

Syrinx
07-11-2002, 05:26 PM
I love the Discworld series! I recently reread Hogfather and Interesting Times. And in case you other Discworld fans didn't know, there is an animated movie of Soul Music (made for the BBC) that's available on dvd. It is very close to the book, and really well done. Christopher Lee is the voice of Death, he's perfect. They apparently also made a movie of Wyrd Sisters, but I haven't found it yet.

I've been in a mood for fantasy lately (I think it's my boring job, I need some escapism). Right now I'm reading Shadowspawn, one of the Thieves' World series. This is a good fantasy series, most of the books are collections of short stories by lots of different authors, but all set in the same world and with recurring characters, and there are a few novels.

GloryWerm
08-14-2002, 01:36 PM
I personally can't wait until October 11th for this movie. It'll be at the Toronto Film Festival by the 14th of October though and I hope that it gets great reviews. Michelle Pfeiffer is the only actress that I can picture in the role of Ingrid. Renee would be superb as Claire as well. I read most of this novel quite a while ago and need to get around to finishing it; so far, this pending movie is providing much incentive for me to get my arse in back in gear.

I read in this interview with Janet Fitch (back in '99), that the original story with Ingrid was a black comedy. But it wasn't until people came to truly loathe the character (Ingrid) that Janet included the daughter, Astrid. Therefore "...the tone changed, and the perspective changed, and I got something very different, which was much better." That speaks volumes about Ingrid's personality, and I really want to see Michelle as Ingrid if nothing else. Who else can pull off the verisimiltude of being mentally unstable other than her? But we'll see how everything fares later this year, eh?

shea42001
08-14-2002, 06:27 PM
When I am not running after my two wired boys :D I am reading Bringing Up Boys by Dr. James Dobson.
When hubby isn't working he is reading A Gary Stanley book, How To Make A Moose Run........It's a dad's book we got it for him for father's day.:D
I am also reading(when necessary) What To Expect When You are Expecting. We are having our third baby in February.:D

Lasher
08-14-2002, 07:35 PM
Journey into Narnia
:D

ckerr4
08-14-2002, 07:47 PM
about to start the Mists of Avalon

mizjen
08-14-2002, 07:49 PM
The Anna Papers. I'm not far enough in it to even be able to say what it's about.

I just finished a book called At Risk about a little girl with AIDS. It was good, though it didn't go into as much detail as it could have.

Linnapoo
08-14-2002, 08:21 PM
The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien

gotta get ready for the movie

Queensown
08-14-2002, 08:33 PM
Originally posted by ckerr4
about to start the Mists of Avalon

Have you read that before Ckerr?? It's one of my favorites!

eeigh33
08-14-2002, 09:06 PM
well, i just finished reading "running with scissors" for my bookclub..it was quite a freak out...i read it in like 2 days...it is weird...but recommend it...but not for the faint hearted...it is funny in the sense that...OMG..how could someone's life be like that...oh..did i mention it was an autobiograpy??????????anyway..enjoy

doradaniels
08-14-2002, 09:46 PM
the adventures of hucklberry finn and the scarlet letter

both for my ap english class starting in 2 weeks :)

scarlet letter is soooooooooo boring :o ^zzz

doradaniels
08-14-2002, 09:48 PM
o yea, and i reccomend all the harry potter books, no matter what your age...they have got to be the best books i've read in a very long time...!

kelblend
08-14-2002, 11:28 PM
Just finished Unfit to Practice--Peri O'shaugnessy (?)

Starting Stone Kiss---Faye Kellerman:D

janelle
08-14-2002, 11:31 PM
"Sweet Potato Queens in Love" but you will need to reserve it at the library. It's hard to get. Funny.

I read all the Dave Peltzer books. Hard to read in spots but important. www.davepelzer.com

Can someone explain "Catcher In The Rye" to me? I read it but didn't see anything so great about it. Maybe it an "Emperor's New Clothes" kind of thing.

treasurymae
08-15-2002, 06:31 AM
I just started Sylvia Brownes Book of Dreams .. I havent gotten very far into it yet. But i know she is a good author.


Like many of you i used to read a book a day but now with 3 children two of which are toddlers .. I just dont have the time.. But reading is one of my favorite things to do.

Does anyone remember a book called Number the Stars? I loved that book havent read it in years .

zohanna
08-15-2002, 11:17 AM
All that Remains by Patricia Cornwell. I love her books. I have read them all but am going back and re-reading them again tell I get to the store and buy some more.

2manykids
08-16-2002, 11:15 AM
Just started "the great" by Virginia Hamilton seems pretty good so far.





OU Sooners#1

~MK~
08-16-2002, 11:22 AM
I just finished Road to Perdition. I got through it in a little under 6 hours. Now I'm looking for a new book. :)

DEARDOROTHY
08-16-2002, 01:42 PM
Loved the Harry Potter books! Can't wait for #5!

My 11 year old daughter suggested that I read "The Magickers" by Emily Drake. I just finished reading 'Thin Air', by Robert Parker (makes 5 in a row by him, lol) and I started on The Magickers last night. Finished 123 pages in a couple of hours and I am hooked. When I'm finished with it, I will start on #2. Hopefully, #3 will be published soon too. :D


Took me six weeks to struggle through Lord of the Rings! God, what a boring book! And I LOVE to read. Guess I will have to sit through the movie to see if it is any better. :)

ckerr4
08-16-2002, 02:10 PM
Originally posted by Queensown


Have you read that before Ckerr?? It's one of my favorites!

I've never read it before, but have heard good things about it.

janelle
08-16-2002, 03:45 PM
Raven

I think I did read it when I was a teen. Guess that's why I didn't like it. I was going through more than teen "angst" and I thought just what do you have to complain about you little turd. Pardon my French.

All I remember most about it was him worring about pimples and how he was going to jack off all the time.

Teen angst is so boring, same with adult angst. Hey you want something to be angsted (is that a word?) about I'll give you something to be angsted about.

NIGHTOWL4
08-16-2002, 08:56 PM
Dreamcatcher by Stephen King.

Next I'm reading Jean Auels newest,
Shelters of Stone or Gardens of Stone.

It's part of a series and I highly
recommend each and every one of them!

janelle
08-16-2002, 09:40 PM
LOL Raven ain't that the truth.

Like my oldest brother says, teens go nuts around the age of fourteen and stay that way for about two years. I think more in some cases.:rolleyes:

barb11021
08-17-2002, 11:59 AM
"Everything's eventual"...by Stephen King.....I LOVE him

monkeygirlsmom
08-21-2002, 02:19 PM
The Power of a praying wife by stormie omartian it is very good.

I reccomend it to any wife out there :D

Queensown
08-21-2002, 04:00 PM
I'm reading "Six of Swords" by Carole Nelson Douglas. Just started this morning. =)

Syrinx
08-21-2002, 04:42 PM
Originally posted by Queensown


Have you read that before Ckerr?? It's one of my favorites!

The Mists of Avalon is one of my all time favorites- hope you enjoy it :)

I just finished reading War of the Worlds. I love science fiction, but hadn't read that before for some reason, and really enjoyed it.