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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Tuesday, November 01, 2016 - 10:49 am 
Yes, yes, I did read it - earlier this year! I hate reading an author's body of work out of order. That's why I went back and started with her first one.  But thank you for reminding me! The other day I started reading one of John Feinstein's books and 40 pages into it I realized I had already read it!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, November 01, 2016 - 1:07 pm
I have bought plenty of books at the Used Bookstore that I thought sounded terrific only to get home and see that I have already read them. Well, they did sound terrific!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Wednesday, November 02, 2016 - 7:39 pm
I'm listening to a new book The Short Drop by Matthew Fitzsimmons. I think it was a sale book, but I'm enjoying it so far. It's a 10-year kidnapping story with computer hacker intrigue.
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Knightpatti
Member
12-05-2001
| Thursday, November 03, 2016 - 7:28 pm
Just finished The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. Very interesting. Now I want to see the movie.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Friday, November 04, 2016 - 12:01 am
When I read The Girl on the Train I got bored about half way and stopped reading. I decided to take a peek at the end, which I don't believe I have ever done with a book before, and ended up quickly skimming backwards to where I had stopped reading.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, November 04, 2016 - 7:29 am
I loved The Girl on the Train.
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Friday, November 04, 2016 - 6:30 pm
Finished Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. It was alot better than I thought it would be. Quite good.
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Saturday, November 05, 2016 - 7:10 pm
Another excellent suggestion by Mamie turned out to be the delightful Live Fast Die Hot by Jenny Mollen, which I finished earlier today. Her collection of comic stories about her child, her dogs, her husband (Jason Biggs), her pal Chelsea Handler, etc. are all on expert display. She's very, very talented - I must track down a copy of her first book!
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Saturday, November 05, 2016 - 11:27 pm
I just started a book called Eden Hillby Bill Higgs.
I have only read about 1/4th of the book and find it rather likeable. It has a certain charm and sweetness. The setting is a small Kentucky town in 1962 with changes coming to a place where precious little has changed in decades.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Monday, November 07, 2016 - 10:25 am
I have finished Eden Hill it wasn't quite what I had initially thought it would be, a "Southern charmer". I was hoping it would be of the same ilk as Fannie Flagg, it was not. Once I realized it was from Tyndale publishing I knew exactly how the story would pan out. It wasn't a bad book, just not as sweet and whimsical as I thought it would be.
Time to start a new book or finish one of the others I am reading.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, November 08, 2016 - 1:54 pm
Ric, I had to watch the Chelsea show to see what happened.
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Tuesday, November 08, 2016 - 3:28 pm
I know! So did I! I'm glad I subscribe to Netflix so I could see the episode. It's interesting that the friend who went with her and Chelsea to Peru is identified on Chelsea's show as "Dan" while Jenny refers to him in her book as "Denny" - maybe he answers to both. 😛
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Heckagirl631
Member
09-08-2010
| Thursday, November 10, 2016 - 7:26 am
Finished "The Christmas Pearl" by Dorothea Frank. Your usual schmaltz. Found it interesting though, half the book is recipes.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Monday, November 14, 2016 - 4:57 pm
Does anyone else continue to read a series of books that isn't particularly good?
I am thinking of the Hannah Swensen series by Joanne Fluke. The "mystery" has never been mysterious, one would be hard pressed to find a page where the characters weren't drinking coffee and the characters are pretty one dimensional. There are a few interesting recipes from time to time.
I think I read them when I can't find something I haven't already read in the New Books section at the library. Hopefully, I will be able to walk better soon and can go searching for books in the regular stacks which are at the back of the library.
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Uncle_ricky
Member
07-02-2007
| Monday, November 14, 2016 - 7:46 pm
Not me, Sugar. I read the first three or four Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich, but then they grew too predictable, so I stopped. But I'm extremely impressed with how successful Evanovich has remained throughout the years.
Speaking of a series, I finished the latest by Harlan Coben, Home, where he returns to his odd-couple sleuths, Myron Bolitar and Win Lockhorne. It's been a while since he wrote a Bolitar book and I kind of got the sense that this might the last one. It was, as per usual, delicious and I was sorry to see it end.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Monday, November 14, 2016 - 8:59 pm
I agree Uncle_ricky, the Stephanie Plum books are predictable, however, I do get a kick out of them so I still read the series.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 10:43 am
I kept reading Diane Mott Davidson's books even after I was getting bored with them.
I just read Victoria by Daisy Goodwin. It will be a series on Masterpiece in the new year. I am sure that will be good but the book read like a script for the show. It was very directional.
I am starting The Whole Town's Talking by Fannie Flagg. I always enjoy her books. And I am waiting on my huge book order from Amazon. I love spending birthday gift cards!
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 10:47 am
I read the first 8 Stephanie Plum books during a very difficult year when I needed humor and loved them at the time for that. I stopped around #16 thinking I might go back but never did. That is one of the first series that I stopped reading.
Previous to retiring, I went through a phase where I read cozies during the winter and thrillers during the summer but now I'm all over the place. Thanks to this board, I'm finding new authors to try so thank you to everyone who posts about a book they've enjoyed!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 11:14 am
Just breezed through Dancing With The Stars' Derek Hough's Take the Lead. Part biography part inspirational inspirational and honest and deep and I just admire that young fella so much!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 12:16 pm
I've read far too many of James Patterson's books considering that I think he is one of the most successful worst authors in the world. How did I read so many? I bought a bunch of them all at once at a sale. 
My apologies to anyone who enjoys his books. I know he has a huge following. LOL I did enjoy his occasional cameo appearances on Castle.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 1:02 pm
Jimmer, you put it perfectly, James Patterson is one of the most successful worst authors ever! Sad as he used to be good, the early Alex Cross novels for example.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 1:03 pm
If you were a fan of A Man Called Ove, I would suggest that you see if the film is playing in your area. I saw it yesterday and loved it.
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 1:12 pm
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Tresbien
Member
08-26-2002
| Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 1:22 pm
I'm reading both Janet Evanovich and Joanne Fluke this year. Some days, when life is so intense, as it is right now, it is refreshing to read something light and fun even if somewhat predictable. The Plum novels make me laugh, and that is enough for me to recommend them.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 4:30 pm
Mamie316, so glad you mentioned there is a new Fannie Flagg book. I have enjoyed almost all of her work, didn't think the last one, The All Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion, was her best but will find her new work. Was it you who was going to read
Be Frank with Me? If you did, what did you think?
Has anyone read The Tumbling Turner Sistersby Juliette Fay? I rather liked it.
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