Next round of what are you reading? - Page 5

> ellice wrote:
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>> Well, Sue, you could do a plural membership in EGA with Oatlands - or you
>> could join the Sampler Guild Chapter down here - it's only 1 mtg a month -
>> and then you could get a Betsy class.....If I ever get my guestroom cleaned
>> up you could even come stay over down here on the VA side of the Potomac!
>>
>> Ellice
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>
> When does your sampler guild meet? Is it weekend or weekday?
>
> sue
>

> Susan Hartman wrote:
>> Trish Brown wrote:
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>>>
>>> Ian Rankin - the Inspector Rebus mysteries. British police drama -
>>> always good!
>>
>>> Jodi Picoult - interesting writer who manages to squeeze every last
>>> drop of emotion from harrowing personal dilemmas. The first one of
>>> hers that I read was about a child who was conceived specifically to
>>> provide bone marrrow and other cellular material for her terminally
>>> ill sister. She sued her family for the right to determine what was
>>> done to her body in the interest of her sister's ongoing health.
>>> Others are in the same vein and very well-researched indeed!
>>
>> Ditto the Rankin - love 'em all and recently 21 y.o. DD has fallen in
>> love with his books. She also loved the PBS "Wallender" Mystery series.
>> I haven't read any of those books - anybody here recommend them?
>>
>> Also ditto the Picoult. I'm amazed by how she is able to take VERY
>> complex emotional situations and present characters on differing sides
>> fairly. I'm always wrung out not only emotionally for the characters,
>> but the books really have fodder for reflection - what would *I* do
>> under similar - often no-win - situations? Her books always have some
>> "grace" in them, even within horrendous situations.
>>
>> Have you read Chris Bohjalian? I also enjoy his stories - similar to
>> Picoult, in that it's people under emotional duress, often displaying
>> grace - but a little bit "lighter." I feel invested, but less wrung-out
>> at the end.
>>
>> Love Michener, too - but I'd still have to put Dickens ahead of him in
>>
>> Sue
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>>
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>
> I'll look out for the Wallender series and for Chris Bohjalian too.
> Thanks for the recommendations, Sue - it's always good to have a new
> author lined up. I wasn't able to read Dickens for years and years and
> years (dunno why... I'd just get lost about a quarter of the way into
> his books). But then, I saw 'Bleak House' on telly and picked up the
> book. I've been reading him ever since! Go figger!
>

> I picked up the 'Twilight' series (Stephanie Meyer) to see what all the
> kids were raving about and quite enjoyed reading the tale. DD, on the
> other hand, was silly enough to watch the film first and she thinks the
> whole concept is 'lame'. She refuses to touch the books with a
> barge-pole. Stupid child!LOL

>I would love to find a new WOW author though - I have put down a lot of
>books half read lately that don't seem worth the bother...there are
>enough books in the world to not finish the boring ones!
>MelissaD

> On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:04:20 -0700, MelissaD
>
>> I would love to find a new WOW author though - I have put down a lot of
>> books half read lately that don't seem worth the bother...there are
>> enough books in the world to not finish the boring ones!
>>
>> MelissaD
>
>
> I highly recommend anything by Michael Gruber. Try and read the ones
> about the cop in order, but the freestanding ones are truly
> freestanding. I can't wait for him to publish another book.
>
> Sara

> Cheryl Isaak wrote:
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>> I'll go looking for him when I have the car again.
>>
>> Cheryl
>>
>
> You have a teenage driver. You will never have the car again.