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#72150 - 06/21/07 08:17 AM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: plants 'n pots]
JunieGirl JunieGirl Frogger Garden Helper Registered: 10/13/06 Posts: 10213 Loc: Worden, Illinois	Originally Posted By: plants 'n pots Anyone reading the new book by Mitch Albom - author of Tuesdays with Morrie, and The Five People You Meet in Heaven? It's called "for one more day". thanks for telling me about the new book--i was not aware of it---I have read the other Mitch Albom books---and yes they are very good. i loved them.--I have a friend who buys them--i just read them (lucky me) I guess i will have to go to the library for this one--- _________________________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! Still Praying for Cindy
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#72813 - 06/21/07 06:15 PM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: JunieGirl]
Jiffymouse Jiffymouse Momma Mouse Garden Helper Registered: 08/29/02 Posts: 23353 Loc: Effingham County, GA USA Z 8b	if you like funny mysteries, joan hess's maggody series will tickle you pink. i love it. and her claire malloy series is pretty good too. i tried a new author this week, (new to me) janet evanovich and really liked that book. it was called hot stuff and was sort of a mystery, with a mystery type romance thrown in. at one point i was laughing out loud. i've read all sue grafton, all agatha, and all joan hess, and quite a few added, but i like "lite" mysteries myself. _________________________ there are lots of ways to say thank you, but few are more lasting than a plant
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#72827 - 06/21/07 06:27 PM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: Jiffymouse]
dodge dodge Hot Rod Garden Helper Registered: 10/06/05 Posts: 10296 Loc: Rural - Western Pennsylvania	$\:\/$ Don't mysterys scare you? I like non fiction........Hate fiction.......Dont read much now that I have a computer to check out the world........It's right at the finger tips. b _________________________ PS... My horse isn't here, this is my Nitemare..
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#72892 - 06/21/07 07:08 PM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: dodge]
Jiffymouse Jiffymouse Momma Mouse Garden Helper Registered: 08/29/02 Posts: 23353 Loc: Effingham County, GA USA Z 8b	the really graphic ones, like patricia cornwell and dick francis do. but the lite ones like joan hess are nice. and that one by janet evanovich that i read this week was really just funny. the short of the plot line was about a woman who was trying to live up to her own dreams while juggling her families desire to get her married off. i know, there isn't much mystery in that, but if you through in a roommate that is a thief... it gets good without being gory. _________________________ there are lots of ways to say thank you, but few are more lasting than a plant
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#84462 - 07/07/07 10:52 PM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: Jiffymouse]
manderlyh manderlyh Member Registered: 05/02/07 Posts: 99 Loc: Boise , ID	I LOVE TO READ! I have never checked this part of the forum out until today! I am actually in my last year at Boise State University (it will be my ninth year, BTW...) to be an English teacher! Tamara, I saw that you like pioneer novels, and if you haven't ready My Antonia by Willa Cather yet, I really suggest you do, (I got my copy at Barnes and Noble for about $5). I read it this last year, and I really loved it! It's a classic, and it's all about two children growning up on the Missouri Prarie. Good book. I like literature. I am not into a lot of non-fiction, but some REALLY interesting stuff will get me hooked. (I like history, so history books that are almost like novels will get me hooked, as well as some biographies.) Edited by manderlyh (07/07/07 10:53 PM)
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#91651 - 07/16/07 09:37 PM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: manderlyh]
sibyl sibyl Gardening Pro Registered: 05/08/04 Posts: 9238 Loc: p.a zone-6a	any one read R.A. Salvatore books? i was thinkin of tryin them. i still love marry Higgins Clark mysterys:} _________________________
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#91661 - 07/16/07 10:51 PM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: sibyl]
DeborahL DeborahL Dream Gardener Registered: 03/24/07 Posts: 1953	I loved the Mrs. Pollifax series of spy mysteries. Anything by Phyllis Whitney is a treasure. Dodge, I LOVED all of the James Herriot books, and read his biography, but I kind of lost the old interest when I learned that the books were highly fictionalized. I had the same let-down when I found out that all of the Little House books were also mostly fiction. They're all still classic reads though. _________________________
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#91799 - 07/17/07 05:54 AM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: DeborahL]
dodge dodge Hot Rod Garden Helper Registered: 10/06/05 Posts: 10296 Loc: Rural - Western Pennsylvania	That is news to me, fictionalized.....I understood they were for real years back and the true life Herriot lived. Well there were lots of drunk stories, but if you love animals, it is heartwarming.I have one here"Dog stories" and I refuse to give it up.. I just bought a friend a Herriot book at the Book store and she loves it. You miss some heart warming stories. b _________________________ PS... My horse isn't here, this is my Nitemare..
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#91849 - 07/17/07 07:04 AM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: dodge]
tamara tamara NORTHERN STAR Garden Helper Registered: 06/04/03 Posts: 16914 Loc: NB Canada	Thanks manderlyh, I'll check for it. _________________________ Tamara's Photos Waiting for nice weather.
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#99390 - 07/29/07 01:11 AM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: tamara]
DeborahL DeborahL Dream Gardener Registered: 03/24/07 Posts: 1953	Dodge, James Herriot was a real person, and a vet as he described in his books. I meant that the stories were fictionalized. In other words, one zany character in a book might be a composite of two people whom Herriot really knew. Or, a touching piece about an animal might be behaviors from more than one animal. Herriot's real name was James Wight. There is a biography written by his son and includes many photographs of Herriot and the people and places of his life. _________________________
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#99492 - 07/29/07 06:23 AM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: DeborahL]
dodge dodge Hot Rod Garden Helper Registered: 10/06/05 Posts: 10296 Loc: Rural - Western Pennsylvania	I still love THe Herriot books......They aren't really fiction like the Fiction storys on the market today......(My idea of fiction) Stupid love stories in fiction, like my darling has come out of the closet just in time to ride me off on a grey horse into the sunset.........Trash. He did actually at some time or other do most of the stuff he says.. Maybe not in the style you consider......It doesnt matter how it is said.. But would you have any idea how boring a book would be if it involved only daily doing?/ PS......What is the name of his sons book I will hunt it down? Love Herriot..Or jimmie wright. Sorry, us farmers stick together.. _________________________ PS... My horse isn't here, this is my Nitemare..
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#99511 - 07/29/07 07:27 AM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: dodge]
loz loz Big Trouble Garden Helper Registered: 05/18/03 Posts: 41079 Loc: Beautiful Western Maryland...z...	Right now I'm reading the Dark Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kennyon. Very good...at least for me, because I like vampire/werewolf books....and this has an ancient twist to it with Greeks, and Romans and flashbacks in time. Not sure what I'll switch to when I'm done this series....I hate finishing a series. It's so hard to find other good books. _________________________ Try to look on the bright side of things.
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#99770 - 07/29/07 06:16 PM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: ]
dodge dodge Hot Rod Garden Helper Registered: 10/06/05 Posts: 10296 Loc: Rural - Western Pennsylvania	To each his own.......I couldnt sleep with that type of literature. I am reading 2 garden books .. Black & Decker creative landscape and Garden rooms by Catriona Tudor Erler...... _________________________ PS... My horse isn't here, this is my Nitemare..
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#104238 - 08/06/07 08:49 AM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: loz]
bettyboop1948 bettyboop1948 Great Gardener Registered: 03/06/06 Posts: 538 Loc: Cherryville,Missouri	I love VC Andrew I have just about all of them, really love to read too.We have a store here and you can buy then return for other another if you want. Here is another place to go too The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: Shortcut to: http://www.paperbackswap.com/ Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled. I hope this is ok to put on here _________________________
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#108664 - 08/13/07 12:08 AM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: bettyboop1948]
sibyl sibyl Gardening Pro Registered: 05/08/04 Posts: 9238 Loc: p.a zone-6a	i havent picked up a book since harry potter! im gonna have to check when eargon 3 comes out, i cant make up my mind what to read next! _________________________
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#109007 - 08/13/07 12:09 PM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: sibyl]
chermoni chermoni Ballard Beaver! Dream Gardener Registered: 07/25/06 Posts: 3579 Loc: The emerald city	I'm on the last story in Stephen King's Four Past Midnight. Then I'll get back to the Meredith Gentry series. I've only got a couple of books left before I'm out of things to read again. Guess I should start making a barnes and noble wish list. _________________________ Cheryl's Photobucket My Blog Consciousness, that annoying space between naps.
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#109434 - 08/13/07 08:59 PM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: chermoni]
Julianne Julianne Gardener Registered: 06/08/07 Posts: 276 Loc: FL	My daughter (youngest @ 17) and I are re-reading each other chapters of the 6th Harry Potter so we can slide right into #7 more seamlessly. I had one of Kathy Reichs' early books about forensics (bloody murder and brainy scientist) that the TV series, "Bones" is based on. Unfortunately, HP won out and I still have to finish the Kathy Reichs book before it's due back at the library. Anyone listen to audio books? _________________________ Julianne
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#109437 - 08/13/07 09:10 PM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: Julianne]
Julianne Julianne Gardener Registered: 06/08/07 Posts: 276 Loc: FL	Has anyone read The Time Travelers Wife? It's very good. I really enjoyed it. Also love the Janet Evanovich books with Stephanie Plum. Too funny! Also liked Ergon, et all and lots of children's books, from picture books (what wonderful artwork!) and YA novels. I'm usually listening to an audio book while I garden or do housework and have one or two books at my bedside. My own thought: The best things you can do for a child is teach them kindness, a love of reading, and the wonders of nature. _________________________ Julianne
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#109442 - 08/13/07 09:21 PM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: Julianne]
badplanter badplanter Little Sprout Gardening Pro Registered: 07/03/06 Posts: 8682 Loc: Staten Island, [New York City]...	Does anyone read anything by Clive Cussler? he writes some very good action/adventure novels... all having to do, at least a little, with lost ships, the ocean, or something like that.. he's very good.. I can reccomend some titles, if anyone'd like.. _________________________ PROUD SUPPORTER OF THE CINDY AND BILL SHOW.
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#110176 - 08/14/07 07:11 PM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: badplanter]
Bestofour Bestofour Patriot Gardening Pro Registered: 08/10/03 Posts: 7556 Loc: Monroe, NC	Julianne, I didn't like The Time Traveler's Wife too much. It was enthralling for a while but toward the end I sort of lost interest. Have you read A Thousand Splendid Suns? _________________________ http://www.picturetrail.com/bestofour
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#110863 - 08/15/07 06:31 PM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: Bestofour]
Julianne Julianne Gardener Registered: 06/08/07 Posts: 276 Loc: FL	No, haven't read A Thousand Splendid Suns. What's it about? Who is the author? I think you missed out on the The Time Traveler's Wife. The ending was a bit of a twist. So many books, like movies, you can predict the ending. Which is fine with me; I like to see how writers get from beginning to predictable end, and if there's a twist, ooooo! I just love it. Before I had children, I was a big fan of Stephen King. After my first child, they freaked me out! Same with his movies and the like. _________________________ Julianne
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#110865 - 08/15/07 06:33 PM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: Julianne]
Bestofour Bestofour Patriot Gardening Pro Registered: 08/10/03 Posts: 7556 Loc: Monroe, NC	Julianne, remind me about the Time Traveler's Wife. It's been a while and I thought that's why I didn't like it. I remember I like it to start with but the more I read the less I enjoyed it but now I can't remember exactly why. _________________________ http://www.picturetrail.com/bestofour
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#110869 - 08/15/07 06:36 PM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: Bestofour]
Bestofour Bestofour Patriot Gardening Pro Registered: 08/10/03 Posts: 7556 Loc: Monroe, NC	Sometimes getting someone elses perspective helps. I read Oral History by Lee Smith (so did a friend) and neither of us liked it. A lady came to the library and did a discussion on it and we both wanted to re-read it. She got so much from it that neither of us saw. That's why I like a book club. So many different ideas. _________________________ http://www.picturetrail.com/bestofour
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#110927 - 08/15/07 07:10 PM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: Bestofour]
loz loz Big Trouble Garden Helper Registered: 05/18/03 Posts: 41079 Loc: Beautiful Western Maryland...z...	I LOVED the Time Travelers Wife!!!! It was a little slow at first and jumped around a lot but once you get into it it's very enjoyable....but what one likes another doesn't....it's all different tastes....like I enjoy Vampire books....not really Ann Rice, but Sherilyn Kennyon and Laurell K. Hamilton. And I love time travel books too!!!! _________________________ Try to look on the bright side of things.
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#110944 - 08/15/07 07:28 PM Re: Avid Readers come here! [Re: loz]
Julianne Julianne Gardener Registered: 06/08/07 Posts: 276 Loc: FL	Sheri, it was about a guy who time traveled, but not of his own volition. It just happened, any time, anywhere. He met a young girl during one of his travels. The story does bounce around and you sometimes have to shut the book and put your head back on straight. As the book progresses, the relationship and time frames get closer. I liked it for the story, but also because it was a different format than your typical book. Has anyone read The Poisonwood Bible? Also a different format. _________________________ Julianne
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