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efy
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"WAYR: non-romance for August 2010"
 
   Heck, it's August already...!?!

Listening to Daphne de Maurier's Rebecca - it's very good but 12 CDs - up to number 7. Reading eat, pray, love for book club.

What are you reading and recommending?

Efy (Sydney)


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  Subject     Author     Message Date     ID  
  RE: WAYR: non-romance for August 2010 april Aug-02-10 1
     Eat Pray Love april Aug-21-10 14
         RE: Eat Pray Love efy Aug-30-10 16
             RE: Eat Pray Love april Aug-31-10 17
  David Wroblewski motherof4 Aug-02-10 2
     RE: David Wroblewski Lynda V Aug-02-10 3
     RE: David Wroblewski efy Aug-06-10 4
     RE: David Wroblewski motherof4 Aug-17-10 10
  Zapped Becky from OH Aug-06-10 5
  RE: WAYR: non-romance for August 2010 cardzfan1 Aug-08-10 6
  RE: WAYR: non-romance for August 2010 efy Aug-09-10 7
  more mysteries Becky from OH Aug-09-10 8
  changed my mind Becky from OH Aug-10-10 9
  Tana French-The Likeness Elena C 58 Aug-18-10 11
  RE: WAYR: non-romance for August 2010 SEP Aug-18-10 12
  RE: WAYR: non-romance for August 2010 Mombo Aug-18-10 13
  RE: WAYR: non-romance for August 2010 Becky from OH Aug-21-10 15

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april
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5332 posts		 Aug-02-10, 11:14 AM (CST)
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1. "RE: WAYR: non-romance for August 2010"
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I'm still reading The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, but I put it down to briefly read something quick and light. I'm a little over 1/5 of the way through. The pages are different than real books on the nook. So, of 500+ pages, I'm a little over 100 pages through. I'm enjoying it, but I need to have a big block of time to read (good thing I'll be in the car for 13 hours this weekend). I plan to read the rest on vacation plus some others.


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april
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5332 posts		 Aug-21-10, 09:27 AM (CST)
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14. "Eat Pray Love"
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It looks like book club was decided on next Saturday. We're discussing the book over dinner and then going to the movie. So, I'll be reading the entire book this week. Then back to my regularly-scheduled reading.


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efy
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850 posts		 Aug-30-10, 08:19 PM (CST)
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16. "RE: Eat Pray Love"
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   I got it on audio - read by the author.
Listening is better than the read so far - but I am in the Italy stages...

Efy (Sydney)


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april
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17. "RE: Eat Pray Love"
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I finished and saw the movie on Saturday. I liked it, but I wouldn't go so far as to say I loved it. Same with the movie. I actually liked the India section the best. I think I liked the Indonesia section better in the movie because of the beautiful scenery.


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446 posts		 Aug-02-10, 03:29 PM (CST)
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2. "David Wroblewski"
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   I read "Rebecca" when I was a teenager, and I remember I thought it was great. Maybe it's time for a reread.

I'm trying to work up the enthusiasm to read my next bookclub-book: "The story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Wroblewski. Anyone read it?
In the mean time, I'm getting to know Sam Jellicoe and Rick Addison.

Malin (Sweden)


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Lynda V
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3. "RE: David Wroblewski"
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I'm listening to The Girl Who Played with Fire on audio and reading An Echo in the Bone.

~~LighthouseLady~~
East Coast of Central Florida


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efy
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850 posts		 Aug-06-10, 00:09 AM (CST)
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4. "RE: David Wroblewski"
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   Heard the Edgar Sawtelle book had an annoying ending - I'll wait for your verdict, Malin.

Picked up Italian Wedding by Nicki Pellegrino (NZ author)
It's curing my insomnia so far.

Efy (Sydney)


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10. "RE: David Wroblewski"
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   Just finnished the Edgar Sawtelle-book. 600 pages of LOTS of facts about dogs and their breeding and training, very slow first half of the book, good language, some paranormal things like ghosts (which I do not care for), no explanation whatsoever regarding the main conflict in the book and a terrible ending. If you are extremely interested in dogs, you may like this book. I didn't!
(Sorry for not being good-hearted here.)

It will be interesting to hear what my bookclub thinks about it when we meet tomorrow.

Malin (Sweden)


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Becky from OH
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5. "Zapped"
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   Zapped by Carol Higgins Clark. Cute mystery.

Becky from OH


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cardzfan1
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6. "RE: WAYR: non-romance for August 2010"
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   I have been rereading "Plainsong" and its sequel "Eventide" by Kent Haruf. They are among my favorite books. No other author writes like he does about the plainspoken people of the plains.

Carol
Northeast Missouri


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efy
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7. "RE: WAYR: non-romance for August 2010"
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   Listening to something really challenging and even darker now - Lionel Shriver's 'we need to talk about Kevin'

The book is a middle aged NY woman's letters to her estranged husband about their son Kevin, their lives, mistakes and 'that thursday'. That thursday was the day 15 yr old Kevin killed 7 people at school.

Uneasy and confronting.

Efy (Sydney)


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Becky from OH
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8. "more mysteries"
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   I'm listening to more mysteries this week. Just finished Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Crime by Tamar Myers and tomorrow will start the next book in this series, No use Dying Over Spilled Milk. Then I plan to listen to the first two books in a mystery series by Joann Fluke. The first book is called Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder, and the next one is Strawberry Cheesecake Murder.

Becky from OH


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Becky from OH
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9. "changed my mind"
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   After listening to two books in the Pennsylvania Dutch series by Tamar Myers in a row, I had planned to start the Joanne Fluke mystery series. But I've decided I've had enough light fluff for the timebeing and want something with more substance. So I'm going to listen to South of Broad by Pat Conroy and then probably get to the first two books in the Joanne Fluke series after that.

Becky from OH


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11. "Tana French-The Likeness"
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   Good book, well developed characters


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12. "RE: WAYR: non-romance for August 2010"
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   James McBride's THE COLOR OF WATER


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13. "RE: WAYR: non-romance for August 2010"
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   I posted this on WARN and realized it should be here. I'm listening to Davina Porter read The Faeries of Dreamdark by Laini Taylor. It is delightful. The characters are wonderful and the story keeps me coming back. Davina Porter's portrayal of the various characters is terrific. I would recommend this book to anyone.
Steph in Oregon


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Becky from OH
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15. "RE: WAYR: non-romance for August 2010"
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   I'm about to start True Evil by Greg Iles.

Becky from OH


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