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Skye ( member #325) posted at 4:05 AM on Saturday, January 5th, 2013
Just finished "What Happened to Sophie Wilder." Short, but very thought provoking. Also just finished "Shine, Shine, Shine," which definitely needs to be discussed!
PippaPeach6 ( member #37523) posted at 10:12 PM on Thursday, January 24th, 2013
Key Weird by Robert Tacoma
Am about halfway through, and it is really quirky! The main characters are Taco Bob and Carol (formerly Tula) Deriere, and set in Key West (mostly). I'm loving it, and there are at least four more books in the series. I love me some good quirk! And finding new authors -
Taco Bob (that's Mr. Taco to you) 
Us: 50ish, madhatters, married 20 odd yrs
TT: May 2009 'til June
DDay for both: June 17, 2009
Me: 2x, same person, 1991
Him: 1.5 year PA (EA?) 2007-2009
Reconciled
Honey Badger don't care. - Randall
Skye ( member #325) posted at 12:52 AM on Friday, January 25th, 2013
Pippa, don't know if you've discovered Christopher Moore, but if you like quirk, you'll like him.
PanicAttack53 ( member #34195) posted at 1:41 AM on Friday, January 25th, 2013
Just started "When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times" by Pema Chodron
So far so good. I've really been getting into this Eastern arts thing lately. 
Me-BH Her-XWW | B/ 59 on D-day (11/17/11) | D final on 10/1/13 I'm Lovin' life again!
Rest of the story really doesn't matter any more.
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have.” ― Eckhart Tolle
Hope24 ( member #9344) posted at 2:45 PM on Saturday, February 2nd, 2013
Just started "When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times" by Pema Chodron
I loved that book. I find her writing style and message so soothing.
She packed up her potential and all she had learned and headed out to change a few things.
Newlease ( member #7767) posted at 5:07 PM on Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
Just finished Gone Girl for my book club. This is the best book I've read in a long time. I used to be an avid reader, but haven't taken the time for a few years.
This is one that I could not put down. I stayed up until midnight to finish it 2 nights ago.
NL
Even if you can't control the world around you, you are still the master of your own soul.
wildbananas ( member #10552) posted at 7:38 PM on Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
I'm about halfway through "Half Broke Horses" by Jeanette Walls. Not quite as good as "The Glass Castle" but pretty close. I'm really enjoying it.
Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light. ~ Yogi Bhajan
UKgirl ( member #17062) posted at 7:42 PM on Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
I've read The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played With Fire.
But I cannot get through The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest!! I'm about half way and I think I'm overdosed on the highly charged action and characters.
Anyone else manage to finish the trilogy?
Affair1: Dday 30/07/06 LTA: 5yrs ex-fiancee Affair2: Dday 04/09/20 9mths another XHSgf.Me/BS, still young. Him/WS, old. 4 grown boysHaving an affair because you are unhappy is like eating Ex-lax because you are hungry - unfound's mom
forgivenotforget ( member #11053) posted at 2:37 AM on Thursday, February 7th, 2013
I loved the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and the movie as well as the book. I didn't read the sequels though.
I was wondering if anyone has read the Buddha in the Attic. It's gotten good reviews. I am a big Amy Tan fan and I think I might enjoy this since it seems to be along the same theme as her works. I'm thinking of picking it up soon.
D-day - 12/23/05 LTA - 8 years.
"Love's a matter of trust and I just want to believe in us." M McBride
ImNellNow ( member #28753) posted at 11:20 PM on Thursday, February 7th, 2013
I read The Girl trilogy. Then watched the Hornest's Nest (Swedish version of the movie, maybe?). Loved it all!
Love Amy Tan... she makes me laugh and cry! Although the last book before this one wasn't my favorite. Loved loved loved Kitchen God's Wife.
I just stumbled across author Susanna Kearsley. Historical fiction. OMG. I want to be her BFF!!! LOVED IT!!!
BS & D
Drinking wine and thinking bliss is on the other side of this.
Hope24 ( member #9344) posted at 12:09 PM on Saturday, February 16th, 2013
Just finished "Defending Jacob". It's about the 14-year old son of an assistant DA who is charged with murdering a classmate.
Definitely a page-turner with great plot twists. I did figure out one piece before it was revealed, but it was minor in the end. I recommend it if you like court room dramas and twisty endings.
She packed up her potential and all she had learned and headed out to change a few things.
UKgirl ( member #17062) posted at 9:32 AM on Friday, February 22nd, 2013
Well, I did sit down and finish The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest. I had to give it long sessions to be able to keep up with the characters and intricacies. But glad I did. Would like to see the follow up films now and see how they compare.
I followed that with an easy read - The Man Who Forgot His Wife by John Farrell. Sort of thing that would make a good afternoon TV film. Light, faintly amusing and without much depth.
Now I'm onto Fifty Shades of Grey. I'm only fifty pages in but I have to say it is the most appalling piece of writing I have read in a long time. Anyone got anything good to say to encourage me to continue to at least half way??? Most of it has made me laugh at just how bad it is. So far.
Affair1: Dday 30/07/06 LTA: 5yrs ex-fiancee Affair2: Dday 04/09/20 9mths another XHSgf.Me/BS, still young. Him/WS, old. 4 grown boysHaving an affair because you are unhappy is like eating Ex-lax because you are hungry - unfound's mom
wildbananas ( member #10552) posted at 5:52 PM on Friday, February 22nd, 2013
I just finished "Sister of my Heart." What a good book! The ending was a bit too neat and tidy for me but it was still really well written.
I'm now starting "Love Anthony" by Lisa Genova. I liked her other two so I have hope for it.
Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light. ~ Yogi Bhajan
positively4thst ( member #23998) posted at 12:47 AM on Saturday, February 23rd, 2013
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Love it and a quick read.
Also: Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna (National Geographic). Nonfiction, quick, easy read, before you know it you're at the end!! Wonderful story!
Re another post, also loved Gone Girl but was disappointed with the ending. I usually am with most books (?!!) so it is probably more a reflection of me than the book!
teach5 ( member #18445) posted at 3:02 PM on Saturday, February 23rd, 2013
Totally agree with UKGirl on the 50 Shades-I stopped at about pg 50! This was as bad as the Twilight books.
looking forward ( member #25238) posted at 10:30 PM on Saturday, February 23rd, 2013
Definitely beach reading!
I have 101 books on my Kobo (Canadian version of Kindle), and what to read, what to read.....that's the big decision every couple of days!
I just finished the 12th book in the Gabriel Allon series by Daniel Silva -- Israeli spy/art restorer character. FABULOUS!
I love historical fiction -- books by Barbara Erskine are very well written.
I can't wait for the next Edward Rutherfurd book - Paris.
I may start Robin Cook's "Nano" next......
Oh, the decision here in Negril!
Together more than 57 years, Married 52 years. Sober since 2009. "You've always had the power, my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself." (The Wizard of Oz)
miadianna ( member #10516) posted at 3:39 PM on Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
Just finished Gone Girl for my book club. This is the best book I've read in a long time. I used to be an avid reader, but haven't taken the time for a few years.
Thanks, I just picked this up from the library and am excited to start it. My mom recommended it and the wait list was so long so I hoped it was good.
Me: BS 60Son: 34years oldDaughter: 32 years old Divorced 4/10/08XH passed away 6/24/16
sisoon ( Moderator #31240) posted at 4:12 AM on Monday, March 4th, 2013
I was reading Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul, which covers the origins of separation of church and state in North America - extremely good outline of the various arguments and the differences within Protestantism in the first half of the 17th century, and got curious about Oliver Cromwell, so I started...
Antonia Fraser's biography of Oliver Cromwell...
but then I detoured to Mantels' novels about Thomas Cromwell, even though he's no relation to Oliver...
Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel - must reads if you like historical fiction.
fBH (me) - on d-day: 66, Married 43, together 45, same sex apDDay - 12/22/2010Recover'd and R'edYou don't have to like your boundaries. You just have to set and enforce them.
PippaPeach6 ( member #37523) posted at 4:21 PM on Monday, March 4th, 2013
Endless Night by Agatha Christie. Read it years ago and it still haunts me. Gotta get back to the tried-and-true classic writers like Dame Agatha once in a while!
I downloaded Gone Girl before a camping trip. Big mistake, as I couldn't wait to get the Kindle back in my hands! Ending - very, very odd. . .
Fifty Shades - the story picks up and it really is no more than a "beach read" so take it with a grain of salt (and skim faster). It is also a trilogy, so don't judge by just the first book.
eta: Thanks, Skye, for the recommendation!
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Us: 50ish, madhatters, married 20 odd yrs
TT: May 2009 'til June
DDay for both: June 17, 2009
Me: 2x, same person, 1991
Him: 1.5 year PA (EA?) 2007-2009
Reconciled
Honey Badger don't care. - Randall
Chandler ( member #23038) posted at 3:54 AM on Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
Just finished Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich
and started The Racketeer by John Grisham
These are 2 of my all time favorite authors
ME:BS Him:WS
D-Day: Too many I lost count
OC born Jan 09
"If happy ever did exist, I would still be holding you like this, all those fairy tales are full of shit, one more fucking love song I'll be sick" -Maroon 5
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