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boudicca ( member #30136) posted at 3:54 PM on Monday, June 20th, 2011
OMG Skye, I think we are kindred spirits!
Last night I was reading reviews of "The Paris Wife " and decided to purchase it! I am a big Hemingway fan.
Did you like it?
Oh, and my husband and ai both loved "First Family." We finished it, and want to read more of Ellis. We read his book on Thomas Jefferson last year and it was excellent, too.
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MissesJai ( member #24849) posted at 4:41 PM on Monday, June 20th, 2011
Gather Together In My Name by Maya Angelou...
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Skye ( member #325) posted at 4:45 PM on Monday, June 20th, 2011
Yes, I did like it, and would love to discuss it with someone who has faced infidelity! Wish you had your PM button activated. I feel bad taking up so much time on this board. 
Did go out to pick up some Hemingway since reading "The Paris Wife."
boudicca ( member #30136) posted at 5:03 PM on Monday, June 20th, 2011
Skye, I don't have the PM thing on because I get busy at times and hate feeling like I am blowing people off.
I'll let you know what I think of "The Paris Wife."
My favorite Hemingway books are :
!. The Sun also Rises
2. For Whom the Bell Tolls
3. A Farewell to Arms
4. A Moveable Feast
5. The Old Man and the Sea
In that order.
Skye ( member #325) posted at 5:35 PM on Monday, June 20th, 2011
In the wife book, Hemingway is working on various books, which are not titled at that point. I think "The Sun Also Rises" is the main book of his that the wife book references. "The Moveable Feast" was also written during that period, I think. Need to do some more research!
I was aware he was an "adventurer" but wasn't as aware of his paramour proclivity. He did have four wives. The Paris wife was his first wife.
whensitover ( member #31207) posted at 9:09 PM on Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
I read more than one at a time-I also LOVE a/biography's!! Right now I am reading All But My Life-a Holocaust survivor memoir-just finished "The Dirt" By Motley Crue and Glass Castles by Jeannette Walls-I read that one 3 times. My alltime favorite Bio is "For Laci" The book written by her mother. A must read!!
stretch13 ( member #26894) posted at 12:56 AM on Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion - Johan Harstad.
He's from oslo and it's translated to english. It's about a gardener obsessed with Buzz Aldrin and his relative lack of fame. So far, so good, so quirky.
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Red Sox Nation ( member #26358) posted at 1:47 AM on Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Just started Neil Gaiman's American Gods. Definitely a change-of-pace. Quick, light read. Hasn't really grabbed me after 200 pages.
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really trying ( member #5311) posted at 6:47 AM on Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet. It's pretty good.
I have and am puttin off The Land of Painted Caves because of eveyone's review here.
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frigidfire86 ( member #32324) posted at 10:55 AM on Thursday, July 21st, 2011
I'm rereading the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. He is, by far, my favorite author and I've read all of his books a couple dozen times each. The Omen Machine comes out soon and I can't wait!!!
little turtle ( member #15584) posted at 10:18 PM on Monday, August 1st, 2011
Mindfulness by Ellen J Langer
Failure is success if we learn from it.
sable ( member #32869) posted at 2:49 AM on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Right now I'm reading Lord Of Misrule which is book 5 of the Morganville Vampire series. I really like this series. It is catchy, fast read.
I have several books that I picked up at the local thrift store that I can't wait to get to reading.
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Red Sox Nation ( member #26358) posted at 4:06 AM on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Just read The Virgin Suicides by Eugenides. Interesting style, I had not read him before. Definitely better than the movie and he's facile with the language, creates lasting images.
When someone tells you who she is, listen; when someone shows you who she is, listen carefully.
willowiris ( member #5372) posted at 4:27 AM on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Just read The Virgin Suicides by Eugenides.
I just started the Virgin Suicides a couple of weeks ago. How odd is that? It was the author's first novel, and he has another book called Middlesex I read for book club. Loved that one.
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punky ( member #12233) posted at 4:40 AM on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
I am reading A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard. That poor girl...
13 years later...finally healed. Definitely survived and thrived and you can, too.
TheHardWay ( member #4342) posted at 2:11 PM on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
I have a few going -
Freddie Mercury - His Life in His Own Words (just read the intro - its on my nightstand to read)
Ghost Rider - Travels on the Healing Road ( halfway in - slow reading book - you have to pay attention!!!)
Kissing the Virgins Mouth - (ugggghhh.. I am only finishing it because I started it)
ETA - I also read MiddleSex and LOVED it! Have you tried Running with Scissors or She's Come UnDone? Not sure of the authors - but similar reads.
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JanaGreen ( member #29341) posted at 3:36 PM on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
She's Come Undone - Wally Lamb - I read that years ago. It was really good. I'll never get the image of her binging on the ham out of my mind.
I just finished Pride and Prejudice for the millionth time, and immediately dove into Matched - it's for my online book club and the discussion is in two days, so I have to finish it quickly. It's a YA book, but fairly interesting so far. It's a future dystopia big-brother kind of book.
Emerald Eyes ( member #7977) posted at 6:50 PM on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
TheHardWay, if you like Ghost Rider, you should read Masked Rider, too. It's about his travels across Camaroon on bicycle.
Both are very good.
MissesJai ( member #24849) posted at 9:30 PM on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
The Choir Director
So You Call Yourself a Man?
Preacher's Son
Big Girls Do Cry
Torn Between Two Lovers
all by Carl Weber - excellent!!! I've got a few more of his works on hold at the library.
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Happily divorcing..
My Life is Mine!!!!
#BlackLivesMatter
Don't settle for no fuck shit....
EnigmaticInk ( member #31224) posted at 11:07 PM on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Catching up on the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. I also like rereading the Codex Alera Series by Jim Butcher.
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