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#217312 - 06/04/12 05:12 PM
Reading "Tuesdays with Morrie".
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Registered: 11/15/05
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Wow........hard to put down. A fast read and a lifetime of lessons to be learned I'm already gathering.
Looks like I'm gonna like this book!
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#217313 - 06/04/12 05:15 PM
Re: Reading "Tuesdays with Morrie".
[Re: Di]
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Registered: 12/30/05
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I enjoyed the book too..there is a film too.
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#217314 - 06/04/12 06:00 PM
Re: Reading "Tuesdays with Morrie".
[Re: Mountain Ash]
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Registered: 03/22/05
Posts: 4876
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I have that book sitting on my book shelf, and fully intend to read it, but haven't been able to yet. Still healing, and can't get that close to another dying person quite yet...can't read "One More Day" either...soon though.
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When you don't like a thing, change it.
If you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
(Maya Angelou)
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#217315 - 06/04/12 06:37 PM
Re: Reading "Tuesdays with Morrie".
[Re: Eagle Heart]
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Registered: 11/15/05
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A movie, really? That's be hard to watch I imagine.
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#217336 - 06/09/12 05:57 PM
Re: Reading "Tuesdays with Morrie".
[Re: jabber]
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Registered: 03/11/10
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Loc: Illinois
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Hi Jabber, I didn't know anything about "Drums of Autumn," but did a quick check on Amazon. Found this review which indicates it's a Diana Gabaldon book, part of her "Outlander" series: The fourth in the Outlander series, Drums of Autumn begins in Charleston in 1767 where Claire, Jamie, Fergus and Ian begin a journey to find Jamie's Aunt Jocasta who owns a plantation in North Carolina. As with the previous three novels in this series, Diana Gabaldon weaves stories within stories creating a rich tale of adventure, suspense and love.
In Drums of Autumn Brianna, Jamie and Claire's daughter travels back in time to find her parents to warn them of disaster in their future. Brianna found a story in an old newspaper telling of the death of Jamie and Claire Fraser in a house fire. Roger Wakefield, Brianna's sometime boyfriend, also found the story. Roger decided not to tell Brianna for fear she would attempt to go back in time to warn her parents. When Roger learns that Brianna has done exactly that, he follows her through the stones back to 18th century Scotland. Brianna finds her way to Lollybrach and meets Jenny, Jamie's sister, and Ian and all the children. This is a wonderful part of the book where the reader can appreciate and feel the amazing connection between past and future, gave me the chills just reading it.
Roger eventually catches up with Brianna in the colonies after Roger's most arduous ocean crossing. I do agree with several of the other reviewers who feel that Brianna's character is a bit weak. I haven't caught on to, or much liked, Brianna at all since the first introduction of her character. Brianna does not have the depth or heart that Claire has and comes off as a self-centered child in many ways.
Brianna and Roger each have their own separate adventures and each is intertwined with Jamie and Claire's. Lord John Grey appears again to play an integral role in Brianna's life. The character of Lord Grey is one of my favorites as he is a man of honor.
In Drums of Autumn Jamie is not the ferocious warrior, nor the persecuted prisoner; he's a farmer and a builder. Although it was a relief of sorts not to endure any floggings or near-death misadventures, it seemed as though Jamie was out of his element having been removed from Scotland. Nonetheless, this book was everything the previous books were in it's own way. Diana Gabaldon has succeeded in continuing the `love that spans time' between Jamie and Claire and has added more depth to their relationship.
This series is one of the best I have read. I was overjoyed to discover the 5th in the series, The Fiery Cross, has already been released already so I won't have to wait to continue this engrossing saga. So: Historical fiction with the twist of time travel. Sounds fascinating to me! Do you agree with what this reviewer has said? And how long has it taken you to get to the 4th book in this series? They sound like big books with loads of detail...
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#217340 - 06/11/12 01:07 PM
Re: Reading "Tuesdays with Morrie".
[Re: jabber]
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Boomer in Chief
Registered: 03/11/10
Posts: 3212
Loc: Illinois
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So many books, so little time! That's my mantra these days. I guess I need to upload a whole bunch of good reads to my iPad and then take a nice long summer vacation! LOL! As if that is going to happen. Anyway, I agree, I'd like to read "The Help" and "Killing Lincoln," too. Both have had a lot of people talking. Though the word on O'Reilly's book is that it is more of a historical fiction that fact. As for "The Help," do those of you who've read it think the movie does it justice? If so, watching the movie would certainly be a lot faster than reading it. Though probably not as satisfying.
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#217362 - 06/14/12 11:12 PM
Re: Reading "Tuesdays with Morrie".
[Re: yonuh]
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Boomer in Chief
Registered: 03/11/10
Posts: 3212
Loc: Illinois
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Yonuh, do you mean this book "The Celtic Conspiracy" - It doesn't appear to be free on Amazon. How do you find free books on Amazon?
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#217591 - 07/20/12 01:47 PM
Re: Reading "Tuesdays with Morrie".
[Re: jabber]
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Registered: 03/11/10
Posts: 3212
Loc: Illinois
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Jabber, I was at the doctor's office for a diabetes checkup yesterday, and Peg, my nurse practitioner, had a student with her, shadowing her. (I don't like being the "guinea pig" but students have to get practical experience somewhere.)
Anyway, somehow towards the end of the visit our talk turned to the "50 Shades of Gray" book. (Oh, I know, I mentioned that the book I'd brought into read while waiting was one I was reviewing for NABBW, and Peg asked me if I was going to be reviewing the infamous E. L. James book.)
I said no, I tend to only review books written by members. But I noted that I'd been talking to Dr Dorree Lynn, NABBW's expert on sex, and she told me she doesn't like the book.
We also joked about how we would feel to be seen buying it.
Anyone have any expereince with that?
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#217592 - 07/20/12 04:25 PM
Re: Reading "Tuesdays with Morrie".
[Re: Anne Holmes]
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Registered: 11/04/08
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As to 50 Shades of Gray, I don't plan to read it but if you want to kill a funny half hour, head to Amazon and read the 1- and 2- star reviews of the book. They are a scream, and nearly all of the people who don't like the book say it's ridiculous and written like a 16-yesr-old's fantasy.
Somehow a 21-year-old woman with no experience of sex or even computers (yes, he shows her how to set up e-mail) manages to hook up with a man who is a billionaire at 26. He can pilot a plane, speak other languages, play the piano, is tall, good-looking, extremely well-endowed -- and she instantly begins to experience intense sexual pleasure. Oh, and the guy doesn't do any work, just spends all day sending her sexy messages and having sex, because, you know, that's how billionaires are.
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#217593 - 07/20/12 04:27 PM
Re: Reading "Tuesdays with Morrie".
[Re: Ellemm]
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Registered: 11/04/08
Posts: 601
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Sorry to break up my post, but the screen keeps flipping and makes me nuts.
On a serious note, there are people who feel that the book is actually dangerous because the man is cruel and callous and the young women, who seems to be a dolt, puts up with a lot of bad behavior in an attempt to change him. Out in real life, of course, just being compliant is often a recipe for abuse. So there are people who don't like the book on a very serious level, much like seeing Pretty Woman as a pretty fantasy instead of acknowledging that the life of a prostitute is nothing like getting to stay in a hotel with Richard Gere.
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#217598 - 07/21/12 05:29 PM
Re: Reading "Tuesdays with Morrie".
[Re: Anne Holmes]
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Boomer in Chief
Registered: 03/11/10
Posts: 3212
Loc: Illinois
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OK, I just HAD to see what Ellemm was talking about. So I checked out the review page on Amazon... Have a look yourself -- can't imagine that I will be tempted to read these books after reading those reviews. I mean, how many times have I ever read poor reviews posted on Amazon? Not often, but I can't recall any worse than these...
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#217607 - 07/23/12 02:19 PM
Re: Reading "Tuesdays with Morrie".
[Re: jabber]
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Registered: 11/04/08
Posts: 601
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Ok, here's another funny for you and it's only about 2 1/2 minutes. I attend a monthly program at our local library that describes upcoming books, movies from books, etc., and the guy in charged showed it to us. (I LOVE this program. He even gives away advance copies of some of the books.)
Anyway, go to YouTube, type in Ellen Reads 50 Shades of Grey.
Ellen DeGeneres starts reading from the book but immediately switches into a comedy reading. It's not dirty at all, just unbelievably funny. There's no way the book could have competed with her anyway.....
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