Amber_R wrote:Awesome. Thank you for letting me know. I'm new to this and was not sure how people were keeping the quotes in their posts.Not a prob...I just remember what it was like when I first joined ANY forum or board and didn't know exactly how things work. It can be rather frustrating sometimes. I'm one of those "What does this button do?" kind of people and will click away to find out how stuff works...lol...and if I find something I think will be useful to others, I share my info!Another little hint is that red checkmark on the tool bar is a spell checker. A handy little thing to have especially if you have a long post or if your typing fingers get a little ahead of your thoughts...
Thanks - I was one that needed that explanation
DebsScott wrote:Hi y'all. I posted this over in "Welcomes and Introductions" but thought I would do it here as well, if I may. I would like to suggest a little hint here that would be helpful to both readers and posters: When you are replying to someone's specific post, click on the "reply" on that specific post and when you come to the reply screen just hit that little white balloon in the tool box (next to the smilies). By doing this, you not only let the original poster know you are replying to something he/she said, but also helps eliminate confusion in the readers because they can see to what you are replying. Does that make sense? LOLI just wanted to pass that along to some of the newer posters here who may not know about the "quote" feature. Happy reading!
judycarr wrote:MeMe,Have you finished Tallgrass? I am trying to pick the summer selections for the book group that I facilitate and that was one I had considered. Let me know if it provides your group with a good discussion OK?. We just finished The God of Animals. While the group didn't all like it, it provided us with a lively discussion and that is what I am always looking for.Happy Reading!Judy
Hi, Judy!
I know that your question was directed to MeMe. But it just so happens that I finished reading "Tallgrass" about a month or two ago. It is a wonderful book! As someone else posted, I hated to see it end. I passed it along to my mother, who also loved it. In fact, she loved it so much that she went to the library and read two more books by Sandra Dallas -- and loved both of those!
I have not read "The God of Animals." But judging by the other posts of people who say they didn't care for the ending, I would say that you can't go wrong with choosing "Tallgrass" for your book club read. I can think of so many things you can discuss about it.
Hope that helps! 
Carmenere_lady wrote:I just finished The God of Animals and I've got to say, I thought it was one tedious read. It was interesting reading about life as a horse breeder, trainer etc but the storyline lagged. We also never do find out how Polly died. I chalk it up as another sad book, like The Sister. The mother's condition got me thinking about the roles a mom plays in a household and how it resembles her, how it lives thru her.Now, I've begun The Good Wife by O'Nan.
vivico1 wrote:
judycarr wrote:MeMe,Have you finished Tallgrass? I am trying to pick the summer selections for the book group that I facilitate and that was one I had considered. Let me know if it provides your group with a good discussion OK?. We just finished The God of Animals. While the group didn't all like it, it provided us with a lively discussion and that is what I am always looking for.Happy Reading!Judy
Our group liked the God of Animals, ok, except the ending, there was none! Its depressing and you dont know what happened to her, how she is doing, is she better, nothing. Just her being there and looking back and we talked with the author about it, the ending, and best I remember she said the editors wanted her to make some changes in it but she wouldnt. Which I can understand but that ending sucked LOL. Kiakar and Wrighty, remember that one?
Hey, the Sister may have been tedious in parts to get through, but it had a bang of an ending. The God of Animals had a fairly interesting story line but the ending went no where. You just have this woman looking back, talking as dismally about it as before but you dont know where she has been, is she depressed, is she well, what does she do for a living, is she married, was she ever, its just one last dull very depressed chapter and nothing! I see some people talking about The Memory Keeper too and that it was a lifetime movie? I dont get lifetime but I sure hope they did a better job than that book too. There was a wonderful story to be told there and just when something started to get interesting, the author switched to someone else altogether. Her transitions were terrible, and the girl that it was all about, just when you start to hear about her, bam forget her lets move on. I saw a few months after we read that book, that the critics said the same thing, really bad transitions and those we were interested in, their stories were limited. How funny that the two books that are the two that I considered the worst reads of all the books I have read over the past year are those two being talked about now lol. Ok, so before you ask, the two I considered the best reads were The Road and Crashing Through. And I have fallen in love with Harlan Coben books. So far, Belong To Me, seems to be one that will rate high on my list. I really liked that very different book The Jewel Trader too, very much. It was written so well and so poetically. The author gave you such wonderful things to think about in a most unusual setting. I sold the Memory Keeper and The God of Horses back to a bookstore to buy some others instead, they were stinkers LOL.
Where do I find the list of books to be discussed New Reads Club?
IBIS wrote:
vivico1 wrote:Belong to Me. This is a good book. I never read any of this authors work before, but this wont be the last if the rest of the book is this good. I hope to see some of you in there in May and, Linda, Ms. KiakarHi Lynda, Linda and VivianI too picked up Belong to Me and fell in love with the writing... I'd read her earlier book Love Walked In, and this one is a sequel to it.The author is a poet and it shows! See you all on the New Reads Club for Belong to Me.IBIS
kiakar wrote:Vivian, I cannot believe you didn't like this book. It was wonderful in my opinion. I liked the movie but they left a few parts out which if you had read the book you felt if the movie was uncomplete. (I know, get over it)
Kiakar,I read the book and thought the BOOK was incomplete! LOL, so how incomplete could the movie be hehe. good story, lousy lousy writing. And HEY! I would never say "get over it" to you lol.
But really, the story about the DAUGHTER would have been much more interesting if she wrote more about her. She should have just titled it the Memory Keeper, cause the daughter doesnt get much time but being refered to. And I have never read a book more all over the place, back and forth, in mid thought, than that book, brrrrr. Hey, remember the ending of The God of Animals? pitiful. But there were some good parts in the book, remember? and you can't say why here either girl. lol
Oh no, let me clarify. I didn't think The Sister was tedious, I didn't even mind all of the scientific moth information, when I referred to The God of Animals but I do believe that they were both sad stories, sad lives.
Also, glad you mentioned The Road. It was horrifying .....................and truly one of the best books I have ever read. So heart wrenching.
vivico1 wrote:
Carmenere_lady wrote:I just finished The God of Animals and I've got to say, I thought it was one tedious read. It was interesting reading about life as a horse breeder, trainer etc but the storyline lagged. We also never do find out how Polly died. I chalk it up as another sad book, like The Sister. The mother's condition got me thinking about the roles a mom plays in a household and how it resembles her, how it lives thru her.Now, I've begun The Good Wife by O'Nan.
vivico1 wrote:
judycarr wrote:MeMe,Have you finished Tallgrass? I am trying to pick the summer selections for the book group that I facilitate and that was one I had considered. Let me know if it provides your group with a good discussion OK?. We just finished The God of Animals. While the group didn't all like it, it provided us with a lively discussion and that is what I am always looking for.Happy Reading!Judy
Our group liked the God of Animals, ok, except the ending, there was none! Its depressing and you dont know what happened to her, how she is doing, is she better, nothing. Just her being there and looking back and we talked with the author about it, the ending, and best I remember she said the editors wanted her to make some changes in it but she wouldnt. Which I can understand but that ending sucked LOL. Kiakar and Wrighty, remember that one?
Hey, the Sister may have been tedious in parts to get through, but it had a bang of an ending. The God of Animals had a fairly interesting story line but the ending went no where. You just have this woman looking back, talking as dismally about it as before but you dont know where she has been, is she depressed, is she well, what does she do for a living, is she married, was she ever, its just one last dull very depressed chapter and nothing! I see some people talking about The Memory Keeper too and that it was a lifetime movie? I dont get lifetime but I sure hope they did a better job than that book too. There was a wonderful story to be told there and just when something started to get interesting, the author switched to someone else altogether. Her transitions were terrible, and the girl that it was all about, just when you start to hear about her, bam forget her lets move on. I saw a few months after we read that book, that the critics said the same thing, really bad transitions and those we were interested in, their stories were limited. How funny that the two books that are the two that I considered the worst reads of all the books I have read over the past year are those two being talked about now lol. Ok, so before you ask, the two I considered the best reads were The Road and Crashing Through. And I have fallen in love with Harlan Coben books. So far, Belong To Me, seems to be one that will rate high on my list. I really liked that very different book The Jewel Trader too, very much. It was written so well and so poetically. The author gave you such wonderful things to think about in a most unusual setting. I sold the Memory Keeper and The God of Horses back to a bookstore to buy some others instead, they were stinkers LOL.
