What are you reading? [ Edited ]

[pjpick]

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Peppermill wrote:

I've been reading this one while on vacation to the Black Hills (beautiful country BTW!).

Pjpick -- I saw your pick from Custer State Park bookstand!  You bring back memories.  I worked in the Hills the summer I was 21 -- there were four of us who went out there together from college.  Lots of memories, including a car breakdown out in the middle of Custer State Park about sundown, the lone old buffalo roaming away from his herd, the Forest Rangers who rescued us.  Also, few sights are any more engraved in my memory than the beauty and grandeur of Mount Rushmore and surrounding trees in the early morning light (~4 a.m.), even though it was carved for maximum effect of the shadows late morning, about 10 a.m. CST if I recall correctly.

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It is a beautiful place, isn't it? I think you're right. regarding the morning light. The faces were a little too light to see from Iron Mtn Rd in the afternoon.  They have built up quite the area around it. LOTS of granite! LOL! We didn't get to see the donkeys though, the motorcycles scared them up into the hills (we were there the week after Sturgis Week and there were still many motorcycles (harleys) around). I really enjoyed the area. It isn't as overrun as Yellowstone or the Tetons. THe locals were extremely nice as well. I bet it was a lot of fun working there for a summer.

[dhaupt]

Anne, glad you're enjoying the read

pj and pepper, I've never been there but I'm smiling at your shared memories, thanks for sharing.

right now I'm reading, yay, for pleasure

Good Girls Don't  

it's a HOT love story and has great family dynamics too.

[1AnneB]

The Madonnas of Leningrad  

Hi Everyone - and Debbie - Many thanks for recommending The Madonnas of Leningrad. I finished the book this morning and it was indeed a wonderful book. Parts of it are disturbing yet parts are beautiful. It made me glad that I read it, but sorry that it ended. I guess that's what a good book should do. Thanks again & Happy Reading...

Anne

[optic_i]

Hi dhaupt,

This the the first time I've come to the fiction board. I've been on the mystery board lately and this club looks similar to me. I just wanted to say hello to everyone.

The last fiction book I read is by the late Michael Crichton, Pirate Latitudes. This was his last book and was published by his daughter from a finished manuscript that she found after his death. Although I read all of his other books and liked them very much, I loved this book. It was very funny and lots of adventure, a great summer read.

Pirate Latitudes  

[seasanddollar]

I just finished Daddy's Little Girl , and I was planning to go to finish The Devil in the White City  & start

Two Little Girls in Blue   ,

but once again I got sidetracked and started 

The Air We Breathe  , that I have wanted to read for awhile.  Now there's no telling which one I'll finish first.

[KathyS]

Hi Pepper, thanks for your, and PJ's, talk and tour of Mt. Rushmore.  I've never been there!  Maybe our train should head in that direction next?  (although, I was thinking of getting there by way of Carlsbad Caverns, and up into Colorado, MM's old haunt?)  But, we can discuss this by the campfire, on the other thread.  I'm sure there are tales to tell along the trail on this one!    And Nancy, you gotta drive a wagon, or ride on a horse now, not a hog! lol

[pjpick]

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KathyS wrote:

Hi Pepper, thanks for your, and PJ's, talk and tour of Mt. Rushmore.  I've never been there!  Maybe our train should head in that direction next?  (although, I was thinking of getting there by way of Carlsbad Caverns, and up into Colorado, MM's old haunt?)  But, we can discuss this by the campfire, on the other thread.  I'm sure there are tales to tell along the trail on this one!    And Nancy, you gotta drive a wagon, or ride on a horse now, not a hog! lol

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Kathy, the Caverns are amazing! All other caves won't compare after you see them. Of course, I'm biased, I am a NM girl.  If you go, you have to stay for the bat show. Otherwise, it's a one hit wonder in the area so don't expect to take in other sites when you're there (possibly a nice evening float on the river in Carlsbad).  If you all come up through Colorado let me know, maybe I can meet you! LOL! By train were you meaning Amtrak?

[pjpick]

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optic_i wrote:

Hi dhaupt,

This the the first time I've come to the fiction board. I've been on the mystery board lately and this club looks similar to me. I just wanted to say hello to everyone.

The last fiction book I read is by the late Michael Crichton, Pirate Latitudes. This was his last book and was published by his daughter from a finished manuscript that she found after his death. Although I read all of his other books and liked them very much, I loved this book. It was very funny and lots of adventure, a great summer read.

Pirate Latitudes  

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Thanks Optic, I might have to put this one on my list.

[A_G_D]

I started yesterday:

Another book that was mentioned here and caught my attention..

[shadowcat80]

Just began

The Lincoln Lawyer (Mickey Haller Series #1)  

[KathyS]

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pjpick wrote:

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KathyS wrote:

Hi Pepper, thanks for your, and PJ's, talk and tour of Mt. Rushmore.  I've never been there!  Maybe our train should head in that direction next?  (although, I was thinking of getting there by way of Carlsbad Caverns, and up into Colorado, MM's old haunt?)  But, we can discuss this by the campfire, on the other thread.  I'm sure there are tales to tell along the trail on this one!    And Nancy, you gotta drive a wagon, or ride on a horse now, not a hog! lol

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Kathy, the Caverns are amazing! All other caves won't compare after you see them. Of course, I'm biased, I am a NM girl.  If you go, you have to stay for the bat show. Otherwise, it's a one hit wonder in the area so don't expect to take in other sites when you're there (possibly a nice evening float on the river in Carlsbad).  If you all come up through Colorado let me know, maybe I can meet you! LOL! By train were you meaning Amtrak?

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No, we're in a wagon train over on the -  What If I could only own six novels, thread.... ...we're hauling books around the country.  I think by know Pepper has started a lending library out of her Conestoga wagon...as we pass through small towns.  Yes, I've been to the caverns, as a kid, and they were an amazing sight...scary, too!  We were in Yosemite last night, not sure where we are headed after that.  Come and join us.  LOL

[Peppermill]

Kathy wrote to PJPICK:  No, we're in a wagon train over on the -  What If I could only own six novels, thread.... ...we're hauling books around the country.  I think by now Pepper has started a lending library out of her Conestoga wagon...as we pass through small towns.  Yes, I've been to the caverns, as a kid, and they were an amazing sight...scary, too!  We were in Yosemite last night, not sure where we are headed after that.  Come and join us.  LOL

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Yes, do come and join us!  That ole lending library may have to leave some books behind on the trail, but it is always looking for more.  (I have not seen either Yosemite or the Caverns. )

Not for the Conestoga, but I started a "new" novel yesterday (mine is a library copy):

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope

Sixteen chapters into this 100 chapter novel (they are short), I think it will hold my attention enough to stay with it -- good old Victorian novels from before the days of so many media to grab our time. The characters seem capable of capturing one's interest, from the once-abused, novelist widow Mrs. Carbury to her spoiled grown son Sir Felix to the dubious American stock-seller Mr. Fisker, plus a handful of other potentially significant and secondary characters.

The following is not particularly relevant to the plot line, but may amuse and certainly is indicative of the edge of satire with which Trollope comments on society:

"...He would not probably say that the book was accurate, but he would be able to declare that it was delightful reading, that the feminine characteristics of the queens had been touched with a masterly hand, and that the work was one which would certainly make its way into all drawing-rooms. He was an adept at this sort of work, and knew well how to review such a book as Lady Carbury's 'Criminal Queens,' without bestowing much trouble on the reading. He could almost do it without cutting the book, so that its value for purposes of after sale might not be injured...."   Chapter I, "Three Editors"

[pjpick]

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Peppermill wrote:

Kathy wrote to PJPICK:  No, we're in a wagon train over on the -  What If I could only own six novels, thread.... ...we're hauling books around the country.  I think by now Pepper has started a lending library out of her Conestoga wagon...as we pass through small towns.  Yes, I've been to the caverns, as a kid, and they were an amazing sight...scary, too!  We were in Yosemite last night, not sure where we are headed after that.  Come and join us.  LOL

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Yes, do come and join us!  That ole lending library may have to leave some books behind on the trail, but it is always looking for more.  (I have not seen either Yosemite or the Caverns. )

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You might have to leave some of those books on the trail when you hit the Rockies. LOL! There's a place around here called Stove Prairie. It's called that because many a wagon tossed out their stoves to traverse the terrain. Hopefully we don't start a Book Meadow somewhere!

[dhaupt]

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optic_i wrote:

Hi dhaupt,

This the the first time I've come to the fiction board. I've been on the mystery board lately and this club looks similar to me. I just wanted to say hello to everyone.

The last fiction book I read is by the late Michael Crichton, Pirate Latitudes. This was his last book and was published by his daughter from a finished manuscript that she found after his death. Although I read all of his other books and liked them very much, I loved this book. It was very funny and lots of adventure, a great summer read.

Pirate Latitudes  

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Hi optic, and WELCOME, I've seen you on mystery where you probably see me too because I'm always around.

thanks for the plug on the novel, and please stop by and mention any book you're reading after all they're all fiction right

Hope to see you back soon.

[dhaupt]

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shadowcat80 wrote:

Just began

The Lincoln Lawyer (Mickey Haller Series #1)  

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Hi Steph, I hope you like The Lincoln Lawyer as much as I did.

good to see you. Has school started yet.

[dhaupt]

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Okay gang I hired a mode of transportation for our trip to Mt. Rushmore and all the scenes on the way

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for those of you scratching your heads, come on over to the thread If I could only own six novels and join the fun.

[dhaupt]

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1AnneB wrote:

The Madonnas of Leningrad  

Hi Everyone - and Debbie - Many thanks for recommending The Madonnas of Leningrad. I finished the book this morning and it was indeed a wonderful book. Parts of it are disturbing yet parts are beautiful. It made me glad that I read it, but sorry that it ended. I guess that's what a good book should do. Thanks again & Happy Reading...

Anne

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I'm glad you enjoyed it Anne, Debra was a pleasure to talk to when she called into my bookclub.

[shadowcat80]

Yes last week was first week back to school.   

I am liking the Lincoln Lawyer so far but, not rushing through I also reading a Rizzoli and Isles book and a Nancy Drew trilogy as well.

[dhaupt]

If you're in the mood for a lighthearted romance with some meat to it check this out

Good Girls Don't  

It comes out next week 8-30 so pre-order now

http://thereadingfrenzy.blogspot.com/2011/08/review-of-good-girls-dont-by-victoria.html

[optic_i]

Thanks Debbie,  I  was not sure  how  the different clubs worked., as far as which books  were  read  in each club.  I Have seen you on the mystery board. Thanks for  the welcome!