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[Kittysmom]

Hi everyone, I hope all is well with you all and are you looking forward to reading and discussing this book?  I know I am!

I posted a week or so ago that I was reading "A Soft place to land" but have had a little trouble getting into it, so I put it aside for awhile and am now reading Linda Lael Miller;s "The McKettricks-Garrett":! It;s the second in a trilogy with Austin, Garrett, and Tate!  Linda Lael Miller is one of my favorite authors and also Nora Roberts!  How about everyone else?

Kittysmom

[Kittysmom]

Hello again everyone, I am sitting here waiting for the brown truck to deliver my book!  How about everyone else?  When you know they are being shipped that's what you do, at least I know I do! 

Awaiting patiently, Kittysmom

[liisa22]

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Kittysmom wrote:

Hello again everyone, I am sitting here waiting for the brown truck to deliver my book!  How about everyone else?  When you know they are being shipped that's what you do, at least I know I do! 

Awaiting patiently, Kittysmom

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I am waiting as well!!  That brown truck brings such great surprises! 

[JaneM]

I didn't like Olive Kitteridge that much, but loved Housekeeping.  I'm going down to the library today to get Pig Candy.  Thanks for the lead.  It looks interesting.

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dclement04 wrote:

I am currently reading:

Olive Kitteridge 

AND

Housekeeping

 

I'm about to start reading:

Pig Candy

 

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[ssizemore]

Revisiting The Woman in White for a book club selection.  In spite of the Victorian language and pace, I am really enjoying it. 

Sandy

[Kittysmom]

Well I waited patiently but didn't have to for very long, at 6:45 tonight that brown truck showed up with my book and now I don't have to wait at all anymore!  Yay!

Kittysmom

[dj5775]

Just finished Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani. I picked up Love in the Time of Cholera from the library and my book arrived soon after today in CT.

Deidra

[dhaupt]

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dj5775 wrote:

Just finished Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani. I picked up Love in the Time of Cholera from the library and my book arrived soon after today in CT.

Deidra

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I loved the Valentine Books. I think there will be one more at least in the series, that's what I heard anyway

[EbonyAngel]

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liisa22 wrote:

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mommybooknerd wrote:

You all need to check out shelfari.com it is a place that you can organize all your books info.  I am hooked on it...it is a great resource!!!  Let me know what you think!

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That looks just what I was looking for!!  Yeah! and Thanks.  What is your name there, so I can be your friend.  Everyone needs friends!! 

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I've tried shelfari.com but couldn't really get in to it.  Maybe I'll go back to it.  Mostly I use goodreadsand librarything.

[Atreyu59]

Liisa22 you are reading Eat,Pray, Love - --> how do you like the novel?  Did you see the movie first or not?

I want to get it but not sure if I can fit into my reading schedule right now with college getting ready to start

[Atreyu59]

I am reading series #2 in the Knitting series.  I get inspired to knit and the books make me feel connected to the craft.

Needled to Death (Knitting Mystery Series #2)

 

[Peppermill]

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nymazz wrote:

Throwing my 2 cents worth into the IPAD ring.

As a reading device, for me the ONE most important difference between my Kindle and Nook is that the IPAD is backlit

I started my eBook experience with the Rocket Ebook which sadly was ahead of its

time, and it was backlit, when the next generation came on the scene I was shocked that all three, (Kindle, Nook and Sony) opted not to add that feature.

You don't need a lamp or a little book light, just turn it on and you're good to go.

It has great APPS for reading Kindle or Nook format books.

Mazz

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Mazz -- I am one who would NOT choose the IPAD because it is backlit.  All I read and have experienced in handling the units of friends is that the Kindle and Nook are much easier on the eyes when used for long periods, as I do when reading.  And, I do also spend a lot of time in front of a monitor screen.  (Had this discussion just this weekend with my techie son, who is a Apple/Mac fan.)  Pepper

[thewanderingjew]

I actually just purchased an Ipad, something I never thought I would do. They had no tax day so I took advantage of the opportunity. I did not buy the top of the line but I did buy the 3G.
My husband and I travel  back and forth to Florida several times a year and do a lot of other driving, too. We like to listen to books on tape. I love to check email and news. I was told that the Ipad downloads the books and you can hear the actual voice of the reader, not the computer. That sold me on it. News is easily accessible also.

We tried using the Kindle for its audio books but with the computerized voice and all of the technological errors it often made as it read, reading some words as if they were in code, we found it very trying. We couldn't adjust the speed or sound to a comfortable level, either. Renting CD's from various places meant that invariably, before we finished the book, something often went wrong and we never heard the end. Purchasing the audio books was getting costly. I hope this proves to be worth the money.

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Peppermill wrote:

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nymazz wrote:

Throwing my 2 cents worth into the IPAD ring.

As a reading device, for me the ONE most important difference between my Kindle and Nook is that the IPAD is backlit

I started my eBook experience with the Rocket Ebook which sadly was ahead of its

time, and it was backlit, when the next generation came on the scene I was shocked that all three, (Kindle, Nook and Sony) opted not to add that feature.

You don't need a lamp or a little book light, just turn it on and you're good to go.

It has great APPS for reading Kindle or Nook format books.

Mazz

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Mazz -- I am one who would NOT choose the IPAD because it is backlit.  All I read and have experienced in handling the units of friends is that the Kindle and Nook are much easier on the eyes when used for long periods, as I do when reading.  And, I do also spend a lot of time in front of a monitor screen.  (Had this discussion just this weekend with my techie son, who is a Apple/Mac fan.)  Pepper

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[Coral50]

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Kittysmom wrote:

Hello again everyone, I am sitting here waiting for the brown truck to deliver my book!  How about everyone else?  When you know they are being shipped that's what you do, at least I know I do! 

Awaiting patiently, Kittysmom

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Hi Kittysmom

Yes, I'm waiting but living in California I'm usually last in the delivery process.

In the mean time I have given a lot of thought to and reading about electronically logging my books.

I have Microsoft Excel and decided it would be the best data base for me.

I can leave quotes and little notes. I can alphabetize by author and/or title, and I can make as many columns as I want (up to outrages amount).

I took a class in Excel 2003 and still have my notes.

Cora

[liisa22]

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Atreyu59 wrote:

Liisa22 you are reading Eat,Pray, Love - --> how do you like the novel?  Did you see the movie first or not?

I want to get it but not sure if I can fit into my reading schedule right now with college getting ready to start

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I mostly liked it, but found it more fiction. If it was written as fiction, I would have liked it better.  I have not seen the movie at all.  Not sure if I will, at least not till it is out on Netflix

[pen21]

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thewanderingjew wrote:

I actually just purchased an Ipad, something I never thought I would do. They had no tax day so I took advantage of the opportunity. I did not buy the top of the line but I did buy the 3G.
My husband and I travel  back and forth to Florida several times a year and do a lot of other driving, too. We like to listen to books on tape. I love to check email and news. I was told that the Ipad downloads the books and you can hear the actual voice of the reader, not the computer. That sold me on it. News is easily accessible also.

We tried using the Kindle for its audio books but with the computerized voice and all of the technological errors it often made as it read, reading some words as if they were in code, we found it very trying. We couldn't adjust the speed or sound to a comfortable level, either. Renting CD's from various places meant that invariably, before we finished the book, something often went wrong and we never heard the end. Purchasing the audio books was getting costly. I hope this proves to be worth the money.

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Congratulations!

Let me know how you like the IPad. My brother just got one and loves it.

Luanne

[Madgy]

I'm a little more than half way though Shutter Island and I wish I didn't have anything going on tomorrow so I could read it until I finished it!!!   It's so good!  And I am no longer waiting for the brown truck.....  It has arrived!!!!   This is very exciting!!!

[dclement04]

Hey Jane!

I find that interesting because you didn't like Olive Kitteridge and loved Housekeeping, but I don't really like Housekeeping that much and really enjoy Olive Kitteridge, LOL.

Pig Candy I saw listed in Essence magazine as a new book to look forward to before it was published and ended up cutting out the page and just had it on my in my wallet for so long, I'm NOW just getting around to reading it.

If you have any suggestions please let me know. You can PM me.

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JaneM wrote:

I didn't like Olive Kitteridge that much, but loved Housekeeping.  I'm going down to the library today to get Pig Candy.  Thanks for the lead.  It looks interesting.

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dclement04 wrote:

I am currently reading:

Olive Kitteridge 

AND

Housekeeping

 

I'm about to start reading:

Pig Candy

 

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[dclement04]

I also just got my book today!! I came home and there was the little brown package on my front porch....gosh I love that feeling of getting new books!!

[Vermontcozy]

 Deeply, Desperately (Lucy Valentine Series #2) 

Darkfever (Fever Series #1)  Ditto. Congrats...Twj.I'm sure you will love it...so many more books to enjoy from BN..Just received my Book yesterday.,"The Wake of Forgiveness "    read a few pages,and definitely will be a Great FirstLook".I haven't read all my BN emails..Took a day off yesterday..and read a lot of light and Paranormal..After "Drawing in the Dust" I needed a little "Fantasy' Luanne..Since you have The Nook,I can't wait for your report on your brothers ipad..Susan...