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Marsha said:

For you avid readers, I just finished "Big Russ and Me" by Tim Russert.
Great book with lots of gems and some humor. What have you read lately
that you would recommend?

Marsha/Ohio

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Hi,

Marsha said:

For you avid readers, I just finished "Big Russ and Me" by
Tim Russert. Great book with lots of gems and some humor.
What have you read lately that you would recommend?

Odd Thomas, Dean Koontz
The Frumious Bandersnatch, Ed McBain

Take care,
Carmen

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For you avid readers, I just finished "Big Russ and Me" by
Tim Russert. Great book with lots of gems and some humor.
What have you read lately that you would recommend?

Marsha/Ohio

I am currently re-reading the Vorkosigan series as I have just
discovered that a brother-in-law is related to the great one. Heart
palps and visions of being a beta reader flashed before me for a few
minutes. He had no clue of course.

Lois McMaster Bujold, and yes *I* think she's fantastic, and "The
Mountains of Mouring" is still available for free from Baen's Free
Library. A great intro to the universe.

--
revek
"ALPO is 99 cents a can. That's over SEVEN dog dollars!!"

Marsha said:

For you avid readers, I just finished "Big Russ and Me" by
Tim Russert. Great book with lots of gems and some humor.
What have you read lately that you would recommend?

Marsha/Ohio

Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Hubby and I are reading "Lord of the Rings" by some dude named Tolkien
;-)

Light mindless reading for the bus - some chick-lit book I can't
remember the title of...

I've always got 4-5 on the go.

Right now, I'm reading "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn." Really a nice, classic
book, set in turn o' the century New York.

My favorite series, by far, is the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. It's
an historical fiction with elements of fantasy (time travel).

--
Linda
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LC since Oct. 13, 2003
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html

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For you avid readers, I just finished "Big Russ and Me" by
Tim Russert. Great book with lots of gems and some humor.
What have you read lately that you would recommend?

Marsha/Ohio

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For you avid readers, I just finished "Big Russ and Me" by
Tim Russert. Great book with lots of gems and some humor.
What have you read lately that you would recommend?

Marsha/Ohio

Twilight of the Idols.

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Marsha said:

For you avid readers, I just finished "Big Russ and Me" by
Tim Russert. Great book with lots of gems and some humor.
What have you read lately that you would recommend?

Marsha/Ohio

I just reread the Gateway series by Frederik Pohl. Don't know if you're at
all into science fiction, but he's my favorite writer at the moment.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

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For you avid readers, I just finished "Big Russ and Me" by
Tim Russert. Great book with lots of gems and some humor.
What have you read lately that you would recommend?

Marsha/Ohio

Twilight of the Idols.

Oooo . . . is that an in-depth look into the lives of American Idol
contestants???!!!

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Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

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Right now, I'm reading "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn." Really a nice, classic
book, set in turn o' the century New York.

My favorite series, by far, is the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. It's
an historical fiction with elements of fantasy (time travel).

I'll second that! By FAR my favorite author!

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For you avid readers, I just finished "Big Russ and Me" by
Tim Russert. Great book with lots of gems and some humor.
What have you read lately that you would recommend?

Marsha/Ohio

Twilight of the Idols.

Oooo . . . is that an in-depth look into the lives of American Idol
contestants???!!!

It would be great if they were all at their twilight.

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 01:59:52 GMT, Lady o' the house <[email hidden]>

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Right now, I'm reading "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn." Really a nice,
classic
book, set in turn o' the century New York.

My favorite series, by far, is the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.
It's
an historical fiction with elements of fantasy (time travel).

--
Linda
296/206/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html

There are trees in Brooklyn? ;-)

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Marsha said:

For you avid readers, I just finished "Big Russ and Me" by
Tim Russert. Great book with lots of gems and some humor.
What have you read lately that you would recommend?

Marsha/Ohio

I just reread the Gateway series by Frederik Pohl. Don't know if you're
at
all into science fiction, but he's my favorite writer at the moment.

What's it about (in general)? I like science fiction, but I don't want
anything too heavy (no Dune).

--
Bob in CT
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Tolstoy's Resurrection.
Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential - puts you right off food....

--
Jane Lumley

Linda wrote: << Right now, I'm reading "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn." Really a
nice, classic
book, set in turn o' the century New York. >><BR><BR>

That's a lovely story. It made me see New York in a different light, as a
succession of immigrants working hard to make a life for their families. Now I
love to look at the old tenement neighborhoods and think about all those people
coming here and scraping by. Interesting.

Bob in CT wrote: <<There are trees in Brooklyn? >>

Yep.

Xray586 said:

Linda wrote: << Right now, I'm reading "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."
Really a
nice, classic
book, set in turn o' the century New York. >><BR><BR>

That's a lovely story. It made me see New York in a different light, as
a
succession of immigrants working hard to make a life for their
families. Now I
love to look at the old tenement neighborhoods and think about all those
people
coming here and scraping by. Interesting.

Bob in CT wrote: <<There are trees in Brooklyn? >>

Yep.

Not from the parts I see from the freeway.

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Marsha said:

For you avid readers, I just finished "Big Russ and Me" by
Tim Russert. Great book with lots of gems and some humor.
What have you read lately that you would recommend?

Marsha/Ohio

I just reread the Gateway series by Frederik Pohl. Don't know if you're
at
all into science fiction, but he's my favorite writer at the moment.

What's it about (in general)? I like science fiction, but I don't want
anything too heavy (no Dune).

I've never read any Pohl that I would call "heavy." He has quite a good
sense of humor, and a conversational first person narrative style of
writing.

In _Gateway_, humans have discovered a modified asteroid apparently
leftover from an ancient alien civilization, and moored to this asteroid
are a bunch of faster than light ships. People figure out how to make them
go, but not how to actually fly them. So if you get in a ship and press
the go button, you have no idea where you'll end up or how long it will
take to get there. But, once you get there, if you are lucky enough to
find some alien artifacts, and if you are lucky enough to make it back
alive, the international Gateway Corporation will pay you royalties and
make you rich. And, since the economic situation on Earth is so desperate,
Gateway has plenty of people willing to take the risk.

The first book was written in the 60's, I believe, and the sequels weren't
written until the 80's, so the writing style is a bit different from the
first book. I like the sequels, but I _love_ the first book.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

Lady o' the house said:

My favorite series, by far, is the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. It's
an historical fiction with elements of fantasy (time travel).

This looks very interesting... unfortunately I just checked online at my
local library and every title of hers is on a massive hold queue. I'll
get in line, I suppose ;-)

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Bob in CT said:

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Marsha <[email hidden]> wrote:

> For you avid readers, I just finished "Big Russ and Me" by
> Tim Russert. Great book with lots of gems and some humor.
> What have you read lately that you would recommend?
>
> Marsha/Ohio
>

I just reread the Gateway series by Frederik Pohl. Don't know if

you're

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at
all into science fiction, but he's my favorite writer at the moment.

What's it about (in general)? I like science fiction, but I don't want
anything too heavy (no Dune).

I've never read any Pohl that I would call "heavy." He has quite a good
sense of humor, and a conversational first person narrative style of
writing.

In _Gateway_, humans have discovered a modified asteroid apparently
leftover from an ancient alien civilization, and moored to this asteroid
are a bunch of faster than light ships. People figure out how to make
them
go, but not how to actually fly them. So if you get in a ship and press
the go button, you have no idea where you'll end up or how long it will
take to get there. But, once you get there, if you are lucky enough to
find some alien artifacts, and if you are lucky enough to make it back
alive, the international Gateway Corporation will pay you royalties and
make you rich. And, since the economic situation on Earth is so
desperate,
Gateway has plenty of people willing to take the risk.

The first book was written in the 60's, I believe, and the sequels
weren't
written until the 80's, so the writing style is a bit different from the
first book. I like the sequels, but I _love_ the first book.

Thanks, I'll check it out (perhaps literally).

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Bob in CT
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You won't be disappointed! She really sucked me into the story (and all my
friends who have read them), and it has kind of spoiled me for reading
anything else.

It's a 'bodice-ripper' with a slightly intellectual bent.

--
Linda
296/206/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html

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Lady o' the house said:

My favorite series, by far, is the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.

It's

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an historical fiction with elements of fantasy (time travel).

This looks very interesting... unfortunately I just checked online at my
local library and every title of hers is on a massive hold queue. I'll
get in line, I suppose ;-)