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playagirl says

Hey if you wanna read a page Turner, check out the book called don't breathe a word by Mcmahon. Its no masterpiece but is hard to put down. Let me know if you read it. Hope you are doing well. I loved your Hawaii pica!

posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )

Kierasue says

I'd love to! Jill's not into movies she says so we can just plan to meet her afterwards. Movie at Laurel Park Place and then dinner and drinks at Bar Louie....? When are you free? March? LOL.

posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )

Kierasue says

It definitely made me sympathetic to the Native Americans and even the lower class treatment of women at that time. Jill gave it to me day at boot camp. Keep us posted on your carpet/truck/paint/parents plans for the 11th...hope to get out with you again soon!

posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )

Kierasue says

Glad you liked/appreciated it! What's next on the list to read? I think I got more out of as a history teacher:).

posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )

Kierasue says

I did the same to find you...now I follow you as well! I'm one for one:).

posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )

Mindy K says

Hey,

I just saw your note. I absolutely agree with you about the Goon Squad being about the passage of time. My friend, Stefanie, is getting ready to read it, and I've decided to read it along with her (this'll be my third time) so we can discuss it book-club style. :) How are you enjoying Dark Places?

posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )

playagirl says

Oh and Room was good but u know how I feel about fiction. I am reading battle hymn of the tiger mother and it is pissing me off. I think the mother in the story is awful.

posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )

playagirl says

He is awesome!!! Best baby ever. Haha. Actually he is a good baby.
Doesn't cry very much and is starting to smile at me!! We just got
Back from the bahamas and he did soooo good on the trip even tho
It was super hot. I might have 2 email u some recent photos. Sorry, I am
Totally gonna be that annoying friend :).

posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )

CinemApocryphon says

Just started (about a third of the way through). I was expecting something a little more Southern Gothic / Flannery O'Connor, so I'm a little off put at how "normal" everyone seems so far. Still, it's a classic, so I'll keep an open mind :)

posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )

playagirl says

They better be good books! I stole them from your shelf!! :)

Due May 1... and even though you didn't ask..... oh man I can't tell you how uncomfortable this last month is..... I know that is what all pregnant women say but it sucks!!!! I am writing to you on email because this is too public for all my bitching... :)~

posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )

CinemApocryphon says

I just read book one (The Hunger Games) and I dug it. Very well written. I was more interested in how the world was laid out than the actual game. I had a quick detour into grown-up books with Burroughs' The Wild Boys, but I will probably finish off the Games trilogy soon. I have to get my fun reading out of the way soon, because I have to start studying for MCAT soon.

Goon Squad sounds interesting. I'm adding it to my To Read section!

Good luck on your Pillars of the Earth voyage :)

And we really have to meet up and dork out! Next weekend is open....

posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )

CinemApocryphon says

I've been hemming and hawing about reading the Hunger Games for a while--when you gave 'em the thumbs up, I figure'd I'd jump right in. I'll also take on the Harry Potter series this year, too, but I want to read a few pretentious big boy books in between the YA series. It felt good to move "The Last Temptation of Christ" over to the "Read" section of my shelf; I want to do that to some other 50 megaton titles in my stacks. (Moby Dick, Gravity's Rainbow, The Tin Drum, Justine, The Decameron, Tristram Shandy, Don Quixote...I'm looking at you guys.)
Haven't heard of Goon Squad, but I'm inclined to give it a try :)

Is the title a reference to the Elvis Costello song "Goon Squad"? I know the term predates the song, but, juxtaposed with a guitar, it was the first hipster music lyric I could think of :)

posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )

CinemApocryphon says

Alright, I'm taking the plunge and going to read The Hunger Games. I started last night and didn't want to stop. But then I got a death call....

posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )

playagirl says

BTW, I thought the other boleyn girl movie was TERRIBLE! What did you think?

posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )

playagirl says

Yes, I did like Atonement. I watched the movie right after I got finished reading it. I was surprised how close the movie and the book were.

It reminded me a little of the Kite Runner, just in the way that I did not care at all for the main character. I felt like they both did such awful things and it was hard for me to forgive them. Did you like the movie?

posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )

playagirl says

Hey, dont even know if you still check this site.. How are ya? I had to tell you, you were so right about the Other Boleyn Girl, so addictive and I can't get my hands on enought Tudor history books now!!! Same as you I have never been interested in history but its so fascinating. So fascinating that I just booked tickets to go to London in September with my sister. (we are going to Dublin too). Check out Innocent Traitor, its about Lady Jane Grey, awesome read, I just finished it. Hope this fines you doing well and still reading!

posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )

Penny H says

Still getting the hang of this site. Will try No Country for old men..may even suggest it for my alumnae book club. We are now reading The Thirteenth Tale which is a gothic mystery and a little different. The ending was well done.

posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )

jenlindner says

Oh man, if you are on board, we should DEFINITELY start that movie book club! I haven't read No Country (or any McCarthy) yet but I saw the movie and it is AMAZING!! It haunts you. I was actually sort of glad I hadn't read the book yet, because it made the suspense so much deeper, but I'm def. going to pick it up now.

posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )

Bruce L says

What did you think of The Memory Keeper's Daughter? I see you have a couple of Dawkins' books on your shelf as I do.

posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )

playagirl says

Oh, I read Into the Wild a few years ago. I remember that that the guy in the book made me mad and I thought that he was so selfish!!! I heard that they were making a movie. I am currently reading the Last King of Scotland. Good.

posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )