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doughgirl5562

  • Minneapolis, Mi, USA
  • member since Tuesday, July 31 2007

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  • notrorygilmore

    notrorygilmore says

    A winner has been selected as the September "Good Read" over in Good Reads! We will be reading The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle.

    Also, I just welcomed a new full time admin. for the group Good Reads. Please welcome maggiethecat74 as the new admin!

    posted 12 hours ago. ( send a note )
  • Evie V ♥

    evie v ♥ says

    Have you read "What do you say to a naked elf?" I have to put it on my list!

    posted 2 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Evie V ♥

    evie v ♥ says

    All you need to read now is Eclipse and you'll be ready for the final book, Breaking Dawn, out August 2nd! There's really not much to the Twilight Saga but it's an engaging story that I'm addicted to, like so many others. But that's really all I ask of a book, to be caught up in it, so wrapped up that I forget everything else. They may not be the best books written but they're good stories.

    Keturah and Lord Death has become one of my favorite books. A librarian on one of the forums recommended it and it's beautifully written and was a National Book Award Finalist although the author, Martine Leavitt, has won many honors. It's a quick read that I would recommend to YA and adults alike. It made me think of death but not in a morbid way and one can't help then but to think of life, one's own life and death, as thoughts swirl around as they do. It's a glorious book that I'll treasure and keep forever and smile when I see it on my bookshelf. It's not paranormal or fantasy, imho, but perhaps historical fiction with a touch of a fairy tale. =) Keturah goes for a walk in the woods and gets lost and is gone for three days when death comes for her. She's afraid and not ready to die so she starts to tell a story, which is one thing she is good at and would always do in her small village around the common fire. Once she realizes that death has become interested in her story she bargains with him...

    Paranormal and fantasy is my comfort reading and I'm finding there are some very entertaining YA books-some that you can't tell are YA except that the protagonists are under 18. They deal with some very heavy adult themes and can be, at times, very explicit. I'm not one for chick lit romance but other than that, I'll read most anything. I'm also a sucker for self-help books.

    Do you have any favorites to recommend? What kind of books do you find you like to read?

    posted 2 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Evie V ♥

    evie v ♥ says

    How's summer going? Happy reading! I'm reading a wonderful little book called Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt. It's very well written.

    posted 2 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Rowan is meditating softly

    rowan is meditating softly says

    Hi -
    I liked it and barely put it down. I won a copy and literally whipped through it. I never read her other books, but believe me I will now! If the other books are good then I am all about reading them!

    posted 2 days ago. ( send a note )
  • againstthetide

    againstthetide says

    I think that's such a lovely gesture! Wow!! Thank you so much. Would you like to post it up on PBT with the details. That's just a really nice thing to do, and will help those lower in the pack stay motivated.

    posted 7 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Diane R

    diane r says

    I'm here Doughgirl! We'll have to do dinner again soon(after I have perused your shelf!)

    posted 8 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Annie

    annie says

    Glad to see you joined the 80's group! Welcome! Please feel free to jump right in with any ongoing discussions or start one up you would like to talk about! See you there!

    posted 8 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Annie

    annie says

    Hi! I just wanted to stop by and invite you to check out my group called Across the Pond. It is a great group of great people who love to discuss topics about the UK (literature, traditions, culture, etc). We would love for you to join us! Hope to see you there soon! & Thanks!

    http://www.shelfari.com/groups/18903/about

    Annie

    posted 9 days ago. ( send a note )
  • AlmondEyedTrini

    almondeyedtrini says

    Stopping by to say Hi. I've been MIA for a while and wanted to check in. On a self-help binge right now (work/personal). Just finished Organized for Success/ Stephanie Winston. Very interesting read. Hope all is well.

    posted 2 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • ~* Kim *~

    ~* kim *~ says

    *Waves* Hope you have a good weekend and get lots of reading done!

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • ancestorsearch

    ancestorsearch says

    Oops, I just saw a shelf with several of her books I just glanced and must have mistook the name since I recall the title sounds like a good book and added to my wish list.. two new authors today I now want to try.

    posted 4 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • notrorygilmore

    notrorygilmore says

    Good Reads has chosen a selection for our August book. By a landslide victory we will be reading James Patterson's SUNDAYS AT TIFFANY'S.

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Nicole R

    nicole r says

    I noticed on the PBT thread that you are a Nora Roberts fan! I am also but I have never branched into the JD Robb stuff, I have only stuck to the romance novels! :) They are my little rewards after a particularly hard week at work. Her newest novel, Tribute, comes out in a couple of weeks!

    What do you think of her books as Nora Roberts/JD Robb?

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Miriam Q

    miriam q says

    Good luck! I've never understood any of those games. Maybe you can explain it to me sometime. When you have a chance, read the discussions about meeting (live) - we're planning to form a group, seems like all women at this point, and will meet in Stillwater towards the end of July. If for any reason you can't meet with this group, I'd love to have lunch or coffee with you sometime in our neck of the woods!

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • notrorygilmore

    notrorygilmore says

    Voting is now taking place in "Good Reads" for our August group read. Feel free to stop by and place your vote, discuss a book, or post your own question.

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Justin McFarr

    justin mcfarr says

    Sorry my activity has dropped on the Short Stories group -- I finish my days at UCLA next week, so I should be back on to comment on the previous stories and start the thread for the 5th story on the 16th. Been crazybusy with midterms, papers and, now, finals. But it will all end soon and I'll get back on the BASS bandwagon very soon.

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Yvonne473

    yvonne473 says

    I'm the Admin from the Cat and Cozy Mystery groups and I'm letting all members know we are having our first book discussion beginning July 15th. We will be reading Catnapped by Gabriella Herkert. I hope you will be able to join us.

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Avecverve

    avecverve says

    Hi Doughgirl,

    Wow! You have a very full bookshelf. After seeing your bookshelf, I decided to place a few of the books I remember on mine.

    In terms of your comments about "Solid Wood", I didn't sense there was an attempt at a plot. The last exchange, to me, means that the old lady is now so old, she's no longer interested in making any changes; that she is now content with where things are in her life, where she's left everything, the way they are.

    I'm curious to see your comments on "Skin", "DeBard", and "Impressions".......

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • sunshinegirl

    sunshinegirl says

    Just wanted to pop over and say hello! I have seen you on the Cat and Cozy Group. You have some great books on your shelf!!

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )


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