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Pat in Washington

Pat in Washington

I love to read and spent likely an unhealthy amount time doing it as teenager and young adult. Was very shy until I came out of my shell in my late twenties. Now have to find time to read but still manage it- usuallly on the bus to and from work. I have traveled and lived outside the United States, on both coast and in the south. Have read a... more »
  • WA, USA
  • member since July 6 2008

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  • Julie

    Julie says

    Hi Pat, Have you read any GREAT books lately? I need a reccomendation. I do like books about adventures in medicine or a biography, memoir.

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Tenia F

    Tenia F says

    It's Secret Santa time in Book Chat!

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

    Julie says

    Hi Pat, Did you like The Hour I First Believed? And the Terri Garr book, was that good? I recall seeing her on TV several years ago and she was talking about an illnes she suffers from, but I cannot remember what it was. Too bad we don't get to see these "older" women in movies. Jane Fonda was one of my favorites, and she has made a few movies more recently, but they are hokey. In the US there are few good roles for women. It seems, to see a good movie with some intelligence, you have to watch foreign movies. This is OK, but I only speak English and reading subtitles is not the greatest.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Julie

    Julie says

    I'm in a book club also. We are reading my choice, "Birdy", a book that I read many years ago, actually, about 30 years ago. I feel old. Have you read this book? The author is William Wharton. It's a fantastic book, but it is the only book by this author that I have read and he has written several. He died last year at 82 years. This book was made into a movie, which I watched after I read the book, but the movie is lousy and doesn't capture any of the wonder of the book.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Julie

    Julie says

    LOL. Thanks for the laugh. I havn't read that book yet. It looked interesting. How to find someone to have it with, now that is the problem. To be more precise, someone to have it with that is not an ape--or worse!

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • eponymous 74

    eponymous 74 says

    Hi Pat, thanks for the friend request. We do have quite a few of the same books on our shelves. My husband drew the puffin.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Julie

    Julie says

    I will try Ghost Girl.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Julie

    Julie says

    I read Murphy's Boy by Torey Hayden many years ago, but it left an impression on me. It is funny also, because my sister reads many of the books I turn her onto, but this one she found herself recently and she was telling me about it and I remembered that I had read it. Have you read any others by this author?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Karen K (K2)

    Karen K (K2) says

    Welcome to the Words/Quotes Group! We offer quite an eclectic choice of discussions from serious to just plain silly. Hope you enjoy!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Tenia F

    Tenia F says

    Welcome to Book Chat. I'm Tenia the co admin. Can't wait to get to know you:)

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Larry K

    Larry K says

    Hi Pat,

    Larry from Tacoma here. I didn't read much at all when a teen but do much more now. Mostly historical and theological, practical and non-fiction.

    http://www.shelfari.com/groups/25942/about

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • A W

    A W says

    I see you are new around here, you might enjoy Better than Starbucks
    http://www.shelfari.com/groups/23648/about

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )