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« Reply #450 on: May 24, 2010, 05:24:15 PM »
Just finished "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and "Poisonwood Bible".  I have "The Empathic Civilization", "The Hakawati", "The Lacuna", "Flora Mirabilis: How Plants have Shaped World Knowledge, Health, Wealth, and Beauty", "Game Change:  Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime", and "True Confections" in my bookbag for my summer reading.  Best thing I ever did was to join the library.
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« Reply #451 on: May 24, 2010, 06:25:21 PM »
"Practical Magic" by Alice Hoffman.
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« Reply #452 on: May 24, 2010, 06:33:27 PM »
"The Girl Who Played with Fire"  by Stieg Larsson...sequel to "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo".
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« Reply #453 on: May 24, 2010, 08:05:00 PM »
Quote from: monrein on May 24, 2010, 06:33:27 PM
"The Girl Who Played with Fire"  by Stieg Larsson...sequel to "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo".

That's the next one I'm putting on my "hold" queue at the library.  I've been reading about the conflict between his partner of more than 30 years and his family over the estate ie the money coming in from his books.  Someone should write a book about it!  Has anyone seen the movie "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"?  If so, how's the actress who plays Lisbeth Salander?
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« Reply #454 on: May 24, 2010, 08:40:29 PM »
I reckon she was good. I hope they don't put Angelina or Jennifer in the 'merican version. BTW - am reading James Ellroy's "Blood's A Rover", the final part of his Underworld USA trilogy. It's set during the social and political upheaval of 1968-1972.
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« Reply #455 on: May 25, 2010, 03:44:13 AM »
I'm planning to see the movie ASAP (although this week is crazy busy as I'm planting in the garden at home and at the cottage and I'm out there for hours on end).  We've been waiting for me to finish the book.  All the fuss about the estate has really surprised me in terms of how unfair it all seems to his common-law partner but when it comes to death and sharing money it seems that a good fight is more the norm than the exception.
My husband has just started on the third book in the series, which he had on order for as soon as it came out.  I understand that all three have been made into movies.
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(2 1/2 hours X 5 weekly)
Self-cannulated, 15 gauge blunts, buttonholes.
Living donor transplant (sister-in law Kathy) Feb. 2009
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« Reply #456 on: May 25, 2010, 08:55:08 AM »
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« Reply #457 on: May 25, 2010, 03:47:56 PM »
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« Reply #458 on: May 26, 2010, 11:16:15 AM »
I'm almost finished with "This Time Together" by Carol Burnett.  I loved her TV show back in the 70's.  She has led such a glamorous life that some of it is hard to imagine. 

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« Reply #459 on: May 30, 2010, 02:12:30 PM »
Wild Child - Life with Jim Morrison. By Linda Ashcroft.
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« Reply #460 on: May 31, 2010, 04:10:33 AM »
Just finished reading Infinite Possibilities: The Art of Living Your Dreams by Mike Dooley

Will read more whenever Social Security starts sending me some $$$.
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« Reply #461 on: June 17, 2010, 07:45:37 PM »
I finally, but finally, finished Love and Other Demons. I believe I started it at the salon Christmas Eve, and it took me until yesterday to read all 147 pages. (Check the transplant section for what else may have been occupying my time.)

I am having my third crack at The Stone Raft. I love Jose Saramago, so don't even ask why I have tried three times to get through this book and cannot seem to finish it. I think we all have a book or two or ten like that. Saramago's Gospel According to Jesus Christ is one of my favorite books of all time. I find his style is somewhat similar to Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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« Reply #462 on: June 18, 2010, 02:36:40 AM »
Monsoon by Wilbur Smith

I really enjoyed this....... action, family, historic,   

I can recommend it. I couldn't wait to read the next chapter.   
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« Reply #463 on: June 18, 2010, 01:38:45 PM »
Jim Morrison - Life, death, legend by Stephen Davis
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Expose yourself to your deepest fear. After that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free

..Nik..

Fiancee to Mike
Mikes 'history'....
Born September 12 1983
Seizure July 2003 [Unrelated to kidney]
Diagnosed with 'Polycystic Kidney Disease' July 2003 (Wrong diagnosis)
Diagnosed with  IgA Glomerulonephritis April 2004
On active transplant waiting list 2006
Hyperparathyroidism developed gradually
Parathyroidectomy May 2009 (Affected kidney function)
Hospitalized for hyperkalemia June 2009
Catheter inserted June 2009


Started CAPD June 2009
Stared APD September 2009

ABO Incompatible transplant 01 December 2010
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« Reply #464 on: June 28, 2010, 11:31:32 PM »
Did you ever read, The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison, Wilderness Volume 1?
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« Reply #465 on: June 29, 2010, 07:42:58 AM »
My son had me read a 10 book series by Darren Shan called The Demonata series. For a "young adult" series, it was actually pretty good. But very easy read, I read all 10 books in about 2 1/2 weeks.

Last night I finished Witch and Wizard by James Patterson.

Today I am starting City of Night by Dean Koontz.

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« Reply #466 on: June 30, 2010, 08:10:21 PM »
Quote from: YLGuy on June 28, 2010, 11:31:32 PM
Did you ever read, The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison, Wilderness Volume 1?

No, not yet  ;)
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Expose yourself to your deepest fear. After that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free

..Nik..

Fiancee to Mike
Mikes 'history'....
Born September 12 1983
Seizure July 2003 [Unrelated to kidney]
Diagnosed with 'Polycystic Kidney Disease' July 2003 (Wrong diagnosis)
Diagnosed with  IgA Glomerulonephritis April 2004
On active transplant waiting list 2006
Hyperparathyroidism developed gradually
Parathyroidectomy May 2009 (Affected kidney function)
Hospitalized for hyperkalemia June 2009
Catheter inserted June 2009


Started CAPD June 2009
Stared APD September 2009

ABO Incompatible transplant 01 December 2010
Donor = Mikes father Greg
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« Reply #467 on: June 30, 2010, 08:16:51 PM »
I highly recommend Night by Elie Wiesel.
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« Reply #468 on: June 30, 2010, 10:15:22 PM »
Crazy For The Storm by Norman Ollestad
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« Reply #469 on: July 01, 2010, 09:41:27 AM »
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Relentlees by Dean Koontz- Finished it the other day. An interesting read. One of his not bloody, put the story together from five angles books.

Coming Out by Danielle Steele

Yes, I am reading two books at once.  I often leave one in my office at home and read it while waiting for Facebook games to load :)
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Take it one day, one hour, one minute, one second at a time.

"If we don't find a way out of this soon, I'm gonna lose it. Lose it... It means go crazy, nuts, insane, bonzo, no longer in possession of ones faculties, three fries short of a Happy Meal, wacko!" Jack O'Neill - SG-1
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« Reply #470 on: July 06, 2010, 03:55:59 PM »
Same Kind of different as me  True story by Ron Hall & Denver Moore
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« Reply #471 on: July 16, 2010, 07:49:52 PM »
I finally finished The Stone Raft by Jose Saramago. It was lovely, and funny in its postmodernism.

I am now well into Reading Lolita in Tehran which is an autobiographical piece written by a female professor in Iran who secretly starts an all-female book club in which they read great works of Western Literature banned in the country. It was a gift from Gwyn many years ago and I am really enjoying it, although I realise now that I could stand to reread Lolita
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« Reply #472 on: July 17, 2010, 07:00:03 AM »
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew
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« Reply #473 on: July 20, 2010, 08:53:58 PM »
Thirty Two Students and One Class Rabbit.   A book written by a third grade teacher. A riot!
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Ivanova: "Old Egyptian blessing: May God stand between you and harm in all the empty places you must walk." Babylon 5

Remember your present situation is not your final destination.

Take it one day, one hour, one minute, one second at a time.

"If we don't find a way out of this soon, I'm gonna lose it. Lose it... It means go crazy, nuts, insane, bonzo, no longer in possession of ones faculties, three fries short of a Happy Meal, wacko!" Jack O'Neill - SG-1
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« Reply #474 on: July 21, 2010, 06:13:42 PM »
Sarah's Key   Tatiana De Rosnay
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renal failure April 2009 due to blocked right ureter. Left kidney 20% function
November 18 2009 surgery to remove right ureter.
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June 11, 2010 started Hemo @ hospital
July 2, 2010 Embolized right Kidney due to hemoraging of tumor
September 11, 2010 RIP my love
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