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« Reply #400 on: January 06, 2010, 04:19:02 PM »
Quote from: jbeany on January 03, 2010, 09:39:26 AM
I just dropped off "Can't Wait to Get to Heaven" by Fannie Flagg for my Gram to read.  It's fabulous and funny!

Fannie Flag has become a great author.  She was such a funny comedian and I didn't think I would like her writing, but I do.

New books for Christmas: Stones into Schools (by author of Three Cups of Tea)    In Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult  and The Time Traveler's Wife.  Is there anything better than new books just waiting to be read?     :2thumbsup;
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« Reply #401 on: January 06, 2010, 07:38:52 PM »
Injustice for All by J. A. Jance.  Started reading her books a while back but started on the 4th book without realizing it was a series.  So, now I'm catching up.  And I'm hooked!
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Dec. 20, 1996 - Emergency surgery to repair aneurysm.  Kidney removed due to infection which has spread down right leg to abt mid thigh.
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« Reply #402 on: January 12, 2010, 10:41:44 PM »
"BAIT" by Nick Brownlee. There's blood in the water in modern day Mombasa.
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« Reply #403 on: January 13, 2010, 07:14:02 AM »
Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer.  Blokey bought me the Twilight books for Christmas because I'm just a sheep. I am trying not to fall in love with Edward Cullen, but it's becoming increasingly difficult. 

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« Reply #404 on: January 13, 2010, 11:38:54 AM »
I'm in the middle of The Time Traveler's Wife.
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« Reply #405 on: January 13, 2010, 11:49:24 AM »
Quote from: Poppylicious on January 13, 2010, 07:14:02 AM
Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer.  Blokey bought me the Twilight books for Christmas because I'm just a sheep. I am trying not to fall in love with Edward Cullen, but it's becoming increasingly difficult. 

 ;D

They are juicy, fun reads.  I've refused to go the movies, though.  Too much hype!

I'm rereading George RR Martin's "A Game of Thrones".  I got book 2 - "A Clash of Kings", but it's been so long since I've read the first one, I figured I'd better start over.
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« Reply #406 on: January 13, 2010, 01:46:50 PM »
just finished the lightning thief and have started the next book the sea of monsters. chasing chayton as he's reading the third book in the series.
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« Reply #407 on: January 14, 2010, 10:15:37 AM »

“Sons of Vulcan” by Robert Duncan; published by Birlinn Ltd., 2009.
This is an honest heart-hitting account of the life and times of
the men and boys (as young as 9)
who made iron in Scotland in the 19th century.
Not a pretty story and not for the faint-hearted,
but a true story about those who laboured
and lived in torturous conditions to produce a material
which brought huge benefits to mankind.

Twelve hour-days, seven days a week,
low pay, an horrendous working environment,
a short life, and crude domestic arrangements.
These men and boys were treated like slaves,
thousands of them, and this well written
account shines a much nearer light on a
very dark chapter in British history.
Like it or not, it will change your life forever,
and leave you wondering if all that suffering
was necessary...
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« Reply #408 on: January 15, 2010, 09:20:18 PM »
"The Little Stranger" by Waters. A perfect English ghost story. Scared me.
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« Reply #409 on: January 19, 2010, 07:10:56 PM »
White Shark by Peter Benchley
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« Reply #410 on: January 20, 2010, 01:42:10 AM »
The Road by Cormac McCarther
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« Reply #411 on: January 20, 2010, 09:13:12 AM »
"Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape The Universe" by Martin Rees
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« Reply #412 on: January 21, 2010, 02:24:03 PM »
The Art of Racing in The Rain,By Stein.
Loved it. A bit of a tear jerker in the end.
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« Reply #413 on: January 21, 2010, 02:58:46 PM »
Sharon Osbourne - Extreme
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« Reply #414 on: January 21, 2010, 03:38:24 PM »
I know they're magazines, but we subscibed to TIME & Natl. Geographic. Lady Nior- you that Sharon Osborne is be a contestant on Donald Trump's upcoming season of Apprentice tv show?
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« Reply #415 on: January 21, 2010, 03:52:09 PM »
I was unaware! Thank-you  :2thumbsup;

Don't really watch The Apprentice, and we are way behind here in Nz, but i will look out for it for sure.
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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 #416 on: January 23, 2010, 03:39:57 AM »
re-reading the wheel of time series (all of them) so that i can re-read the latest book. Also reading catch 22 again... into a bit of a re-read phase
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« Reply #417 on: January 28, 2010, 05:17:35 PM »
Quote from: susie q on May 06, 2007, 04:43:31 AM
Cell... Stephen King.. my favorite author.  :2thumbsup;

It took me longer to find where I had read this post. . . I didn't know where I had read this. BUT! I saw this post and I went straight to the library, and got a copy that had just been turned in. Stephan King is one of my favorite authors. (I got a lot of favorite authors) Undoubtedly, This is one of his best! I just finished chapter 7. There's still only four chapters left. I know it can't go on forever, but I wish it could. I've read the Dark Tower series twice. once, as it came out and fairly recently. I think that I read "The Stand" 3 times. I didn't see any of the movies, or mini-series just to make the reading experience better, in case I might want to read it again. CELL! Quite a yarn.
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« Reply #418 on: January 28, 2010, 05:22:16 PM »
Quote from: cycobully on May 10, 2007, 06:28:54 AM
Quote from: aharris2 on May 10, 2007, 12:54:34 AM
what's a book and how do you read it?


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lol. I don't understand how anyone can dislike reading  :) I've always loved it.

Some people just can't read.
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« Reply #419 on: January 28, 2010, 05:48:38 PM »
I now have a TV in my bedroom so the book is getting dusty.

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« Reply #420 on: January 28, 2010, 09:18:39 PM »
Am reading "Shadows Still Remain" By Peter de Jonge. 'A chilling story of murder and deception'.
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« Reply #421 on: January 28, 2010, 09:20:37 PM »
  I am currently reading the Nxstage manual and the Pureflow Manual......Its beautifully illustrated and feels so warm while reading....   I highly recommend it to everyone...
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« Reply #422 on: February 02, 2010, 05:27:59 AM »
The Art of Racing in the Rain
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« Reply #423 on: February 02, 2010, 12:25:31 PM »
Anne Bishop's Black Jewels series.
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« Reply #424 on: February 02, 2010, 04:42:57 PM »
Quote from: twirl on February 02, 2010, 05:27:59 AM
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein



I gave my son this book for Christmas.  I want to read it after him.   I'm reading Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
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