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HeatherJ
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# Posted: 7 Aug 2008 15:12 - Edited by: HeatherJ
12/30
Just finished Twilight, and will be starting New Moon tonight! Yea for me!!! :)
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mellymel
Big SIS (4364)
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# Posted: 7 Aug 2008 16:04
okay gang, not being a slacker, but i can't update/edit the book numbers post...don't worry i've got lg on the case. :)
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Korbyn
Vogue SISter (3299)
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# Posted: 7 Aug 2008 16:17
okay gang, not being a slacker, but i can't update/edit the book numbers post...don't worry i've got lg on the case. :)
girl, you are crazy!
I cannot believe you are trying to update them so frequently.....
I don't think you should try more than once at the start of each monthly thread, otherwise you will spend all of your time updating the post!!!
but that is just my two Cents!!
Armance!!
So glad you made it over...
Hoping someone here can help ya out...we have a pretty great group of readers...
:) K
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mellymel
Big SIS (4364)
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# Posted: 7 Aug 2008 17:17
no worries Korbyn - i'm checking in weekly. :)
and did i read correctly that you are expecting? girl you are full of surprises!!! congrats!!
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scrapprincess2002
Model SISter (2647)
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# Posted: 7 Aug 2008 17:27
OK so just finished the bean tree loved it so I am now 22/50
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scrapnchar
Style Addict (1023)
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# Posted: 7 Aug 2008 19:19
I had a hard time getting through Love in the Time of Cholera, but I'm glad I read it, you know?
Same with me, but I read it a long time ago. I'm now reading 100 Years of Solitude by the same author.
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nanbhack
SISter Elle (1593)
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# Posted: 8 Aug 2008 08:42
*embarrassed* I just found this thread... are we just supposed to put how many books we read in August?
If so - all Twilight books.
I just read Lemony Sticket's Horshradish.
Next up, The Dutchess. This book came before the new Kiera Knightly movie.
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Sonja
Favorite SISter (5583)
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# Posted: 8 Aug 2008 08:50
I just found this thread... are we just supposed to put how many books we read in August?
Don't be embarrassed! We're just glad you found us:) I think most people picked at goal for the whole year, but you can do it any way you want. (I think some people aren't doing a goal, just reading away)
It looks like you're having a fruitful August already:)
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Korbyn
Vogue SISter (3299)
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# Posted: 8 Aug 2008 09:38
and did i read correctly that you are expecting? girl you are full of surprises!!! congrats!!
tee hee...yep, I am expecting a little one...:)
Update: 38/120
Finished Breaking Dawn last night.
So sad that the saga has ended.
Mixed feelings about this book...I think because it is the end, but I loved so many parts of the book.
Now I have to go get the host so I can start that one. :)
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allison11
Vogue SISter (3672)
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# Posted: 8 Aug 2008 10:42
i finished eat, pray, love last night.
overall, i really liked it.
although most people would never be able to drop their lives for a year to do that, or have the connections to do some of the things she did, i still appreciated what she went through.
i can relate to her struggle of balancing the world + spirituality, so many of the realizations she came to hit home for me.
i still can't decide how to star-rate it though.
i found myself marking so many pages because i wanted to write passages down, like, at least 25.
but then, i really struggled to get through indonesia.
i think i had high expectations for it, because i was really looking forward to reading about how she meshed pleasure + spirituality.
and although she did, i guess i was just a little disappointed in how she did...
that sounds selfish of me, but i guess i was just expecting a huge epiphany.
i guess maybe a 4.5???
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nanbhack
SISter Elle (1593)
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# Posted: 9 Aug 2008 20:34
Korbyn - tell us how the Host is! I dont know if I want to read that or not.
I had the same feelings as you did on BD. But I dont think she has *officially* ended the saga. I think she will take it to a different point of view which is all sorts of cool in my opinion. Seriously - can't wait for Midnight Sun and to satisf the thrist until that time (2009 I guess it comes out?) they are going to have an Encyclopedia with LOADS of backstories on the Saga.
And than we have the MOVIE to entertain us too! :)
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Ladymisssusan
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# Posted: 9 Aug 2008 21:15
and although she did, i guess i was just a little disappointed in how she did...
I know what you mean. I was left a little wanting with Indonesia myself. The time she spent at the ashram was probably my fav part. Wish I would have marked quotes I liked in the book but it was borrowed.
I think she will take it to a different point of view which is all sorts of cool in my opinion.
ME TOO!!! I can't wait to read from Edward's point of view. Now I'm excited for the movie.
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scrapprincess2002
Model SISter (2647)
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# Posted: 10 Aug 2008 23:15
23/50 read the first bok in the series House of night its by a mother/daughter duo from the tulsa Ok area pretty good its a twist on a teen vampire school very cool! so i have already started on the second one of the series ....its a bit milder that stephinie myers I think more teen geared
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marliese
Vogue SISter (3255)
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# Posted: 11 Aug 2008 02:33
I am so craving a good read... been too busy the past week!
But we're leaving for a family holiday soon so I will be sure to pack a pile of books!!
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marliese
Vogue SISter (3255)
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# Posted: 11 Aug 2008 02:34
Ohh how wonderful Korbyn! When's the little one due? :)
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weebbt
Favorite SISter (11205)
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# Posted: 11 Aug 2008 11:32
19/50
Thanks Allison for recommending The Book Of Lost Things - what a fun read! I'm giving it to my husband to read next, I think he'll like it too.
Now I need to finish A Confederacy Of Dunces.
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Korbyn
Vogue SISter (3299)
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# Posted: 11 Aug 2008 11:35
Ohh how wonderful Korbyn! When's the little one due? :)
Due january 29th...So far, everything has been wonderful. :)
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allison11
Vogue SISter (3672)
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# Posted: 11 Aug 2008 11:42
Thanks Allison for recommending The Book Of Lost Things - what a fun read!
wasn't it wonderful??
totally not what i was expecting, which i think is why i enjoyed it so much!
i made a trip to the library and picked up a few new ones:
book lust
more book lust
the ragamuffin gospel
the subtle knife
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Korbyn
Vogue SISter (3299)
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# Posted: 11 Aug 2008 11:46
the subtle knife
Ohhh!! Allison, I love this one!!! All of them were great though!
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weebbt
Favorite SISter (11205)
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# Posted: 11 Aug 2008 11:53
Anyone planning on reading the new Rowling book? I read all the HPs, but not sure about this one.
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allison11
Vogue SISter (3672)
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# Posted: 11 Aug 2008 11:54
Ohhh!! Allison, I love this one!!! All of them were great though!
good.
i enjoyed the golden compass, but found quite a few discussions on goodreads about how nobody seemed to like them.
i also saw on goodreads that pullman wrote more books that go along with this series, once upon a time in the north and lyra's oxford as well. i don't know what they are about, but will definitely be reading them as well.
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allison11
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# Posted: 11 Aug 2008 11:56
Anyone planning on reading the new Rowling book? I read all the HPs, but not sure about this one.
most definitely!
i was very excited when i saw it.
i'm not going to read it and expect it to be a continuation of the series though.
hopefully that will make it more enjoyable. i'm just looking at it as more stories from an author that i love, with throwbacks to the series.
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weebbt
Favorite SISter (11205)
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# Posted: 11 Aug 2008 12:03
i'm just looking at it as more stories from an author that i love, with throwbacks to the series.
Good point. OK, I'm on board!
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Ladymisssusan
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# Posted: 11 Aug 2008 12:19
i'm just looking at it as more stories from an author that i love, with throwbacks to the series.
Totally! I think it will be awesome as well.
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Ladymisssusan
Style Addict (1133)
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# Posted: 11 Aug 2008 12:31
The Book Of Lost Things
This sounds interesting and I like series books if there are more. I'll have to add it to my list
A Confederacy Of Dunces.
Oh I have heard that this is a good book.
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Korbyn
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# Posted: 11 Aug 2008 13:21
i also saw on goodreads that pullman wrote more books that go along with this series, once upon a time in the north and lyra's oxford as well. i don't know what they are about, but will definitely be reading them as well.
I did not know this!!
gonna have to do more shopping this weekend!! :0
Anyone planning on reading the new Rowling book? I read all the HPs, but not sure about this one.
Absolutely! I cannot wait!!!
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allison11
Vogue SISter (3672)
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# Posted: 11 Aug 2008 15:59
The Book Of Lost Things
This sounds interesting and I like series books if there are more. I'll have to add it to my list
this one isn't a series book, just a really good read!!
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inkycathy
Fashion Plate (313)
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# Posted: 12 Aug 2008 16:52
I also just finished Eat, Pray, Love this week. Then I read the Celestine Prophesies.
I loved Eat, Pray, Love. I even liked the Indonesian part because I was curious to see how she would approach life outside the Ashram. I just found the whole book really inspiring.
I just joined in July, so I'm not on the list yet but my numbers are 8/50.
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mellymel
Big SIS (4364)
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# Posted: 12 Aug 2008 19:35
keep putting your numbers in your posts - i'll catch up, i promise.
I finished A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - if you haven't ever read it (like me) you really must. Its a little bit long but so wonderful!
I'm just starting Comfort Food - need something fast & light.
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rhirhi
Big SIS (4744)
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# Posted: 12 Aug 2008 20:01
did you only add RECENT reads to your list?
Or anything you can remember ever reading? Your special favorites?
i added some of my faves, but mostly just what i had read that month.
sheesh, i have too many books to put them all on there when i joined!
and melly - thankyou so much. i actually have a master word document on my laptop, so come september, i'll just readjust all the numbers then.
i don't want you going crazy!
you ladies are okay with the numbers being adjusted come september right?
welcome elise! glad to have you here :)
and nan! hurrah!
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