Can the adults please smoke?- Page 189

[beacon1]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 6:09pm

I just saw a quick review of "Skinny Dip" in the Sunday paper and think it sounds interesting.

Glad to hear it really is funny. I've been told that before about certain books and they just didn't deliver.

I'll have to put that on my next must reads. I still have tackled "Lovely Bones" or the "DaVinci Code."

[beacon1]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 6:09pm

I just saw a quick review of "Skinny Dip" in the Sunday paper and think it sounds interesting.

Glad to hear it really is funny. I've been told that before about certain books and they just didn't deliver.

I'll have to put that on my next must reads. I still have tackled "Lovely Bones" or the "DaVinci Code."

[beacon1]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 6:10pm

I just saw a quick review of "Skinny Dip" in the Sunday paper and think it sounds interesting.

Glad to hear it really is funny. I've been told that before about certain books and they just didn't deliver.

I'll have to put that on my next must reads. I still haven't tackled "Lovely Bones" or the "DaVinci Code."

Updated On: 8/30/04 at 06:10 PM

Posted: 8/30/04 at 6:14pm

NYadgal - I'm completely in agreement on Ms. Rice. I enjoyed it initially, but then realized she had nothing more to say - and was going to take forever doing it. I do, however, still keep Cry to Heaven separate in my mind.

And Beacon - anybody who has ever known me has INSISTED that I read The DaVinci Code. For whatever reason, I still haven't done it. And I have heard nothing but raves for The Lovely Bones.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 6:20pm

Both 'Lovely Bones' and 'DaVinci Code' are worth reading. If for no other reason than because the world is talking about them...

I just finished the most wonderful series of books by Jill Ker Conway: 'The Road From Coorain', 'True North' and 'A Woman's Education'
Jill Ker Conway grew up in Australia and moved to the US where she became the first woman President of Smith College. Her discussion of Education as a gift was so moving! I want to read as much as I can by and about her.


Review:
There is a clarity, elegance, and beauty to Conway's 'Road to Coorain' that places it firmly at the apogee of autobiography along with such masterpieces as 'West With the Night' by Beryl Markham, or 'An American Childhood', by Annie Dillard.

From the first sentence, you will be drawn inexorably into the story of her childhood in New South Wales, Australia, and her gradual discovery of--and by--the larger world: the clarity of Conway's language satisfies like cold clear water after a day in the desert: the rhythm of her sentences has a timelessness and expansiveness akin to the Australian landscape itself. This is very likely a book you will remember the rest of your life. Highly Recommended

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 6:23pm

Dare I suggest we start a BWW Book Club?

[beacon1]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 6:56pm

Ya know...that just might motivate me to read something other than a James Patterson, Jonathon or Faye Kellerman novel to wile away bathroom time...

I remember being in a book club where we read a wide assortment of books: Ex: "My Brilliant Career", "Dune", "The Scarlett Letter"...it kept us hopping!

Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:03pm

I've wondered about that possibility myself - a book club. For myself, it would be a great motivator to read some fiction, which I am not generally prone to do. Not that I don't enjoy it, but I'm usually waist deep in an assortment of non-fiction (and a wide variety of that.) If people were interested, I'd be game. My only thought would be to make it as varied as possible. Classics, best-sellers, etc.

NYadgal - did you write those reviews or just post them? They're beautiful to read, in-and-of-themselves

[beacon1]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:11pm

We could start another thread with a very boring title that none of the "kids" would want to check out..." LOL

And, Undi, thanks for posting that sweet picture of Patrick Wilson on the "Eye Candy" thread. *sigh*

Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:15pm

My thought would be to set a date to start discussion of a particular book. On that day a thread could be started using the title BOOK CLUB (so it would easily show up in a search) - and then people could post and discuss until time for the next book to be discussed. Of course, there might be people who post other nonsense there initially, but that probably wouldn't last long - and I think we've all become somewhat adept at avoiding that which isn't worth our time

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:17pm

DGrant - nope - I just post 'em... (although I search for the reviews which I feel express my views...). You're the writer in the family...

Logistics - good question... I think this thread would explode if we tried to post a book discussion. That, or we'd be run out of town...

Hmmmm.... (and this is not helping my procrastination...I still have that big report to finish!)

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[beacon1]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:17pm

Sounds good to me..."Book Club" might get some lurkers who might benefit from the discussion...and it would be "dull" enough to keep others out.

[beacon1]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:17pm

Sounds good to me..."Book Club" might get some lurkers who might benefit from the discussion...and it would be "dull" enough to keep others out.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:19pm

I think that idea would work - a separate thread.

And ignore the nonsense.

And, who knows - some of them might surprise us!

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:23pm

let's stay away from the closet with this group! LOL!!

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:24pm

Nominations - that's the hard part!

I'm game for anything...what do you suggest?

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[mominator]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:28pm

hi again folks! Well life is getting interesting around here!
My daughter has been having contractions on and off all day. So now the waiting game begins. She spent the day here with me for the company and just to make sure everything is alright. Wow! me a nana!! I can't wait. I'll keep you all posted.
B

Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:29pm

I've been intrigued by Boobs latest, "I, Lucifer." And I've also been wanting to read "Vanity Fair" because this film coming out has brought it to mind. From the best-sellers, I've glanced sideways at "The Five People You'll Meet in Heaven."

In general, I can't say I'm usually drawn to mysteries or horror, but have read them both. I like things with historical content, and biographies/autobiographies are always good.

[mominator]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:31pm

We are expecting a granddaughter! her name will be Elizabeth Marie.

Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:34pm

Keep breathing mominator! And Elizabeth is ABSOLUTELY my favorite name (followed VERY closely by Katherine.) Regal, romantic, feminine, strong, formal yet maleable - AND I've never known ONE who didn't live up to all those characteristics

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:35pm

Hi all !!!!!!!!!

DG I'm still trying to read The DaVinci Code too..it's sitting in my bedroom. I'll get around to it eventually.

Beacon...I love,love, Jonathan Kellerman for years after reading the 1st Dr.Delawear novel...I just can't keep up with them anymore.


NYadgal...I'm gonna check out "Skinny Dip"...thanks.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:35pm

beacon -- I meant to respond to your post about James Patterson... I used to work with him when he was Chairman of J. Walter Thompson ad agency, (where he was previously the Creative Director).

When he was first starting out with his Alex Cross character (1989 - 1990-ish I think), he would ask us if he could use our names as characters in his books... I'm in "Along Came A Spider" with his nickname for me...

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:36pm

mom!!!!! That is SO EXCITING!

Keep us posted - and congratulations!

THAT calls for a bottle of bubbly!

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:39pm

Has anyone else notice that we're on page 199 ???? Get that bubbly ready. Eliazabeth Marie will be born by page 200.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 7:40pm

Five People You Meet...a very special book to me. Although I know people who didn't like it at all. I think the reaction to it is very personal and very situation-dependent. (Does that make sense?)

DG - historical fiction is a favorite of mine. Do you read Anya Seton Chase? The Winthrop Woman is spectacular! I also enjoy biographies/autobiographies - hence my interest in Jill Ker Conway.