What Are You Reading & ..........??

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What Are You Reading & ..........??
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Tue, 11-16-2004 - 1:50pm

have the Holiday catalogs begun arriving in your mailbox!?

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Wed, 11-17-2004 - 2:01am
We've had them around for awhile. I usually look through. There is some fun stuff though alot of it I would never buy. I've ordered about half my Christmas presents from catalogs.
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Wed, 11-17-2004 - 1:19pm

No catalogs...I don't shop by mail so I don't get catalogs.

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Thu, 11-18-2004 - 4:43pm
I am reading "Blind Descent" by Nevada Barr right now. Trying to get it finished before I head out on vacation. We are going to the Grand Canyon and will riding on the train from Williams. Should be really great, we've never done it before. As for the catalogs, I love to get catalogs and I look at them all. I only toss them when I get too many or if I've ordered something and it came. I like Signals, Lillian Vernon, Northern Style.
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Fri, 11-19-2004 - 3:41am

I sometimes purchase scrubs from a catalogue. However, more often then not, I end up having to send something back for exchange. It's easier to just get them locally. I don't get many other catalogues. I sometimes browse through them, but usually toss them.


Right now I'm halfway through Steven King's book, 'On Writing'. The first section is autobiographical and then the rest is his discussions of writing and the elements involved. He had a teaching degree and taught highschool English before his writing career took off.


 

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Fri, 11-19-2004 - 4:55pm

Most get tossed except for Chadwicks of Boston and the Brylane Kitchen catalogs. I did keep the Lands End catalog just to look through it.

As for reading material I finished Norah Roberts's 'The Gift' consisting of two Christmas stories. One was written in 1986 and the other in 1994, but they are still wonderfully romantic and delightful to read. For some reason every Holiday season this mood comes over to indulge in romantic Christmas stories - contemporary and historical. The only other book I'm currently reading is Emily Carmichael's 'The Cat's Meow'. Light, contemporary romance with a talking cat. *g*

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Fri, 11-19-2004 - 5:45pm
I am reading a norwegian book called "Sirkelens ende" or roughly translated to english "The end of the circle", it«s written by an author called Tom Egeland in 2001. Believe it or not, it is a religious conspiracy thriller about an albino (!) archaeologist who finds an old religious relic which contains an immense secret! Basically it«s the same plot as in "The da vinci code", just written 2 years earlier, complete with albino and all!! ;D Mr. Egeland finds himself in the happy disposition of being wanted by everyone, his book is being published in paperback, other countries are buying the translation rights and so far the book is very promising! Like he said "I«m just glad my book came out first!" The book is not available in english - not yet, anyway! I don«t understand the smoking hours in Karin Fossum«s books, there are no certain times to smoke or not smoke!! ;) However it is forbidden to smoke in all public places (unless it«s outdoors, of course), since last june, much to the chagrin of the smoking part of the population, I might add.. And Låke, would be pronounced something like, Lauke ("å" is similar to "au"; as in author, audrey or maybe "a" as pronounced in "hawk" etc.etc., hope that helps!) best regards, Helga
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Sat, 11-20-2004 - 3:18pm

Helga, thanks for the smoking/pronunciation info!


I'm reading Henning Menkell's "The Dogs of Riga" a Kurt Wallender mystery set in Sweden.

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Sat, 11-20-2004 - 8:00pm

My mailbox is catalog central!!!!


 


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Sat, 11-20-2004 - 9:34pm

Well, I am still working on SK's book, 'On Writing'. I gave up on 'Pilgrim of Tinker Creek'. It's just over my head.


I picked up a book by Marion Zimmer Bradley that I've had around called, 'Witchlight'. It was a little hard to get into, but I stuck with it and now I'm hooked.


Payday! I just got back from the bookstore where I bought the original, 'Bridget Jones's Diary', which I've never read or seen, and I also got, 'The Rule of Four'. Now I'm set for awhile.

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Mon, 11-22-2004 - 1:05pm

With INDIA as our international country in the spotlight, I read the short mystery "Inspector Ghote Breaks an Egg" by H.R.F. Keating.

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