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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / October 2005Evanovich, Paretsky, and gabaldon
Anyone not read the new Janet evanovich (eleven) or the new sarah Paretsky? Also my Gabaldon will come Thursday and will be available probably next week. If you haven't read these and don't want to wait for paperback, let me know. m M I would like to read the books if anyone isn't in line first. I will e-mail you privately with my address. debbie m. > Anyone not read the new Janet evanovich (eleven) or the new sarah > Paretsky? Also my Gabaldon will come Thursday and will be available > probably next week. If you haven't read these and don't want to wait > for paperback, let me know. > > m M I would like to read the books if anyone isn't in line first. I will e-mail you privately with my address. debbie m. > Anyone not read the new Janet evanovich (eleven) or the new sarah > Paretsky? Also my Gabaldon will come Thursday and will be available > probably next week. If you haven't read these and don't want to wait > for paperback, let me know. > > m i wound up with two copies of 'eleven on top'. would be happy to pass the extra copy on for some one else to enjoy. have to keep one copy for my sil. ok, i'll bite<smile>. what are paretsky's and gabaldon's books like? i'm in the mood for light/fun reading. are they like evanovich's plum series? i haven't heard of those authors. alex makes a run to the bookstore periodically and he can pick them up for me. all i need are titles and authors. kate Anyone not read the new Janet evanovich (eleven) or the new sarah Paretsky? Also my Gabaldon will come Thursday and will be available probably next week. If you haven't read these and don't want to wait for paperback, let me know. m > i wound up with two copies of 'eleven on top'. would be happy to pass the > extra copy on for some one else to enjoy. have to keep one copy for my sil. well, if you want to get the extra out of your house, I'll be happy to take it. ;) I first looked to see if our library, that is the one we use most - Alpena's, has it. They do, but it's in great demand, estimated wait to get your hands on one of their two copies is 491 days! So, I guess I won't wait, though I seem to keep reading library books rather than other books we've collected and have sitting around the house. I need to save the latter for a day when library books aren't available. It's just the way you think when the decent library is 25 miles away! Meanwhile though, for some reason they have Shrek popping up over the roof of the library on the homepage photo of the building. (http://www.alpenalib.org/) Wish I'd noticed that before Mike left to do things in town - I'd have asked him to ask them if Shrek's coming!  SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare okie doke! the book's yours, nann. i'll try to get it in the mail, out to you befre friday, or at least ready for sending. hmmm, never tried to wrap something one-handed before. goodie, a new, but fun challenge for a change!<g> kate On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 12:03:39 -0400, d'huit wrote (in message <BoudnXdsGZPDy9zeRVn-ug@comcast.com>): > i wound up with two copies of 'eleven on top'. would be happy to pass the > extra copy on for some one else to enjoy. have to keep one copy for my > sil. well, if you want to get the extra out of your house, I'll be happy to take it. ;) I first looked to see if our library, that is the one we use most - Alpena's, has it. They do, but it's in great demand, estimated wait to get your hands on one of their two copies is 491 days! So, I guess I won't wait, though I seem to keep reading library books rather than other books we've collected and have sitting around the house. I need to save the latter for a day when library books aren't available. It's just the way you think when the decent library is 25 miles away! Meanwhile though, for some reason they have Shrek popping up over the roof of the library on the homepage photo of the building. (http://www.alpenalib.org/) Wish I'd noticed that before Mike left to do things in town - I'd have asked him to ask them if Shrek's coming! SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > okie doke! the book's yours, nann. i'll try to get it in the mail, out to > you befre friday, or at least ready for sending. hmmm, never tried to wrap > something one-handed before. goodie, a new, but fun challenge for a > change!<g> > > kate cool beans! with the current price of gas, we aren't going into Alpena quite as often these days, so we run out of library books occasionally. But, I'll schedule this one for reading when I finish my current library pile, just so I'll know what everyone on the group is talking about! SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare >> i wound up with two copies of 'eleven on top'. would be happy to pass the >> extra copy on for some one else to enjoy. have to keep one copy for my sil. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >(http://www.alpenalib.org/) Wish I'd noticed that before Mike left to do >things in town - I'd have asked him to ask them if Shrek's coming! That is crazy! Maybe it's for the kid's reading corner, etc. Loujean >> Meanwhile though, for some reason they have Shrek popping up over the roof >> of [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Loujean I wondered about that. Maybe you're right. Then again, it does kinda fit with that particular library - they are really laid back and friendly. All the employees I've met would get along well with Shrek........ SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare Kate, The Diana Gabaldon books are a must. Google just this newsgroup and gabaldon. Time travel, Scottish history, colonial US history, medicine and legendery great romantic hot sex are just a few sub-texts in her series No matter what your genre, these books will keep you reading. You need to start with the first one and it will be papaerback. Do you have a good used bookstore close to you? If not, let me get the first one for you at Logos and I'll send it. Sarah Parestsky is one of the women who was at the forefront of the female investigator trend that is now no longer a trend. She and Sue grafton were my favs years ago. Still a good read but not at all funny like Evanovich. If you need a reason to wake up early, a promise for the middle of the night, and a companion you can't wait to return to, Gabaldon is the one for you. (I'd be willing to do a small wager that you will, on at least one night, either awaken to read these books or will stay up into the very wee small hours, before putting them down). m Kate, The Diana Gabaldon books are a must. Google just this newsgroup and gabaldon. Time travel, Scottish history, colonial US history, medicine and legendery great romantic hot sex are just a few sub-texts in her series No matter what your genre, these books will keep you reading. You need to start with the first one and it will be papaerback. Do you have a good used bookstore close to you? If not, let me get the first one for you at Logos and I'll send it. Sarah Parestsky is one of the women who was at the forefront of the female investigator trend that is now no longer a trend. She and Sue grafton were my favs years ago. Still a good read but not at all funny like Evanovich. If you need a reason to wake up early, a promise for the middle of the night, and a companion you can't wait to return to, Gabaldon is the one for you. (I'd be willing to do a small wager that you will, on at least one night, either awaken to read these books or will stay up into the very wee small hours, before putting them down). m hmmm . . . gabaldon sounds very intreguing. i'm interested. we lost our nearby used book store, in edgewood, a few years ago. i suspect there might be a new used bookstore in tacoma, but i didn't have the chance to investigate my curiosity about the new shop, before i did my most recent dipsy-doodle to myself. you ever read the jane whitefield novels (by thomas perry)? jane's a seminole indian woman who makes people (who have other people after them, for all sorts of reasons) disappear. they are also not funny books, but very gripping reading. you can't help but become emeshed in this very competent, kick-butt, fictional character's complex life. kate > hmmm . . . gabaldon sounds very intreguing. i'm interested. we lost our > nearby used book store, in edgewood, a few years ago. i suspect there might [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > kate Kate, I'll send you my much-loved and well-worn paperback of Outlander to read. You will love it and be hooked. I promise. I am slowly and methodically making my way through her most recent, A Breath of Snow and Ashes. I have to savor every bit of it because it might be 2 or 3 years before the next one comes out. Hugs, Kelly C. Kelly, I just went to logos to try to find outlander and they were out. I think everyone is re-reading now because of snow and ashes. I did find voyager and dragonfly. I'll send her those if you'll send her outlander I woke up at 3:00 last night to read for an hour. I should just take the week off, stay in bed and read. I have been having horrible flood dreams-major graphic, too much water (strange for me the surfer) dreams since I got back from Vegas (I ended up there rather than in houston thanks to enbrel) I got snow and ashes on friday and have been having much better dreams. last night I was leeching someone in my dreams. It was fun! Read on! m > Kelly, > I just went to logos to try to find outlander and they were out. I [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > m That's a deal on the books. I'll try and get it out on Friday, when I can get to the post office. I have to admit that I'm glad you only got as far as Vegas...I've been very worried about you and missed your input so much lately. I wish I could take a week off from everything right now and do nothing but read and sleep. I'm not having much fun these days. I think there may be a bit of PTSD going on, or maybe it's simple anxiety. Anyway, I'm so glad you're enjoying Snow and Ashes. I find I'm liking it more than Fiery Cross. You want to practice with leeches? I might let you do it to me, but nobody else could.:) Hugs, Kelly C. It is amazing to me how much enbrel has changed my life for the good in some ways but limited me in others. There was a concern that anyone who is immuno-compromised might be exposed to TB among other things and i was asked to not go to Houston. So I got rerouted to vegas. At first I felt guilty as I do love the desert and working with first responders is usually quite a clear process as there are definite protocols in place. This however, wasn't fun and I felt quite impotent. Then I'd leave my little office, get in my rental car, and go out to the desert where it was 75 degrees and look at the stars and thank God that I had a home to go home to. I'll tell you, Kelly, I am too old to do this work (and the disasters just keep getting scarier). PTSD resulting from Rachel's health issues? M > It is amazing to me how much enbrel has changed my life for the good in > some ways but limited me in others. There was a concern that anyone [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > M Yeah, the thing with Rach has really magnified my natural anxiety level. I used to be a 'worrier', now I have days where the whole day is on the verge of tears, waiting for the school to call and tell me she's been hurt during a seizure. At home, any loud noise from another room will send me flying through the house, usually to scare the crap out of Rachel, who simply dropped a book in her room. The poor thing can hardly sigh from the back seat of the car without me staring at her in the rearview mirror and asking if she's okay. It actually feels a lot like the period shortly after her birth, when I had postpartum depression. I was exhausted, but couldn't stand to be in a room without her in it because I was just sure she would cry if I put her down. I would hear her cry if I went to take a shower, rush out and see her sleeping peacefully in the other room. Honestly, you'd think from all this that I'm this dour person, but I am usually quite positive and try to maintain a positive attitude. Just lately it's been a lot harder. I've had a lot more stress at work, RA is pretty bad and I just feel beaten down. I'm sorry to go on so long about this. I know it will get better and I'll be talking to my Drs. about it this week. There's just a lot of family stuff going on and my empathy level doesn't just let me tune it out. I am too close to the people involved and I end up absorbing their pain, which compounds my problems. Kelly C. ((((((((((((Kelly)))))))))))) you sound like someone who needs a day at the spa, no cell phone, no computer, no nothing and someone faithful and trustworthy at home with Rachel. SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > Yeah, the thing with Rach has really magnified my natural anxiety level. I > used to be a 'worrier', now I have days where the whole day is on the verge [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Kelly C. > ((((((((((((Kelly)))))))))))) > > you sound like someone who needs a day at the spa, no cell phone, no > computer, no nothing and someone faithful and trustworthy at home with > Rachel. Thanks, Nann...that image made me smile. A nice massage sounds like just the ticket. Candle light, soft music, I'll put it on the wish list. I've got some credits coming up with my Mom. She's been giving a large chunk of her time to my brothers lately. Just today I got dumped for the lunch date we had made for Friday because one of my brothers called and asked her to do something for him. It's a long story, but she needs to do it for him, and herself. I'm just feeling a bit needy. Mom promised she'll carve out special 'me' time as soon as possible for both of us. Kelly C. > ((((((((((((Kelly)))))))))))) > > you sound like someone who needs a day at the spa, no cell phone, no > computer, no nothing and someone faithful and trustworthy at home with > Rachel. Thanks, Nann...that image made me smile. A nice massage sounds like just the ticket. Candle light, soft music, I'll put it on the wish list. I've got some credits coming up with my Mom. She's been giving a large chunk of her time to my brothers lately. Just today I got dumped for the lunch date we had made for Friday because one of my brothers called and asked her to do something for him. It's a long story, but she needs to do it for him, and herself. I'm just feeling a bit needy. Mom promised she'll carve out special 'me' time as soon as possible for both of us. Kelly C. i think nann's right, bigtime. a break would be total goodness for you and for your family. we all "need" breaks, from time to time. but caregivers "need" breaks most and caregivers often don't see "how or when" they can take the break, to give care to themselves. you "need" to replenish/refill/restore you, sweetie. you know how you juggle everything and pencil things into your busy schedule -- this or that appmt. or that family event or this chauffeuring for that family member? an hour here, hour there. please pencil in "kelly" and make everything else work around that miniscule hour or so for yourself. just do that. just once, kelly. and make sure you get away from any possibility of having that time for yourself interrupted. you don't have to get away away, just away from being interrupted. i don't care if you are at home and turn the phone ringers down so low that you can't hear them ring while the answering machine quietly picks up the calls for you (and make sure you can't hear that,too). make sure you are not interrupted, by anybody or anything. you need to have this time for yourself when you don't have to be responsible, don't have to cut and run, don't have to worry (because you made sure all the bases are already covered by someone you trust). you are not only entitled to that time for yourself, not only do you deserved it, but you "need" that, sweetie. that is the most unselfish thing you can do for your family and yourself. without it, your family will have less and less of you, because you'll have less and less of yourself that you can give to them. please do it. kate (one who knows) When I worked full time, I always took my birthday off and stayed in bed and read one good book for the fun of it. And at Christmas I took one day to go shopping by myself. (no I spent virtually nothing because my shopping was done. I just liked the lights and decorations.) Take care, Vickie B. I always took my birthday off too, Vickie! I always kept one personal day just for my birthday. I figured it was my day to do with as I pleased. Since I used to live in NYC, I generally went into Manhattan and took in a movie and went out to lunch somewhere nice :) On my 50th birthday, I treated myself to a "Queen for a Day" package at a local spa. I got a facial, full body massage, manicure, pedicure, had my roots touched up, hair trimmed, and styled. They also did my makeup. I not only felt wonderful when I left, I looked really good too! Ah those were the days :) Carole > When I worked full time, I always took my birthday off and stayed in > bed and read one good book for the fun of it. And at Christmas I took [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Vickie B. We have a place here called a Day Spa. I think it's rather new. I just may try it. My friend goes and gets a massage every once in a while. That was the best part of the physical therapy I had on my back! Loujean >I always took my birthday off too, Vickie! I always kept one personal >day just for my birthday. I figured it was my day to do with as I [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> >> Vickie B. > We have a place here called a Day Spa. I think it's rather new. I > just may try it. My friend goes and gets a massage every once in a > while. That was the best part of the physical therapy I had on my > back! > > Loujean Go for it, Loujean. And if you can get a doctor to write a prescription for massage therapy, it's a tax write off :) I used to go once a month when I lived in NYC. I had the most wonderful massage therapist! Carole Hey, that's right, I forgot about that. One year, I got a prescription for a health spa and got to take it off. As soon as things settle down a bit - I will get going on it. Hah! Loujean >> We have a place here called a Day Spa. I think it's rather new. I >> just may try it. My friend goes and gets a massage every once in a [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Carole You are right, of course. I can see very clearly how much I need a break. The busy holiday season is coming up and, working in retail, offers few down times. I can probably manage to sneak in a couple of days off before the cutoff, though and will look into that today. Much love, Kelly C. > i think nann's right, bigtime. a break would be total goodness for you and > for your family. we all "need" breaks, from time to time. but caregivers [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > kate > (one who knows) >> ((((((((((((Kelly)))))))))))) >> [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] >kate >(one who knows) That is for sure. It gets to be a habit and pretty soon, you can't lay the responsibility down. It reminds me of something once said about each person has a bucket full of empathy and caring and every once in a while, you've got to refill that bucket, so go to the well and do it. Where is the well? It could be as close as your own bathtub with a lovely smelling bath oil. Even if you can't get down into the tub and have to take a shower, put the plug in, add the oil, and enjoy the smell while you take your shower! I do and it is lovely. Loujean Kelly, sounds very ptsd to me. I've got some ideas and strategies that might help. Let me know if your open to that and we'll take this to e-mail. m > Kelly, > sounds very ptsd to me. I've got some ideas and strategies that might > help. Let me know if your open to that and we'll take this to e-mail. > > m Yes, please. 'Reply to sender' will get you my gmail account, which I updates right away. Thanks. Kelly C. >> Kelly, >> I just went to logos to try to find outlander and they were out. I [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >Hugs, >Kelly C. Leeches????? Nobody said anything about leeches (shiver) before! That's one book I *won't* be reading at midnight. I can take vampires, but leeches give me the heebie-jeebies. Oops, giving away my age. Loujean > I have been having horrible flood dreams-major graphic, too much water > (strange for me the surfer) dreams since I got back from Vegas (I ended > up there rather than in houston thanks to enbrel) I got snow and > ashes on friday and have been having much better dreams. last night I > was leeching someone in my dreams. It was fun! Better the leecher than the leechee! I want to share a flood story with a happy ending. A friend from another newsgroup is from Chalmette in the St Bernard Parish. She now lives in Houston, but her entire family all remained in or near Chalmette. When Katrina arrived, her daughter and daughters hubby and three daughters made it out just ahead of the storm. They weren't in the position of doing much planning or thinking and had to leave their dogs behind. One was an elderly Golden named Gypsy and the other an eight month old Rotweiller named Digger. They were just sick about the dogs. The girls lost everything and ended up back in school in Houston in donated clothes, etc. Many family members were out of touch for over a week but after moving from shelter to shelter, they finally made it to the Red Cross list. Everyone fine and accounted for. But they knew the house was a total loss. For weeks they searched lists for the dogs. They weren't allowed back into the neighborhood even for a look around. Finally they located Gypsy. She had been rescued and transferred a few times, but finally made it on the internet from the information on her collar and from her microchip. My friends Son in law finally was able to get in to check out the house after Rita passed through. The house is a total loss. Water had been well up on the inside walls and there is severs structural and mold damage. No sign of Digger. SIL was there with a neighbor and they went to the neighbors house next. Only to be greeted by one very happy, now nine month old Rot puppy. They said Digger gained weight if anything. The rescuers that go in and leave pet food for those they can't find and rescue did a good thing. Both dogs are now in Houston with their very grateful family. By the time Digger was done saying hello to Gypsy, she had been licked till all her fur was wet. They lost a lot. But they still have everything that really matters. Jo >Both dogs are now in Houston with their very grateful family. By the time >Digger was done saying hello to Gypsy, she had been licked till all her fur >was wet. > >They lost a lot. But they still have everything that really matters. What a great story, Jo. A lot of animals have been rescued and sent to places in Canada that volunteered to take them. It's great to give them new homes, but I feel for the people who have lost their pets, and for the pets who must miss their families. --- Joan >>Both dogs are now in Houston with their very grateful family. By the time >>Digger was done saying hello to Gypsy, she had been licked till all her fur [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >--- >Joan That's why the chip is so great. My dog has one, though being on a hill inland, I don't expect much tidal surge! We have had a few tornadoes go thru, but they usually pick on the other side of town. I'm so glad everybody got together again. It's much easier to start over that way. Loujean Kelly, I just went to logos to try to find outlander and they were out. I think everyone is re-reading now because of snow and ashes. I did find voyager and dragonfly. I'll send her those if you'll send her outlander I woke up at 3:00 last night to read for an hour. I should just take the week off, stay in bed and read. I have been having horrible flood dreams-major graphic, too much water (strange for me the surfer) dreams since I got back from Vegas (I ended up there rather than in houston thanks to enbrel) I got snow and ashes on friday and have been having much better dreams. last night I was leeching someone in my dreams. It was fun! Read on! m so, missy m, when you leech people it's an enjoyable experience, eh? funny, you should mention leeching and fun. i was ust thinking abour leeches, last night---i hardly recognized my own knuckles, what with technicolor engorgement and all. held my poor puffy mottled hand over my head all day long, when i wasn't icing it ,yesterday. when i was lying in bed last night, i started thinking how leeches would have loved helping me out with it, and how much i would have appreciated their help (think that "leeches thinking" had something to do wiyh cokie roberts' book on colonial women and the 'pssionate sage' that i just finished that's also about the coloniial era, mainly sam adams). when i awoke, the swelling was down and my knuckles and back of my hand no longer looked like baby and adult strange colored camel humps to me and i can bend fingers once again. i just love those colonial dream leeches to peeches! <g> sounds to me like a week in bed, reading, would be lovely for you and very healing, as you've already indicated how a shorter span has helped you so much with your unplesant flood dreams. go on, treat yourself, hon. even if its just for a day or two. you deserve it. and if it helps dream-process what you experienced in vegas, hey,it doesn't get any better or faster than that, as far as healing goes. y'think? kate (now, i can't wait to get into gabaldon, when her books come so highly reccommended by two people whose opinions i value) > hmmm . . . gabaldon sounds very intreguing. i'm interested. we lost our > nearby used book store, in edgewood, a few years ago. i suspect there might > be a new used bookstore in tacoma, but i didn't have the chance to > investigate my curiosity about the new shop, before i did my most recent [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > kate Kate, I'll send you my much-loved and well-worn paperback of Outlander to read. You will love it and be hooked. I promise. I am slowly and methodically making my way through her most recent, A Breath of Snow and Ashes. I have to savor every bit of it because it might be 2 or 3 years before the next one comes out. Hugs, Kelly C. <squishies---grinning> cool. thank you, kel! i'm covinced i'll love reading it. i just read missy m's reply to what you wrote here; sounds like i;m going to b having a great time with new characters soon. timing couldn't be better. i just love authors who create believable characters and stories that grow (and grow on you) and that expand the lives of their characters. i'll take good care of it and make sure you get your beloved copy back. i know howsome books need to be near the people who love them. i also know some of my books would be horrible lonely, if i weren't nearby to fondle them once and awhile.<smile> thanx again, sweetie. kate >The Diana Gabaldon books are a must. Google just this newsgroup and >gabaldon. Time travel, Scottish history, colonial US history, medicine >and legendery great romantic hot sex are just a few sub-texts in her >series No matter what your genre, these books will keep you reading. Gabaldon rocks! :-) --- Joan M had mentioned: >>(I'd be willing to do a small wager that you will, on at least >>one night, either awaken to read these books or will stay up >>into the very wee small hours, before putting them down). I'll second that - Kelly turned me on to the Outlander series this summer and I've done all of the above. I've never read a series that drew me in the way this one does since I finished the Belgariad series (and I have Kate to thank for introducing me to that one.) Kimmy you have such good taste in books, m. i've never read paretsky, but diana and janet are the best, tho totally different types of books. when i read one of their books, they always make me want to write a series, but my mind seems to go off in too many directions. they're both cool people and i love that their hard work has paid off in spades. diane you are still up there with my favorite authors, Diane. I just need you to write faster! You do though, have to wonder about someone like Gabaldon. Is there a world outside of those books? I much more like the world of screen plays, non-fiction, and children's books-when it's over, it's over and it's on to the next project. m >>you are still up there with my favorite authors, Diane. I just need you to write faster! << you just need to read slower. you're the fastest reader i've ever "met." what are you working on now? diane >>>you are still up there with my favorite authors, Diane. I just need > you to write faster! << [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > diane Doesn't everyone read a book a day? Jo >Doesn't everyone read a book a day? Well, sometimes it takes me two days, Jo. :-) And I have to brag a little bit. My own book went to the printer today. I have written a book on my School of Nursing in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Over the past few years I have interviewed a large number of graduates, including myself, (can one interview oneself?) including two who graduated in 1916, and two who remembered the Halifax Explosion in 1917. It was a lot of fun and I learned so much. I can't believe it is really going to happen. Now I have even more time to read, Diana Gabaldon, here I come. And Diane Chambers, have to get more of your books, have only read one. --- Joan congratulations, joan. it sounds like a great project. diane >>>>you are still up there with my favorite authors, Diane. I just need >> you to write faster! << [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Jo I was wondering about that. Now, I read about that fast, as long as I don't fall asleep! Most of my books aren't the sleep inducing kind. Actually, I have three books going at the same time. One in my purse for those "on-time" doctor appointments, etc., one at work to read at lunch, and one at home to read at other times and before bed. There have been a couple of times, when I wake up the middle of the night, glasses still on, light still on, and neck on two pillows, one too high! Boy, does that make an ache. Oh, the book is on the floor with the old place book marked, so I spend half the next reading trying to figure out how far I got. Has anyone dozed off while they were reading and dreamt they were reading that book and then woke up and couldn't find the part they dreamed about? LOL Loujean > Doesn't everyone read a book a day? > > Jo errrrr, not when I'm actually trying to do some stuff during the day. Does listening to books on tape count? with the distances we have to drive these days and with me trying to get a lot of sewing done, I've been listening to loads of books. Finished one today, listened to 3/4 of another and finished *reading* the book I was working on in hard copy. Trying to decide if I can start another hard copy, or if I should just go to bed. I've had too many nights recently where I wake up on the couch with my book on my stomach after anywhere from 1-4 hours of sleeping........ SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare Glad to hear some one else does that. I even burn my own books through Audible.com. I only drive about 15 minutes to work, but all there is on is yak, yak, yak. And they drive the latest discussion topic into the ground. With my computer back up, I am going to burn the 7th book of the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Anybody read him? I don't read some of his, but loved The Green Mile and there's another one I can't think of right now. I'm working my way back through the Dark Tower ones. My sons got me hooked on the Dark Tower when we drove to Indiana for the youngest son's wedding. Loujean >> Doesn't everyone read a book a day? >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >nights recently where I wake up on the couch with my book on my stomach after >anywhere from 1-4 hours of sleeping........ Loujean God didn't promise us that life would be fair. If it were, who would try for the stars? >> Doesn't everyone read a book a day? >> >> Jo I can usually read a book in a day if it is really interesting and I love the Gabalden series but they are really big books and it takes me much longer than a day. Lorrie F >>> Doesn't everyone read a book a day? >>> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >longer than a day. >Lorrie F I just checked it in the library - they have them. No plot, though, so I went to her page on the Internet. I read the first ones a long time ago and I didn't know there were some more coming. Whoopee!!! When I retire for good (tried it once!), I will have more time for reading, so will put her on the back burner. Loujean Loujean God didn't promise us that life would be fair. If it were, who would try for the stars? >>>> Doesn't everyone read a book a day? >>>> >>>> Jo I've been known to on numerous occasions. I *always* have a book going and a pile of 'read next' waiting. I love the Stephanie Plum series -- also really enjoy James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux series. Have never read Gabaldon, but after reading all the posts about her, I ordered the first one from half.com. Should be here soon and I'm looking forward to it. Jean |
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