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KathyA11 · 07-09-2009, 04:04 PM

King and Goddess, a novel about the Egyptian female king Hatsepshut, by Judith Tarr. It's probably the fourth time I've read it since I originally bought it 11 years ago.

SXMGirl · 07-09-2009, 04:14 PM

Just finished Patterson's Swimsuit. Usually his works are easy reads and kind of fluff even though they are mysteries. I found this book disturbing.

John23 · 07-09-2009, 04:25 PM

The last book I bought was Mark Levin's "Liberty and Tyranny". #1 on the New York Times list. Wanted to know what the hoopla was about.

Excellent book! A must read for this time.

Unlike 95% of the political books out there...its not the type by ann coulter, hannity, o'reilly, etc. Should be required reading in school.

turtlemom · 07-09-2009, 06:54 PM

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<SNIIP> I am going to read one my mom gave me it is called saving fish from drowning by Amy Tan . my mom likes the strange ones so we shall see .

Amy Tan is the author who wrote The Joy Luck Club. I really enjoyed it, and would assume most of her books are just as good.

stanman13 · 07-09-2009, 07:18 PM

Went on a Mark Twain tear recently. Read the Complete Short Stories of... , Innocents Abroad, and Roughing It. All great reads, and I highly recommend them. You must be able to appreciate sarcasm to appreciate Mark Twain.

Haven't picked out my next reading. My local library has a collection called "The Great American Library," and I think I'll pick out something else from that. Maybe go back and reread some Hemingway or Steinbeck.

maciesmom · 07-09-2009, 08:52 PM

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I am almost done with an amazing book by Upton Sinclair called
"The Jungle" !!!!!!!!

Had to read that in 8th grade (I think). Don't think I ate meat for a month after that....

'M' · 07-10-2009, 12:47 AM

A Walk on the Beach Joan Anderson

jtur88 · 07-10-2009, 10:54 AM

John Hamamura's "Color of the Sea", about a Japanese boy growing up between the world wars.

cpg35223 · 07-10-2009, 05:18 PM

Just finished "The Lost City of Z," the story of Fawcett, the Amazon explorer who disappeared in the 1920s. I'll give it a B-.

Also just read "Metamorphasis," by Kafka.

Now reading, "The Coup," by John Updike.

Pivot Point · 07-12-2009, 09:11 AM

In the last month I've read:
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: A Life by Donald Spoto
A Good Yarn by Debbie Macomber
The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan

I loved Sundaresan so much that I'm about to start another one of hers called A Feast of Roses.