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I had to buy "Sarum" 3 times!
Between my nephew (who also happens to be a voracious reader)and I, we've dog-eared 2 paper backs from reread and rendered them useless.
Just last week, he visited and decided to read it again and asked to borrow my 3rd one for a few days...
Didn't care much for Garp either.
And you have also read Lonesome Dove...hmmm...we seem to like the same books.
Larry McMurtry is one of my favorite authors. I think I have read everything he has written. One of my favorites is Duane's Depressed. I laughed my way through that book even though it was sad in places. That entire The Last Picture Show trilogy is wonderful.
I had always planned to visit his used book store in Archer City. It was supposedly the biggest in the world....in something like 3 or 4 buildings. Alas, I waited too long and it was gone. I should have gone. It was only up the road a piece. That's Texas talk for 3-4 hours away. LOL.
The Christmas Cookie Club by Ann Pearlman for a change of pace. I especially like the quirk of providing a recipe at the beginning of each character's chapter. Some of them have me salivating.
I'm rereading Jane Eyre for book club. I love it just as much as I did the first time - I just wish I could go back and forget that I know how it all turns out!
Oh - and I didn't care fo Garp either. I think it was just too depressing and frustrating for me!
Larry McMurtry is one of my favorite authors. I think I have read everything he has written. One of my favorites is Duane's Depressed. I laughed my way through that book even though it was sad in places. That entire The Last Picture Show trilogy is wonderful.
I had always planned to visit his used book store in Archer City. It was supposedly the biggest in the world....in something like 3 or 4 buildings. Alas, I waited too long and it was gone. I should have gone. It was only up the road a piece. That's Texas talk for 3-4 hours away. LOL.
He's written about 29 novels and I haven't even scratched the surface yet. He was equally brilliant in "Terms of Endearment" and didn't know he coauthored "Brokeback Mountain." I saw the film.
I have a lot of catching up to do...oh boy!!! my husband will just have to do the cooking for awhile.
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It took me forever (no pun intended), but I finally finished Forever by Pete Hamill. Oh my gosh, what an absolutely FABULOUS book. I highly recommend it.
It took me so long because I've been so busy and have had a million things going on. I'd stare at the book longingly, wanting to read it. And I would, but I was so tired at the end of the day, I could only keep my eyes open for a short while.
Sigh... I wish that the book went on for an additional 600 pages. It's an amazing, incredible, wonderful story.
Next up: The Art of Racing the Rain by Garth Stein. I know that I'll cry through it, but not as much as I'm crying that Forever by Pete Hamill is finished.
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