'Over-Fifty' Crowd: What are you reading? July

jezzie · 07-05-2008, 12:55 AM

... What are you reading, listening to, watching now?

Kingdom Come - Tim Green

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample underfoot.

- Horace Greeley

Fine Mind · 07-05-2008, 03:05 AM

Finished PREDATOR by Patricia Cornwall yesterday. It was okay but not as well constructed as THE BODY FARM.

Will start MY SISTER'S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult today.

Happy Reading!

DarleenMB · 07-05-2008, 11:05 AM

The diet Myth by paul campos; Fat Politics by Eric Oliver; Good Calories Bad Calories by Gary Taubes; the Heat Islands by Randy Wayne White

shirlc · 07-05-2008, 12:02 PM

"A New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle.

jezzie · 07-06-2008, 03:39 AM

The Fallen Man, Tony Hillerman

Fine Mind · 07-06-2008, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Fine Mind

Finished PREDATOR by Patricia Cornwall yesterday. It was okay but not as well constructed as THE BODY FARM.

Will start MY SISTER'S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult today.

Happy Reading!

I lied. I started VANISHING ACTS instead. Pretty good so far.

Fine Mind · 07-07-2008, 09:01 AM

My Amazon order arrived:

THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN Garth Stein
CARELESS IN RED Elizabeth George
NOT IN THE FLESH Ruth Rendell

Life is DANGED good

Joplin38 · 07-07-2008, 07:56 PM

I am excited, Lin. A new Ruth Rendell....watch me hurry to the library.

Fine Mind · 07-08-2008, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Fine Mind

I lied. I started VANISHING ACTS instead. Pretty good so far.

Finished VA last night. It is twice as long as it has to be. Seriously.

Started the new George afterwards, and I am so. . .happy.

Janie, if you lived next door, I could save you a trip.

jezzie · 07-12-2008, 06:07 AM

Sophie's World, The History of Philosophy, by Jostein Gaarder

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Fine Mind · 07-13-2008, 02:17 AM

Finished CARELESS IN RED yesterday by Elizabeth George--a favorite author. Verdict--not up to her standards. A little disappointing.

Just started SOUTHERN CROSS by Cornwall. It's fine so far.

jezzie · 07-13-2008, 04:56 AM

bump.

Joplin38 · 07-13-2008, 06:36 AM

Listening to THE LAST WIFE OF HENRY THE EIGHTH and reading, ELLA MINNOW PEA.

ConnieJo · 07-13-2008, 08:17 AM

I just finished this one. It's by the author who wrote Kite Runner and I think it's even better than that one.

fluffybear2 · 07-13-2008, 08:48 AM

The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure by Robert Kowalski

Shalbrihil · 07-13-2008, 11:03 AM

I'm half way through Pillars of the Earth now and love this one. This is my first book of Ken Follett and I know now I'll be hunting around for more.

Have a great day everyone!

Loretta V · 07-13-2008, 12:43 PM

"T" is for Trespass
by Sue Grafton

CarolynF · 07-13-2008, 04:11 PM

Janie: I'm going to "hit" the library tomorrow..I love Ruth Rendell..

Loretta: I just finished "T is for Trespass, " too..

And, I just read J. A. Jance's The Hand of Evil (or something like that).

I'm listening to Kite Runner on my MP3 player..

Joplin38 · 07-13-2008, 08:05 PM

Carolyn, how are you? I miss you.

CarolynF · 07-14-2008, 01:20 PM

Threadjack..I'm fine, Janie..This Thursday I'm heading to Wichita (on a bustrip from the bank) to see
Neil Sedaka's play at the playhouse. It's a lunch matinee thing. My friend Dianne invited me to go. I don't know the details on what else we will be doing..She didn't seem to know, but maybe I'll call the bank...

I've started reading (again) Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes. It is quite technical for this little mind so I have to read slooowwwllly..

sjl330 · 07-14-2008, 01:36 PM

I'm listening to Evil, Inc. and reading Designated Daughter: The Bonus Years with Mom.
Both are pretty good. This is my 3rd audio book in a week! I'm on a roll.

CarolynF · 07-14-2008, 07:11 PM

I love those audio books..The library has those little cassettes that play the whole book for ya instead of replacing tapes all the time.

Of course, downloading books from the State Library on my own player is what I love best.

purplestik · 07-14-2008, 07:41 PM

I'm glad to have come across so many readers. It is one of my passions. I am currently reading "Jane and the Stillroom Maid"~Being the Fifth Jane Austen Mystery~by Stephanie Barron. These mysteries are sometimes a bit tedious but the author has quite a wonderful command of the language of the Regency time period. (If you like that sort of thing!)

sjl330 · 07-14-2008, 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CarolynF

I love those audio books..The library has those little cassettes that play the whole book for ya instead of replacing tapes all the time.

Of course, downloading books from the State Library on my own player is what I love best.

I'll have to check those out here Carolyn. I've never seem them. Are they E-Readers? I always download from online too.

Speaking of Jane Austen, I just watched The Jane Austen Book Club last night. Good movie!!

Fine Mind · 07-15-2008, 03:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by purplestik

I'm glad to have come across so many readers. It is one of my passions. I am currently reading "Jane and the Stillroom Maid"~Being the Fifth Jane Austen Mystery~by Stephanie Barron. These mysteries are sometimes a bit tedious but the author has quite a wonderful command of the language of the Regency time period. (If you like that sort of thing!)

I've not heard of the series, but I will check it out.

Who are your favorite authors? Do share.

Fine Mind · 07-15-2008, 03:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loretta V

"T" is for Trespass
by Sue Grafton

Loretta!

Love Kinsey and Company! Wonder what she'll do after Z IS FOR ZIPGUN?

Linda Sue · 07-17-2008, 11:33 PM

New here but I'm thrilled to find real readers. I know so few. I just finished "The Virgin's Lover" which I think is the best of that group so far and am starting "Hot Flashes", a novel by Nancy Thayer.
My name is Linda Sue and I will return tomorrow. Happy reading. I can't relate to listening to books on tape though. I tried it once when I was driving alone on a long trip. I read waaaayyy faster than those book readers and couldn't take the pace! Besides I like "seeing" the words.

Shalbrihil · 07-18-2008, 11:21 AM

Hello everyone!

Well I just finished Pillars of the Earth and just loved it. In fact so much that I found another one of Ken Follett's books and have started that. The book is Eye of the Needle. This one has suspense, intrigue, and the dangerous machinations of the human heart. YUM!

Have a great day and keep reading.

jezzie · 07-19-2008, 10:03 AM

The Art of Simple Food, by Alice Waters

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07-05-2008, 12:55 AM	#1
jezzie Old Wise One Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Hudson River Valley Posts: 36,947 Blog Entries: 76 Gallery: jezzie Stats: choosing to be scale-free; WOE: YOU:on a Diet - Dr. Oz Start Date: 04/22/07 - lightbulb; started YOU forthwith	'Over-Fifty' Crowd: What are you reading? July ... What are you reading, listening to, watching now? Kingdom Come - Tim Green I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample underfoot. - Horace Greeley

07-13-2008, 08:17 AM	#14
ConnieJo Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Port Orchard, WA Posts: 159 Gallery: ConnieJo Stats: 240/227/150 WOE: Atkins Start Date: June 2008	A Thousand Splendid Suns I just finished this one. It's by the author who wrote Kite Runner and I think it's even better than that one.

07-14-2008, 01:20 PM	#20
CarolynF Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Kansas Posts: 19,508 Gallery: CarolynF Stats: 195/144/139 WOE: Eat Fat, Get Thin/I Can Make You Thin Start Date: January 2001	Threadjack..I'm fine, Janie..This Thursday I'm heading to Wichita (on a bustrip from the bank) to see Neil Sedaka's play at the playhouse. It's a lunch matinee thing. My friend Dianne invited me to go. I don't know the details on what else we will be doing..She didn't seem to know, but maybe I'll call the bank... I've started reading (again) Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes. It is quite technical for this little mind so I have to read slooowwwllly.. Last edited by CarolynF : 07-14-2008 at 01:21 PM.

07-05-2008, 03:05 AM	#2
Fine Mind Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 5,661 Gallery: Fine Mind WOE: Atkins '72 Start Date: 08/25/07	Finished PREDATOR by Patricia Cornwall yesterday. It was okay but not as well constructed as THE BODY FARM. Will start MY SISTER'S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult today. Happy Reading!

07-05-2008, 11:05 AM	#3
DarleenMB Senior LCF Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Wyoming Posts: 255 Gallery: DarleenMB Stats: 182.4/200/165, 61yo, 5' 9.5' WOE: Low carb, good fat, 1200-1500 calories Start Date: March 2008	The diet Myth by paul campos; Fat Politics by Eric Oliver; Good Calories Bad Calories by Gary Taubes; the Heat Islands by Randy Wayne White

07-05-2008, 12:02 PM	#4
shirlc Senior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: South Dakota Posts: 631 Gallery: shirlc Stats: 143/134/125-5'5" WOE: Low Carb/CAD/ACV Start Date: March, 2006	"A New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle.

07-06-2008, 03:39 AM	#5
jezzie Old Wise One Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Hudson River Valley Posts: 36,947 Blog Entries: 76 Gallery: jezzie Stats: choosing to be scale-free; WOE: YOU:on a Diet - Dr. Oz Start Date: 04/22/07 - lightbulb; started YOU forthwith	The Fallen Man, Tony Hillerman

07-07-2008, 09:01 AM	#7
Fine Mind Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 5,661 Gallery: Fine Mind WOE: Atkins '72 Start Date: 08/25/07	My Amazon order arrived: THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN Garth Stein CARELESS IN RED Elizabeth George NOT IN THE FLESH Ruth Rendell Life is DANGED good

07-07-2008, 07:56 PM	#8
Joplin38 Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wichita, Ks. Posts: 8,540 Gallery: Joplin38 Stats: 205/183/162 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 1/07/03	I am excited, Lin. A new Ruth Rendell....watch me hurry to the library.

07-12-2008, 06:07 AM	#10
jezzie Old Wise One Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Hudson River Valley Posts: 36,947 Blog Entries: 76 Gallery: jezzie Stats: choosing to be scale-free; WOE: YOU:on a Diet - Dr. Oz Start Date: 04/22/07 - lightbulb; started YOU forthwith	Sophie's World, The History of Philosophy, by Jostein Gaarder .

07-13-2008, 02:17 AM	#11
Fine Mind Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 5,661 Gallery: Fine Mind WOE: Atkins '72 Start Date: 08/25/07	Finished CARELESS IN RED yesterday by Elizabeth George--a favorite author. Verdict--not up to her standards. A little disappointing. Just started SOUTHERN CROSS by Cornwall. It's fine so far.

07-13-2008, 04:56 AM	#12
jezzie Old Wise One Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Hudson River Valley Posts: 36,947 Blog Entries: 76 Gallery: jezzie Stats: choosing to be scale-free; WOE: YOU:on a Diet - Dr. Oz Start Date: 04/22/07 - lightbulb; started YOU forthwith	bump.

07-13-2008, 06:36 AM	#13
Joplin38 Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wichita, Ks. Posts: 8,540 Gallery: Joplin38 Stats: 205/183/162 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 1/07/03	Listening to THE LAST WIFE OF HENRY THE EIGHTH and reading, ELLA MINNOW PEA.

07-13-2008, 08:48 AM	#15
fluffybear2 Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Southerner transplanted in the Midwest Posts: 4,892 Blog Entries: 8 Gallery: fluffybear2 Stats: size 22/20/12 WOE: Hand to mouth Start Date: Summer-2008	The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure by Robert Kowalski

07-13-2008, 11:03 AM	#16
Shalbrihil MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: California Posts: 1,861 Gallery: Shalbrihil Stats: maintaining my loss since 2005 WOE: SBD Phase 3 Start Date: June 2003	I'm half way through Pillars of the Earth now and love this one. This is my first book of Ken Follett and I know now I'll be hunting around for more. Have a great day everyone!

07-13-2008, 12:43 PM	#17
Loretta V Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 13,952 Gallery: Loretta V Stats: 140/122.5/120 WOE: Low Carb & Low Fat Start Date: July 2001/ Low Carb Friends 9/2001	"T" is for Trespass by Sue Grafton

07-13-2008, 04:11 PM	#18
CarolynF Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Kansas Posts: 19,508 Gallery: CarolynF Stats: 195/144/139 WOE: Eat Fat, Get Thin/I Can Make You Thin Start Date: January 2001	Janie: I'm going to "hit" the library tomorrow..I love Ruth Rendell.. Loretta: I just finished "T is for Trespass, " too.. And, I just read J. A. Jance's The Hand of Evil (or something like that). I'm listening to Kite Runner on my MP3 player..

07-13-2008, 08:05 PM	#19
Joplin38 Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wichita, Ks. Posts: 8,540 Gallery: Joplin38 Stats: 205/183/162 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 1/07/03	Carolyn, how are you? I miss you.

07-14-2008, 01:36 PM	#21
sjl330 Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Middle America Posts: 6,033 Gallery: sjl330 Stats: 184/145/140 5'7" WOE: Watching it, whatever "it" is, lol. Start Date: January 2003	I'm listening to Evil, Inc. and reading Designated Daughter: The Bonus Years with Mom. Both are pretty good. This is my 3rd audio book in a week! I'm on a roll.

07-14-2008, 07:11 PM	#22
CarolynF Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Kansas Posts: 19,508 Gallery: CarolynF Stats: 195/144/139 WOE: Eat Fat, Get Thin/I Can Make You Thin Start Date: January 2001	I love those audio books..The library has those little cassettes that play the whole book for ya instead of replacing tapes all the time. Of course, downloading books from the State Library on my own player is what I love best.

07-14-2008, 07:41 PM	#23
purplestik Junior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Whidbey Island, Washington Posts: 1 Gallery: purplestik Stats: 153/138/125 WOE: Atkins Start Date: March 2007	I'm glad to have come across so many readers. It is one of my passions. I am currently reading "Jane and the Stillroom Maid"~Being the Fifth Jane Austen Mystery~by Stephanie Barron. These mysteries are sometimes a bit tedious but the author has quite a wonderful command of the language of the Regency time period. (If you like that sort of thing!)

07-17-2008, 11:33 PM	#27
Linda Sue Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 13 Gallery: Linda Sue	New here but I'm thrilled to find real readers. I know so few. I just finished "The Virgin's Lover" which I think is the best of that group so far and am starting "Hot Flashes", a novel by Nancy Thayer. My name is Linda Sue and I will return tomorrow. Happy reading. I can't relate to listening to books on tape though. I tried it once when I was driving alone on a long trip. I read waaaayyy faster than those book readers and couldn't take the pace! Besides I like "seeing" the words.

07-18-2008, 11:21 AM	#28
Shalbrihil MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: California Posts: 1,861 Gallery: Shalbrihil Stats: maintaining my loss since 2005 WOE: SBD Phase 3 Start Date: June 2003	Hello everyone! Well I just finished Pillars of the Earth and just loved it. In fact so much that I found another one of Ken Follett's books and have started that. The book is Eye of the Needle. This one has suspense, intrigue, and the dangerous machinations of the human heart. YUM! Have a great day and keep reading.

07-19-2008, 10:03 AM	#29
jezzie Old Wise One Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Hudson River Valley Posts: 36,947 Blog Entries: 76 Gallery: jezzie Stats: choosing to be scale-free; WOE: YOU:on a Diet - Dr. Oz Start Date: 04/22/07 - lightbulb; started YOU forthwith	The Art of Simple Food, by Alice Waters .