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Post by Jody on Apr 20, 2013 9:36:02 GMT -5
Have ou seen the Reacher movie? I have it ordered from Netflix as I really like the books.
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Post by geordy on Apr 20, 2013 10:24:53 GMT -5
No...couldn't quite wrap my head around Tom Cruise as a huge blond hulk/hunk. Couldn'y see him in Diary of a Vampire either...Ann Rice came around after seeing it but I didn't!  It is on my Netflix list...one of these days maybe...after "one For the Money"(did not get great reviews) based on the Janet Evanovich "#" number series books which I also read...she is from my hometown..same street!..and a fellow Douglass College Alumnus! |
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Post by Jody on Apr 20, 2013 12:16:50 GMT -5
That was my problem with Reacher too the midget Cruise playing 6'5'' Reacher. Cruise in shorter than me!!!
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Post by Happygoin on Apr 20, 2013 15:36:22 GMT -5
Me too, Jody. I was appalled that they'd cast Tom Cruise, as the mental image (for me anyway) was more Harrison Ford than TC.
I love the books though.
Geordy, I love the Stephanie Plum series. I think Janet E. lives in New Hampshire now, but that's pretty cool that she was a neighbor of yours!
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Post by flynnsky on Apr 23, 2013 14:06:39 GMT -5
Today Edward Rutherfurd releases his new book Paris. I hope it is as good as London and his other works. i shall pick it up soon. Cheers Dan
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Post by Jody on Apr 23, 2013 17:20:27 GMT -5
Me too !!!!!
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Post by Jody on Apr 25, 2013 17:45:39 GMT -5
I'M READING THE latest Maisie dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear. They are really good mysteries and I love the characters from the lower class Brits to high society and how they interact.They take place in London after WW! AND ALL STILL FEEL THE EFFECTS.
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Post by mez on Apr 25, 2013 19:27:24 GMT -5
I'M READING THE latest Maisie dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear. They are really good mysteries and I love the characters from the lower class Brits to high society and how they interact.They take place in London after WW! AND ALL STILL FEEL THE EFFECTS. I haven't read any of the Maisie Dobbs books. They are on my list but I get so little time to read for pleasure these days. I am currently reading the entire Bryant & May detective series by Christopher Fowler. All set in London with lots of info about quirky and little-known facts about London. |
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Post by Jody on Apr 27, 2013 8:13:30 GMT -5
Thanks Mez, I just ordered 1 B&M from library and3 from Amazon onlt 1 cent each!!!
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Post by mez on Apr 27, 2013 11:52:15 GMT -5
Thanks Mez, I just ordered 1 B&M from library and3 from Amazon onlt 1 cent each!!! What?? Are they eBooks? I am afraid I am shallow enough to probably pass a book over at that price which would be a shame as I really enjoy the B&M series. |
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Post by Jody on Apr 28, 2013 4:02:44 GMT -5
No they are used hardbacksI buy them all the time and usually they have looked like new and not used!!
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Post by geordy on May 5, 2013 9:14:40 GMT -5
I'm reading Guy De Maupassant's Bel Ami...next is his Alien Hearts.
Thought I'd travel back to the Belle Epoch with someone who was there!
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Post by flynnsky on May 17, 2013 15:55:52 GMT -5
I just finished Paris by Rutherfurd. It is 800 pages and it is the multi-generational account of a number of socially different families from the 1200s to the late 1900s through wars,religious wars and political upheaval.
I liked this book, what is not to like about reading about Paris but I felt his other efforts especially Sarum,Russka and London were better. What I did like is that the story keeps coming back to when the Paris we know today the Belle Epoque. Cheers Dan
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Post by cherryadairr on May 23, 2013 5:30:17 GMT -5
Indeed, I think after you read this book, along with Ayn Rand's ... We often hear of the greed of industrial capitalists, we are reminded ... ancestors often gave their lives to create all we are and all we've ... Winslow, Lance "Ayn Rand Predicted the Maurice Greenberg Story - Think About That For a Moment.
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Post by geordy on Jun 9, 2013 10:44:04 GMT -5
I'm just reading Douglas Kennedy's The Woman in the Fifth. Good read and, happily, it all takes place in Paris.  out..... I just finished it...was not happy with the"twist"..just when I was thinking ..now how is this going to work out?...easy out..... Could picture everywhere he went though.... |
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Post by Happygoin on Jun 14, 2013 11:03:11 GMT -5
Geordy, Denise turned me on to Douglas Kennedy. She and I both felt the same way about The Woman In The Fifth. She said it was as though someone else finished the book (although I don't think that's the case).
His other books are really good and don't have any of those sorts of "twists".
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Post by Jody on Jun 14, 2013 13:26:13 GMT -5
I have ordered the movie of it since my library didn't have a copy of the book!
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Post by Happygoin on Jun 15, 2013 8:33:14 GMT -5
Jody, if you think of it, post who plays the lead roles. Just curious.
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Post by geordy on Jun 15, 2013 10:11:36 GMT -5
Geordy, Denise turned me on to Douglas Kennedy. She and I both felt the same way about The Woman In The Fifth. She said it was as though someone else finished the book (although I don't think that's the case). His other books are really good and don't have any of those sorts of "twists". Yeah somebody like Stephen King.....but not him cuz then it would have been better. Man may be a Red Sox fan but he is a genius!   Saw him on Letterman with John Mellancamp...they are have collaberated on a show about a real haunted cabin...John bought it years ago! |
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Post by Jody on Jun 15, 2013 11:49:21 GMT -5
I swear I posted this earlier!Ethan Hawkes .& Kristin Scott thomas
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