Are you a bookworm? - tanTALK

neon · 07-29-2002, 07:00 PM

The thread on Love it or Shove it got me to wondering if we have any bookworms on this site?

I used to be until I started having kids, now I'm just a wanna be bookworm. Anyone else here love to read? Whay type of books? What are your favorites?

njchica · 07-29-2002, 07:12 PM

I am a bookworm... big time! I go to the library about once a week and take out 8-10 books each visit.

I like biographies, fiction, mystery, pretty much anything. I absolutely love Bridget Jones' Diary and am on the quest to find another book as original and funny. (Confessions of a Shopaholic was as close as I've come thus far) When I'm really desperate, I'll choose an Oprah's Book Club selection which is usually guaranteed to make me want to kill myself by the end of it.

I am always looking for suggestions if anyone's read anything really good lately. The last great book I read was "Drowning Ruth." I was totally engrossed in that book up until the last page.

Teresa · 07-29-2002, 08:40 PM

Read????? Who has time for that????? Between days in the salon and all of my "quality" internet time, I have little time left for my family and sleep.

mcspadden · 07-29-2002, 09:35 PM

Dean Koontz is an awesome writer. Talk about staying up late just to finish!!!!

NJ- talking about Oprah's book club have you read STOLEN LIVES? Great book about a family held in prison for 17 years.. True story.

TanInCA · 07-29-2002, 10:28 PM

I'm a total Bridget Jones type book addict. I keep meaning to make a list of ones I've read but I sell them on eBay shortly after I read them (most of them anyway), so it's hard to keep track.

njchica · 07-30-2002, 06:02 AM

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On 2002-07-29 21:35, mcspadden wrote:
Dean Koontz is an awesome writer. Talk about staying up late just to finish!!!!

NJ- talking about Oprah's book club have you read STOLEN LIVES? Great book about a family held in prison for 17 years.. True story.

I just re-read False Memory. What a freaky concept!!! There's got to be something wrong with a guy who could think up such a plot!

I haven't read Stolen Lives but I do remember the media thing about it last year or whenever the book came out. I had totally forgotten about it.

Tamar · 07-30-2002, 06:51 AM

Um, yes...

Eight dictionaries, 89 cookbooks, my old Dr. Seuss set, history, philosophy, psychology, religious history, writer reference guides, and anything that helps me figure out what the heck makes men tick.

njchica · 07-30-2002, 07:04 AM

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On 2002-07-30 06:51, Tamar wrote:
and anything that helps me figure out what the heck makes men tick.

you mean there's actually a reference volume for such a thing?

neon · 07-31-2002, 02:16 PM

NJ...um, where do you find time like that? I really used to read like that before children. My husband and I's first Christmas together he went to my mother and asked what I would want...she told him books. He thought she was crazy but followed her advise. I still loved that Christmas. He got me the whole set (so far) of Stephen Kings Dark Tower series. Love those books.

I'm a huge Stphen King freak

Tamar · 07-31-2002, 09:16 PM

Have you read Stephen's "On Writing"?

07-29-2002, 07:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
neon Join Date: Oct 21 2001 Posts: 667 Rep Power: 23	The thread on Love it or Shove it got me to wondering if we have any bookworms on this site? I used to be until I started having kids, now I'm just a wanna be bookworm. Anyone else here love to read? Whay type of books? What are your favorites?

07-29-2002, 07:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
njchica Join Date: Mar 17 2002 Posts: 674 Rep Power: 23	I am a bookworm... big time! I go to the library about once a week and take out 8-10 books each visit. I like biographies, fiction, mystery, pretty much anything. I absolutely love Bridget Jones' Diary and am on the quest to find another book as original and funny. (Confessions of a Shopaholic was as close as I've come thus far) When I'm really desperate, I'll choose an Oprah's Book Club selection which is usually guaranteed to make me want to kill myself by the end of it. I am always looking for suggestions if anyone's read anything really good lately. The last great book I read was "Drowning Ruth." I was totally engrossed in that book up until the last page.

07-29-2002, 08:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
Teresa Join Date: Dec 29 2001 Location: Davenport, IA Age: 60 Posts: 2,432 Rep Power: 25	Read????? Who has time for that????? Between days in the salon and all of my "quality" internet time, I have little time left for my family and sleep.

07-29-2002, 09:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
mcspadden Join Date: Jan 29 2002 Posts: 65 Rep Power: 0	Dean Koontz is an awesome writer. Talk about staying up late just to finish!!!! NJ- talking about Oprah's book club have you read STOLEN LIVES? Great book about a family held in prison for 17 years.. True story.

07-29-2002, 10:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
TanInCA I'm Banned Join Date: Apr 16 2002 Posts: 172 Rep Power: 0	I'm a total Bridget Jones type book addict. I keep meaning to make a list of ones I've read but I sell them on eBay shortly after I read them (most of them anyway), so it's hard to keep track.

07-30-2002, 06:02 AM	#6 (permalink)
njchica Join Date: Mar 17 2002 Posts: 674 Rep Power: 23	Quote: On 2002-07-29 21:35, mcspadden wrote: Dean Koontz is an awesome writer. Talk about staying up late just to finish!!!! NJ- talking about Oprah's book club have you read STOLEN LIVES? Great book about a family held in prison for 17 years.. True story. I just re-read False Memory. What a freaky concept!!! There's got to be something wrong with a guy who could think up such a plot! I haven't read Stolen Lives but I do remember the media thing about it last year or whenever the book came out. I had totally forgotten about it.

07-30-2002, 06:51 AM	#7 (permalink)
Tamar Join Date: Aug 15 2001 Posts: 1,906 Rep Power: 23	Um, yes... Eight dictionaries, 89 cookbooks, my old Dr. Seuss set, history, philosophy, psychology, religious history, writer reference guides, and anything that helps me figure out what the heck makes men tick.

07-30-2002, 07:04 AM	#8 (permalink)
njchica Join Date: Mar 17 2002 Posts: 674 Rep Power: 23	Quote: On 2002-07-30 06:51, Tamar wrote: and anything that helps me figure out what the heck makes men tick. you mean there's actually a reference volume for such a thing?

07-31-2002, 02:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
neon Join Date: Oct 21 2001 Posts: 667 Rep Power: 23	NJ...um, where do you find time like that? I really used to read like that before children. My husband and I's first Christmas together he went to my mother and asked what I would want...she told him books. He thought she was crazy but followed her advise. I still loved that Christmas. He got me the whole set (so far) of Stephen Kings Dark Tower series. Love those books. I'm a huge Stphen King freak

07-31-2002, 09:16 PM	#10 (permalink)
Tamar Join Date: Aug 15 2001 Posts: 1,906 Rep Power: 23	Have you read Stephen's "On Writing"?

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