http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/ Open The Books Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:58:18 GMT firbette http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/182 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/182 I know our moderator has been side-lined with the plague, but I figured I'd post my thoughts about Pompeii anyway, while I still remember. This is my second Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:29:44 GMT Joanne Firby http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/181 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/181 Thank you! That's exactly where I started having trouble with the book, too! And if you choose to read on, you will find near-criminal overuse of the adjective Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:01:59 GMT JaxFacts@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/180 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/180 Okay ... I am late but I am making progress. I'm about half way through the book and I am not sure if I will finish it or not. All the characters just did Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:18:56 GMT firbette http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/179 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/179 So, I just finished Murder Most Royal, and find myself wondering what, exactly, the point was. I found the writing gratingly repetitve, the storyline Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:00:24 GMT JaxFacts@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/178 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/178 Can't say I have finished Murder Most Royal yet either. It's on my list, but not far enough up to get me to work on it every day. I was thinking of going Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:37:14 GMT firbette http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/177 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/177 Evening, all. Since it's close to halfway through September, I thought I'd ask to see if I was the only one not finished the August book! I am on the final 100 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:10:21 GMT Joanne Firby http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/176 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/176 Well, I didn't much care for the book at all, and not just because it's a bit of a downer. Peppy, it ain't! Basically it's a little like Benjamin Button, Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:36:20 GMT JaxFacts@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/175 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/175 Hey guys, I need a second opinion on this one. I downloaded Time Traveler's Wife to listen to in the car on this upcoming trip I am taking (tomorrow) ... when Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:43:20 GMT Joanne Firby http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/174 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/174 Hmmmm ... I think it's safe to say I read around 50 books a year. If you check me goodreads account I think you'll find I have 3 on the go right now. They tend Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:47:58 GMT JaxFacts@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/173 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/173 Oh man, are we counting Cook Books now in our reading? Then my reading time just went up. I read a cook book with almost every meal I eat, even if what I am Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:45:45 GMT Horton, Lise http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/172 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/172 I actually have a mug with a New Yorker cartoon - it shows a man speaking to a woman in a room lined with bookshelves, filled to overflowing with books. He is Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:13:24 GMT JaxFacts@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/171 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/171 Hey Joanne, How did the catching up go yesterday? Now me, last time I was in your situation I discovered Mai Tai'. I don't remember reading that much, but I Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:04:39 GMT Horton, Lise http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/170 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/170 I haven't got a cabana, but I'll grab my Bud Lite for the train ride home (!) I'll definitely need a cold one - it's over 90 here in NYC! Lise Horton | Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:50:57 GMT Joanne Firby http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/169 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/169 Sadly, the cabana comes only with 3 12-yr-olds. And no alcohol. But it isn't the house! Sent from my iPhone Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:29:58 GMT Horton, Lise http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/168 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openthebooks/message/168 I was always fascinated by Mary, Queen of Scots, and so ended up reading lots about Elizabeth the I, and then, naturally, had to go back and read about her