RoseOfTexas I just started Suspect by Robert Crais. LAPD cop Scott & USMC patrol & explosives-detection dog Maggie lost partners in brutal attacks & end up together. I always enjoy that moment when I read the part of a novel that tells me how the title came to be: "That poor animal is unfit for this job, and I suspect the same about him. I hope to God in His Glory I am wrong, sincerely I do, but there it is. They are suspect. That dog will help him realize he is not right for this job. Then she'll go back to that family, and he'll retire or transfer to a more suitable job, and all of us will be happier for it."
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Rollingcow I have been listening to books on the Civil War recently-Mr. Cow is a big Civil War buff and over the last 35 years I've gotten a good over-view of the war, but hadn't bothered overly much with the battles. Mr. Cow and the Calf went to Gettysburg last month so I bought Allen C. Guelzo's book 'Fateful Lightning' and his newest 'Gettysburg-the Last Invasion'. I also have them in hardcover and recommend both of them highly if you have any interest in that period at all. Mrs. Cow
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Balogreene Executive Power, by Vince Flynn. I'm listening, not reading, but Mitch Rapp is married, and there are some wonderfully funny moments.
May 10 at 18:12 EST .
StormCnter "The Burgess Boys" by Elizabeth Strout. She wrote "Olive Kitteridge" previously and got a Pulitzer for it. "The Burgess Boys" is a better read.
May 5 at 07:02 EST .
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Balogreene Reader's Digest recommended "The Burgess Boys" for what that is worth. It sounds good.
May 14 at 19:03 EST .
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Mike PHX I just read "Ulysses" by James Joyce. The Classic Comix version. What the hell was that Molly Bloom talking about? Jeez, she yaps like six barbers.
May 4 at 23:24 EST .
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Balogreene I have a paperback "Ulysses" and a Kindle "Ulysses" what sadomasochistic urge made you read it? I just can't get past the first page.
May 5 at 19:33 EST .
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RoseOfTexas Double Blind by Brandilyn Collins ~ a psychological thriller about a woman participating in a medical trial. This is a Christian fiction author I really enjoy. She writes mysteries set in the present day.
May 3 at 22:26 EST .
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Balogreene For inexpensive (sometimes free ) e books, try www.bookbub.com. Sign up for their daily emails. I get a lot of the free books, don't care if I like them or not, they are free, I just quit reading and delete them if they are no good.
I have found several I like. I'm such a reader, it gets too expensive to buy books, so these emails work well.
April 30 at 08:36 EST .
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Bmoc I need some input from my fellow L-Dotters. I'm working on a 'book' that I am tentatively calling "The Last Slice of American Pie" inspired by the song "Slice" by Five For Fighting.
I was talking with my 12 year old grandson and I began to explain to him how things were when I was growing up. After a couple hours of chatting back and forth with him, he said to me, "Grandpa, you should write all of that stuff down." So the project was started.
I'm looking for topics that are "Must Reads" in a book that deals with the things we had as kids that our kids and grandkids will never see or experience again. I'm about 20,000 words into it and I've covered a few topics but the folks that are steady readers at L.com are smart people and I would value your ideas.
Thank you!
March 28 at 17:31 EST .
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Balogreene What percentage of sales do we get for our memories?
March 29 at 18:42 EST .
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Bettijo One thing I remember was "safety." We played outside in our neighborhood of low middle class section of Atlanta (not a small town ) until the "street lights came on." That was our summons to go home. Until then, our parents did not know exactly where we might be, just "in the neighborhood." When I entered the sixth grade, I would walk with friends to the street car line and for 5 cents ride the street car to the nearest stop of my junior high school, then walk from the street car on to school. Of course there were usually several of us, but still...would you allow your 12 year old to do this today? We never locked our home; we never worried about a break-in. Of course we did not have much worth stealing, but even overnight while we slept, I don't remember the house being locked. When it was hot (no air conditioning in those days ) I would often sleep on the open front porch.
Is this the type thing you are looking for?
April 7 at 21:23 EST .
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Bmoc Yes. I am looking for the kind of things that just are done, just aren't common, like they used to be. The kind of stuff we wish our children and grandchildren could experience but will never do so. Time goes on, things change but seldom for the better. Thank you.
April 13 at 23:43 EST .
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Clipped wings Are you looking for things such as: watching your grandmother bake bread in a wood stove and savoring the aroma and taste; the churning of butter;the reverence of Sundays without cellphones, etc; county and street fairs where everyone could walk around with safety and the tallest ride was less than 1 1/2 stories; the world when we could believe the things we saw on television and didn't have to censure the offerings? That type of thing or the stories that we heard our relatives tell of the old days? Do you need the stories of the depression and war years and the dust bowl? Where people left their doors unlocked and crimes were almost nonexistent? That's what we refer to as the good old days. But the most important story to relate is that during our past we had honor, faith, a work ethic and a love of country .
April 16 at 20:44 EST .
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Bmoc All of those types of stories, remembrances, and memories! If you have anything you'd like to send me, please send them to my L.com email address ( bmoc66@gmail.com ) with the subject line of L.com please! I get several hundred emails a day in my business in websites and such. If you want to be mentioned in the story, please tell me how you want to be mentioned, ie "Stephanie L. from Michigan recalls ..... "
I've been a L dotter from nearly the beginning, with a front page mention by Lucianne herself back in the innocent spring of 2001 when I sent her an email expressing my amazement at how thoughtful my fellow L Dotters were. I found it on the "Wayback Machine" and still treasure it. http://web.archive.org/web/2001051520474 1/http://lucianne.com
April 19 at 09:07 EST .
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Balogreene Just finished "Bringing Mulligan Home" by Dale Maharidge. It is the story of his search for what happened to his father on Okinawa. His father was apparently a good man prone to fits of rage, and upset he had been blamed for Mulligan's death. His father was a Marine, and Dale contacts several men who fought beside him. They are all in their 80s, but their memories come alive as they talk for the first time.
This explains Okinawa to me better than anything I've read. My daddy was Army, but he was there. Now I better understand why the Honor Guard at Arlington told me everyone on Okinawa was a hero.
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