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  • Birthday 02/18/1936

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  1. I just finished the second book by Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden. (Morton's first book was The House at Riverton.) It was wonderful!!!! This Australian author is becoming more and more popular with each book! grammyva
  2. I just finished reading Adriana Trigiani's new book and loved it! And what I like most about it is the descriptive language regarding food and shoe making and sense of place (New York and Italy and more. (Valentine and her grandmother carry on the family business of making custom wedding shoes and her new love, Roman, is a chef and owner of an Italian restaurant.) Trigiani is also the author of the Big Stone Gap series that take place in Virginia as well as several standalones. All good reads!
  3. Laura Moriarty is a fairly new author I like. I've read her first two books, The Center of Everything and The Rest of Her Life and just saw mention of her newest novel coming in August 2009, While I'm Falling, so placed an advance request for that book at my local library. I'm anxious to read it! Her books are very popular with book groups, too. Grammyva www.bookclubdujour.com
  4. The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks remains the saddest book I've ever read. I read it in bed and tried not to wake up my husband as I had tears running down my cheeks! Grammyva
  5. I'm looking forward to Kate Jacob's new book, Comfort Food. Hope it will be as good as The Friday Night Knitting Club! -Grammyva "Assisted by a handsome up-and-coming chef, Oliver, Gus invites a select group to take an on-air cooking class. But instead of just preaching to the foodie masses, she will teach regular people how to make rich, sensuous meals - real people making real food. Gus decides to bring a vibrant cast of friends and family on the program: Sabrina, her fickle daughter; Troy, Sabrina's ex-husband; Anna, Gus's timid neighbor; and Carmen, Gus's pompous and beautiful competitor at the Cooking Channel. And when she begins to have more than collegial feelings for her sous-chef, Gus realizes that she might be able to rejuvenate not just her professional life, but her personal life as well."--BOOK JACKET.
  6. This afternoon I finished reading Katie Fforde's latest book, Wedding Season, and it was great! I love reading books that take place in England and love the vocabulary and customs and this book did not disappoint me. Perhaps I enjoyed this one so much since my granddaughter was married last Summer and I could really relate to all the planning etc.! I've read all Fforde's books and they keep getting better and better! Grammyva
  7. I just finished this book by Catherine O'Flynn tonight and really enjoyed it! I look forward to more of her work. For those who like to read award winners........What Was Lost was the winner of the 2007 Costa First Novel Award. It was also short listed for The Guardian First Book Award, and long listed for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize. Grammyva
  8. Hi Grammyva, just passing by to see how you are getting on.

  9. Did you know...... Jean Plaidy, Philippa Carr, Victoria Holt plus more are pseudonyms of Eleanor Hibbert? She was a very prolific author!! Grammyva
  10. John Grisham is noted mainly for his legal thrillers, but he has written several books that don't fall into that genre. A Painted House, for one, as well as Bleachers, Skipping Christmas, Playing for Pizza, and a non fiction book titled The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. Think that's all! Grammyva
  11. Just read in today's newspaper about a new film made from Harlan Coben's, Tell No One. I'm sure it will be good! This book was not part of his Myron Bolitar series and really made him more popular. Grammyva
  12. It's not as fast paced as I would like but it's moving along. I'm learning lots about the Impressionist movement in Paris and the different artists! It's interesting to read this fictionalized account of Renior's techniques as he painted this picture, too. A great book for those who love art!
  13. OOps! ILL stands for Interlibrary Loan and I ordered The Shifting Fog from another library through my local library. Had no idea it was the same book with a different title. I am confused as my library had The Shifting Fog on CD but not in print. Guess I'll cancel it and save them the work locating a copy for me. Thanks for the tip!
  14. I was not familiar with Kate Morton before reading about her books here! I've placed a hold on The House at Riverton, ordered The Shifting Fog on ILL, and will wait for The Forgotten Garden to become available. They all sound so good. Thanks for suggesting this author!
  15. When I read the first book in the Stephanie Plum series I thought "how crude" but funny, too! But when the second one came out, I read it and by then I was hooked. Think they are getting a little stale but......I keep on reading! I met Janet Evanovich at a book signing one time and she's as funny in person as her books! Grammyva
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