BOOK CLUB - April
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Topic: BOOK CLUB - April
Posted By: Maya
Subject: BOOK CLUB - April
Date Posted: 02 April 2007 at 8:45pm
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And the book is:
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden Discuss away! -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: thunderwolves
Date Posted: 03 April 2007 at 8:50am
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off to the library today!! ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 03 April 2007 at 9:02am
| just brought the book off trade me, going to pick it up today hopefully. |
Posted By: sparkle
Date Posted: 03 April 2007 at 9:28am
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Oh I loved this book!! I'll wait to discuss it until you girls have read it though! Wouldnt' want to give anything away! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 03 April 2007 at 10:05am
i'll have to get a copy of this book too.... ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 03 April 2007 at 5:09pm
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I have a copy that is well read but not damaged if anyone wants it? Just pm me.
Its a really brilliant read! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: katie1
Date Posted: 03 April 2007 at 6:07pm
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I loved it too!
Is this book club post new? Or is it a regular thing and I have never noticed? |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 03 April 2007 at 6:21pm
| Just a new idea, this is our first month. |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 03 April 2007 at 8:30pm
| just wanted to add that although some people might have the impression that this is based on a true story - it isn't! AND my japanese grilfriend also wanted me to add that the movie is wrong in quite a few ways - but she didn't elaborate....stioll a good book though! read people read! |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 03 April 2007 at 9:23pm
ummm, I have the book in German... does that still count? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 03 April 2007 at 9:41pm
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I have a geat suggestion for next months. Edward Rutherford's "London"... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Tastic
Date Posted: 04 April 2007 at 5:00am
| how much to buy? |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 04 April 2007 at 9:29am
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Trish you can get it for about $8 on trade me. Ive just brought it on there so you can always borrow it after ive read it but that may be a couple of weeks
Ana if you can read German then yep it still counts otherwise hmmm you might have a few problems discussing the book with us hehe. |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 04 April 2007 at 9:30am
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LOL, Yes I can read it ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 04 April 2007 at 9:03pm
| I just got it off Trade me for $9 including shipping! Yay! |
Posted By: Brenna
Date Posted: 05 April 2007 at 8:34pm
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I've read it and loved it!!! If someone would like to read my copy, just PM me. I don't mind loaning it out, as long as I pretty pleeeaaaasssseeee get it back!! ------------- My beautiful 2 girls...nearly 4 and 13 months
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 05 April 2007 at 10:14pm
It'll take me a month just to read it! I'm half way thru his Russia book (can't remember the title offhand). Started it when I was pregnant with Maya and still wading thru! 
And thanks for clearing that up Liz - I was a little confused initially but when I read the author's acknowledgements I kind of gathered it was fiction. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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fattartsrock wrote:Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 10:42pm
| Oo I think I'll have to visit the library and use part of my holidays to have a good ol' read... |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 10:51pm
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i'm hopefully off to the library tomorrow to get my copy. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 11:25am
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Finally got hold of a copy today!! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 1:19pm
*chants* I will get past the translators note. I will get past the translators note..." ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 6:13pm
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ooh i would love to do this too. i have not read so many books since xanthe was born, as i am reading at the moment. i love breastfeeding!!!!
i will get me a copy tomorrow (or through tm ;) ) and then come back. i have read a few of edward rutherfords books, they are seriously hard going! and this coming from someone who enjoyed the lord of the rings novels...... ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old 
and Jordis - 1 year old 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 12:25am
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cool idea! i love reading, its my favourite past time, i read a book a week ( i read fast..and usually stay up way too late cos of it tut tut)
I read Memoirs a year ago and i cant remember much of it, but i do remember i enjoyed it. if we keep with the asian theme i just finished a book that was quite good called "snow flower and the secret fan" |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 9:41am
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got my copy from the library yesterday and am half way thru chapter 2 now. so far so good. after reading the translators notes i wondered if it might be a bit "stiff" but can see now that i am reading it from a young girls perspective that the style changes as it is very simplistic and basic.
how bout everyone else? finished the book yet or just going to get it out on video?  ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 10:31am
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THE MOVIE IS DIFFERENT!!! AND PLAYED BY CHINESE WOMEN!!!''
sorry |
Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 10:46am
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bought my copy off tm yesterday :) also happened to fall on a copy of the da vinci code by the same trader as well...... ssshhh! ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old
and Jordis - 1 year old
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 10:49am
Yeah I thought the movie was pretty cr@p. I was looking forward to it too  ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and:
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Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 10:53am
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Finished the book. Only took two days to read. Can't wait till someone else has finished to chat about it!!! ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 1:28pm
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I'm at the same point as you Deb, and found the translators note hard going too! Must get off here and do some reading by the fire ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 2:19pm
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Haven't even taken it out of the bookshelf yet... Will do soon. Won't take long to read, though. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 12 April 2007 at 9:29pm
I'm about a quarter of the way through now and really enjoying the book, but has anyone else noticed an excessive use of 'at length'? I noticed it at the start, about three times in as many pages and now everytime I see it used again it annoys me! lol  ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 13 April 2007 at 3:24pm
didnt notice the "at lengths" but noticed the comparisons with inanimate objects...all over the place they are. i'm about quarter way thru too. i'm waiting for the juicy stuff  ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 13 April 2007 at 10:06pm
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I got a copy of the book (Thanks Mel), I just have to sit down and read it now. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 9:31am
| up to chapter thirty now just after the war... must say it has been hard going, it is such a slow book and hard to read because of that. normally i prob would have given up reading before now but feel i must finish..?! some of the stuff has been interesting but am not sure how much is based on fact .... |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 9:36am
| from memory it does get better. i brought it off trade me ages ago but still waiting for it to arrive! going away next weekend with no children so will be able to get stuck into it in peace! |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 15 April 2007 at 9:37am
I actually liked the movie
I don't think I'll be joining in this time, am still trying to finish my other book! But in my defence, I spend all my free time sewing 
If it is a good read, I'll read it later ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 16 April 2007 at 9:43pm
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well i finally finished it last night...what a relief.
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 12:19pm
dont bother, thats just my opinion tho. it isnt my normal genre, i like sci fi/fantasy, crime and the occasional barbara cartland. so take my thoughts with a grain of sand if you wish. i thought the writing very simplistic (not always a bad thing tho), very slow to get to the point and the main character always seemed to be comparing things to fish or rocks or sticks.? i was very disappointed to find that it was really a badly written romance and the ending didnt satisfy me at all. i did however find some bits interesting and felt embarrassed for nobu near the end. another good point i suppose was that there wasnt endless descriptions of scenery, which can get tedious and the characters were all well described so i could picture them quite well. i wont be reading any more of his books tho. |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 1:24pm
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Well done Deb! I am about halfway - its taking me a long time to read, but I do want to see how it turns out. Yes she does compare a lot to fish etc!! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 9:52pm
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oh ooh i got my book in the mail today, so have started it - am past the translaters piece at start, so thats good right! ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old
and Jordis - 1 year old
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 9:57am
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i just got the book yesterday, thanks anna ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com">
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Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 10:46pm
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well i am about a quarter of the way through, up to when she becomes a novice, and i am quite enjoying it so far. it is slow to get into, but it does draw you in. it is a slower pace of writing, i think this is to illustrate the slower and "genteel" life back then. (god this sounds like a really really bad school essay haha)
i havent seen the movie, but am enjoying the book. if i finish it this week i will treat myself to the movie at the weekend  ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old
and Jordis - 1 year old
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 9:12pm
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Finished it last night. I liked it enough, but didnt love it. I found it a bit slow and 'descriptive', but found the life of a geisha quite interesting - can't believe how some people lived. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 2:01pm
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I read the book long time ago. When I was working for whitcoulls. I though the book was great....when the movie came out..I was a bit dissapointed but it was a good movie.
Movies are never as good as the book. Watch the movie then read the book, you get soo much more out of it. I loved the book "Sleepers" it was just tooo good...and yet the movie is so-so. I couldnt read London, Russia etc....to big and not my kinda book. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 2:32pm
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finished it this morning, i found it good, but the ending is a big of an anticlimax. it is sucha slow pace and you feel like it is winding towards something - winding, winding and then it ends. i was expecting a bit more.
but i do think it is beautifully written, so descriptive and amazing to think women live like this! i happened to watch a documentary on the doc channel about modern day geisha, its nice to know this tradition isnt being lost completely. ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old
and Jordis - 1 year old
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 8:01pm
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Warning, dont read if you havent finished yet, may give a few things away!! Dont say I didnt warn you
I had thought this was going to be one of those books that didn't turn out with the girl getting the guy. I felt so sorry for Nobu, but did get warm fuzzies that the Chairman did care all along. So did she have a son? It all wrapped up pretty quicky with not much happening I thought - definitely agree that it was an anticlimax. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 9:01pm
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i think she did, well thats how i read it anyway. but wasnt going to talk about it. either that, or she was removing herself from the situation so the future son in law would have no excuse not to marry and become the heir. i guess having someone to take over the family business would be really important then. coz what if she had stayed and she had a baby to the chairman? ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old
and Jordis - 1 year old
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 7:42pm
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Yeah I figured she did but she never mentioned him again.
------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 7:42pm
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Has anyone else finished yet? ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 11:15pm
| me, but I';ve read numerous times, so haven't done it this time. |
Posted By: susieq
Date Posted: 23 April 2007 at 2:45pm
Is that the one with the four boys and they are sent to that juvenile home for wayward boys? and the movie has brad pitt? if that is the one im thinking of , your'e right, it is a great book
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 23 April 2007 at 3:27pm
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I'm still reading it, now all the birthday parties are over and done with (3 in one weekend) I can get back to reading it. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: susieq
Date Posted: 25 April 2007 at 12:51pm
| For those that have read Memoirs of a Geisha it is on one of the sky movie channels tonight at 8.30pm |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 26 April 2007 at 12:21pm
Yes thats the one. One of my Fav books. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: bookwyrm
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 10:08pm
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I love this book. I read it about a year ago! Recommend to all :) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 8:15pm
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Are we ready for May book club? ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 8:20pm
| yip, bring it on. might pay to start early so we can all actually GET the book! w |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 05 May 2007 at 7:48pm
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What is the book? ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 05 May 2007 at 9:41pm
| dammit, thought you knew! |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 06 May 2007 at 3:06pm
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ok - i have two books here at home that i brought at a fair and i havent read but they look interesting.
how bout one of them... i have something sacred by rupert morgan and cafe berlin by harold nebenzal...??? one of them maybe? |
Posted By: susieq
Date Posted: 06 May 2007 at 10:08pm
| Yes it is May now we need the May book club |
Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 06 May 2007 at 10:17pm
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Can I join in too? If you're still looking for a book for May can I suggest one? 'The Time Traveller's Wife' by Audrey Niffenegger. Back blurb is this:
This is the extraordinary love story of Clare and Henry who met when Clare was six and Henry was was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry was thirty. Impossible, but true, because Henry suffers from a rare condition where his genetic clock periodically resets and he finds himself pulled suddenly into his past or future. In the face of this force they can neither prevent nor control, Henry and Clare's struggle to lead normal lives is both intensely moving and entirely unforgettable. Just a suggestion though, happy to go along with anything! |
Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 07 May 2007 at 6:05am
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ooh i have heard of that book, and always wanted to read it :) good idea! ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old
and Jordis - 1 year old
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 09 May 2007 at 10:37pm
Well I didnt get to read the April book yet, Im still wading my way thru The Diary of Anne Frank. I watched a doco on it and decided to read it again. Since Alize hasnt been sleeping to well, everytime I read I fall asleep (Day or night) lol ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 10:34am
Awesome book. Boring at the start, but well worth hanging on to! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 10 May 2007 at 1:34pm
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For May, can I suggest "The Alchemist" By Paulo Coelho. Just read it today, is quite short. Perfect for those with not much time to read.
Very thought provoking...... But well written.. Very well written ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: bookwyrm
Date Posted: 14 May 2007 at 4:09pm
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Has the May book been announced yet? Someone wanna pick a book and post a thread? A great book I read recently was The Playground Mafia by Sarah Tucker.
It's about scandel and bitchiness in the playground, but from the mothers! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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