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This group was started for people who, like me, enjoy reading....a lot! I mostly prefer fiction, mysteries are a big favorite... I also like anything Anne Tyler writes... it's fun to talk about what we've read and make recommendations of books we like....

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We're a group who love to read and talk with others about what we're reading/have read. Our... more

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Group Reads.. Post contains embedded images

See inside for Group Reads for Oct, Nov and Jan... | posted by barbincolorado
1 reply - last reply: "Here we go! For our newbies, this is... more" ~ barbincolorado
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I hope your calendars are marked...

Our Bookoholics calendar IS marked, for discussion this coming Saturday, the 11th. We'll discuss The Story of Edgar Sawtelle and The Heartshaped Box. I am chomping at the bit for the discussion. :)... read more | posted by barbincolorado
4 replies - last reply: "No way is it going to be OCT. 11Th.... more" ~ grammiesue
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The Maxims of Noah

I was wondering if anyone else here has read "The Maxims of Noah: Derived from His Experience with Women Both Before and After the Flood as Given in Counsel to His Son Japhet "(1913) - Gelett Burge... read more | posted by LadyJexie
4 replies - last reply: "Guess the man may have had a wee bit... more" ~ sdtilepcs
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Another

Remember this one by Colleen Hitchcock:

ASCENSION

And if I go,
while you're still here...
Know that I live on,
vibrating to a different measure
--behind a thin veil you cannot see through.
You wi... read more | posted by slopok
4 replies - last reply: "beautiful... I hadn't heard that one... more" ~ carci
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Thoene Trilogy

My DNL gave me "The Shiloh Legacy": In my Father's House, Say To This Mountain and A Thousand Shall Fall. The only book I have read by them prior to this is one on writing technique.

My DNL says ... read more | posted by grammiesue
2 replies - last reply: "I was about to ask the same question! " ~ Moseyer
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#20 on Top 25 Groups

Barb Bookoholics is #20 (new for days on the list) of the top 25 eons groups.

Bookoholics is always in the top three of my favorite groups. | posted by grammiesue
1 reply - last reply: "Thanks for the heads up, Sue, that... more" ~ barbincolorado
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Tuesday

Good morning Bookies!
50% chance of rain today, 90% tonight and 80% tomorrow! Hooray!!
I'm back to The Charlemagne Pursuit. The theme is a race to discover more about an ancient civilization that w... read more | posted by slopok
7 replies - last reply: "LOL! Nice here too, Grammie! But I'd... more" ~ datsunlvr
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Order

I was reading The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz and he made a statement in the book: "At the heart of chaos is order". Something that I've pondered from time to time. Well look what th... read more | posted by slopok
4 replies - last reply: "You know, I have found a lot of... more" ~ catalinamoon
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community read

Our joint communties, Stanwood and Camano Island WA, are going to do a community read of Thomas Mullen's book "The Last Town on Earth". This book has won the James Fenimore Cooper prize for histori... read more | posted by Airforce49
9 replies - last reply: "Sounds like a good book. I'm putting... more" ~ tazlover
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November 4!!!!

bopeep, I just saw your calendar note for the JD Robb books coming out on November 4. That is one special day, what with those books and then the other book coming out then, too, as well as it bein... read more | posted by barbincolorado
2 replies - last reply: "It is my birthday, also. I think it... more" ~ Infoseeker

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Calendar

OCT
11

Discuss Group Reads

Discussion begins on the October Group Reads, which are The Story of Edgar Sawtelle and The Heartshaped Box. Discussion will continue indefinitely.
OCT
17

Secret Lives of Bees.

MOVIE OPENS TO THEATERS TODAY.
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OCT
21

New Spencer Novel

A new Spencer Novel will be coming out today
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