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shuel2002 65F

5101 posts
4/29/2015 5:06 pm

Testing, Testing, 123 - SFF Book Club!

I put this up earlier but to my knowledge, it never showed on the recent blog list. I tried putting a comment but that didn't help. I tried clicking update and that didn't do a thing either. I wrote customer service and they always think we're not seeing what's there. Those who looked at my blog posts saw it but that's it. So, here it is again:

I should read more but when I have free time, I work on my erotica books. The other day I changed 2 book covers. It's an ongoing job that sometimes reaps little reward. Time will tell.

When I was younger, I loved reading Cynthia Freeman books. It made me want to move to San Francisco. I read Arthur Hailey and Jeffrey Archer's Kane and Abel. The thing about books is, you become so involved in the lives of the characters that for me anyhow, I get depressed when a book is finished. I miss the people I read about.

What book are you reading now? What's your favorite book of all time? What books would you recommend other members of SFF to read? Should you want to start a discussion on any book, please feel free to do so here.

Elaine Shuel

Abelle2 83F

31227 posts
4/29/2015 6:56 pm

My 2 favorite books are Thorn Birds and The Bridges of Madison County. I like many others also but these are my all time favorite books.

I (we) rarely go to movies but I like older movies better than what is offered today. We did go to see American Sniper and thoroughly enjoyed it and both of us were glad we went.

Where I lived before I moved to Georgia to be with Alfie was across the street from the library. I read all the time then and most of my life. The books varied. The people at the library knew what I liked and would call and let me know when my favorite authors had a new book and it was in. I miss that!

I am still plugging along with John Grisham's book Sycamore Row. He is my favorite author. I have been so busy and on the go that I only read a bit at a time. At least I don't get lost when I don't read it for a few days.

Great cartoons!

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/29/2015 6:57 pm

pinkpaws1

Hey shuele.... I forgot about you writing books.... lol.... failing memory I guess.... I use to be an avid reader of romance novels when younger.... the thing I loved about reading is that I could completely lose myself in what I was reading.... I wish I had that kind of concentration now.... lol.... I would be interested in having a sff book club

Thanks pinkpaws. That's what I enjoy about reading, but honestly, I don't read many books. I only write them.

I am hoping to hear good news from you May 5, I believe.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/29/2015 7:02 pm

Abelle2

Thanks for your comment, Ann. I didn't read the book but the movie The Thorn Birds was one of my favorite movies. Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward were terrific as star crossed lovers. Even the music was great. Enjoy Sycamore Row.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/29/2015 9:54 pm

Thanks for sharing that, Pat. I never heard of her but I used to love mysteries when I was young. The problem is I used to figure out who the guilty culprit was. Then I'd go to the back pages to see if I was right. Patience isn't a strong suit of mine.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/29/2015 9:56 pm

Thanks for all those recommendations, Lulu.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo was very successful.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/29/2015 9:57 pm

SpunkyLady61

I'm staying out of this one.

Thanks Suellen.

Elaine Shuel

Rocketship 80F

18568 posts
4/29/2015 10:28 pm

I grew up first reading the early books of Dr. Seuss....Bartholomew and the Oobleck, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, etc. I moved on to The Black Stallion series by Farley, and the dog stories by Kjelgaard. Then on to the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew.

I fell in love with science fiction....The Chrysalids, and of course, the novels by Robert Heinlein.

For the past number of years I've enjoyed justice system and medical murder mysteries.

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/29/2015 10:32 pm

Rocketship

Thanks for your input, Rocket.

There's nothing like a good mystery.

Elaine Shuel

Abelle2 83F

31227 posts
4/30/2015 4:33 am

shuel2002

I hope you get to read Thorn Birds one day. There is so much more to the story than what was in the movie. That is pretty normal though. Ann

Abelle2 83F

31227 posts
4/30/2015 4:35 am

SpunkyLady61

I promise I won't hate you and must try to remember to tease you when we see you in Nashville next month.

bijou624

4/30/2015 4:39 am

Hi Elaine: I love to read. I've read so many biographies and find it fascinating to read about other people's lives. Some of the most interesting biographies were about Dr. Banting and his discovery of insulin, Michelangelo, Christopher Columbus, Dorothy Kilgallen, Michael Jackson....I must have read hundreds of biographies. I don't like autobiographies though as they just tell you what the person wants you to know about their life.

I have also read so many books about WW2. I have no idea why that particular war is so fascinating to me, but I read every book I can get my hands on and in each book I learn something new.

Maudie1 74F

8151 posts
4/30/2015 7:00 am

I love reading and I always have a book on the go. I have about seven or eight authors that I really enjoy and I tend to read a lot of their books. My favourite novel is the "Shell Seekers" by Rosamunde Pilcher. I have read it three times and I enjoy it more each time I read it and I think It's due another read soon lol.

Rocketship 80F

18568 posts
4/30/2015 9:28 am

Your last paragraph is SO IMPORTANT, Maisie!!!

Nileyears 71F

4208 posts
4/30/2015 11:26 am

All the children's books pushed aside, when I got older I loved the Dragon Riders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey, also The Clan of the Cave Bear, Earth's Children Series, by Jean M. Auel. Steven King is another favorite author, I like his books, but now I've become boring and read do it yourself and how to books, self healing and conspiracy books. Never was one for romance novels though, but you probably have already figured that one out, lol.

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/30/2015 12:23 pm

Abelle2

I downloaded some ebooks and hopefully I'll get to read some of them. There aren't enough hours in the day, to do what I would like to accomplish.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/30/2015 12:26 pm

bijou624

Biographies are interesting. For the record, I wrote my autobiography and I was very candid. That said, I'm sure you're right that many people are less revealing than I am. I was surprised to hear about your fascination with WW2. For some reason, often I've found that men are very into that subject. Thanks for your comment, bijou.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/30/2015 12:28 pm

I understand completely, Helen. It's hard to find the time. Thanks for your response to my post.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/30/2015 12:30 pm

Maudie1

Maura, thanks for your comment.

I'm surprised when someone reads the same book over and over again. I know people do that, but for me, that would be difficult. I've only watched The Way We Were and the odd movie, more than once.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/30/2015 1:01 pm

Thanks so much, Maisie, for that great comment.

I wasn't surprised that you read historical books.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/30/2015 1:04 pm

Nileyears

Thanks for your response, Rae.

I didn't think you'd be into romance novels.

There's nothing wrong with that. Everyone has to read what interests them.

Elaine Shuel

spiritwoman45

4/30/2015 1:50 pm

I was strictly SiFi as a teen and young adult. I did read some romance novels during my years , mostly hand me downs from my mother. I haven't read any fiction except for 3 books written by a friend in about 30 years. I read primarily spiritual materials and anything about sociological studies.

One thing I did do recently though was reread a couple of books by Robert Hineline - Stranger in a Strange Land and Farnham's Freehold. My motivation for doing this was to compare how I remembered them from reading them as a teenager to how I understood them now in my elder years. It was very insightful.

Spiritwoman ^i^

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/30/2015 7:51 pm

spiritwoman45

That must have been interesting, Spirit. When you're younger, your perspective is different. Thanks for that insightful comment.

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/30/2015 7:53 pm

I know you're right, Pat.

It's something that I tend not to do. As long as you could enjoy it, why not?

Elaine Shuel

shuel2002 65F

5537 posts
4/30/2015 7:54 pm

Thanks for sharing all those recommendations, Rosie.

Elaine Shuel

spiritwoman45

5/1/2015 11:25 am

That is interesting. You are the first person I ever heard of that did the rereading. I got the idea from sitting in on a discussion of Stranger in A Strange Land at a dinner and wondered how my memory of it from what I read as a teen would differ from how I saw it today. In addition to personal perspective the social expressions have certainly changed in the past 50 years even if the main points the stories make didn't.

Spiritwoman ^i^

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