Genevieve is starting a Fairfax Underground Book Club. Anyone interested?

Only if we read Haynes Manuals and the various revisions of the Anarchist's Cookbook. Oh, and Encyclopedia Brown.

Cookbooks? No, that is not what Genevieve has in mind.

Actually, Genevieve loves cookbooks...

> Anyone interested?


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TheMeeper owns them again. Well done.

I'm in if Penthouse forum counts

Who got PWN3D'ed? LOL
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Oh, dear me,

I seriously doubt that this type of hooligan behavior is what Genevieve had in mind.

I believe this kind of hooligan behavior is EXACTLY what Genevieve had in mind, but I guess I have to admit I hardly know the woman.

Meeper, you are too fucking silly...LOL.....

I just finished, 'Mapping the Edge', by Sarah Dunant. Anyone else out there read this novel? Did you enjoy moving back and forth between the two possible scenarios?

Trickie might be interested. As long as the books aren't too erudite and they are geared more to women. I hate stuff about rockets and Tom Clancy kinda stuff. Right now I am reading John Grisham's An Innocent Man and I also love Jodi Picoult books.
Well you may not want me in your book club since the last thing I got excited about was last Sunday's Bring it On marathon on Family Channel. I adore those teen movies.

Meeper that was funny!!!!!

Trickie

adult erotica anyone

I propose adult erotica in a zumba environment as proposed earlier in the year by that windbag who wasn't aware of the caloric benefits to the horizontal mambo.

BTW...





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> I believe this kind of hooligan behavior is
> EXACTLY what Genevieve had in mind, but I guess I
> have to admit I hardly know the woman.


Would I ever incite hooligan behavior?

These young newly weds are so adorable. Such a beautiful couple.

Hugs to RestonPeace and Genevieve,

Trickie

How long have they been married?

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> How long have they been married?

two decades. ^_^


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."

Well, then, they no longer get along, now do they?

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I don't think that there is any state that allows people to marry at age 7...

It feels like twenty years already....

And, this is just the beginning. Wait till the little angels come along. Then, the fun really begins.

No time for book clubs then. No time for anything. If there's something you've always wanted to do, some trip you've always wanted to take, do it now.

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> It feels like twenty years already....

LOL!


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."

I think Genevieve should do a centerfold.

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> I think Genevieve should do a centerfold.


Where in the world did that come from duh?

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Well, magazines are sorta like books, no?

I second the centerfold idea

You asked for it, Genevieve's centerfold:
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wow Genevieve, you've really let yourself go since November..

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> wow Genevieve, you've really let yourself go since
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Well you know how it goes. Get married, then gain 500 pounds in 3 months...

OMG....Is that Meeper I see hiding in there?....Kinda like a parasitic twin?

I don't understand... is that woman supposed to eat that giant bagel hanging out of the bottom of her dress?

It kinda makes you want to take a pair of scissors and start cutting....

I took a long walk today through the woods which surround my house and this poem by Longfellow came to mind:

When winter winds are piercing chill,
And through the hawthorn blows the gale,
With solemn feet I tread the hill,
That overbrows the lonely vale,

O'er the bare upland, and away
Through the long reach of desert woods,
The embracing sunbeams chastely play,
And gladden these deep solitudes.

This book was good, very surprising ending. It's about several bored housewives that meet each other at a coffee shop one day.
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This book helped me!
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This has helped me out!!!!
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where, twisted round the barren oak,
The summer wine (oops, vine) in beauty clung,
And summer winds the stillness broke,
The crystal icicle is hung.

Twisted around what?

Wine?? Ok, I like that part.

hmmm...

Where from their frozen urns, mute springs
Pour out the river's gradual tide,
Shrilly the skater's iron rings,
And voices fill the woodland side.

Has anyone read this book?
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I hear that is a big hit in Richmond... required reading in all of the Krispy Kremes and Cracker Barrels

Alas! how changed from the fair scene,
When birds sang out their mellow lay,
And winds were soft, and woods were green,
And the song ceased not with the day!

Trickie,

I love Grisham novels. The only one I didn't like was The Street Lawyer. I haven't read, An Innocent Man. Is it good? I just started, The Last Time They Met, by Anita Shreve. (author of, The Pilot's Wife) No opinion yet.

I read, Plain Truth, by Jodi Picoult and loved it. It was one of those books, where you get so involved with the characters and the setting, that you feel a certain sense of sadness, almost a loss, when the book ends.

booklover = birlover = Troll

Hi booklover,

I don't care if you are a troll as long as you are nice to me. Every Jodi Picoult book I ever read has kept me spellbound. I love them all. I just got an Anita Shreve book called Light on Snow.
The Grisham book is about a man who has been charged with murder but he is annocent. I also got the new Grisham book for Christmas called Playing For Pizza but I haven't started it yet. I like to balance out my serious reading with non serious stuff so I am also reading Bikini Boot Camp on how to lose weight and eat healthy. I love it so much I am saving my money to go to the real bikini boot camp in Mexico about an hour south of Cancun. All you do there is go for hikes with guides, take yoga, do core exercises and learn to cook healthy foods. I hope I can get some tan time in.

Trickie

TO: birdlover trolling again,

Don't waste your time stalking a little bird. Just hang up a feeder. Birds are not your enemy.

Trickie,

Actually, I am an almost normal person. I do make fun of the way we tend to take life too seriously, but that's how I was raised. Thank God!! (Irish Catholic)

Your book club should read jane urquhart's Away. It was one of my mom's favourite books.

Originally, I posted here as “Happy Housewife”. Just having some fun...kind of a way to make fun of ourselves. The husband thought it was funny to add his book suggestion.

I enjoy listening to audio books since I drive a lot. So, if you all suggest a book that’s available on CD, count me in.

Here’s something I recently discovered. You can access the Fairfax County Library system using your library card and download an audio version of a book onto your computer. It remains active for three weeks and then deletes itself. You first have to download a small program from the library to enable playback of the book.

So far it looks like we have Trickie, Genevieve, Margie, Audio and me. Oh, and a few others if we find a book in the erotica section. Does Barns & Noble even have such a section? I'll check it out.... wearing a disguise.

Trickie, I read, Light on Snow. At first, when you mentioned it, I couldn't remember. I rummaged through my book shelves, a mess, found it and after re-reading the first few pages, it came back to me. I also read, A Wedding In December. Another good one by Shreve.

I thought it was nice of Ferfux to suggest one of his mother's favorite books, so after I finish the book I just started, I will read that one.

Well, back to my book and one of my cats, now 16, who loves to curl up with me when I'm reading. It's so relaxing.

OMG! Booklover, you sorta sound like me. I have two 16 year old cats who always sit near me when I read. One is a himilayan and one is an orange tabby.
Oh and yes they have those erotica books. I saw a section at Borders but I ran away from it cause I figured I might see a prevert or something. They also had a section called Manga which is like cartoons and must be popular. I never heard of it.
Any book you guys want to read is okay with me but popular fiction is my fave. Anything too intellectual and I will be bored.

Trickie

I just started reading this. I had to wait 3 weeks for my library to have it available. Damn socialist library! Who are they to tell me what I can and can not read? Imagine, if we just got rid of all our libraries, then the Canadians would come down here to buy their books!
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Radiophile,

Although, I don't know much about this book, I would think socialists would have it well stocked.

I do know that Michael Moore cited Unger's first book as one of most important sources for Fahrenheit 9/11. Doesn't this second book promote Unger's theory that Bush and Christians are attempting to take over the Middle East?

Trickie,

My 16 yr old cat is showing significant signs of old age. She can't eat dry food and I have to feed her very, very soft food around 6 times a day... tiny portions, or she gets sick. Plus, her nails are growing long, aren't retracting and get stuck in blankets, etc. If I'm away from her for too long, she starts crying, it's almost a wailing. My husband thinks she gets disoriented and needs me to feel safe. Are you noticing any of this with your cats?

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> Radiophile,
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> Although, I don't know much about this book, I
> would think socialists would have it well
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> book as one of most important sources for
> Fahrenheit 9/11. Doesn't this second book promote
> Unger's theory that Bush and Christians are
> attempting to take over the Middle East?

Damn socialist library!

Yes Moore cited Unger's book for F-911. Actually House bof Saud, House of Bush was the main source for the movie.

Like the movie, HOS,HOB opens with the 17 planes that were flying after 911 happened. This "fact" had the conservative talk radio, thanks to the talking points memo issued by Karl Rove's office to radio hosts, going bonkers. "Factually innacurrate" was term they were told you use, and they did. The gang of right wingers on the radio went on and on about "factually inaccurate" because they said there were no planes, when in fact the 911 commission, at that time, said there were 17 planes.

When the 911 commission came out with the final report, they revised their "fact" to 19 planes. this gave the talk show proof that the movie and book were factually inaccurate because both cited 17 planes as a fact. Which is closer - 17 to 19 or 19 to 0? I believe in the Price is Right method - who ever is closer to the actual retail without going over wins.

While I am only in the first 100 pages, Craig Unger does not make any accusations regarding the relationship between the Evangelicals and the current administration. He does introduce key players - some household names, many not, and cites events and well documented interviews to let the reader choose to see if there is a co-relation.

Unlike Coulter, Unger does not draw conclusions. He just presents facts and the events that happened afterwards. For instance, one of Hillary's college roommates many years later divorced her husband and starting practicing a lesbian lifestyle. This in and of itself is enough to have Ms. Coulter claim that Hillary had a lesbian affair with her roommate in college. This, despite the fact the roommate said over and over that it did not happen, and she only was interested in men at that point and did not realize she was a lesbian till 10 plus years after she left college and was married with children. But Coulter presented the accusation as "fact" anyway.

And regarding your question that Unger is supporting his theory that Bush and the Christians are planning on taking over the middle east, I suggest you read the book and draw your own conclusions. I have read all of Coulter's books and find many of her accusations, in reality, baseless and stretching. Unger's other book was well researched, included well documented quotes actually taken from the people involved, and not a lot of hearsay.



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Yes Book lover, my elderly cats have also wailed when I go away from them. They get disoriented. They are much like very elderly people in a nursing home. We had one cat named Trickie!!!!! who lived to be 21. My vet suggested Prozac for him but we refused the give him the meds. If we put him in the basement two floors below our bedroom, he would actually find a vent and stand under that and cry for us! Now that he has been gone for several years, I miss him terribly. You just have to be patient with elderly pets. They only want to be comfortable and loved by the people they adore.

Radiophile, that book seems too boring for me. Can we choose a non political one. How about Water For Elephants. But let's let Genevieve decide. Maybe reston Peace can be our discussion leader!!!

Trickie

Trickie, Genevieve, et al

I suggest you guys read everything ever written by Hunter S. Thompson. Start with The Rum Diary. When you do this, please post your discussions here. It would be hilarious to read them.

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> Trickie, Genevieve, et al
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Apparently someone is making a movie of the The Rum Diary. So i will wait for that to come out 2009 and or on the recomendation of the ladies after reading it.

Fear and Loathing would be a great write up. I like me some gonzo-journalism! -§

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Apparently someone is making a movie of the The Rum Diary. So i will wait for that to come out 2009

It's a fairly short book and worth reading. I seriously can't put his stuff down sometimes when I'm reading it. The movie probably will suck anyway, I thought the Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas movie was awful- like it totally missed the point of the book.

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"Yes Book lover, my elderly cats have also wailed when I go away from them. They get disoriented. They are much like very elderly people in a nursing home. We had one cat named Trickie!!!!! who lived to be 21."

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So, I might have another 4 or 5 years of wailing? OMG

Can we discuss "Romance Novels?" My favorite by Margaret Mitchell

"In Atlanta, Scarlett quickly inserts herself into the hustle and bustle of the city. Melanie treats Scarlett like a sister and is blind to Scarlett's contempt and jealousy. At a charity ball, they encounter Rhett Butler. He has a scandalous reputation and creates more outrage that is social by asking Scarlett to dance, despite her mourning, an invitation that Scarlett happily accepts."

It is obvious that Scarlett and Melanie were once lovers and she is jealous of Rhett for stealing her girlfriend. If Melanie doesn't want to do a thressome then I think Melanie should of just moved on.

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Gonzo is now journalism? Wow, thats great news...

Why did Margie post a picture of the book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, with a picture of a cowboy on the cover?

WEIRD

The cowboy is a "musician" named Meade Skelton Haufe who plagues our Off Topic forum. He mistakenly believes that he is talented and that the world is coming to an end because not all restaurants serve sweet tea. Therefore, I believe that Margie is using Meade to represent the cuckoo's nest.

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Your Joking right??? Are you new to this forum????...hint...Meade...LOL

OK.. lol.... Could you point me to his postings?

Thanks

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Go to Off Topic and read anything involving Country Music, Richmond, Southern culture or Meade Skelton.

bump
Gen..what have you decided?...

Margie...

I've been asking her the same question for months now. Waiting for a meaningful answer is pointless.

It's sad.... a thread that could have been fun here.....

http://www.literaturepage.com/

I'm still waiting