Nothing to Watch (Sob!) Plus the Erotic Enticements of Bridge

Dec 18, 2024 12:05

In Monterey, I overheard RTT boasting to Wells about one of my stranger habits: “You know, my mother never reads a book from beginning to end. She’ll read the first few chapters of something and then flip to the end! And then read the other chapters out of sequence ( Read more... )

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halfmoon_mollie December 18 2024, 17:45:08 UTC

If you are a fan of chick lit, I recommend Kristin Hannah (her book The Great Alone got me through a very cold spell a couple years ago, DON"T read Firefly Lane or Fly Away. I recently read Five Star Weekend, by Elin Hilderbrand and loved it. Anything by her as well...

I know, you didn't ask.

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mallorys_camera December 19 2024, 13:04:39 UTC

Thanks. 😊

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mallorys_camera December 19 2024, 13:05:03 UTC

The Russian bots don't play bridge.

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10th Khalka Jetsun Dhampa. ron_broxted December 19 2024, 15:17:56 UTC

I read "One hundred years..." total dreck. Bridge? Two laydees wanted to teach me bridge, I wanted to teach them French...."arrivistes"..."nouvelle riches"....they were total snobs...

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RE: 10th Khalka Jetsun Dhampa. mallorys_camera December 19 2024, 15:26:06 UTC

We must have very different tastes. I think One Hundred Years of Solitude is a brilliant novel.

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fuzzilla December 18 2024, 19:20:42 UTC

I read one of Cynthia Heimel's books and I think I enjoyed it (it's been a while). It was essays about dating, called, "Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I'm Kissing You Goodbye." I didn't realize she also died a couple years ago (just Googled it since you mentioned her).

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mallorys_camera December 19 2024, 13:06:01 UTC

Cynthia Heimel was a good writer. Very, very funny. But an utter & complete bitch with few redeeming characteristics.

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namastaybaybay December 20 2024, 14:48:03 UTC

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