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elye Community Regular
- and I have just done something I haven't done in decades - - threw it across the room - twice in one night (to Kissey's great amusement) because.......well I have never read such poorly-written drivel in all my life...... :unsure:

Ah! This is fascinating! A girlfriend of mine read it, and absolutely RAVED about it....said things like, "it really spoke to me", and "she feels so deeply",........phunnee, because I love this buddy, but we have NEVER had the same taste in a lot of things, books being a big one....

Thanks, Susie.....I'll be a'passin' on dat one...... <_<


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DingoGirl Enthusiast
A girlfriend of mine read it, and absolutely RAVED about it....said things like, "it really spoke to me", and "she feels so deeply",........phunnee, because I love this buddy, but we have NEVER had the same taste in a lot of things, books being a big one....

My beloved cousin in Boston canNOT stop recommending this book to me - - I don't have the heart to tell her that I can't even phinish it (though.........I can't PROMISE I won't finish it - - there is a train-wreck fascination to just how truly insipid and awful it is, adn I pick it up every few nights :ph34r::lol: )

Darn210 Enthusiast
GIAH-KNIT, what was that solipsistic book you were reading - or trying to read - was it "Eat, Pray, Love" by chance?

Because......I just borrowed it from my mom, who couldn't finish it - nor could her entire book club finish it - and I have just done something I haven't done in decades - - threw it across the room - twice in one night (to Kissey's great amusement) because.......well I have never read such poorly-written drivel in all my life...... :unsure:

Yep, that's the one. I couldn't finish it. Probably half the book club couldn't finish it. Only one person from our club had anything positive to say about it (she related to the divorce) but the rest of us thoroughly enjoyed bashing the author and her book.

Darn210 Enthusiast
My beloved cousin in Boston canNOT stop recommending this book to me - - I don't have the heart to tell her that I can't even phinish it (though.........I can't PROMISE I won't finish it - - there is a train-wreck fascination to just how truly insipid and awful it is, adn I pick it up every few nights :ph34r::lol: )

I had to use forced waiting periods to get any reading done on it . . . whilst waiting for me mammogram . . . whilst waiting for me root canal . . . whilst waiting for the bamboo shoots to be driven in under me fingernails.

DingoGirl Enthusiast
Yep, that's the one. I couldn't finish it. Probably half the book club couldn't finish it. Only one person from our club had anything positive to say about it (she related to the divorce) but the rest of us thoroughly enjoyed bashing the author and her book.

:huh: I don't get it.......was such a massive bestseller........I was reading it the other day, many many tedious paragraphs describing her first meal in Italy.......now, I love Italy as much or more than anyone else, and gawd knows I love me some good phood porn......but I was OUT OF MY MIND with anger and boredom, all at once. :lol: I love reading about people's journeys and their transformation from something awful.......and COULD NOT CARE LESS about this woman...........

She's one of Oprah's gurus now, too. <_< I seriously don't get the fascination......

DingoGirl Enthusiast
I had to use forced waiting periods to get any reading done on it . . . whilst waiting for me mammogram . . . whilst waiting for me root canal . . . whilst waiting for the bamboo shoots to be driven in under me fingernails.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

elye Community Regular

Gad..... . . . . ....Oprah and her books....... <_<


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Gad..... . . . . ....Oprah and her books....... <_<

you are NOT dissing Oprah!?!?

I haven't cared for the couple of her books that I've read either, but she has gotten thousands of people to read. That's worth a lot, in my book.

jerseyangel Proficient
you 'n me both :angry:

I wish you could both be there :(

You guys have me wondering about this book.....

DingoGirl Enthusiast
Gad..... . . . . ....Oprah and her books....... <_<

Remember House of Sand and Fog? I threw it in the trash.......have never hated a book more... :lol: (I trade many books at used book store)

Am going to attempt Pillars of the Earth - looks long but quite good.

I haven't cared for the couple of her books that I've read either, but she has gotten thousands of people to read. That's worth a lot, in my book.

True that. Alas, I think her audience is a demographic that is largely readers, anyway......but who knows.

If only we could get her to read the silly thread (if she isn't already :lol: ). Life-changing, for her viewers, and for Oprah herself, fo' shizzle.

:lol: :lol:

jerseyangel Proficient
If only we could get her to read the silly thread (if she isn't already :lol: ). Life-changing, for her viewers, and for Oprah herself, fo' shizzle.

:lol: :lol:

True dat! :D

elye Community Regular
Am going to attempt Pillars of the Earth - looks long but quite good.

I'm generally not a phan of Archer, but I loved Pillars. Think you'll like this one, Susie. :)

I think Oprah is on here..... .. just something I've been suspecting... .. one of those ''guests" or anonymous users... .. Hell, how long does Oprah think she can stay anonymous?

We all know that Oprah owns the world, or a large chunk of it...but she doesn't own Sillyville..... .. I think she's gotten wind of us, of this amazing, untouched place, and she wants in.........

Wait!!!!!....

Haven't seen Llamalady in a few pages..........

Could it be???!!!.... . . ..

Check out the third adventure package on here:

Open Original Shared Link

Mygawd.....I do believe we now have proof enough.

Llamalady is NOT our Yeti.

NOT Skaought.

Llamalady is Oprah Winfrey.

:o:o:lol:

jerseyangel Proficient
Check out the third adventure package on here:

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My Gawd :o This is amazing! The great Miss O is our very own LL :o

All those emails from here a couple years ago (remember that?) probably got her wondering about us Celics :lol:

DingoGirl Enthusiast
Mygawd.....I do believe we now have proof enough.

Llamalady is NOT our Yeti.

NOT Skaought.

Llamalady is Oprah Winfrey.

My Gawd :o This is amazing! The great Miss O is our very own LL :o

All those emails from here a couple years ago (remember that?) probably got her wondering about us Celics :lol:

oh ma gahhhhhh

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

wackl, BUT CLEARLY TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heading out fo' the evenin', pholks. Carry on. :D

Green12 Enthusiast
Llamalady is Oprah Winfrey.

:o:o:lol:

:lol: Emily

Patti said "true dat" :lol:

So will you guys do a group post from Starbucks at the Philly Psilly Psummit?

Ah, Oprah and her book club:

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I read a few on her list. I read several of the titles when she first started the book club, but I have no memory of them :lol: I do remember I could not get into Jewel. A New Earth is sitting on my dresser unfinished <_<

Anna Karinana I love, one of my favorite books, but I read it way before she put it on her list :P

I am sure Bev will have some things to say about Oprah :lol:

Green12 Enthusiast
Heading out fo' the evenin', pholks. Carry on. :D

Have a good night out Silly Susie, fo sho ;)

I phorgot to say before Sarah's "oh ma gahhhh" cracks me up :lol:

tom Contributor
The great thing about CG is....... .. .it just doesn't matter.

Sorry - -"it just doesn't matter, Jackass!!" :lol::o;)

No continuity required, hammerhead :lol:

I've started to crack up a bit just seeing the CTV logo - how pavlovian is THAT??

elye Community Regular
So will you guys do a group post from Starbucks at the Philly Psilly Psummit?

We'll have to swing this, somehow........DH has a new blackberry that we can use to email from anywhere, so I'll make sure I have it when we rendezvous.....

I am sure Bev will have some things to say about Oprah :lol:

Well..........all she has to do is PM Llamalady...... :rolleyes::lol:

DingoGirl Enthusiast
I phorgot to say before Sarah's "oh ma gahhhh" cracks me up :lol:

'tis so phunny :lol:

Kissey is late............ he phell asleep <_< But he DID have an exhausting few days - he is now a second-degree black belt :) <and the CUTEST one ever, BTW :wub: >

OMG Oprah's book list...........mostly SO obscure. I, too, have read several that I can't even remember.... :huh:

OMG!!! :o I'm not sure we should be saying all this about her books, since she IS reading along!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry OPRAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :):)

:lol:

No continuity required, hammerhead :lol:

I've started to crack up a bit just seeing the CTV logo - how pavlovian is THAT??

:blink: OMG. Have watched Corner Gas at least six times now........ummm.............we.....don't.......get........it........at all..... :ph34r::blink::huh:

tom Contributor

Re: Psikki's hallucination

......or at least a talking critter in the garden wearing tiny little clothes, hat, and shoes telling you to follow him. Somathing, anything, more exciting than clothes on the washing line :lol:

:lol: :lol:

Did this get Bev'd??

'Talking critters in tiny clothes' gets me every time :lol:

LLAMA LADY COME BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here .. . .lemme try

LLAMAAAAAAA LADYYYYYYYY COME BAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Green12 Enthusiast

Tom, yer devil duck avatar is microscopic. What happened to it?........did it deflate, or maybe God herself Oprah gave the devil the smack down.

Kissey is late............ he phell asleep <_< But he DID have an exhausting few days - he is now a second-degree black belt :) <and the CUTEST one ever, BTW :wub: >

Awwww :wub:

DingoGirl Enthusiast
Did this get Bev'd??

'Talking critters in tiny clothes' gets me every time :lol:

:lol: :lol: I know.......I think these are the very same little people that Knikkeigh has under her stairs...... do you suppose they held back her hair while she vomited, and cleaned up the mess? :lol:

Kissey.......still not here.......... :blink:

My pants got slightly sweaty and loose as I watered the yard just now, I had to throw them in the dryer and shrink the butt back to size :ph34r:

:lol: Julie - Oprah threw some smack down on Tom's wee duck

<another excellent sentence for a hapless newbie> :lol:

tom Contributor
... shrink the butt back to size

Phunny phrase but I don't know why :lol:

elye Community Regular
No continuity required, hammerhead :lol:

I've started to crack up a bit just seeing the CTV logo - how pavlovian is THAT??

:lol: Conditioned response........

OMG. Have watched Corner Gas at least six times now........ummm.............we.....don't.......get........it........at all.....

Susie!....How can this be?? I am truly flummoxed by this....I laugh heartily all the way through, and marvel at what I hear as clever, multi-layered timing and humour. I would have been absolutely CERTAIN that you would get a kick out of it.....

You must keep watching it.....it is SOOOOO PHUNNNNEEE!!!

tom Contributor
<another excellent sentence for a hapless newbie> :lol:

hooooboy I really shrunk the duck on that one

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