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[devildeac]

It is, indeed, a great book. Have you read A Time to Kill by John Grisham? It's also great and is somewhat reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird.

I have read A Time to Kill and I need to read that again as I swear he lifted a buncha ideas from To Kill a Mockingbird for his book.

[ArkieDukie]

It is, indeed, a great book. Have you read A Time to Kill by John Grisham? It's also great and is somewhat reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird.

I have read A Time to Kill and I need to read that again as I swear he lifted a buncha ideas from To Kill a Mockingbird for his book.

Yes, indeed. I liked A Time to Kill, but at times it seemed a bit too close to To Kill a Mockingbird. And A Painted House is a whole lot like The Grapes of Wrath.

[devildeac]

It is, indeed, a great book. Have you read A Time to Kill by John Grisham? It's also great and is somewhat reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird.

I have read A Time to Kill and I need to read that again as I swear he lifted a buncha ideas from To Kill a Mockingbird for his book.

Yes, indeed. I liked A Time to Kill, but at times it seemed a bit too close to To Kill a Mockingbird. And A Painted House is a whole lot like The Grapes of Wrath.

Who wrote A Painted House, he inquired ignorantly? :oops:

Grapes of Wrath. There's another classic I must re-read. I think I read that for a 9th grade English class..

[ArkieDukie]

It is, indeed, a great book. Have you read A Time to Kill by John Grisham? It's also great and is somewhat reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird.

I have read A Time to Kill and I need to read that again as I swear he lifted a buncha ideas from To Kill a Mockingbird for his book.

Yes, indeed. I liked A Time to Kill, but at times it seemed a bit too close to To Kill a Mockingbird. And A Painted House is a whole lot like The Grapes of Wrath.

Who wrote A Painted House, he inquired ignorantly? :oops:

Grapes of Wrath. There's another classic I must re-read. I think I read that for a 9th grade English class..

It's another Grisham book. I've read Grapes of Wrath slightly more recently than that, but it's a great book and bears another reading.

[devildeac]

It is, indeed, a great book. Have you read A Time to Kill by John Grisham? It's also great and is somewhat reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird.

I have read A Time to Kill and I need to read that again as I swear he lifted a buncha ideas from To Kill a Mockingbird for his book.

Yes, indeed. I liked A Time to Kill, but at times it seemed a bit too close to To Kill a Mockingbird. And A Painted House is a whole lot like The Grapes of Wrath.

It's another Grisham book. I've read Grapes of Wrath slightly more recently than that, but it's a great book and bears another reading.

I have read most of his writings and have enjoyed them, despite the fact he is a lawyer. :roll: I simply did not recognize that one. :oops:

[YmoBeThere]

AD and DD, your posts bring up an interesting point. There are only so many good stories to go around for humankind and thus you often see repeats. I mean they are even re-doing/hve re-done the classic horror movies that came out in my youth(Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th, etc.). Nearly every major Shakesperean play was adapted as an opera. I could continue...but I won't.

[devildeac]

Resolution for the day: More time reading and walking and less time posting.

Really. I'll try very hard.

[DukieInKansas]

Resolution for the day: More time reading and walking and less time posting.

Really. I'll try very hard.

Good luck with that.

[Lavabe]

Resolution for the day: More time reading and walking and less time posting.

Really. I'll try very hard.

How much is "LESS TIME POSTING?" 8 hours? 4 hours? 1 hour? ;)

[Bostondevil]

AD and DD, your posts bring up an interesting point. There are only so many good stories to go around for humankind and thus you often see repeats. I mean they are even re-doing/hve re-done the classic horror movies that came out in my youth(Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th, etc.). Nearly every major Shakesperean play was adapted as an opera. I could continue...but I won't.

There are existing sources for every single Shakespeare play except Merry Wives of Windsor. As far as we know, that one is his only original story. For me, it's not the story you tell, it's how you tell it.

[Lavabe]

The final day of the Tour de France, the ride through Paris, is really one of the most beautiful sports events in the whole year.

Oh yeah... and Mark Cavendish is an insane rider!

[wilson]

The final day of the Tour de France, the ride through Paris, is really one of the most beautiful sports events in the whole year.

Agreed. I really wish, though, that one of these years, two riders would come in close enough to each other to make it more than just a ceremonial procession (like it was back in '88, when LeMond won by 8 seconds...although that was a final-stage time trial).

[YmoBeThere]

Julio Lugo appears to have found a new life with the St. Louis Cardinals.

[Sue71]

I'm hungry.

[devildeac]

Resolution for the day: More time reading and walking and less time posting.

Really. I'll try very hard.

Good luck with that.

So far, so good.

2 journals, about 60 pages of Tai-Pan and about 15-20 minutes here. Plus an hour of slow, tentative walking on the beach.

[devildeac]

Resolution for the day: More time reading and walking and less time posting.

Really. I'll try very hard.

How much is "LESS TIME POSTING?" 8 hours? 4 hours? 1 hour? ;)

You shoulda quoted DinK, now I get 2 posts out of my pledge and to the doubters. :roll: :oops:

See above reply. I'll bet I keep it under an hour here today. I have another SLOW walk to complete, another 2-3 journals to read and I am gonna try to get through another 100 pages or more of Tai-Pan. Plus a nap. :oops:

[Lavabe]

Julio Lugo appears to have found a new life with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Julio Lugo or Julio Franco?

[YmoBeThere]

Julio Lugo appears to have found a new life with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Julio Lugo or Julio Franco?

Another post down...Lugo. I'm not sure where Franco is playing these days, probably somewhere in Latin America.

[Lavabe]

Julio Lugo appears to have found a new life with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Julio Lugo or Julio Franco?

Another post down...Lugo. I'm not sure where Franco is playing these days, probably somewhere in Latin America.

Who's older? Lugo or Franco? ;)

[ArkieDukie]

AD and DD, your posts bring up an interesting point. There are only so many good stories to go around for humankind and thus you often see repeats. I mean they are even re-doing/hve re-done the classic horror movies that came out in my youth(Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th, etc.). Nearly every major Shakesperean play was adapted as an opera. I could continue...but I won't.

There are existing sources for every single Shakespeare play except Merry Wives of Windsor. As far as we know, that one is his only original story. For me, it's not the story you tell, it's how you tell it.

Speaking of Shakespeare, I saw an excellent production of The Merchant of Venice last weekend.