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Good Books anyone?? Non CH
« on: Dec 4th, 2003, 5:09pm » |
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I thought this might be a good way for me to find new good books to read. I always have a rotten time looking for a new GOOD book. I am reading a great book at the moment. "The Runaway Jury" by John Grisham. But I need some books to take on my Christmas vacation.
So start telling me what your favorite books are. I hate romance novels by the way.
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« Reply #1 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 5:11pm » |
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Oh Jayne, we should talk. I love to read! One of my favorite authors is Lawrence Sanders. I will read anything he has written.
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« Reply #2 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 5:13pm » |
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forgive me the darkness, but today I'm totin' the works of Edgar Allan Poe, our patron 'saint'.
not for the squeamish....
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« Reply #3 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 5:14pm » |
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I also like Robin Cook, Alice Hoffman, Dean Koontz and of course the master Stephen King.
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« Reply #4 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 5:15pm » |
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May be hard to find, and is kinda strange/deep. Definately not romance. I was forced to read it in college English. I do mean forced cause I hate to read books, unless it is just to find information.
Anyway, I have remembered it all these years cause it really captured my attention and I coulndn't wait to find out what happened at the end.
Title: Woman in the Dune
Author: Kobo Abe' (pronounced Ah-bee)
It's the only book I know.
Have a nice vacation!!
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« Reply #5 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 5:15pm » |
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I am currently reading The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton. Anything by Dickens is great. I personally love the classics and fantasy. Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind and George R. R. Martin are some of the best.
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« Reply #6 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 5:21pm » |
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I like mystery and horror. Do not like romance at all. Well at least not to read 
Alice Hoffman is the only I read that is well, female! She wrote Practical Magic. I love books, movies or anything with a little mystical junk in them.
Lawrence Sanders: He wrote The Deadly Sin series. There are 7 in the whole set. They don't really intertwine though, so you don't have to read them all. They are good mysteries. He also has the McNally series, which are mysteries, but they are funny.
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« Reply #7 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 5:25pm » |
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Hey Jayne,
Non fiction "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight" by Alexandra Fuller. She was born in England, 1969. Her family moved when she was a baby to Africa where her father joined the white government to fight in the Rhodesian Civil War. Good read.
Most anything by John Irving
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« Reply #8 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 5:26pm » |
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I have a big fat book I bought once cause it had a pretty picture on the front, with sort of a magical/mystical look, maybe a dragon. I had every intention of reading it.....one day. 15 years later....
untouched, I could send it to you if you want!
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« Reply #9 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 5:27pm » |
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I have a book in my living room about fairies, I bought it because it was pretty and the pics were pretty. It is the strangest book ever though. Buckle your seatbelt Deb!
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« Reply #10 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 5:29pm » |
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well this is great but if we could all stick to Titles and authors then I can make a list and go to the book shop and pour over them...this could be good for others that are in need of a good read too.
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« Reply #11 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 5:30pm » |
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sorry, I don't have any books about fairies!
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« Reply #12 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 5:32pm » |
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Lawrence Sanders: McNally's Luck, McNally's Folly - there are quite a few more. Light reading, mystery, and funny. Also any of the Deadly Sins are good mysteries.
Alice Hoffman - read Practical Magic, the book is much better than the movie.
I don't know who wrote Primal Fear but it was a great book. Movie was good too. Anyway there are 2 more books that follow Primal Fear and complete the series.
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I am glad you don't have any fairy books. 
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« Reply #14 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 5:37pm » |
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Jayne, go to the library and save your $ for your vacation!!!
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« Reply #16 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 6:06pm » |
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"A Walk In The Woods" by Bill Bryson. Jayne, HILARIOUS! You'll laugh yer ass off. Non fiction.
"A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole. Also, freakin HILARIOUS, but takes a while to "get into"....
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« Reply #17 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 6:09pm » |
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Kim,
You beat me to it.
A Walk In The Woods will not let you down.
LOL the whole way through.
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« Reply #18 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 6:21pm » |
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One of the books I have been reading lately has all of the required characteristics of a "must-read"...
- a real page-turner
- believable down-to-earth characters you can really relate with
- mystery
- drama
- comedy
- satire
- fantasy
- destined to be one of those classics that can't be limited to one book --- the author will probably write the sequel or maybe even a trilogy
"Windows Internet Security" by Seth Fogie
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« Reply #20 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 6:36pm » |
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Oh man, wish you guys had started this thread back in Aug. before I moved hehe. We gave away 3 boxes of books, many John Grisham, Lillian Jackson Braun and Lawrence Sanders, in fact I had all John Grishams books and all the McNally series from Sanders. We just gave them away 
I still have a whole extra book case of books though, so if anyone is need of reading material, say the word and we'll start shipping! hehe.
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« Reply #21 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 7:34pm » |
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Jayne-
I LOVE to read too! Just finished reading Lovely Bones. Can't remember who the author is but I'm sure it will be easy to find because it's real popular right now. It's different from any book you've ever read. It's told in the first person from the perspective of a 14 year old girl who has been murdered. She is telling her story from heaven as she watches her family & friends go on without her.
It's REALLY good!
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« Reply #22 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 7:49pm » |
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Miss America.....I forget the author....just ask at the book store.
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« Reply #23 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 8:12pm » |
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The Davinci Code, and Angels and Demons. Dan Brown was the author, I believe.
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« Reply #24 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 8:46pm » |
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The Devil's Dictionary Ambrose Bierce.
Anyone of the Flashman books by George MacDonald Fraser. Tom Brown finally loses.
If you are feeling somewhat Italian, Ottorino Respighi is especially lyrical. His Ancient Airs and Dances is especially delightful.
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