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RE: Books...any goods ones ? - 2/17/2009 4:36:26 PM

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I'm currently reading (for the first time) Catch-22....

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RE: Books...any goods ones ? - 2/17/2009 4:40:00 PM

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a collection of PK Dick short stories for bed, a book about Pluto for coffee and eating, and the watchmen comics for the toilet.

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RE: Books...any goods ones ? - 2/17/2009 6:32:21 PM

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pts, you are a person after my own heart. A book next to the bed, at the table and in the loo.
What do you keep in the car? Presently I have both a sudoko magazine and Fifth Elephant by Pratchett.

And any Terry Pratchett book is worth reading.

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RE: Books...any goods ones ? - 2/17/2009 6:36:03 PM

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Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.

Obviously SERIOUSLY researched, without being dry.

One of my all time favorites GT

Also on my top ten list is Trinity - Leon Uris

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RE: Books...any goods ones ? - 2/17/2009 6:40:55 PM

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J.D. Robb - the In Death series

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RE: Books...any goods ones ? - 2/17/2009 6:54:05 PM

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Im re reading "Memnoch the devil" by anne rice it confused me the first time around.
Abarat by Clive Barker and one of Richard Laymons but I cant find it, bah
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RE: Books...any goods ones ? - 2/17/2009 7:30:22 PM

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All books are "good ones".

(There is no bad book).

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RE: Books...any goods ones ? - 2/18/2009 1:35:15 AM

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Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.

Obviously SERIOUSLY researched, without being dry.

I've been considering that one. Good to know there are a couple of people giving it a thumbs up!

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Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut Jr, or anything by him for that matter
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Slam by Nick Hornby

I started reading Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut) and it just didn't sit well with me. I just don't get it.

I do agree with you on a Prayer for Owen Meany. Loved that book.

There are so many good reads out there. She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb (although my one criticism is that the female character didn't sound like a truly female voice)...The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham...The 7th Son series by Orson Scott Card...the Kushiel series by Jacqueline Carey (though the series is yet to be finished)...anything by Dave Duncan (a Canadian author of the fantasy genre)...ooo...there are so many...but that would be a start from me. :)

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RE: Books...any goods ones ? - 2/18/2009 1:37:53 AM

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try Slaughterhouse 5

eta: oh hell yeah.. OSC is AMAZING!!

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RE: Books...any goods ones ? - 2/18/2009 1:41:28 AM

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All books are "good ones".

(There is no bad book).

clearly not a reader of chick lit

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RE: Books...any goods ones ? - 2/18/2009 1:52:38 AM

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try Slaughterhouse 5

eta: oh hell yeah.. OSC is AMAZING!!

Thanks for the suggestion GT! I'm always on the lookout for a good read. Presently I have several books that I haven't delved into yet. (A visit to Borders is, for me, like a crack addict visiting their dealer...though fortunately I do have a modicum of self control or I'd be perpetually broke! *L* Keep me away from the e-mail coupons. Gawd how I miss Waldenbooks...they had the best deals!)

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All books are "good ones".

(There is no bad book).

clearly not a reader of chick lit

Chick lit? Is that an alternative name for Harlequin Romance books? ;) I once got a free one with a box of potato chips. (In Canada, there is at least one brand of potato chips that come in bags, packaged in a box. Wasteful! But I digress.) And yeah, that kind of sums up the worthiness of the book. *LMAO*

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RE: Books...any goods ones ? - 2/18/2009 2:40:06 AM

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Well being a boring old history reader, I just finished, George Washington's War.....I love reading about the revolution and Washington in particular....After that I picked up the autobiography of Atlanta's favorite son Call Me Ted by Ted Turner....but, if I were to suggest my all time favorite it is all 3 of Shelby Foote's Civil War trilogy...huge undertaking but I read them all twice....As you can tell I am not big on fiction...I get all the fiction I need right here on the political posts!

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RE: Books...any goods ones ? - 2/18/2009 5:04:35 AM

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...the Kushiel series by Jacqueline Carey (though the series is yet to be finished)...

Is finished. I did read Kushiels Mercy last year. And I second the rec.

The "Dresden Files" series by Jim Butcher, the "Codex Alera" series by the same author.
For those who have not yet read them, "The Belgariad", and "The Malloreon" series with the add ons "Belgarath the Sorcerer", and "Polgara the Sorceress", "The Elenium", and "The Tamuli" trilogies, all by David Eddings. But keep away from his latest work.
The "Temperance Brennan novels" by Kathy Reichs are pretty good, as is the "Bartimäus" trilogy by Stroud.
The "Artemis Fowl" books by Colfer, of course.
I like the "Mrs. Murphy" mysteries by Rita Mae and Sneaky Pie Brown, even if the series has started to get a bit tired by now.
The "Kay Scarpetta" books by Patricia Cornwell are worth a read too, but her series, as the one mentioned above, gets repetitive with time.

But I do disagree about "Pillars of the Earth" and especially about "World without End" by Follet. Not bad books, even the second one, but not truly good ones either, and the second falls short of the first by a good deal.

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RE: Books...any goods ones ? - 2/18/2009 6:24:36 AM

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Strong Opinions, by Vladimir Nabokov, whose mind is as sharp and clear and brilliant as a flawlessly cut diamond, a collection of interviews and commentary.

His amazing work, Lolita, if you can bear the heartbreak of it.

Psycho Cybernetics, by Maxwell Maltz - the grandfather of all modern "power of the mind" and creative visualization books. I've bought but have not yet read, the updated edition, so I can only attest to his original version.

Read Jim Thompson. The pulp fiction writer who made it art. Cropper's Cabin and The Killer Inside Me, are fine examples.

A Severed Head, by Iris Murdoch, a strategic war between passion and civility.

(These are old favourites, as I have not been reading books for some time. I have walls of them in my home, breathing, waiting.)

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RE: Books...any goods ones ? - 2/18/2009 12:36:16 PM

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What Every Body is Saying - Joe Navarro

And just for quick reading: Flame War Survival Guide

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RE: Books...any goods ones ? - 2/18/2009 4:37:48 PM

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I just finished Colin Powel, My American Journey.

now tryin to sell it because I payed way too much for it to just let it collect dust.

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RE: Books...any goods ones ? - 2/18/2009 4:52:04 PM

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Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.

Obviously SERIOUSLY researched, without being dry.

One of my absolute all time favorite books....

I just started Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.

Pillars Of The Earth has long been one of my favorites as well.

I enjoy Edward Rutherford who writes in a similar vein as that particular Follett book (most of his tend toward the spy novel genre), and of course there is Robert Mitchum who also does greatly written and researched novels.

On the lighter (or darker lol) side I have fallen in love with L.A. Banks series, a vampire series with the main character being a black female who is a spoken word artist. It has a wonderfully deep look at the balance of good vs evil written in a unique way (with hot sex).

J.R. Ward has a vampire series I like as well, IMO they are not nearly as deep or well written as Banks but they are highly enjoyable and weighty (as in long books yay).

In the action/adventure genre one of my favorite authors is Lee Childs, he has a series of about 15 or so books and I adore his central character.

Damn I miss working in a bookstore!

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RE: Books...any goods ones ? - 2/18/2009 4:55:22 PM

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All books are "good ones".

(There is no bad book).

clearly not a reader of chick lit

lol..agrees. *or of John Nor.....n/m

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RE: Books...any goods ones ? - 2/18/2009 4:57:33 PM

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RE: Books...any goods ones ? - 2/18/2009 4:59:02 PM

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I second GreedyTop's JD Robb's In Death Series, i have read them all as well as i am now also listening to them on audio from audibles.

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