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RE: Sunny's Book Club - 5/2/2010 4:27:29 PM

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Level, I've never heard of anyone else mentioning abebooks. If you're a collector they're great as they tell you about the condition.
And I've done the Panama Canal crossing many years ago. Awesome.

online books
http://www.fullbooks.com/
http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/
http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/

What I read when visiting my father: finally finished Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen. Now on Alaska by Michener

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RE: Sunny's Book Club - 5/2/2010 4:29:12 PM

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Struggling through Tom Clancy's Debt of Honour, (taken over a month and still not half way) just cant seem to get into it and i normal read a Tom Clancy in a week.

Thinks i need to forget it for a while and find something else.

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RE: Sunny's Book Club - 5/2/2010 4:43:58 PM

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Well, Level, I thought so....but again, I love Stephen Kings horror fiction.....some more than others.....I've reread Dreamcatcher like 8 times trying to connect the setting of the hospital to the story of what happens, and it hasn't jelled yet for me......if it helps, I've reread Duma Key three times, start to finish.

I need to read it then, and quit farting around. He's a wonderful writer; The Stand is absolutely one of my favorite novels, and I can honestly say that I've never read anything of his that I didn't like.

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RE: Sunny's Book Club - 5/2/2010 4:47:08 PM

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Level, I've never heard of anyone else mentioning abebooks. If you're a collector they're great as they tell you about the condition.
And I've done the Panama Canal crossing many years ago. Awesome.

How long did it take to cross?

I luuuuuuuuv abebooks; a treasure of a resource! I've found stuff there that I was convinced that I'd never lay my hands on.

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RE: Sunny's Book Club - 5/2/2010 4:52:17 PM

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Level, I've never heard of anyone else mentioning abebooks. If you're a collector they're great as they tell you about the condition.
And I've done the Panama Canal crossing many years ago. Awesome.

online books
http://www.fullbooks.com/
http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/
http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/

What I read when visiting my father: finally finished Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen. Now on Alaska by Michener

As does alibris.com. I've been able to find books there I couldn't find anywhere else. Look for a seller called King Crab Books, they're awesome and give incredible service

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RE: Sunny's Book Club - 5/2/2010 4:56:42 PM

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I finished the 2nd of Stephen J. Cannell's LAPD Det Shane Scully, "Three Shirt Deal", yesterday I finished the first, "White Sister". I'm now re-reading a Clive Cussler "Dirk Pitt", started a few hours ago, now on page 141. I devour mysteries, suspense, true crime, the occasional biography.

For a smaller town, the library has a great selection of mysteries and having taken out 13 books last Saturday, I've gone through them all. Time to head in tomorrow and take out the latest batch.

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RE: Sunny's Book Club - 5/2/2010 6:39:12 PM

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It's been a lot of years but I'm guessing no more than 8 hours. It depends how busy the Canal is. You might have to wait a day or so but usually not.

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RE: Sunny's Book Club - 5/2/2010 9:48:29 PM

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subwaythru, i like what you're reading.

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RE: Sunny's Book Club - 5/3/2010 5:49:10 AM

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I read Duma Key twice myself. I'm currently deep into Under the Dome and loving it. I am frustrated with my recent short attention span and it is taking me way too long to get through it, but the book is solidly entertaining.

*edited for spelling because I expect better of myself

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RE: Sunny's Book Club - 5/3/2010 6:24:01 AM

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I am reading When Men Become Gods. It is written about Warren Jeffs and some of his followers.. The more i read, the stronger the desire to choke his ass. F**king pedophile.

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RE: Sunny's Book Club - 5/3/2010 8:04:54 AM

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I read Duma Key twice myself. I'm currently deep into Under the Dome and loving it. I am frustrated with my recent short attention span and it is taking me way too long to get through it, but the book is solidly entertaining.

Yanno peg, it took me better than a week to get thru it, even tho I really liked reading it. I'd read it before going to sleep, and while I usually gobble up his books, this one just seemed to not move that fast. But it was, as you say, very entertaining. How that man comes up with his ideas......who'd want to even start to look inside his head?

I read Cell.....there wasn't a whole lot of mention anywhere of the book, but it was pretty good. Some of it parallels The Stand, but overall, it was a good read. I have worn out two copies of Dreamcatcher, one of Salem's Lot, and one of the Stand. I prefer paperbacks cuz they are easier to handle, but it seems the only way I can keep them whole is to buy hardcover editions.

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RE: Sunny's Book Club - 5/3/2010 8:13:56 AM

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Non-fiction: "The Creators" (and I wonder if MM has read it?)

Historian Daniel J. Boorstin brings his customary depth and range to this compelling book on Western art, taking on everything from European megaliths (Stonehenge, for example) to Benjamin Franklin's autobiography ("the first American addition to world literature"). Boorstin does not aim at being comprehensive--he much prefers to linger over certain "heroes of the imagination" as he surveys human accomplishment in the fields of architecture, music, painting, sculpting, and writing--yet The Creators certainly feels comprehensive, as Boorstin carefully places everything he describes within a grand tradition of aesthetic achievement. (Amazon)

"How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life" (His Holiness the Dalai Lama)~~which I've read before, but revisiting.

Fiction:

"A Reliable Wife" ~ Robert Goolrick~~just finished. Meh.

I've also read "The Outlander" series, ya Sassenachs

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RE: Sunny's Book Club - 5/3/2010 8:19:31 AM

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HEY!! I am a Scot!!

*tacklesmoooches teh gorgeous Tee*

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RE: Sunny's Book Club - 5/3/2010 8:29:17 AM

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And a bonnie Burdie, too, ye are. ~kisssssss~

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RE: Sunny's Book Club - 5/3/2010 9:32:15 AM

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I read Duma Key twice myself. I'm currently deep into Under the Dome and loving it. I am frustrated with my recent short attention span and it is taking me way too long to get through it, but the book is solidly entertaining.

Yanno peg, it took me better than a week to get thru it, even tho I really liked reading it. I'd read it before going to sleep, and while I usually gobble up his books, this one just seemed to not move that fast. But it was, as you say, very entertaining. How that man comes up with his ideas......who'd want to even start to look inside his head?

I read Cell.....there wasn't a whole lot of mention anywhere of the book, but it was pretty good. Some of it parallels The Stand, but overall, it was a good read. I have worn out two copies of Dreamcatcher, one of Salem's Lot, and one of the Stand. I prefer paperbacks cuz they are easier to handle, but it seems the only way I can keep them whole is to buy hardcover editions.

I have to say I had a hard time with Cell. It is one of my least favorite of his. It would be hard to choose a favorite, but I absolutely love the Dark Tower series. And yeah, I'd be frightened to know how or where his ideas come from. What a mind!

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RE: Sunny's Book Club - 5/3/2010 9:58:27 AM

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I got the urge to reread Kalki by Gore Vidal but I couldn't find my copy.

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RE: Sunny's Book Club - 5/3/2010 10:17:50 AM

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Peg, I have never really been able to get into his Dark Tower series...which is a bit of a bummer cuz he makes references to the characters in his book "Insomnia".....I'm on my second copy of that one too. Maybe if I tried again....it was many years ago when I first picked up the DT book....but I'm not much of a fantasy reader.

If I had to pick out a favorite, it would have to be...um.....Salem's Lot...no, The Stand.....oh, and there's Lisey's Story...and Rose Madder.....crap......I can't pick just one out! Prolly my least favorite was Gerald's Game.....just couldn't get through that one...I did, but just barely.

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RE: Sunny's Book Club - 5/3/2010 10:37:26 AM

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I do have difficulty with a lot of fantasy writing. The Dark Tower series, though, had me enthralled and I was saddened when he ended it. My only other trip into fantasy would be Clive Barker. Talk about a twisted mind!

And I'm in agreement with you on The Stand. I found the movie of it rather disappointing, though, as I do most of Stephen's works. Best to stick with the written word when it comes to him I think.

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RE: Sunny's Book Club - 5/3/2010 10:48:29 AM

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When my daughter was a teen, she got into Stephen King. i used to give her a hard time for her reading choices. A number of years ago, I was trying on the idea of an online bookstore & several publishing houses were sending me trades. One was a Stephen King, so being the compulsive reader that I am, I read it. At the end of the book, I called my daughter to have her bring me more. I read a shopping bag full of them before I was finally sated. I don't remember titles very well, but I think that my favorite was the one about the author whose pseudonym took on a life of its own.

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RE: Sunny's Book Club - 5/3/2010 11:07:59 AM

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I think maybe you refer to The Dark Half? Goodness, I haven't read that one in a long time. I believe a trip to the library is now in order.

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