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Posted: Sat Jun 21st, 2008 04:17 am |
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My fave author is Ann Rule. I think I have read MOST of her books.
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SouthernRain
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Posted: Sat Jun 21st, 2008 04:37 am |
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| I usually read anything I can get my hands on. I read pretty fast so I have read a LOT of books over the years. Now I kind of just have to stick to new releases. I like authors that don't just write the same thing over and over. I hate reading a book that is difficult to differentiate from another book by the same author because the plots are so similar. It just drives me crazy. Every now and then I will find a classic that I missed somehow and read it too.
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gadawgfan39
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Posted: Sat Jun 21st, 2008 06:35 am |
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| I am currently reading The Good Guy by Dean Koontz. I love to read and will read just about anything. Some of my favorite authors are Nora Roberts, James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell, Tom Clancy, Tami Hoag and Stephen King.
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Lil Pixie
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Posted: Sat Jun 21st, 2008 09:49 am |
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| Oh yes Patricia Cornwell and James Patterson....love them! Im currently reading Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell and Double Crossed by James Patterson....yeah i know....im reading two at once.....lol im just crazy like that!
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Posted: Sat Jun 21st, 2008 04:13 pm |
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Commission Watcher wrote: Wild H Woman wrote: Cas666ket wrote: I'm currently reading "Geek Love" by Katherine Dunn. It's about a traveling circus family made up of "designer children". The father administers different drugs, radiation, etc to his pregnant wife in hopes of bearing another deformed attraction for their sideshow. Great book so far! Almost finished with it.
After that I'm gonna start on "Snuff" by Chuck Palahniuk who is one of my favorite authors(Fight Club, Choke, Survivor, Rant, etc.) That one is about an over the hill adult film stars in her last hurrah to make a movie where she makes "friends" with 600 men all in a row!
With a back cover that says "Six hundred dudes. One porn queen. A world record for the ages. A must-have movie for every discerning collector of things erotic. Didn't one of us on purpose set out to make a snuff movie." I can't wait to get started on that one!!!
Both of these books are a far cry from what I normally read, however, they both sound very interesting. There are several reviews that I read on amazon.com. I just may have to step outside of my comfort zone and read one or both of these. I don't think I'll bother looking in my local library for Snuff, though.... doubtful that they have it! LOL Thanks for sharing!
Huh? Not there? They have everything.....if not they will get it for you.
http://gapines.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=4728247&t=snuff&tp=title&l=26&d=2&hc=7&rt=title
1 copy at Rome/Floyd County (on holds shelf....wonder to whom?) 34 copies of the book PINES wide.
-CW Heh.. it was on hold for me... but I couldn't wait for it(it was back ordered) and ended up buyin a copy on amazon.com and gave up my place in the hold line
We usually only get one copy of Chuck's books just not a high demand for his stuff.
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Posted: Sat Jun 21st, 2008 04:27 pm |
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It is just about time for me to do another newsletter for the library and I do need book reviews. If you have checked a book out and want to write a review for the newsletter please email it to news@romelibrary.org or pm it to me.
I can put in your name or any aliase you wish.
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Wild H Woman
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Posted: Sat Jun 21st, 2008 06:48 pm |
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gadawgfan39 wrote: I am currently reading The Good Guy by Dean Koontz. I love to read and will read just about anything. Some of my favorite authors are Nora Roberts, James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell, Tom Clancy, Tami Hoag and Stephen King.
There was about a 3 year period when anything I read was authored by either Koontz or Stephen King. Must have been a dark period. LOL.
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SassyGirl
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Posted: Sun Jun 22nd, 2008 03:40 am |
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liber8r wrote:
I'm about to finish up "Heart-Shaped Box" by Joe Hill, son of Stephen King. It's not something I'd normally read, a friend loaned it to me because I wanted to try somethinig different and I must say I've really enjoyed it.
LOVED LOVED LOVED that book! If you like that one you should also read 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill. It is a collection of short stories.
Edited to add author's name.
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Posted: Sun Jun 22nd, 2008 03:50 am |
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I just got through reading The Garden of Last Days by Andre Dubus III (the same author who wrote House of Sand and Fog). OMG - great story! This story was recommended by Stephen King in Entertainment Weekly several weeks ago and I am so glad that I got it.
I also just got through reading Duma Key (for the 3rd time) yesterday. It is by Stephen King and is set in Florida. It is quite the page turner and hard to put down!
I started a book called Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin. It is a non-fiction book on evolution. I just read a section that talks about arm bones. There were pictures of whales, amphibians, reptiles, people, bats, and several other animals arms (flippers, wings, etc). All of these have the same arm arrangement - one bone, then two bones, a bunch of small bones, then fingers. It is amazing! Whether or not you believe in evolution, you should read this book. It is a short book and very easy for the lay person to read.
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Posted: Sun Jun 22nd, 2008 12:42 pm |
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| Sassy, you KNOW you really loved a book if you read it 3 times! I did the same thing with The Poisonwood Bible, and I loved it more each time I read it.
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Posted: Sun Jun 22nd, 2008 02:10 pm |
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I listened to Duma Key on my iPod. It was pretty good, but King isn't as good listening as reading. My alltime fav King book is The Stand. Have read it five times.
Read The Poisonwood Bible on a mission trip in Central America. Yikes! Barbara Kingsolver is one of my favorite authors. Try The Bean Trees and Pigs in Heaven. Best for me was Prodigal Summer.
Have read every scrap of thing she has written.
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Posted: Sun Jun 22nd, 2008 08:14 pm |
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SassyGirl wrote: liber8r wrote:
I'm about to finish up "Heart-Shaped Box" by Joe Hill, son of Stephen King. It's not something I'd normally read, a friend loaned it to me because I wanted to try somethinig different and I must say I've really enjoyed it.
LOVED LOVED LOVED that book! If you like that one you should also read 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill. It is a collection of short stories.
Edited to add author's name.
I will definitely check that one out, along with the others you mentioned in your other post. I did like "Heart-Shaped Box" although it's not my usual genre. It was a great read and I gotta admit, I got a little spooked one night when I was out for a jog and saw an old truck with eerie headlights comin' toward me.
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Posted: Mon Jun 23rd, 2008 03:48 am |
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| I am now reading The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz. It is turning out to be another good book. I have Duma Key that I plan to read next. I will also check out some of the titles everyone has mentioned.
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Posted: Mon Jun 23rd, 2008 03:56 pm |
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GoWithTheFlow wrote: My kids are the same way WHW..one will sneak and stay up all night reading...and I have to make the other just get his school literature assignments read...GGRRR...he says reading makes him seasick.
Since he hates reading anyway (he's 15 yrs old) whenever he acts naughty I make him do a book report. It is actually a very effective deterrent to misbehavior for him. When he got caught in a lie this past year, I made him read For One More Day by Mitch Albom. His book report was sweet in his revelation about the importance of being honest with your mother. Not that it shortened his restrictions...
My middle son was a 15 yr old non reader when he complained of being bored one summer. I made him read the 1st chapter of the 1st volume of Shogun. I didn't have to make him read the rest, he couldn't put it down and when school started back, did his first book report on it. His teacher could not believe he had read those books.
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Posted: Wed Jun 25th, 2008 03:26 am |
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| Oh well, my son will be buying his copy of To Kill a Mockingbird tomorrow for more mischievious behavior. GGRRR! When do I get to clockout on getting these kids raised?
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