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08-05-2008, 02:41 AM | #1186 |
We have to go back, Kate!
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@ Stress Puppy. I went through a lovecraft phase not so long ago. Most satisfying. When I read Lovecraft's stories, I connect instantly with that feeling I used to get as a kid, sitting up in the middle of the night, reading whatever odd book I had grabbed from the big bookcase. Usually a little spooky, mostly old and forgotten books. No other author connects me as much to that feeling.
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08-05-2008, 10:10 AM | #1187 |
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When I lived in Rhode Island, I was literally a few miles from his grave in Swan Point Cemetery. Which, I might add, is a very beautiful place to take a walk.
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08-05-2008, 11:06 AM | #1188 |
Why oh why?
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The Long Walk Home by Will North.
Set in Wales. Some great visual descriptions. I'd love to go someday as that is my family heritage. Welsh, British, Scottish. A British Isles mutt I am. |
08-05-2008, 11:11 AM | #1189 |
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In case I never mentioned it here...that one time that I was tripping out about our inaccurate ideas about historical people/events...it was because I was reading Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
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08-05-2008, 11:29 AM | #1190 | |
Glutton for Gluttony
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I was very disappointed with the twist the series took at the end. I think I'd rather pretend this book never happened than see the story end so oddly. Is there a literary equivalent of "jumping the shark"? |
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08-05-2008, 12:03 PM | #1191 |
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Just read Water for Elephants it was good. About a guy in the circus.
Last night, I started Honeymoon with my Brother, about a guy who gets dumped just before his wedding, but the reception and honeymoon are already paid for, so he has a big party with all his friends and family, and then goes on the honeymoon trip with his brother. Too soon to tell if it's any good. |
08-05-2008, 12:14 PM | #1192 | |
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I tend to be very leery of a series when the series wasn't planned out in its entirety ahead of time. For instance, Lord of the Rings. Love it. Was written as one huge book, then broken down by publishers so the public would actually read it. But when the author is just trying to come up with more ideas for a character to do to milk the success of a previous novel ...
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08-05-2008, 06:50 PM | #1193 |
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The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey. I must admit, this book is excellent. It's refreshing to see someone that explains how to become rich but who also says there are no shortcuts, and it won't be easy, and it will take about 7 years.
He gives step-by-step instructions without being vague or ambiguous. He's very clear and his plan works 100% of the time.
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08-06-2008, 12:05 AM | #1194 |
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I Claudius
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08-06-2008, 04:19 AM | #1195 |
We have to go back, Kate!
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Oh I loved that book!
Lj, have you seen the BBC dramatisation of I Claudius? It was serialised, I think either late 70s or early 80s. It's Derek Jacobi's finest performance as Claudius. Also an early glimpse of the future Capt. Picard :P |
08-06-2008, 09:47 AM | #1196 |
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A fiction book about the British Raj in India around the time of the indian rebellion. I don't know if history was as bloody as the fictional book portrays it to be.
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08-06-2008, 09:56 AM | #1197 | |
We have to go back, Kate!
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08-14-2008, 03:32 PM | #1200 |
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I just got finished reading
"Waiter Rant", by the Waiter "Indelible", by Karin Slaughter and just started "Kiss the Girls" by James Patterson. |
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