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Old 03-11-2009, 03:07 PM   #1381
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Oh, goody goody!

Angela Carter - Wise Children and the Bloody Chamber

Anita Brookner - Hotel du Lac

Edward Hirsch - How to Read a Poem

Henry James -Turn of the Screw

Yah, my Amazon order came in! YAY!
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic.

"Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her.
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Old 03-19-2009, 01:56 PM   #1382
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Turn of the Screw suckedx. dammit!
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic.

"Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her.
—James Barrie


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Old 03-19-2009, 02:03 PM   #1383
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Just finished Shadow Divers - the story of the two wreck-divers who worked to discover the identity of the German U-boat found off the coast of New Jersey. A good yarn, well told.
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Old 03-25-2009, 09:58 PM   #1384
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How you finding son of the circus Lj?

I never finished that one. It's the only Irving I've ever started and not finished reading. Dunno why, wrong time to read it.
it's well written, as is all Irving.....

but it kind of meanders......as does all Irving....
you're never really sure where the plot is going.....and yet, when you reflect on it....it was there from the beginning.

of COURSE the murderer was the transvestite who married the rich old man, and only killed the golfer to cover his/her tracks!

it's worth reading, but i liked his other stuff better.
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Old 03-25-2009, 10:35 PM   #1385
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Just in time: the long-awaited fifth book finally has a release date this fall.

looks like rich r r levy.....



http://www.georgerrmartin.com/


where did you hear the release date for book5?

http://www.georgerrmartin.com/if-update.html hasnt been updated for over a year.....
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Old 03-26-2009, 01:12 AM   #1386
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More than that - he explicitly disavows all release dates.
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Old 03-26-2009, 03:44 AM   #1387
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Jane Charlotte has been arrested for murder.
She tells police that she is a member of a secret organization devoted to fighting evil; her division is called the Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons—"Bad Monkeys" for short.
This confession earns Jane a trip to the jail's psychiatric wing, where a doctor attempts to determine whether she is lying, crazy—or playing a different game altogether. What follows is one of the most clever and gripping novels you'll ever read.
I stumbled across this book at the library - its hard to miss with the Curious George yellow cover. Picked it up to check it out and can't put it down.

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Old 03-26-2009, 03:53 AM   #1388
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Dead Men Do Tell Tales - William R. Maples, Ph.D. and Michael Browning

Not for the squeamish. I don't think the squeamish would make it out of the introduction.

A forensic anthropologist discusses his career and cases in more detail that most people need. It takes a special writer to really evoke the sense of the stench of decomposition in his reader.
Based on your description, I'll get a copy for my sister who, sometimes, I think is your sister.
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Old 03-26-2009, 12:41 PM   #1389
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After reading a couple Lovecraft anthologies, I'm rereading Foundation.

Very different styles there.
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Old 03-26-2009, 01:31 PM   #1390
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Every so often i feel the need to revisit Lovecraft.
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Old 03-29-2009, 11:09 AM   #1391
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I'm giving Anne Rice a try. Working on "The Witching Hour."
So far I like the story, very intriguing. I'm not too impressed with the love affair/making, the main female character is just too submissive and weak when it comes to that. I'm only 200pgs in, mebbe that'll change.
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Old 03-29-2009, 11:23 AM   #1392
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The Hour I First Believed - Wally Lamb

I got a complete Lovecraft for my Kindle. My intention is to dip into it in between other books.

So far the plan hasn't worked out very well. I'll probably just have to dive straight into it.
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Old 03-29-2009, 11:53 AM   #1393
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Go on...dive in...but wait until your alone on a graveyard shift :P

My favourite time to read Lovecraft is early hours of the morning when sleep eludes me. Takes me back to being a kid and reading whatever obscure spooky stories I cuold find on the family bookshelves. Also, for some reason, the Miskatonic seems to flow a little stronger, and Arkham's walls stand a little more solid in the early hours, by lamplight.

This sent me off on a little time travelling. Haven't been to this site in years:
http://www.miskatonic-university.org/
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Old 03-30-2009, 10:43 AM   #1394
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I got the Time Traveler's Wife from the library over the weekend. It's good so far.
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Old 04-07-2009, 08:19 AM   #1395
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Finished Coraline - brilliant. Now on to The Graveyard Book; Good Book (Plotz) and Making Lists.

Am refusing to read the male version of the hateful Jane Austen: Henry "Fussy" James, and his The Portrait of A Lady. Would rather drop the class. Is awful. Reading about 'class' and "marriage' and 'spunky young women' makes me wanna vom.
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"Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her.
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