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#1292326 - 11/24/09 04:41 PM
Re: anyone reading any good books?
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I am currently reading the newest book from Dan Brown. I'm about 2/3 through it and must say, it's kind of a let down. It doesn't pack near the punch his previous books did. I am hoping that it really picks up and moves starts to move along quickly, or at the very least have an excellent ending since I'm starting to make that turn.
After that I am going to read John Adams. I'm looking forward to that one. It's the book they shot the mini-series on HBO about. It's extremely long so it will probably take me a while. I'm not a very fast reader. I tend to read like I'm reading it aloud.
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#1292347 - 11/24/09 04:47 PM
Re: anyone reading any good books?
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I'm currently reading John Irving's latest novel, Last Night in Twisted River. It is terrific, one of his best, in my estimation.
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#1292382 - 11/24/09 05:01 PM
Re: anyone reading any good books?
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I am reading Shutter Island by Denis LeHane... cool and creepy.
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#1292392 - 11/24/09 05:04 PM
Re: anyone reading any good books?
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Deek, did they base the movie off that book or is it coincidence?
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#1292394 - 11/24/09 05:05 PM
Re: anyone reading any good books?
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I'm reading book #8 of the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. I'm on #7, trying hard to catch up. #8 is on the nightstand as well. I love Mouse. 
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#1292423 - 11/24/09 05:23 PM
Re: anyone reading any good books?
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I am on #4 of the Dresden books. I tend to read other books between them... Just to change things up a bit.
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#1292431 - 11/24/09 05:28 PM
Re: anyone reading any good books?
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I'm reading book #8 of the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. I'm on #7, trying hard to catch up. #8 is on the nightstand as well. I love Mouse. Uh oh...I better get to reading!  Mouse is a nice addition to the cast! 
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#1292433 - 11/24/09 05:29 PM
Re: anyone reading any good books?
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I am on #4 of the Dresden books. I tend to read other books between them... Just to change things up a bit. I wish I could do this. I'm a little OCD when it comes to catching up with a series.
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#1292437 - 11/24/09 05:30 PM
Re: anyone reading any good books?
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did you remember to turn off the iron today?
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#1292443 - 11/24/09 05:32 PM
Re: anyone reading any good books?
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You can become a fan of Janet E's on FB and stay updated on things. She has little quick response contests also.
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#1292478 - 11/24/09 05:55 PM
Re: anyone reading any good books?
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I have to go to the bookstore tonight. The new Lilith Saintcrow "Flesh Circus" is out today as well as the MMP edition of MaruJanice Davidson's "Undead and Unworthy." Oh, and Miss Banker - won a signed HB of White Witch, Black Curse in a page count contest when it first came out.  My Kim Harrison, Janet Evanovich, and Laurell K Hamilton collections are all mixed paperback and hardback. It offends my OCD, and I'm going to have to start replacing one with the other. I just haven't decided yet which direction to go. Maybe I should work on full collections of BOTH types since I've nearly destroyed some of my pb's reading them repeatedly? god what a dork I am..........
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#1292501 - 11/24/09 06:18 PM
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RR Becca
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Oh, and Miss Banker - won a signed HB of White Witch, Black Curse in a page count contest when it first came out. I saw that!! Don't think I was only a little jealous either!! 
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#1292526 - 11/24/09 06:36 PM
Re: anyone reading any good books?
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I'm about the same way with the mixture of book types in a series. However, I'm not going to replace because I hope to have one of the electronic book readers before too long and will down load my favorites to it. The hard copies will then be sold at a yard sale or given away.
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#1292532 - 11/24/09 06:38 PM
Re: anyone reading any good books?
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I'm about the same way with the mixture of book types in a series. However, I'm not going to replace because I hope to have one of the electronic book readers before too long and will down load my favorites to it. The hard copies will then be sold at a yard sale or given away. you could also sell them on amazon or donate them to a library or a prison. 
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#1292610 - 11/24/09 07:19 PM
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Reading the Eragon series - on #3 right now and closed to being finished. They're OK - I find them highly derivative, but I do want to see where he goes with them.
I'm crossing my fingers that a new George RR Martin will come out early next year - he's been working on it but is now distracted by the filming of the pilot of "A Game of Thrones" for HBO. [And the casting, which is distracting me!, is A. Maz. Ing.]
Oh! and I am also reading Jack Finney's "Time and Again" which is really a good read.
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#1292931 - 11/24/09 09:28 PM
Re: anyone reading any good books?
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I'm about the same way with the mixture of book types in a series. However, I'm not going to replace because I hope to have one of the electronic book readers before too long and will down load my favorites to it. The hard copies will then be sold at a yard sale or given away. Slightly off topic: Oldie But Goldie - Just have to say that I love my e-reader. I don't miss "dead tree" books at all and I haven't purchased any DTB since I purchased my e-reader in Aug, 2008. I could just go on and on about it, but I'll just stop and say I hope you get one soon.
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#1293167 - 11/25/09 01:17 PM
Re: anyone reading any good books?
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i have a kindle and love love love it. but i still sometimes buy the actual book. i was running out of room for the books which is a definite plus for the kindle.
BTW - airport security doesn't like kindle. oopsie. found that out the hard way. take it out like you would a laptop.
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