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Post by Babs on Nov 1, 2007 20:43:44 GMT -5
Reading one Marvell just finished "Run" by Ann Patchett. Excellent author!
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Post by Gary on Nov 6, 2007 13:30:58 GMT -5
Right now I am reading John Ringo's "Princess Of Wands" which is causing me some unexpected difficulty in maintaining the 'suspension of disbelief'.
For, you see, one of the main characters is, well... me. By name, by description, by attitude and action.
It's decidedly odd...
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Post by snarkalicious on Nov 7, 2007 17:53:10 GMT -5
"Brother Odd" by Dean Koontz
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Post by Dreamwebber on Nov 9, 2007 1:15:58 GMT -5
Reading the book "Wicked" I am not much of a reader anymore...so, when I check back in 6 months on this thread I may still be reading "Wicked" lol
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Post by Justin Thyme on Nov 9, 2007 8:23:40 GMT -5
Wildfire by Nelson DeMille.
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Post by daworm on Nov 9, 2007 11:21:53 GMT -5
Book of Lost Tales, Vol II. - I go to sleep fairly quickly with this one.
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Post by kittykitty on Nov 9, 2007 14:46:39 GMT -5
Just finished Eric Clapton's and Patty Boyd's autobiographies. Not as heavy as what I see most of you are reading, but the drugs, sex, rock-n-roll and blues were great. Patty Boyd's book was can't stop until it was finished. I couldn't put it down. But Clapton's held my emotions and took about two weeks. I was tired after that book. I recommend both if you were alive in the 60's and 70's. God I'm old.
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Post by spastikcomma on Nov 9, 2007 15:52:28 GMT -5
I didn't know Patty Boyd had written a book. I'll have to get it.
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Post by snarkalicious on Nov 21, 2007 17:53:00 GMT -5
I just finished "Into The Wild" by Jon Krakauer -has anyone else read it?
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Post by Babs on Nov 30, 2007 0:18:16 GMT -5
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane, the guy who wrote Mystic River. Creepy and wonderful!
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Post by SKB on Dec 4, 2007 19:38:06 GMT -5
Cabal by Clive Barker
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Post by LimitedRecourse on Dec 5, 2007 17:25:04 GMT -5
I have started my annual "Fall" ritual (better late than never) and am reading Edgar Allen Poe "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" which is a fairly comprhensive collection of his works. Gets you in the mood for everything dying in preparation of the Spring rejuvenation.
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Post by victoriasuzette on Dec 9, 2007 0:17:34 GMT -5
Re-reading 'Beauty's Release,' by Anne Rice.
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Post by mikeydokey on Dec 9, 2007 0:50:22 GMT -5
reading the Chattanooga Message Forum
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Post by LimitedRecourse on Dec 9, 2007 19:25:42 GMT -5
"reading the Chattanooga Message Forum"
A very heavy tome.....
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Post by yankeestuckinsouth on Dec 17, 2007 17:47:00 GMT -5
ANYTHING by James Patterson. I'm an addict....especially the Alex Cross Series
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Post by fullphaser on Dec 17, 2007 19:50:38 GMT -5
The End of America
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Post by RuneDeer on Dec 19, 2007 21:13:07 GMT -5
The Soul's Code by James Hillman. He discusses "acorn theory," that each of us basically comes pre-packaged, with our character and calling in place, needing only to be brought out. He says we start in the heavenly realms and "grow down," rather than growing up. That, he says, is the reason why some celebrities get into such trouble. He uses Judy Garland as an example -- her spirit was about performance, and she never connected with the more earthly plane. So the brilliant performer couldn't sustain relationships, keep house or manage money (or her health). It's a really fascinating book -- the author covers a wide range of topics.
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Post by victoriasuzette on Dec 20, 2007 0:54:04 GMT -5
Re-reading 'A Prayer for Owen Meany.'
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Post by tcrashfx on Dec 20, 2007 2:02:41 GMT -5
I just read Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson.
1100 + pages. Interesting book. Kinda like Longshot writing a book about WWII, codes/code breaking and modern computers/technology all in one.
Took a while to figure out as the author jumps back and forth from WWII to the present intertwining the characters that come together at the very end.
Fascinating take on how much energy, lives and manpower was spent on dissuading our enemies that we had broken their codes during WWII. The author intersperses real characters/places, with great historical liberties, throughout the book. Japs and Nazis and their unbreakable codes!
I would highly recommend it.
The appendix teaches you how to encrypt/decrypt the following using the Solitaire Encryption Algorithm:
OSKJJ JGTMW
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Post by Felix on Dec 20, 2007 8:52:39 GMT -5
I have always been interested in codes, probably because my father's duties in WWII in the Navy involved coding/decoding lots of radio traffic as a communications officer. He had several books on the subject. I was interested, but any code of much complexity was beyond my understanding.
I looked up the Solitaire decryption algorithm, read the first paragraph, and my eyes rolled up into my skull whilst tremors began in my extremities.
Sounds like an interesting book, though.
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Post by snarkalicious on Dec 21, 2007 20:54:14 GMT -5
"A Prayer For Owen Meany" is one of my favorite books!
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Post by RuneDeer on Dec 23, 2007 19:33:01 GMT -5
"A Prayer For Owen Meany" is one of my favorite books! Amen, Snark and VS! One of those books they could never make a movie out of -- and "Simon Burch" does NOT count!
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Post by Tookie on Dec 28, 2007 16:07:13 GMT -5
Re-reading Don't Stop the Carnival by Herman Wouk
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2007 4:13:44 GMT -5
I'm just finishing John Grisham's supposedly true "The Innocent Man". It sure puts certain cops and judges in a very, very bad light. It's downright scary but a good read.
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Post by Felix on Jan 3, 2008 9:38:33 GMT -5
Just finished The World Made Straight, by Ron Rash. Good coming of age novel, complete with pot farms, bear traps and trailers in the North Carolina mountains, wherein the young man who is the central character discovers that, as Faulkner put it, the past is not dead, it is not even past.
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Post by RuneDeer on Jan 4, 2008 21:25:33 GMT -5
An oldie but a goodie: Insomnia by Stephen King.
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Post by tcrashfx on Jan 7, 2008 4:23:42 GMT -5
Indeed, a very good read.
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Post by moonpie on Jan 15, 2008 22:24:28 GMT -5
If you like a good mystery/suspense set in the south, try Greg Isles. Love his books!
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Post by aresvladimir on Jan 25, 2008 8:08:43 GMT -5
Helen Keller
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