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Post by BlackFox on Jun 3, 2009 9:25:55 GMT -5
"Chattanooga Message Forum" by Gary Poole
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Post by Walker, Texas Ranger on Jun 3, 2009 10:44:51 GMT -5
One of the greatest science fiction novels ever written.
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Post by SKB on Jun 3, 2009 15:53:08 GMT -5
Finished reading Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman and have begun Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.So far it's interesting.
He's one of the few authors who has yet to disappoint.
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Post by okz on Jun 3, 2009 18:29:36 GMT -5
New York Stories by Paul Auster
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Post by spastikcomma on Jun 4, 2009 14:37:43 GMT -5
"Four Queens" by Nancy Goldstone.
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Post by spastikcomma on Jun 10, 2009 9:51:07 GMT -5
Just finished "Patchwork Planet" by Ann Tyler. I'd never read her before, but I will definately read her again.
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Post by Babs on Jun 11, 2009 20:08:49 GMT -5
Ann Tyler is great. I have some of her books if you'll be there the 18th. If not, I'm sure McKays or Grumpy's has some. I'm reading the Lives They left Behind. Some social workers go into a Mental hospital in New York State that was closed years ago-suddently. They go into a dust filled attic filled with unclaimed pt suitcases-Male on one side, female on the other. Out of hundreds of suitcases, they chose a few who have some consistances and put together a picture of the pt. It's non-fiction. I think that they focus on about 5 of the pts. We have storage rooms like that at the Bend. Bags, boxes, and suitcases that pts. have left behind and may come back for. Fifty years from now, someone else could write a book if they could collect the property.
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Post by spastikcomma on Jun 12, 2009 7:35:58 GMT -5
I picked up Homesick Restaurant at Grumpy's the other day and a friend at work gave me Digging to Vietnam to read for a book club we're both in. After that I'll probably take an Ann Tyler break. But thanks for the offer. I don't like to borrow books, though. I almost never give them back.
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Post by Babs on Jun 14, 2009 23:59:23 GMT -5
The Lives They left Behind. It's a book about a state mental hospital in New York that closed in the 1990's. In the attic, they found about 400 suitcases that had been left. The authors tried to piece the stories together of about 10 pts. It's a non-fiction protrayal of mental health care in the early '90's.
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Post by spastikcomma on Jun 15, 2009 12:41:51 GMT -5
That sounds like a good book, Babs.
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Post by thb on Jun 16, 2009 15:57:17 GMT -5
Under the Radar, Fern Michaels.
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Post by spastikcomma on Jun 22, 2009 15:54:28 GMT -5
"History of Love" by Nicole Krauss S'ok.
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Post by el Gusano on Jun 22, 2009 18:17:04 GMT -5
Atlas Shrugged is next.
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Post by justme on Jun 23, 2009 17:00:51 GMT -5
Harry Potter series AGAIN. My youngest (12) has become interested. She loves to read, but she's always been a little put off by thicker books. She's trying to read them all through 6 before the movie comes out. She's on 4 now. I'm reading to make sure I can answer any questions she has (she's deaf - English idioms are different from ASL idioms) and to discuss the books with her from a Christian perspective. I have to be fresh because she's certain to ask about something I don't remember if not. On top of all that, I just enjoy them. They're a great enjoyable read with good characters. And there's always something I missed when I read them before. Just the other day I caught a "visual pun" I had missed before - Dumbledore had a Griffin on his Door.
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Post by Tookie on Jun 27, 2009 16:31:16 GMT -5
Perry Mason, The Case of the One-Eyed Witness
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Post by Babs on Jun 29, 2009 15:42:00 GMT -5
A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton. It's a little like a John Irving book, more specifically, Garp, where sometimes something can happen in a heartbeat that changes something forever, without the dry wit of Irving. I'm almost sorry that I started it, as it is deeply disturbing. I have anxiety or panic attacks for the characters. I don't get disturbed by much. It's an excellent book, but not one you want to read for awhile before sleeping, unless followed by something short and light-like a magazine or wine!
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Post by spastikcomma on Jun 30, 2009 7:17:55 GMT -5
Good luck, Babs. Hamilton's "Book of Ruth" taught me that Oprah picks the worst book of the best authors for her book club.
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Post by Babs on Jul 1, 2009 23:17:07 GMT -5
I finished it. It turned out to be better than I first thought. Thanks, Tookie-I had wondered about The Book of Ruth.
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Post by Tookie on Jul 7, 2009 14:34:02 GMT -5
Reading, Wilmer Hall the novel (wilmerhallthenovel.com) by Author: Richard Barrow ... my father;) A great book, especially for school-aged children/teenagers. Regardless of the years 50's 60's 70's ect... the book still has its same issues with todays trials and family issues. Missy, I bought your Dad's book and just finished reading it last night. I liked it a lot. Thanks for mentioning it here.
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Post by Babs on Jul 7, 2009 21:03:48 GMT -5
Did a little research on the book. Looks good!
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Post by Tookie on Jul 12, 2009 20:24:51 GMT -5
I just finished Greedy Bones by Carolyn Haines.
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Post by Babs on Jul 13, 2009 3:28:59 GMT -5
Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell.
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Post by Tookie on Jul 15, 2009 17:00:22 GMT -5
Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
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Post by thb on Jul 20, 2009 17:27:47 GMT -5
Right now, "The Cabin" By Carla Neggars. I got several of her books recently at a senior citizen yard sale.
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Post by el Gusano on Jul 20, 2009 18:37:21 GMT -5
"Inside American Education" by Thomas Sowell.
Should be required reading for everyone.
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Post by Babs on Jul 22, 2009 13:14:59 GMT -5
I'm reading one of the best books that I have ever read. Lowboy by John Wrey. It's a novel about a 16 year schizophrenic hiding in the subways in New York, and his mysterious mother who has hired a missing persons officer to find him. It is so well written. I found it at Rock Point Books. Wrey uses very few words to sum up the characters in an excellent manner.
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Post by thb on Jul 26, 2009 9:32:30 GMT -5
Just finished "Perfect Harmony" by Barbara Woods.
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Post by Tookie on Jul 26, 2009 14:02:39 GMT -5
Rereading The Gospel Singer by Harry Crews
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Post by spastikcomma on Jul 27, 2009 7:29:07 GMT -5
Took a couple days off from work and read "Later, At the Bar" by Rebecca Berry. It was a very good sad-life-of-barflys book. Also read "How to be Good" by Nick Hornby, ok. Reading "Life of Pi" finally. I look forward to getting the book Babs was last working on. It sounds great.
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Post by snarkalicious on Jul 27, 2009 11:31:11 GMT -5
"From Julia to Julie"
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