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What Book are you Currently reading? |
 Aug 17 2007, 10:20 PM
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 Distinguished Venter  Group: Members Posts: 535 Joined: 13-August 07 From: Salem VA Member No.: 10  |
I'm reading Richard Bachman's book "Blaze" and a teen fantasy novel called "His Dark Materials - The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman it's a little off from my normal reading which means its taking me forever to get through it. (The series has such a good dark name but the books arent that good for an adult male, its written for pre teens really)
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Aug 18 2007, 10:08 AM
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 T.V'S AGONY UNCLE Group: Global Moderator Posts: 1,172 Joined: 14-August 07 From: liverpool,england Member No.: 20 |
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Aug 18 2007, 10:49 AM
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I recently had a friend turn me onto James Lee Burke and I'm systematically working through what my local library has. Burke writes mysteries about a reoccurring character who lives in Iberia Louisiana, I'm familiar with the south and Burke's descriptions are so colorful that I feel like I'm back down there again. This guy is great!
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Aug 18 2007, 03:34 PM
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How is blaze? Gonna get it when its in PB.
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Aug 18 2007, 04:03 PM
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I just finished reading The Partner by John Grisham. I had to read it for school, but i would of read it otherwise, it's a really good book.
I'm probably gunna start reading the Star Wars Force Heretic series (there are three books, Remnant, Refugee, and Reunion) written by Sean Williams and Shane Dix. I started reading the first one and it was pretty good, I just never got around to finishing them. Regards, TheYoda --------------------  Be proud of who you are. |
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Aug 18 2007, 06:26 PM
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Distinguished Venter Group: Members Posts: 535 Joined: 13-August 07 From: Salem VA Member No.: 10 |
It's good. You can see flashes of Stephen King's later works and some of Richard Bachman's earlier work in it but then again its hard to write almost 40 (?) stories and Books without reverbing something (this book was the last of the Bachman Books written and predates Carrie by 6 months to a year)
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Aug 19 2007, 06:41 PM
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Godless: The Church of Liberalism, by Ann Coulter. Yes, sometimes she goes a little too far, but other times she is dead on.
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Aug 19 2007, 06:57 PM
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Administrator Group: Root Admin Posts: 321 Joined: 3-August 07 Member No.: 1 |
QUOTE You can see flashes of Stephen King's later works and some Is this a pure thriller? Or is there some supernatural in it? |
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Aug 20 2007, 05:20 AM
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T.V'S AGONY UNCLE Group: Global Moderator Posts: 1,172 Joined: 14-August 07 From: liverpool,england Member No.: 20 |
started a new book which i have read before(was a great read)
called powder wars its about a criminal from liverpool(were i live)who brought down the biggest drug cartels ever known in england -------------------- god my head hurts
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Aug 20 2007, 08:20 AM
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Distinguished Venter Group: Members Posts: 535 Joined: 13-August 07 From: Salem VA Member No.: 10 |
QUOTE (Grinler @ Aug 19 2007, 07:57 PM)  Is this a pure thriller? Or is there some supernatural in it? It's mainly a thriller. Unless you include a "slow" person being haunted (in his head) by his former partner in crime as supernatural there is none as far as I can tell (only 125 pages in so far, had a busy week). -------------------- Speak softly and carry a weighted baseball bat. Then people have to listen to you. |
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Aug 25 2007, 05:48 PM
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Distinguished Venter Group: Members Posts: 535 Joined: 13-August 07 From: Salem VA Member No.: 10 |
Well I finished "Blaze" about 1 AM this morning and read the Short Story "Memory" which accompanied it in the book (although completely separate tales). I also started on "Lisey's Story" by Stephen King which promises to be an interesting read (both books were given to me by a friend who had accidentally ordered double copies)
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Aug 26 2007, 01:57 AM
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At the moment, I am re-reading Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus, along with some of his short stories.
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Aug 31 2007, 04:06 PM
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"The Lost King", by Margaret Weiss.
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Sep 6 2007, 01:56 PM
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QUOTE (Zarathustra @ Aug 26 2007, 08:57 AM) At the moment, I am re-reading Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus, along with some of his short stories. Lol, I read the german version of it and stopped after a few chapters - too complicated and exhausting back then Z  . Currently reading "The human stain" from P.Roth (I believe that was the english title).
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Sep 7 2007, 02:23 AM
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Just finished reading The Curse Of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold, and she is in fine form.
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