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DUgosh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-03-10 11:08 PM
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What are you reading the week of July 4, 2010?
Absolute Certainty by Rose Connors - Marty Nickerson series book #1
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-03-10 11:09 PM
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1. lady chatterly's lover by dh lawrence - hard core for its day lol but tame now nt
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-03-10 11:09 PM
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2. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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Liquorice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-03-10 11:19 PM
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4. That's a really good read. I just started onThe Girl Who Played With Fire. nt
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-03-10 11:16 PM
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3. Essays on Constitutional Law by the students in my Govt classes
Edited on Sat Jul-03-10 11:16 PM by ashling
I think that's a pretty good way to spend the holiday.:shrug:
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Chulanowa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-03-10 11:20 PM
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5. "The coming of Conan the Cimmerian"
A collection of Robert E. Howards' own Conan stories, rather than the pastiches others are familiar with.

'Cause sometimes, you just want to read about steely thews, nubiles in scanty silks, and depraved demons from beyond the end of time.
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Liberation Angel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-03-10 11:26 PM
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6. war by sesbation junger - mindblowing
Edited on Sat Jul-03-10 11:27 PM by Liberation Angel
like "dispatches" from the vietnam war

the troops are in an insane situation and need to be brought home now.

This book makes it clear.

We cannot win this insane and brutal war.
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-03-10 11:30 PM
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7. The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Phillip Pullman.
It's pretty good.
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-03-10 11:41 PM
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8. "Black Light" by Stephen Hunter
Nice mystery/gun thriller
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fadedrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-07-10 10:40 PM
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29. I remember that I liked BLACK LIGHT,
but can't remember details of the book - it was a few years ago. I liked POINT OF IMPACT, which I remember more vividly since it was my first Hunter book.
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-03-10 11:45 PM
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9. Human Smoke. by Nicholson Baker.
A history of events leading up, and during, WW2,
as told via snippets from newspapers, personal diaries, memoirs, etc.

The reader gets a look at what people, famous and not famous, were doing and saying during events and
various dates from 1920's thru the war.
Fascinating detail which is often not found in the "typical" history book.
Churchill does not come off well.
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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-03-10 11:56 PM
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11. 'Kisser' by Stuart Woods - Checked out his bio. . Bills himself as a "life-long bachelor".
Edited on Sat Jul-03-10 11:59 PM by Bobbieo
From his lifestyle, as Stone Barrington, I would have keyed him as a hard-ass consevative but he says he was anti-Bush.
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fadedrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-03-10 11:49 PM
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10. 61 HOURS by Lee Child
l/3 through - so far, good....
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Paladin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-05-10 11:21 AM
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22. I Just Finished It, Thought It Was Very Good. Enjoy. (n/t)
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matt819 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-06-10 10:39 PM
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26. Just finished it
Kept me up late, which is typical of the Reacher books. He is one of my favorite series characters in fiction. I mean, how can you not like a guy who travels with nothing more than a toothbrush, if even that, and buys new clothes when he needs a change. What a guy. The only mystery seems to be how he gets his money. This was addressed some time back, but you'll notice that he never uses an ATM card or accesses wire transfers. It's kind of like gunfights in the old westerns from decades ago - there seemed to be endless ammunition with no apparent effort made to get more, count shots, etc. In any case, you can't go wrong with any of the Reacher books, and this is one of the best.
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fadedrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-07-10 10:43 PM
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30. I read all of Reacher so far
and sort of remember some guy, was it a general?, leaving his estate to Reacher, who could not stay in one place, sold it and the money/pension comes every month. There was a book, can't remember which one, that told how he got his money/bank/etc. Anybody recall that book?
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Paladin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-08-10 06:48 AM
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31. I Thought He Carried An ATM Card, But I Wouldn't Swear To It. (n/t)
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tulsakatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-04-10 12:07 AM
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12. an innocent man by John Grisham
it's an excellent book!
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Skink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-04-10 12:31 AM
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13. Last Words- George Carlin.
Edited on Sun Jul-04-10 12:31 AM by Skink
Actually I finished it. Great read. Little snippets of history worked in which for me is what I look for in books.
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mahina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-04-10 12:50 AM
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14. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen
again.
So great! I hope Petreus and Pres. Obama have read it.
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-04-10 12:57 AM
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15. Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle. I am in summer school. nt
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abluelady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-04-10 08:11 AM
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16. Plan to Start
"The Postmistress" by Sarah Blake today.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-04-10 10:29 AM
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17. Colum McCann's LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN.
Folks, it is a treasure of a read.
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-04-10 11:09 AM
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18. I really enjoyed it.
:hi:
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-04-10 11:19 AM
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19. Hi, hippywife.
That guy can put a sentence together.

I'm only a third or way into it, but I ain't stoppin' for nothin'!

:hi:
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-04-10 04:55 PM
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20. "Bite Me, A Love Story" by Christopher Moore
Very funny.
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japple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-04-10 06:13 PM
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21. I've abandoned Last Night in Twisted River, which just fell flat
about halfway through. I found a copy of Margaret Atwood's Blind Assassin at a used book store and have started that--good, so far.
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-05-10 12:28 PM
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23. Still reading Travels With Charley
Steinbeck

I had lots of company , lots of activity last week and didn't get to my reading.
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-05-10 08:24 PM
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24. "Death Echo" by Elizabeth Lowell. n/t
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MountainLaurel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-06-10 08:42 PM
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25. Godless by Dan Barker
Very different than the Ann Coulter book of the same title.
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closeupready Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-07-10 10:25 AM
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27. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman.
Better than I'd anticipated.
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Onceuponalife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-10 12:56 AM
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34. I read that a couple of weeks ago.
Thought it was good, not great. Gaiman is a cut above Terry Pratchett (who he reminds me of) but that's not saying that much. I still want to read all of Gaiman's books but so far none of them have been real keepers. I guess I enjoyed Good Omens the best.
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fadedrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-07-10 10:36 PM
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28. THE JURY MASTER by Robert Dugoni
I liked this book.

Fell in love with a character (not the main one) named police Det. Tom Molia. Funny guy. Main guy is named Atty. David Sloane. By page 77, I checked to see if the library had any more books by Dugoni and they had 2, which I've since picked up. Fingered thru to see if Molia was in either of the two and it appears that he isn't.

There's 438 pages. Some of you might enjoy this book.

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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-08-10 04:57 PM
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32. Until I Find You by John Irving.
Edited on Thu Jul-08-10 04:58 PM by Enthusiast
So far, I like it. Like the other John Irving novels Until I Find You is populated by unusual characters. I guess this is part of his appeal.
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hamerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-08-10 08:11 PM
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33. Kill Me
by Stephen White. I'm about 50 pages in and so far, so good.
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fadedrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-09-10 01:56 PM
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35. There's a whole bunch of books that precede KILL ME..
Have you read any of them - listed at this site?


http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/W_Authors/White_Stephen.html
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hamerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 05:54 AM
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36. Thanks for the link!
No I haven't read any others. This is the first one and it's a good one. Have you read any of the others? Are they all as good, in your opinion?
Thanks again! :hi:
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fadedrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-10-10 05:33 PM
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37. No, haven't read any, but
everytime somebody suggests a book, I look to see if it's a mystery, and especially, if it's a series book (I love series books). If there are books before the suggested book, I like to read them first...the library usually has the oldest, but sometimes you may have to borrow through inter-library to find them.
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vixengrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-11-10 01:26 AM
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38. Here's some of what I *did* read--
http://strangelyrandomstuff.blogspot.com/2010/07/answer-to-long-hot-summer-read.html

(Quick capsule reviews of Mieville's Kraken. Grahame-Smith's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Stross' The Fuller Memorandum. All recommended.
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fadedrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-11-10 02:39 PM
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39. WRONGFUL DEATH by Robert Dugoni & almost BODILY HARM
Liked his first book, THE JURY MASTER, very much. Found WRONGFUL DEATH to be without humor and was tedious. Skimmed through BODILY HARM and found 3-4 pages with my favorite character from THE JURY MASTER, Det. Tom Molia, and figured that little of him wasn't worth reading the whole book.

IMHO, author'd do better to have Molia in every book, and lots of him..
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