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Ponine 08-30-2007 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon (Post 159531)
I tore through an entire Nora Roberts trilogy in a few days earlier this year. Not what I'd call challenging reading, but who doesn't love a vampire novel?

And of course Harry Potter, but I'm sure you read that one the first week.

I read the bio-terroristic Crichton. We're good there... I read the book thats the Kite Runner part 2....
Harry potter, yeah , did that one.
My household is pretty up to date in all things Crichton, Patterson (x2) and Child.

Nora Roberts Vampire books.. that I havent done. The last group I read by her was the flower series with the ghost living in the house.

Prudence 08-30-2007 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Chernabog (Post 159538)
And Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos by HP Lovecraft and others.

Have you read "A Scream for Jeeves"? Most amusing.

Morrigoon 08-30-2007 04:18 PM

Ponine: I read the first one because it was called Morrigan's Cross (or something like that). Couldn't resist!

Overall I thought her style a little cheesy and supermarket-ready, but it WAS entertaining, to be fair. I think if she'd taken the sex out of it, it would have been even better as a normal work of fiction.

Ponine 08-30-2007 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon (Post 159558)
Ponine: I read the first one because it was called Morrigan's Cross (or something like that). Couldn't resist!

I'll look around. her stuff tends to be lieft in the rec room at the condos a lot. :D

Kevy Baby 08-30-2007 05:30 PM

Currently slowly working my way through the last HP. Since I don't get much time to read, I do a chapter or less some nights.

Susan is a voracious reader and is often working on more than one book at a time. She will listen to a book on the iPod while she gets ready for bed, and then reads a different one once she gets there. She keeps another in her purse to read if she is out and has a few minutes.

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Originally Posted by 3894 (Post 159525)
You people should pre-order the book I wrote with the hubbo.

Wait a sec... I thought your authoring identity was as secret? Or is it just your nom de plume that is secret?

Besides, it appears you are dead.

MouseWife 08-30-2007 05:36 PM

My last read was 'The Kite Runner'. I've purchased 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' and can't wait to get started on it.

Next up, as I have to read ATSS I will be reading 'Aria'.

'The Kite Runner' was an awesome read, very well written. I read it like it was a decadant piece of chocolate cake.

Since ATSS is by the same author, I expect nothing less!!

Aria is in a similar setting and is recommended if you've enjoyed TKR/ATSS.

alphabassettgrrl 08-30-2007 07:36 PM

I can well believe the statistic, though it makes me sad. I read a lot. Lately it's been non-fiction.

"Guns, Germs, and Steel" - why Europe stomped the rest of the world in spite of the others' apparent head start.
"The sacred prostitute" - bringing back the physical to the sacred. Also sacred femininity. Small book, but kind of heavy in some places.
Fiction: "The Name of the Rose" Umberto Eco.
One I just finished: "The Dark Side of the Light Chasers"- talking about pagan groups.

I'll have to look and see what else I have. My pleasure reading is somewhat curtailed during school; I'm reading a lot for that.

lindyhop 08-30-2007 08:03 PM

I'm doing more reading lately but I'm mostly keeping to light stuff. Earlier this summer I read Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen and The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde.

Now I'm on another Terry Pratchett binge and having a great time with his books. I'm reading Witches Abroad and ran across a swipe at The Lord of the Rings last night that made me laugh so much I nearly fell out of bed.

In the stack by my bed I have The Companions by Sheri S. Tepper and two books that Quality Paperback Book Club talked me into: The Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig and Finn by Jon Clinch.

3894 08-31-2007 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby (Post 159580)

Which makes me that much more remarkable, doncha think? :cool:

Snowflake 08-31-2007 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by lindyhop (Post 159610)
I'm doing more reading lately but I'm mostly keeping to light stuff. Earlier this summer I read Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen and The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde.


The Thursday Next series is on my list, I've had 4 friends recommend Fforde to me, and I can't believe I've missed them!


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