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Morrigoon · 08-30-2007, 02:20 PM

Looks interesting, Helen!

As for me, I'm on the fiction kick again, though I've sworn off any pleasure reading till I slog through my continuing ed correspondance courses (for which the deadline is LOOMING).

Just read a great one... I think it was a Crichton novel, about this lawyer who gets caught up trying to break up some major acts of ecoterrorism by extremist environmental groups. I know, sounds riveting, right? But the guy nearly gets killed ten ways till Sunday by falling in Arctic crevasses, running from South American warlords, being bitten by some weird octopus, etc. Dang, I wish I could remember the name of it!

Already have a new book lined up. I know it has something to do with life in the middle east, I think it's one of those names-and-stories-mixed-up-to-protect-the-innocent kind of nearly non-fiction deals. I really enjoyed "Reading Lolita in Tehran" so I'm hoping this one is just as illustrative of life behind the veil. Pretty sure this one's set in Afghanistan, but I could be wrong.

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.

08-30-2007, 02:20 PM	#6
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Looks interesting, Helen! As for me, I'm on the fiction kick again, though I've sworn off any pleasure reading till I slog through my continuing ed correspondance courses (for which the deadline is LOOMING). Just read a great one... I think it was a Crichton novel, about this lawyer who gets caught up trying to break up some major acts of ecoterrorism by extremist environmental groups. I know, sounds riveting, right? But the guy nearly gets killed ten ways till Sunday by falling in Arctic crevasses, running from South American warlords, being bitten by some weird octopus, etc. Dang, I wish I could remember the name of it! Already have a new book lined up. I know it has something to do with life in the middle east, I think it's one of those names-and-stories-mixed-up-to-protect-the-innocent kind of nearly non-fiction deals. I really enjoyed "Reading Lolita in Tehran" so I'm hoping this one is just as illustrative of life behind the veil. Pretty sure this one's set in Afghanistan, but I could be wrong. 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. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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