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Post by sandy on Aug 7, 2006 17:17:17 GMT -5
Just finished a Taylor Smith book. Am reading a Susan Wiggs now and when I finish it I will start on Mary Jane Clark, Martin Crais, Jennifer Cruise, Barbara Delinsky or one of the other books waiting for me.
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Post by Mark on Aug 7, 2006 17:58:20 GMT -5
Hope they are good - I haven't heard of them. I"m reading a David Baldacci, Dean Koontz, and James Patterson at the moment. I have about 200 unread books, so won't name them all.
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Post by sandy on Aug 8, 2006 8:45:51 GMT -5
What type of book does Baldacci write? The others I know. But Baldy is a new one for me.
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Post by Mark on Aug 8, 2006 8:54:49 GMT -5
Straight from the NY Times Bestseller list. Haven't read it yet. But I would guess by reading the jacket that he writes "Great American Novel" type of stories. Lots of character development, trials and tribulations in the home, workplace, politics - just good old fashioned 'stories' about life, people, love, jealousies, ambition, triumph, defeat, happiness, sadness, etc. He wrote 'Absolute Power', if you recall that book. Thumbing through it looked good.
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Post by sandy on Aug 12, 2006 9:21:32 GMT -5
Reading the second Mary Jane Clark mystery.It's as good as the first one I read. Easy reading, lots of possible bad guys and keeps you guessing til the end. A good read.
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Post by sandy on Aug 19, 2006 10:17:03 GMT -5
I seem to have a problem with Crais first name. His name is Robert Crais. Not MArtin or James(which is what I called him on another site) His book does get interesting but doesn't grab you right away. I will probably read another of his. If I can remember his name.
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Post by sandy on Aug 24, 2006 10:05:47 GMT -5
Reaading my second Jennifer Crusie in 2 days. I read everything of hers I can get my eyes on. She is funny.
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Post by Mark on Aug 24, 2006 11:16:06 GMT -5
I'm currently reading an Anne Rice book entitled 'Blood Canticle', that's proving very hard to get into. If anyone has read it, let me know if it gets any better - right now it's just plain weird.
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Post by Maria on Aug 24, 2006 12:12:18 GMT -5
the book is plain weird. I liked it anyway.
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Post by Mark on Aug 24, 2006 15:02:43 GMT -5
Good, but how long before I don't have to prop open my eyelids with toothpicks anymore? I mean, dream sequences about popes, etc are not my cup of tea.
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Post by browncoatrebel on Oct 5, 2006 17:51:11 GMT -5
At the moment, my plasure reading is Peter Beagle's The Last Unicorn. I usually wouldn't just go and read fantasy, as I'm not a huge fan of the genre like I am sci-fi, but my book club picked that one. It's a fairly good book. The writing itself is unremarkable, and as a writer I like to read really great prose.
Sara
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Post by browncoatrebel on Oct 5, 2006 17:53:26 GMT -5
I'm currently reading an Anne Rice book entitled 'Blood Canticle', that's proving very hard to get into. If anyone has read it, let me know if it gets any better - right now it's just plain weird. Haven't read much of Anne Rice's work, as I don't really get into the vampire-genre stuff; now, of course, she's changin her style. I did read her first book in the Christ the Lord series because my grandmother got me an autographed copy. It was actually pretty good--she writes nice prose. Sara
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Post by Mark on Oct 5, 2006 17:55:25 GMT -5
Like you, I'm a fan of Sci Fi. For some reason I could never get into fantasy - One reason I let my subscription lapse to Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine - the fantasy got too weird and more prevalent than the good Sci Fi, IMHO.
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Post by Mark on Oct 5, 2006 18:18:33 GMT -5
I'll have to take a look. I guess she was mid-transition when she wrote 'Blood Canticle'. To me, it's about half religion and half story-telling and kind of a muddle... Not to be critical, just that it wasn't what I was expecting.
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Post by Dabbit on Aug 18, 2007 4:39:44 GMT -5
I'm quite envious of Sandy and others who can read a book so quickly - I am only half way through the Madasue heller one I started months ago. I'm enjoying it but can only seem to read a few pages at a time.
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Post by sandy on Aug 18, 2007 8:45:50 GMT -5
Now that makes me sad. If I couldn't have a books around waiting for me to read and 1 in my hands reading it I have no idea what I would do. One of my worst nightmares is losing the ability to read. My mom was an avid reader and after her mini strokes she doesn't read at all. I don't think she can recognize words. Sounds awful doesn't it?
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Post by Dabbit on Aug 18, 2007 10:32:05 GMT -5
It is sandy my dad had several strokes and my mum has had mini ones so I can fully understand what you mean
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Post by Mark on Aug 18, 2007 14:55:17 GMT -5
I think I would feel terribly trapped, sort of like having no voice, but needing to scream.
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Post by sandy on Aug 19, 2007 7:59:22 GMT -5
exactly.
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Post by Mark on Aug 21, 2007 13:03:16 GMT -5
I can't imagine. I know people who have had strokes and for some of them it's sort of like their souls were yanked out of their bodies, which still function although at a minimal level.
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