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urgeok2 06-30-2009 05:06 AM

a liars autobiography - graham chapman
always looking up - michael j fox
the dracula tape - fred saberhagen

hammerfan 06-30-2009 09:14 AM

The Hollow (Book 2 of the Sign of Seven Trilogy) by Nora Roberts

psycho d 07-01-2009 05:32 AM

i am about half-way through Erich Fromm's Psychoanalysis and Religion. It is different from his other books, which all seem less dated. Ashe.
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hammerfan 07-02-2009 04:10 AM

The Pagan Stone (Book 3 of the Seven of Seven Trilogy) by Nora Roberts

mjv135 07-04-2009 10:21 AM

at the moment
 
Reading 'Pillars of the Earth' ... again. Not a horror book but still really good. Have to say 'Weaveworld' by Clive Barker is next on my list.

hammerfan 07-06-2009 04:28 AM

Cat on the Scent by Rita Mae Brown

Doc Faustus 07-06-2009 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by mjv135 (Post 817276)
Reading 'Pillars of the Earth' ... again. Not a horror book but still really good. Have to say 'Weaveworld' by Clive Barker is next on my list.

Weaveworld's one of his best. A little redundant when you look at the rest of his body of work, but still excellent.

scouse mac 07-06-2009 12:46 PM

The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill

sfear 07-07-2009 07:21 PM

Finished FROOMB! by John Lymington. Now reading THE RETURN by Isidore Haiblum, a tale of the aftermath of a Texas-New York nuclear holocaust.

CrimsonFiend138 07-08-2009 07:36 AM

Found one of my brother's old Books. " A Wrinkle in Time". Ever heard of it?

The_Return 07-08-2009 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by CrimsonFiend138 (Post 818335)
Found one of my brother's old Books. " A Wrinkle in Time". Ever heard of it?

Madeleine L'Engle?

That was one of my favourite books growing up...was probably in 6th grade when I read it first, and fell in love with it. Great fantasy adventure, a lots of really cool ideas and concepts.

Not sure if I'd still like it as much today or not, but I hope you enjoy it!

There's a film version as well...never bothered with it as I'm sure it couldn't live up to the book.

CrimsonFiend138 07-09-2009 07:53 AM

Yes that's the author's name. I've had it forever, I'm 21 and my brother read it in school and he's 32 lol, but I still want to read it. I didn't know there was a movie but it as you said prolly won't be any good

Geddy 07-09-2009 10:52 AM

Franny and Zooey, by JD Salinger

mjv135 07-11-2009 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Doc Faustus (Post 817706)
Weaveworld's one of his best. A little redundant when you look at the rest of his body of work, but still excellent.

Imajica is a great read too. I love his writing, his word usage and the rythym he uses, he could copy a phone book and make it interesting.

Doc Faustus 07-12-2009 11:25 AM

Apparently, you haven't read Mr. B. Gone. I agree about Imajica, but his last few years of output have been kind of so-so.

urgeok2 07-15-2009 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by CrimsonFiend138 (Post 818335)
Found one of my brother's old Books. " A Wrinkle in Time". Ever heard of it?


great book. i think there are 2 more in the series as well.




my current :


The Strain ..

enjoying this so far - it reads like a film treatment.

Weapon X 07-15-2009 11:17 AM

Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk.

jenna26 07-16-2009 10:28 AM

The Pines by Robert Dunbar
The Vampire Files Volume 1 by P.N. Elrod
Dark Lover by J.R. Ward

All are books of the month (or past months, I'm behind) of online reading groups I am a member of. I think its about time to cut back on my online book discussion groups for awhile.....:rolleyes:

hammerfan 07-16-2009 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by jenna26 (Post 819928)
The Pines by Robert Dunbar
The Vampire Files Volume 1 by P.N. Elrod
Dark Lover by J.R. Ward

All are books of the month (or past months, I'm behind) of online reading groups I am a member of. I think its about time to cut back on my online book discussion groups for awhile.....:rolleyes:


Oh, sure....now that you've got me on Shelfari.....:rolleyes:

Tell me about Dark Lover

jenna26 07-16-2009 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by hammerfan (Post 819931)
Oh, sure....now that you've got me on Shelfari.....:rolleyes:

Tell me about Dark Lover

LOL...well, I can't quit Shelfari....its one of my online addictions...:p But I have a few Yahoo groups I am a member of also that just have to go, I always try to keep up and I can't anymore.

So far, not sure what all the fuss is about on Dark Lover, but its entertaining enough trash. Ward did actually seem to put a little more thought into her vampire world than most of the paranormal romance writers I have read though. As much as I like urban fantasy (which is not all that different really, I suppose) you would think I would enjoy it more.

hammerfan 07-16-2009 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by jenna26 (Post 819933)
LOL...well, I can't quit Shelfari....its one of my online addictions...:p But I have a few Yahoo groups I am a member of also that just have to go, I always try to keep up and I can't anymore.

So far, not sure what all the fuss is about on Dark Lover, but its entertaining enough trash. Ward did actually seem to put a little more thought into her vampire world than most of the paranormal romance writers I have read though. As much as I like urban fantasy (which is not all that different really, I suppose) you would think I would enjoy it more.


Good enough to check out at the library, but not good enough to spend money on?

I'm getting ready to start my first J.D. Robb book. Got it at Barnes and Noble with birthday money - I remembered you saying how you liked her "....in Death" books.

jenna26 07-16-2009 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by hammerfan (Post 819938)
Good enough to check out at the library, but not good enough to spend money on?

I'm getting ready to start my first J.D. Robb book. Got it at Barnes and Noble with birthday money - I remembered you saying how you liked her "....in Death" books.

I wouldn't buy it no, but yeah, definitely worth a read if you enjoy romance.

Oh, I LOVE the In Death series, much more than I thought I was going to, totally addicting. I've actually read them all I think. It is weird that I have never read anything else by Roberts.

hammerfan 07-16-2009 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by jenna26 (Post 819943)
I wouldn't buy it no, but yeah, definitely worth a read if you enjoy romance.

Oh, I LOVE the In Death series, much more than I thought I was going to, totally addicting. I've actually read them all I think. It is weird that I have never read anything else by Roberts.

Please tell me they're not in any kind of order....

jenna26 07-16-2009 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by hammerfan (Post 819945)
Please tell me they're not in any kind of order....

They are, they are individual mysteries, and you could easily read them out of order I think. But it follows the same characters, so there is a lot of relationship development. Naked in Death is the first one, if I am remembering right.

hammerfan 07-16-2009 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jenna26 (Post 819948)
They are, they are individual mysteries, and you could easily read them out of order I think. But it follows the same characters, so there is a lot of relationship development. Naked in Death is the first one, if I am remembering right.

Shit. I don't think I got the first one.

hammerfan 07-17-2009 04:42 AM

Getting ready to start Born in Death by J.D. Robb

jenna26 07-17-2009 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by hammerfan (Post 820030)
Getting ready to start Born in Death by J.D. Robb

Yep, this is one of the more recent ones. Hope you enjoy it though! :)

Angra 07-18-2009 01:08 AM

"The Shadow Of The Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

What an amazing writer.

jenna26 07-18-2009 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Angra (Post 820202)
"The Shadow Of The Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

What an amazing writer.

Excellent read! Looking forward to The Angel's Game, hope it will be in at the library soon.

Angra 07-18-2009 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by jenna26 (Post 820233)
Excellent read! Looking forward to The Angel's Game, hope it will be in at the library soon.

Heard good thing about that one as well.

urgeok2 07-18-2009 06:00 PM

just finished The Strain ...good book.

Now reading The Holmes-Dracula File by Fred Saberhagen

The_Return 07-23-2009 11:41 AM

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Disease 07-23-2009 11:48 AM

Renegade by Mark E SMith

psycho d 07-24-2009 05:36 AM

Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou. Great book with incredible illustrations. More of a tome than a book. Ashe.
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ADropOfFuelForANightmare 07-24-2009 05:38 AM

The Excorcist, I'm 100 ish pages in, it's pretty good, creepy but not really that scary

urgeok 07-24-2009 05:57 AM

An Old Friend of the Family - fred saberhagen (a continuation of his Dracula series)

SamCostello 07-26-2009 10:56 AM

Shot a Man in Reno, by Graeme Thompson – an interesting enough book tracking the history of death through popular music. It’s got good passages, but somehow doesn’t quite hold together for me. Maybe it’s because it was more about death than music and I wanted it the other way around.

Sam

_____V_____ 07-27-2009 05:44 AM

Murderland I: H8 by Garrett Cook.

Very impressive. Waiting for pt II eagerly now.

urgeok 07-27-2009 11:28 AM

Thorn - fred saberhagen

4th book in his Dracula series (which i just found out ran to 10 books)

nightmare_of _death 07-28-2009 12:02 PM

Dracula by: Bram Stoker

The Perk's of being a Wallflower by:Stephen Chbosky


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