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The Vanished Man by Jeffrey Deaver.

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Rereading Atlas Shrugged for probably the 25th time. Wish that Ayn Rand was still alive to read her updated commentary on the current world situation.

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What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell. It's a Postman Always Rings Twice from the perspective of a 16 yr old girl. Amazing!

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The Stuff Of Thought by Steven Pinker

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The Wheel of Time series, again
A Song of Ice and Fire series, again
Malazan Book of the Fallen series

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Should finish Sharpe's Rifles today.

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Just finished James Patterson Double Cross over the weekend, great book love all the Cross books. Started reading John Grisham The Street Lawyer

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Started The Savage Detectives by Bolano. Just 30 pages into it-might be too high-brow for me. I will read a couple hundred pages and see what I think.

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Reading the whole Dark Tower series by Stephen King again. I think this'll be my 3rd time reading books 1-7 together.

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Ooh, that's another one on my reread list. Thanks for reminding me.

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So, is this good Stephen King?? We have the whole series at the library and I have never read it.

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I am reading the Amateur Magicians Handbook.

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taking a break from reading civil war books and am currently reading

The Rocket That Fell To Earth by Jeff Pearlman. Its about Roger Clemens and so far its a really good book. (Im on page 15)

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Playboy

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Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message by Ravi Zacharias

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The Sleeping Doll by Jeffrey Deaver

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Nice :r

I finally finished "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" and started "The Five People you Meet in Heaven"

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It's some of his best IMO. If you can make it through the first book, which can be boring/slow, you will really like it. I have mixed opinions about the last 3 books, but even with the mixed opinions, it's an awsome series. My other King favs are Eyes of the Dragon, The Talisman and whatever the sequel was called, Rose Madder, 'Salem's Lot, and of course The Stand.

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It, The Stand and Gerald's Game are my favs. I have never gotten over that story of being handcuffed to the bed...and Gerald dropping dead-whoot!

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I finished "The five people you meet in heaven" and have started "Black Mass" It's about the Irish mob in Boston and how them and the FBI got a little too close to each other.

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After 200 pages of Savage Detectives I tossed it-piece of crap.

Reading Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner-excellent book!

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Patricia Highsmith's This Sweet Sickness. I've read a dozen of her novels, and enjoy the non-Ripley books a lot. She can write about social misfits and the disenfranchinsed/morally corrup like no one else.

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I think I've read 80% of King, agaisnt my better judgement. It's true, he needs an editor!!!! Duma Key was too long, too unfocused and there wan't any real payoff. It was like he tacked on the supernatural elements to an otherwise good yawn, er, yarn. Gave up on 4th part of Gunslinger. He seemed to be making it up as he went along to the detriment of story arcs and character. His next book coming out in Sept is about a Mane city that is covered by a dome. Um, Steve, seen the Simpsons movie recently...?

But like most fans of his "older, scarier" stuff, I stay with him hoping he'll surprise me.

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You got further than I did. It reminds me of the half a dozen times I've tried to read Pynchon... except that Pynchon can really write. I just can't read him.

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I gave up on King a long time ago. Nevertheless, hope dies hard and I gave Duma Key a try. I finished it but totally agree ... it was nothing like his older, scarier stuff.

Currently reading "Spade and Archer" by Joe Gores. It's promoted as a prequel to the Maltese Falcon. Good thing it's a short book because. so far, Maltese Falcon it's not.

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Just finished The Vanished Man by Jeffrey Deaver.
One of his best novels.

About to start Dead Aim by Iris Johansen

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The very best book I've ever read was called ADDICT by a guy named Stephen Smith; it's a true story about his growing up and getting addicted to amphetamines in the 60's in London as a result of being abused...he went on to take over 300,000 pills in hs life and his story is quite simply amazing. Very well written, funny, sad, emotional and witty all in one, almost like the film Shawshank Redemption in some ways and that's voted in many polls as the best film ever made.

Seek it out if you can, you'll not regret it..the best money you'll ever spend

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Millard J. Erickson's Christian Theology... just finished all 1253 pages of it!

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Just finished GJ Meyer's "A World Undone". Excellent read, burned through all 618 pages rather quick.

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Romeo and Juliet for the upteenth time.

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The Last Don by Mario Puzo

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I had never heard of this book, so I Googled it. It does sound like an interesting book ... put it on my list.

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Amazon says 816 pages-you burned faster than you thought:r

Looks like a great book-one era of history I have yet to delve into.

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I finished Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner-one of the best books I have ever read. I ordered another Stegner book to see if it is as good. Great tale of the West as well as a statement on relationships.

Now on tap I have Coming into The Country by James McPhee. Another new author for me. I'm going to Alaska this summer and a friend recommended this book.

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Just about through Baudolino by Umberto Eco. Nice story.

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I'm reading Explorer by C.J. Cherryh.

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Mulamadhyamakakarika by Nagarjuna, translated by Jay Garfield as The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way. Mind-bending stuff, and absolutely brilliant. If you've read Hume, Kant, or Wittgenstein (and liked it) you will dig this classic of Buddhist philosophy. :tu

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I've been meaning to read some Wittgenstein.

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Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis

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I just finished Soviet Tragedy: A History of Socialism in Russia.

It has gotten me thinking quite a bit about power, policy and politics.

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Just finished "Drink, Play, F@#k" by Andrew Gottleib. Hilarious book. Great beach reading.

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note to members keep your eyes on the red :ss

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Thought it was finally time to tackle Confederacy of Dunces after a decade and a half of people telling me how great it is. So far I like it. Very unusual, very funny, very unique.

I don't know about you guys, but do you resist when people tell you you "just gotta read [inset tite]"? I'd like to know yr thoughts. Maybe I'm just a book snob and I want to be the one telling people what they should read?

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Thanks for the tip. I'm a big fan of kant and Buddhism. Will check it out.

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Picked AoR at a giant used book sale. Always been meaning to read it. I've got a nice modern library of Steg's Crossing to Safety.

I dunno c-gal, we seem to have some psychic link...'sall I'm sayin.;)

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Currently reading White House Ghosts, its about the speech writers for the Presidents. Really good book so far.

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Okay, Bookman-I finished McPhee and can you guess what I am reading now?

Here is a hint-classic American lit...

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Theodore Drieser maybe???

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or Sun Also Rises?

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nope and nope-a good ol' southern boy!