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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Mel1979 wrote:
    Currently reading The Silence of the Lambs - can't believe I haven't read it before now.

    have you read red dragon by thomas harris? if not i recommend you do so. :)
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    #X. wrote:
    Fearless Jones by Walter Mosley. I would recommend anything by W. Mosley #X.

    Did he write Devil in a Blue Dress? I was at Barnes and Noble last night and there was a 3 for 2 mystery table and that was one of the books I was trying to decide on. I settled on "The Big Sleep", "The Maltese Falcon", and another book I can't remember the name of.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Mel1979 wrote:
    Currently reading The Silence of the Lambs - can't believe I haven't read it before now.

    It's great. I just read Hannibal Rising and it is horrible. He needs to retire the character. Plus his books are not written very well. Red Dragon and Silence are great stories so I overlooked the subpar writing. Not possible in Hannibal Rising.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • failedpersephone
    failedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    Falling Leaves.
    IF YOU WANT A PLATE OF MY BEEF SWELLINGTON, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THE COVERCHARGE.
  • Linda
    Linda Posts: 1,656
    failedpersephone wrote:
    Falling Leaves.

    Sounds depressing this time of year...any good?
    i'm not happy yet.....
  • yield2me
    yield2me Posts: 1,291
    I'm reading The Poe Shadow and it is really good so far
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    yield2me wrote:
    I'm reading The Poe Shadow and it is really good so far

    I read The Dante Club, I think that was the name of the book by the same author. Matthew Pearl, I think? It was good, but not as good as I expected.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • Smartypants
    Smartypants Posts: 114
    Binaural wrote:
    Anybody ever read any Bill Bryson? I read an extract out of The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid and it had me in stitches. Whats his writing like?

    I can't wait to read that one!

    The first Bryson book that I read was "In a Sunburned Country" about his travels in Australia and he had me laughing out loud. And "A Walk in the Woods", chronicling his attempt to walk the whole Appalachian Trail with his buddy was pretty hilarious, too.
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  • Smartypants
    Smartypants Posts: 114
    I'm just finishing "The Know-It-All" by A.J. Jacobs. It's about his attempt to read the Encyclopedia Brittanica from A-Z. His sense of humor is reminding me of Bill Bryson.
    michelle

    power to the peaceful
  • pearljamgirl07
    pearljamgirl07 Posts: 792
    the old man and the sea again...
    "You're the eve of my destruction in the garden of fears"
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    reading Into The Wild before I see it in theatres, just started last night
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  • geishagrrl
    geishagrrl Posts: 130
    Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z Brite
  • PearlsGirl
    PearlsGirl Posts: 257
    "White Man's Burden" by William Easterly.
    I'm really into political and cultural books. My all time favorite, The Stranger by Camus.
    Don't let the world bring you down, not everyone here is that fucked up and cold. Remember why you came and while you're alive, experience the warmth before you grow old.

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  • Mel1979
    Mel1979 Posts: 17
    Yeah I've read Red Dragon and Hannibal before but somehow skipped over Silence of the Lambs. Pity about Hannibal Rising, it's in my bookshelf waiting to be read, too.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    PearlsGirl wrote:
    "White Man's Burden" by William Easterly.
    I'm really into political and cultural books. My all time favorite, The Stranger by Camus.

    the stranger is close to the top of my list too. meursault is someone i can relate to.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • glasshouse
    glasshouse Posts: 1,762
    Moby Dick
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • given2fly78
    given2fly78 Posts: 404
    Check out "In the Time of the Butterflies" it's a fantastic book. Based on a true story, very moving.
    "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. "
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  • surfanddestroy
    surfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    I See You : Gregg Hurwitz

    I bought in the supermarket as I had finnished my last book and am lost without anything to read. Never read anything by him before but it seems ok so far.
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    Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.

    Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,540
    Last week I finished a book called "Perfect from Now On". How Indie Rock Saved My Life by John Sellers. Right now reading "Silent Bob Speaks" The Collected Writings of Kevin Smith.
  • releaselauren
    releaselauren Posts: 384
    "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by K. Hosseini. So far, so good.

    After that, I have about ten books in my "to read" stack.
    "you shall be released" ~ EV

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