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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    PJSerf wrote:
    Just purchased The Name of the Wind, The Watchmen, and Killing Yourself to Live yesterday. Probably will read The Watchmen first.

    Picked up The Name of the Wind after reading the reviews in this thread.

    Now I feel like I put myself on the line here!

    I really enjoyed the Watchmen, first graphic novel I ever read.
  • smithnic
    smithnic Posts: 1,565
    soulsinging wrote:
    PJSerf wrote:
    Just purchased The Name of the Wind, The Watchmen, and Killing Yourself to Live yesterday. Probably will read The Watchmen first.

    Picked up The Name of the Wind after reading the reviews in this thread.

    Now I feel like I put myself on the line here!

    I really enjoyed the Watchmen, first graphic novel I ever read.

    I really enjoyed it as well. Can't wait to go see the movie on Friday. Gonna try for the IMAX
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    PJSerf wrote:
    Just purchased The Name of the Wind, The Watchmen, and Killing Yourself to Live yesterday. Probably will read The Watchmen first.

    Picked up The Name of the Wind after reading the reviews in this thread.

    I think you will enjoy "Name of the Wind". Let us know what you think.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    mfc2006 wrote:
    thanks for the suggestions.....
    looks like i'll be starting "The Psychology of Baseball" this evening! as far as the stand goes, i don't feel like it's bloated. that was the was King wrote it & then had to trim it. it gives a bit more insight into the characters, i think.

    I agree about "The Stand". I think King had to trim it because it would have cost too much the length it was and he only had a few books out at that point. I love the book so much that I didn't want it to end so I'm probably biased, but I agree that it doesn't feel bloated.
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  • sweet adeline
    sweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    "i wanna be a ho", by velvet jones
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    rrivers wrote:
    mfc2006 wrote:
    thanks for the suggestions.....
    looks like i'll be starting "The Psychology of Baseball" this evening! as far as the stand goes, i don't feel like it's bloated. that was the was King wrote it & then had to trim it. it gives a bit more insight into the characters, i think.

    I agree about "The Stand". I think King had to trim it because it would have cost too much the length it was and he only had a few books out at that point. I love the book so much that I didn't want it to end so I'm probably biased, but I agree that it doesn't feel bloated.

    Check out my recommendation above. If you haven't read "Earth Abides" yet, you really should. King must have been a huge fan of it, because vast portions of The Stand owe their inspiration to it.
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  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    sweet adeline wrote:
    "i wanna be a ho", by velvet jones

    Awesome.
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    BinFrog wrote:
    rrivers wrote:
    mfc2006 wrote:
    thanks for the suggestions.....
    looks like i'll be starting "The Psychology of Baseball" this evening! as far as the stand goes, i don't feel like it's bloated. that was the was King wrote it & then had to trim it. it gives a bit more insight into the characters, i think.

    I agree about "The Stand". I think King had to trim it because it would have cost too much the length it was and he only had a few books out at that point. I love the book so much that I didn't want it to end so I'm probably biased, but I agree that it doesn't feel bloated.

    Check out my recommendation above. If you haven't read "Earth Abides" yet, you really should. King must have been a huge fan of it, because vast portions of The Stand owe their inspiration to it.

    i will definitely check it out! thanks!
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    PJ212 wrote:
    Easy Riders, Raging Bulls - How the Sex Drugs and Rock N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
    It's a pretty great read about how Coppola, Scorcese, Spielberg, and other filmmakers, were among a new wave of directors challenging the old studio system in Hollywood in the 1970s. Lots of great stories about how some of the great movies of that era were made.


    i read that a while back... i thought it was a great book... very informative and some of the stories were both amazing and humorous.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Just finished "Adventures in the Screen Trade" by William Goldman which also has some interesting stories about movies being made. It was written in 1982 so it's a bit dated, but still a good read. I will check out that Easy riders book.

    I just started "Rebecca" this morning.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • PearlyOceans
    PearlyOceans Posts: 156
    I'm reading Twisted by Johnathan Kellerman. I love his books. I'm detective/thriller-junkie. Patricia Cornwell, Kathy Reichs, Karin Slaughter....I love all of them.
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Monster...it's an autobiography of a former LA gangbanger.
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  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    AmentsChick wrote:
    Monster...it's an autobiography of a former LA gangbanger.


    I thought of you this weekend while reading Stolen Innocent(not dirty I swear :lol: ) I know how much you love "Under the Banner of Heaven" and while this book isn't written by JK it is about a woman who escaped from the FLDS. Maybe you have read it but if not you might want to check it out.
  • BlackThirteen
    BlackThirteen Posts: 423
    I recently finished "Too Fat To Fish" by Artie Lange. It was really good. Now I'm back to reading crime fiction. Now I'm reading "The Mao Case" by Qiu Xiaolong
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Just finished "Watchmen".

    Now I'm reading "American Wife".
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Just finished "The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obession in the Amazon," and have just started "The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power."

    BTW, the lost city of z was an excellent read.
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Six Bad Things- Charlie Huston

    It's the second in his noir trilogy, good, brutal stuff. I love it.

    I read a lot over my vacation:
    Elantris- Brandon Sanderson (boring disappointment)
    Legend- David Gemmell (mindless good fun)
    Assassin's Apprentice- Robin Hobb (excellent)
    Six Suspects- Vikay Swarup (Slumdog Millionaire guy, entertaining book)
  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    I just started Dean Koontz's Intensity
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    I'm glad you asked. I'm reading a great book called -->" SHED your stuff, change your life" by Julie Morgenstern.

    I like it! It's just what I need right now. :)
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  • BrinkofForever
    BrinkofForever Posts: 373
    Currently muddling through "The Time Traveler's Wife"
    Make your life a mission - not an intermission. - Arnold Gasglow

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