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  • loadedgun
    loadedgun Indiana Posts: 1,398
    Just finished Stephen King-Insomnia. I'm a huge King fan but I must say that this was not one of his bests for me. Just didn't hook me like the others have.
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  • Given to...
    Given to... Wyoming Posts: 5,007
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  • theoceansmademe
    theoceansmademe Posts: 1,132
    The non-fiction streak continues with Columbine by Dave Cullen.

    Born to Run was awesome.
  • BrinkofForever
    BrinkofForever Posts: 373
    Reading "Born Standing Up" by Steve Martin
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  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    Battle Royale-Koushun Takami

    Freaking me out!
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  • SprockeTee
    SprockeTee Posts: 108
    The Boy From Baby House 10: From the Nightmare of a Russian Orphanage to a New Life in America

    by Alan Philps & John Lahutsky


    halfway through it right now - awesome story of endurance & survival - john lahutsky would be "The Boy"
    sad to see that not only did he have to go through these things but how so many others have/had done the same...
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    edited November 2009
    iluvcats wrote:
    i've always liked time travel movies...

    I understand that the book the time traveler's wife is better than the movie. I read a movie review and the reviewer found it creepy, like his mom was killed when he was 6 and he meets her when he is grown and she LIKES him....not knowing he is her son. That sounds like back to the future....michael j. fox met his mom in the fifties and she got a crush on him when he stayed at their house and she thought his name was Calvin Klein (his underware.)

    okay so i saw this movie earlier tonight. and i have to say that reviewer has no idea what theyre talking about. in the scene where henry meets his mother on the train there is no indicaton that she likes him. to her he seems pleasant enough though he says some things that give her pause to think maybe theres something not quite right about this stranger who shares her sons name. not creepy at all and tis def nothing remotely like lorraine having the hots for marty in BTTF. and i dont even know where to start about the inappropriateness of clare and henrys first dance at their wedding being to joy divisions love will tear us apart.

    im reading the chrysalids by john wyndham.
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  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Right now I'm reading The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw. Very inspiring book.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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  • katellis
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  • theoceansmademe
    theoceansmademe Posts: 1,132
    The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook by Ben Mezrich.

    Fantastic book by a great writer who knows how to tell a non-fiction story with the best writers out there today.

    Almost finished then moving onto Nine Lives by Dan Baum.
  • Big Giant Head
    Big Giant Head Posts: 67
    Stephen King "Cell" and so far I like it ;)
    No matter how cold the winter ,there´s a springtime ahead...


  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    katellis wrote:
    the secret history-donna tartt

    :clap:

    so... how far into it are you? and what do you think?
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  • he still stands
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    Hocus Pocus - Vonnegut

    typical Vonnegut: absurd and hilarious story and social commentary
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  • PJFAN_seattle
    PJFAN_seattle Posts: 2,965
    weathergirl666 wrote:
    Stephen King "Cell" and so far I like it ;)
    i love that book! xD He is a great writer.

    I wanna pick up that book Ed was talking about.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    katellis wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    katellis wrote:
    the secret history-donna tartt

    :clap:

    so... how far into it are you? and what do you think?

    im like 2/3 through so dont ruin the ending! its good but uh .. disturbing?

    yeah it was disturbing but excellent. what do you think of bunny?
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  • Fifthelement
    Fifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,965
    Well, I finally finished my dissertation so for the last month I have been absolutely devouring books. It's been kind of frightening actually. I have always loved Vampire and supernatural-related fiction, so even though I don't fit the demographic of these books I decided to read them anyway. The Twilight series (in two and a half days, with occasional stops for sleeping ;) ); The Host by Stephanie Meyer; The Vampire Diaries (Twilight is a total rip-off, really makes me wonder why L J Smith hasn't sued); the Night World Sagas by L J Smith, and The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare. Overall, I have to say no one does vampires as sexily as Anne Rice.

    Other stuff I've been reading or have read: The Godspeaker Triliogy by Karen Miller; Lord Byron - Selected Poems; Albert Camus L'Etranger and finally, I am re-reading the first three DragonLance Chronicles for the millionth time.

    Could anyone recommend some great fantasy/sci-fi literature.
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  • he still stands
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    Fifthelement wrote:
    Could anyone recommend some great fantasy/sci-fi literature.

    I assume you've read Douglas Adams? (Hitcherhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Restaurant at the End of the Universe, etc). If not, start there.

    The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson. Illuminatus! is maybe my favorite of all time, part of my own review; A satirical look at conspiracy theories, some of which may not actually be satire – but that is left up to the reader to decide. This book plays with subjects such as metaphysics, discordian philosophy, the Goddess Eris (goddess of chaos), and of course drugs and sex – all while leading the reader on a hunt for the illuminati’s true members, ideals and goals (or do they even exist at all?). Like a bad trip, this book will give you a sense that you have it all figured out, then everything is torn apart and boundaries are not only torn down but are deconstructed completely, leaving you looking for at least one bedrock principle to grasp on to and maintain sanity.

    Schrodinger's Cat, also by Robert Anton Wilson. Schrodinger's Cat has been called "the most realistic sci-fi book of all time." If you consider yourself a fan of sci-fi books, this is a MUST read.

    In regards to a "fantasy" novel, I'd go with Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins. If that book isn't fantastical, I don't know what is.
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