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Post by osnafrank on May 28, 2018 19:05:00 GMT
Finished "Our kind of Traitor" by John le Carre
I'm not a friend of Spy Novels but this one was pretty entertaining.
It had some nice characters.
Started "Gray Mountain" by John Grisham
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Post by doccreed on Jun 8, 2018 20:08:33 GMT
I've been wanting to read Gray Mountain and Camino Island. I've heard great things about both. I have a copy of A Painted House but can't get motivated to finish it.
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Post by osnafrank on Jun 9, 2018 16:04:10 GMT
I've been wanting to read Gray Mountain and Camino Island. I've heard great things about both. I have a copy of A Painted House but can't get motivated to finish it. Never heared about these books. Started a Bag of Bones re-read and some Perry Rhodan novels on the side |
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Post by francesca on Jun 12, 2018 3:38:55 GMT
I'm reading The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, but I'm only on page 96. The print is very densely packed. I'm in awe of the strength and tenacity of the characters, especially Howard Roark. If I'd read this book 15 years ago, then I would've tried harder to stay in my first college program, and I would've fought harder to keep my second job after graduation. I think maybe I give up too easily when faced with opposition or adversity.
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Post by morgan on Jun 12, 2018 4:05:36 GMT
Finished reading In the Night Room by Straub. Took me many months. Straub has a unique writing style and takes a while to get used to. Besides his SK collabs, I have previously only read one of his novels - Koko. Freaked me out big time.
Read Crank by Ellen Hopkins. Written in sort of a free form poetry format. It was okay.
Started The Outsider by SK. Sooooo enthralling from the very beginning. Hope it stays this good!  |
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Post by osnafrank on Jun 12, 2018 7:40:49 GMT
I'm reading The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, but I'm only on page 96. The print is very densely packed. I'm in awe of the strength and tenacity of the characters, especially Howard Roark. If I'd read this book 15 years ago, then I would've tried harder to stay in my first college program, and I would've fought harder to keep my second job after graduation. I think maybe I give up too easily when faced with opposition or adversity. Hi francesca and Welcome |
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Post by morgan on Jun 15, 2018 22:13:49 GMT
I also started rereading Joyland. I've only read it once (right after it was released). My mom needs a new book to read, and I always have to make sure there's no "animal stuff" before I make a recommendation. I only remember bits and pieces of the story, so I'm excited for the refresher.
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Post by spideyman on Jun 15, 2018 22:25:44 GMT
Good story. Don;t recall anything animal. I do not handle that well either. |
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Post by morgan on Jun 15, 2018 22:29:38 GMT
Good story. Don;t recall anything animal. I do not handle that well either.  Neither do I! I just seem to forgive SK a lot quicker than she does.  |
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Post by doccreed on Jun 17, 2018 2:39:20 GMT
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Post by doccreed on Jun 17, 2018 2:40:38 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2018 3:44:58 GMT
I've begun Bachman's Blaze. I tried reading Saul Bellow some years ago. Maybe I wasn't ready. I was way into Capote and the southern writers back then. Somehow, I never really got Faulkner. What do you think of Saul Bellow?
Typically cruel Hemingway quote (off the top of my head): "I've read that in Faulkner's Nobel Prize acceptance letter, he listed his occupation as "farmer". Reading his last novel, I'm not sure he's wrong." |
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Post by neesy on Jun 17, 2018 9:24:20 GMT
I’m reading The World According to Bob and it’s about this British guy who used to be homeless and an addict whose life has turned around. He is doing much better now and the story is mainly about his ginger cat (Bob), who accompanies him everywhere.  |
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Post by doccreed on Jun 17, 2018 15:15:05 GMT
I've begun Bachman's Blaze. I tried reading Saul Bellow some years ago. Maybe I wasn't ready. I was way into Capote and the southern writers back then. Somehow, I never really got Faulkner. What do you think of Saul Bellow?
Typically cruel Hemingway quote (off the top of my head): "I've read that in Faulkner's Nobel Prize acceptance letter, he listed his occupation as "farmer". Reading his last novel, I'm not sure he's wrong." Bellow is an entertaining writer and delves into every intracacy of his character's soul: mind, will, emotions. He is better than Updike and Roth, IMO. His books do require a special kind of focus, and I think that is attributed to the complexity of his character's inner life, an information overload. He's intelligent without having his collar too tight. Blaze was a good book. It had a sweetness to it, like The Green Mile and Joyland. Yeah, Hemingway couldn't stay in his own lane, could he? He was compelled to plow the literary freeway and ding the cars he wished he could afford. Jealous much, Hemmy? LOL. |
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Post by neesy on Jun 17, 2018 17:16:42 GMT
Well I am going to try again and if this does not work I’ll switch to my PC.
I almost bought five hardcover first edition SK Books yesterday (with dust jackets) for $24. It was at Value Village but then I changed my mind. So I took a picture with my phone as I could not remember how many of them I already owned! 🤔
Hey I just had it happen again. It started to freeze up so I just created the post then went back in to edit it. (Been having technical issues).
Now I feel like going back to get those books - I wonder if they are still there?
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Post by doccreed on Jun 17, 2018 18:12:26 GMT
Same here, Neesy. It takes me 30 minutes just to write three lines. It'll keep refreshing or start blinking. My cursor disappears and sometimes my entire post.
Sorry...I'm not complaining, Frank. Maybe it is my tablet. Don't know.
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Post by neesy on Jun 17, 2018 18:18:58 GMT
Same here, Neesy. It takes me 30 minutes just to write three lines. It'll keep refreshing or start blinking. My cursor disappears and sometimes my entire post. Sorry...I'm not complaining, Frank. Maybe it is my tablet. Don't know. I think you may be right - last night I wrote this long reply to a message (it was to you Doc) then it was gone. Gonna switch over to my PC... Plus I need to go downstairs anyway and have some coffee! 😜 |
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Post by neesy on Jun 17, 2018 19:02:11 GMT
So to get back on to the topic of What Are You Reading I just checked my bookshelf - I already own The Dark Half, Four Past Midnight and Under the Dome. However UTD is a large book but it's a soft cover book.
Thinking I will probably go back and buy Black House, The Talisman and that hard cover copy of Under the Dome. It will cost me $18 but what the heck - that's not really a lot and it will add to my collection.
Just hope no other Stephen King fans happen upon the books in the Horror section as I arranged them neatly so I could take a picture 
Still have not started reading The Outsider but I plan to go to my local library tomorrow to pick up the copy that is on hold for me. I'm trying to keep my own copy pristine for now!
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Post by morgan on Jun 23, 2018 0:24:11 GMT
I'm about 150 pages into The Outsider. This book is crazy good.
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Post by morgan on Jun 23, 2018 3:01:49 GMT
neesy Did you get the hardcover of Under the Dome?
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