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Post by mary on Mar 20, 2019 1:46:18 GMT
I find myself between authors and keep up with a dozen or so "favorites". If I pick something I like, usually will read all the library has of that author. Tami Hoag was the last one and only one of her books was not worth it. Of course the library doesn't have a full set of anything because it's a poor county. The library is in an old cast off U. S. Post Office building, so no where to expand on the three block downtown area. I have a bad feeling about where the old books go. I noticed they had to replace some of the older SK books with paperbacks. Anyway, I need an author and search for cops and docs with forensics. The author has to pass a test before I even check what the story is about. Mike Connally, David Baldacci and John Grisham have gold stars.
I have already been through Tess Gerritsen and the "Bones" writer. Read a few of Harlan Coben. When I Googled Jeffrey Deavers, the page had several other writer names on it. Thank you, everyone.
I didn't like his first book though.
A great Baldacci Book is "The whole Truth"
It's a great Topic (Perceptions Management)
Did you read it yet ?
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Post by doccreed on Mar 24, 2019 18:01:56 GMT
Herzog by Saul Bellow and H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald.
When I go to the book store I'm going to look for Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta and Mine by Robert McCammon.
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Post by doccreed on Mar 24, 2019 19:32:03 GMT
In a Stephen King interview I watched recently he spoke about a book called, The Hair of Harold Roux, and I've been thinking about it ever since. It's a novel about a writer writing a novel, basically. It is supposed to be a story within a story and complex in how it reveals a writer fashioning a novel through false starts, rabbit trails, and woven ideas like magpies gathering scraps of junk. It is written by Thomas Williams, to whom Nightmares and Dreamscapes is dedicated. Williams' novel was tied for the National Book Award for fiction in 1970. Has anyone read it?
I like books where the main character shows the trials and intricacies of a writer grinding out a novel. Sometimes the process is mundane and other times fascinating. John Irving does this in books like The World According to Garp and A Widow For One Year; in the former novel we even get to see Garp's book in progress. Stephen King has done this in notable books like The Dark Half and Different Seasons ("The Body"). Thomas Williams' book is supposed to take it to a higher level.
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Post by morgan on Mar 31, 2019 22:29:26 GMT
Finally finished One Door Away from Heaven by Koontz. What a wacky book. I did enjoy the last quarter (and actually teared up at one point). So, in that regard, I'm glad I stuck with it.
Started a Stevie Nicks biography Lady of the Stars. It's poorly written, but I'm hoping the content will be worth it. There are a lot of quotes from interviews with Nicks along with tour photos. Only 110 pages total, so should be a quick read.
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Post by morgan on Mar 31, 2019 23:29:04 GMT
That bio was horrible! So many typos. Tragic. Probably the worst thing I've ever seen in print.
I'm going to start A Prayer for Owen Meany by Irving. I'm excited about it. 
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Post by doccreed on Apr 1, 2019 4:07:44 GMT
That bio was horrible! So many typos. Tragic. Probably the worst thing I've ever seen in print.
I'm going to start A Prayer for Owen Meany by Irving. I'm excited about it.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2019 4:29:34 GMT
That bio was horrible! So many typos. Tragic. Probably the worst thing I've ever seen in print.
I'm going to start A Prayer for Owen Meany by Irving. I'm excited about it. It must’ve promised you heaven if you decided to stick with it |
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Post by cat on Apr 5, 2019 13:05:09 GMT
Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta is a kindle daily deal today. $2.99
Get it!! I promise you will like it!!
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Post by morgan on Apr 6, 2019 1:45:32 GMT
Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta is a kindle daily deal today. $2.99 Get it!! I promise you will like it!! |
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Post by cat on Apr 6, 2019 1:54:44 GMT
Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta is a kindle daily deal today. $2.99 Get it!! I promise you will like it!! I have read 3 of Koryta's books and enjoyed every single one so far. He is a must read for me now! |
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Post by morgan on Apr 6, 2019 2:10:16 GMT
I haven't read any of his work. Just ordered that one plus The Cypress House (along with The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg) online. Yay! I have read 3 of Koryta's books and enjoyed every single one so far. He is a must read for me now!  |
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Post by hollygolightly on Apr 7, 2019 16:02:19 GMT
I'm going to have to read up on this Mr. Koryta - I've only heard about him on the SKMB and here.
morgan bummer on the bad book. I'd like to read a biography on Stevie Nicks, but a good one - one she authorized. I wonder if she ever will.
I finished The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - a little bit chic lit, but not completely. It was good and it made me cry. It made me realize my power and weakness and explained some misunderstandings I've had.
I just started Rabbit Cake last night - thanks to a rec by doccreed - you are totally right - it is exactly my kind of book. I'm loving it. I think it will be a quick read.
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Post by morgan on Apr 7, 2019 23:47:56 GMT
hollygolightly I'm going to try Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks by Stephen Davis (as soon as I can find a copy at a decent price). I think part of the reason she doesn't authorize any books about her is because she's been talking about publishing her own since the early eighties! Not sure why she hasn't done it yet - she's been writing and journaling throughout her entire career. She must have more than enough material for several books!
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Post by spideyman on Apr 8, 2019 0:31:52 GMT
Reference Michael Koryta books:
morgan and hollygolightly-----
Note that three of his books have a supernatural theme: So Cold The River/ The Cypress House/The Ridge.
The Prophet is a totally stand alone book-- his first written at age 20. So good. And he improved by bounds. Most are a crime drama, detective, mystery theme.
Those Who Wish Me Dead-- as cat said-- you will not be disappointed!!
Have read four of his and now working on Last Words.
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Post by osnafrank on Apr 12, 2019 8:21:21 GMT
Finished "The Drawing of the Three". That was a fun to read. 
Also finished some Perry Rhodans.
Now, i don't know what to read next.
The Regulators, Cujo or Lisey's Story ??
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Post by doccreed on Apr 12, 2019 12:57:35 GMT
Finished "The Drawing of the Three". That was a fun to read.
Also finished some Perry Rhodans.
Now, i don't know what to read next.
The Regulators, Cujo or Lisey's Story ?
Lisey's Story
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Post by spideyman on Apr 12, 2019 13:26:51 GMT
Finished "The Drawing of the Three". That was a fun to read.
Also finished some Perry Rhodans.
Now, i don't know what to read next.
The Regulators, Cujo or Lisey's Story ??
The genesis for Lisey's Story was an incident in June 1999 in which King was hit by a van in Lovell, Maine, and seriously injured; while he was in the hospital, his wife Tabitha decided to redesign his studio. Coming home from the hospital and seeing his books and belongings in boxes, King saw an image of what his studio would look like after his death
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Post by osnafrank on Apr 12, 2019 16:35:01 GMT
Finished "The Drawing of the Three". That was a fun to read.
Also finished some Perry Rhodans.
Now, i don't know what to read next.
The Regulators, Cujo or Lisey's Story ??
The genesis for Lisey's Story was an incident in June 1999 in which King was hit by a van in Lovell, Maine, and seriously injured; while he was in the hospital, his wife Tabitha decided to redesign his studio. Coming home from the hospital and seeing his books and belongings in boxes, King saw an image of what his studio would look like after his death
And i have started reading Lisey's Story already
Thanks doccreed and spideyman |
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Post by morgan on Apr 14, 2019 1:40:46 GMT
Enjoy the book osnafrank ! Like Spidey, I've read it twice and also at very different places in my life. (I loved it even more the second time.) Thanks for the background info spideyman ! 
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Post by morgan on Apr 26, 2019 16:23:42 GMT
I think I set a new record for myself - I was reading five books at the same time. I'm too mentally scattered for such nonsense! Finished Killing Monica which was smut and am almost done with One Less Problem Without You by Beth Harbison (which is also pretty trashy). I wanted some light-hearted and effortless reading, but fear I may now be brain dead.
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