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Ekirh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 04:15 PM
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So other than that Potter fellow, what you guys reading?
Right now I'm reading Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heels (Yes I know, such tantilizing reading... shut up). . .

And I got Legacy of Ashes lined up for right after it. . .
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 04:18 PM
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1. I'm about to start Doug Marlette's Magic Time
I picked it up before the accident. I really liked his novel The Bridge. The man was a great writer of more than just cartoons.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 04:19 PM
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2. I'm reading your post
:D
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Ekirh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 04:21 PM
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3. Quite Stimulating. .
:)
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 04:22 PM
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4. I'm in the second book of Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy.
LOVING it! :D

(Taking a break from Mason & Dixon... I love Pynchon, but he's a little heavy!)
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 04:23 PM
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5. I will be finishing Assault on Reason tonite or tomorrow
Then I have a choice of:

Screwed by Thom Hartmann
Armed Madhouse by Greg Palast
This Moment on Earth by John and Teresa Kerry
The One Percent Doctrine by Ron Suskind
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 04:34 PM
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6. "Bay of Pigs, the Untold Story" Fascinating.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 04:37 PM
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7. "Our Band Could Be Your Life" by Michael Azzerad, and "Haunted" by Chuck Palahniuk.
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Der Blaue Engel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 04:41 PM
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8. Everything's Eventual
Short stories by Stephen King.
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 04:43 PM
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9. I am reading a James Patterson book, plus Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Next up will probably be "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy, and/or one of my books on Blackfoot Oral Tradition and storytelling.

I would never give you hell over reading about pro wrestling. In the last year I have read bios by Kurt Angle, Ric Flair, Eric Bischoff and Eddie Guerrero. In the last month and a half I have read all three of Mick Foley's bios and just finished Stone Cold's a few days ago. I also plan to order Chris Jericho's as soon as it comes out, unless I can get it for free which I am working on as I write for a website and I may review it.
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 05:52 PM
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10. "Ireland" by Frank Delaney.
I'm getting an advance reader's copy of his next novel "Tipperary" to review for LibraryThing and I want to read this before. And I'm trying to finish HP but my life keeps getting in the way. :crazy:
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GenDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 06:03 PM
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11. Just finished On Chesil Beach -- A novel by Ian McEwan
and have just started Khaled Hosseini's second novel -- A Thousand Splendid Suns.

I love a good summer read.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 06:03 PM
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12. I've got a pile of Alfred Hitchcock collections to read through.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 06:07 PM
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13. Roald Dahl's "My Uncle Oswald" A delightful tale for people of all ages!
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 06:07 PM
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14. Death Masks, book five of The Dresden Files series.
By Jim Butcher
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 06:09 PM
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15. This
"Hating Women: America's Hostile Campaign Against the Fairer Sex"
Shmuley Boteach
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 06:11 PM
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16. Currently reading Mystic River by Dennis Lehane.
I've already seen the movie, and the book is excellent as well.
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LibraLiz1973 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 07:27 PM
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25. After that read "Gone, Baby, Gone" also by Lehane
A really great book
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 06:12 PM
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17. Point of Entry
It's terrific so far...I am around page 200.

http://www.amazon.com/Point-Entry-Novel-Peter-Schechter/dp/0060843306
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Neoma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 06:14 PM
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18. I'm reading five books at the same time.
I couldn't keep my mind off Harry Potter so I decided to skip around a little...
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Bullwinkle925 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 09:08 PM
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35. I simply have to hold myself back from doing that - . . .
else i'll never get anything finished!! which 5 are you reading?
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Rhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 06:20 PM
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19. Catching up the John Grisham books that i had skipped...
Finished up "The Summons", "The Last Juror", and am re-reading "The Runaway Jury"
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 06:22 PM
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20. Douglas Adam's Masterpiece "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
I'm on the second book now. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
Duckie
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 06:59 PM
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21. Me too Duckie!
I am on The Resturaunt at The End of the Universe too:hi:

Is this your first time reading it? I have read it several times --can not get enough of it!!
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 07:10 PM
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23. First time.
I love how some chapters are just complete nonsense. Douglas rocked.
Duckie
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 07:05 PM
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22. Kristin Gore's new book, "Sammy's House"
So far, I like it more than her debut novel (with the same characters).
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 07:12 PM
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24. Just finished Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell.
Fun read.
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LibraLiz1973 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 07:28 PM
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26. "The Good Guy" by Dean Koontz
Anticipate finishing in about an hour.


So far, it's ok.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 07:29 PM
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27. "The House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton.
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Blue Gardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 07:56 PM
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28. Beam Me Up Jesus
A Heathen's Guide to the Rapture,
By Jim Gerard

I can resume where I left off now that I finished Harry Potter.
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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 08:15 PM
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29. Re-reading an old favorite: "RFK Must Die!" by Robert Blair Kaiser
I used to check it out all the time from the Wichita Public Library, and now it is mine thanks to the wonder that is Amazon. I really wish I could get myself to read something lighter, but I just love historical stuff.
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ellisonz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 08:36 PM
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30. Uncle Sam's War of 1898 and the Origins of Globalization by Thomas Schoonover
http://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Sams-1898-Origins-Globalization/dp/0813122821/ref=sr_1_1/104-8857484-5647113?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185240876&sr=8-1

Yeah, I read way too much history...
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lost-in-nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 08:38 PM
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31. Just finished
Tony Hillerman
got James Patterson sitting there waiting to be read...

lost

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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 08:53 PM
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32. Carl Hiassen, Alexander McCall Smith
stopped Basket Case to read Harry

stopped the other series because I am missing one.

We acquired Double Whammy and Skin Tight at Borders when we went to get Harry.

I will read them after I finish BAsket Case.
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pagerbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 09:06 PM
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33. "The American Senator" by Anthony Trollope
Loves me some Trollope!
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Bullwinkle925 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 09:07 PM
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34. I'm still making my way through 'Shantaram' . . .
mind you, not that it's difficult or boring - just that my life has been a bit tumultuous lately and i've been vegging out in front of the telly and computer screen . . . . YIKES.
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 09:11 PM
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36. The Book of the Dead...
by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Two of my favorite authors.
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 09:36 PM
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37. Something called "Curse of the Narrows"
about the Mont Blanc and the Halifax explosion in 1917.

Very engrossing, and very well-written.
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martymar64 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 09:36 PM
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38. The Doctor and the Soul by Viktor Frankl
An interesting read.
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 10:03 PM
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39. The Plague by Albert Camus
And yeah I said this last time but I have brain problems, I'm just lucky I can read at all.. about plagues :headbang:

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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 10:03 PM
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40. Working my way, albeit slowly, through...
...Eusebius' "Ecclesiastical History"...

:dunce:
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 10:05 PM
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41. Just finished "American Gods"
A little racy and creepy but generally a good book.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-23-07 10:40 PM
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42. I suppose you should read Anansi Boys next.
It's not really quite as good as American Gods, but it's a decent companion book.
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