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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | I read a lot as well.....after having my mom brag about them for I don't know how many years..I am finally reading the clan of the cave bears.....I actually have 3 books on the go rigjt now..lolM |
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 Miss Laundry Misshap
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| I love to read.
I Love the Stephanie Plum books. Lula cracks me up!
Love Twilight, Divergent, Hunger Games, and TONS more! I think I like to read because it takes me directly out of reality and into places much more exciting! |
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 Underestimated Underdog
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Location: Minnesota | I love to read as well. Right now I'm reading Bitter River by Julia Keller. Its great so far! |
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Location: Southern OK aka God's Country | mruggles - 2013-11-25 8:19 AM
I read a lot as well.....after having my mom brag about them for I don't know how many years..I am finally reading the clan of the cave bears.....I actually have 3 books on the go rigjt now..lolM
Lol I forgot all about those books!! I read most of them when I was younger and still had time to read and think and do things for myself. They are a little odd now that I think back on it but I got really into them at the time. |
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Location: Central Montana | cinch - 2013-11-24 9:10 PM We should start a book swap club.
I also love true crime. I think it's because I read In Cold Blood and Helter Skelter at a young age. lol
Yes!
I end up giving them to GoodWill because I don't like collecting lots of them, they take up room. |
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Location: Colorado | I joined Goodreads, it's a great way to find new books.
I just finished The Kitchen House, it was pretty good historical fiction set in the south during Lincoln's presidency, prior to the war. Orphan Train was really good as well.
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 Undercover Amish Mafia Member
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Location: Kansas | Don't laugh at me....and I mean it!.....I'm reading frankenstein....and I can't put it down! |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | hoofs_in_motion - 2013-11-25 8:50 AM Don't laugh at me....and I mean it!.....I'm reading frankenstein....and I can't put it down!
I also love the classics/literary type books
A few of my favs
"A Farewell to Arms"- Hemmingway
"A Confederacy of Dunces"-Francis Kennedy Toole
"Henderson the Rain King"- Saul Bellows
Anything by Kurt Vonnegut, but especially "Slaughterhouse 5"
Anything by Mark Twain, but especially the Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn novels
I'm gonna stop now, lol |
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Location: Florida | Has anyone read the Lonesome Dove books? Worth reading or is the movie just as good? (Can't believe I just said that, but c'mon- it's LONESOME DOVE!)
I love Wicked & the Hunger Games Trilogy; I really like Twilight when I read those too! I personally really like George MacDonald! He is technically a children's author although not all of his works are children's books, but I love even those supposedly written for kids! My favorite was "At the Back of the North Wind," (Which I believe is free on Kindle). |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | Also "Farenhieght 451" by Ray Bradbury |
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Location: Southern OK aka God's Country | I actually couldn't stand the 50 Shades books--I thought the writing was horrendous so I never made it past the first one (how many times can you bite your lip??) And I am not into vampires and Twilight, and the whole concept of Hunger Games was seriously disturbing (the short story The Lottery comes to mind and I found it disturbing too). I guess I'm too old, I don't know--I AM in my 30's now. The most recent book I read was Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (yes, as in the forever ago movie with Jude Law and Nicole Kidman). Charles Frazier is who I would consider an amazing author. His style is beautiful and haunting, and when I was done with CM, I felt heavy for days. And that's how I know it was a great book. If a book doesn't affect me, then it wasn't really worth reading, in my opinion. |
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  Whack and Roll
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Location: NE Texas | Those of you who are listening to books when you ride or clean stalls, where are your purchasing them and are you listening on your phone? I'm somewhat technically challenged but that sounds really enjoyable! |
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Red Hot Cardinal Fan
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| rach.k - 2013-11-25 9:00 AM Has anyone read the Lonesome Dove books? Worth reading or is the movie just as good? (Can't believe I just said that, but c'mon- it's LONESOME DOVE!) I love Wicked & the Hunger Games Trilogy; I really like Twilight when I read those too! I personally really like George MacDonald! He is technically a children's author although not all of his works are children's books, but I love even those supposedly written for kids! My favorite was "At the Back of the North Wind," (Which I believe is free on Kindle).
Yes, Lonesome Dove is even better than the movie! Didn't think that was possible, but it is. Lol. It goes into a lot more detail and has some things that weren't in the movie. Well worth the read! |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | Ok, I'm going to add some "modern" favorites
The Harry Potter series (they are very good, despite being written for children)
The Hunger Games Series
Life of Pi
Half-Broke Horses
The Devil in the White City |
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Location: La Frontera | I just finished the Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (actually JK Rowling) and I thought it was a good book. I read the other one she released and thought it was terrible so I'm not saying Cuckoo is good just because she wrote it.
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Location: Midwest | jlazyc - 2013-11-25 9:39 AM I just finished the Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (actually JK Rowling) and I thought it was a good book. I read the other one she released and thought it was terrible so I'm not saying Cuckoo is good just because she wrote it.
See I sort of liked the other one... I can't remember it's name...
Interesting cross-section and discussion of the haves vs have-nots in British society. Very different from her other books though.
Found it... The Casual Vacancy
I can see why it's not a big seller... but I thought it was alright. |
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Location: La Frontera | barrelracr131 - 2013-11-25 7:48 AM jlazyc - 2013-11-25 9:39 AM I just finished the Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (actually JK Rowling) and I thought it was a good book. I read the other one she released and thought it was terrible so I'm not saying Cuckoo is good just because she wrote it.
See I sort of liked the other one... I can't remember it's name...
Interesting cross-section and discussion of the haves vs have-nots in British society. Very different from her other books though.
Found it... The Casual Vacancy
I can see why it's not a big seller... but I thought it was alright.
I guess saying it was terrible is an over-statement but I didn't like it very much. It's not a book I would recommend. Try reading Cuckoo. It's not at all typical of what you think JK would write. I found myself wanting to read more and more of the book which is rare for me. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | jlazyc - 2013-11-25 9:54 AM barrelracr131 - 2013-11-25 7:48 AM jlazyc - 2013-11-25 9:39 AM I just finished the Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (actually JK Rowling) and I thought it was a good book. I read the other one she released and thought it was terrible so I'm not saying Cuckoo is good just because she wrote it.
See I sort of liked the other one... I can't remember it's name...
Interesting cross-section and discussion of the haves vs have-nots in British society. Very different from her other books though.
Found it... The Casual Vacancy
I can see why it's not a big seller... but I thought it was alright.
Thanks! I will check that out. I did not know she wrote under a pseudonym |
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 Shipwrecked and Flat Out Zapped
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | I don't read much more than every Track and Speedhorse magazine. I don't care if it's old or new, just love to read them.
The last books that I read that I enjoyed, were the Harry Potter series. I've read Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre recently too. I've actually read Jane Eyre 4 times. I want to read Mansfield Park in the future. |
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| I have read everything Jodi Picoult has written. She is the master of plot twists! My Sister's Keeper, 19 Minutes, Salem Falls, Plain Truth, Harvesting the Heart, Wonder Woman. Oh, looks like I might have missed some. I'll have to go to the library during my break! |
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