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Post by Kahlessa on Aug 28, 2008 12:39:11 GMT -5
I just started Twilight, the first book in the Stephenie Meyer series of the same name. I decided I better read it before I hear anything more about it.
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Post by eas on Aug 30, 2008 11:05:36 GMT -5
I'm reading Blindsight by Robin Cook - I've become addicted to the Laurie Montgomery/Jack Stapleton stories among his novels - they make a good reading while there is nothing new by Michael Crichton. Problem is, I'm running out of them, too...
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Post by Kickup on Aug 30, 2008 15:50:41 GMT -5
I just finished Whitley Strieber's fact-sci-fi-fantasy 2012: The War for Souls. I'm not a fantasy reader but the prose in this book is fantastic. The detailed prose of some authors can really bog down some readers, including me, but Strieber's prose flowed so eloquently and beautifully that I quickly became a compelled addict, right from the beginning. Now I'm scouting for my next pager turner. I have several non-fiction books waiting to be read, but maybe I'm a bit lazy and will go for being entertained instead. Maybe I'll look up eas's The Time Traveler's Wife. eas: Since you like Robin Cook's medical thrillers, just wondering if you also like Tess Gerritsen's novels?
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Post by eas on Aug 31, 2008 16:18:48 GMT -5
Well I must admit I hadn't heard of Tess Gerritsen, but I'll take your mentioning it as a recommendation as I will soon run out of books in my fiction waiting list (Yes, I'm being lazy and letting non-fiction list grow...).
I'm not aiming at reading all of Robin Cooks novels - somehow I have the feeling that they are rather similar to each other. That's why I'll stick to the Laurie Montgomery/Jack Stapleton series for the time being. And that's also one of the reasons Michael Crichton is my number one - there's always a new and quite different topic in the background!
In that thematic line I also enjoyed a lot When The Wind Blows by James Patterson. I recently read the sequel "The Lake House" but it wasn't as good. It was the typical unnecessary sequel that revisits the first novel over and over again...
I'll also keep in mind 2012: The War of the Souls, as you liked it so much...
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Post by Kahlessa on Sept 2, 2008 13:56:07 GMT -5
I just started Twilight, the first book in the Stephenie Meyer series of the same name. I decided I better read it before I hear anything more about it. Now I'm on the second novel, New Moon. So far I'm finding the books very interesting and enjoyable.
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Post by trassin on Sept 9, 2008 9:37:16 GMT -5
I just finished Orwell's 1984 last night. I had read Animal Farm years ago but some how never got around to reading 1984.
I'm also currently working on the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series. They are very well written and if you enjoy fiction about vampires or the occult then you would probably enjoy them. One note, they do use some very graphic language, so if you are easily offended they may not be the books for you.
I'm also planning on picking up Thomas Friedman's Hot, Flat, and Crowded which came out yesterday.
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Post by Kahlessa on Sept 9, 2008 11:28:18 GMT -5
I just finished Orwell's 1984 last night. I had read Animal Farm years ago but some how never got around to reading 1984. Neither have I. Lately I've been reading Orwell's essays at the bookstore where I work. It's time I read 1984.
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Post by eas on Sept 12, 2008 6:23:40 GMT -5
And then watch the movie! It's a great work of adaptation.
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Post by Kahlessa on Sept 18, 2008 13:24:41 GMT -5
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Post by Lukaran on Sept 22, 2008 16:49:55 GMT -5
With all the modern science we've got today, the hurricane last week still took a good bite out of Galveston. There's only so much anyone can do against a hurricane.
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Post by Kahlessa on Nov 14, 2008 9:58:23 GMT -5
I've been reading Five Patients by Michael Crichton. It was his first nonfiction book and it became the basis for the TV show ER.
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Post by Kahlessa on Dec 14, 2008 9:23:50 GMT -5
Now I'm reading the Brother Cadfael mysteries by Ellis Peters. You really get lost in another world with those books.
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Post by Lukaran on Dec 29, 2008 10:06:34 GMT -5
I just finished reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The book is way better than any of the movies.
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Post by Kahlessa on Jan 6, 2009 11:41:30 GMT -5
Odds On, which is the first book Michael Crichton ever published. He wrote it under the name "John Lange". It was one of my Christmas presents.
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Post by Kahlessa on Jan 28, 2009 6:40:26 GMT -5
Now I'm reading John Grisham's latest novel, The Associate. It's very good and hooks you right away.
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