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shookme

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Finished NOS4A2 last night...very impressed. Creepy plot and good ending. The guy has talent, but why wouldn't he? Going to check out some of his other works I think.
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I don't think you'll be sorry. NOS4A2 is his best in my opinion, but Horns and Heart Shaped Box are excellent.

F-ed up the quote again. When I'm typing out a post with a quote on my phone, the damn cursor jumps up into the quote every time.
 
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SharonC

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I love classic British mysteries, with Agatha Christie being a favourite since I was a teen. I've always loved Jack Clancy's Jack Ryan series, and keep returning to Executive Orders to re-read a lot. Never get tired of it. British history is fascinating. I will read anything that sounds interesting. I do refuse to read insipid love stories from Harlequin, or anything of that nature mainly because the heroines are so unrealistic and those guys do not exist (at least they never did in my world). And Lord save me from sparkly vampires and the teens who love them.
 

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Christos Tsolkias - Ever heard of the TV miniseries "The Slap"? He wrote the novel upon which it's based.
Susan Hill - Loved her appropriation and continuation of "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier.
Hugh Howey - Author of those post-apocalyptic novels "Wool", "Shift" and "Dust"
Peter Straub - Currently reading "A Dark Matter"
Margaret Atwood - I read "The Handmaid's Tale" in high school and have been in love ever since.
 

Lord Tyrion

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Mark Twain - Huckleberry Finn is my favorite book. Currently rereading it. It's magic.
David McCulough - He really knows how to make history come alive.
Christopher Hitchens - Smart man who isn't afraid to speak his mind.
 
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Dana Jean

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Mark Twain - Huckleberry Finn is my favorite book. Currently rereading it. It's magic.
David McCulough - He really knows how to make history come alive.
Christopher Hitchens - Smart man who isn't afraid to speak his mind.
I like Hitchens. I don't always agree with him but he's intelligent and makes a well thought-out argument on whatever teh topic. I have his book Arguably Essays to read.
 

Lisey Landon

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Thomas Harris is the one for me !!! I loved The Silence of The Lambs, I am now about to start Hannibal.

BTW, my copy of Hannibal has an SK quote on the back saying how he thought Hannibal was better than the previous two.
I loved the books, too. And the movie Silence of the lambs was great. Unfortunately, I don't think the other movies do the books justice.
 
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doowopgirl

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I've recently read two books by John Boyne. He's an Irish author. Sometimes they are just too introspective and self aware of their 'Irishness' for my taste. BUT, he wrote The Boy ib the Striped Pajamas', which is intended for children but was an incredible read. I read This House is Haunted, a proper Dickensian ghost story and House ofSpecial Purpose about the Romanovs. Both really fantastic and can't recommend highly enough. Go on, give yourself a treat.
 
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FlakeNoir

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I've recently read two books by John Boyne. He's an Irish author. Sometimes they are just too introspective and self aware of their 'Irishness' for my taste. BUT, he wrote The Boy ib the Striped Pajamas', which is intended for children but was an incredible read. I read This House is Haunted, a proper Dickensian ghost story and House ofSpecial Purpose about the Romanovs. Both really fantastic and can't recommend highly enough. Go on, give yourself a treat.
The Boy in Striped Pajamas was very good and made me bawl.