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MadamMack

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He took me right back to a childhood memory--a similar kind of experience only:
instead of flying in the sky, I used to fly along on my horse... which happened to be a cherry tree in the back yard. :laugh: But... the feeling was the same, I was free and nobody could catch me on that guy!

He has such a way with words, he really does.

I know what you mean. Those experiences where the best and I think (at least for myself) I didn't share them because they were just too real and so enjoyable. They belonged to me and a lot of what I felt when reading Boy's Life touched those memories.

Oh my Flake, what if we could hold on to those childhood lives that were so real? It would be some kind of wonderful, wouldn't it? He wrote that book very well.

I knew you would like it.
 

ghost19

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Downloaded a book from B&N by Craig Roberts called JFK: The Dead Witnesses. I really need to quit reading JFK conspiracy books, but this one is just spooky. This guy graphs out and timelines witnesses who had first hand knowledge, not of the assassination itself for the most part, but who saw Oswald in places he was reported by the Warren Commission to not have been in or meeting with people that, according to the Warren Commission, Oswald never met with. Some of these people were shot, poisoned, thrown thru a tenth story window. He also points out the ones who died of natural causes many years down the road to serve as a contrast to the witnesses who "died" just before or just after they were to do interviews with Jim Garrison, and later on the House Committee on Assassinations. The timing on the deaths paint a spooky picture. Highly recommend the book, but it's somewhat chilling.
 

Walter Oobleck

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Finished The Crossing this morning and will start Cities of the Plain later today, book 3 of The Border Trilogy. If the 3rd is like the first two, it is fortunate I am reading these on the kindle as McCarthy used Mexican Spanish throughout...and with the kindle you can highlight that text to get a translation. Seems like anyone reading a paper copy of the story would either spend time online typing in the text to get a translation...or try to arrive at a meaning from the context. A reader shouldn't read anything they can't lift but with the kindle you can download a whole shelf of story and never know the weight. Or have to look at someone whose pants are halfway to their knees.
 

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Just finished Linwood Barclay's No Time for Goodbye... took only two days--it was so good!
Should I read the sequel, No Safe House? I found mixed reviews about it on Amazon.
I've read some by Barclay. Like him. His books usually stand for themselfes. Can recommend Too Close to home, Fear the Worst, Never Look away and A Tap on the Window. If you liked No time for Goodbye i should continue with Barclay.
 

Kurben

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Bought my Birthday books today!!! Used that fabolous giftcard i got from my friends and bought. Abattoir Blues by Peter Robinson, Cinema: The Whole Story by Philip Kemp (a history of Cinema from 1895 til today), Iron Curtain: The crushing of Eastern Europe by Anne Applebaum, Augustus: The First Emperor of Rome by Adrian Goldsworthy, Surfacing by Margaret Atwood, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells and The Sacrifice by Joyce Carol Oates.
 

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Finished Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon, the second book in her Outlander series. This series is so addicting, I couldn't put it down. I love the mystery and history that surrounds these books, making them intriguing. And of course, the growing relationship between Claire and Jamie is really what pulls me in, as well. I need to get my hands on the third book very soon!
 

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Finished Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon, the second book in her Outlander series. This series is so addicting, I couldn't put it down. I love the mystery and history that surrounds these books, making them intriguing. And of course, the growing relationship between Claire and Jamie is really what pulls me in, as well. I need to get my hands on the third book very soon!
Reading that series is when I really appreciated having the Kindle app on my iPad. In under two minutes I had the next one loaded up and ready to go or at least until I got caught up before the last one came out and had to wait along with everyone else. ;-D
 

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Reading that series is when I really appreciated having the Kindle app on my iPad. In under two minutes I had the next one loaded up and ready to go or at least until I got caught up before the last one came out and had to wait along with everyone else. ;-D

LOL! (And the eBooks are cheaper, too!) I'm hoping to take a Barnes and Noble trip this Thursday and pick up Voyager! Fingers crossed the weather holds up!

Y'all are making me want to take another swing at this series. The first one exhausted me (and in some places Gabaldon's writing strongly reminded me of DuMaurier)! Can't imagine what else could happen--lol.

skimom2--I think the books are full of surprises. A LOT happens, imo. I recommend giving it one more try! ;)
 

danie

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Bought my Birthday books today!!! Used that fabolous giftcard i got from my friends and bought. Abattoir Blues by Peter Robinson, Cinema: The Whole Story by Philip Kemp (a history of Cinema from 1895 til today), Iron Curtain: The crushing of Eastern Europe by Anne Applebaum, Augustus: The First Emperor of Rome by Adrian Goldsworthy, Surfacing by Margaret Atwood, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells and The Sacrifice by Joyce Carol Oates.
So you've got your week planned, huh?;-D
 

skimom2

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Aghast that our local library system isn't carrying Gaiman's newest (and doesn't plan to carry it). The only answer I got when I asked why was, "Maybe because of the title?" (Trigger Warning). I'm floored! They carry multiple copies that ghastly pseudo-bondage book by a hack writer, but not a book of short stories by a well known and respected writer? Maybe this should be in the "I'm angry today because..." thread :rage:
 
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