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Wulfman

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I love Jance's JP Beaumont books! I lived in the Seattle area for about 30 years so I love it when she writes about a place that I've been. She's great to see in person, too.
I have met Jance twice now. Once in Silverdale and second time in Port Angeles. I am now in Auburn, Washington. Yes, I enjoy a lot of her work. The first time we met, she suggested that I read Hour of the Hunter. Read it, and was ravenous for more.
 

muskrat

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Okay, got Montague Summers' The Werewolf in Lore and Legend. Only problem with this cat is that he fills the books with long passages in German, French, Greek, etc., and doesn't translate the damn things. But lots of obscure, ancient info not available in more recent texts on such subjects. I never knew Alexander Dumas wrote a vampire play.

Though billed as one, at the time of these books publication, Summers was not really an ordained priest. There are years unknown about this guy, when he'd left England for the 'south and east, for health reasons'. Rumors exist that he was a member of Aleister Crowley's devil cult in the twenties, and practiced black arts. Other odd facts, just a real oddball. Google the cat, he's a trip.
 

EMARX

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I'm at loose ends for reading at the moment which means nothing seems to engage me, but I patiently root around until I find something. Right now I'm sampling from The Gunslinger and The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon. I wonder if I'm ready fro a DT re-read?
 

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Finally gave up on "The Secret History". (Donna Tartt) I stuck with it until I was halfway in, and might have finished, except we're leaving for 10 days on a road trip, and I had already renewed it once, and didn't want to keep it any longer. As much as I hate to quit on a book, it's like somebody said here earlier---life's too short to waste on a boring book. Nothing about this story interested me, including any of the characters. In my opinion,
"The Goldfinch" is light years better than this yarn. No comparison. I should have quit sooner, but I wanted to give it a fair shake.
 

skimom2

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Funny thing. I caught sight of a girl on the subway reading Deborah Harkness Shadow of night. It seemed to be about witches or vampires not quite sure. Is she any good? New name to me.

Oh lord. I had to review the first book of this series, and it was a doozy. The first 200 or so pages were okay (though the Twilight influence was obvious), the last 200 pages were okay, but the middle 200 were a big old boring mess (IMHO--sorry if I'm stepping on the toes of anyone who loved the book. I know it was very popular in some quarters.). I found yoga-vampire and studious (yet strangely naive) witch silly. One thing that bothered me was a strange emphasis on smell, of all things; everyone smelled like two things--not just, say, pine, but pine and clover, or strawberries and cream (or whatever other things). Never bothered with the other books in the series.
 

fljoe0

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It's So Easy (and other lies) - Duff McKagan

Autobiography of musician Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses). A rise and fall and rise again story. A very inspirational story from a guy that was down about as far as you could go without dying. The story of the early days and the formation of Guns N' Roses is fascinating, hilarious and horrific all at the same time.
 
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It's So East (and other lies) - Duff McKagan

Autobiography of musician Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses). A rise and fall and rise again story. A very inspirational story from a guy that was down about as far as you could go without dying. The story of the early days and the formation of Guns N' Roses is fascinating, hilarious and horrific all at the same time.
Hey fljoe0 - did you notice you posted this at 4:20??! :rofl:
 
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