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muskrat said:
Melmoth The Wanderer (1821), Charles Maturin

A man sells his soul for 150 years of extra life, but 'life' on this hell we call earth, during times of inquisition and what not. Many tales on tales, tales within tales--a gothic, do ya--all centered on this rarely seen boogie man Melmoth. If the damned fella can get someone to take his place, he'll be alright, but I don't see it happening.

(Word of advice to young lovers--don't do yer business during thunderstorms, lest ye be blasted by those heavenly lightening bolts)

Only trouble is LOTS of annotations, which means I'm constantly flipping to the back for clarification. I should skip em, cause they interrupt the flow of the story, but just can't. It's how I learn all my obscure and useless knowledge. F'rinstance, did you know, back in the 1600s, well-to-do ladies wore a curl of hair gummed to their temples called a 'beau catcher'?
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I love your posts. It's like talking with an old friend...very funny, friendly, conversational. Keep the useless knowledge comin my way, dude.
 
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skimom2 said:
In my opinion, Irving hit his stride with Garp (the first three weren't all that good), then did well until The Fourth Hand--that one was iffy. A Prayer For Owen Meany is in my top 5 books ever--phenomenal storytelling. I'm always hopeful when I see a new one coming out, but he may have peaked, TBH.
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You and me and Owen Meany = :love_heart:
 
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I thought I had enough to keep me busy for a while as I'm only about 300 pages into the 3rd Game of Thrones book but Steve added two more books for me to take home from the office TBR bookcase (those sent in by publishers and authors)--The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins and The Poison Artist by Jonathan Moore. He'd already read them and thought I should because I would like them, too. :smile2: Has anybody read either of those?
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LOVED The Girl on the Train...very different writing style. I couldn't put it down.
 
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I thought I had enough to keep me busy for a while as I'm only about 300 pages into the 3rd Game of Thrones book but Steve added two more books for me to take home from the office TBR bookcase (those sent in by publishers and authors)--The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins and The Poison Artist by Jonathan Moore. He'd already read them and thought I should because I would like them, too. :smile2: Has anybody read either of those?
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I thought The Girl on the Train was solid, but unspectacular. Worth a read, though.
 
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ghost19 said:
Watching my son inhale the "Ender's Game" books over the last couple of weeks. It's interesting to watch him get into the zone, he definitely seems to like them quite a bit.
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I got the first one of those last summer as a prize at our library's Fan Con, but haven't read it yet. I did like the movie pretty well, though you could tell there was a LOT of stuff left out. Might be time for a quick read & pass it down to LilMan next summer :)
 
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skimom2 said:
I got the first one of those last summer as a prize at our library's Fan Con, but haven't read it yet. I did like the movie pretty well, though you could tell there was a LOT of stuff left out. Might be time for a quick read & pass it down to LilMan next summer :)
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Definitely a good read. Lots of added info about Ender going thru battle school. Excellent book.
 
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skimom2 said:
In my opinion, Irving hit his stride with Garp (the first three weren't all that good), then did well until The Fourth Hand--that one was iffy. A Prayer For Owen Meany is in my top 5 books ever--phenomenal storytelling. I'm always hopeful when I see a new one coming out, but he may have peaked, TBH.
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Garp is still one of my all time faves. And I enjoyed everything up to Last Night in Twisted River, but after that I've had trouble
with his work. He has a new book out this fall.
 
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