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cat in a bag

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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.
I didn't know this was a book. The movie made me bawl and I felt just awful for days after seeing it!
 
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skimom2

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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.
Probably a silly question, Sharon, but have you read Alison Weir's British historical novels? EXTREMELY well-written and well-researched.
 

skimom2

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Kids got me the latest PB George R.R. Martin book for Christmas, so that's my next read. He's quite the world builder! Very interested in how he'll wrap up the series in the last two books (I think Jon Snow is one of Robert's bastards and will end up king, but don't tell Martin or he'll kill my boy for sure--lol).
 
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doowopgirl

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Currently half way through Valley of Amazment by Amy Tan. I was always curious abot The Joy Luck Club and founs a second hand copy cheap last summer. Was blown away by it, so whenI saw a new book out by her asked Santa and got hooked up. Loving it. It describes a time and way of life very foreign to me in such a way I feel like I'd recognize it immediatly. Highly reccomend.
 

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Kids got me the latest PB George R.R. Martin book for Christmas, so that's my next read. He's quite the world builder! Very interested in how he'll wrap up the series in the last two books (I think Jon Snow is one of Robert's bastards and will end up king, but don't tell Martin or he'll kill my boy for sure--lol).

Whenever adverts for any shows like this come on tv, I turn them before I end up asleep, so the only way I know of George R.R. Martin is from South Park :) , and they made him out to be a "weiner obsessed" weirdo. Is this true?
 
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Neesy

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Whenever adverts for any shows like this come on tv, I turn them before I end up asleep, so the only way I know of George R.R. Martin is from South Park :) , and they made him out to be a "weiner obsessed" weirdo. Is this true?


No idea if it is true but my son walked by the computer when I was watching this short video and he said "That's sick" :tongue-new:
 

Walter Oobleck

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Horror:
Dan Simmons
Robert McCammon

Redneck Lit:
Daniel Woodrell
Larry McMurtry
Tom Franklin
Donald Ray Pollock

Have you tried any Harry Crews? Larry Brown? Barry Hannah? Charles Willeford, too...although maybe he doesn't fall into your category...I've read many from your list and have enjoyed all their stories.
 
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Doc Wilson

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Have you tried any Harry Crews? Larry Brown? Barry Hannah? Charles Willeford, too...although maybe he doesn't fall into your category...I've read many from your list and have enjoyed all their stories.

No I haven't, friend, but I'll sure look them up. Nothing I like better than finding a new author! By redneck lit I mean stories about rural folk, whether set in the old west or the current day.
 

Walter Oobleck

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No I haven't, friend, but I'll sure look them up. Nothing I like better than finding a new author! By redneck lit I mean stories about rural folk, whether set in the old west or the current day.

You can't go wrong with any of the writers I listed. Let me know what you think once you've read a few.
 

Walter Oobleck

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Yeah...he was a real character...took a class or two under him. Nice guy, but he looks like he's been through the wringer...and he had been. Fell in a pot of boiling water when he was a kid when they were...doing hogs...and that time he spent recuperating in bed influenced his outlook on life as well as his fiction. I imagine most university libraries have copies of his stories...his books sell for top dollar used at the various sites. And that reminds me that I'd ordered Naked in Garden Hills online awhile back...still no book. He was working on The Knockout Artist and All We Need of Hell when I knew him and that was fun, feeding off someone who shared his creative process with us. He passed away a year or so ago. He told me that some day I'd publish something and it would all make sense...maybe one day...if this snow ever stops. Self-employed carpenter isn't conducive to finding time to write.
 
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