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kingricefan said:
I read A Garden Of Sand way back when I was around 16 or 17, in the late '70's. It was pretty darn racy!
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It's got some nasty sex scenes, do ya, but nothing I would consider titillating. They're more in the vein Hubert Selby Jr or Jerzy Kosinski. G of S is a grimy, dark carnival ride through the Great Depression, and is one of the finest novels ever written. Tattoo is even better.
 
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Haunted said:
I am reading The Murder's Daughter by Jonathan Kellerman, awesome story!! I have received notice that I have Cross Justice by James Patterson and Life is Short by Jennifer Arnold waiting for me at the library.
Oh dear, I left out an er, it should be The Murderer's Daughter :facepalm_smiley:
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Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr......................;;D
 
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Grant87 said:
Yeah, but most of them are first reads for me. Cujo is one I've actually read before, but I was young and don't remember much about it.

And we probably won't be at the same point for long. You're a reading machine!
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I'm not reading them back-to-back. I always read two or three books by other authors so I won't get burned out.
 
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AchtungBaby said:
I'm not reading them back-to-back. I always read two or three books by other authors so I won't get burned out.
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I've been reading other authors here and there also. I know I'm getting The Bazaar of Bad Dreams for Christmas, so that will be up next after Cujo. Then it's time to read something from my huge non-SK pile, probably Slade House by David Mitchell.
 
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Grant87 said:
I've been reading other authors here and there also. I know I'm getting The Bazaar of Bad Dreams for Christmas, so that will be up next after Cujo. Then it's time to read something from my huge non-SK pile, probably Slade House by David Mitchell.
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I have slade house to read and review for librarything. Need to get on it!
 
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Started The Bazaar of Bad Dreams yesterday and after reading the Author's Note and the Introduction, I thought: "Hello, Dear Friend, we are here together again and after all of these years, you still make me smile."

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Mr. King's description of his struggles to keep a short story short; for me that was especially touching as I have never been the fan of the short story, that is, me always wanting more .:icon_eek:
He has this way of writing that makes you feel that you are right there at his knee listening.
 
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Finished Texas Glory. A story about the Alamo. Important bit parts were played by Davy Crockett, William Travis and Jim Bowie but the man characters were officer under them , and under Santa Anna,. Not a great western novel, not in Lonesome Dove class, but good enough.
 
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