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"alvintchase" |
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16 Nov 2003 11:15:17 PM |
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Poll:What book(s) are you reading now? |
1)I'm currently finishing "Against Interpretation" by Susan
Sontag(extremly interesting.I'm going to read more of her books.)
2)I'm in the middle of "Escape attempts-the theory and practise of
resistance to everyday life".(interesting.I forget the authors'
names.)
3)Enduring Love-Ian McEwan(first novel that I'm reading in a
while,I'm taking a break from my favorite author,Agatha Christie for
awhile)
One of my goals is to read more.some people literally read
hundreds of books a year.There's no reason I can't read at
least,say,10 books a year...my attention span isn't so great these
days,but I can improve it...
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| User: "Rebecca Jo" |
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| Title: Re: Poll:What book(s) are you reading now? |
17 Nov 2003 07:11:38 PM |
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"Eternity" by Greg Bear. The sequal to "Eon."
I only read one book at a time.
rj
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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19 Nov 2003 02:14:58 AM |
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'White powder, green light' - James Hawes. Humorous fiction about making
a film.
'Once more, with feeling' - Victoria Coren and Charlie Skelton. Humorous
non-fiction about making a (porno) film.
The last book I read was a humorous novel about making an advertising
film. They were all spur of the moment, 'that's a nice cover',
purchases. I've never before read anything about making films.
I have bookmarks in a lot of other books, but I'm not actively reading
them. It's very difficult to read these days.
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Alan@harding.demon.co.uk = Alan Harding =
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The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "Pinwheel" |
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17 Nov 2003 07:31:32 PM |
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1. "The Sun Also Rises"--Hemmingway
2. "Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison"--Michel Foucault
3. "Just Being Difficult? Academic Writing in the Public Arena"
--Jonathan Culler
All at once. I expect I'll remember nothing of any of them when I'm done.
alvintchase wrote:
1)I'm currently finishing "Against Interpretation" by Susan
Sontag(extremly interesting.I'm going to read more of her books.)
2)I'm in the middle of "Escape attempts-the theory and practise of
resistance to everyday life".(interesting.I forget the authors'
names.)
3)Enduring Love-Ian McEwan(first novel that I'm reading in a
while,I'm taking a break from my favorite author,Agatha Christie for
awhile)
One of my goals is to read more.some people literally read
hundreds of books a year.There's no reason I can't read at
least,say,10 books a year...my attention span isn't so great these
days,but I can improve it...
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Pinwheel *****
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| User: "jeff/jk" |
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| Title: Re: Poll:What book(s) are you reading now? |
17 Nov 2003 02:06:45 PM |
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(alvintchase) wrote in message news:<c1029ba7.0311162115.864da67@posting.google.com>...
One of my goals is to read more.some people literally read
hundreds of books a year.There's no reason I can't read at
least,say,10 books a year...my attention span isn't so great these
days,but I can improve it...
I am reading nothing. That's right, nothing. The closest I come to
reading is scanning posts on ASDF, sports on ESPN, and news on CNN.
The only printed text I read is whatever is in the bathroom at an
opportune moment.
I do love to read, and I just can't make the time. Time is my fucking
enemy.
- Jeff
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| User: "SortaLily" |
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| Title: Re: Poll:What book(s) are you reading now? |
17 Nov 2003 09:36:45 PM |
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You have little kids .. it is a wonder you even have time to go to the
bathroom.
I don't mean this in rude way .. I have three nieces and a nephew .. I know.
"jeff/jk" <jeff_s_j_k@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3f8e519.0311171206.24081e80@posting.google.com...
relayer211@yahoo.com (alvintchase) wrote in message
news:<c1029ba7.0311162115.864da67@posting.google.com>...
One of my goals is to read more.some people literally read
hundreds of books a year.There's no reason I can't read at
least,say,10 books a year...my attention span isn't so great these
days,but I can improve it...
I am reading nothing. That's right, nothing. The closest I come to
reading is scanning posts on ASDF, sports on ESPN, and news on CNN.
The only printed text I read is whatever is in the bathroom at an
opportune moment.
I do love to read, and I just can't make the time. Time is my fucking
enemy.
- Jeff
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| User: "% surfs@uniserve" |
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17 Nov 2003 09:39:53 PM |
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"SortaLily" <up.down@near.far> wrote in message
news:bpc44f$ktq$1@bob.news.rcn.net...
You have little kids .. it is a wonder you even have time to go to the
bathroom.
I don't mean this in rude way .. I have three nieces and a nephew .. I
know.
"jeff/jk" <jeff_s_j_k@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3f8e519.0311171206.24081e80@posting.google.com...
relayer211@yahoo.com (alvintchase) wrote in message
news:<c1029ba7.0311162115.864da67@posting.google.com>...
One of my goals is to read more.some people literally read
hundreds of books a year.There's no reason I can't read at
least,say,10 books a year...my attention span isn't so great these
days,but I can improve it...
I am reading nothing. That's right, nothing. The closest I come to
reading is scanning posts on ASDF, sports on ESPN, and news on CNN.
The only printed text I read is whatever is in the bathroom at an
opportune moment.
I do love to read, and I just can't make the time. Time is my fucking
enemy.
- Jeff
maybe you could give up some drinking time in an exchange
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| User: "jeff/jk" |
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17 Nov 2003 08:23:01 PM |
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(alvintchase) wrote in message news:<c1029ba7.0311162115.864da67@posting.google.com>...
I forgot to say my mantra, which is that everyone should be forced at
gunpoint to read "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole. It's
the funniest thing I ever used my eyes to absorb.
- Jeff
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| User: "neoholistic" |
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18 Nov 2003 01:11:26 PM |
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x-no-archive: yes
jeff/jk escribió:
relayer211@yahoo.com (alvintchase) wrote in message news:<c1029ba7.0311162115.864da67@posting.google.com>...
I forgot to say my mantra, which is that everyone should be forced at
gunpoint to read "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole. It's
the funniest thing I ever used my eyes to absorb.
- Jeff
Oh, yes. That's absolutely hilarious. I had to go to ***** sometimes while reading this one, just because of the laughters.
For those who haven't read it, the main character thinks that what the USA really needs is a monarchy, and that most of the problems in the modern world are caused by its lacking of enough "geometry and theology". 'Nuff said.
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To reach me by email: trasform my account name like IBM -> HAL.
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| User: "my ass looks big" |
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| Title: Re: Poll:What book(s) are you reading now? |
17 Nov 2003 06:47:30 AM |
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Currently, _Teach Yourself Buddhism_ by Clive Erricker. I have a deep
interest in Buddhism, though my personality is not suited to full
adoption of the lifestyle. The nice thing about being Pagan is the
freedom to adopt what works from all the world's spiritual systems.
After that I will be reading _Magical Passes_ by Carlos Castaneda.
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| User: "Wohali" |
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17 Nov 2003 08:41:29 PM |
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Dominion - The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals & the Call to Mercy
by Matthew Scully http://www.matthewscully.com/
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Wohali
http://www.adoptaturkey.org/
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| User: "SortaLily" |
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17 Nov 2003 09:09:51 PM |
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I just started "A tale of two cites" ..
"Wohali" <wohali7@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:3FB986D9.948A0343@earthlink.net...
Dominion - The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals & the Call to Mercy
by Matthew Scully http://www.matthewscully.com/
--
Wohali
http://www.adoptaturkey.org/
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| User: "% surfs@uniserve" |
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17 Nov 2003 09:12:07 PM |
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hi
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| User: "SortaLily" |
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17 Nov 2003 09:22:21 PM |
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Hi babe
"%" <surfs@uniserve> wrote in message
news:vrj3g78fg4t434@corp.supernews.com...
hi
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| User: "harakiri" |
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17 Nov 2003 12:21:33 AM |
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Kid's Little Instruction Book by Jim & Steve Dodson
"alvintchase" <relayer211@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c1029ba7.0311162115.864da67@posting.google.com...
1)I'm currently finishing "Against Interpretation" by Susan
Sontag(extremly interesting.I'm going to read more of her books.)
2)I'm in the middle of "Escape attempts-the theory and practise of
resistance to everyday life".(interesting.I forget the authors'
names.)
3)Enduring Love-Ian McEwan(first novel that I'm reading in a
while,I'm taking a break from my favorite author,Agatha Christie for
awhile)
One of my goals is to read more.some people literally read
hundreds of books a year.There's no reason I can't read at
least,say,10 books a year...my attention span isn't so great these
days,but I can improve it...
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| User: "Cindy Lou Who" |
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17 Nov 2003 09:35:49 AM |
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Last book read: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
I'm just starting: Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs.
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| User: "alvintchase" |
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17 Nov 2003 02:19:54 PM |
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"Cindy Lou Who" <cl_who@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<bpapsn$1mdigh$1@ID-70253.news.uni-berlin.de>...
Last book read: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
how was this book?I've been wanting to read it for awhile...
I'm just starting: Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs.
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| User: "paddyo" |
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17 Nov 2003 01:21:55 PM |
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"Cindy Lou Who" <cl_who@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<bpapsn$1mdigh$1@ID-70253.news.uni-berlin.de>...
Last book read: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
I'm just starting: Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs.
hey , indigo moon man ! where can you see that computer science book
on the net ? i am studying a games computing degree atm and it might
be of some use to me :)
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| User: "neoholistic" |
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18 Nov 2003 01:00:00 PM |
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x-no-archive: yes
Cindy Lou Who escribió:
Last book read: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
That one is great. Highly recommended.
--
To reach me by email: trasform my account name like IBM -> HAL.
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| User: "elegy" |
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17 Nov 2003 12:03:24 AM |
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_bird by bird_ by anne lammott. again.
and the dumbass untitled novel i'm writing :p
On 16 Nov 2003 21:15:17 -0800, (alvintchase)
wrote:
1)I'm currently finishing "Against Interpretation" by Susan
Sontag(extremly interesting.I'm going to read more of her books.)
2)I'm in the middle of "Escape attempts-the theory and practise of
resistance to everyday life".(interesting.I forget the authors'
names.)
3)Enduring Love-Ian McEwan(first novel that I'm reading in a
while,I'm taking a break from my favorite author,Agatha Christie for
awhile)
One of my goals is to read more.some people literally read
hundreds of books a year.There's no reason I can't read at
least,say,10 books a year...my attention span isn't so great these
days,but I can improve it...
---
"i met a lady once who had an imaginary fish" (delirium)
http://shattering.org
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| User: "SortaLily" |
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17 Nov 2003 06:51:29 AM |
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Anne Lamot? I love her. I read "all new people" .. and "blue shoe"
"elegy" <elegy@shattering.org> wrote in message
news:54pgrv45gc0jgmt5at6sdjmh6igf3b5s2s@4ax.com...
_bird by bird_ by anne lammott. again.
and the dumbass untitled novel i'm writing :p
On 16 Nov 2003 21:15:17 -0800, (alvintchase)
wrote:
1)I'm currently finishing "Against Interpretation" by Susan
Sontag(extremly interesting.I'm going to read more of her books.)
2)I'm in the middle of "Escape attempts-the theory and practise of
resistance to everyday life".(interesting.I forget the authors'
names.)
3)Enduring Love-Ian McEwan(first novel that I'm reading in a
while,I'm taking a break from my favorite author,Agatha Christie for
awhile)
One of my goals is to read more.some people literally read
hundreds of books a year.There's no reason I can't read at
least,say,10 books a year...my attention span isn't so great these
days,but I can improve it...
---
"i met a lady once who had an imaginary fish" (delirium)
http://shattering.org
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| User: "elegy" |
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17 Nov 2003 07:12:05 AM |
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i've never actually read any of her novels, strangely enough.
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 07:51:29 -0500, "SortaLily" <up.down@near.far>
wrote:
Anne Lamot? I love her. I read "all new people" .. and "blue shoe"
"elegy" <elegy@shattering.org> wrote in message
news:54pgrv45gc0jgmt5at6sdjmh6igf3b5s2s@4ax.com...
_bird by bird_ by anne lammott. again.
and the dumbass untitled novel i'm writing :p
On 16 Nov 2003 21:15:17 -0800, (alvintchase)
wrote:
1)I'm currently finishing "Against Interpretation" by Susan
Sontag(extremly interesting.I'm going to read more of her books.)
2)I'm in the middle of "Escape attempts-the theory and practise of
resistance to everyday life".(interesting.I forget the authors'
names.)
3)Enduring Love-Ian McEwan(first novel that I'm reading in a
while,I'm taking a break from my favorite author,Agatha Christie for
awhile)
One of my goals is to read more.some people literally read
hundreds of books a year.There's no reason I can't read at
least,say,10 books a year...my attention span isn't so great these
days,but I can improve it...
--
body count: 5; 1 stuffed and mounted
http://shattering.org
x-no-archive: yes in the headers
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| User: "Indigo Moon Man" |
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17 Nov 2003 07:28:07 AM |
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alvintchase <relayer211@yahoo.com> spake thusly:
1)I'm currently finishing "Against Interpretation" by Susan
Sontag(extremly interesting.I'm going to read more of her books.)
2)I'm in the middle of "Escape attempts-the theory and practise of
resistance to everyday life".(interesting.I forget the authors'
names.)
3)Enduring Love-Ian McEwan(first novel that I'm reading in a
while,I'm taking a break from my favorite author,Agatha Christie for
awhile)
One of my goals is to read more.some people literally read
hundreds of books a year.There's no reason I can't read at
least,say,10 books a year...my attention span isn't so great these
days,but I can improve it...
1. The Bible
2. The Bible Cure for Depression and Anxiety by Don Colbert, MD which I read
about 3 or 4 months ago.
3. How To Think Like A Computer Scientist -- Learning with C++ by Allen B.
Downey which I'm just starting to read (and which is available for free
(legally) on the internet).
Plus reading some news stories on the internet a little now and then. But
I'm trying to cut down on the amount of news I read and watch because it
usually upsets me too much.
--
My beliefs:
http://www.upci.org/doctrine
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| User: "kerfoker" |
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17 Nov 2003 08:51:11 AM |
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alvintchase wrote:
1)I'm currently finishing "Against Interpretation" by Susan
Sontag(extremly interesting.I'm going to read more of her books.)
2)I'm in the middle of "Escape attempts-the theory and practise of
resistance to everyday life".(interesting.I forget the authors'
names.)
3)Enduring Love-Ian McEwan(first novel that I'm reading in a
while,I'm taking a break from my favorite author,Agatha Christie for
awhile)
One of my goals is to read more.some people literally read
hundreds of books a year.There's no reason I can't read at
least,say,10 books a year...my attention span isn't so great these
days,but I can improve it...
Currently I'm on the fifth in a series of (apparently) 14 books
by Nora Roberts (writing as J.D. Robb): 'Ceremony in Death'. The
protagonist in these books is a NYC Police Detective Eve Dallas
who solves murders in the year 2056 (I think). It's not really
science fiction, the author throws in some changes in technology
and culture...'Mag' seems to be a popular slang word. There's
some gushy romance stuff between the Detective and her multi-
billionare husband but that's easy to skip over for the most
part. I got a few more of the series books on hand and then
I'll have to hit the big book stores to complete the series.
Anyways, waiting in the wings I've got Scott Turow's "Reversible Errors"
and Patricia Cornwell's "Portrait of a Killer" (speculation about Jack
the Ripper...otherwise I've stopped reading Cornwell because she's
gone over the top with all the gushy romance for my tastes).
-Fred
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| User: "Rebecca Jo" |
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17 Nov 2003 07:10:37 PM |
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"kerfoker" <kerfoker@ix.netcom.com> wrote
Currently I'm on the fifth in a series of (apparently) 14 books
by Nora Roberts (writing as J.D. Robb): 'Ceremony in Death'. The
protagonist in these books is a NYC Police Detective Eve Dallas
who solves murders in the year 2056 (I think). It's not really
science fiction, the author throws in some changes in technology
and culture...'Mag' seems to be a popular slang word. There's
some gushy romance stuff between the Detective and her multi-
billionare husband but that's easy to skip over for the most
part. I got a few more of the series books on hand and then
I'll have to hit the big book stores to complete the series.
I love Nora Roberts. I haven't read any of her JD Robb books but I will. I
love her style in romance. I imagine her style is basically the same in all
of her books.
rj
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| User: "kerfoker" |
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17 Nov 2003 08:14:08 PM |
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Rebecca Jo wrote:
"kerfoker" <kerfoker@ix.netcom.com> wrote
Currently I'm on the fifth in a series of (apparently) 14 books
by Nora Roberts (writing as J.D. Robb): 'Ceremony in Death'. The
protagonist in these books is a NYC Police Detective Eve Dallas
who solves murders in the year 2056 (I think). It's not really
science fiction, the author throws in some changes in technology
and culture...'Mag' seems to be a popular slang word. There's
some gushy romance stuff between the Detective and her multi-
billionare husband but that's easy to skip over for the most
part. I got a few more of the series books on hand and then
I'll have to hit the big book stores to complete the series.
I love Nora Roberts. I haven't read any of her JD Robb books but I will. I
love her style in romance. I imagine her style is basically the same in all
of her books.
I've never read Nora Roberts other than her JD Robb books but she
definitely
has a unique style in the romance part, I'm not sure how to describe
it...
terse and unrepetitive?
-Fred
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| User: "Rebecca Jo" |
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17 Nov 2003 09:42:41 PM |
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"kerfoker" <kerfoker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
I've never read Nora Roberts other than her JD Robb books but she
definitely has a unique style in the romance part, I'm not sure how to
describe
it... terse and unrepetitive?
I dunno what it is, but it's nice :)
-Fred
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| User: "LSK" |
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17 Nov 2003 02:47:17 PM |
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Anyways, waiting in the wings I've got Scott Turow's "Reversible Errors"
and Patricia Cornwell's "Portrait of a Killer" (speculation about Jack
the Ripper...otherwise I've stopped reading Cornwell because she's
gone over the top with all the gushy romance for my tastes).
-Fred
I've been told that I would like Patricia Cornwell but I have yet
to read one of her books - can you recomend one?
Right now I'm reading Kathy Reiches and Nicholas Sparks.
But I find the latter is sometimes too sad for me to cope with.
-Lorna
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| User: "kerfoker" |
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17 Nov 2003 08:11:28 PM |
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LSK wrote:
Anyways, waiting in the wings I've got Scott Turow's "Reversible Errors"
and Patricia Cornwell's "Portrait of a Killer" (speculation about Jack
the Ripper...otherwise I've stopped reading Cornwell because she's
gone over the top with all the gushy romance for my tastes).
-Fred
I've been told that I would like Patricia Cornwell but I have yet
to read one of her books - can you recomend one?
Right now I'm reading Kathy Reiches and Nicholas Sparks.
But I find the latter is sometimes too sad for me to cope with.
-Lorna
Oh, I really liked Kathy Reiches' books! She's on my list
for authors I automatically get their latest. I don't recall
Sparks, I'll look for him.
I guess I would recommend Cornwell's earlier Dr. Scarpetta
novels: Postmortem, Body of Evidence, etc. She got mushier
further on in the Dr. Scarpetta series...
-Fred
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| User: "Stevhan Hartwell" |
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17 Nov 2003 02:21:57 PM |
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i am reading several at the moment.
2 techie books. linux books.
1 fantasy - terry goodkind "stone of tears" part of a series.
1 childrens book - antoine de saint-exupery "the little prince" (reading on
recommendation)
so my reading hands are full
stevhan
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| User: "neoholistic" |
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18 Nov 2003 01:02:39 PM |
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Stevhan Hartwell escribió:
1 childrens book - antoine de saint-exupery "the little prince" (reading on
recommendation)
That's not so much of a 'childrens book' as it looks at first... things are not always what they seem to be. Highly recommended anyway; interesting mixture of naiveness (perfect for children) and bitterness (or was that my very own perception?).
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To reach me by email: trasform my account name like IBM -> HAL.
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