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05-30-2008, 05:29 AM
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| Culture slut  Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Blessed geekdom Age: 28
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| Re: What are you reading? Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey. Fiction agrees with him, and I'm loving the fact that in spite of all the Raymond Carver-esque portrays of people struggling to get by in Los Angeles, the real main character is really LA itself. Great stuff. I'm hoping that people can look beyond the Million Little Pieces debaucle and see Bright Shiny Morning for what it is: an exceptional, touching, and well-written novel. The guy deserves a second chance. Not sure that Oprah would agree with me, though.
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05-30-2008, 08:38 AM
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| FORT Fogey  | Re: What are you reading? Didn't someone on here mention The Judas Strain? I'm reading that now. It's got my attention, that's for sure. One of those that's hard to put down.
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05-30-2008, 12:55 PM
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| FORT Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Age: 27
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| Re: What are you reading? Until I Find You, by John Irving. I'm about halfway through, and loving it so far. It reminds me of The World According to Garp. |
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05-30-2008, 01:53 PM
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| FORT Fogey  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, AL Age: 28
Posts: 952
| Re: What are you reading? London, by Edward Rutherfurd. Looks like I'll have a lot more good reading material in my future, too... just moved to Auburn recently, and wandered over to the University library which is an easy walk from where we're living; yowza, I'm in heaven with that there.  |
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06-07-2008, 06:01 PM
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| FORT Newbie  Join Date: May 2008 Location: prairie
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| Re: What are you reading?  ..."The Front" by Patricia Cornwell. |
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06-07-2008, 08:34 PM
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 Bitten  Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Merlotte's Bar & Grill Age: 40
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| Re: What are you reading? I just started re-reading War and Peace. I read it about ten years ago and felt like it was time again. I'm already remembering how much I love Tolstoy. Pakacat - how's London coming? I may have to re-read Sarum soon - that's still my favorite of Rutherfurd's epics.
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06-07-2008, 10:41 PM
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| FORT Fanatic  Join Date: Nov 2007
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| Re: What are you reading? I'm about halfway through Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke. I always enjoy his Dave Robicheaux books, but this one is especially interesting. It takes place in New Orleans/Louisiana during and after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. It's making me very sad, thinking about all the stuff that was ruined and will never be fixed, and all the people who left and won't ever be back. |
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Will definitely have to pick up some of his other stuff!
