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10-06-2008, 12:17 AM
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| Re: Your latest book purchases I just got back from a booksellers' convention and am overloaded with new books. I didn't actually buy any of them, since they're mostly Advance Reader Copies, but I came home with about 50 books, including upcoming releases by Wally Lamb, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, Oscar Hijuelos and Katherine Neville's The Fire, which is the sequel to The Eight. I actually went to an event and heard her speak and got the book signed! There are too many titles to post, but I'm feeling a bit greedy and overwhelmed...I did actually leave some books, if you can believe it! I'll post about the various titles as I read them. Now I'm definitely going to have to get another bookcase. ![]()
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10-06-2008, 02:21 PM
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| Re: Your latest book purchases Oooh, I'm so jealous. What is the new Dennis Lehane title? Is it a Patrick Mckenzie novel or another stand alone novel? |
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10-07-2008, 03:21 PM
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10-07-2008, 09:09 PM
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| FORT Fogey Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Somewhere way South of the North Pole Age: 46
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Blog Entries: 7 | Re: Your latest book purchases Critical, I'm jealous too. I can't wait to read The Fire. I really enjoyed The Eight. I just talked to a friend that was in D.C. not long ago during the big national book fair on the mall. She said it was fabulous and she got a free tote and could have filled it up about 100 times over. I was jealous of her as well. My dream would be to have an endless supply of books. Well to have the money to buy an endless supply. I actually have this fantasy where I go into Barnes and Noble and fill up a shopping cart until the books are falling out of it and then going back and doing it again and again. ![]()
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10-07-2008, 10:27 PM
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| Re: Your latest book purchases Add me to the list of green-eyed monsters!
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10-08-2008, 04:30 PM
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| Re: Your latest book purchases That sounds great, Crit. I got an advance reader's copy of "The Fire" too, and it was great. I loved "The Eight," and I think I still like the Eight more (I found The Fire to have more .... ambiguity, in some ways, and a little less historical detail, and I don't think either comment is a spoiler) but I think fans of the Eight will like it. ![]()
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11-09-2008, 11:01 PM
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| Re: Your latest book purchases A Passion for Blue and White by Carolyne Roehm |
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11-10-2008, 07:18 AM
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| Re: Your latest book purchases Quote:
![]() /Got TWO new bookcases the other month ![]() PS: brunette trixie, the new Dennis Lehane is a standalone set in post-WW1 Boston. I'm reading it right now, and so far I'm loving it. It's more of a sprawling epic than his previous work and includes cameos from people like Babe Ruth and J Edgar Hoover. Great writing from Lehane, and plenty of it - The Given Day clocks in at over 700 pages. I prefer his standalones to the McKenzie/Gennaro ones (although I like them too) so I'm very happy right now. ![]()
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11-15-2008, 08:59 AM
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| Re: Your latest book purchases I bought 2 books from Amazon with my $25 Amazon credit card rewards bonus and only paid 17 cents. They will both be Christmas presents. One is Stroke of Insight (featured on Oprah's show) about a brain scientist who had a stroke and then wrote about it from her point of view. That's for my bro-in-law who's a neurosurgeon. And A Year of Living Biblically for my very religious, but formerly funny brother. Hope he finds the humor in it.
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11-23-2008, 03:02 AM
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| Re: Your latest book purchases Quote:
![]() I just bought the Gemma Halliday series: Spying in High Heels, Killer in High Heels, Alibi in High Heels, and Mayhem in High Heels, (chick lit - somewhat like Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum, but not nearly as funny) gifts for my niece.
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