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Mar 22, 2019 14:31:23 GMT -5
Post by MsAli on Mar 22, 2019 14:31:23 GMT -5
I cant do ebooks either. Its doesn't feel the same as a book and I've tried Most books I get from the library with the exception of a few that I must buy. C.J Box and John Stanford for example I go through different phases of reading, but I really came to enjoy CJ Box. I started "Vicious Circle" but never finished it. Now you made me look, and I see "Wolf Pack" was just released this month. I guess I'll have to get back with it. It is such a great series! His other books are really good too but I love Joe and Nate.
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Mar 22, 2019 14:36:17 GMT -5
Post by MsAli on Mar 22, 2019 14:36:17 GMT -5
Some of my favorite fiction authors
John Sandford C.J. Box William Kent Krueger Linda Castillo Karin Slaughter J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts) Liane Moriarty Nicholas Evans Nicholas Sparks Tami Hoag Kathy Reichs
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Win
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Post by Win on Mar 25, 2019 13:05:37 GMT -5
I read a lot of different series between other fiction and history. My current series:
C.J Box - Joe Pickett - Wyoming game warden John Sanford - Virgil Flowers series, some Lucas Davenport series - both Minnesota detectives Paul Doiron - Mike Bowditch series - a Maine game warden Preston and Child - Prendergast series - odd FBI agent - certainly different! Tony and Anne Hillerman - Navajo police series - Leaphorn and Chee C. Johnson - Longmire - quite different than the TV series
In between I read a lot of books on the Southwest, others that come recommended.
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Post by mohs on Mar 25, 2019 14:22:58 GMT -5
I’m trying to recall a novel I read about an Indiana Jones type archaeologist who explores ancient Indian caves around the Flagstaff AZ That part of the fictional historical plot
I was thinking it was, “Thunderbird" by Preston I'm going to peruse that But pretty sure that's not the one
Although its from an author that write like that But not one of the big 3 Preston, Rollins, Berry ithink
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Post by Kai on Mar 25, 2019 14:39:11 GMT -5
I used to read a lot. And I mean A LOT. When I was a child there was a library about halfway between my home and school so I'd stop there every day on my way home from school to get a new book. In my student days there were times when i was capable of reading one 300-400 page book per day. Those were just the times when first books were being put into digital shape, one way or the other. I'd spend long hours in the evening on the internet, trying to find a new book somewhere to download it, so that I could read it over the following day. I'm not even a native English speaker but that never seemed to stop me. Nowadays I read less literature because I have to spend some 8-10 hours reading technical stuff at work anyway, so I don't have that much will left to do yet more reading. I prefer going for a walk with my doggie.. or rock hounding All time favourite author: Terry Pratchett.
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Post by MsAli on Mar 25, 2019 15:03:58 GMT -5
I’m trying to recall a novel I read about an Indiana Jones type archaeologist who explores ancient Indian caves around the Flagstaff AZ That part of the fictional historical plot I was thinking it was, “Thunderbird" by Preston I'm going to peruse that But pretty sure that's not the one Although its from an author that write like that But not one of the big 3 Preston, Rollins, Berry ithink Kirk Mitchell or Tony Hillerman maybe?
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Post by mohs on Mar 25, 2019 16:12:12 GMT -5
Thanks Ali! That Kirk Mitchell may just be the one used to drive for a living so I listened to a lot of audio books novels i wouldn't take the time to read I figured -I was getting paid to read
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Post by mohs on Mar 25, 2019 16:57:51 GMT -5
What was the first novel that you read that had an impact? I’m thinking teenage years but not necessarily For me it was: Dang I can still recall the 8th grade Montebello librarian Recommending the book to us in the Library That funny &t the book had big impact On this acne face awkward 1967 geeky self Ponyboy, Cherry, Sodapop, Dally, Gone with the Wind, rrumbles with socs and the greasers , teenage angst burning down a church , cancer sticks... emotional kick
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Post by MsAli on Mar 25, 2019 17:30:14 GMT -5
Ive had plenty that ive been emotional reading and some that the words hit a little too close to home sometimes.
I think poetry has more of an impact on me and maybe some "self-help" books
I think the book that has made me really think the most is Memncoch the devil by Anne Rice and it is actually one of the few books ive read more than once.
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Post by 1dave on Mar 25, 2019 18:38:43 GMT -5
I recommend ABE Books Where I usually can get a hardbound copy for less than $5 with free shipping. Then I don't have to keep re-gluing the pages in. The first book to really HIT me was SLAN by A. E. van Vogt around 1945. Vic Flynn, David Baladacci and John Lescroart, but my favorite by far is Georgette Heyer, introduced to me by my mother in 1947. I have all of her books and keep replacing them as they fall apart from re-reading. My Single Favorite Is . . . well, uugh . . . A Civil Contract, April Lady, Arabella, Bath Tangle, Charity Girl, Cotillion, Cousin Kate, Devil's Cub , False Colours, Faro's Daughter, Frederica, Friday's Child, Lady of Quality, Pistols for Two, Powder and Patch, Regency Buck, Sprig Muslin, Sylvester, The Convenient Marriage, The Corinthian, The Foundling, The Grand Sophy, The Masqueraders, The Nonesuch, The Quiet Gentleman, The Reluctant Widow, The Spanish Bride, The Talisman Ring, The Toll-Gate, The Unknown Ajax, These Old Shades, Venetia
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Post by amygdule on Mar 27, 2019 12:38:25 GMT -5
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Post by amygdule on Mar 27, 2019 17:21:52 GMT -5
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Post by 1dave on Apr 18, 2019 10:15:39 GMT -5
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Post by 1dave on Apr 18, 2019 17:13:40 GMT -5
But don't ask me what I read.
It seems to go in one eye and out the other.
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Post by MsAli on Apr 29, 2019 20:28:35 GMT -5
I finally got it! If yall haven't read him, I highly recommend it. He is so good and will take you on one heck of a ride. Just make sure you start with book 1
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Post by amygdule on Apr 29, 2019 22:36:13 GMT -5
7 hours of torment.
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Post by gemfeller on Apr 29, 2019 23:41:43 GMT -5
Along with George Orwell's "1984" this should be essential reading for everyone. Both books dig deep into the essence of human nature.
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Post by Win on Apr 30, 2019 8:42:21 GMT -5
I finally got it! If yall haven't read him, I highly recommend it. He is so good and will take you on one heck of a ride. Just make sure you start with book 1 It was a long wait but I got it over the weekend, started last night!
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Post by MsAli on Apr 30, 2019 9:23:04 GMT -5
I finally got it! If yall haven't read him, I highly recommend it. He is so good and will take you on one heck of a ride. Just make sure you start with book 1 It was a long wait but I got it over the weekend, started last night! I had to force myself to put it down otherwise I would of been up all night!
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 30, 2019 9:28:29 GMT -5
No ebooks, no online newspapers either.... Not the same, got to feel the paper, the book, the smells!! Nothing like getting lost in a great novel, go deep into a newspaper.. I do a lot of writing and it's also done with pen and paper in my journals and notebooks, got to love the feel and flow of the pen to paper....
One of my first books I ever read in school, as a whole -"Where The Red Fern Grows" Classic in my eyes, still read it once in awhile, just to bring back those lost moments in study hall reading away.... As an adult I usually would read non fiction, sometimes I would wonder off in the other direction though... Hahahaha
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