false 620121 40 male Rogers, AR 11/2007 12/2009 3389 Stephen King 23 376 115 true 5812771 read 2 true 1202312 currently-reading 210 true 1202311 to-read 33 true 1446336 borrowed-books 7 true 7455045 paperbacks-to-read 5 true 5574376 paperbacks---read 2 true 6234594 audio-book 2 true 2150527 collectable 0 false 9162257 wishlist http://www.goodreads.com/event/show/65573-join-us-in-january-when-we-watch-the-dvd-moon http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1240256427p2/17569.jpg 620121 Lonnie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238078862p2/620121.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/620121-lonnie Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:14:03 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/event/show/65572-join-us-in-reading-on-writing-in-january http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1217304059p2/203.jpg 620121 Lonnie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238078862p2/620121.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/620121-lonnie Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:08:09 -0800 Barefoot Sisters Southbound (Paperback) by Lucy Letcher]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80647216 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qzuinKR7L._SL75_.jpg 620121 Lonnie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238078862p2/620121.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/620121-lonnie Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:06:11 -0800 The Maltese Falcon (Hardcover) by Dashiell Hammett]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79125776 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31RK38ogwdL._SL75_.jpg 620121 Lonnie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238078862p2/620121.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/620121-lonnie Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:55:08 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/195824-the-worst-stephen-king-book http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1217304059p2/203.jpg 620121 Lonnie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238078862p2/620121.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/620121-lonnie Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:26:42 -0800 Betsy wrote: "I love this discussion...I have been pleasantly surprised after "doing the work" as you put it, Mark. LES MISERABLES & A TALE OF TWO CITIES are two books that I had some trouble with in my younger..."

A couple of years ago I decided that I needed to become more 'well read'. Basically, in the past I read anything that I thought sounded good (King, etc.) and ignored the rest. Then after we finished our library and started organizing our books I realized that I had a ton of books that others wouldn't want to read unless they liked the exact same thing I did. Hmmmm... did that make me narrow minded I thought. Posssibly. So... I found a list of must read books from the Modern Library. Most of these are classics and much older than me. I picked up Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham. I trudged along for a couple of chapters and could NOT get into the story. Then I stared caring about the character but still had the hardest time stayin with the story. After I finished I thought PHEW! Finally! But then I kept finidng myself reflecting on that novel. Wow... if a novel I didn't enjoy reading could make me reflect so much maybe I enjoyed it more than I thought.

Since then I have tried to read 4 or 5 classics per year depending on what was going on. And for the record I also read Sinclair Lewis' Main Street and didn't enjoy it at all. But at least now I can feel like I can give an opinion on it. :)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/165830-short-stories-of-edgar-allen-poe-spoilers http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1251246743p2/1218.jpg 620121 Lonnie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238078862p2/620121.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/620121-lonnie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:28:22 -0800 Erika wrote: "It took a long time, but I finally finished this book! My favourites were definitely The Tell-Tale Heart, The Murders at the Rue Morgue, and The Fall of the House of Usher. I'm really glad I read t..."

The Purloined Letter has been credited as the first mystery detective fiction. For that reason alone I think it stands alone. 100 years later reading the story I feel like a lot better has been written but I would like to give credit where credit is due when I can.
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/121317-under-the-dome-december-book-club-read http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1217304059p2/203.jpg 620121 Lonnie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238078862p2/620121.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/620121-lonnie Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:48:55 -0800 Bondama wrote: "*****spoiler alert ********

Leslie, if you're 500 pages in, you must have missed the explanation of the "bad blood" between Junior and Baaarbie . . . it's just a small aside, but basically, one of..."

that's why I stated he was evil earlier as well. If he had been a sane non-evil person he would have gone to the authorities with the accusation instead of trying to be a vigilante.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/trivia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238078862p2/620121.jpg 620121 Lonnie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238078862p2/620121.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/620121-lonnie Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:58:31 -0800