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What books have you bought lately?
I read Coraline. I've looked for Neverwhere for a long time, but haven't found a copy yet.
Look forward to discussing Joyland with you Rachel!You should try out Gaiman, his style is very different. I loved Stardust and The Graveyard Book :)
I haven't read Coraline - did you like it?I bought Neverwhere awhile ago because I thought it sounded really good but I've never gotten around to reading it!
I liked Coraline quite a bit! It was cute, different, and not as childish as I first thought. :)
Michelle wrote: "Look forward to discussing Joyland with you Rachel!You should try out Gaiman, his style is very different. I loved Stardust and The Graveyard Book :)"
sounds good Michelle :D
I have heard a lot of good things about gaiman so I hope to try him out this year I think I will probably end up buying the new one but many people love the graveyard book so maybe i'll pick that up first.
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Roadside Crosses
2nd Chance
Dead as a Doornail
From Dead to Worse
Fall of Giants
Sleep No More
Born of Fire
Infinity
great haul Janie! (and you can't get better than a dollar!) I read 2nd chance a long time ago and remember liking it- enjoy your books :)
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I always love to see what you pick up at the UBS. Also excited to see you for another Deaver book. I just bought The Empty Chair by Jeffery Deaver for my Kindle. I already have the hardback but the kindle edition is on sale for .99 today only. So lucky I got in before the end of day.
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Only a few of Lincoln's stories have a political feel to them. I really like his books because of all the forensics stuff. That's what my undergrad was in. I also like the relationship between Rhyme and Sachs. The Dance books are great too. I really like her as a character. What can I say, I'm a die hard fan of Deaver's writing so I like them both. You might like the Rhyme novels better the more of them you read. Vanished Man was very good, and so was the Devils Teardrop.
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I'm ready when ever you are. I have had the audio book for awhile and I'm ready to start when you are. I know Black House is a big book so let me know when you are ready.
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Ok Chris sounds good, we can start it after I finish Black House. I am hoping to get both Black House and Hannibal Rising completed this month. I have a lot of reads coming up in July too. LOL
No problem, I haven't started another audio book yet so I am ready. Just let me know and we will finish out our Hannibal buddy read. I had a lot of fun, we will need to come up with another set of books for a buddy read soon.
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For Odd Thomas I have just read the first one recently, if you would like to try that series out you could read Odd Thomas while I read Black house. LOL. I am also dying to get to Koontz's Frankenstein series as well. Let me know what you think of those.
I have read 1-4 of the Odd Thomas series and it is pretty good. Weird, but not bad. The earlier ones are better. I have read the whole Frankenstein and aside from the first two books I didn't like them at all. I just had to finish the series but it was painful. I loved the take on an old classic in the first book, and book two expanded on it. But after that I felt the whole thing just got ridiculous. I hope you enjoy them, maybe you will see it a bit differently.
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Have you read anything by Ted Dekker? I actually just bought his Paradise series and I am looking forward to that one. Do you have any series that you might like to read? I am up to try anything.
Let me think on the series. I'm not a Ted Dekker fan myself, but if you are doing the Odd series I might join you for books 5 and 6 if I can get a hold of them. Let me think and see if I can come up with a series we both might like.
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Since joining goodreads, I've been using the library a lot. So I,ve got a major backlog of my own books.
Janie wrote: "Years ago I read the first 2 of the Frankenstein series and I did like them from what I can remember. But it has been a long time. Ok so those are all out lol.Have you read anything by Ted Dekker..."
Janie- I'm so glad I saw your post! Cindy's group, Casual Readers, should be doing a buddy read of Showdown in July. If it doesn't get enough votes, then Cindy said she's read it with me. Please feel free to join us!:)
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Okay this is a long list that I bought this month. Not going to mention my Kindle or we be here all day.John Grisham - The Abduction
S J Parker - Prophecy
Sophie Dahl - Playing with the grown-ups
Belle De Jour - Diray of a Call girl 1&2
Joanna Trollope - A Passionate Man
Rani Manicka - Touching Earth
Christina Jones - Moonshine
Alan Tichmarsh - Folly & Dad
Elizabeth Kostova - The Swan Thieves
Nikki Gemmell - The Bride Stripped Bare
Arther Golden - Memoirs of a Geisha
About 15 Dean Koontz will not mention them by name
Kathleen Tessaro - The Debutante
Take deep breath and give up...
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Janie wrote: "Oh awesome Dustin! I would love to join y'all in the read!"Please do!:)
Kathryn wrote: "Okay this is a long list that I bought this month. Not going to mention my Kindle or we be here all day.John Grisham - The Abduction
S J Parker - Prophecy
Sophie Dahl - Playing with the grown-ups..."
Holy smokes, Kathryn!!!
I got Never Tell a Lie by Hallie Ephron, The Forgotten by Faye Kellerman, and Night In the Lonesome October by Richard Laymon, all for a dollar. Gosh, how I love Dollar Tree!
Ordered a book from Barnes & Nobel yesterday.
Ordered the Deluxe Signed/Slipcased "Encounters with Enoch Coffin" by W.H. Pugmire and Jeffery Thomas From Dark Regions press.
Oh and Revenge with Prada - Lauren Weisberger
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Have you read Uglies and Pretties, Janie?
great haul Janie! the killing game is a great book- if you can find The Face Of Deception- I would recommend reading that one first- I used to love that series. enjoy :)
Janie wrote: "I have gotten A LOT of books. My sister surprised me by coming here for a weeks vacation with her 2 daughters, and she brought some books along with her for me. She brought me Freedomland, The Rein..."Awesome. I've read all the Koontz. STRANGERS is badass.
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Rachel yea, she has several series and the Eve Duncan is a long one. You are right, they really do need to be read in order even if there is a new case in each one because she is kind of tracking her daughter's killer at the same time from what I understand. She also has a lot of stand alone books. How many have you gotten to read, and did you enjoy the ones you have gotten to?
Okay. I just didn't know if you knew that Specials was the third book in a series.:)
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Thanks Victor I appreciate it. Did you read all of them?
You're welcome. I have the first one, but I haven't read it yet.
Janie wrote: "Victor not yet, but I will look for them. I will be sure not to read Specials before I get to the other ones. My sister thought I would love the book because of the cover, so she bought it.Rachel..."
I know I read at least the first 4 books although it was probably a little more than that- although I read them years ago I remember loving the first 3 books of the series- I know at some point (I think after book 4 -they started to sound the same and I lost interest)
years later I read that iris johansen was going to do a trilogy within the series that finally answered what happened to eve's daughter- which fans of the series wanted to know since book 1 so I read the book right before the trilogy Chasing The Night (which was a great read) and I read the trilogy (Eve, Quinn & Bonnie.
my recommendation would be to read the first three books in order The Face Of Deception, The Killing Game, and The Search - i think the rest of the books are not important until chasing the night which must be read before the trilogy(eve, Quinn & bonnie) and the trilogy must also be read in order.
although Eve & Quinn were disappointing -Bonnie was a great book- unfortunately the trilogy doesn't make sense unless all 3 books are read.
Janie wrote: "Thanks Victor I appreciate it. Did you read all of them?"I've read the Uglies trilogy. I really liked them!
BN has 50% off this weekend on many Nook ebooks which is tempting. But I only purchased The House Girl by Tara Conklin as it seems to have many good reviews and is a good mix for me in reading different authors and different genres. And figures NOS4R2 is half off and I paid the full price (was on a gift card given to me..but still!... d'oh!)
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Ok awesome Rachel. That is helpful to know. I will be sure to read them in the proper order.
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I've read the Uglies trilogy. I really liked them!"
Ok Courtney thanks. I am sure I will get the other 2 soon and get the series read.
Janie wrote: "Oh awesome Dustin! I would love to join y'all in the read!"I really hope you can join Cindy and I as we read Showdown, around the 15th or so of July, Janie..:)
Janie wrote: "I have gotten A LOT of books. My sister surprised me by coming here for a weeks vacation with her 2 daughters, and she brought some books along with her for me. She brought me Freedomland, The Rein..."Janie- I hope that you love Freedomland. I read it probably 5 or 6 years ago, and really liked it a lot. I love Price's the writing style!
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Dustin it sounds amazing, so I am looking forward to it. I want to get to it this year so we will see. I will keep you posted.
Janie wrote: "Ok so yesterday I got to go to the UBS. (My sister and her girls are all book fiends as well.) I got some new books. I got Watchers, Sharp Objects, When Heaven Weeps, Afraid To Die, Born To Die & A..."Sharp Objects was really good but really messed up. It was a very engaging read. Hope you like it when you get around to it.
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Which one did you read Kathryn? I've read a couple and haven't been disappointed. If you get the new one let me know, maybe we can do a buddy read! :)