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by **LobsterJ** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 1:39 pm

lonesome dove is my second favorite book.

by **Punchy** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 1:42 pm

LobsterJ wrote:lonesome dove is my second favorite book.

What's the first?

by **LobsterJ** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:12 pm

Punchy wrote:
What's the first?

Every other book tied for first.

No just kidding, A Confederacy of Dunces. (which strangely enough sounds like someone describing the outhouse)

by **bkthomson** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:16 pm

Just finished

Read this book like 11 times already one of my all time favorites.

now reading

by **Arion** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:11 pm

HARRY POTTER !!!

I must re read them.

by **Victorian Squid** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:14 pm

Found a card for a public defender inside a copy of Clockwork Orange today, seems appropriate.

by **LobsterJ** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:21 pm

I'm on book 37 of my 4th annual "read a book a week" challenge to myself to keep myself reading, even if it is just fluff or whatever. my goals for this year were to finish stephen king's output and read every pulitzer winner i haven't from 1980 onward.

01. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
02. Dreamcatcher by Stephen King
03. The Hours by Michael Cunningham
04. Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser
05. Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King
06. The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
07. The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
08. Independence Day by Richard Ford
09. The Colorado Kid by Stephen King
10. 11/22/63 by Stephen King
11. Blaze by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman
12. Samaritan by Richard Price
13. Bag of Bones by Stephen King
14. The White Mary by Kira Salak
15. Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker
16. Insomnia by Stephen King
17. A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler
18. Rabbit, Run by John Updike
19. About a Boy by Nick Hornby
20. Rabbit Redux by John Updike
21. Rabbit is Rich by John Updike
22. Thinner by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman
23. Duma Key by Stephen King
24. The Night Inspector by Frederick Busch
25. Firestarter by Stephen King
26. Rabbit at Rest by John Updike
27. Danse Macabre by Stephen King
28. A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
29. Licks of Love by John Updike
30. Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins
31. The Regulators by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman
32. The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
33. Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
34. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
35. Desperation by Stephen King
36. Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
37. The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub

by **Lord Ice** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:24 pm

The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer- the original yellow peril tale, still as wild exciting and racist as ever, even after almost a century (it hits 100 next year)

by **bkthomson** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:39 pm

Arion wrote:HARRY POTTER !!!

I must re read them.

That was my feeling as well. Reading then from the kindle reading libray so I get a new potter book each month.

by **Arion** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:52 pm

bkthomson wrote:
That was my feeling as well. Reading then from the kindle reading libray so I get a new potter book each month.

I don't have a kindle. It's a sad life for me.

by **Midas** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:31 am

I have a kindle app on my ipod, which works pretty great.

I assume I'm the last guy on this board to read this?

I'm a little more than a third through this. So far it's absolutely great. I'm not sure why I was hesitant to read this before... Maybe I wasn't sure if a comic book writer could be a good novel writer? Well, that doesn't seem to be an issue for Gaiman. In fact, this novel could have been a comic, and that's what makes it really "sing" for me. I'd go so far as to say that if you like comics and you like novels, this is an absolute no-brainer.

Of course, I should really reserve judgement until I've finished the book!

by **Timbales** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:41 am

A Feast for Crows

by **bkthomson** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 3:45 pm

I just finished

and now started

by **Schlemmer** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:24 pm

by **contramundi** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 4:34 pm

the last argument of kings,the 3th book of the firts law trilogy,awesome stuff here,i cannot stress you enought to pickit up,think,tolkien with no mercy and high magic and stuff,the magic is underlined,stuff of legends like in a song of ice and fire but the characters,my god the characters and the intrigue,the story is just so too good to pass up,no happy endings here :-D