I recently finished reading "The Innocent Man" by John Grisham. I've read a few of his books one after the other and was actually geting a bit bored with his style when I decided to start reading this one. I was amazed and alarmed when a realized that this was based on a true story.
Holly2003 · Member since
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[b]Freddies Lunch Box wrote: [/b]
and bearly legal[/QUOTE]
Bear porn. Kinky.
7Innuendo7 · Member since
Reading Shame by Salman Rushdie
enjoyed Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury over the summer
will re-read Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote over November break
«¤~Mrš. BÃD GÛŸ~¤» · Member since
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[b]KillerQueen840 wrote: [/b]
I read anything Stephen King or true crime.
Some of my favorites from King are:
The Green Mile (number one pick), 'Salem's Lot (just finished reading it again), Misery, The Stand
The Shining and Gerald's Game
For true crime books....I love John Douglas (he's a genius). I suggest reading his book The Anatomy of Motive.
The Murderer Next Door: Why the Human Mind is Designed to Kill was also very, very interesting book. I don't remember the author but I'm going to have to read that again. Perhaps tomorrow.[/QUOTE]
From one Stephen King fan to another, just have to ask you if you read "Bag of Bones?" Excellent read!
One of my favorites, and I wish they'd make a movie about this one. Gerald's game was full of suspense and the rest you listed are excellent!!
i-Fred · Member since
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[b]Holly2003 wrote: [/b]
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[b]Freddies Lunch Box wrote: [/b]
and bearly legal
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Bear porn. Kinky.
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makes for many a great night.
Saint Jiub · Member since
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[b]Freddies Lunch Box wrote: [/b]
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[b]Holly2003 wrote: [/b]
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[b]Freddies Lunch Box wrote: [/b]
and bearly legal
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Bear porn. Kinky.
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makes for many a great night.
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Killer sex ... better than a vacuum cleaner and a plastic bag.
i-Fred · Member since
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[b]Panchgani wrote: [/b]
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[b]Freddies Lunch Box wrote: [/b]
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[b]Holly2003 wrote: [/b]
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[b]Freddies Lunch Box wrote: [/b]
and bearly legal
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Bear porn. Kinky.
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makes for many a great night.
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Killer sex ... better than a vacuum cleaner and a plastic bag.
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I love a good Hoover
YourValentine · Member since
I am reading "El juego del Angel" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón in German translation. Zafón is from Barcelona and this is already the second novel by Zafón I am reading. He is an amazing writer, very original. His novels are high quality entertainment and highly recommended.
PauloPanucci · Member since
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[b]Freddies Lunch Box wrote: [/b]
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[b]Holly2003 wrote: [/b]
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[b]Freddies Lunch Box wrote: [/b]
and bearly legal
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Bear porn. Kinky.
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makes for many a great night.
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kkkk...
catqueen · Member since
Wow, I dithered about if I should even start this topic, and I'm so glad now that I did! It's so interesting hearing what people are reading, and now I have some ideas for authors to look for when I'm in the library tomorrow!
Yara, i'm so glad you could find books your mother can read! It must be tough for her not being fluent in the language where she lives. But my goodness, how many languages can you speak??? You have perfect English, presumably perfect Portugese and you read in Ukrainian too? I'm humbled (and jealous!).
QueenPaulo, I hope you enjoy Brian May's biography - it has nice pictures at least, if nothing else! And it is interesting to read, although it isn't comprehensive by any means. You probably know a lot of what's in it already, but it is a nice book to have.
Several people mentioned Stephen King, John Grisham, and ...um... someone else who I can't remember. I have literally only ever read one thriller in my life, a Mary Higgens Clark book, which was missing a crucial section in the middle. I loved it but it scared me senseless. But recently I've started watching the occasional (mild) action movie and psychological thrillers. I like being scared, but I hate lurid descriptions of blood and guts, as well as anything that could be even vaguely put into the horror genre... anyway, I've never quite dared to read any of these. I'm still trying to get up enough courage!
I normally have a stack of books on the go all the time, some reasonably heavy and some total chick lit trash (the trashier the better!) I have The Time Traveller's Wife, Second Glance and The Memory Keeper's Daughter sitting on the floor in my room for a [i]year[/i] waiting to be read, really must start them soon! I'm also reading Last Ditch House, Slavery Now and Then and Listening to People of Other Faiths among others. I want to reread How Starbucks Saved My Life soon also.
Oh dear, this is a very long post... but I don't feel like doing the considerate thing and deleting part of it, so sorry about that!
Mr.Jingles · Member since
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[b]its_a_hard_life wrote: [/b]
I mainly read musician biography/autobiography books.
LOL! I remember Slash being on Howard Stern giving away bits from the book.
They even mentioned that some of the stories were so raunchy that they could only talk about them on satellite radio.
Yara · Member since
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Yara, i'm so glad you could find books your mother can read! It must be tough for her not being fluent in the language where she lives. But my goodness, how many languages can you speak??? You have perfect English, presumably perfect Portugese and you read in Ukrainian too? I'm humbled (and jealous!).
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It's not really tough for her. There's such a warm, tender and harmonious mutual hatred between my mother and the environment she lives in that in some magical way she's just happy here - she doesn't feel the need of pleasing or tending to the neighbors and vice-versa: she's got the isolation she longs for and the people don't have to put up with her rather strong personality. She likes to be with her friends from the very small Jewish community and that's it - that's all she wants to know about Brazil. ; )))
Hahaha. Come on? Jealous? Of ME? You must be kidding. Well, yeah, legally speaking I'm indeed something close to a citizen of the world - I'm an European citizen (daughter of a German father and an Ukrainian mother and have lived most of my childhood in France because of my father's academic duties, having attended school there and all this), a Brazilian citizen and, of course, an Israeli citizen. [i]But...[/i]
...the [i]only[/i] place I'd consider moving to is New York. I'd never live in Europe again or Israel, for that matter. And I don't think I'm anyway near of getting a green card, so I better be satisfied with having the chance of spending my whole vacations there every year. : -)))
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Which brings me to the wonderful and most recent book by [b]Thomas Pynchon: "Inherent Vice".[/b] I bought the book upon its release in the St. Mark's bookshop in the East Village - a lovely bookstore I never get tired of going to. They were promoting the book - if you bought it you'd pay only half the price of any other book in the store, or something like this.
[i]Inherent Vice is mandatory reading!!!
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Get this one, [b]catqueen[/b] - you won't resent it. Add to your "basket". : -)))
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My main wish? [b]Speaking perfect English!!! : -))) [/b]You're TOO kind, catqueen, all too kind. I wish I spoke English as well as you guys.
