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I'm literally only 3 pages in and it might already be one of my favorite books ever. Not by virtue of what's happened, but by the terse language and the idea of living a hermit-esque life in old age.
I book I would enjoy. Thanks for the recomendation. It's on my wish list.
Just finished the whole series in a matter of days. Don't stop! This series has intrigue, violence, forbidden love, mortal enemies being friends, unbelievable twists and turns.
Chick schmick, it's just plain good. Now on to romeo and Juliet again, The odysey again, and a new trilogy "The Circle"! First book is "Black".
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A new trilogy "The Circle"! First book is "Black".
Black, Red, and White.
My wife has read all of Ted Dekker's books. We're going to get his latest, called Sinner, at Berean's over the weekend. He's got a book called Kiss which comes out in early January also.
For the last year he has been working on Green (Book Zero in the Circle Trilogy).
I'm going to dive in and read all of his books in the near future as well as a couple of books by T.L. Hines also.
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Thanks B. looked good. Need to re-read some classics though, to help my daughter. the general gist is still there, go figure at almost 56, but I need the ins and outs again.
Alas, a father's work is never done.
However, that said, I will enjoy the circle series I'm sure.
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Just finished the whole series in a matter of days. Don't stop! This series has intrigue, violence, forbidden love, mortal enemies being friends, unbelievable twists and turns.
Chick schmick, it's just plain good. Now on to romeo and Juliet again, The odysey again, and a new trilogy "The Circle"! First book is "Black".
Yeah, I destroyed that series in 5 days, having to wait for my wife to finish each book first.
The movie will suck, IMO. No way in hell they could ever create the feeling of the books.
The last book was my favorite, and I saw the imprint stuff coming a mile away, but my wife did not.
Very good series. I read all the Anne Rice books back in the day...these are very different, but good in their own right.
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Just re-read Owen Wister's "The Virginian." Lovely, if now quaint book, and the very first one that depicted our idealized American cowboy mythos. I found myself pulled back to longing for that strong, silent hero -- trustworthy, loyal, but not given to easy intimacy, and with a ready capacity for cold violence in service of good. The irony is that Wister was also longing for that lost Western hero -- in 1902.
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Well, in truth I'm actually not a total hawk, but I'm not a dove either -- I'm more like an angry pigeon flying over the political arena after a really big meal. -Abba Gav
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barton Gellman’s newsbreaking investigative journalism documents how Vice President Dick Cheney redefined the role of the American vice presidency, assuming unprecedented responsibilities and making it a post of historic power.
I heard an interview with the author yesterday and was very impressed with him -- he seemed very sensible, not at all a hack -- he said Cheney would not speak to him, but for the most part, did not interfere or try to stop people from talking to Gellman (other than current employees, of course.) I gather the book is pretty shocking, when you really look at all the things in which Cheney has exerted substantial control, and the sense of a Cheney-Bush administration seems more accurate.
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Well, in truth I'm actually not a total hawk, but I'm not a dove either -- I'm more like an angry pigeon flying over the political arena after a really big meal. -Abba Gav
I'm currently reading Man With The Iron Heart by Harry Turtledove
Alternate history timeline, Reinhard Heydrich doesn't die in 1942 and he knows that Germany will be defeated and occupied so he prepares to fight the occupation as an insurgency. The war ends like it did in our timeline but in the book there is an organized resistance movement. The Germans attack the Americans & Russians with a mix of IEDs, suicide bombers, guerilla tactics & hostage takings. Nuremburg courthouse is bombed, Patton is assasinated and the list goes on.
The Americans & Russians deal with it in far different ways. Meanwhile the public in the States is becoming more and more discontent as they see soldiers killed in a war they were told was over.
I need a good book to read...I'd prefer a fast paced, easy reading fiction...not sci-fi. Any suggestions? I'll try re-reading through this thread again, but I was hoping for some quicker help for the really lazy. Nothing too verbose (no Stephen King)...I'm trying to get back in the habit of reading regularly, and need to be broken in slowly...
dcr put my name on the list for "In Defense of Food" at the library...I'm pretty far down, so hopefully I'll have my reading eyes/brain back in full swing before my turn comes.
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