So whatya reading now

[Miss Phode]

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I've been reading "The Smartest Guys In The Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandlous fall of Enron".

[Katlam]

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Just finished The Crown Rose by Fiona Avery about Isabelle of France (sister to King Louis IX, Robert and Charles). About 13th Century France. Historical basis with a spiritual/fantasy (supernatural) touch. Pretty neat!

Kathy

[mcotton]

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THey are great. I bought Metro Girl by her, and its still sitting half read on my nightstand

I bought Metro Girl off of ebay and just started reading it. How is it so far?

[not2late]

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The Harry Potter series is excellent. Has anyone read any of the Stephine Plum series by Janet Evanovich? They are very funny. There are 11 of them out now.

I'm reading "Metro Girl" right now. It's pretty good so far. I mean, it's light reading and it's in the same Plum-style with the witty dialogue and the outlandish plot. But I'm enjoying it (after I cried over Harry Potter's last book, I need something like this).

I'm on my library's waiting list for the newest Plum book "Eleven on Top".

I have a few cookbooks, I'm thumbing though too.

[america57]

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I like John Grisham too. I finished reading the new Harry Potter, then I read Sullivan's Island by Dorothea Benton Frank, now I am going to read The Long Walk by Stephen King (written as Richard Bachman).

[psigna]

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I like Patricia Cornwell too, but I have to be in that kind of mood. I love Nora Roberts. I just got finished with Nicolas Sparks "The Guardian". I like him too. I don't feel like I have enough time to read though because I spend tooooo much time reading this board!!!!!!! LOL.

[MotherOfGizmo]

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America57 is "The Long Walk" a new one? Never heard of it.

[Heidi3]

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Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market
by Eric Schlosser

I finnished the David Sadaris book ...but no one here reads this kind of book I am thinking so I will hold back my review!!!....I feel like such an outsider in this reading group....I have never read Harry Potter...

[america57]

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MotherofGizmo,

I had never heard of this Stephen King book either, and I have not only read all his books, I've read all his wife's books too! It was published under his psydo Richard Bachman in 1996, I bought it in paperback at Border's Books. Here is what it says on the first page:

Every year, on the first day of May, one hundred teenage boys meet for an event known thoughout the country as "The Long Walk" Among this years chosen crop is a sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty. He knows the rules; that warnings are issued if you fall under speed, stumble, sit down. That after three warnings...you get your ticket. And what happens then serves as a chilling reminder that there can be only one winner in the Walk - the one that survives.....

Wooooooh! Scary!

[MotherOfGizmo]

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MotherofGizmo,

I had never heard of this Stephen King book either, and I have not only read all his books, I've read all his wife's books too! It was published under his psydo Richard Bachman in 1996, I bought it in paperback at Border's Books. Here is what it says on the first page:

Every year, on the first day of May, one hundred teenage boys meet for an event known thoughout the country as "The Long Walk" Among this years chosen crop is a sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty. He knows the rules; that warnings are issued if you fall under speed, stumble, sit down. That after three warnings...you get your ticket. And what happens then serves as a chilling reminder that there can be only one winner in the Walk - the one that survives.....

Wooooooh! Scary!

Cool. Thanks. I can't say I've read every book, but I've read most of them. I didn't know his wife was a writer! What's here name/pen name?

I like the Dark Tower series ( I think I'm remembering the name correctly its been a long long time since I read those) Gosh, now I want to dig those up and read them again!

[Perry]

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I'm reading "One up on Wall Street" by Peter Lynch and "Enterprise Systems Integration" by Fred Cummins.

[MotherOfGizmo]

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No doubt Perry !

[Heidi3]

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I'm reading "One up on Wall Street" by Peter Lynch and "Enterprise Systems Integration" by Fred Cummins.

wow.....my status of being an "outsider" in the reading group just got bumped!
I thought my reading about the evils of US blackmarket was a bit intense.... how can it compete?

[america57]

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Stephen Kings wife is Tabitha King, she is right next to Stephen King in the library. If you like his books, you will like her's.

[MotherOfGizmo]

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Thanks, I don't go to the library, but I'll look for her in the bookstore! That is so funny that I never knew his wife was a writer.