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by Robert Pirsig and Daniel Quinn respectively.
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| -Could someone suggest a good page-turner? |
Skinner |
Nov-19-03 01:19 PM |
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Any of Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware books. |
terrya |
Nov-19-03 01:21 PM |
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second that! |
latebloomer |
Nov-21-03 09:12 PM |
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some of my faves |
american_punk |
Nov-19-03 01:23 PM |
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"My Year of Meats" by Ruth Ozeki |
jono |
Nov-19-03 01:24 PM |
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Corelli's Mandelin |
bif |
Nov-19-03 01:24 PM |
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Try Herman Wouk |
Demobrat |
Nov-19-03 01:24 PM |
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that's my all time favorite |
globalcitizen |
Nov-19-03 02:34 PM |
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The Cabinet of Curiosities. |
greatauntoftriplets |
Nov-19-03 01:24 PM |
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That was great! |
latebloomer |
Nov-21-03 09:13 PM |
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Shutter Island (Dennis Lehane) |
Richardo |
Nov-19-03 01:25 PM |
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I generally let one of my kids turn pages for me |
TrogL |
Nov-19-03 01:25 PM |
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LOL |
Skinner |
Nov-19-03 01:30 PM |
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I use an electronic one myself. |
Jim Sagle |
Nov-19-03 01:30 PM |
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Douglas Coupland up to Girlfriend in a Coma, Iain Banks |
Screaming Lord Byron |
Nov-19-03 01:26 PM |
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Scott Turow's "Reversible Error", and... |
Padraig18 |
Nov-19-03 01:27 PM |
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Angels and Demons (same author of Da Vinci Code) |
omshanti |
Nov-19-03 01:28 PM |
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Perhaps you should mention the styles or categories you like |
undisclosedlocation |
Nov-19-03 01:29 PM |
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Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett |
Vote_Clark_In_WI |
Nov-19-03 01:31 PM |
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Was going to suggest DaVinci Code |
Catch22Dem |
Nov-19-03 01:32 PM |
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This is great. |
Skinner |
Nov-19-03 01:33 PM |
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Oldie but goodie - Trevanian's Shibumi |
Shakespeare |
Nov-19-03 01:35 PM |
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Any of Alan Furst's novels. |
Tracer |
Nov-19-03 01:35 PM |
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James Ellroy, if you like crime thrillers |
GOPisEvil |
Nov-19-03 01:36 PM |
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Oooh- second that, especially for American Tabloid |
Shakespeare |
Nov-19-03 01:37 PM |
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I could NOT put down MY DARK PLACES |
nothingshocksmeanymore |
Nov-19-03 01:51 PM |
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I'm actually scared to read that. |
GOPisEvil |
Nov-19-03 01:55 PM |
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It truly is...it also gives great insight into his psyche |
nothingshocksmeanymore |
Nov-19-03 01:59 PM |
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READING it? Try to get your hands on the audiobook of ELLROY reading! |
Shakespeare |
Nov-19-03 02:02 PM |
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Reading? Yikes! |
GOPisEvil |
Nov-19-03 02:04 PM |
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Worse yet I have a signed copy!!! |
nothingshocksmeanymore |
Nov-19-03 02:05 PM |
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Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
GOPisEvil |
Nov-19-03 02:15 PM |
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I'm a freak (have signed copies of all of Ellroy's novels)... |
mitchum |
Nov-19-03 03:48 PM |
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I picked White Jazz out of a remainder bin many years |
woofless |
Nov-19-03 04:18 PM |
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My beef with "White Jazz" was that he broke away from his... |
mitchum |
Nov-19-03 04:30 PM |
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Yup, and Ellroy at his best reminds me of.... |
Shakespeare |
Nov-19-03 05:09 PM |
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I like his books, but not |
stanwyck |
Nov-19-03 01:51 PM |
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If you want something lighter |
AlabamaYankee |
Nov-19-03 01:36 PM |
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Go to the mystery section, pick up Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith |
BurtWorm |
Nov-19-03 01:38 PM |
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Try a walk on the distaff side, Skinner |
Plaid Adder |
Nov-19-03 01:40 PM |
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Also on the distaff side: Patricia Highsmith |
Richardo |
Nov-19-03 01:58 PM |
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Any of Dennis Lehane's books |
notmyprez |
Nov-19-03 01:41 PM |
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I second that. |
Richardo |
Nov-19-03 01:43 PM |
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"Cold Mountain" |
Maine-i-acs |
Nov-19-03 01:41 PM |
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The Club Dumas and Perfume: The Story of a Murderer |
supernova |
Nov-19-03 01:45 PM |
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Darwin's Radio |
bif |
Nov-19-03 01:47 PM |
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you must get the sequel....Darwin's Children if you haven't yet.... |
jus_the_facts |
Nov-19-03 02:36 PM |
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Thanks, I'll look for it. |
bif |
Nov-19-03 03:54 PM |
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The DaVinci Code |
GumboYaYa |
Nov-19-03 01:48 PM |
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*thorws nerf ball at Gumbo* |
GOPisEvil |
Nov-19-03 01:50 PM |
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Duhhh..... |
GumboYaYa |
Nov-19-03 03:07 PM |
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How about this one? |
felonious thunk |
Nov-19-03 01:50 PM |
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HA! |
Skinner |
Nov-19-03 01:55 PM |
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LOL! (n/t) |
goobergunch |
Nov-19-03 02:56 PM |
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Paul Auster... |
blm |
Nov-19-03 01:51 PM |
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I'm reading "Book of Illusions" |
stanwyck |
Nov-19-03 01:53 PM |
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mr. blm reading Book of Illusions right now. |
blm |
Nov-19-03 04:08 PM |
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Don't you wish |
stanwyck |
Nov-19-03 04:23 PM |
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Neal Stephenson's high tech novels |
Kellanved |
Nov-19-03 01:52 PM |
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Yeah! |
Squeech |
Nov-19-03 03:23 PM |
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Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy |
sparosnare |
Nov-19-03 01:53 PM |
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I'll second that. |
Screaming Lord Byron |
Nov-19-03 02:02 PM |
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Older Book and an Autor to boycott |
PROUDNWLIBERAL |
Nov-19-03 02:03 PM |
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Yes, A Town Called Alice |
marigold20 |
Nov-19-03 07:31 PM |
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The remains of the day |
Kamika |
Nov-19-03 01:57 PM |
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Anything by Stephen King, Dean Koontz or Robin Cook |
RebelOne |
Nov-19-03 01:57 PM |
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I read an advance copy of Koontz "Odd Thomas" to be released 12/5 |
Richardo |
Nov-19-03 02:00 PM |
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I love Dean Koontz. |
RebelOne |
Nov-19-03 05:13 PM |
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The plot: A young 20-something guy, with psi powers, |
Richardo |
Nov-19-03 05:26 PM |
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who do you work for? |
dobak |
Nov-20-03 01:30 AM |
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That little mom & pop outfit: Barnes & Noble |
Richardo |
Nov-20-03 08:13 AM |
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Thanks. Sounds like a typical Dean Koontz story. |
RebelOne |
Nov-20-03 06:10 AM |
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If you're interested in non-fiction |
SnowGoose |
Nov-19-03 01:58 PM |
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bury my heart at wounded knee |
cade |
Nov-19-03 01:59 PM |
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"Armor" by John Steakley |
Frangible |
Nov-19-03 02:00 PM |
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I'm in the middle of Seabiscuit and find it engrossing. |
2dumb2beprez |
Nov-19-03 02:01 PM |
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Read War and Peace? |
bloom |
Nov-19-03 02:01 PM |
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The Best of DU (Postings for Posterity) |
soupkitchen |
Nov-19-03 02:14 PM |
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"Carter Beats The Devil" and... |
chiburb |
Nov-19-03 02:18 PM |
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hehe, I was going to suggest that one. |
VRSCAman |
Nov-19-03 02:19 PM |
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Hiaasen |
johnnie |
Nov-19-03 02:20 PM |
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My favorites are Lucky You, Native Tongue, Tourist Season and Striptease |
Richardo |
Nov-19-03 05:13 PM |
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I'm a non-fiction book and I've enjoyed these 2 books greatly: |
LynneSin |
Nov-19-03 02:34 PM |
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Darwin's Radio....and.......Darwin's Children by Greg Bear...... |
jus_the_facts |
Nov-19-03 02:34 PM |
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non-fiction ones? |
northzax |
Nov-19-03 02:51 PM |
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in honor of the Gettysburg Address anniversary |
ZombyWoof |
Nov-19-03 03:05 PM |
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If you haven't Read the Witching Hour series by Anne Rice |
proud patriot |
Nov-19-03 03:08 PM |
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Yes, she is one of my favorites. |
RebelOne |
Nov-20-03 06:15 AM |
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Me too |
proud patriot |
Nov-21-03 08:34 PM |
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Solaris by Stanislaw Lem |
chaska |
Nov-19-03 03:24 PM |
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Oryx and Crake |
prolesunited |
Nov-19-03 03:33 PM |
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I could recommend a great Page Turner |
SOteric |
Nov-19-03 03:37 PM |
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I thought I heard a rim shot a few minutes ago. |
GOPisEvil |
Nov-19-03 03:41 PM |
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To Kill A Mockingbird |
not_in_my_name |
Nov-19-03 03:40 PM |
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Have you read _The Poisonwood Bible_ yet? |
ulysses |
Nov-19-03 03:44 PM |
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Yep. |
stanwyck |
Nov-19-03 04:27 PM |
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More page turning suggestions |
TrogL |
Nov-19-03 03:50 PM |
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Black Dahlia Avenger |
Rowdyboy |
Nov-19-03 03:59 PM |
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Hey Skinner: This book comes highly recommended!!!! |
LynneSin |
Nov-19-03 04:00 PM |
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James Lee Burke |
caledoni |
Nov-19-03 04:01 PM |
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Me, too |
stanwyck |
Nov-19-03 04:25 PM |
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well . . . if you liked the DaVinci Code . . . |
OneBlueSky |
Nov-19-03 04:25 PM |
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Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card |
elfwitch |
Nov-19-03 04:26 PM |
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The Blue Nowhere by Jeffery Deaver |
leftchick |
Nov-19-03 04:37 PM |
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Cryptonomicon |
DS1 |
Nov-19-03 04:41 PM |
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another one that totally engaging is "The Pillars of the Earth" . . . |
OneBlueSky |
Nov-19-03 04:48 PM |
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Bill Clinton would suggest Richard Preston's "THE COBRA EVENT" |
jchild |
Nov-19-03 05:00 PM |
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along the same lines: The Hot Zone. |
Richardo |
Nov-19-03 05:03 PM |
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Hmmm...thanks for the tip. |
blm |
Nov-19-03 06:40 PM |
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you're quite welcome...I promise that you won't put it down until |
jchild |
Nov-19-03 06:48 PM |
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From Yale to Jail |
56kid |
Nov-19-03 05:05 PM |
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The entire Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell |
geniph |
Nov-19-03 05:17 PM |
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Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon |
geniph |
Nov-19-03 05:22 PM |
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Darwin's Radio, by Greg Bear |
geniph |
Nov-19-03 05:23 PM |
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It won the 2000 Nebula Award.... |
jus_the_facts |
Nov-19-03 06:54 PM |
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Anaerobic Digestion of Sewage Sludge and Organic Agricultural Wastes |
Ignoramus |
Nov-19-03 05:23 PM |
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Did you read Al Franken's latest? |
Catshrink |
Nov-19-03 07:01 PM |
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The Key to Rebecca |
marigold20 |
Nov-19-03 07:29 PM |
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One Hundred Years of Solitude |
MrSoundAndVision |
Nov-19-03 07:33 PM |
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I am reading "The Greatest Sedition Is Silence" |
Rhiannon12866 |
Nov-20-03 01:27 AM |
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Here's The List |
dreissig |
Nov-20-03 01:42 AM |
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Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five. Or any book by Kurt Vonnegut n/t |
NNN0LHI |
Nov-20-03 01:48 AM |
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Forever Amber by Kathleen Windsor.... |
jus_the_facts |
Nov-20-03 01:48 AM |
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Any Chuck Palahniuk book but I suggest |
onebigbadwulf |
Nov-20-03 01:52 AM |
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Long but fast; hard to put down: The Crimson Petal and the White by |
politicat |
Nov-20-03 03:16 AM |
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Lila or Ishmael |
greyl |
Nov-20-03 05:59 AM |
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Last Year's Jesus by Ellen Slezak. |
MrsGrumpy |
Nov-20-03 08:10 AM |
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what, reading all those applications for mod wer e not enough? |
WoodrowFan |
Nov-20-03 08:25 AM |
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If you like to be creeped like I do, try |
blondeatlast |
Nov-20-03 08:41 AM |
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Most anything by Dick Francis, I have trouble putting down |
Rhiannon12866 |
Nov-21-03 08:29 PM |
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Two worth the read and will keep your attention. |
The Lone Liberal |
Nov-21-03 08:39 PM |
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Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco |
scucci |
Nov-21-03 08:48 PM |
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Anne Rice's |
Ilsa |
Nov-21-03 09:06 PM |
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I enjoyed "Feast of All Saints" |
scucci |
Nov-21-03 09:21 PM |
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Bill Clinton's favorite books list |
grasswire |
Nov-22-03 02:41 AM |
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Eye of the Needle |
grasswire |
Nov-22-03 02:42 AM |
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"Joined at the Heart" by President Al and First Lady Tipper Gore |
MIScott87 |
Nov-22-03 05:34 AM |
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"The Bounty" by Caroline Alexander. |
rezmutt |
Nov-22-03 06:03 AM |
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