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CrispyQ

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20. I love long books if they're good!

Reply to scarletwoman (Reply #18)

Tue Jan 26, 2016, 11:53 AM

Jan 2016

When I finish a good book, especially a long, involved one, I can never just pick up another one & start reading. I have to take time to let the one soak.

So my library has the 2nd title, but not the 1st or 3rd. Weird. But thanks, I'll look for them - after I get caught up.

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What are you reading this week of January 24, 2016? [View all] hermetic Jan 2016 OP

There was very little (snow) to shovel in Georgia, though it has been cold, japple Jan 2016 #1

Hi! hermetic Jan 2016 #2

Wow! Thanks for sharing the link to fictiondb.com japple Jan 2016 #10

Hi, japple. Girl Waits With Gun sounds fabulous. We will put in our order at the library. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #6

REBUS #20!!!!!!! Woohoo! I've been waiting for months for this one! scarletwoman Jan 2016 #3

You are really on the ball with the new John Rebus book, scarletwoman! #1 hold! Enthusiast Jan 2016 #5

I guess I'm sort of OCD when it comes to authors I like. scarletwoman Jan 2016 #7

It's a wonderful "thing". I look forward to hearing about the books you are reading each week. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #8

Rebus addict here! hermetic Jan 2016 #13

I stayed up all night reading it all the way through to the end. I just couldn't set it down! scarletwoman Jan 2016 #17

Hello, everyone! Thank you for the thread, hermetic. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #4

Reading this week Fatemah2774 Jan 2016 #9

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Welcome to DU! hermetic Jan 2016 #14

Hermetic - Thanks for the warm thoughts - 30" of snow here in the Lehigh Valley, PA Number9Dream Jan 2016 #11

Wow, 30" hermetic Jan 2016 #15

I spent most of the last week & a half reading all three "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" series. CrispyQ Jan 2016 #16

It's been years since I read the "The Millennium Trilogy" ("Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", et al), scarletwoman Jan 2016 #18

I love long books if they're good! CrispyQ Jan 2016 #20

I strongly recommend that you read the three in order if you're interested in taking them on. scarletwoman Jan 2016 #22

An XMass present, "Truth or Die" by James Patterson & Howard Roughan TexasProgresive Jan 2016 #19

The Girl on the Train hibbing Jan 2016 #21

As I Lay Dying Goblinmonger Jan 2016 #23