Whats everyone reading now or read lately

[Medusa]

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Didn't read Of Love and Evil yet. I had a book come in off a waiting list. The 33 Men. The story of the 33 Chiliean miners stuck in the mine for 14 weeks. A quick read. I did it in about a day and a half. Maybe 7 hours. I couldn't stop listening to it. It was like CNN in my headphones. Detailed, thorough, human interest story. I had NO idea what went on behind the scenes!

Next: The Grifters!

It's January 20 and I've busted through 4 books already!

[Medusa]

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Ok, finished The Grifters. Fun, quick witty read. And dark too. I loved the movie so I thought the book will be good. And it was! A film noir done with a very good narrator. Made the book come to life for me.

I'm back into Of Love and Evil by Anne Rice. 20 minutes in and I was already getting teary eyed. Damn her!

[Ophidia]

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Just started in on The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan.

I'm back into Of Love and Evil by Anne Rice. 20 minutes in and I was already getting teary eyed. Damn her!

If you haven't read it already, Rice's Cry to Heaven was amazeballs!

[Medusa]

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Just started in on The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan.



If you haven't read it already, Rice's Cry to Heaven was amazeballs!

OMG Yes! I loved that book.

[B. de Corbin]

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Just started in on The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan.

I like that book. I had my Advanced Placement students read it for summer reading.

Man, were they ever pissed! A lot of knee jerk Christians here in hillbilly land.

[Ophidia]

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I like that book. I had my Advanced Placement students read it for summer reading.

Man, were they ever pissed! A lot of knee jerk Christians here in hillbilly land.

I felt the same way about having to read The Pilgrim's Progress my sophomore year, lol. And we were in California! The nerve of those liberals!

[Kala]

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I'm working through Christopher Penczak's Inner Temple of Witchcraft and T Thorn Coyle's Evolutionary Witchcraft. Also reading To Light a Sacred Flame and To Stir a Magick Cauldron by Silver Ravenwolf along with dipping into a few books on chakras.

[shebani]

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Right now I'm reading The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah by Leonora Leet, and The Living Goddessess by Marija Gimbutas.

[Willow]

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Weather Wisdom by Albert Lee

[anubisa]

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Last read World War I, now am reading Neptune's Inferno.

[Shahaku]

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Anyone got any ideas for a human rights type memoir? Looking for something new and that sounds up my alley about now

[Clive]

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I had thought about putting Stephen King away for a while, but then couldn't decide what to read next so I caved and started on SK's "Secret Garden, Secret Window."

[monsno_leedra]

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I had thought about putting Stephen King away for a while, but then couldn't decide what to read next so I caved and started on SK's "Secret Garden, Secret Window."

I used to like King's stuff but then so much of it seemed to take a major change in writing style. I think the last thing I enjoyed by him was Gerald's Game though parts of the Gunfighter series were good. Wonder if you see a difference in his older works compared to newer things. Usually right around the point where he wrote Four Seasons is where it seemed to really change.

[Clive]

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I used to like King's stuff but then so much of it seemed to take a major change in writing style. I think the last thing I enjoyed by him was Gerald's Game though parts of the Gunfighter series were good. Wonder if you see a difference in his older works compared to newer things. Usually right around the point where he wrote Four Seasons is where it seemed to really change.

You've just named a bunch of his works I'd never heard of before, haha. I haven't read even half of what he's done, but I have read various books from Carrie to Doctor Sleep. The latter was certainly a tad different from his earlier stuff, but I still found D.S. an enjoyable read.

[monsno_leedra]

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You might like EYES OF THE DRAGON as it is not his typical horror stuff but a fantasy novel he wrote for his daughter. The Richard Bachman books, THE RUNNINGMAN and THINNER comes to mind, that he wrote under the pen name of Richard Bachman are a little different from his usual fare as well. He also co-authored one one with Peter Straub that was sort of an interesting read in that King wrote all the other worldly stuff while Straub wrote the real world stuff supposedly. That book was titled The Talisman.

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While I think about it the Gunslinger books are actually the Dark Tower series of books or novelettes.