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10-28-2011, 10:18 AM
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Ogress Supreme
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Wyoming
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Originally Posted by Zhizara
Hi, Vit. I'd say that The Dragonriders of Pern is a must read. She's a wonderful author. Don't plan on going anywhere for awhile, she's really hard to put down.
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Agree, start with the Dragonrider stories. Early in her career, Anne McCaffrey wrote on her own and those stories are the best.
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11-01-2011, 09:37 AM
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Everymom
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
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I just finished Frankenstein by Dean Koontz. (Thought that was appropriate Halloween reading) and now I'm hooked. I'm moving on to book two. Koontz is freaking weird but is a really good writer. I've not yet been disappointed by his writing. I have to bend my brain sometimes to get around his concepts, but love his writing.
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11-01-2011, 11:17 AM
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Chef Extraordinaire
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: New Orleans, LA
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I'm in book heaven. All the books I ordered from Abe Books have arrived. I'm currently reading PartnerShip by Anne McCaffrey and Margaret Ball.
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11-01-2011, 11:17 AM
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Executive Chef
Join Date: May 2011
Location: va by way of upstate ny
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Originally Posted by Alix
I just finished Frankenstein by Dean Koontz. (Thought that was appropriate Halloween reading) and now I'm hooked. I'm moving on to book two. Koontz is freaking weird but is a really good writer. I've not yet been disappointed by his writing. I have to bend my brain sometimes to get around his concepts, but love his writing.
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huh, me too, alix! stumbling across a koontz book one day, i was pleasantly surprised--surprised at his intelligence, surprised by the caliber of his writing. at present, i am one happy-as-a-clam reader, immersed as i am in george r.r. martin's game of thrones (the first of a bundle of four--thanks, alix!!), and also reading anne mccaffrey's dragonriders of pern. these two will keep me contentedly reading for some time to come.... 
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11-01-2011, 11:53 AM
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Everymom
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
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You're welcome! I hope you enjoy them as much as I have been. I'm holding off on book 4. Its the last one I have so I'm saving it! (Weird huh?)
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11-01-2011, 05:07 PM
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Master Chef
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: upper midwest
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Just going to start reading Agatha Christie's THE MURDER AT HAZELMOOR. Love her books.
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11-01-2011, 07:18 PM
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The Dude Abides
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Bermuda Native in D.C./NoVA
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Just started Harry Belafonte, My Song. A Memoir.
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11-01-2011, 09:32 PM
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Master Chef
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: upper midwest
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Originally Posted by TATTRAT
Just started Harry Belafonte, My Song. A Memoir.
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I read a part of the book on some site the other day, very interesting.
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11-01-2011, 10:22 PM
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Executive Chef
Join Date: May 2011
Location: va by way of upstate ny
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Originally Posted by Alix
You're welcome! I hope you enjoy them as much as I have been. I'm holding off on book 4. Its the last one I have so I'm saving it! (Weird huh?)
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funny thing. i ran a reconstruction (or is it a restore?) on my computer tonight. as usual, don't have the foggiest...lost my whole grr martin bundle of books, and that had me on the verge of tears...returned to your original email, and downloaded the whole shebang again!...happily reading again....
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11-02-2011, 09:27 AM
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Everymom
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Posts: 23,201
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Originally Posted by vitauta
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OMG! That would freak me right out! Glad you found it again. Whew! (And its a System Restore)
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