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Old 04-25-03, 05:08 PM
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I'm in a serious Dan Brown Kick. Currently reading Deception Point.
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I'm finishing "TAKEN". Yes, it's the same story from the Sci Fi channel mini series....It's your typical Aliens/conspiracy/military BS story where the Aliens want to get to know us.

Nothing new here.



I just started a promising book called "DHAMPIR" by Barb & J.C. Hendee.

I'ts about a half Vampire/half Human con artist and her half Elf partner.

"A mix of The Lord of the Rings and Buffy the Vampire Slayer"

Says Kevin J. Anderson author of Hidden Empire.

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Originally posted by Kal Jedi
I'm in a serious Dan Brown Kick. Currently reading Deception Point.
Thats my next book I'm just starting.
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Old 04-26-03, 06:34 AM
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I just moments ago 4:34am pst finished the book "TAKEN" and the ending was crap.

What a waste of time that was.

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Just finished T. Jefferson Parker's Silent Joe - wonderful, multi-layered mystery.

Next up, not quite sure...

Might be one of the following:

Robert Crais' Monkey's Raincoat
Michael Connelly's The Black Echo
an undecided Thomas Perry novel
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I am reading "Pashazade: The First Arabesk" by Jon Courtenay Grimwood.
</small>Well I finished Book One and Book Two and now waiting for Book Three!

After a false start in February, I have now very nearly finished Iain Banks' "Feersum Endjinn" and have decided next to embark on the two Clarke Award nominees that I've recently mentioned in another thread.
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The Prestige by Christopher Priest

which is only my 2nd book this month (the slowest book month fo r me in over a year).
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I decided to read Thomas Perry's Vanishing Act - excellent thus far.
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Last book finished:

Joey the Hit Man : The Autobiography of a Mafia Killer by Joey Fisher

Book I'm reading:

Zodiac Unmasked: The Identity of America by Robert Graysmith

Next book up:

To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian by Stephen Ambrose
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In The Dark By Richard Laymon.
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Just finished Darkness, Tell Us by Richard Laymon.

Started Amara by Laymon.
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Old 04-28-03, 01:23 AM
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Originally posted by thecrazydude
Last book finished:



Book I'm reading:

Zodiac Unmasked: The Identity of America by Robert Graysmith



How is this book?

I remember reading a book about the Zodiac killer a while back.

It was pretty good. Just can't remember the author's name.

Is this the same book, but updated?

The book I read was one of the best true crime books.

The best was Two of a Kind: The Hillside Stranglers, by, Darcy O'Brien. A very, very disturbing book

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Old 04-28-03, 09:20 AM
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I just finished Affluenza by John De Graff last week. I'm currently reading At a Theater or Drive-in Near You : The History, Culture, and Politics of the American Exploitation Film by Randall Clark for myself as well as trying to get through Magical Urbanism by Mike Davis for class.
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Finished Gone Baby Gone and what a depressing ending that was.

I also finished The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. Although not my normal type of read, I thought the book was very well written. However, I did dislike the ending.

I've moved onto Psycho by Robert Bloch.
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I'm reading the script for Stephen Chiau's next film.. Kung Fu Hustle
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I read this book last night, in four hours straight.



My goodness. The third-worst case of child abuse in California, so it says. And it's so disturbing, I had a trouble sleeping afterwards. I couldn't help feeling so sad and angry for the boy's situation. I hate everybody in his family .. and I really, really hate his mother (I want her dead! Is she dead already?).

My heart goes for Dave. In his writing, he tells me how lucky I am to have my family. I can't wait to read the story continues in "The Lost Boy" and "A Man Named Dave".
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Couple things right now:

Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation by Philip Norman

http://www.powells.com:8008/cgi-bin/...2-0684830671-0

and

McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales - Edited by Michael Chabon

http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/bibli...8-140003339x-0
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