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writer106 08-01-17 11:00 AM

What Are You Reading?(August 2017)
 
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GhostLee 08-01-17 04:38 PM

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movieking 08-01-17 05:04 PM

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Sorry for the thread vomit, but haven't posted what I've read in a while:

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Greg MacGuffin 08-01-17 06:12 PM

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Finished:
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Geofferson 08-03-17 10:25 AM

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Why So Blu? 08-04-17 04:34 PM

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Jcheckel 08-04-17 07:03 PM

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brainee 08-07-17 02:40 PM

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Finished:

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I thought this was a very satisfying conclusion to the "Silo" series.

lwhy? 08-07-17 08:33 PM

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Just Finished:

Emmett & Gentry by John Locke

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Just Started:

Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about The Grapes of Wrath by Steven Goldman

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Jcheckel 08-08-17 07:06 PM

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Started:
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PAG 08-09-17 12:01 PM

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Just finished:

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brainee 08-09-17 03:09 PM

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Finished:

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Good story (though the underlying concept is not particularly original). But not worth paying full-novel price for. The 180 page length listed on Amazon is misleading. There's a lot of "white space" in there (with "normal" formatting this is about a 60-70 page story).

writer106 08-10-17 11:16 PM

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Greg MacGuffin 08-12-17 08:16 PM

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Re-read:
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Jcheckel 08-13-17 04:20 AM

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Reading
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Geofferson 08-14-17 09:40 AM

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Jason Bovberg 08-14-17 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by writer106 (Post 13132093)

Reading SHOVEL READY now, interesting style--and this new one appears to have an entirely different narrative approach. More traditional.

wishbone 08-15-17 07:43 AM

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Rereading:

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brainee 08-15-17 10:45 PM

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Finished:

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Interesting book. Sets itself up as a psychological thriller about twisted relationships in the vein of Gone Girl and Girl on the Train. All reviews, and the book's own marketing, make a big deal about a shocking "twist" ending (it's on the cover of the book, so I'm not giving away anything here). It's a double-edged sword though ... it got me interested to give this a chance (since it really sounded like a familiar riff on other psychological thrillers). Though if you know a twist is coming, it sometimes makes it easier to spot (especially for those with genre experience). And I did guess the twist ... but not completely:

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Body swapping horror came quickly to me as soon as the book introduced the idea that characters could leave their bodies, and one was a psychopath who clearly was prepping the heroine for a "takeover". A weakness IMO was the main character really acted like an idiot down the stretch, making it hard to feel too sorry for her. But I will give the author props ... just when I thought I had the twist figured out, she threw in another twist at the very end that I didn't see coming (but I should have, since there were definitely clues laid throughout the book).

Jcheckel 08-16-17 06:10 PM

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Greg MacGuffin 08-20-17 10:14 AM

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kd5 08-20-17 05:14 PM

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Finished Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children a couple of days ago, started Hollow City...


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Really enjoyed the 1st book, I'm sure I'll enjoy this one.

PAG 08-21-17 10:16 AM

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Just finished:

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lwhy? 08-21-17 10:18 PM

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Just Finished:

Two Parties, One Tux and a Very Short Film about The Grapes of Wrath by Steven Goldman

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Started:

If The Shoe Kills by Lynn Cahoon

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cfmoran13 08-22-17 03:10 PM

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Linda Castillo's 'Sworn To Silence' - Somewhat derivative of your typical "small town murder" story. But, the angle of a former Amish girl now the sheriff of a small Ohio police department was different. Enjoyable read. I'm about 1/4 of the way through the 2nd book in the Kate Burkholder series, 'Pray For Silence'.


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