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Old Jan 10, 2008, 05:42 AM
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Someone give me something to read!
Ok, I need a new book.

My list of favorite authors include, but are definitely not limited to:
Agatha Christie (read all of her books numerous times)
Dan Brown
Lillian Jackson Braun (read them all)
Arthur Conan Doyle
Shakespeare
Classic literature

Mysteries, suspense, action, some romance (not too much - its got to be real! ), classics....

Just finished The Last Templar (wasn't all that impressed) and The Picture of Dorian Gray.... I need new material!

(Oh, favorite book is The Scarlet Pimpernel and all other books by Baroness Orczy - haven't read them??? Please do... its WELL worth it!)

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Old Feb 5, 2008, 09:47 AM   #131  
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Wow.....

I....

I simply have no words....

And that takes a lot.... being a writer.....

I have yet to buy Atlas Shrugged, people. I've been crazy busy with *sigh* life lately.... Rah...
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Atlas Shrugged is a ponderous 1,000+ page book that would have been a great 200 page book. The story goes that Rand wrote the book in about 18 months. She spent over a year on one 100 page speech that occurs near the end of the book. The book is so repetitive that most people skip past the 100 page speech by the time they get to it. The thrust of the book is that only a few individuals in this world are creative, useful and make contributions to mankind. They and the people who know and support them are good. Everyone else is trying to take the fruits of their labor from them and usually succeed.

On the history thing...I've greatly enjoyed the Barbara Tuchman books I've read.

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George_1950 agrees: How about a thumb-nail on War and Peace?
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See, I'm one of those people that hasn't yet, but really wants to read War and Peace. I haven't ever made it through... but it's a life goal of mine... I'll have to break a leg or something though... lol...

I probably shouldn't have said that....
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Don't most people read War and Peace on summer vacation at the beach?
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Have you read " To kill a mocking bird " one of the greatest of all time
watch the movie also black and white Gregory Peck , I believe it was
Robert Duvals first movie, a non speaking role.
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I have, yes, thank you! I agree... its a great one!

And... Gregory Peck, what a doll! I love black and white movies... Ooo... Roman Holiday...
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Damn it I got to find you a book even if it kills me. How about " Catcher in the rye "

John sallinger the author. I loved it .
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Read it.
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I've said it many times before on this thread, but has anyone read The Scarlet Pimpernel? Its probably my favorite classic - anyone?? Am I all alone in this one??
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I bet a seven-eleven hot dog that you have read "the Good Earth " wasn't it wonderful ?

I think it is the only book ever to earn a Nobel and an Oscar .
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