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Posted on 02/28/2008 11:36:32 AM PST by C210N

Looking for FR book recommendations.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bookreview; books; literature; reading; readinglist
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To: Hyzenthlay

LOL, love your description of The Road. It was extremely grim, but it held my attention.


61 posted on 02/28/2008 3:28:05 PM PST by McLynnan
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To: bonfire

Which are you going to buy, Elephants or Dogwood? No, I haven’t read “The Three Junes” but just looked it over on B&N and have added it to my wish list. Thanks for the recommendation. It’s hard to find quality fiction, and sometimes I want to read for entertainment, not something that is full of hidden meaning and requires a lot of analysis resulting in my headache.


62 posted on 02/28/2008 3:33:10 PM PST by McLynnan
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To: C210N
Total Truth, by Nancy Pearcey
Getting Things Done, David Allen
Anything by Vince Flynn
Understanding the Times, by David Noebel
When Nations Die, James Black
63 posted on 02/28/2008 3:37:40 PM PST by LiteKeeper (Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
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To: Borges; Sidebar Moderator
Did you notice that someone put you in the Keywords for this thread?

Nice catch, Borges!

You have to admit, it's pretty clever stuff.

64 posted on 02/28/2008 3:37:59 PM PST by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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To: Greg F

Democratic Capitalism and its Discontents - Brian Anderson.


65 posted on 02/28/2008 3:42:55 PM PST by Reagan79 (Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys)
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To: McLynnan

I’m going to buy Elephants. Actually found 3 Junes AND Elephants at our local thrift store yesterday but didn’t know anything about either so only bought 3 Junes.

Got home, looked up reviews of 3 J’s on Amazon and they recommended Elephant. So now I have to get BACK to thrift store and hope it’s still there for ONE DOLLAR!

The reason I bought the 3 J’s was Richard Russo gave a wonderful review on the back of the book and he’s one of my favorite writers.

My.....that was wordy, wasn’t it?? :)


66 posted on 02/28/2008 3:43:17 PM PST by bonfire
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To: C210N

CULT OF THE AMATEUR. A little emotional, but explains well how the Internet has ravaged our culture.


67 posted on 02/28/2008 4:21:41 PM PST by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Yes, Every one since I discovered them. I laugh till I cry at Grandma Mazur(sp?).

I found ONE recently and have to look for the next few that I missed.


68 posted on 02/28/2008 4:27:09 PM PST by 3D-JOY
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To: bonfire

I think you will love Water For Elephants. I resisted reading it for a year because I didn’t think I’d like a circus book but my brother kept insisting I read it. Glad I did. Feel free to Freepmail me after you read it because I’d love to hear what you think.


69 posted on 02/28/2008 4:29:36 PM PST by McLynnan
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Actually I guess I meant I can’t wait for paperbacks.

I buy them and then take them all to Walter Reed for the troops library at Mologne House. I read Griffin and Grisham and they like those too.


70 posted on 02/28/2008 4:31:31 PM PST by 3D-JOY
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To: McLynnan

Will do!


71 posted on 02/28/2008 5:01:42 PM PST by bonfire
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To: Tanniker Smith; Dr. Scarpetta
Last month I read what must have been Wm. Buckley's last fiction book, The Rake. I was disappointed when he killed off Blackford Oakes but this was a good read.
I read the newest Daniel Silva book, The Silent Servant and then went back and read all the previous books.
And I have read the entire Sue Grafton and Janet Evanovich series'.
72 posted on 02/28/2008 5:04:01 PM PST by Brasil (Dem motto: Demagoguery trumps truth.)
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To: wideawake

Clever indeed. Appending a derisive term to someone’s name is pure Middle School. I know that’s when I went through my Lysander Spooner phase.


73 posted on 02/28/2008 5:27:51 PM PST by Borges
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To: Brasil
And I have read the entire Sue Grafton

I'm only up to "F", although I listened to random books on tape in the car years ago. They're a summer read for me.

74 posted on 02/28/2008 5:46:36 PM PST by Tanniker Smith (Any Monday you can walk away from is a good one.)
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To: 3D-JOY

do you like it? From what I understand Koontz knows his politics and is clearly a conservative. I have never read him before, but I hear that his novels are usually about the fight between good and evil... and this one is for dog lovers too.


75 posted on 02/28/2008 6:27:30 PM PST by RDTF (Go AEGIS!)
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To: JRios1968
That was the last one before "Curious George and the Big Electric Fence."
76 posted on 02/28/2008 7:19:52 PM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: C210N

An oldie but goody - “Losing the Race”, by John McWhorter, who by the way will the guest author on C-Span2’s “In Depth” this Sunday at noon EST - three hours of interview and viewer Q&A on his books and thinking - usually an engrossing afternoon.......


77 posted on 02/28/2008 8:48:16 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Intolerant in NJ

BUMP!


78 posted on 02/28/2008 9:22:07 PM PST by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: Reagan79

I’ll give it a look. Thanks FRiend.


79 posted on 02/29/2008 4:10:51 AM PST by Greg F (Do you want a guy named Hussein to fix your soul? Michelle Obama thinks you do.)
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To: C210N

I read history; almost to the exclusion of all else.

The last two I read:

“Day of Battle” by Rick Atkinson. Second in his liberation triology, it covers the American war Italy from Sicily to the capture of Rome. Very good, very balanced.

“Because they Hate” by Brigitte Gabriel. More of a current events book than history, it is a personal story of a Christian survivor of the Lebanese Civil War. More intended as a primer on the real purpose of Islam, which is military jihad and subjugation of the world.


80 posted on 02/29/2008 4:53:10 AM PST by henkster (Go to the local welfare office or BMV to see what government health care will be like.)
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