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Sundae · 06-11-2009, 11:06 AM

I've been fascinated by it since a puzzling reference in a Stephen King book.
There have been many, which I have tracked down over the years!

My parents couldn't help either.
It must have been big news over here too, but neither of them knew what Jim Jones or poisoned Koolaid meant.
It's far easier to track down refs now, because of the internet, but I much prefer to read around them too.

I might ask my Secret Santa this year for a good Jim Jones book, so be prepared to be consulted. Hey! Maybe our theme could be serial killers for 2009! Or just Murder Most Horrid. I mean you have everything from clown wigs to Koolaid...

plthijinx · 06-12-2009, 05:05 PM

i've been reading james rollins - deep fathom, excavation, amazonia, ice hunt to name a few. others would include steve berry - the templar legacy, david baldacci - the whole truth.....all pretty good books, and that was just in the last month!

Chocolatl · 06-17-2009, 12:06 AM

Tears and hugging of disoriented, sleeping-until-just-now husband as I finish reading The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger at one in the morning. I borrowed it from a friend after she discovered that I *gasp* hadn't read it yet, and I ploughed through it in two days. I loved it, and found it both beautiful and unbearably sad -- kinda like life.

Sundae · 06-17-2009, 03:49 AM

Oh Clod - I envy you reading it for the first time.
I love that book. If I was stranded on a desert island it would be in my top ten books to be stranded with.

DanaC · 06-17-2009, 06:36 AM

Oh I adored that book. It's an amazing story. In fact I think enough time has now passed that I might reread it.

Trilby · 06-17-2009, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Oh Clod - I envy you reading it for the first time.
I love that book. If I was stranded on a desert island it would be in my top ten books to be stranded with.

Do you mean Clod or Choco? Coz, chick, they are reading different books. I need to know. I'm going on vaca with the rents in July and MUST stock up so...if Time Traveler's Wife is awesome, lemme know. I've never read it either.

I"m reading Stephen Fry Revenge; The Noon Day Demon (an atlas of depression) and How Proust Can Change Your Life.

glatt · 06-17-2009, 07:37 AM

I read Time Traveler's Wife a month or two ago, and liked it. It was pretty good. I'd recommend it.

Trilby · 06-17-2009, 07:40 AM

Hey glatt! I'm going to Sebago Lake! Yipppeeeeee!

Yes, much reading material required.

glatt · 06-17-2009, 08:22 AM

Awesome! Sebago is nice.

Sundae · 06-17-2009, 10:26 AM

Oops, I meant Choc.
Yes I would wholeheartedly recommend The Time Traveller's Wife for you Bri.
Just don't get so caught up in it that you miss your vacation!

Trilby · 06-17-2009, 12:12 PM

thanks! I'll be getting to the library just before we go.

monster · 06-17-2009, 07:05 PM

put it on order, bri -it's popular.....

lumberjim · 06-17-2009, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton. Quite good so far, but shit, I'm a good 300 pages in and we're just barely out of "introduce all the characters" mode. I'm not complaining, because it's been very enjoyable--but I'm questioning whether he'll have enough pages left to pull off the rest of the plot...

wow...I was reading this at that same time and didn't notice your post!

I'm on Judas Unchained (sequel) now.

These books are quit a bit like the George R R Martin Series, A Song Of Ice and Fire, in that they encompass LOTS of characters and plot lines. It makes the story seem so ....BIG.

I'm right at the end of the second book......1.75 hours of the audio book left....

There were a couple things that stuck in my logic filters, but I was able to get it unjammed and enjoy it. (there's a scene where someone gets stabbed, and the knife is left in the victim...and they can't figure out who did it....and no mention of fingerprinting the knife is made.......it's way in the future, and I assume we'll still have fingerprints.....

but...yeah....good big long books, neat tech stuff and a few likeable characters....I picture Ozzy looking like Hendrix, btw...

Clodfobble · 06-17-2009, 09:29 PM

Well, they've got that whole "cellular reprofiling" thing, maybe it's way too easy to change fingerprints so nobody cares anymore? Ozzie is definitely Hendrix, although I picture him like Hendrix would have looked if he'd had the chance to get older--a little paunchy, a little more tired under the eyes...

DanaC · 06-17-2009, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

wow...I was reading this at that same time and didn't notice your post!

...

Which is why we need a bookclub!!!! *grins*

06-12-2009, 05:05 PM	#1472
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	i've been reading james rollins - deep fathom, excavation, amazonia, ice hunt to name a few. others would include steve berry - the templar legacy, david baldacci - the whole truth.....all pretty good books, and that was just in the last month! __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

06-17-2009, 07:40 AM	#1478
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Hey glatt! I'm going to Sebago Lake! Yipppeeeeee! Yes, much reading material required. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

06-17-2009, 12:12 PM	#1481
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	thanks! I'll be getting to the library just before we go. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

06-17-2009, 07:05 PM	#1482
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	put it on order, bri -it's popular..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-17-2009, 09:29 PM	#1484
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Well, they've got that whole "cellular reprofiling" thing, maybe it's way too easy to change fingerprints so nobody cares anymore? Ozzie is definitely Hendrix, although I picture him like Hendrix would have looked if he'd had the chance to get older--a little paunchy, a little more tired under the eyes... __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

06-11-2009, 11:06 AM	#1471
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I've been fascinated by it since a puzzling reference in a Stephen King book. There have been many, which I have tracked down over the years! My parents couldn't help either. It must have been big news over here too, but neither of them knew what Jim Jones or poisoned Koolaid meant. It's far easier to track down refs now, because of the internet, but I much prefer to read around them too. I might ask my Secret Santa this year for a good Jim Jones book, so be prepared to be consulted. Hey! Maybe our theme could be serial killers for 2009! Or just Murder Most Horrid. I mean you have everything from clown wigs to Koolaid...

06-17-2009, 12:06 AM	#1473
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Tears and hugging of disoriented, sleeping-until-just-now husband as I finish reading The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger at one in the morning. I borrowed it from a friend after she discovered that I gasp hadn't read it yet, and I ploughed through it in two days. I loved it, and found it both beautiful and unbearably sad -- kinda like life.

06-17-2009, 03:49 AM	#1474
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Oh Clod - I envy you reading it for the first time. I love that book. If I was stranded on a desert island it would be in my top ten books to be stranded with.

06-17-2009, 07:37 AM	#1477
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I read Time Traveler's Wife a month or two ago, and liked it. It was pretty good. I'd recommend it.

06-17-2009, 08:22 AM	#1479
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Awesome! Sebago is nice.

06-17-2009, 10:26 AM	#1480
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Oops, I meant Choc. Yes I would wholeheartedly recommend The Time Traveller's Wife for you Bri. Just don't get so caught up in it that you miss your vacation!

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