UK Elephant - have you read "Fandom of the Operator" by Robert Rankin?? I checked him out on BN.com and I really want to read it!
"Romanitus" really looks interesting as well!
This better not cut into my biking time..................
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09-24-2006, 02:02 PM #1
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09-24-2006, 02:14 PM #2
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Sorry, I haven't read that one yet. But judging by the two I have read it should be good. Completely mad, but good. BF has read most of his books and is a big fan. He is also completely mad though....but he does say they are all good.
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09-24-2006, 02:16 PM #3
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Has anyone read anything by Henning Mankell?
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09-25-2006, 09:28 AM #4
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Originally Posted by Bikingmomof3
Apparently not
Can you give us a hint about the writing? Is it worth it? Or are wondering if you should get something by this author to read?
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09-25-2006, 12:38 PM #5
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I like Mankell's books. He is a Swedish author and his series take place in Sweden. I am a huge mystery fan. He is one I recently discovered as I was looking for something different. Originally Posted by RoadRaven
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Can you give us a hint about the writing? Is it worth it? Or are wondering if you should get something by this author to read?Jennifer
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09-25-2006, 03:03 PM #6
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I'm totally in love with books by Walt Witman, poetry has always been what i love to read.
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09-25-2006, 03:57 PM #7
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For the past year I've been soaking up every book by Jack DuBrul (adventure - fiction) - one common character in all the books, exciting adventures - hard to put the darn things down, so they tend to be quick reads for me - but I just love them!!!!
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11-14-2007, 06:29 PM #8
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I have read everything my Henning Mankell that is translated into English. I love the Kurt Wallander series and also return of the Dancing Master. If you like Mankell you should check out Maj Sjowall and Per Waloo's Martin Beck Series. There's an amazing one called the Fire Engine that Disappeared. Originally Posted by Bikingmomof3
I also like Ian Rankin, but again have read them all. Any other quality mystery writers you can suggest?
For serious books I have recently read American Prometheus (about Robert Oppenheimer) Brilliant description of Mccarthyism leading to the cold war. I have been reading the Guns of August on and off for a moth or so too. Would love suggestions of good biographies - loved the Robert Moses book by Caro - lots of Doris Kearns-Goodwin. Would love more suggestions of biographies and history.
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11-14-2007, 07:11 PM #9
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I'd like to read this one about George Washington and you might like The Devil In The White City about the 1893 Chicago's World Fair.
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11-14-2007, 07:28 PM #10
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Thanks. I loved the Devil in the White City! I will look for the George Washington Book.
Another one in this vein that is great is The Island at the Center of the World - you couldn't make up a character as wild as Peter Stuyvesant.
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11-14-2007, 07:29 PM #11
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Hey, Sherman Alexie just won a National Book Award for the book I just finished reading last week: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
I love that. It was a great book."My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks
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11-14-2007, 08:23 PM #12
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I found the beginning somewhat tedious but was really surprised at the end to find out everyones ultimate place in history. Originally Posted by Bklynmom
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11-15-2007, 06:56 AM #13
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I tend to read more non-fiction.
Harvest for Hope by Jane Goodall
Legacy of Luna by Julia Butterfly Hill
Moral Politics by George Lakoff
Cookwise by Shirley Corriher (food)
On food and cooking by Harold McGee (food)
The Ceramic Spectrum Robin Hopper (pottery)
and so on.
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11-30-2007, 08:03 PM #14
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Has anyone mentioned World War Z by Max Brooks? I couldn't put it down, and I don't normally read horror. It was more than the usual horror story.
Also anything by Nelson DeMille - great smart-aleck characters running around solving crimes, sometimes even saving the world.
Some of Victoria Moran's books - I especialy loved Creating a Charmed Life
Sensible, Spiritual Secrets Every Busy Woman Should Know.
http://www.victoriamoran.com/books.html#book2 Wish I still had it - I loaned it to someone...
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11-30-2007, 08:21 PM #15
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Originally Posted by carpaltunnel
World War Z was GREAT!"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks
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