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I finished "Gone Girl" and watched the movie the exact same day that I read the last page. The film is better, at least for me it was.
Before that, I read Jhumpa Lahiri's "The Lowland". She is one of my absolute favorite authors; she uses such vivid detail that I always feel like I'm actually in India when I read her books. She also wrote "The Namesake".
I love dark, dramatic, near-depressing fiction ("The Road", "A Thousand Splendid Suns", "The Poisonwood Bible"), so I'm open to recommendations.
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10-06-2015, 11:18 PM
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I'm reading Jason Priestley's memoir. I was a huge 90210 fan back in the day. It's good so far.
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10-11-2015, 08:06 AM
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My new read=Robert Ludlum's Chancellor Manuscript.
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10-17-2015, 08:28 AM
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The Note Book by Nicholas Sparks.
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10-17-2015, 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by NWguy
I finished "Gone Girl" and watched the movie the exact same day that I read the last page. The film is better, at least for me it was.
Before that, I read Jhumpa Lahiri's "The Lowland". She is one of my absolute favorite authors; she uses such vivid detail that I always feel like I'm actually in India when I read her books. She also wrote "The Namesake".
I love dark, dramatic, near-depressing fiction ("The Road", "A Thousand Splendid Suns", "The Poisonwood Bible"), so I'm open to recommendations.
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Jhumpa Lahir went to my high school. There was basically a shrine to her in the Library when The Namesake" came out.
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10-20-2015, 08:14 AM
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Red Square by: Edward Topol & Fridrikh Neznansky.
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10-20-2015, 08:22 AM
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Jhumpa Lahir went to my high school. There was basically a shrine to her in the Library when The Namesake" came out.
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Wow, where was this at?
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10-25-2015, 08:27 AM
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Gunman's Reckoning buy Max Brand.
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10-26-2015, 12:35 PM
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"The Girl on the Train" has been getting lots of buzz. Anyone read it? I'm considering buying a copy.
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10-26-2015, 12:58 PM
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i read the first few chapters of "Girl on the Train." Just couldn't get into it. will revisit later, because I assume it will get better. Otherwise, why all the fuss?
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10-26-2015, 03:29 PM
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"The Girl on the Train" has been getting lots of buzz. Anyone read it? I'm considering buying a copy.
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I read it (was 500+ in line when I first put it on hold at the library) and it was fine, but nothing near the hype I kept hearing. I guess I was expecting to be blown away. lol Get it from the library, and now that most of the hype is over you should be able to get it easily.
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10-31-2015, 01:31 PM
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The Day of The Storm by Rosamunde Pilcher.
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11-02-2015, 01:53 PM
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The Bartholomew Fair Murders by Leonard Tourney.
Strange, second book in row set in England??
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11-02-2015, 02:48 PM
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I just finished writing a novella. I have read that book so many times I'm about to pop. I need a palate cleanse with someone else's work!
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Sycamore Row, by John Grisham.
No big surprises yet - Grisham has become the mind candy of the legal "thriller".
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