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Fri Jan 20, 2017 12:42 am

^want to read that King sometime^

Finished my bazillionth Richard Laymon novel. Unfortunately, i wasn't feelin this one. As my favorite horror writer, it was disappointing, but it's ok because he makes up for it with every other book he's written.

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On to another RL book...
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Fri Jan 20, 2017 11:33 am

Beautiful photography book. History, autobiography, social commentary.
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Fri Jan 20, 2017 11:41 am

RadRacing wrote:
jlabbate wrote:new book this morning...
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What did you think? I was really underwhelmed by it.
about 1/2 way done (been reading about 15-20 pages on the ride to work each morning)...so far it's OK
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Wed Jan 25, 2017 1:56 pm

Just finished this.. It was the best thing I've ever read.

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Wed Jan 25, 2017 2:01 pm

jlabbate wrote:
RadRacing wrote:
jlabbate wrote:new book this morning...
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What did you think? I was really underwhelmed by it.
about 1/2 way done (been reading about 15-20 pages on the ride to work each morning)...so far it's OK
Cool. Hopefully I didn't taint it! Check in after you are done and let me know.
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Tue Jan 31, 2017 7:56 pm

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mattkardish wrote:the polar bear would take the great white to the corner of jabroni drive and know your role boulevard and rock bottom his ass onto that stop sign and finish him off with the people's elbow. clearly y'all can't smell what the polar bear is cookin.
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Tue Jan 31, 2017 11:47 pm

ratm wrote: This one was really good

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The Goldfinch was a great read!!


Currently into this mystery/thriller, and liking it so far!

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Tue Feb 07, 2017 3:07 am

UrsusMorris wrote:#3

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I am looking for a new horror book. What of his would you recommend?
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Tue Feb 07, 2017 1:01 pm

I really enjoyed Fifth Business. Good choice.
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Tue Feb 07, 2017 1:08 pm

just started Haven by Tom Deady . . . about 100 pages in, Stephen King-esque. Pretty good so far.

have Universal Harvester on the way from John Darnielle, really looking forward to reading that this month as well.
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Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:08 am

john38103 wrote:I really enjoyed Fifth Business. Good choice.
I loved it . How are the other books in the trilogy ?
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Fri Feb 10, 2017 11:01 am

ricv64 wrote:
john38103 wrote:I really enjoyed Fifth Business. Good choice.
I loved it . How are the other books in the trilogy ?
Definitely worth it since you liked Fifth Business. I stumbled upon it not knowing anything about Robertson Davies and by the time I'd finished the trilogy I couldn't figure out how the heck I'd never heard of him before. Great stuff.
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Sat Feb 11, 2017 11:39 am

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UrsusMorris wrote:#3

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I am looking for a new horror book. What of his would you recommend?
"Island" was one i could not put down; a definite page-turner, that one.
"Savage" is badass. It's an interesting twist on Jack the Ripper, whom I'm fascinated with, as morbid as that is.
"The Traveling Vampire Show" was a fun one to read too. Lookin to reread that one again sometime in the near future.
And his "Beast House" series is pretty famous among other horror authors (1-"The Cellar", 2-"The Beast House", 3-"The Midnight Tour", 4-"Friday Night in Beast House"). I've read the whole series twice, and lookin to go a third time soon.

He writes some pretty brutal stuff. Unfortunately he passed away on Valentines Day back in '01.

I also recommend Jack Ketchum. His book "The Girl Next Door" is fuuuuucked up.

(Sorry for the late response, EB kept signin me out everytime i tried to post back)
mattkardish wrote:the polar bear would take the great white to the corner of jabroni drive and know your role boulevard and rock bottom his ass onto that stop sign and finish him off with the people's elbow. clearly y'all can't smell what the polar bear is cookin.
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Sun Feb 12, 2017 10:58 am

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This was a fun read! Now i need to get the other one...

Fun Fact: James Patterson is the author that got me into reading.

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mattkardish wrote:the polar bear would take the great white to the corner of jabroni drive and know your role boulevard and rock bottom his ass onto that stop sign and finish him off with the people's elbow. clearly y'all can't smell what the polar bear is cookin.
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