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Thanks - I'd been thinking about buying that. It's had some good reviews - looks like he's back on for.
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I recently finished 11/23/63 as well. I had given up on reading King a long time...

Thumbs-up for Neal Stephenson. I'm currently reading his newest novel "Anathem". As per usual with Stephenson I'm a third of the way through and still don't know where it's going; just sitting back...

Just finished it recently myself. What I tell people is that I think Dan Brown is trying too hard to be like Dan Brown in this one. It doesn't really distinguish itself from the rash of copy-cat...

Hornblower is okay. So are the ones by Alexander Kent. But the O'Brien books are the best by far. :twisted:

Best wishes,
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Like I said, I'm apparently in the minority. Just...

"Moscow Rules" by Daniel Silva. His latest featuring Israeli super-agent Gabriel Allon. I like this character and the series.

A shameless plug for one of my friends at work. He's working hard at writing fiction in his spare time and just got this short story published here:
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This is a perfect example of what I run into when trying to read the book. If you look up "snow"on wikipedia, here's the definition:



Just to understand this definition I now have to look up...

I agree with you on Stephenson. If you haven't yet, try Snowcrash as well.

Rick

I just saw this post today, Bob. I'm not sure if you were joking with this but it truly is exactly what I need! I think I'm a relatively patient sometimes stubborn reader. If I start a book I will...

Hornblower is okay. So are the ones by Alexander Kent. But the O'Brien books are the best by far. :twisted:

Best wishes,
Bob[/quote]

Like I said, I'm apparently in the minority. Just...

I just finished "Master and Commander" by Patrick O'Brian and I must say I was sorely disappointed. I really wanted to like this book because I love the subject matter and period in history. ...

Just returned from a week's vacation in Aruba. Between playing with the kids in the water I managed to squeeze out two books. First the latest Myron Bolitar mystery from Harlan Coben ("Promise...

I'm just finishing "Flyboys" by James Bradley. A fascinating and gruesome account of what happened to a group of downed U.S. naval aviators in the Pacific during WWII (one of the lucky ones was a...

Nothing new here but I'm in the process of reading the Harry Potter books. I started out trying to determine if it was appropriate reading for my 8 year old son. I've been enjoying them so much I'm...