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RenChick

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Last book you've read
Sep 12^th, 2007 at 9:51pm

I am an avid reader. It is one of the things in my life that I will always make time for. I grew up reading and my only disappointment with it is that I read too fast. I can't make a good book last more than a couple of days! I read everything from mystery to fiction to sci-fi and fantasy, romance, history, women's studies and sociology, military history and current affairs, the list goes on!

I just finished a wonderful book by Sarah Addison Allen called "Garden Spells". I think it is on the bestseller list right now, so it's probably pretty well known. It's by a new author from Asheville, NC.

I think it would be intersting to see what the last book is that everyone has read. So what is the last book you've read, did you like it, what do you normally read?

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Re: Last book you've read
Reply #1 - Sep 12^th, 2007 at 11:12pm

I just started a book called "Crossroads of Twilight"... It's book 10 of a series called "The Wheel of Time" by Robert Jordan. I just finished book 9, "Winter's Heart" a few days ago. This series... it's what Tolkein set out to be. A bold statement, to be sure... but... Tis true. Quite frankly, I can not say enough in praise of this series... So I won't even try. Just.. trust me... if you like Fantasy... Heck, if you like a good story in general... pick up book one. "the eye of the world." seriously. do it.

Okay, now that I've got that shameless promotion out of the way... I enjoy mostly fantasy, with a smattering of SciFi, history, pretty much anything about physics, space, animals, etc... (wanted to be an astrophysicist... still kinda do, actually)

Favorite authors are R.J. as mentioned above, Mercedes Lackey, and oddly, a Web-author named Alexandra Erin... she's been publishing a series called "tales of MU" online, chapter by chapter... for a while now.. before that was "star harbor nights"... Which unfortunately is on hiatus at the moment. i'm a webcomic nut... and I like reading, so a story, told in comic type format(IE an update every weekday)... somehow works. Warning, if you search for it, you might want to have an open mind.

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Angel Spun

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Reply #2 - Sep 13^th, 2007 at 1:32am

Most recently, I've been working on The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, which is essentially everything that he ever wrote, so that's going to take awhile. Roll Eyes

When I finish that, I'll move onto Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. But The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll is also calling to me from a shelf in my armoire...I'll get to that eventually.

Yeah, I'm a sucker for 3 things: Barnes & Noble, enormous leather hardcover volumes with gold edged pages and classic literature. Last year, I read the entire Sherlock Holmes Canon.

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Trisha Stardust Offline Posts: 2318 Missouri Gender:	Re: Last book you've read Reply #3 - Sep 13^th, 2007 at 10:54am Right now I'm in the middle of reading Gone With The Wind. I started it several months ago, but don't read every day--so it's taking me quite a while to finish it. My favorite genre, though, is murder mysteries, especially those of the Brittish persuasion.
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Lisabelle Stardust Offline Kami wa onna no inochi - A womens hair is her life Posts: 2797 Southern Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: Last book you've read Reply #4 - Sep 13^th, 2007 at 8:19pm The last book I read was the last Harry Potter. That was really good!!! Before that I read Valide: A story of the Harem. It was about the Topkapı Palace serraglio, in turkey. It was okay, it read more like a sleazy romance novel at times. But it did have some good history in it.
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Reply #5 - Sep 14^th, 2007 at 6:47am

The last book I read was also the last Harry Potter. Sadly, being in a small town in a non-English speaking country, there weren't any midnight release parties I could attend. Cry

Right now I'm re-reading Jane Eyre. In my mind's eye, the part of Edward Rochester is being portrayed by Timothy Dalton and Jane is played by...me. I know. It's lame.

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Re: Last book you've read
Reply #6 - Sep 14^th, 2007 at 11:52am

I also read the final Harry Potter book, have almost finished the "Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter-Guilty Pleasures Vol.1" graphic comic (I took it with me to Las Vegas and just haven't picked it up since we got back) and am currently reading "Mama Gena's Marriage Manual".

RenChick, I ,too am an avid reader. I have been known to inahle a book in a day ("The Stones of Shanara" when it came out in the '80's) and I go through them so fast hubby's always in disbelief when he asks what I'm reading. God love him, English is his second language and he is a slooow reader. At least he reads! Grin

Juri, you're so not lame!!! Roll Eyes

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Jerry Diamond Offline LongLocks Rocks! Posts: 662 Montana Gender:	Re: Last book you've read Reply #7 - Sep 15^th, 2007 at 3:54am I used to read a lot of Stephen King and I have read the Bible twice cover to cover but I have not sat down and read a book in a long time So, my answer is I don't remember But, my wife has taken up reading books and now when we go to a store with books in it that is where she can be found Jerry
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juri Stardust Offline Posts: 1341 USA Gender:	Re: Last book you've read Reply #8 - Sep 15^th, 2007 at 8:15am Sakina wrote on Sep 14^th, 2007 at 11:52am: Juri, you're so not lame!!! lol, thanks a lot, Sakina!
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Re: Last book you've read
Reply #9 - Sep 16^th, 2007 at 3:49pm

The last book I read for pleasure was the last Harry Potter book. I have one of the Anita Blake vampire books that I started, but haven't finished yet. However I have made myself not pick up any new fun books until I complete my real estate license. I've been reading lots and lots of text books! I'm almost done with the course, then the live exam prep class early October, and finally the exam.

Once I'm sucked in I have a hard time doing anything else until I'm finished.

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Re: Last book you've read
Reply #10 - Sep 17^th, 2007 at 8:41am

I enjoy reading, but my eyes have a hard time with me reading as much as I would like, so I have switched to audiobooks that I can listen to while doing other things. I usually listen to about 2 books a month. I prefer the unabridged versions (I don't like to miss ANYTHING).

The last books I listened to was Empire by Orson Scott Card and the Bourne Betrayal by Eric VonLustbader (who continued Robert Ludlum's storyline). I like spy-action, science fiction, and adventure books. I prefer a book that makes me think.

I'm about to start Orson Scott Card's series of books starting with the Seventh Son: Tales of Alvin Maker. Some of you may know of this author's Ender's Game series which I also enjoyed.

Any book a person reads is a good book - even if they have read it before.

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Angel Spun Ex Member	Re: Last book you've read Reply #11 - Sep 17^th, 2007 at 12:52pm Quote: Any book a person reads is a good book - even if they have read it before. Sorry, BB, but I'm gonna have to disagree with you there. I've read some pretty horrible books in my time.
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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Last book you've read Reply #12 - Sep 17^th, 2007 at 4:26pm OK - I relent - not ALL books are good. My statement was coming more from the aspect that reading any material is better than not reading at all. But hopefully good choices will be made.
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Re: Last book you've read
Reply #13 - Sep 17^th, 2007 at 4:54pm

The last book I read was Soul Music by Terry Pratchett - it's a part of the Discworld series. I've read nine and a half of the books from that series in the past month (I started Wyrd Sisters months ago but didn't finish it until the middle of August - exams got in the way) In general I do tend to read fiction, but more fantasy within that than anything else. I've also read The Time Traveller's Wife and 5 People You Meet in Heaven recently...

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Angel Spun

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Reply #14 - Sep 17^th, 2007 at 5:29pm

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But hopefully good choices will be made.

That's assuming that you have a choice. There isn't a whole lot of that in school. And even when there is, it's usually awful vs. awful, so...yeah. Some people have books that they recommend to read, others have books that they recommend to avoid. Wink

An academic reader will likely have both.

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