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| 12/2/08
| LS
Posted on 12/02/2008 4:04:58 AM PST by LS
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To: AuntB
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posted on
12/02/2008 9:52:22 AM PST
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: lady lawyer
She did. Allow me to post the cover art as a link:
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posted on
12/02/2008 9:54:29 AM PST
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: LS
Finally, any of the books by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, such as The Cabinet of the Curiosities
or The Book of the Dead
are terrific. Preston and Child have created an FBI agent named Pendergast who is simply one of the most captivating heroes in literature, a man whose strange tastes and lifestyle are exceeded only by his lack of brawn and reluctance to use brute force---a Sherlock Holmsian American character.I recommend these books every time there is a quarterly book thread. I love them! Still Life with Crows is my favorite. I have it on audiobook from Audible.com and Rene Auberjonois is a fabulous narrator. His voice for Pendergast is so dead on. When I read their books, his voice is the one I hear in my head for Pendergast.
Douglas Preston also wrote a book called, The Monster of Venice. It's a true crime book about unsolved serial killings in Florance, Italy. It's fantastic, as well.
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posted on
12/02/2008 9:54:41 AM PST
by
retrokitten
(I want to rock your gypsy soul, just like way back in the days of old- Into the Mystic)
To: lady lawyer
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posted on
12/02/2008 9:58:29 AM PST
by
AuntB
(The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925)
To: AuntB
Interesting. Tell us a little about yourself, if you don’t mind. Your brief description on your blog piques my curiosity.
To: lady lawyer
What would you like to know?
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posted on
12/02/2008 10:19:43 AM PST
by
AuntB
(The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925)
To: AuntB
Why the pseudonyms on your blog?
To: lady lawyer
Why not? The pseudonym fit the story. I didn’t care to put my own name on a book.
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posted on
12/02/2008 10:34:37 AM PST
by
AuntB
(The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925)
To: AuntB
No, I meant why those particular pseudonyms?
To: LS
Right now I am reading The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers. On deck is Your Heart Belongs To Me, the new novel by Dean Koontz.
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posted on
12/02/2008 11:14:53 AM PST
by
7thson
(I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
To: PJ-Comix
One of my favorite authors. From Here To Eternity and Some Came Running are excellent novels.
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posted on
12/02/2008 11:16:08 AM PST
by
7thson
(I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
To: babaloo
I have read a few of DeMille's novels and he is great. The first one I read of his - The Charm School was suspensefull, intense, funny, and terribly sad. I purchased Gate House but I hve to hold off on it until I get and read Gold Coast.
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posted on
12/02/2008 11:18:18 AM PST
by
7thson
(I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
To: LS
The Slow Moon, by Elizabeth Cox. A little dark, but absorbing.
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posted on
12/03/2008 12:08:03 AM PST
by
MoochPooch
(I'm a compassionate cynic.)
To: LS
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posted on
12/03/2008 7:05:22 AM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: LS
Thanks! I am an avid reader and love mystery, crime scene, classics, and spy novels. I was into Patricia cornwell for a time, but the language is a turn off. It continues to grow worse and more coarse. Yuck!
Thanks for the list of books by title and author!
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posted on
12/08/2008 2:15:20 AM PST
by
Shery
(in APO Land)
To: EvenStephen
Got it. It’s on my shelf now.
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posted on
12/14/2008 4:12:38 AM PST
by
LS
("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
To: Hyzenthlay
Got it. It’s now in the stack.
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posted on
12/14/2008 4:12:57 AM PST
by
LS
("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
To: retrokitten
Ok, read "Still Life . . ." on the plane to LA. Couldn't put it down. The more I read about Pendergast, the more I long to see a GOOD movie depiction of him.
I'd love to see him and Vic Mackey of the Shield team up :)
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posted on
12/14/2008 4:14:05 AM PST
by
LS
("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
To: 7thson
Just finished the Dean Koontz book about the Golden Retrievers. Great read.
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posted on
12/14/2008 4:14:46 AM PST
by
LS
("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
To: LS
I would love that, too, but I can’t imagine any actor that I know of doing him justice.
I told my mom about the Newt Gingrich books you recommended above and she’s going to get them for my dad for Christmas. He’s a Civil War buff and I was shocked that he hasn’t read them yet.
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posted on
12/14/2008 7:28:02 AM PST
by
retrokitten
(I want to rock your gypsy soul, just like way back in the days of old- Into the Mystic)
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