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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #150 on: December 14, 2010, 01:56:40 PM »
Quote from: TVDOC on December 13, 2010, 07:36:57 PM
Against my better judgement, I bought, and just finished Patricia Cornwell's latest Scarpetta book Port Mortuary. 

IMO she "jumped the shark" a while ago, and this tedious tome was a sterling example.  The storyline is basically good, and she restrained her political comments to a few antiwar anecdotes, and a judicious slap at the Reagan administration.....but she managed to fill it with so much "fluff" that it's nearly unreadable......over 500 pages, it would have made an excellent book at around 300.

If you are a Scarpetta fan, wait until this one hits the publisher's overrun table for $5.95.

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Yeah a couple of books ago I was like WTF!?!?  I gave up midbook and never went back.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #151 on: December 14, 2010, 04:39:15 PM »
Just started The Bell Witch - An American Haunting by Brent Monahan.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #152 on: December 15, 2010, 12:52:51 PM »
Finished reading 'Decision Points' by George W. Bush.  Overall a good read, with the exception that if you've watched the Hannity or O'Rielly interviews there's not to much left to learn.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #153 on: December 15, 2010, 03:06:16 PM »
Quote from: rustybayonet on December 15, 2010, 12:52:51 PM
Finished reading 'Decision Points' by George W. Bush.  Overall a good read, with the exception that if you've watched the Hannity or O'Rielly interviews there's not to much left to learn.

You're a quick reader, rusty - I'm about halfway through. I like what General Tommy Franks said to GWB when they met.

Bush asked Franks if he was from Midland, TX. Franks responded, "Yes sir, Mr. President. Mrs. Bush and I went to the same high school; I graduated a year ahead of her. But don't worry, Mr. President - we never dated."

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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #154 on: December 15, 2010, 05:48:18 PM »
Yep, liked that quote also.  The one thing that did come through loud and clear was the fact that 'ole George' is a down to earth common guy and does not worry about what some think of his language, ["damn straight and the tried and true military 'cluster f**k', come to mind].  Nothing terrible, but not what you hear in public from most politicians in higher office.  They may talk that way when they think the doors are closed and the mic's are off, but they try to wear the halo when the cameras are running.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #155 on: December 16, 2010, 11:15:29 AM »
Quote from: rustybayonet on December 15, 2010, 05:48:18 PM
Yep, liked that quote also.  The one thing that did come through loud and clear was the fact that 'ole George' is a down to earth common guy and does not worry about what some think of his language, ["damn straight and the tried and true military 'cluster f**k', come to mind].  Nothing terrible, but not what you hear in public from most politicians in higher office.  They may talk that way when they think the doors are closed and the mic's are off, but they try to wear the halo when the cameras are running.

I think something like "Damn straight" isn't even cursing - the word "damn" is just emphasizing the action.

Compare that to Joe Biden's on-mic comment, "This is a big ****ing deal" just after Lord Zero signed the HellCare bill and now you're talking about a shitbird who is a complete idiot in public and has been for his entire political career.

What in hell were the good people of Delaware thinking when they elected that dufus?  :mental:
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #156 on: December 16, 2010, 12:36:39 PM »
The little lady is giving me Decision Points as a stocking stuffer, so I'm SOL until Christmas morning. :-(
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #157 on: December 17, 2010, 09:14:41 PM »
Just finished book 4 of the Nicholas Flamel Alchemyst series by Michael Scott.  It is really interesting because I never had any desire to learn about mythology and these books pack the pages with all kinds of myths and "gods".  Lots of real people in them too as immortal humans...Flamel, his wife, Machiavelli, Billy The Kid, Count St. Germain, Joan of Arc, Virginia Dare, Shakespeare...  I can't say this too often, I am SO glad that kid's books have stepped up their game.  I loved to read when I was a kid but I never had books like these to read!
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #158 on: December 17, 2010, 09:19:21 PM »
Just started the latest Dexter novel: Dexter is Delicious.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #159 on: December 18, 2010, 01:42:46 PM »
Just finishing up "The Emperor's Tomb" by Steve Berry........the latest in his Cotton Malone series.  It's great!!

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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #160 on: December 23, 2010, 05:55:17 AM »
Just read where GW's book Decision Points, has now sold 2 million copies.  Not bad in about two months.  Glad I bought mine early and avoided the rush - cause I know he needed the money ::)
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #161 on: December 23, 2010, 06:24:21 AM »
Quote from: rustybayonet on December 23, 2010, 05:55:17 AM
Just read where GW's book Decision Points, has now sold 2 million copies.  Not bad in about two months.  Glad I bought mine early and avoided the rush - cause I know he needed the money ::)

I just got my own copy yesterday (Wednesday); I haven't started reading it yet, because I'm still reading a biography of Anne Boleyn.  But damn, I'm looking forward to it.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #162 on: December 27, 2010, 09:34:38 PM »
I just finished Rick Riordan's newest Olympus book... it was entertaining.  The next one won't be published until October. :(
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #163 on: January 01, 2011, 05:58:20 PM »
I am just finishing up Fern Michael's Crown Jewel, then onto her Vegas Trilogy.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #164 on: January 01, 2011, 06:37:11 PM »
Just read "Beating the Reaper" by Josh Bazell..

It's a cross between "The Godfather," "House," and "Fletch"
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #165 on: January 06, 2011, 06:03:23 PM »
Finished The Hunger Games two days ago and started the next one yesterday.  They are so good.  I mean not like some sort of epic novel that 500 years from now will be used as a teaching tool but it kept me very interested.  I love the premise.  Basically some sort of disaster strikes North America and all that is left are 13 colonies and a capitol state.  It is a totalitarian government with the colonies working to provide the capitol with everything they need.  The hunger games are sadistic survivor games for kids from each district to make them remember the uprising (and the consequences) against the capitol 75 years before. 
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #166 on: January 07, 2011, 03:21:20 AM »
Just re-read Cardinal of The Kremlin from Tom Clancy.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #167 on: January 08, 2011, 02:07:46 PM »
Just finished reading Killer Twins by Michael Benson.  It's a true crime story about identical twin brothers who became career criminals while they were still teenagers.  Later they both became murderers.  One brother went on to kill at least four people.  It's an interesting story that raises the old "nature vs. nurture" question.  Benson goes into quite a bit of detail about their lives.  He also brings to life the city of Rochester, New York, which was the home base for the serial killer twin for many years.  I thought it was a pretty compelling read.

The author spoke at my book club a few months ago, and I found him to be a knowledgeable and engaging speaker.  I'm a bit of a true crime buff, and I think I will seek out some of his other crime books.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #168 on: January 08, 2011, 06:37:59 PM »
Quote from: Rainbow Rising on January 08, 2011, 02:07:46 PM
  I'm a bit of a true crime buff, and I think I will seek out some of his other crime books.

RR, if you like true crime stories and haven't read;  "Darker Than Night", by Tom Henderson;  I highly recommend it.  It takes place in the same area of northern Michigan were we had a cabin.  I spent a lot of time up there, and one of the witnesses in the book is a 'kid' I ran around with, and we hung out at some of the same places.  The 'Sgt., on the Michigan State Police, is now a Lt. in charge of the same police post.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #169 on: January 08, 2011, 06:58:43 PM »
Just finished Seven Days of Rage about the Craigslist Killer. Definitely not what I usually read, but I was looking for something light and a bit on the tabloid TV side. Plus it was on sale for $7 and change. It actually wasn't half bad.
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #170 on: January 08, 2011, 07:23:16 PM »
I've downloaded so many books to my Kindle, I have everything from Thomas Jefferson's Biography to Women in Islam to Women who are Hasidic Jews to a real life CSI, so what books do I choose to read? I just got done reading Love to Love You Brady which was about the Brady Bunch Variety Hour, and the book I'm starting to read now is called The Other Hollywood which is about the porn industry from it's inception to it's heyday. Comparing it to what you guys are reading? you're the caviar and I'm the deviled ham on a ritz cracker :lmao:
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #171 on: January 08, 2011, 08:18:22 PM »
Interesting choices here.  This is my first foray into the book thread. 

Unfortunately my most recent read was a fiction called "Go Away, Joe!"  A very realistic, and un-PC book about a family's life on the Rocky Boy Res. in north central MT.  Very humorous, if one doesn't get their panties in a wad about how some people chose to live and that others chose to write about it.

So old, it didn't come up on a Google search. 
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #172 on: January 10, 2011, 02:19:53 PM »
Quote from: rustybayonet on January 08, 2011, 06:37:59 PM
RR, if you like true crime stories and haven't read;  "Darker Than Night", by Tom Henderson;  I highly recommend it.  It takes place in the same area of northern Michigan were we had a cabin.  I spent a lot of time up there, and one of the witnesses in the book is a 'kid' I ran around with, and we hung out at some of the same places.  The 'Sgt., on the Michigan State Police, is now a Lt. in charge of the same police post.

Thanks for the recommendation.  I'll check it out. 
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #173 on: January 12, 2011, 08:17:58 AM »
I'm reading Clancy's new one, "Dead or Alive" ..... the last one got a little dorky with the "Hey Cuz" bit, but I'm really enjoying this one ..... if for no other reason than the way he is absolutely ripping the current administration to shreds.  LOVE IT  :yahoo:
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Re: New last book you read thread
« Reply #174 on: January 22, 2011, 07:49:08 AM »
Finished reading  -- "The Terrible Hours", by Peter Maas.   From the book -  "It's about the man behind the greatest submarine rescue in history".

"Swede Momsen" as a Naval Officer invented the "Momsen Lung" and the rescue bell.  The brand new 'unsinkable' submarine USS Squalus is on one of it's final sea trials before commissioning into service, on May 23, 1939.  The Squalus is one of the first submarines of the type that will see action during World War II.

This is one of those books that WWII history nuts like me couldn't put down.
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