Except he lied, there's nothing bloody brief about it!!!

I am currently reading Tell No One by Harlan Coban. It's a can't put it down if you tried books. I like those kinds of books. But then again doesn't everybody.

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London the biography and I thought I knew London quite well until I started this! Can't remember who is is by.

I'm on a Loooonnnggg waiting list at the library for Hawkings's new book, so I'm reading Time Travel In Einstein's Universe, by J. Richard Gott.

It starts out pretending we can already jump into a worm hole and time travel. He uses references to movies like Back To The Future, and puts a whole page of HG Wells's Time Machine in there--but really, I think if we're using imagination here, Time Machine is a lot more fun to read. Unless you are interested in physics, in which case you'll enjoy it. It's very easy to read.

"Five Quarters of an Orange" by the "Chocolat"lady, Joanne Harris. I really like her.

I'm reading a book called "The Journal Of Callie Wade" It's about a girl whose family go out West in 1859. I just grabbed it off the library shelf and skimmed the back because my mom was RUSHING me. But so far it's pretty good.

I am currently reading Drums Of Autummn by Diana Gabaldon which was recommended to me by Nenya. Thank you Nenya! Of course now I have read the middle book of the series I now have to go and get the previous ones but it should keep me occupied for a while!

My newest book is called The Cuckoo tree, by Joan Aiken.

right now? The Secret Life of Dilly McBeal, the Book of the Lion, and I just finished Anne Frank and Me. (I don't exactly believe in reading one book at once:)

The Murder OF Roger Ackroyd by Dame Agatha Christie

My newest book is Locked in Time, by Lois Duncan, about a teen who moves to New Orleans to live with her father and new step mother who has a deadly secret. Hey! I just read The Murder of Roger Ackroyd myself!!!!! We have really good taste in books!!

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LilSpikey, you might like Poirot Loses A Client--that's what I am reading now!

I'm reading a Lois Duncan book too!! It's called "Down A Dark Hall" I think I've actually read all her books.(or most of them anyway) Except for "I Know What You Did Last Summer" cuz I saw the movie. "Locked In Time" is really good. What part are you on?

Oh! Aprilshower's right. "Tell No One" is pretty good!

I just finished up Catch-22 (incredibly entertaining). On my list of currently-in-progress books (i rarely read only one at a time unless i stumble upon a great book) are "The Human Genome", "The Sum of all Fears" (tom clancy), and "Engines of Creation" (drexler).

Terry

Have just finished Cross Stitch by Diana Gabaldon which I absolutely loved and while I wait for the weekend when I can get out and buy the next one in the series I'm reading Raise The Titanic by Clive Cussler. I love all things Titanic but am not yet sure about this book!

I just finished Locked in Time. SillyLily, did you like Don't Look Behind You? That was a good book. I'm read something a little out of the oridinary. My new book is called Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, a real crude humour piece, by James Finn Garner.

right now im reading Harry Potter the 4th book, but i just finished going on a Stephen King binge. That guy can write some good books.

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OHHHH...Buffy 1!

I LOVE Clive Cussler..and I don't know WHY! So does jubjub, my twin! We're almost 50! *oh shut UP, jubjub....* YES...and it's so STRANGE...because we both think it's the type of "read" a fourteen year old boy would love! ...and don't quite understand why the "action novel" which doesn't always make sense to our to our discriminating, sensible minds, attracts us so! It's fast paced...scientific...and HE (the authour) is such a wonder in his own right!

I don't like that he's substituted his "hero" recently...but it's still the same "read".

I've had to dodge a bit of flack in here for liking Grisham novels, too! Not the same category...but to each their own!

Read on...!

AND, newby squirrleychica..I'm a HUGE King fan!



*edit* Couldn't spell "King"! geez....

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Lefois, you are soooo right. I'm certain I would cotton to Clive Cussler right away! You gotta love an old blowhard who writes himself into each novel as a bit part, who creates characters who do amazing and unbelievable things with such everyday aplomb and who always manage to escape dire situations without even breaking a sweat! I mean, you know exactly what to expect when you are reading a Cussler novel and sometimes know where he's going with the story before he even GETS there, but damn it you EXPECT it to be that way and I wouldn't WANT it any other way! His writing has an easygoing way about it and even when the methods of escape from certain death situations get a little too fantastic and unbelievable, I STILL eat is up! LONG LIVE CUSSLER!

Currently I am reading "Phantoms" by Dean Koontz. It's about a California mountain ski town where all the residents either are dead or go missing within a period of about 45 minutes, and then a lot of stuff starts to happen. I'm not very far into the book yet.

Lefois

Have put Clive Cussler to one side for the moment in favour of Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon which is much more my type of book!

Interesting that you say Clive Cussler would appeal to a 14 year old boy, my son is 14 so I will ask him to read it and see what he thinks.

Buffy

I Loved Dragonfly In Amber--all the novels about Claire and Jamie actually!!

Right now, I'm reading some Agatha Christie mysteries, plus a cool book called Lucy's Bones, Sacred Stones, And Einstein's Brain, by Harvey Rachlin. It's about all kinds of historical items, their history, and where they can be found, like the undress coat Nelson was shot and killed in. The items are from all over the world so people from different countries would enjoy it.

I'm reading "The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring".

Very good book. I must say.

Andrew Ronzino
(KingGramJohnson)
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Things Can Only Get Better by John O'Farrell. It's a (sorta) history of the Labour Party during its 18 years of opposition from 1979 to 97 and the author's involvement as an activist. Might sound quite dry if you're not particularly interested in politics, but actually very witty and generally a good read. Recommended!

Buffy.. I fell in LOVE with Diana Gabaldon's Claire and Jamie novels long ago. I'm eagerly awaiting her newest. Have you tried the companion novel for the series titled "The Outlandis Companion" here in the States? It tells how she came up with her ideas for the first book, photos of the real Lallybroch, etc.

I am currently reading Patricia Cornwell's newest "The Isle of Dogs". Not to sure about it just yet

peace

On the wings of maybe....

I'm not reading it yet, but will in due time but it's another one of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" books titled "Chicken Soup for the Soul for America" relating to positive things Americans have done since the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.


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