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RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... - 5/3/2007 6:26:44 AM   
aviinterra


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Status: offline 		I never thought I would say it, but I enjoy classical thought. Lately I went through the Enchiridion by Epictetus and slightly more modern- eh if the Renaissance is modern- a microhistory story called Giovanni and Lusanna by Gene Brucker. Now that was fascinating - a Renaissance woman sued her noble lover, claiming that they had been secretly married for 12 years. 

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RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... - 5/3/2007 6:35:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		While I did enjoy Obsidian Butterfly a great deal, at one point I threw the book on the bed and asked my ex,  "What does -everyone- want to sleep with Anita?"  Little did I know..... 

I liked Richard more before she divorced her husband, upon whom he was based.  Now he's passive-aggressive and wangsty.  Not as wangsty as Micah, however. 


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RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... - 5/3/2007 11:03:42 AM   
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I recently finished Laura Lippman's new book, What The Dead Know.

Wasn't that one good?  Don't know about you, but i really enjoyed it ....luci 



I find her newer books, whether it's What the Dead Know or the newer Tess Monahan books, or the one she wrote about the high school shootings, very haunting and disturbing, and always leave me unsettled.  Of course, that must be doing something for me, because I keep reading her stuff :-)

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RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... - 5/3/2007 11:58:01 AM   
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alandra lent me  the next one in the series and I can't wait to start it, I really  emjoy Lynn Viehl's writing style, her medical scenes are incredibly accurate.  Have you read her fantasy series?

denika



No I haven't...If Angels Burn was the first of hers I found and liked it a lot and so kept an eye out for the ones that came after it. Now I've got to go search out the fantasy series <grin>.



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RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... - 5/3/2007 12:10:39 PM   
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I was a bit resentful when  Micah came intot he picture, Anita already seemed to have so many  men that played an integral part in her life, adding one more almosed seemed a bit over the top.

Nathaniel is one of my favorite characters as well, right up there with Jason. She has woven ssuch unique back grounds for her characters, I  hope her next books start delving a bit more into the plot aspect again,  and maybe another appearance by Edward :) 

denika



Jason is one of my favs too and Nathaniel as well, though he still has more growing to do. As to all the sex, it took her several books before she even brought sex into it for Anita, so I keep thinking she's making up for that now lol. I would like to see a better, more equal mix of sex and plot and I think Anita has more than enough partners now, but it looks like more are coming. I also like some of the changes in Asher since he first showed up, but again, he needs more developing. As to Edward, she definitely needs to bring him back into more books. Edward rocks <grin>. I miss him.

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RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... - 5/3/2007 4:08:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		Edward seemed to ground Anita, one of the few men in her life she isn't going  to have sex with....Olaf was scary, in that psychopathic I-want-to-wear-your-head-as-a-hat way. Which is good,When she gets into the characters they really come alive, but after a point the sex really gets a bit cheesy. After reading Narcissist in Chains I just wanted to find an S/m club like that *s* minus the wing-nuts of course.
I agree about poor Richard, he really started to come into his own then seemed to have a break down of sorts. Have you ever read her blog? Intresting but wow, she has a thing for guns, maybe that is just my 'Canadianess' showing thru *g*

Lynn Viehl writes her fantasy series under the name S.L. Viehl.


Have you ever read any of Sherrilyn Kenyon's work?  It is pretty fantastic as well.


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RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... - 5/3/2007 7:31:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yeah he really did seem to ground her and I loved their interaction. She needs more of him back in the series. Olaf...grin....yep, totally agree with you there. The SM club in NIC I definitely would love to find. I kinda drifted off a little bit into imagining myself in such a place. Richard definitely needs some work...he's very messed up and needs to start straightening out and getting grounded....he's flaking out. I do read her blog every so often, but not as often as I'd like to. I have a friend who lives in Ohio who has met her twice now at signings and talked with her and taken pics with her. She's an aspiring writer and can't say enough good about LKH as both a writer and a person.

I absolutely LOVE Sherrilyn Kenyon's work! I first discovered her with a book she did called Born of the Night years ago. I found a brand new copy for $1 at the dollar store and literally read it to pieces. It's out of print and I haven't been able to replace it. It was a sci fi type thing and a totally fantastic story. A few years later I ran across Fantasy Lover and am now on my second copy of it lol. I have all the Dark Hunter stories to date and love them and her Brotherhood of the Sword and her Lords of Avalon series', all of which are great. I have as much of her books written as Kinley MacGregor as I have been able to find and get also. An announcement was made in her groups that her publisher is going to begin reissuing her out of print stuff too which will totally rock.

Have you read any of Maggie Shayne's witch series or Wings in the Night series? I love those and I love Christine Feehan's various series she has going and JR Ward's vampire series rocks. I could go on and on...I love paranormals and fantasy and all kinds of stuff like that.

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RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... - 5/5/2007 8:55:17 PM   
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And, I love Janet Evanovich...I've followed her since she was writing for the Loveswept series. My other guilty pleasure is J.D. Robb AKA Nora Roberts, the "In Death" series. Very cool characters and the books are great to relax with.

Was on the road for a week, rereading the George R.R. Marting series (for folks around Indiana, he's going to appear at InConjunction in Indy July 6-8)....

The scene in (Evanovich's) Hot 6, where the (about to barf large dog) is tossed in a taxi with the 2 bad guys made me laugh until I cried.  Always check that the dog's not eaten the prunes and a box of cornflakes BEFORE stealing him!

It's been great seeing the variety of tastes here on CM!

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RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... - 5/6/2007 4:02:32 AM   
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Just finished Stephen King - Cell...disappointing.
The Stand is the best he's done to date, but for a short story, The Langoliers is a masterpiece


I have Cell, but haven't started it; you've tempted me to go re-read The Stand, I love that book.
 
Recent reads: Broken Prey by John Sandford, Every Day Deserves A Chance by Max Lucado, and several books on low-carb nutrition theory.

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RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... - 5/6/2007 5:18:03 AM   
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ORIGINAL: thornhappy

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ORIGINAL: spanklette

And, I love Janet Evanovich...I've followed her since she was writing for the Loveswept series. My other guilty pleasure is J.D. Robb AKA Nora Roberts, the "In Death" series. Very cool characters and the books are great to relax with.



The scene in (Evanovich's) Hot 6, where the (about to barf large dog) is tossed in a taxi with the 2 bad guys made me laugh until I cried.  Always check that the dog's not eaten the prunes and a box of cornflakes BEFORE stealing him!



I love the Stephanie Plum series as well.   Nothing too deep, but good funny mental popcorn.  I lived over the river from Trenton for a number of years, so it cracks me up when I see her refer to things like the mega-margaritas at Chevy's and the like.

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RE: For the booksworms amongst us.... - 5/6/2007 5:28:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		angeldevil, i also enjoy King's books and have bought the Cell just haven't read it yet. 
Secret Submission by Diana Hunter,
the Odd series by Koontz
and am now reading Wicked by Gregory Maguire. 

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