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husky51
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"There was a Little Girl" by Ed McBain

A mystery interspiced with the poem...

There was a little girl
And she had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead...

When she was good
She was very, very good
But when she was bad she was horrid!


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"The 47 Samurai" by Stephen Hunter

a mystery involving a Japanese war sword. It is quite interesting, so far. Well researched for sure... I am about 1/3 through and the true '47 Samurai' haven't been mentioned yet...

btw, I have a pic on my wall titled "The 47 Samurai", really an interesting story in itself...

EDIT:
I was wrong on the title, it was "The 47th Samurai"


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Im currently reading the Earthsea series. exelent set of books.

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Great subject for your first post, I must say. Welcome to the Tavern!


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Yes, WELCOME to the Tavern, Serenity's _Blade....

We all hope that you will stay a long, long while and become part of the Ghibli Family....

Again, WELCOME!!!


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Welcome, indeed.

I have a list of books...there are lots on it that I read as a kid and don't really remember now. So anyways, I'm reading all of them...

First up is Catch-22.

Oh and I'm in the middle of the Merlin Trilogy by Mary Stewart. Just need time to get to the end. xD


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I'm reading Cancer Ward by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. So far it's okay, though it can always be a bit tricky reading Russian prose since even when translated there's lots of references to Russian phrases or names or places that don't really mean anything to foreign readers. Still it's interesting.
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"Kilrone" by Louis L'Amour
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4-24-11

"Chancy" by L'Amour
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4-25-11
"How the West Was Won" by L'Amour

Now reading "Hull Zero Three" by Greg Bear (a s/f)

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sigh, got so engrossed in reading that I forgot to pick up my paycheck again.....


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The Morning Star by Andre Schwarz-Bart

I'm so excited...and I've only read the jacket so far. xD

...I really need to stop starting new books before I finish old ones.


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Working my way through my Louis L'Amour collection...

"Conagher" and "Rivers West" the last two days... He is an easy read, but realistic IMO

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finished "Killoe" this morning... also by L'Amour
in the future, if I don't mention the author, it is by L'Amour

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Just finished 'True Grit' by Charles Portis
The recent movie follows the book more than the first movie did, IMO book was first published in 1968...

Note:

I am not reading a lot just to be posting in here. I really do read these books and I am blessed that for many parts of the day, even when working, I am able to read quite a lot.
One job site ,when I take breaks and another where I sit and watch for others to come by and chase them off. While sitting I can read, watch tv, DVDs, did I mention read???, do crosswords. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to do the sitting and watching part... lol


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Read Robert E. Howard short stories

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"Westward the Tide" by L'Amour


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Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden which is really really really good.
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"The Case of the Postponed Murder" by Erle Stanley Gardner...
A Perry Mason mystery
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read two Ed McBain books on Tuesday and Wednesday...

"Another Part of the City" and "The Last Dance"


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Brida - Paulo Cohelo...


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"Triple Jeopardy" a trilogy of Nero Wolfe short stories...

And I DO mean OLD!!! From 1951 and 52...I was still living in Canada then...
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an update...

Yes, our reading tastes change, which has been brought to mind by my reading of the above book. I finished it today and I must say, when I first read Rex Stout I was totally enamoured of his work. Now, however, I had to kinda force myself to finish what I had started...

It was, of course, extremely dated, but consistant with the time in which it was written... Now days, a man does NOT go into a barber shop, check his top coat, hat, vest and tie and be lathered up for a shave and then have a haircut. Most shops don't even offer a shave anymore, at least not around where I live. This was just one point I make to show the tales are dated. A great deal of the stories contain these datings and I grew tired of them.

'nuff said, he is still a great author, but I have apparently moved on in my tastes...

aigh, such is life...
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read a manga, "Freeway"
now starting on "The Iron Dragon's Daughter" by Micheal Swanwick


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quote:
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Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden which is really really really good.



Ahhh, I love Memoirs of a Geisha! The film is awesome too.

I just read The Little Prince, the children's story, on a whim whilst I was waiting for my mum to come home. I swear it's one of those books that no matter how old you are every time you read it it holds a new charm.
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Read since Monday...

'Night Probe' by Clive Cussler

"Mojave Crossing"; "Sackett's Land"; "Borden Chantry"; and "Heller with a Gun" all by Louis L'Amour...

EDIT:
"The Quick and the Dead" also by L'Amour


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Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden which is really really really good.



Ahhh, I love Memoirs of a Geisha! The film is awesome too.

I just read The Little Prince, the children's story, on a whim whilst I was waiting for my mum to come home. I swear it's one of those books that no matter how old you are every time you read it it holds a new charm.


They are both so good~

And The Little Prince! That is such a good story. I have the deluxe unabridged popup book, it is the best thing in the world.

Right now I think I'm going to keep rereading the His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman.
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