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The heading says it!
At present I am reading the new Brenden DuBois book "6 Days" published recently in Great Britain and Ireland.
Our Water Street Bookstore got a bunch of copies from the UK and I snagged one as he is a super writer.
(Disclaimer : The fact that he lives in a neighboring town and that we used to work for the same newspaper group has nothing to do with the selection. John Irving lives nearby too, and I prefer DuBois!
It's a good book!
I'll whip through "6 Days" as it's a real page-turner sooooo .... any suggestions for more summer reading fare?
No silly Hollywood gossip stories please!
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wow dominatrixes: I'll whip through "6 Days..." How many days you think it'll take you?  I work in a bookstore. Give me an idea of what you like besides B DB and our lovely Lilian J. Braun. Right now I'm reading "The Wind Done Gone" - the almost-famous parody of "Gone With the Wind" - and "Bridget Jones' Diary." Next I'll go to D. Brock's "If I Never Get Back" - a sort of fantasy/sci-fi baseball tale, that Faldage gave me. BTW, I hear G. Godwin's "Heart" and A. Dubus's "House of Sand and Fog" are good.
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I just finished LOST IN TRANSLATION by Nicole Mones,an historical novel about the loss of Peking Man. Pretty good stuff, linking Pierre Tailhard DeChardin's archaeological and philosophic works with a well-told, if hackneyed, storyline.
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>"House of Sand and Fog"
4 words: dark, tragic, Oprah's bookclub
I'm currently reading Le Carré's The Constant Gardener. these days, in lieu of spies, he's tilting at unrestrained capitalism.
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In reply to:
I'm currently reading Le Carré's The Constant Gardener. these days, in lieu of spies, he's tilting at unrestrained capitalism
I bought that book, and while I didn't hate it, I found it possible to put down. And one afternoon I put it down and never picked it back up.
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"Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates" by Tom Robbins is out in paperback. I am a huge fan of his writing and love this book. I originally bought this on cassette and listened to it from my hammock in Tulum, Mexico last February. He had me spitting right along with Switters! If all you know of this man's books is "Sometimes Even Cowgirls Get the Blues", it's time to give him another try.
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Re "6 Days"
How many days you think it'll take you?
This afternoon and tomorrow should see me through! Got sidetracked yesterday and had to stop for the day Grrrrr.
I work in a bookstore. Give me an idea of what you like besides B DB and our lovely Lilian J. Braun.
Finished P.D. James "Death In Holy Orders" another great addition to her Dalgliesh series and in this one the start of a "love interest" for the intrepid DCI.
PD now 80-years-old! Can we hope for one more or will she leave us wondering?
Summer is my Fiction Season. Nothing serious and Oprah's book club doesn't appeal as the books have been mostly been about life transitions for the young adults (younger than I, anyway) and I've done all that!
Mysteries appeal. Especially if well written. I'm racking my brain afor the title of the mysteries featuring the older woman, retired ad exec, who moves to English village and keeps getting embroiled in mysteries all the while pining for the handsome, elusive fellow who lives next door.
Stories set in Hawaii, about Hawaiians are a favorite -- Have you read "Shark Dialogues" by Kiana Davenport?
This give you any ideas?
Thank you all for suggestions so far ... I am making a list ... keep 'em coming!
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Well, my current reading list will take a little longer than the summer. I combined the "best novels of the twentieth century" lists at http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100best/novels.html into one list that has 175 books on it that I figure I'll be able to finish before I retire. And this doesn't even include the great books from before the 20th century that I'll have to read. I'm currently reading Atlas Shrugged, which I find very interesting, but I'm sure most of you have already read it because it's a classic. Excellent writing, compelling "mystery" and an interesting philosophy. Then again, I probably shouldn't even mention it because of the tilt this board has toward the left. 
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I'm currently reading Atlas Shrugged, which I find very interesting, but I'm sure most of you have already read it because it's a classic. Excellent writing, compelling "mystery" and an interesting philosophy. Then again, I probably shouldn't even mention it because of the tilt this board has toward the left. Read Das Kapital yet, JazzO?
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Read Das Kapital yet, JazzO?Not yet. I'll have to wait a while for that. I'm not sure I can handle two diametrically opposed philosophies in such a short period. Is it a good book, though?
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