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    Quote Originally Posted by Raziel View Post
    Neverwhere or Stardust.
    Read American Gods first, if you have read it go with Neverwhere. Both are good, but I really like The Graveyard Book better than either one of those. The last good novel he's written IMHO. There's not really any adult language or adult situations other than the mother, father and sister of the main character are murdered by a knife wielding intruder in the first chapter. It's content is written as more of a young teen, tween book, but it's still a great story.

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    Terry Pratchet (Author of Diskworld, and Good Omens with Neil Gaiman) has passed away.
    This post slipped by me. Yeah, I read headlines off my phone. I was very sad to hear that. The only thing I've read by Pratchet is Good Omens. Would you recommend Diskworld?

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    "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

    "Big Little Lies" by Liane Moriarty

    Both are thrillers with interesting women as the central characters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elektra Luxx View Post
    This post slipped by me. Yeah, I read headlines off my phone. I was very sad to hear that. The only thing I've read by Pratchet is Good Omens. Would you recommend Diskworld?
    Diskworld is very good. However, the series changes quite a lot as it progresses, reading the books in their publication order is not necessarily best.

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    The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty. I love this book. Read it!

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    The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker. It's bloody amazing and such a big eye opener for me @[email protected]

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    The "If I Break" series, which I think is only available via kindle. I recommend it hesitantly, as the books definetly need editing, but it is good chick lit and the first book is free and the rest are really cheap. There's 4 books total and I read them all this weekend.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elektra Luxx View Post
    I love Neil Gaiman, but it seems like he hasn't written a real novel since The Graveyard Book.
    Haven't read Gaiman yet, but this alone makes me want to give him a try:



    One of my best friends form high school can read a book in one night and completely understand it, talked about it. She has amazing concentration skills.
    I envy this so much. Every time I sit down to read, I get through about two pages before I'm distracted, usually because a cat is up to something. My concentration is so poor that it's taken me forty-five minutes just to write this!

    After finishing "The Shining," I think I need a break from King. I was going to start either "It" or "The Stand" next, but those would take me forever. Instead, I'm reading "Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage."

    Went to a used book sale today where I got a stack of classics ("Frankenstein," "Animal Farm," "The Old Man and the Sea," and so on) for a quarter each. If only I could find a nice, quite place...

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    Quote Originally Posted by R-209 View Post
    Went to a used book sale today where I got a stack of classics ("Frankenstein," "Animal Farm," "The Old Man and the Sea," and so on) for a quarter each. If only I could find a nice, quite place...
    "Frankenstein" and "The Old Man and the Sea" are two of my favorite books. I have terrible time concentrating too unless I'm taking my ADD medication. You might try audiobooks.

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    ^^ I'd been thinking about listening to some audiobooks during my workout. I'm surprised that there are so many popular titles right on YouTube. I wonder why the lawyers don't pounce?

    I think I'll go with "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" since I haven't read it since I was a kid.

    "Infinite Jest" is on there, too. It's like sixty hours.

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    Quote Originally Posted by R-209 View Post
    I think I'll go with "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" since I haven't read it since I was a kid.
    I've never read "Infinite Jest", but I've read "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". That's a very good book.

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    currently finishing High A Party Girls Guide To Peace by Tara Bliss , it's on amazon and worth the read if you are into that sorta thing .

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    Quote Originally Posted by R-209 View Post
    ^^ I'd been thinking about listening to some audiobooks during my workout. I'm surprised that there are so many popular titles right on YouTube. I wonder why the lawyers don't pounce?

    I think I'll go with "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" since I haven't read it since I was a kid.

    "Infinite Jest" is on there, too. It's like sixty hours.
    Okay, I tried Infinite Jest and I don't get it. If you finish listening to it, plz explain it to me.

    I read Gerald's Game by Stephen King yesterday. As in the entire thing. I now understand precisely why Mr. King has been so successful as a horror writer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elektra Luxx View Post
    "Frankenstein" and "The Old Man and the Sea" are two of my favorite books. I have terrible time concentrating too unless I'm taking my ADD medication. You might try audiobooks.
    Frankenstein is actually considered the first Science Fiction novel. Sci-Fi was actually created by a woman, yet that never gets mentioned. I wonder why?

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    Quote Originally Posted by kaninchen View Post
    Okay, I tried Infinite Jest and I don't get it. If you finish listening to it, plz explain it to me.
    I read Gerald's Game by Stephen King yesterday. As in the entire thing. I now understand precisely why Mr. King has been so successful as a horror writer.
    Haven't quite tackled "Infinite Jest;" I've just heard that it is notoriously long and complicated. "Gerald's Game" is actually in my "to read" stack (I wish I had the concentration to finish a whole book in a day!). One thing I've noticed about King is how good he is with the non-horror parts of his work. "Christine" doesn't do anything supernatural or horrific until about halfway through the book. But the characters are interesting on their own and King makes otherwise everyday interactions and events compelling.

    I'm still listening to the audio of "Hitchhiker's Guide" while exercising and am wondering if Mr. Jingles from "The Green Mile" was actually a hyper-intelligent, pan-dimensional being sent to conduct experiments on humans.

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    I'm listening to Star Wars: Dark Force Rising, the second book in the Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn. So far pretty good. I downloaded it from Audible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elektra Luxx View Post
    I'm listening to Star Wars: Dark Force Rising, the second book in the Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn. So far pretty good. I downloaded it from Audible.
    I just might start that series once I'm done with the Hitchhiker's audiobooks. I read the Zahn trilogy when it first came out but don't remember too much other than Thrawn being a better villain than anyone from the prequels. Speaking of HHGTTG... someone wrote a sixth book after Adams died?! In 2009?! And I didn't know about it until now?! I'm curious, but reviews seem to be... mixed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elektra Luxx View Post
    I'm listening to Star Wars: Dark Force Rising, the second book in the Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn. So far pretty good. I downloaded it from Audible.
    On Audio? I read those when the first came out- Mara Jade baby, its all coming up Mara Jade.
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    Elektra, did you enjoy Good Omens? A copy almost literally jumped at me from a thrift store shelf today, so I picked it up.

    Also, I'd been looking for King's Different Seasons for a while, mostly for The Shawshank Redemption. Then I found three in one day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by R-209 View Post
    Elektra, did you enjoy Good Omens? A copy almost literally jumped at me from a thrift store shelf today, so I picked it up.
    Oh yes, I love Good Omens, it's so funny. I think you'll love it. Read the first 3 or 4 chapters and let me know what you think.
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    I loved the 2nd book. So exciting and such a great story. Just downloaded the 3rd audio-book in the Thrawn Trilogy from Audible, Star Wars: The Last Command by Timothy Zahn.

    Mara Jade baby!!! Does she survive? I can't wait to see how it ends.

    Hey Flickdreams, what Star Wars series do you recommend next?

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    ^ i stopped reading the StarWars series after that... I got the shits that what I was reading might not be 'real' (as in the version that Lucasfilm would run with)- but now I'm in the age of Game of Thrones, where the film series has overtaken the books, plus, I'm finally mellowing So open to suggestions. I think I will wait for the new StarWars films with the kids of the originals.

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