or just finished?

I am reading 2 books at once at the moment. LOL. A Thin Dark Line by Tami Hoag, kind of a mystery-romance book...pretty good so far, just a slow read.....

and The Confident Woman by Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz...good book, kind of self-help but not in the talking down kind of way.

What's on your nightstand to read????

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First of all great thread Roxanne

I am also reading two at the moment (I usually do <--nerd)

I am reading The Hellfire Club by Peter Straub (This book has the best bad-guy Ive ever read)

I am also reading Son of A Circus by John Irving which I have just started.

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Thanks, Skip

This is my 100th post <looking around for balloons and fanfare> LOL!

You are not a nerd by reading 2 books at once, i do it all the time.

John Irving wrote "The World According to Garp" and "Hotel New Hampshire", if I am not mistaken, right?

I remember taking Hotel New Hampshire out of the public library and having the librarian act like i was doing something illegal. I was 16 at the time, but looked younger......ahhh, to have that happen again!! LOL

<I did get proofed last time I went out tho>

(giggles)

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well thanks and yes you are right about those being Irving books, My favorite of his is "The Fourth Hand"

and congrats on being proofed

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First of all Roxanne, absolutely terrific thread! A woman after my own heart. If reading two books at a time makes someone a nerd, I wonder what I must be since it's always two at once, if not more, for moi.

Right now I'm reading "When Christ and His Saints Slept" by Sharon Kay Penman...it's a historical fiction about England's past Queen Maude..

And "The Ill-Made Mute: The Bitterbynde Book I" by Cecilia Dart-Thornton....fantasy novel(my particular weakness).

John Iriving has written scads of wonderful books, the best of which(in my opinion) is "The World According to Garp". Some of his other good ones are "A Prayer for Owen Meany" and "The Cider House Rules".

Is there any particular author that you have to read absolutely every book that they have ever written?

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Now i will sound like a nerd, Authors that I have read everything of at least once: Stephen King, Dean Koontz, John Irving, Anne Rice, Tom Clancy, JRR Tolkien (Including his sons books), William Buckley jr., and more.

That is how i read, I find an Author and read all his/her books in chronological order.

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Great thread! Right now I am reading the Chronicals Of Narnia....I know I've read the whole thing at least five times, but I just can't get enough of it. It's an amazing series.

*Clint

clints right, (as usuall, damn i hate smart kids lol) I still reread that from time to time, never outgrow it.

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I too am an avid reader

reading 'Four Fires' by Bryce Courtenay (Power of One, Tandia are other well known titles) also 'The Shelter of Stone' by Jean Auel the latest and long awaited sequel in the Earth's Children' series, Clan of the Cave Bear, Valley of the Horses, The Mammoth Hunters and Plains of Passage, all of which I have read at least 3 times

I like historical fiction (or should that be hysterical LOL) like James Clavell 'Shogun'. I like Stephen King, the way he develops characters that you can identify with is great, but man what a scary imagination.

readin the Zen handbook for about the 78th time.

i read the tv guide....usually just to know what the date is

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I do the same if the author really hits me the right way. I love Tolkien..but there is one book I cannot seem to get through. The Silmarillion. I've tried to start it at least 5 times and come to a dead stop about 3 chapters in. Is it really worth digging in for the long haul Skip?

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I just started the Count of Monte Cristo -- its the book our book club has chosen ... we're taking August off from meeting, so it allows for us to read the 1000+ pages ..... I'm really enjoying this one!

Devillishgirl - Reading the Silmarillion all the way through is like reading the Bible (and this is exactly what Tolkien wanted it too be) I read an interview with one of his sons on it and he said that his dad wrote it just cause he wanted a beginning to middle earth.

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Besides reading children's books all day. I have started a new book on my own called The Millionaire Next Door. So far I have gotten a few nuggets of wisdom.
-Summer

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