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Topic: Dry Spell - Blast Me Out of It, Y'all!!
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What rattled you cage lately? I can't settle down on a book. Everything's feeling kinda flat. Everything that really piques my interest seems to wishlisted up the ying-yang. So what was you latest knock-your-socks off read? (open to all genres) Lay it on me. |
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Ugh, I feel your pain. I've felt like that all year..... Just some older ones, in case you haven't read any of them....
I loved all of these books.... Of course, I just looked and they're all wishlisted, but not with a bazillion wishers.
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Everything by Pat Conroy. Especially The Prince of Tides. |
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Try a different genre from what you usually read. That worked for me.... Graceling by Kristin Cashore - YA fantasy Facade by Zahra Owens - M/M Erotica A Game of Dress-Up by Elliot Mabeuse - M/F Erotica Rot & Ruin by Jonathon Maberry - YA Dystopian - Zombies! Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, Bk 1) by Ilona Andrews - Urban Fantasy reads like Paranormal Truthseeker bt C.E.Murphy - UF read like Fantasy Catching Fire (Hunger Games, Bk 2) by Suzanne Collins - YA Dystopian Some Girls Bite (Chicagoland Vampires, Bk 1) by Chloe Neill - UF/PnR Unwind by Neal Shusterman - YA SciFi My personal favorites from these? Truthseeker and Unwind. Both are books that have stayed with me long after I finished reading them. Both are also books I had offered in a game here, mailed off, then purchased my own copy for my keeper shelf. I don't do that very often... |
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Like Cindy said; change-up genres that should help. -RD |
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I went back over what I have read this past year and pulled the ones that I remember really kept me up nights reading: I see you like dogs, The Art of Racing in the Rain and A Dog's Purpose were great. People of the Book; Moloka’i or Honolulu by Alan Brennert, Mistress in the Art of Death, Austinland by Shannon Hale - really fun book, A Dark Dividing was good. I really couldn't stop reading all three of the Hunger Games. And most recently - Sarah's Key Last Edited on: 11/30/11 7:29 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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Rules of Civility by Amor Towles |
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Oldies but goodies: Hawaii by James Michner - loved this one. I've read it several times Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut - odd, but then all his stuff is a little odd. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck - it's Steinbeck.....they're all good! Monkeewrench (Monkeewrench, Bk 1) by P. J. Tracy - whole series is great! Heartsick (Archie and Gretchen, Bk 1) by Chelsea Cain - female serial killer. See, women can do it too! One of the few Mystery/Thrillers I keep up with
I'm sure there is much more - but these are all available to order in the system, so you could have your own copy quickly! |
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Oh, I'm excited - thanks for the suggestions (I'm off to check some of them out). You all are fab-you-lous! I appreciate your time and trouble, I'm stoked. Last Edited on: 12/2/11 6:09 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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I just thought about another one..... "The Spellman Files" by Lisa Lutz. It's an absolutely ridiculous and funny book about a family of private detectives. It was a pleasant diversion for me after I'd had a long spell of really bad books. |
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I too have had quite a year of terrible books. So I did what some of the others have suggested an read books I probably would have bypassed. I am very thankful for having done so because I was starting to forget what it felt like to read a book I couldn't put down! Some of them were: The Rising by Brian Keene (The City of the Dead was good as well but the first broke me from my dry spell!) Needful Things by Stephen King |
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Craig Johnson's series...even if you don't like mysteries, he is such an awesome writer. |
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I see you have Crooked Letter Crooked Letter on your wishlist. That was one of my favorites this year. You might also like A Single Shot by Matthew F Jones. It's kind of a backwoods thriller type book. I just finished it and thought it was really good, also one of my favs from this year. |
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street tough reading>> Black Flies --by-- Shannon Burke cute & fun>> Ella Minnow Pea --by-- Mark Dunn elephant story ?>> Hannahs Dream --by-- Diane Hammond funny memoir>> Dark At the Roots --by-- Sarah Thyre feel good book>> The Richest Season --by-- Maryann McFadden
of course we could go on and on and on and on etc |
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I thought I'd share a couple of good ones that I've read recently. In no particular order: The Abortionist's Daughter, by Elisabeth Hyde A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah Oxygen, by Carol Casella
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I was really feeling the need for a good fiction read, something I could really get lost in. Stephen King has been filling that need for me the last couple of weeks. 11/22/63 is excellent, and I also enjoyed Duma Key. |
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