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    The first sentence in the book you're reading

    Angharad's people met the witches the night they camped in Tiercaern, where the heather-backed Carawyn Hills flow down to the sea. Into The Green - Charles de Lint
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    Do you read series?

    I will read a series, but only if I have good reason to believe the author will finish it. ;)
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    What are you listening to Right now?

    Porcupine Tree Album: Lightbulb Sun Song: The Rest Will Flow
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    Recently Finished

    Dark Rivers of the Heart by Dean Koontz :stars4:
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    Suggest just one book to read.

    A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin
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    Recently Finished

    Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb :stars4:
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    Recently Purchased/Borrowed

    Actually, I have already read this book. I purchased the rough cut in February and wanted to also purchase the finished product. Here is a review of the book I wrote on amazon: This book says much about the human condition, especially about the relationship between parent and child. The...
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    Guilty Secrets

    There is no book I feel guilty about reading. Nor is there any book I feel guilty about not reading. I read for myself. I don't read to get other people's approval.
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    Who is your favourite author, and why?

    Here are some of my favorites so far. I still have more authors to discover. Ray Bradbury - his prose is so uniquely his own Mark Helprin - poetic prose that takes my breath away, and yet oddly easy to read Robin Hobb- for her sympathetic, believable characters and incredible word-building...
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    Top ten list - highest paid authors

    Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. Are you saying that the books mentioned don't deliberately appeal to the senses or emotions? Can art be objectively defined? Or is art defined subjectively? If a person's...
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    What books do you re-read and why?

    I re-read any books that I enjoyed the first time through. There is always something new to discover the second time around.
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    Bookshelf Quandary

    I went for the first option, but I am obsessive compulsive about the order of my books. Don't you be like me. ;)
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    Recently Purchased/Borrowed

    Sorry. That should read Keith Donohue, not Mark.
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    The Best albums for 2009, thus far

    Glad you liked what you heard so far. If you find you love this album (and I think you will), you MUST check out some of their others. The Incident is great, but in my opinion they have better. Deadwing, In Absentia, and Stupid Dream come to mind. If you like the heavier sound you would...
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    The Best albums for 2009, thus far

    The Incident by Porcupine Tree If you don't know who they are, you are missing out. Think Pink Floyd, Radiohead, a dash of heavy metal, a pinch of Coldplay, sometimes haunting melodies, excellent musicianship, and you get Porcupine Tree. :lol:
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    The first sentence in the book you're reading

    The White Prophet's premise seems simple. Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb
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    Recently Purchased/Borrowed

    Angels of Destruction by Mark Donohue Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
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    Recently Purchased/Borrowed

    Haunted - Chuck Palahniuk A Fraction of the Whole - Steve Toltz A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
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    Which books did you read in July?

    Figures of Earth - James Branch Cabell 4/5 Freddy and Fredericka - Mark Helprin 5/5 The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley 3/5 Angel of Darkness - Charles De Lint 2/5 The Pacific and Other Stories - Mark Helprin 4/5 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey 5/5
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    The first sentence in the book you're reading

    Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
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