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    Best place to read

    I read anywhere and everywhere except in the car -- as I suffer from motion sickness. But the ideal place is in my living room, on the sofa, the balcony doors are open and it is raining heavily. Delicious.
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    Books that have made you cry?

    The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene The buildup of the story ending in utter despair is just too much.
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    Recently Purchased/Borrowed

    my 2nd hand bookshop finds for today, all in the name of guilty pleasure: The Master of Rain by Tom Bradby Double Whammy by Carl Hiassen The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly Vanished by Joseph Finder
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    The first sentence in the book you're reading

    On the morning of January 6, two hours before dawn, a man named Robert Clinch rolled out of bed and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. Double Whammy by Carl Hiassen
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    Tom Bradby: Master of Rain

    Was at the 2nd hand bookshop today and came across this book. Had to buy it after remembering this post. The first few pages had me hooked. Thanks again for another great recommendation.
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    another dr. siri novel

    Ooh I just came across the Dr. Siri series today for the first time. Should have gone with my instincts and purchased the first. . . Thanks for reminding me.
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    James Lee Burke: The Glass Rainbow

    Thanks for this. I've wanted to read Burke for a long time now but was never sure where to begin.
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    Books you have bought but haven't read yet

    The City of Falling Angels John Berendt The Secret History Donna Tartt Proud To Be A Mammal Czeslaw Milosz The Tin Roof Blowdown James Lee Burke plus some 73 other titles . . .
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    the books that changed your life!

    Edward Albee Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Tennessee Williams Night of the Iguana Truman Capote's Music for Cameleons F Scott Fitzgerald Tender is the Night
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    Scariest Book Ever?

    Capote's In Cold Blood disturbed me to the core. Reading Michael Gruber's Tropic of Night while pregnant was no easy feat either. Had to really talk myself into going to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
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    R.J Ellory, anyone?

    I'm also curious whether anyone has read Ellory. Just bought A Quiet Belief in Angels after having heard good things about him. Didn't he win crime novel of the year award for A Simple Act of Violence?
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    Where are you? (in the book you are reading) - please read 1st post

    in gritty LA, 1980's, posing as an ex alcoholic - ex-cop turned PI. At the moment I'm cruising the streets with my latest client: an overweight, racist, pro- Nazi caddy.
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    Children's Books you still love to read today.

    Harold and the Purple Crayon The Tiger Who Came to Tea Anything by Susan Cooper & Arthur Ransome Just discovered Goodnight, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian -- a real tearjerker
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