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Re: Books you just read discussion
[Re: ginaitaliangirl]
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11/16/08 07:35 AM
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SC
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SB, I don't think I told you, I finally read through The Green Mile! And of course, cried my eyes out. I watched the movie afterwards and cried some more. Great story, isn't it?
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Re: Books you just read discussion
[Re: Yogi Barrabbas]
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11/17/08 12:53 PM
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Palm Bay, Florida
Santino Brasi
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The Don's Official Sooth Sayer
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That book reminds me of an old UK advert for the Yellow Pages! I know, it was a Joke, Check out my post in the the Commercials that make you ROFL thread, http://www.gangsterbb.net/threads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=520531#Post520531
 He - (Simón Bolívar) - was shaken by the overwhelming revelation that the headlong race between his misfortunes and his dreams was at that moment reaching the finishing line. The rest was darkness. "Damn it," He sighed. "How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" So what’s the labyrinth? That’s the mystery isn’t it? Is the labyrinth living or dying? Which is he trying to escape - the world, or, the end of it?
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Re: Books you just read discussion
[Re: Sicilian Babe]
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11/17/08 02:25 PM
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With Geary in Fredo's Brothel
dontomasso
Consigliere to the Stars
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Consigliere to the Stars
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With Geary in Fredo's Brothel
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Didn't Lehane write Mystic River? I saw that there was a new book. Glad I didn't pick it up.
He did, and I was so eager to get this one I pre ordered it from Amazon. Huge disapointment IMHO
"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"
"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."
"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."
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Re: Books you just read discussion
[Re: olivant]
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11/17/08 03:20 PM
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Palm Bay, Florida
Santino Brasi
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Why do I have a feeling this will end up in a Twilight discussion?
He - (Simón Bolívar) - was shaken by the overwhelming revelation that the headlong race between his misfortunes and his dreams was at that moment reaching the finishing line. The rest was darkness. "Damn it," He sighed. "How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" So what’s the labyrinth? That’s the mystery isn’t it? Is the labyrinth living or dying? Which is he trying to escape - the world, or, the end of it?
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Re: Books you just read discussion
[Re: olivant]
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11/17/08 04:38 PM
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With Geary in Fredo's Brothel
dontomasso
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Are any Board members into Vampire literature? Never read any of the bloddy stuff.
"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"
"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."
"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."
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Re: Books you just read discussion
[Re: Sicilian Babe]
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11/19/08 07:01 PM
11/19/08 07:01 PM
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK
Yogi Barrabbas
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The only vampire book I ever read was King's 'Salem's Lot. It was the first book of his I ever read, and it scared the bejesus out of me. Me too! He was at his best back then! Salems Lot,The Shining,Carrie,The Stand,Christine et al
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!
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Re: Books you just read discussion
[Re: Yogi Barrabbas]
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11/19/08 07:10 PM
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MI
Lilo
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Read a few Anne Rice books,never read any Lumley books. Apparently he is from my neck of the woods. Lumley is the KING as far as I'm concerned.  His writing is about a 180 degrees opposite from Anne Rice. Don't get me wrong, I think Anne Rice is an excellent writer. But Lumley is much more my cup of tea for vampire writing. His vampires are much more ..vibrant. for lack of a better word. If Anne Rice's writing is like a romance novel, Lumley's writing is splatterpunk. Lumley's one of those rare writers who builds on those that came before (King, Koontz, Lovecraft) and still creates something really original.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Re: Books you just read discussion
[Re: Longneck]
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11/28/08 06:06 PM
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Brwne Byte
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Re: Books you just read discussion
[Re: Yogi Barrabbas]
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12/07/08 02:25 PM
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pizzaboy
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The Fuckin Doctor
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PB, i have James Grippando on my to read list.What do you make of him?
I think he's better than Grisham, Yogi. If you decide to take on his Jack Swyteck series of courtroom dramas, be sure to start at the beginning. The first book in the series is THE PARDON, and it's still very much in print in paperback. Some series don't need to be read in order, but in my opinion, this one does. You get to know Jack's history and a lot about his father, who is a large presence in many of the novels. They're all good, plus they take place in Florida, which is really cool on a freezing cold day like today! 
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
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Re: Books you just read discussion
[Re: Don Sicilia]
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12/08/08 12:20 PM
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Yogi Barrabbas
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Just finished The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. Great book - funny and depressing at the same time. funnily enough i saw a review of this at the week-end in some paper or other. Somebody was recommending it and had put it in their book of the year list. ANOTHER one on the "to read list" 
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!
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Re: Books you just read discussion
[Re: Yogi Barrabbas]
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12/12/08 02:25 AM
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Folsom Prison
DonFerro55
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I just finaished Papa Hemingway and Kitchen Confidential. Before I get all the Anthony Bourdain people smelling my ass (he's good), can you really believe all that is true? He loves Hunter S. Thompson! He must lie.
Also read Jack Handey's "What I'd Say To The Martians" and Ian Frazier's "lamnations of the father". Both great. Anyone read them?
Ferro (Doc)
P.S. I've read way too many books. Will talk about more soon.
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And you liar, teller of tall tales: you trample all the Lord's commandments underfoot, you murder, steal, commit adultery, and afterward break into tears, beat your breast, take down your guitar and turn sin into a song. Shrewd devil, you know very well that God pardons singers no matter what they do, because he can simply die for a song.
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