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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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 Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:08 pm Post subject: Recommend a good book for me! |
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Okay, my winter vacation is coming up and besides writing, I want to read something for fun. What can you recommend to me?
What do I like? Mysteries, clues, the solution at the end, suspense, that sort of thing.
Thanks all. |
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periwinkle
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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I read true crime- pretty similar to mysteries. I recommend anything by Ann Rule.
All I can come up with is Sherlock Holmes in the mystery genre! ^^ |
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BreakfastInBed
Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Don't know if it's quite what you're after but I love Donna Tartt's The Secret History and can't recommend it enough. It's a mystery of sorts and I was completely absorbed. |
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The_Eyeball_Kid
Joined: 20 Jun 2007
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Anything by James Ellroy, particularly the LA quartet (The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential, White Jazz), American Tabloid and The Cold Six Thousand. His hard-boiled, telegraphic noir-ish argot takes some getting used to at first, but once you're in tune with it, it leaves you punch-drunk with pleasure.
Also, you can't go wrong with anything by Jake Arnott (The Long Firm, He Kills Coppers). |
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stevie rotten
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stevie rotten
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stevie rotten
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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stevie rotten
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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| I have just enjoyed the two dexter books. easy reading, but fun. 1st one is the same as tv but the second is very different. highly recommend |
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spirit2110
Joined: 06 Sep 2007
Location: I am with Dan Druff. Nice guy, you should meet him.
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| periwinkle wrote: |
I read true crime- pretty similar to mysteries. I recommend anything by Ann Rule.
All I can come up with is Sherlock Holmes in the mystery genre! ^^ |
I second that. Always entertaining, especially when you remember that what she is writing about actually happened! |
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periwinkle
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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Ha ha ha. Best post all week~ |
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butlerian
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:36 am Post subject: |
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| Anything by Dan Brown should be ok if you like that kind of thing. |
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The_Eyeball_Kid
Joined: 20 Jun 2007
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| butlerian wrote: |
| Anything by Dan Brown should be ok if you like that kind of thing. |
Or if you have a learning difficulty. |
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butlerian
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:38 am Post subject: |
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| The_Eyeball_Kid wrote: |
| butlerian wrote: |
| Anything by Dan Brown should be ok if you like that kind of thing. |
Or if you have a learning difficulty. |
Apologies, we're not all as smart as you, eyeball kid.  |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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A quick, fun, refreshingly odd read:
You won't regret it. I promise. |
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