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ffm172 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 04:46 AM
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what is/are your favorite book/s
mine are "Room with a view" by E.M. Foster. I also like "The Grass Dancer" by Susan Power. Another one is "Stiller" by Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
There are many more but those are the ones I read more than once.
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 04:49 AM
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1. You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you.............

Oh books? "Huckleberry Finn", Mark Twain. "The Stand," Stephan King.
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mahina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 04:52 AM
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2. The Red Tent, Anita Diamant, and anything by Bill Bryson,
especially A Walk in the Park.
I laugh just thinking about it.
Also Blue Latitudes was great, about tracking Capt Cook;s voyage around the Pacific in modern times. Hilarious, brilliant.
Laughter helps.
The Red Tent is unlike those, more of a dear friend you say goodbye to at its end.
Selah.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 05:11 AM
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3. James Herriot books
Scottish veterinarian
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ffm172 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 05:22 AM
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4. never heard of those
but sounds interesting. I like books which play in Scotland. Do you know the mystery serie by Ian Rankin?
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 07:08 PM
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7. no but I like mysteries
and am always looking for referrals. I will check out Mr. Rankin! James Herriot was real-life vet Alf Wight; check out his book All Creatures Great and Small and if you like that, then continue with the series!
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Racenut20 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 06:37 AM
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5. "My Pet Goat" is popular in Sarasota, home of Katherine.
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11 Bravo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 07:35 AM
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6. Harper Lee, "To Kill a Mockingbird".
I still can't get over the fact that "Mockingbird" was her first book!
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 07:13 PM
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8. Seconding "To Kill A Mockingbird."
Also these here...

Valley Of The Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

The Love Of Elspeth Baker by Myron S. Kaufmann

It and Insomnia, both by Stephen King

The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank (and others) by Erma Bombeck

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

The Sentinel and The Guardian, both by Jeffrey Konvitz

GWTW by Margaret Mitchell

There are others too, and also several true crime books and urban legend reference books.
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 07:13 PM
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9. Blue Highways
William Least Heat Moon.

Great book, side-splittingly funny at times.
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two gun sid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-25-05 07:17 PM
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10. Many, many books I've enjoyed....
Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas By Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
The Seasons of a Fisherman by Roderick Haig-Brown
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