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Kathleen04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 06:15 PM
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Great "one-sitting" books?
I'm looking for some book recommmendations..something both captivating enough and short enough that is readable in one sitting. :)
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Kerrytravelers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 06:19 PM
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1. Here are three:
The Virgin Suicied by Jeffery Euginedes, a great fiction book, and The Kidnapper by Robert Bloch.

For non-fiction, Jane Austen; The World of Her Novels by Deidre Le Faye
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 06:20 PM
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2. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
My ass was sore, but I read it in one sitting.
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Kathleen04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 06:33 PM
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5. Gotta admit
that I haven't actually read any of the Harry Potter books. :blush:
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 06:37 PM
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7. In that case
the first one isn't too long.
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usedtobesick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 06:39 PM
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9. all of the books were one sitting reads but
Edited on Sun Jul-31-05 06:39 PM by usedtobesick
you are right, your ass gets flat on one side...
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 06:42 PM
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10. I had to get up and walk around a bit
during HBP.
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usedtobesick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 06:48 PM
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13. I tris but I was staying on a 37 foot sailboat
and the water was too cold to swim in... so I just lived with the cramp. It was worth both parts. Sitting and staying
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 06:52 PM
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17. ah yes
I was sitting under a tree.

Sat under a tree for HBP too.

Good times, good times.
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Cocoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 06:26 PM
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3. The Dreyfuss Affair: A love story
a great little story about a gay romance between two major-league infielders. Very light, very funny, and pretty short.
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peacefreak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 06:31 PM
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4. My Pet Goat
nt
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Kathleen04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 06:35 PM
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6. I'm sure that's a great
book to read while sloughing off on one's responsibilities. ;)
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fleabert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 06:37 PM
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8. johnathan livingston seagull or siddhartha nt
Edited on Sun Jul-31-05 06:39 PM by fleabert
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 06:47 PM
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11. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 06:47 PM
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12. Death in the Afternoon
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 06:48 PM
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14. The Old Man and the Sea
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 06:48 PM
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15. This Side of Paradise
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 06:49 PM
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16. The Sun Also Rises
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puerco-bellies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 06:54 PM
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18. Cannery Row
“Cannery row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, nostalgia, a dream.”

Thus starts my favorite single sitting book.
P-B
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