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We don't do the book club anymore but I need some new books to read, and past experiences have shown that you guys have very good taste. So, what's your favorite or what are you reading at the moment? 



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I haven't started reading it, yet, but I recently downloaded "Unexpected Grace". It's about a woman recovering from an abusive relationship who is not a dog person but takes a dog that was rescued from an abusive home, and the book is about how they help each other recover.

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I recently finished The Butterfly Garden. It was a a very creepy story, I liked it.

I got about 70% through The Light Between Oceans last night. Despite great reviews, I did not like it and refuse to finish it. I could not sleep after deciding to put it down. It was an emotional whirlwind that was too much for me.

Um, what else...Ooh, Harry Potter and The Cursed Child. I felt pretty neutral about it. I think I would have enjoyed it much more as a play, but I would have been disappointed if I didn't get the chance to read it at all.

I think I am going to read It Ends With Us next. I'm not sure exactly what it's about, but I hear it is really good, and not to read reviews because the book is different than what it seems and spoilers would put a damper on that.

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NAOW wrote:

I recently finished The Butterfly Garden. It was a a very creepy story, I liked it.

I got about 70% through The Light Between Oceans last night. Despite great reviews, I did not like it and refuse to finish it. I could not sleep after deciding to put it down. It was an emotional whirlwind that was too much for me.

Um, what else...Ooh, Harry Potter and The Cursed Child. I felt pretty neutral about it. I think I would have enjoyed it much more as a play, but I would have been disappointed if I didn't get the chance to read it at all.

I think I am going to read It Ends With Us next. I'm not sure exactly what it's about, but I hear it is really good, and not to read reviews because the book is different than what it seems and spoilers would put a damper on that.


OMG!!!!  I downloaded that last night!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

I like psychological thrillers.

If I gave you the name of my favorite book, y'all would probably disown me.  I like terror and gore...



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I'm reading All is not Forgotten by Wendy Walker. It is first book & good. A teenage girl in a New England town gets raped & they give her a new drug that will make her forget it happened. It is told from her Psychiatrist's perspective which took me a few chapters to adjust to. I read about half of it on Sunday so it is a page turner.

I also have been reading Brad Thor's Scot Harvath series & really like them. The first one was sort of funny in that the author felt like he needed to remind us every few pages that the character was ex Navy SEAL. The later ones are much better.

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Ohfour wrote:
NAOW wrote:

I recently finished The Butterfly Garden. It was a a very creepy story, I liked it.

I got about 70% through The Light Between Oceans last night. Despite great reviews, I did not like it and refuse to finish it. I could not sleep after deciding to put it down. It was an emotional whirlwind that was too much for me.

Um, what else...Ooh, Harry Potter and The Cursed Child. I felt pretty neutral about it. I think I would have enjoyed it much more as a play, but I would have been disappointed if I didn't get the chance to read it at all.

I think I am going to read It Ends With Us next. I'm not sure exactly what it's about, but I hear it is really good, and not to read reviews because the book is different than what it seems and spoilers would put a damper on that.


OMG!!!!  I downloaded that last night!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

I like psychological thrillers.

If I gave you the name of my favorite book, y'all would probably disown me.  I like terror and gore...


So do I.  No romance novels for me. 



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I need to find a new book as well.


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Ohfour wrote:
NAOW wrote:

I recently finished The Butterfly Garden. It was a a very creepy story, I liked it.

I got about 70% through The Light Between Oceans last night. Despite great reviews, I did not like it and refuse to finish it. I could not sleep after deciding to put it down. It was an emotional whirlwind that was too much for me.

Um, what else...Ooh, Harry Potter and The Cursed Child. I felt pretty neutral about it. I think I would have enjoyed it much more as a play, but I would have been disappointed if I didn't get the chance to read it at all.

I think I am going to read It Ends With Us next. I'm not sure exactly what it's about, but I hear it is really good, and not to read reviews because the book is different than what it seems and spoilers would put a damper on that.


OMG!!!!  I downloaded that last night!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

I like psychological thrillers.

If I gave you the name of my favorite book, y'all would probably disown me.  I like terror and gore...


 Not me.  Love that stuff. 



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Lawyerlady wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
NAOW wrote:

I recently finished The Butterfly Garden. It was a a very creepy story, I liked it.

I got about 70% through The Light Between Oceans last night. Despite great reviews, I did not like it and refuse to finish it. I could not sleep after deciding to put it down. It was an emotional whirlwind that was too much for me.

Um, what else...Ooh, Harry Potter and The Cursed Child. I felt pretty neutral about it. I think I would have enjoyed it much more as a play, but I would have been disappointed if I didn't get the chance to read it at all.

I think I am going to read It Ends With Us next. I'm not sure exactly what it's about, but I hear it is really good, and not to read reviews because the book is different than what it seems and spoilers would put a damper on that.


OMG!!!!  I downloaded that last night!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

I like psychological thrillers.

If I gave you the name of my favorite book, y'all would probably disown me.  I like terror and gore...


 Not me.  Love that stuff. 


 Seriously. 

We watch horror movies on Christmas eve as a family tradition. 

 



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Trapped by Jack Kilborn.

Total mind fvck...

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I'll look for it.

I have a stack of books to read, I just can't seem to focus lately.


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Ohfour wrote:

Trapped by Jack Kilborn.

Total mind fvck...


 Wow.  Just went to read about the book.  Did you know the publisher refused to publish the first version?  He had to re-write it.  But, if you buy the digital version, he includes the unpublished, original work. 



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I will have to remember to get this next time I order books.

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Lawyerlady wrote:
Ohfour wrote:

Trapped by Jack Kilborn.

Total mind fvck...


 Wow.  Just went to read about the book.  Did you know the publisher refused to publish the first version?  He had to re-write it.  But, if you buy the digital version, he includes the unpublished, original work. 


Yes, yes he does.

But I didn't know that.  So I was 50% through the book and thought it had more 50% more.  I was pumped!  Turns out, it was the beginning of the original book.  Read both versions in about 3 days...



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And then there is the Jacqueline Daniels series.

Read 8 of them in about 8 weeks. Co-written by the same guy that wrote Trapped.

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www.jakonrath.com/horror.php

I've read ALL of his books. Konrath and Kilborn are the same guy. He writes a lot with Blake Crouch (Wayward Pines author).

I've read all of Crouch too. Just finished up one called Last Call. That's the latest in the Jack Daniels series.

His latest book is called Webcam. I downloaded and started it Sunday. But I'm going to have to table that one for a little while. It's about a guy killing prostitutes and with what is going on in my life, I can't stomach that right now.

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Ohfour wrote:
NAOW wrote:

I recently finished The Butterfly Garden. It was a a very creepy story, I liked it.

I got about 70% through The Light Between Oceans last night. Despite great reviews, I did not like it and refuse to finish it. I could not sleep after deciding to put it down. It was an emotional whirlwind that was too much for me.

Um, what else...Ooh, Harry Potter and The Cursed Child. I felt pretty neutral about it. I think I would have enjoyed it much more as a play, but I would have been disappointed if I didn't get the chance to read it at all.

I think I am going to read It Ends With Us next. I'm not sure exactly what it's about, but I hear it is really good, and not to read reviews because the book is different than what it seems and spoilers would put a damper on that.


OMG!!!!  I downloaded that last night!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

I like psychological thrillers.

If I gave you the name of my favorite book, y'all would probably disown me.  I like terror and gore...


 Um, Stephen King is my jam lol



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VetteGirl wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
NAOW wrote:

I recently finished The Butterfly Garden. It was a a very creepy story, I liked it.

I got about 70% through The Light Between Oceans last night. Despite great reviews, I did not like it and refuse to finish it. I could not sleep after deciding to put it down. It was an emotional whirlwind that was too much for me.

Um, what else...Ooh, Harry Potter and The Cursed Child. I felt pretty neutral about it. I think I would have enjoyed it much more as a play, but I would have been disappointed if I didn't get the chance to read it at all.

I think I am going to read It Ends With Us next. I'm not sure exactly what it's about, but I hear it is really good, and not to read reviews because the book is different than what it seems and spoilers would put a damper on that.


OMG!!!!  I downloaded that last night!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

I like psychological thrillers.

If I gave you the name of my favorite book, y'all would probably disown me.  I like terror and gore...


 Um, Stephen King is my jam lol


This guy makes Steven King look like Judy Blume...LOL! 



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I read a book about a serial killer who targeted adoptive moms and tortured them to death. VERY graphic. I'm not scared. I've read many horrible stories

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Vette have you Stephen King's new ones where he is trying his hand at detective novels? I think he does a very good job on that genre too. Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers & a third one I just bought but haven't read yet.

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I just ordered this:

 

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VetteGirl wrote:

I read a book about a serial killer who targeted adoptive moms and tortured them to death. VERY graphic. I'm not scared. I've read many horrible stories


Title?  biggrin 



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Nightly Visits by Stephen Helmes

If anyone reads it, let me know what you think.

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Ohfour wrote:
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I read a book about a serial killer who targeted adoptive moms and tortured them to death. VERY graphic. I'm not scared. I've read many horrible stories


Title?  biggrin 


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Y'all seem to be into the horror/ graphic stuff. You should read The Troop by Nick Cutter.
It was the best written and most horrible book I've read lately.
Another good one is The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood.

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 I've heard the author speak several times about his findings.  It should be a must read before anyone is allowed to vote.



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I started I am Malala while on vacation. I was kept way too busy to read. Need a beach w/e to read!

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Don't get me wrong I love anything, I love thrillers and heartwarming and I loooove fantasy of any kind

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I just posted a Mark Twain short story

 



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I don't think what I'm reading will help, you. But, I'm currently reading the owner's manual on a new piece of equipment my company wants me to sell to my clients. Pretty dry stuff. But you can't sell it if you don't know how it works.

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I just finished It Ends With Us. It was very different than what I thought it would be. I'm glad I didn't read the spoilers, it wouldn't have packed quite the same punch if I knew ahead of time.

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NAOW what was your book club book? I remember I really liked it

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The Book Thief? That was years ago though.

This last time it was A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, but we didn't get to it.

Not sure if there was another one..

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Rereading some old favorites.

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Rereading some old favorites.


 Ooh, like what?



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Next up- Stiff: The Curious lives of Human Cadavers

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Aaron brought home an interesting book.

The Principles and Practices of Embalming

Future mortician?

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The book thief! That was good

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Aaron brought home an interesting book.

The Principles and Practices of Embalming

Future mortician?


 Good money in that...



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Aaron brought home an interesting book.

The Principles and Practices of Embalming

Future mortician?


 Good money in that...


 And job security. 

 



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