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Old 10-12-2009, 08:58 PM   #1
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Hey! What's the most RECENT ebook you bought?
I just now bought "Shantaram," by David Gregory Roberts, available from Amazon. This is a HUGE adventure novel that will soon be released as a movie.

I refuse to read it, though, until I finish "Lords of Discipline," by Pat Conroy.
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Old 10-12-2009, 09:02 PM   #2
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Laugh Lines by Ben Bova
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My most recent single book purchase was Verdant Skies by Steve Jordan.
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Old 10-12-2009, 09:04 PM   #3
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"Zombie Raccoons and Killer Bunnies" - a compilation of SS with alien/possessed/zombie animals as the protagonist - couldn't resist the title. Everything from Super Squirrels to alien bats. Fun fast read.
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Old 10-12-2009, 09:24 PM   #4
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Man this place makes me feel boring. I just bought Rapt by Winnifred Gallagher (I'm obsessed with consciousness) and - God, this is embarrassing - Mackenzie Phillips's memoir High on Arrival. So far its really terrible and I deserve that.
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Old 10-12-2009, 09:27 PM   #5
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Most recently I bought _Flashforward_ the MRBC book selection for October.

My next purchase will probably be _Gibraltar Stars_ cause I read the first two so long again and can't wait to see how it ends. Then, I will probably buy _The Pillars of the Earth_ FTW.

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Old 10-12-2009, 09:55 PM   #6
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"Zombie Raccoons and Killer Bunnies" - a compilation of SS with alien/possessed/zombie animals as the protagonist - couldn't resist the title. Everything from Super Squirrels to alien bats. Fun fast read.
This is my kind of nonsense.

From whom did you buy it? ADDED: Just found it on Amazon. This looks wonderful !




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Old 10-12-2009, 10:04 PM   #7
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Today I purchased The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett for the Barnes & Noble eReader (for PC). It's my first experience with both Pratchett and the B&N eReader. Several folks here at MobileRead Forms had suggested Pratchett to me as a writer very much in the vein of the late Douglas Adams. It was wayspooled who suggested The Color of Magic.
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Old 10-12-2009, 10:48 PM   #8
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Old 10-12-2009, 10:48 PM   #9
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Hrmm, I bought a few but my mind is drawing a blank. I know I bought "Guinea Pig Diaries" by A.J. Jacobs, "A Wicked Lord at the Wedding" by Jillian Hunter...Oh and I got that Women Sleuth's bundle (great deal, 3 books for $6!), oh and "The Earl Claims his Wife" by Cathy Maxwell. I feel like there was something else...

I also (at the same time) got some books from MR, but since I didn't buy them I won't post them here
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Old 10-12-2009, 11:38 PM   #10
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Old 10-13-2009, 01:15 AM   #11
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Ten Little New Yorkers by Kinky Friedman.
I've got 10 or so of the Kinkster's earlier novels to read before I get to that one. Unfortunately most are only available as tree-books. I'm currently reading Greenwich Killing Time.
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Old 10-13-2009, 03:09 AM   #12
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Having previously read 'Refuge', I recently downloaded everything else from Richard Herley's site.
I made a donation for them so I guess that could count as a purchase.
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Old 10-13-2009, 05:06 AM   #13
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Old 10-13-2009, 06:25 AM   #14
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I have read Black Titan - The story of A.G Gaston in teh last week. Fantastic biography of one of America's first Black millionaires. Its set against teh backdrop of much of America's modern History - WW1 & 2, The civil rights movement etc. Fascinating book with many great business and life lessons.

I also read The Dark Tide by Andrew Gross who is one of James Pattersons regular co-authors. it's very much along pattersons lines - a rip-roaring roller coaster of a thriller. Well written and compelling stuff, although,will I remember it in six months? Probably not. Good read though, especially for 10$!
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