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I have read all of the Cormac McCarthy books listed and thoroughly enjoyed them. Too bad Rowling wasn't a "U.S. author", I could have added all of hers to my list of books enjoyed.:p Blood Meridian Cormac McCarthy (1985) Border Trilogy Cormac McCarthy (1999) Review: 'Cities of...

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Thanks for the Memory - Bob Hope

You are absolutely correct Doug. It is important to get kids wanting to read and the way to do that is through books they enjoy. Once you get them into reading then you can guide them, but not force them, into different types of books.

"Me and My Shadow" - Whisperin' Jack Smith

Brother Can You Spare a Dime - Rudy Vallee :)

If I Didn't care - The Ink Spots

I Wanna Be Loved By You - Helen Kane (the original song)

Moto, more humorous than insulting. Surely you don't pay attention to stuff like that. :)

Topic seems to be turning humorous which reminds me of a quote from Mark Twain: Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.

And sometime to pigs

SFG75 and abecedarian have explained the greatness of Huck Finn as an American novel and not much more can be said to explain it as well.

"Old Friend" - Dwight Yoakam

Perhaps as an example of how not to write. Not bad at all. It is a great accomplishment to get people interested in reading. Many writers have no idea how to accomplish it.

I am also interested in hearing if you liked it or not. May save me buying a bottle to try. :p We are having spaghetti w/ marinara sauce & zucchini cut up in for dinner tonight. We am going to have the 2004 Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Villages Flower Label with the dinner.

What we seem to be seeing is...."read what I like or do not read at all". Nothing more or nothing less. To even suggest that people that like Rowling or Dan Brown would be better off not to read is .......:D

I don't know about World's greatest living writer but Rowling's work will certainly endure for many years. She is probably unsurpassed in getting children to read which is a great accomplishment, and I am not taking away Rowling's appeal to many, many adult readers. I have read all of Rowling's...

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There should be no question that Rowling and Pratchett are the 2 most "popular" living writers from the U.K. The 2 best though can be argued depending on your likes. And, what is wrong with writing for children. It just may be more important than writing for adults, and surely more important...

Try a bottle of the Alamos Malbec wine. I think you may enjoy it. We had crab cakes for dinner tonight and I was really looking forward to trying the Nora wine from Spain with dinner. Guess what, when I opened the refrigerator I found that I had forgot to put the wine in to chill. Oh well, I...