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    Difficult books.

    Probably the hardest book I ever read was The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. I struggled through it. War and Peace I almost finished. I too had trouble with all the characters.
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    Where did you buy it?

    Anywhere from Thrift Stores to Target to Walton's. I have an especially hard time leaving Target without a book. The last book I bought was at the grocery store. It jumped out in front of me and said buy me.
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    Addicted

    Before I really started buying books, I lived one block away from a library. I did the same thing - read one book a day sometimes more. It was also a time when I was discovering authors I had not read before. Then all of the sudden one day, I just stopped going to the library so much. Now...
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    Laugh Out Loud Funny

    The first one that comes to mind is "Raised Eye Browns" (I believe thats the name) the arthur had been Groucho Marx's secretary when he was younger. The other one where I did laugh, and the book was a lot of fun to read is called "Wolf" by last name is Margolis. He is a dog trainer in Los...
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    Phantastes

    I have not read a lot of fantasy books - the last one a long time ago called Lord Fowl's Bain (?). Any way, I had read about George MacDonald through reading C. S. Lewis' books (eventually I will read C.S. Lewis' fantasy books as well as his science fiction), and I just came across Phantastes...
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    Currently Reading

    I am reading The Neighbors by Carol Smith, I believe.
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    Do you read non-fiction?

    I have read a lot of non-fiction particularly since archealogy(sp) fascinates me. And then there are books about people experiences in travel - The Blue Nile is one of them. I also read biographies. Truman was the last one. I enjoyed that one. I also have some older books - Incidents of...
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    5 Favourite Books

    Just to pick five. Well, how about..... Gone with the Wind Mere Christianity The Poisonwood Bible Gods, Graves and Scholars Incidents of Travel in Yucatan (Old Book)
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    Why you would never read trashy romance novels

    A long time ago, at work we would exchange books - I read a few romance novels, but became bored with them. They all had the same plot.
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    Currently Reading

    I seem to have run out of mysteries at the moment - Have read all of Sue Crafton's novels and Tony Hillerman has nothing new out. So I went to a thrift store. Right now, I reading "On the Road with Charles Kuralt" which is basically an autobiography of his years in newspapers and television...
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    What 's your favourite book character?

    Chee and Longhorn from Tony Hillerman's series of books.
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    How much books do you read per year?

    Right now probably sixty a year. I go through spells of reading certain types of books. Right now, its mysteries, plus my favorite authors. I read fast and am really involved with the book.
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    Introducing myself

    A lot of them are archealogical books that I've collected through the years. Then I have a lot of my favorite authors - C.S. Lewis, Tony Hillerman,Set of Harry Potter books, almost all of Shakespear's plays, some classics. Speaking of Tony Hillerman. I buy his mysteries. Anyone else read him?
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    Which magazines do you read?

    I read "Smithsonian" every month. I also get Country Living. And am just now getting back into reading "Mother Jones". Right now, I go to the web site. Once and awhile, I will read Vogue. I glance through a lot of magazines when I am in lines. That the way I remain patient.
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    5 Favourite Books

    I'm new to this site, but here are my choices: Gone with the Wind The History of Tom Jones The Horse Whisperer Sacred Clowns Les Miserables
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    Introducing myself

    I have been reading the forums for the past couple weeks now so I thought I would join. I do a lot of reading - almost everything. I live in Oklahoma City, but I am originally from Glen Burnie, Maryland. I have about 300 to 400 books, and they were just the ones I decided to keep. Right...
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