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  1. Peder

    13 Utterly Disappointing Facts About Books

    Even adults will read -- if it is "Fifty Shades of Grey." Couldn't resist :D It generated some reader interest, I dare say.
  2. Peder

    February 2014: Romance: Maria V. Snyder: Poison Study

    That's why no comment. I hope it engages my attention better the further it goes along.:oops:
  3. Peder

    13 Utterly Disappointing Facts About Books

    Just an observation, and I'm not sure how it fits in. Shame may keep some from reading. I don't know what to say about that. But I think that, for anyone who actually wants to find a book to read, it has never been easier. The proliferation of genres and kinds of writng seems to me to have...
  4. Peder

    February 2014: Romance: Maria V. Snyder: Poison Study

    I'm about 30% done. No comment until 100%. But spoilers don't bother me, so proceed with discussion if you wish. :)
  5. Peder

    13 Utterly Disappointing Facts About Books

    Appalling. My jaw is hanging open, my brain has stopped dead in its tracks, and my fingers are almost limp and not functioning. Maybe everyone else is in the same condition -- or else watching the Superbowl. But maybe it will be great to be completely electronified -- based on our happy...
  6. Peder

    Is anyone else reading Saul Bellow?

    Makes me feel like reading it. I have tended more toward Roth, only a couple Bellow. Thanks
  7. Peder

    Hunting Down The Pleonasms and Other Writing Advice

    That's the one I use [way] too much. :D
  8. Peder

    Hunting Down The Pleonasms and Other Writing Advice

    Fantabulous!!!! Better than Strunk and White. Where has he been all my life?!:eek: Many thanks.
  9. Peder

    Books Nobody Else Reads

    That's strange. One might have expected more overlap with two people of such similar reading tastes.
  10. Peder

    Is anyone else reading Saul Bellow?

    Up from the deep lagoon. Seven years later, yes, someone did read another Saul Bellow: Ravelstein. :)
  11. Peder

    Books Nobody Else Reads

    OK, my own list restated: James Salter Andrei Makine Elie Wiesel Tony Judt Charles McCarry Javier Marias Karen Armstrong James Lee Burke Walker Percy Clarice Lispector Peter Matthiesen all excellent
  12. Peder

    Books Nobody Else Reads

    I meant book I am reading (Poison Study) that nobody else is? :D PS in view of questions about listing books/authors that many have read, I'll pare my list and re-post to save confusion.
  13. Peder

    Book for a non-Reader?

    Hi Cristina. Do you read posts? Or have you found a good book? We could use a hint. :)
  14. Peder

    Books Nobody Else Reads

    Umm, Poison Study? :D
  15. Peder

    Where do the big numbers come from?

    We'll all be there cheering when you cross the line. :)
  16. Peder

    Where do the big numbers come from?

    Hi, Sparhawk! Thank you sincerely for the nice compliment. I especially appreciate the "great." :D I don't think I have heard that before. Hah, Gita! Never thought of that. There lies the direction for a better poem. Yours, and I hope to hear it. :) Thank you both for taking the time...
  17. Peder

    Where do the big numbers come from?

    And many thanks, Sandra, too for the kind words. :)
  18. Peder

    Where do the big numbers come from?

    Many thanks, Meadow. Makes it feel just like a birthday. :) Yippees! Peder 6000
  19. Peder

    Where do the big numbers come from?

    Where do the big numbers come from? Where has all the time gone? Ages, waists, weights, posts, all. They creep up slowly, unnoticed, But then they are there. As if in only a blink from then 'til now. One can hardly believe it. At that rate, just think! A whole new lifetime In the blink ahead...
  20. Peder

    Books Nobody Else Reads

    Ahh, you conclude so rightly! I've read her four major works and that's my kind of writing! Absolutely love her.
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