>>>>>>>He peeked out for the hockey gold medal game <g>. We'll see....
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>>>>>>>I am still enjoying the Robert Altman book a lot. Just finished reading the long chapter on "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" on the train this morning. Don't miss this one.
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>>>>>>I remember McCabe and Mrs. Miller. It was a lot of fun. It's one of those movies I was sure I was not going to enjoy, but...
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>>>>>>I just finished two books by T. Jefferson Parker. I read "Silent Joe" a long time ago, and I'd forgotten just how good a writer he is. The two books are "L.A. Outlaws" and "The Renegades". The 2nd is a sequel to the 1st, and I can't imagine how he could possibly leave it there. There will be at the very least, a third book.
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>>>>>There already is a third Charlie Hood book, a new one, and in fact I just read it a couple of weeks ago. I have read most of Parker's books, going all the way back to "Laguna Heat.". After reading "Iron River" (the new one) I picked up "The Renegades" from the library. I did not like that one nearly as much and gave up on it last night about 100 pages in. Maybe I should have given it longer. The reading backlog is huge so I am not nearly as reluctant to put a book down as I used to be.
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>>>>I should have realised there'd be a third one out since I read the first two in paperback. I thought the first one (L.A. Outlaws) was better than The Renegades, but Renegades was ok. The writing is very good. The story could have been a bit better.
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>>>>If I recall, you hadn't read any of the Thursday Next books by Jasper Fforde. You really should. I'm sure Charles would agree that you'd enjoy the hell out of them. A word of warning, they MUST be read in order.
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>>>>The Eyre Affair
>>>>Lost in a Good Book
>>>>The Well of Lost Plots
>>>>Something Rotten
>>>>First Among Sequels
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>>>>His DCI Jack Spratt books are a lot of fun too, but the Thursday Next books are brilliant.
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>>>>Alan
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>>>I LOVE Fforde ! How can one not be entranced by a dodo named Pickwick. Indeed a treat.
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>>And Miss Haversham? Who'd have guessed?!
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>>>Tamar you would really like these if you don't already know them. (I'd begin with Eyre Affair )
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>>Absolutely, and just to reiterate, they MUST be read in order. They wouldn't make any nonsense otherwise.
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>BTW, the CD version is terrific. i've become a big audiobook fan and usually have one plugged in while I'm out. Fforde's book are really good on audiobook - the accent of the reader is terrific and adds a lot to the story.
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> I also find John LeCarre novels particularly good in this format and - the star of the show - the James Lee Burke books read by Will Patton.

Can't say I've ever been much for spy thrillers, but maybe I'll take a shot at one. I like a good mystery and I like a good comedy and when the two are mixed, I'm a happy camper.

Of course, then there is Stephenson. BTW, I assume you read Anathem? I can't imagine where that guy's head is at, but I hope he keeps it there.