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One of my favorite books is Lonesome Dove. Only 1,000 pages and I was sorry to reach the end.
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Campfire Ranger
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Winnie needs to read Bram Stokers Dracula on a dark night in a graveyard by candlelight all by himself............
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Dodgefan: I have a knack for picking up on subtle things. If you like his writing by all means, read it, I prefer not to. Chris
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I like to read books about the military, mainly The War Betwwen The States and WW2.
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Nelson Demille is a favorite author of mine.
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T Lee, I loved King Rat and Tai Pan along with Shogun, my favorite novels.
For the last twenty years or so I've very rarely read any fiction and find nonfiction more entertaining and exciting. I did get started on novels by Cormac McCarty until I started wanting to slit my wrists.
I'm usually have three or four books that I am reading at any one time and have found it a good idea to always have a book available. They come in handy while waiting on appointments, the wife or something unexpected.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Winnie, you just HAVE to read the Capstick & Corbet books. If NOTHING else by them, read Death in the Tall Grass. long grass, Obewon....long grass
Proudly representing oil companies, defense contractors, and firearms manufacturers since 1980. Because merchants of death need lawyers, too.
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Campfire Oracle
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Winnie needs to read Bram Stokers Dracula on a dark night in a graveyard by candlelight all by himself............ Or Larry Kaniut's Alaska Bear Tales in a tent by headlight on an Alaskan hunting trip.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
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I never noticed that either. Maybe I will look for it while reading it again. Most readers, and even movie goers, miss the best parts. I'm no less guilty than the next guy, having had many nuances pointed out to me after the fact. many times I enjoy the reviews and other commentary after just as much as the original reading or viewing. then I have to go back and read/see it again But then again, often times I"m the only one I know who catches the really interesting little bylines and side thoughts. I'm surrounded by idjits and it gets really boring. One of the reasons I come here.... mental stimulation is sorely lacking in every part of the country I've been or lived. Kinda ties in with my sig line below. Most times I can't decide if I'm bored with hatred or just hate boredom. Thank God for this here campfire and the friends I"ve gotten to know here. There's lots of good people in the world and there's lots of smart ones. Those few that are both are worth whatever effort required, including wasting time perusing the interrnet.
BAN THE RAINBOW FLAG! PERVERTS OFFEND ME!
"When is penguin season, daddy? I wanna go kill a penguin!" ---- 4 yr old Archerhuntress
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I think I may have read the Alex Rider book. Not sure.
I also like The Cat Who series. It is a mystery series with a bunch of different books.
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If you like mysteries I highly recommend the "Holmes on the Range" series by Steven Hockensmith. They are are couple of brother cowboys solving mysteries using "The Holmsien method" on the frontier. Highly entertaining. I just read the latest out at camp this weekend. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_on_the_Rangehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Hockensmith
If something on the internet makes you angry the odds are you're being manipulated
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I'm currently muddling my way through The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (the beginning, IMHO is slooooow) and I am of Irelaunde. As a rule, I generally have a couple going at any given time.
Reading keeps me sane and kept me out of a lot of trouble in high school. I don't do well with "down time".....I tend to get "creative".
George
�Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.�
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Please send me a man who reads.
Say what??!!
Proud to be a true Sandlapper!!
Go Nats!!!!
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My Amazon habit runs me about 150 bucks a month. I like hard backs.
A government is the most dangerous threat to man�s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
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My wife owns a bookstore, so I can support my habit fairly economically.
Wish she owned a gun-store, that'd be a hell of a lot better.
Love to read, if any hasn't read the Steig Larson "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" series, I highly recommend it. I thought those were really well written.
I also like Ivan Doig.
One of my favorite books is Indian Creek Chronicles by Pete Fromm, a great read also.
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Winnie, you just HAVE to read the Capstick & Corbet books. If NOTHING else by them, read Death in the Tall Grass. long grass, Obewon....long grass YES SIR, you of course are correct Steve, my bad. Anyway I think it the best of the genre.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
"Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison.
I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I read a great deal, but I do not enjoy fiction.
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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Campfire Kahuna
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I use fiction as a mindless escape much like many that stare at the TV.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
"Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison.
I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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T, when ya think about it, War and Police work can be written up true to detail and it STILL appears to be fantasy most times.
Be afraid,be VERY VERY afraid ad triarios redisse My Buddy eh76 speaks authentic Frontier Gibberish!
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I carry my Nook color pretty much everywhere now. I have manuals for work on it as well as books and other bs. I would hate to not have it now. Even am guilty of reading in the tree stand.
-Piss into the wind.
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