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Book Recommendations?
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RE: Book Recommendations?
(January 22, 2015 at 2:14 am)paulpablo Wrote: I don't think people generally follow other peoples advice on books because everyone is into their own thing, but two fictional books that I loved that I can't imagine anyone not liking are

The pet semetary.
The shining.

Also IT by stephen king even though the ending pissed me off a bit.

But all these are by Stephen King and those are the kind of books I like.
I'm a King fan, but his novels can be hit-or-miss. He does have a number of short-story compilations that I enjoyed very much, though. Night Shift and Skeleton Crew stand out, but I don't think there's a bad one in the bunch. With his short stories he usually avoids the excess words and dragged out scenes that can make some of this novels a chore at times.
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Book Recommendations? - by Roxy904 - January 20, 2015 at 2:04 am
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Minimalist - January 20, 2015 at 2:18 am
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Alex K - January 20, 2015 at 2:19 am
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Aoi Magi - January 20, 2015 at 2:24 am
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Roxy904 - January 20, 2015 at 2:27 am
RE: Book Recommendations? - by paulpablo - January 22, 2015 at 2:14 am
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Tonus - January 22, 2015 at 2:14 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Minimalist - January 20, 2015 at 2:37 am
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Alex K - January 20, 2015 at 3:10 am
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Roxy904 - January 20, 2015 at 3:42 am
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Alex K - January 20, 2015 at 4:07 am
RE: Book Recommendations? - by DeadChannel - January 20, 2015 at 6:51 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Roxy904 - January 21, 2015 at 11:02 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Jackalope - January 20, 2015 at 7:22 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Alex K - January 21, 2015 at 10:18 am
RE: Book Recommendations? - by SteelCurtain - January 21, 2015 at 10:08 am
RE: Book Recommendations? - by DeadChannel - January 21, 2015 at 1:25 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by SteelCurtain - January 21, 2015 at 1:34 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Crossless1 - January 21, 2015 at 1:59 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by SteelCurtain - January 21, 2015 at 2:23 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Crossless1 - January 21, 2015 at 2:30 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by SteelCurtain - January 22, 2015 at 1:03 am
RE: Book Recommendations? - by DeadChannel - January 21, 2015 at 2:01 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Crossless1 - January 21, 2015 at 2:06 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by thesummerqueen - January 21, 2015 at 4:30 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Alex K - January 22, 2015 at 12:45 am
RE: Book Recommendations? - by DeadChannel - January 22, 2015 at 1:08 am
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Rev. Rye - January 22, 2015 at 2:07 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by robvalue - January 22, 2015 at 2:12 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Faith No More - January 22, 2015 at 3:22 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by robvalue - January 22, 2015 at 3:05 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by robvalue - January 22, 2015 at 3:24 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by thesummerqueen - January 22, 2015 at 3:25 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Faith No More - January 22, 2015 at 3:31 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by robvalue - January 22, 2015 at 3:55 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Roxy904 - January 22, 2015 at 4:46 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Tonus - January 22, 2015 at 8:50 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Napoléon - January 22, 2015 at 5:24 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by Faith No More - January 22, 2015 at 5:51 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by thesummerqueen - January 22, 2015 at 5:25 pm
RE: Book Recommendations? - by thesummerqueen - January 22, 2015 at 10:49 pm

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