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Gus McCrae says

Andrew- yes...Let the Right One In was excellent and wonderfully disturbing. I think we discussed it and the 2 movies of it...which I liked both. Eden Express...I think maybe I told you we saw Mark Vonnegut talk at UNM last year. he was pretty good. have you seen the american Girl With the Dragon Tattoo? I thought it was great. I think the swedish one had a better Michel and use of old photos but the american had that great Trent Reznor soundtrack and and an even better Lisbeth. 2 books to suggest: Pillars of the Earth by Follett and The Five by McCammon. Existential Johnny

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Gus McCrae says

Andrew- i see the 4 Hour Body by Farriss on your shelf as read but no rating. Kathy is fascinated by this guy. he is out of his mind but...still...he has some great ideas and testing results. did you like or hate the book? -Existential Johnny

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Gus McCrae says

Andrew- yes...Eden Express was unforgettable. I have never read anything like it. -John

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melissa says

Thanks, guess I'll give the second one a chance...maybe I'll wait until I'm on vacation to read it at the end of the month, everything is better on the beach! I will have to check out "Let the Right One In," dark is always good...still trying to wrap my head around "American Psycho" think that was a little too dark....yeah, every every strange.

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melissa says

So, do you think that I should keep reading the Dexter series? Read the first one, it was alright I guess...I think that I was comparing it TV a little too much, Michael C. Hall is just such a lovable killer!

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Lindsay E says

Last time I tried to log in I was using my Droid. Laptop makes it much easier to see ALL the options on the sign in page:)

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Lindsay E says

Ok, I made it back for real this time. The one I just read was The 19th Wife. Historical fiction based on Ann Eliza Young's split from Brigham Young and her mission to end polygamy intertwined with a more modern murder mystery in Mesadale, UT, where "The Firsts" are still living in a compound, coveting their right to collect women.

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Rachel B says

You are cute :) and thank you for all your "shelf" advice I will get on it as soon as I am done being a junior brain surgeon

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Carey B says

Hey, thanks! It's been so long since I read it, that I can't remember the details. I do remember that it touched me very deeply. I didn't really see it as dark (but can see that is most definitely is), but as beauty of the endurance of the human spirit in crisis. I'll have to check out Paint it Black...

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melissa says

Hey Andrew, guess I better read Choke next....you're like the tenth person to tell me how good it is! And as far as David Sedaris, I love When You Are Engulfed in Flames and Me Talk Pretty One Day. But since it is the Holidays you should check out Holidays on Ice, the first story is the best (I think) it's called "SantaLand Diaries" it's hilarious, he tells all about being an elf at Macy's...I heart Crumpet (that was his elf name)!

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Lindsay E says

Thanks for the recommendation. I saw that End of Faith came first, but I didn't know if it would be too dry for me. I'll give it a go though:) I'll let you know what I think.

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crazyjany says

God already knew that.

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Gus McCrae says

Andrew- It says you are reading Paint It Black. I am very curious what you will think. -Existential Johnny

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SandyGirl says

Andrew- i see you have read and loved The Girl books. i just finished Played With Fire and started Hornets Nest. They are so good. I love the first one the most so far but they are really all one excellent story. The end of Played with Fire was so exciting and violent and dramatic. i love how Hornets Nest starts. I love Lisbeth, i want to be her. (not leaving him alone for a minute)- Julie

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SandyGirl says

Andrew- I really liked that odd lead character in Under the Skin. Both those books by Faber were so good and so different. It really impressed me. So...you are really a brain surgeon (try and not let him see you are overly impressed)...that's nice. (yeah...that's the tone...like "oh well" ). I (proudly) stock and sort DVDs abd CDs and sometimes work on payroll in a ...very...nice store in Albuquerque. (preening) (yeah...take that Mr. Brain Surgeon). -Julie

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SandyGirl says

(oh,no, I am breaking the proper pattern and noting him two in a row....not even knowing if he even plans answer my last one. now i may seem too desperate or easy. maybe if I sound very aloof and casual and matter-of-fact and almost indifferent to it all, that may help my status. I will try and sound very unimpressed even though I see a lot of books about medical and brain stuff on his shelf, so maybe he really is a brain surgeon) Andrew,...hey you (yeah, that's it sound vaguely aloof...he doesn't even know you never say...hey you). I see you really liked Crimson Pedal and the White. Me too. Have you read Under the Skin by Faber? It is very, very, different and very strange and good. -Julie

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SandyGirl says

Andrew- Thank you for responding. I see your point. Sometimes i read a book flap first and then get mad that it told me so much ahead of time. The author should be the one to describe and define the characters as he shows them to us in his description of their actions and words. I should stop reading those flaps altogether. Yeah...love...as you say, if there is such a thing. That is hard area for me. For everyone i guess. It is so confusing. Sometimes i have felt like I have been in love. Then it turned out maybe i wasn't. Since love is a feeling....wouldn't.... feeling...like you are in love be being in love? (he can tell me to shut up anytime) . Or are those feelings something else and different from being in love. (seriously he needs to tell me to shut up about all this...stuff I don't understand well and am bad at anyway (relationships)..(that was just a parenthesis inside a parenthesis, in case he is too slow to follow simple narrative structure)...and he should tell me to get back to talking about books...this is a book place...I guess i better) (that was me closing the first parenthesis). I see you have read the Dark Tower books and liked them too. (thank god she is back to books he must be thinking) Have you read The Little Sisters of Eluria by him? I heard it was a long story in his collection, Everything is Eventual. But i didn't read it there. A boyfriend gave me a very expensive copy of it in a special edition that has excellent glossy illustrations. It also had one of those new versions of The Gunslinger, illustrated too. The Little Sisters story is really good. It has a very medical theme you might like (if he is indeed really a brain surgeon.) Ok, I better stop now. I don't want to test the limits of your patience. - Julie

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Gus McCrae says

Andrew- I looked at the books you added. I haven't read that Pallliuunnuniukk one. But have 2-3 0f his and really like him. Last Exit to Brooklyn is one of my favorites and the best Selby I have read. Have you seen the movie?...it is quite good. -John

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SandyGirl says

Andrew- You don't know me but I was surfing Shelfari and looked at your shelf. I am also in Albuquerque. I am reading The Girl Who Played With Fire now and love it ..and the first one. Don't tell me anything ahead of where I am . I see you have read all three and I don't like to know things ahead of time. I see Replay is about time travel but doesn't seem to be all sci-fiy. I like time travel ones that deal more in relationships than science...like The Time Traveler's Wife. I am curious about some of the other books on your shelf. Are you really a brain surgeon or is that a joke? I have never heard of a bagpipe-punk band but I like some punk music. I am 29 and have been an English major off and on but am a bad (or would that be a good) underachiever and am sort of drifting unfocused now. I am working part time at a nothing job and taking some worthless but fun classes at UNM....like film classes. Well, I have taken up enough of your time. thank you for reading this, if you actually do. I see you are new on Shelfari and don't have many people who have messaged you...except that Gus guy...I thought I would say hi and welcome you here and give you a little encouragement. -Julie

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