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Insomnia once again has me up in the middle of the night - actually went to bed at midnight but did nothing but toss and turn for a couple of hours. So I decided to get up and read and grabbed the book on the top of the stack from the library.
It is most appropriately titled Sleep No More by Greg Iles.
There's irony for you!
(Did it work, or were you able to return to sleep? )
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I finished The Dinner last night. Didn't really like the characters but there was something about the way it was written that kept me reading until the end. Started 1984 last night. Never read it before.
As I recall, you are not the first to review "The Dinner" ambivalently. As for "1984" -- that's a book that has stayed with me! Seems I get daily reminders of it in one form or another (much like "Lord of the Flies"), and the knowing hasn't been a good thing.
As I recall, you are not the first to review "The Dinner" ambivalently. As for "1984" -- that's a book that has stayed with me! Seems I get daily reminders of it in one form or another (much like "Lord of the Flies"), and the knowing hasn't been a good thing.
It is most appropriately titled Sleep No More by Greg Iles.
If you like Greg Iles then you would probably enjoy the books of Simon Beckett. I like both authors. They both write well and have exceptional character development. The plots are intriguing and tend to take the reader on a roller coaster ride.
No, definitely a book worth reading, just (tragically) predictive.
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If you like Greg Iles then you would probably enjoy the books of Simon Beckett. I like both authors. They both write well and have exceptional character development. The plots are intriguing and tend to take the reader on a roller coaster ride.
Good to know, K. I am also an Iles fan. I will look for Beckett.
While I am here, the "Death and Dying..." is starting a bit dry. It IS being sold as a college text, so I suppose that is to be expected. I think the author might be relatively new to writing, as she starts very general and plods along (one hopes) towards her topic -- giving a lot of superfluous info about the region and the general social aspects of the Appalachian people. Still waiting to get to the part about their practices and beliefs about the topic....
No, definitely a book worth reading, just (tragically) predictive.
Good to know, K. I am also an Iles fan. I will look for Beckett.
Whew!
I read Iles too and I remember K recommending Beckett too but I never remember to look for him at the library. I'm making a note now.
My sissy bought me Orphan Train today. Super excited! I've wanted to read it since I read the description. I bought her Heart of the West by Penelope Williamson today. I have a hard copy of it (which I have yet to read), but she's buying all her favorites in eBook and it just came out in eBook a month ago.
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Thanks, Dawn. There were several with that title.
Where have you been, girlfriend? Have you been reading to Artie?
Uh, I haven't read one page of one book since the end of June. I have, uh, a -- I'll send you email.
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Seems I get daily reminders of it in one form or another (much like "Lord of the Flies"), and the knowing hasn't been a good thing.
