Originally Posted By Chedstro ^^^LOL, Ann Coulter,good for you and welcome to the wonderful world of bookselling! BTW, Christopher Moore "A Dirty Job" is currently at the top of the SF Bay Area best sellers list, woot! Way to go Chris! Cindy
Originally Posted By alexbook JohnS1: I did that for a while, but it just got out of hand. It took me a couple of years to realize that I couldn't read every book in the store, and even if I did, there'd be new books to read by the time I finished. It's like painting the Golden Gate Bridge. These days I'm (usually) very strict with myself about finishing one book before starting another. Chedstro: The chain I work (Books, Inc.) for is headquartered in S.F., and all the folks up there are very excited about Christopher Moore. They had signings for him at a couple of our stores, and for the last couple of weeks "Dirty Job" has been our #1 hardback fiction title. Sadly, it doesn't seem to be doing as well here in SoCal.
Originally Posted By alexbook Oops. Forgot to mention that I'm currently reading "Lost" by Joy Fielding.
Originally Posted By jasmine7 I started reading The Da Vinci Code over the weekend. I picked it up while grocery shopping at Wal-Mart on a lark, just to see if it's as good as all the hubub around it. So far, it is, and it's far better than I was expecting. I'm hooked on this puppy at 81 pages in!
Originally Posted By JohnS1 We just got a book into our book stroe the other day called "The DiVinci Cod." It's a spoof on the original (which I haven't read) and seems to poke the most fun at Dan Brown's apparent way of interrupting his own story to give overly detailed factual information about cities, paintings, buildings, etc. As I say, I haven't read the original, but one woman at the store told me she didn't think Brown was a very good writer. So, now, of course, I've got to check it out! (-;
Originally Posted By alexbook Dr. Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72"
Originally Posted By PlainoLJoe 4th installment of the Ceaser series by Conn Iggulden. I love historical fiction.
Originally Posted By LadyKluck I finally bought a copy of "The Last Unicorn" by Peter S. Beagle from half.com & it came in the mail day before yesterday!! I'm so excited to start reading it - the movie is one of my favorites and didn't even know there was a book until recently!
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 JohnSl, I haven't been on LP for a while, I guess, (it didn't seem that long!),but I just read your previous post about the Dave Barry contest that you won! Wow! That must have been a blast! I agree w/your comments about some of the content in fiction and I actually feel myself blushing sometimes when I come across a book like that! lol I go to the library most of the time b/c I will read the outside flap of a book and think it sounds good only to find out that it's trash. Then, I'm so glad I didn't waste money on it! I just read a really cute "Young Readers" book called "Al Capone does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko. It was on display at my library for Autism Awareness month. My librarian brought me over to show me the display b/c she knows I have 2 kids w/Autism and the title was so interesting I had to check it out! It was about a boy growing up on Alcatraz Island in 1935 and he had a sister with a problem that would be known as Autism today. (The author had an Autistic sister.) It was really good!
Originally Posted By Mickey4President I am reading the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. My mom gave it to me and told me to read it b/c she said it was a good book.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I got three books going on right now. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. Since my dad has my copy of the DaVinci Code, I figured I read Robert Langdon's other adventure. By the way AlexBook, do know when Brown's next novel is due? The Godfather, I loved the movie greatly and always wanted to read the book. And Cell by Stephen King, started this earlier this year but got sidetracked.
Originally Posted By alexbook >>By the way AlexBook, do know when Brown's next novel is due?<< It's titled "The Solomon Key" and is expected to be released some time in 2007, but he's still writing it, so that's all subject to change.
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun Usually I zip through books, but Stephen King's The Cell seemed to take forever. I had so much trouble getting through it. I finally finished it only because I wanted to see how it ended, then I didn't like the ending. Go figure!
Originally Posted By Chedstro sun-in-fun, had the same problem. But it ended up with my being scared to death of my cellphone, lol. He always does that to me! Cindy
Originally Posted By alexbook SuzieQ: Is it significant that you live in NorCal and were reading a SoCal author and I live in SoCal and am reading a NorCal author?
