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foxfyre · Buttercult Founder

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Buttercup · Monkey Proof is Beautiful yet hideous

I did finally get "Brother Odd," but I haven't finished it yet. I'll finish it soon, I promised a friend that I'd let them read it when I'm done. I'm also reading "The Cell," by Stephen King, which is a little different from many of his books.

foxfyre · Buttercult Founder

I found myself hating "The Cell", and wishing that all of the characters would die. I tried to read "Lisey's Story", but couldn't even summon enough interest to open the cover.

I LOVED Brother Odd, but I love that character, so it was an interesting next one in the series.

Monkey Proof · Buttercup is awesomesexycool and smelly too.

speaking of Dean Koontz, i absolutly cannot wait for the third book of the Frankenstien books

foxfyre · Buttercult Founder

Monkey Proof wrote:

speaking of Dean Koontz, i absolutly cannot wait for the third book of the Frankenstien books

Those are on my list of to-be-read.

Buttercup · Monkey Proof is Beautiful yet hideous

Monkey Proof wrote:

speaking of Dean Koontz, i absolutly cannot wait for the third book of the Frankenstien books

Neither can I! And yes, I know I am a nerd, but I periodically check his website for news of its release. The last I read is that it will be released this winter, which could be anytime between now and next March.

Straight Up · Beer please

I read a Playboy the other day .....

I used to love to read books .... but I found myself reading so much it made my eyes too tired for driving .... maybe a day again ....

foxfyre · Buttercult Founder

I prefer The Letters (Penthouse & Forum). The ones that you mail in, SU, are priceless.

Straight Up · Beer please

foxfyre wrote:

I prefer The Letters (Penthouse & Forum). The ones that you mail in, SU, are priceless.

Actually ... IO wrote those and they are the reason i wear a crash helmet when she is in the mood ....

foxfyre · Buttercult Founder

Ah, that explains a great deal.

Monkey Proof · Buttercup is awesomesexycool and smelly too.

Straight Up wrote:

foxfyre wrote:

I prefer The Letters (Penthouse & Forum). The ones that you mail in, SU, are priceless.

Actually ... IO wrote those and they are the reason i wear a crash helmet when she is in the mood ....

Buttercup · Monkey Proof is Beautiful yet hideous

Poor IO.

Monkey Proof · Buttercup is awesomesexycool and smelly too.

what you mean "poor IO" what about SU who obviously doesn't wear the pants in that relationship and gets beat all the time and needs protection such as a helmut for his own safety

come on SU..be a man, don't be a cupcake

Buttercup · Monkey Proof is Beautiful yet hideous

Maybe you can offer him some advice, seeing as how you are all that is man.

texaschickeee · Seductively Sassy

How the Grinch stole Christmas...........

Oh wait, that was on TV. never mind.

I love Dean Koonz. His writings keep my interst which is hard at times.

the book Im reading now is a true crime, "Tacoma Confidential: A True Story of Murder, Suicide, and a Police Chief's Secret Life"

I am getting ready to read, "EAT 4 YOUR TYPE" Dr. D'adama.....

(I saw a frined change to that diet and drop 25 pound in no time.

Bread Styx · Bad Bread!!

In the last 2 weeks, I read Hannibal Rising and The Mephisto Club

Hannibal Rising gave an explanation of the creation of Hannibal Lector. It was a bit creepy.....the creepiest. I want to read the other Hannibal books again just to see if the pieces fit. (no pun intended) I have no idea how they will depict young Hannibal in the movie...how they will find a child good enough to act out what little Hannibal was thinking and doing. If anything, it wil be destroyed like the movie Hannibal.

Anyway...The Mephisto Club is by Tess Gerritsen and it was awesome......a surprise at the end. My husband is reading it now and told me he knows who the killer is, but wont tell me who he thinks it because he does not want me to spoil it for him....

I am now reading The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen. So far , so good

BlahBlahBlah · I Love Baseball

foxfyre wrote:

I prefer The Letters (Penthouse & Forum). The ones that you mail in, SU, are priceless.

I wrote in a couple to P&F when I was in my early 20's. I don't have time to do it anymore.

foxfyre · Buttercult Founder

I just finished Hannibal Rising and LOVED it! I also just finished Mosley's Killing Johnny Fry: A Sexistential Novel, and really liked that one, too.

foxfyre · Buttercult Founder

BlahBlahBlah wrote:

I wrote in a couple to P&F when I was in my early 20's. I don't have time to do it anymore.

I'm so sorry, BBB.

ronin · Beefcakes

I've really gotten into Tony Hillerman recently. Have you read any of Janet Evanovich? She's pretty funny.

Easy Eman · Mr. Cool

I just bought Roadshow- A Concert tour by motorcycle. Written by Neil E. Peart the drumemr and lyricist for RUSH...

Stacy · Crazy Bitch!!

ronin wrote:

I've really gotten into Tony Hillerman recently. Have you read any of Janet Evanovich? She's pretty funny.

I have read all of Janet Evanovich and love her stuff. I just wish she would write faster. I have even read the shorter novels that are not the Stephanie Plum stories, and I don't normally like that kind of stuff.

Bread Styx · Bad Bread!!

foxfyre wrote:

I just finished Hannibal Rising and LOVED it! I also just finished Mosley's Killing Johnny Fry: A Sexistential Novel, and really liked that one, too.

It was pretty emotional, if you ask me. We know what adult Hannibal is, but the depiction of him as a child made me feel sorry for him. All intentional.

I have a B.A. in Social Science so I enjoyed trying to remember the theories I learned in Criminology and Social Deviance class. I felt a bit of guilty satisfaction when little Hannibal did what he did the first time..maybe even the second. Human nature, I guess...made me think a bit. We may all be capable of such atrocities, but the sane know better and let that monster lie still even when tragedy slaps us in the face.

What do you think Fox?

foxfyre · Buttercult Founder

Bread Styx wrote:

foxfyre wrote:

I just finished Hannibal Rising and LOVED it! I also just finished Mosley's Killing Johnny Fry: A Sexistential Novel, and really liked that one, too.

It was pretty emotional, if you ask me. We know what adult Hannibal is, but the depiction of him as a child made me feel sorry for him. All intentional.

I have a B.A. in Social Science so I enjoyed trying to remember the theories I learned in Criminology and Social Deviance class. I felt a bit of guilty satisfaction when little Hannibal did what he did the first time..maybe even the second. Human nature, I guess...made me think a bit. We may all be capable of such atrocities, but the sane know better and let that monster lie still even when tragedy slaps us in the face.

What do you think Fox?

It was very emotional.

1st, one of the things I especially loved about the book were the scenes with Lady Murasaki. I thought the imagery was so incredibly beautiful, poignant, and evocative. I'm going to have to re-read it just to pick up on what I missed about those the 1st time around.

Well, I was on Hannibal's side EACH and EVERY single time. Even the last one, as he stepped into the abyss. I don't think we can know what we would do when faced with a situation such as that war. Most of us would like to think we would do the noble, honorable thing, and perhaps most of us even would. Even those who were depicted as heroes, however, stood back and watched the atrocities without attempting to stop them (the police detective & the children on the train).

The book does fill in all of those un-answered questions about his later behavior (fava beans & chianti w/ that?). I had the impression as I was reading it, however, that everything that happened during that time, and later, was fated to happen, and that Hannibal's life couldn't have taken any other direction, even at the imploring of Lady Murasaki during what she felt to be the crossroad. Did you get that impression?

Bread Styx · Bad Bread!!

foxfyre wrote:

Bread Styx wrote:

foxfyre wrote:

I just finished Hannibal Rising and LOVED it! I also just finished Mosley's Killing Johnny Fry: A Sexistential Novel, and really liked that one, too.

It was pretty emotional, if you ask me. We know what adult Hannibal is, but the depiction of him as a child made me feel sorry for him. All intentional.

I have a B.A. in Social Science so I enjoyed trying to remember the theories I learned in Criminology and Social Deviance class. I felt a bit of guilty satisfaction when little Hannibal did what he did the first time..maybe even the second. Human nature, I guess...made me think a bit. We may all be capable of such atrocities, but the sane know better and let that monster lie still even when tragedy slaps us in the face.

What do you think Fox?

It was very emotional.

1st, one of the things I especially loved about the book were the scenes with Lady Murasaki. I thought the imagery was so incredibly beautiful, poignant, and evocative. I'm going to have to re-read it just to pick up on what I missed about those the 1st time around.

Well, I was on Hannibal's side EACH and EVERY single time. Even the last one, as he stepped into the abyss. I don't think we can know what we would do when faced with a situation such as that war. Most of us would like to think we would do the noble, honorable thing, and perhaps most of us even would. Even those who were depicted as heroes, however, stood back and watched the atrocities without attempting to stop them (the police detective & the children on the train).

The book does fill in all of those un-answered questions about his later behavior (fava beans & chianti w/ that?). I had the impression as I was reading it, however, that everything that happened during that time, and later, was fated to happen, and that Hannibal's life couldn't have taken any other direction, even at the imploring of Lady Murasaki during what she felt to be the crossroad. Did you get that impression?

I did. When I read the first book, I viewed Hannibal as a monster, born, not bred. I was right. Once I read about the way he treated his sister and mother and the gentle nature he displayed, I was hoping the war had caused some kind of head injury, thus creating Hannibal the Cannibal. The horrors he saw simply ignited the flame and served as a catalyst.

I wrote a paper on serial killers once. His childhood trauma was similar to those of famous serial killers in our world of non-fiction. Different kinds of war, but still war.

The images of Lady Murasaki were breath-taking. She was so gentle and loving. I only hope the movie will show us just how beautiful we imagine her as being.

Hannibal Rising was a good book to read before I read the next one.

You must read The Mephisto Club.

It takes a look at the "evil lurking within us all" There are many references to lost books of the Bible. I have not done research on that, but plan to do so.

It is one of those sit down and read it in a day kind of books. I read it in 2 days because even though hubby was on vacation and helping me watch the munchkin, I could not just sit and read it in one day. Those were the days!

-- Edited by Bread Styx at 12:27, 2007-01-10

foxfyre · Buttercult Founder

Bread Styx wrote:

I did. When I read the first book, I viewed Hannibal as a monster, born, not bred. I was right.  Once I read about the way he treated his sister and mother and the gentle nature he displayed, I was hoping the war had caused some kind of head injury, thus creating Hannibal the Cannibal. The horrors he saw simply ignited the flame and served as a catalyst.
I wrote a paper on serial killers once. His childhood trauma was similar to those of famous serial killers in our world of non-fiction. Different kinds of war, but still war.

The images of Lady Murasaki were breath-taking. She was so gentle and loving. I only hope the movie will show us just how beautiful we imagine her as being.

Hannibal Rising was a good book to read before I read the next one.

You must read The Mephisto Club.

It takes a look at the "evil lurking within us all"    There are many references to lost books of the Bible. I have not done research on that, but plan to do so.

It is one of those sit down and read it in a day kind of books. I read it in 2 days because even though hubby was on vacation and helping me watch the munchkin, I could not just sit and read it in one day. Those were the days!

-- Edited by Bread Styx at 12:27, 2007-01-10

I'll look for Mephisto Club. I don't think I've read it - altho you never know - so many books, so little memory.

I long for the days I could just sit and read! Altho, when I do get the most recent Harry Potter, I make a big plate of sandwiches, and a pitcher of iced tea/lemonade, and tell the Boy mommy must read un-disturbed, and we sit outside. He plays & I read, lol.

Bread Styx · Bad Bread!!

Dont freak out, but I have yet to start the Harry Potter series...I just dont have the time.

What is the first book ......so I can hit 1/2 price books and start getting with it here.

foxfyre · Buttercult Founder

Lol, I won't freak out. Many times I won't start a series until the last book has been written!

The 1st Harry is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's (sp) Stone. The 7th, and final, is being worked on now. Rowling just announced the title - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

cclawdog · Sanitized

I have been on this W.E.B. Griffin kick. Very good books. Mixes real history with historical people, events with fictional characters. His main focus is military starting at WWII for both Army and USMC with a few centered on the OSS. Also has a series on 70's erea Philly PD. Very cool stuff.

BlahBlahBlah · I Love Baseball

ronin wrote:

I've really gotten into Tony Hillerman recently. Have you read any of Janet Evanovich? She's pretty funny.

I love the Stephanie Plum novels. I have to buy the new one when it comes out on paperback : Plum Lovin'.