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02-24-2008, 01:24 AM
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"Dragon Tears" by Dean Koontz
I can't help myself, I do enjoy his work.
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02-24-2008, 10:58 PM
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"Dragon Tears" by Dean Koontz
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Are you friggin' kidding me? 
I just clicked on this thread to mentioned that I'd just finished that very book. Anyway, while it was a good book I was somewhat disappointed with it since the only other Koontz book I've read was "Life Expectancy" which I thought was much better. It might have something to do with the fact that I read "Life Expectancy" in English and "Dragon Tears" in Swedish though, translations often have that effect on books.
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02-24-2008, 11:12 PM
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~Hey, it's a small world Faustling!! Isn't that something??
I enjoyed Dragon Tears; however, I did find it to be somewhat less entertaining than his other work. My personal favorite would have to be "Midnight"! I couldn't put it down.
I can't say that I've read "Life Expectancy"...I'll guess I should go out and get it. 
Swedish...Now that's impressive.
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02-24-2008, 11:23 PM
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I can't say that I've read "Life Expectancy"...I'll guess I should go out and get it. |
You should, especially if you enjoyed Koontz' other works. It's one of the few books I've read that manages to have a really nice and honest guy (and a pastry chef to boot) as a main character without making him boring. To me, that's quite an accomplishment.
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Swedish...Now that's impressive.
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Well, technically it should be my English that's impressive if anything since I was born in Sweden and everything. 
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02-24-2008, 11:58 PM
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I actually just finished reading The Warden by Anthony Trollope, and I utterly loved it. Now, I plan to read the rest of the Chronicles of Barsetshire whenever I can find the time between my studies. 
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02-25-2008, 12:05 AM
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I will read the book, I am intrigued!
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Well, technically it should be my English that's impressive if anything since I was born in Sweden and everything.
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I started to ask if you were from somewhere other than my little part of the world...we always assume everyone is from here...I wonder why do we do that?
Anyway, it has been fun to meet you.
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02-25-2008, 01:13 AM
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The Kite Runner.
*sigh*
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02-25-2008, 02:56 AM
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I started to ask if you were from somewhere other than my little part of the world...we always assume everyone is from here...I wonder why do we do that? |
It's the opposite for me, I always get suprised when bumping into another Swede online (except for Swedish sites). I think a former neighbour of mine moved to Jacksonville. Somewhere in Florida at least... my memory is a little blurry.
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02-25-2008, 10:35 AM
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Speaking of Swedish...
Brødrene Løvehjerte - Astrid Lindgren
Except it was a Norwegian translation.
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02-25-2008, 10:43 AM
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Yeah, the proper title is "Bröderna Lejonhjärta". (That's "The Brothers Lionheart" for those of you who doesn't understand Norweigian or Swedish).
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03-18-2008, 07:59 PM
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The last book I read was Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton. I bought it to see what all the fuss was about and now severely regret it.
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