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cullengirl wrote:

AlectoCullen wrote:Just started The Collector by John Fowles, it's considered the first psychological thriller ever.

That book creeped me out while I was reading it and afterwards. I think there's a movie too, but I'm not sure. Are you reading it for school?

There is indeed a movie; I watched it back around the start of the year. It starred Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar, and I found it quite chilling.

I am currently reading 13 Bankers, by Simon Johnson and James Kwak, yet another very good book on the economic/financial crisis. Johnson is a pretty high-powered economist--ex-IMF, prof at MIT--and this book is predictably strong on the big picture econ analysis. It's especially good on what I'd call the political economy of the crisis: how the political clout of the US financial sector helped set the stage for what happened. Johnson and Kwak also have a really good blog called Baseline Scenario, which is must reading for analysis of economic and financial news.

Jestak wrote:

cullengirl wrote:

AlectoCullen wrote:Just started The Collector by John Fowles, it's considered the first psychological thriller ever.

That book creeped me out while I was reading it and afterwards. I think there's a movie too, but I'm not sure. Are you reading it for school?

There is indeed a movie; I watched it back around the start of the year. It starred Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar, and I found it quite chilling.

I saw the Collector at Blockbuster hmmmm I may have to add this book to my library queue.

Living Dead in Dallas. Number 2 of the Sookie books. And I want to get back to the Stephanie Plum books very soon! I've read the first nine!

The Prize - Brenda Joyce

I'm currently reading the 5th book in the House of Night series, as well as the 3rd book in the Vampire Academy series.

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I finished:

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradly: a cute, old fashion mystery.

Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles: didn't like it at all. I thought it was full of cliches and stereotypes.

Now reading: Indiscretion by Jude Morgan

While I'm waiting for Amazon to get me my Bree book...
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant: absolutely fabulous telling of the story of Dinah and a wonderful look into the lives of women in the ancient world.
City of Bones, finally. I had to steal it back again. Very fast paced and fun, but also beautifully detailed as it lays out the story of the unseen world.

Me too. Reading Short Second Life of Bree Tanner...