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'Salem's Lot

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A Discovery of Witches

A Discovery of Witches Thoughts Coming soon!.

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A Game of Thrones

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A Peace to End All Peace

A Peace to End All Peace Thoughts Coming soon!.

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Alien

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Aliens

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Animal Farm

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Artemis

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Bird Box

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Bringing Down the House - The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions

Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T.

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Carrie

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Thoughts This is a fun kids book.

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Christine

]] 2024 - August 7 - Wednesday: I’ve been reading this lately, and it’s pretty solid overall.

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Cinder

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Congo

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Contact

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Coraline

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Count Zero

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Cujo

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Divergent

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

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Doctor Sleep

Doctor Sleep Thoughts Coming soon!.

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Dracula

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Dune

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Ender's Game

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Failure is not an Option - Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

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Fifty Shades Darker

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Fifty Shades Freed

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Fifty Shades of Grey

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First Blood

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Foundation

Foundation Thoughts Warning Spoilers ahead! While I thought this was an interesting sci-fi story, I also thought the core plot device, “psychohistory,” kind of took away

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Foundation and Empire

Foundation and Empire Thoughts Coming soon!.

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Four Past Midnight

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Frankenstein

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Thoughts Coming soon!.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Thoughts Coming soon!.

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Thoughts Spoiler Warning! Goblet of Fire is definitely at the top of the list for me when I’m thinking about my favorite Harry Potter

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Thoughts Coming soon!.

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Thoughts Coming soon!.

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Thoughts Coming soon!.

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Thoughts Coming soon! It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. A.

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Helter Skelter

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Howl's Moving Castle

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Invincible

Invincible Thoughts Generally speaking, I really liked this graphic novel! I thought the characters were interesting and the plot was engaging.

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Irredeemable

Irredeemable Thoughts The only reason I really picked this one up was because I was after more of the same of Invincible, but it didn’t live up to that one for me, not ev

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It

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James and the Giant Peach

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Journey to the Center of the Earth

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Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park Thoughts Coming soon! Observations From The Novel Warning Spoilers Ahead! Naturally, there’s quite a bit more exposition for just about everything compared

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Love After Love

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Man on Fire

Man on Fire Thoughts Warning Spoiler warning! I enjoyed this book overall.

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Misery

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More Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark

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Nancy Drew - The Secret of the Old Clock

You can definitely tell this is geared towards younger readers, but it was a fun little read.

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Neuromancer

Thoughts I didn’t enjoy this book as much as I’d hoped, but it was still very interesting from a setting point of view.

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No Country For Old Men

No Country For Old Men Thoughts I liked this book, but man is the prose annoying to read; it’s just not my style, I suppose.

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Pet Sematary

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Psycho

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Resident Evil - Caliban Cove

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Resident Evil - City of the Dead

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Resident Evil - The Umbrella Conspiracy

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Resident Evil - Underworld

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Rosemary's Baby

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Scary Stories 3 - More Tales To Chill Your Bones

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Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark

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Schindler's List

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Second Foundation

Second Foundation Thoughts Coming soon!.

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Secret Window, Secret Garden

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Singularity

Singularity Thoughts Warn Spoiler warning! I don’t remember much in the way of specifics other than the main character lives in a bunker that is connected to a Black Hole

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Sphere

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The Amulet of Samarkand

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The Andromeda Strain

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The Bourne Identity

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The Chamber

The Chamber Thoughts Coming soon!.

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The Cruel Prince

Thoughts 2025 - January 28 - Tuesday: Overall, I’m liking this book so far.

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The Da Vinci Code

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The Exorcist

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The Expanse - Leviathan Wakes

Thoughts This was a generally solid science-fiction book. Characters Jim Holden: One of the more frustrating characters I’ve ever read .

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The Eye of the World

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The Firm

The Firm Thoughts Coming soon!.

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The Godfather

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The Great Hunt

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The Green Mile

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The Gunslinger

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The Hunger Games

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The Hunger Games - Catching Fire

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The Hunger Games - Mockingjay

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The Hunt for Red October

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The Langoliers

The Langoliers Thoughts For some reason or another, The Langoliers has always been a very interesting read for me.

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The Last Wish

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The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring Thoughts Coming soon!.

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The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King Thoughts Coming soon!.

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The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers

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The Martian

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The Maze Runner

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The Meg

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The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales

The Monkey’s Paw and Other Tales Thoughts It’s been a while since I read this, so I don’t remember much about this book besides the titular The Monkey’s Paw, which is my

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The Neverending Story

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The Phantom Tollbooth

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The Radium Girls

The Radium Girls Thoughts This is a heavy read — the health effects described are pretty difficult to imagine.

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The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker Thoughts This is a great read, but I actually like the movie (The Rainmaker) better! Progress 2024 - July 29 - Monday: As of today I’m at about 90% completi

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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

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The Running Man

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The Science of Interstellar

The Science of Interstellar Thoughts This is a fascinating book that, while relatively in-depth in math, is accessible enough that you can follow along with the concepts

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The Shining

The Shining Thoughts I really like this book, and I think I would put it at the top of my list of Stephen King novels.

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The Silence of the Lambs

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The Stand

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The Stepford Wives

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The Terror

The Terror Thoughts See my entries below in the Progress section. Progress 2026 - April 20 - Monday: I’m calling now around the 40% mark.

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The Tommyknockers

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The Witches

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Thinner

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Thirteen - The Apollo Flight That Failed

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To Kill a Mockingbird

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Treasure Island

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True Grit

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Twilight

Thoughts Overall Thoughts This book isn’t half bad, in my opinion, if you take it for what it is: a young-adult, supernatural, romance.

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Twilight - Breaking Dawn

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Twilight - Eclipse

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Twilight - New Moon

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Watership Down

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