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fadedrose

(10,044 posts)
31. I feel so bad
Mon Apr 30, 2012, 10:20 PM
Apr 2012

That's the trouble with giving an opinion. It should always be good so you don't hurt someone's feelings, and I hate myself for what I said about this book. Please erase everything I said - maybe I should delete it all - think?

The Reilly book is the first of his that I read. Reilly is an Australian, and quite young. He was only about 23 when he wrote Ice Station. I enjoyed the wildly insane situations and the bonus bogus drawings that showed how it was all really quite possible. All his books were exciting, but his first was my favorite.

But don't feel bad. I have pushed my favorite James D. Doss and Charlie Moon down everybody's computer, and out of 206 subscribers to Fiction - guess how many read him - nobody.

So if my opinion hurts your feelings, it shouldn't. Nobody else here gives a hoot about what I think and neither should you.

luv ya m

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James Patterson NEOhiodemocrat Apr 2012 #1
THE TOURIST by Olen Steinhauer MaineDem Apr 2012 #2
I really liked this. MaineDem Apr 2012 #18
Radio Free Albemuth PK Dick JitterbugPerfume Apr 2012 #3
You love sci-fi, I can tell..... Little Star Apr 2012 #19
Star, it would be a boring world if we were all the same! JitterbugPerfume Apr 2012 #21
_Every Dead Thing_ by John Connolly getting old in mke Apr 2012 #4
I haven't read any of his books yet... Little Star Apr 2012 #7
Some free junk on the new Kindle, LWolf Apr 2012 #5
Watergate by Thomas Mallon. SheilaT Apr 2012 #6
I watched that whole hearing. That was something... Little Star Apr 2012 #8
It's amazing, but then I love everything I've SheilaT Apr 2012 #9
NOW YOU SEE ME (2011) by S. J. Bolton fadedrose Apr 2012 #10
Recommended.... fadedrose Apr 2012 #16
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman YankeyMCC Apr 2012 #11
Finished Spoon River Anthology today WCIL Apr 2012 #12
I just finished ohheckyeah Apr 2012 #13
Stefan Zweig "Invisible Collection." dimbear Apr 2012 #14
COWBOYS & ALIENS (2011) by Joan D. Vinge fadedrose Apr 2012 #15
A FALSE DAWN (2009) by Tom Lowe fadedrose Apr 2012 #17
Not great mvccd1000 Apr 2012 #23
"Not great" is too generous.. fadedrose Apr 2012 #24
Well, yes, it truly sucked. mvccd1000 Apr 2012 #30
I feel so bad fadedrose Apr 2012 #31
No, not at all! mvccd1000 May 2012 #32
I picked up his second book by Tom Lowe fadedrose May 2012 #36
I thought the second was worse than the first. mvccd1000 May 2012 #37
Have you started ICE STATION yet? fadedrose May 2012 #33
Not yet mvccd1000 May 2012 #34
Reminded me of Mission Impossible, the tv series fadedrose May 2012 #35
Try the one I just posted by Jussi Adler-Olsen fadedrose Apr 2012 #29
THE SECRET SOLDIER by Alex Berenson MaineDem Apr 2012 #20
MaineDem did you add this series to fadedrose's thread... Little Star Apr 2012 #25
It's already there MaineDem Apr 2012 #26
Thanks. I guess I could have checked first, duh! :) Little Star Apr 2012 #27
I'm glad you made me look MaineDem Apr 2012 #28
Pharos Initiative, and non-fiction, The First Tycoon (Cornelius Vanderbilt's life) closeupready Apr 2012 #22
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