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Am I Crazy?

Submitted by jlpowers on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 1:05am
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I can't sleep now, but hoping I can shortly.  In the meantime, I thought I'd ask y'all a question.

I'm positive that a long time ago (15-years maybe) I read a book, that I'm positive was by James P. Hogan, about a guy who gets recruited to solve a couple of murders... murders that were a big deal because the president wasn't actually just one person but 5 clones of one person, all specially trained in different aspects of being president, and now two of the clones are dead and the others in danger... so this guy has to solve the murders, and of course he does.

I was also positive the book was down on my bookshelf. 

Except it isn't.  And it appears to not even be a JPH book.  In fact, after a couple fruitless hours searching on the web, it appears to not be a book at all.

Am I crazy?  Did I really read this book?  Or not?

Anybody know?

Annoyed At Authors

Submitted by jlpowers on Wed, 03/04/2009 - 9:54pm
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I’m working at a paying job, which is a very good thing, the only down-side of working is that my reading time is now severely limited… down from several books a week to one book a week if I’m lucky. So, I’ve been careful about the books I’ve read lately, wanting to get the most enjoyment for my limited time.

Unfortunately, two of my favorite authors majorly let me down. And I’m seriously annoyed, because they were both stupid newbie author mistakes. (Read more)

Comfort Books

Submitted by jlpowers on Mon, 01/09/2006 - 11:09pm
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I had an interesting discovery yesterday... not that I hadn't on some level known it all along, but I put a name to it yesterday... "comfort books".

You see, on Friday my money woes whacked me upside the head, and I finally had to do something that I really didn't want to do. Yeah, I know it'll all work out okay, but this weekend sucked while I was trying to deal with this.

And to deal with it, I pretty much ignored my kids all weekend and curled up with my comfort books... Amanda Quick... and read 6 or 7 over the course of the weekend. Old ones, new ones, it didn't matter as long as they were hers.

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