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XanaDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 02:40 PM
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Have you ever read so many TC books that you
accidentally re-read one and not realize it until you are well into it? LOL!

That happens to me quite a bit!
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-05 11:07 AM
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1. I have...yeah
Speaking of... Do you hide your books behind others? LOL. I have so many true crime books and the like, that I put them behind other books on my shelf so people don't think I am some whack job.
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XanaDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-05 06:52 PM
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2. I used to hide them
but now I have so many, I could not.

And I sometimes think I looked like a whacko because of them.
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wakemeupwhenitsover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-05 08:55 PM
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3. johnnie & xanaduer,
you're hiding them like some gals hide their romance novels. Too funny.

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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-05 11:48 AM
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5. Lol
Well, there is a difference between romance and a whole bookshelf of books that talk about mass murder, killing sprees and slicing up bodies.
I just used to think that people would look at all those books and think I was obsessed with it all.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-13-05 10:19 PM
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10. My wife used to make me keep them seperate from the other books...
this was when I kept literally hundreds of TC books. I tried to explain to her that this looked even creepier and odder- "Honey, why don't I just put some gloves, handcuffs, and a tire tool into the boxes with them?" She was not amused. Okay, she was amused a little bit.
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southlandshari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-22-05 10:56 PM
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4. My problem is
I read them so fast, I run out of reading material often. I buy them when I can afford it, go to the public library often (but I've gone through most there, too!). So I re-read a lot, but not because I forget, I have no choice!
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 11:00 AM
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6. Yes! But I'm over 50 years old and
everything seems new again, lol.
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DemBones DemBones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 06:15 PM
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8. My husband and I are both over 50 but he's always

been one to forget plots of books so he can enjoy them over and over again. I still remember plots in detail so I have to re-read or find new books. It's a lot cheaper to just forget them all! But he remembers faces -- anytime we watch TV, he'll say "Oh, see this guy? He played this obscure part in such and such an obscure movie years ago." And he's RIGHT every time!
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XanaDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-13-05 09:19 PM
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9. I hate it when I start a book that seems great
and then start noticing that is seems familiar, then realize I have read it. I only really do it with the St. Martin's Crime crappo books that they turn out on every case no matter how minor.

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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-05 04:14 PM
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7. Yes, but not just TC books.
It happens to me with all kinds of books!

I have re-read a couple TC books on purpose. The most compelling for me is "Deviant", the story of Ed Gein.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-13-05 10:22 PM
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11. I don't do it with TC, but I often do it with Johnathan Kellerman's...
Alex Delaware series. They always have such similar titles.
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