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Thread started 08/14/05 7:57am

dreamfactory31
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Late Summer Book Club. Anyone down?



CreamyThighs and I both have this book by Dr. Ian Smith calledThe Blackbird Papers and we wanted 2 know if there were any other Orgers interested in reading along with us and discussing the book on a thread here in the General Discussion forum. *Tip: U can save money if u borrow the book from a library.

Please post if u are interested. biggrin
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Reply #1 posted 08/14/05 8:01am

dreamfactory31
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What the book is about:

Professor Wilson Bledsoe is returning from a party celebrating his latest honor when he encounters a broken-down pick-up on the secluded country road to his home. He instinctively stops to help, calling his wife, Kay, to let her know he'll be late. When the delay stretches to hours, Kay frantically contacts the local police and Wilson's younger brother, Sterling, an FBI agent in New York. The next day, the discovery of the Professor's body with a vicious racist epithet carved into his chest leads to the quick arrest of two loathsome white supremacists. Sterling, however, is not quite ready to buy into this pat solution. A look around his brother's lab and brief interviews with his students, colleagues, and the college's distinguished president pique his curiosity about Wilson's current project, a nearly completed paper on the mysterious deaths of hundreds of local blackbirds. But Sterling's search for answers takes a dangerous turn when a security tape sent to Quantico for enhancement incriminates the agent himself.

Determined to clear his name and bring his brother's killer to justice, Sterling eludes the local police and makes his way back to New York City, where he pulls out every trick he knows to stay one step ahead of the FBI and the NYPD. As he calls in favors from long-time friends at the Bureau and checks out leads from scientists familiar with his brother's work, Sterling realizes that Wilson's murder is part of a sinister scheme that reaches from the Dartmouth campus to big-money interests in the Midwest, to the offices of some very influential people in Washington.

Fast-paced and cleverly constructed, THE BLACKBIRD PAPERS is the perfect summer read for fans of The Da Vinci Code and mystery-thrillers by Michael Connelly, Jonathan Kellerman, and Jeffrey Deaver.
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Reply #2 posted 08/14/05 8:09am

CreamyThighs

Right on! I hope other's will be interested in this. Have U started reading it yet? I gotta start today.
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Reply #3 posted 08/14/05 8:12am

dreamfactory31
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I havent started yet. I was gonna wait until at least a couple others were on board. biggrin
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Reply #4 posted 08/14/05 8:15am

KebabKing

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are there any pictures in this book?
You wan' kebab? I make you delicious Kebab!!!
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Reply #5 posted 08/14/05 8:17am

dreamfactory31
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KebabKing said:

are there any pictures in this book?

Im afraid not, buddy. smile
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Reply #6 posted 08/14/05 8:20am

KebabKing

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dreamfactory313 said:

KebabKing said:

are there any pictures in this book?

Im afraid not, buddy. smile



good luck smile

most people on prince.org have the mental age of 5

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You wan' kebab? I make you delicious Kebab!!!
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Reply #7 posted 08/14/05 8:33am

Lizzy7701

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Oooooohhhhh...That sounds good....

But I can't read it yet bawl I don't have the time right now

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Reply #8 posted 08/14/05 8:56am

dreamfactory31
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KebabKing said:

dreamfactory313 said:


Im afraid not, buddy. smile



good luck smile

most people on prince.org have the mental age of 5

biggrin

lol
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Reply #9 posted 08/14/05 9:30am

2the9s

Sounds intriguing... hmmm
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Reply #10 posted 08/14/05 9:32am

dreamfactory31
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2the9s said:

Sounds intriguing... hmmm

Are u in?
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Reply #11 posted 08/14/05 9:57am

CreamyThighs

KebabKing said:

dreamfactory313 said:


Im afraid not, buddy. smile



good luck smile

most people on prince.org have the mental age of 5

biggrin

falloff
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Reply #12 posted 08/15/05 11:40am

dreamfactory31
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Anyone else?
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Reply #13 posted 08/15/05 11:40am

2freaky4church
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These fools don't read. lol
All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #14 posted 08/16/05 11:54am

CreamyThighs

2freaky4church1 said:

These fools don't read. lol

lol
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Reply #15 posted 08/16/05 12:00pm

dreamfactory31
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Im going to start reading the book now. I guess no one else is interested. shrug
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