05-08-2016, 10:48 AM | #24016 |
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I've started reading The Vital Question, by Nick Lane. This book was reviewed on Bill Gates' blog, and I realized I really wanted to read it. A discussion of the role of energy and evolution in the origins of complex life.
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05-08-2016, 11:11 AM | #24017 |
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05-08-2016, 10:58 PM | #24018 |
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Finished Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross. I am uncertain as to whether there was such a woman, but I can wish that it were so.
All in all, a very interesting read. Now reading Unintended Consequences by Marti Green. |
05-09-2016, 07:10 AM | #24019 | |
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Then I read my very latest purchase: Thraxas and the Oracle by Martin Scott. The 10th in the series. And an excellent continuation it was too. Most enjoyable. Now reading: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May/June 2016. |
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05-09-2016, 08:49 AM | #24020 | |
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Finished Best Boy by Eli Gottlieb. A bummer of a read, but worthwhile. From Amazon:
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And working my way through the Hugo/Nebula/Arthur C. Clake award winners, I started The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Heinlein. |
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05-09-2016, 02:30 PM | #24021 |
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I finished I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes. It's one of those books that have been on my radar for a while but having read review on Goodreads I delayed reading it. It seems to be one of those books that you either love or hate. I fall in the first catagory.
The books starts out as any police procedural, but don't let that fool you; it isn't. The story is about a former spook on the hunt for both a murderer and a lone wolf terrorist. The story goes off in various directions to come together again at the end. One of my two favourite reads of the years so far. |
05-09-2016, 08:43 PM | #24022 |
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I just finished Listen to your laundry.
Non-fiction either self improvement or humor or both. |
05-09-2016, 09:38 PM | #24023 | |
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Goodreads now tells me I'm only 1 book behind schedule as I read toward my goal of 168 for the year. And, if I'm honest, I wouldn't have published the books which make up the Sasha Strange Chronicles in 3 volumes. They comprise a single story. But, since they were offered as 3 books in the Kindle Unlimited program, that's the way I recorded them in my reading log. |
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05-09-2016, 09:50 PM | #24024 | |
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Next is The Mechanical by Ian Tregillis. |
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05-09-2016, 10:14 PM | #24025 |
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Finished Unintended Consequences by Marti Green.
It was pretty good, actually. The suspense was different from most thriller-type books, but sustained throughout the novel and satisfying at the end. I may follow up on this author, though my TBR is incredibly large right now... I think I will start one of the freebies of the month, Enemy by K. Eason. |
05-10-2016, 09:06 AM | #24026 |
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Finished Cut Thin to Win (1965) by Erle Stanley Gardner.
Next up (1966) - Widows Wear Weeds by the same author. |
05-10-2016, 12:14 PM | #24027 |
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Just finished When Breath Becomes Air, an absolutely riviting non fiction by Paul Kalanithi. The first half is about him becoming a neurologist and the second half is about what happens when he is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.
In fact, he died while writing the second half. His wife finished it for him. Fascinating what he sees life like treating patients and then being one himself. |
05-10-2016, 10:07 PM | #24028 | |
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Next: Witches Abroad is still on hold, I thought it was available. Instead I will read The Columbus Affair by Steve Berry. This was the first book I saw when I logged in to my library this morning to get a new book so I am going to count it in the Something for Everyone Challenge as "the first book you see in the book store library." Last edited by Dazrin; 05-11-2016 at 11:24 AM. Reason: Changed next book. |
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05-11-2016, 12:12 AM | #24029 |
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I'm currently reading Lazarus Suspended the first book of the Good Death series by Doug McGovern off of kindle-unlimited.
Crazy new start up series that I was lucky to find from the guys Facebook profile. It's a compelling story that discusses the ethics of botched euthanasia, especially when others impose it upon the patient. Has elements of an old Gothic novel like Frankenstein but its more of a Medical Thriller as it has all those technical pieces in it. It reminds you of what would happen if the Silence of the Lambs merged with one of those hospital dramas like Grey's Anatomy. The cast is really interesting too. It has a Hitler-type female lead antagonist and a powerful female protagonist and a conflicted male anti-hero. Definitely worth a look-see. |
05-11-2016, 03:34 AM | #24030 | |
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Next up: A recent freebie by a known author: A Feral Darkness by Doranna Durgin So far so good. Although more of a romance than I usually read, there's enough fantasy elements to keep me interested. |
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