05-24-2016, 10:32 AM | #24091 |
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I guess in fairness I'm not the market she was writing for. She was writing primarily for teenagers rather than adults. I would probably have enjoyed them more when I was 14, and reading books more for adventures than three-dimensional characters.
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05-24-2016, 02:22 PM | #24092 |
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A Royal Experiment: The Private Life of King George III by Janice Hadlow; I believe the English title is The Strangest Family. It's a terrific account of the family life of George III, where the royal family serves as a microcosm for societal theories, conditions and changes against the backdrop of the American and Napoleonic Wars, as well as being nice and gossipy, too. Hunter's Rage by Michael Arnold, the third in his Stryker series. Stryker is billed as the Sharpe of the [English] Civil War and I think the comparison is apt enough. Those who like Sharpe might give this series a try. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Michael Chabon's first novel and it's delightful. I love novels where summer is palpable and while I'm a little premature reading this, it'll set me up for more summer reads. |
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05-24-2016, 02:35 PM | #24093 | |
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As for Stryker - I do enjoy Sharpe, but I'm not sure I can handle another Sharpe-like series. And there aren't any audio versions. OTOH, these are free for KU, so I might just give them a try. I'm currently reading The Language of Power, the fourth book in the Steerswoman series from Rosemary Kirstein. This is a re-read, triggered by the Book Club selection this month which got me started re-reading the series. |
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05-24-2016, 02:45 PM | #24094 |
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I started the Stryker books when I was on a Civil War kick and I had to *travel* to buy them, as they weren't sold in the US at all. Now, even if you don't have KU, they're only $2.99 at Amazon or available for free as a monthly KOLL selection.
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05-25-2016, 07:47 AM | #24095 | |
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So instead I read A Girl Corrupted by the Internet is the Summoned Hero?! by Eliezer Yudkowsky. This is the author of the wonderful Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. And this is fun rational examination of a standard fantasy trope. Last edited by pdurrant; 05-25-2016 at 07:49 AM. |
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05-25-2016, 11:13 AM | #24096 | |
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Next up: The Postman by David Brin; I need to check off "something written in your home state" from the Something for Everyone challenge and this has been on my to be read list for a long time. I know a little about the plot but have not seen the movie, so hopefully this will be good. Quote:
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05-25-2016, 01:40 PM | #24098 | |
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Fair movie. As I watched it, I kept thinking "Hmmm. Dances with Wolves into the future." |
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I have finished One Girl, One Dream by Laura Dekker. As I said earlier, it is very inspirational.
I'm still working on The Linux Command Line by William E. Shotts Jr. |
05-25-2016, 10:13 PM | #24102 |
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I finished Jasper Fforde's third "Kazam" novel this morning. Good overall, but there are a couple of headscratcher goofs:
- In the first book, the narrator began her six-year indenture at the age of twelve and has been driving since the age of thirteen. In the third book, both happen when she's fourteen; she drives herself to begin her four-year indenture. - "Giga" is explained as meaning "million" in the same passage where four times twenty-six is calculated to be fifty-two. I guess this could be a matter of the speakers being terrible at math, but it's still weird. - Are the Geneva Convention (book one) and the Genevieve Convention (book two) different agreements, or is one of those misnamed? I'm thinking about tackling the four Independence Day books next - the three originals (collected in an omnibus), followed by the prequel to next month's new movie. I've had a peek at the prequel. It seems to start with the 1947 crash, stop off for a chapter or two during the first movie, and then settle into covering What Happened After. I could skip straight to that book, but I'm curious to see whether the prequel and sequel to the first movie are retained as canon. Then again, I have some packing to do tonight and tomorrow before going out of town for the weekend. I may not have much time for reading, so I might just slack off with a couple of electronic graphic novels. |
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Next, I'll probably start Mirabile, by Janet Kagan, a fairly recent purchase. I read my first Andre Norton book when I was 11, I think -- I believe it was Star Soldiers. After that I bought any paperback of hers that hit the racks -- Ace published most of her stuff as mass market paperbacks (and sometimes Ace Doubles) back then, and I sent them all of my spare change. Lately I've reread a few. They're definitely intended for a juvenile audience, and adhere very strongly to formulas, but nostalgia can be fun (in small doses). |
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05-25-2016, 11:04 PM | #24104 |
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I'm about 80% into Expendable, the first of James Alan Gardner's League of Peoples novels. Pretty good SF -- and strongly character-driven. Next up is The Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Peters, #5 in her Amelia Peabody series. As far as I can tell, this volume has not been issued as an eBook -- at least in the USA. So, I have a hardcopy edition borrowed from the library.
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