10-25-2013, 08:22 PM | #18016 |
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10-25-2013, 09:59 PM | #18017 |
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10-25-2013, 10:15 PM | #18018 |
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I'm reading The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty.
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10-26-2013, 04:28 AM | #18019 |
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Finished "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?", Agatha Christie's 20th book, originally published in 1934. This is one of her "standalone" novels, in which the protagonist, as is usual with these books, is an independent young woman (in the case of this book, Lady Frances Derwent), with a "sidekick" of a loyal and courageous, but not terribly intelligent, young man.
The plot of the book: Bobby Jones (the not-very-intelligent young man already mentioned) is playing golf when he comes across a dying man who has apparently fallen from a cliff. Before he dies, the man asks the cryptic question, "Why didn't they ask Evans?", and then promptly expires. Soon after, an attempt is made on Bobby's own life, and he and his childhood friend Frankie (Lady Frances Derwent) get involved in an exciting chain of events. This is one of Christie's half-thriller, half detective-story, novels. It's certainly not her best work, but it's a cracking good story and well worth reading. |
10-26-2013, 05:13 AM | #18020 | |
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10-26-2013, 05:22 AM | #18021 |
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"Cryptonomicon" is one of the very few books I've ever given up on. I read about a quarter of it, but found it tedious in the extreme.
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10-26-2013, 09:13 AM | #18022 | |
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10-26-2013, 09:27 AM | #18023 |
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10-26-2013, 12:10 PM | #18024 |
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I finally finished Heir of Novron by Michael J. Sullivan. It was a long book, but a great one!!! I can not recommend this fantasy series enough. Do give it a try, you will not regret it.
After such a big book, I need a quick, easy read. So I have decided to read a romance novel. Stern by Brenda Jackson. |
10-26-2013, 09:27 PM | #18025 |
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Willing Captive by Bella Aurora
chick-lit but the plot is new to me |
10-27-2013, 01:16 AM | #18026 | |
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10-27-2013, 04:36 AM | #18027 |
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10-27-2013, 05:14 AM | #18028 | |
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Next up: The Man Who Sold the Moon/Orphans in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein. A Baen omnibus edition. |
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10-27-2013, 12:59 PM | #18029 |
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