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10-26-2012, 10:51 AM | #14462 | |
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10-26-2012, 06:05 PM | #14464 |
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10-27-2012, 01:11 AM | #14465 |
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10-27-2012, 03:05 AM | #14466 | |
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There were a few too many parallels with my early life which made it far too easy to relate to the main character. I feel like watching Mary Poppins after that. Could have done with more proof-reading though. After the great experience I had with Martuk ... the Holy, I picked up two of Jonathan Winn's novellas which are basically side-stories for the novel. The first is The Wounded King and the second is The Elder. |
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10-27-2012, 04:57 AM | #14467 |
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Just started The Twelve and enjoying it so far!
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10-27-2012, 09:42 PM | #14468 |
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Finished Camel Club. It started out a bit slow while Baldacci laid the foundation and you got introduced to the characters. It picked up nicely, though, as there were a few plot lines you had to try and figure out how they were connected. A surprise or two at the end.
Just starting the next book in the Camel Club series, The Collectors, and it has had no trouble getting off to a fast start. |
10-27-2012, 10:58 PM | #14469 | |
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I'm currently reading "Three Parts Dead" by Max Gladstone:
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10-28-2012, 02:48 AM | #14470 |
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Just read a delightful novel:
The Cartographer Peter Twohig It's about an 11 year old boy in 1959 Melbourne (Aus), who takes himself on many adventures with wonderful zeal and adventure. A mixture of a boys own (for adults to read) and an espionage novel for tweens. Wonderful, especially as it's a first novel. |
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Finished Cocaine Blues and went immediately on to read the next, Flying Too High. I really enjoyed both of them, and I've bought the next couple, taking advantage of Amazon's WhisperSync deal to also buy the Audible versions of them. Phryne Fisher is an English woman brought up poor, but who has now inherited a very large fortune (we don't actually know it's size, but it appears essentially bottomless.) The stories are set in the 1920's, and Phryne is an entirely emancipated woman who has just moved to Melbourne Australia and sets about solving mysteries somewhat by accident, but then by intent. Phryne has a knack for acquiring completely devoted staff by attaching them as she works, and an equal facility for finding lovers as she goes (and unacquiring them nearly as quickly). She's an aviator, drives a Hispano-Suiza, carries a revolver, and isn't afraid to solve a problem by throwing well thought out money at it. All somewhat a bit too good to be true, but one really doesn't mind and disbelief is happily suspended. The one weakness in these early books is the endings tend to be just a bit too contrived and awkward, and there are always a few more subplots going on than absolutely necessary. Somehow, these faults seem minor in the context of a thoroughly original and enjoyable character. Highly recommended. |
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10-28-2012, 04:50 PM | #14472 |
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Thanks Charlie. I'll move that up on my TBR list now.
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10-28-2012, 05:38 PM | #14473 |
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@CRussel, I also enjoy the Phryne (pronounced Fry knee) series by Greenwood and agree generally with your comments.
Earlier this year the Aus Broadcasting Commission aired maybe half a dozen of her early Phryne novels in 1 hour telemovie format. There have been some character changes (for whatever reasons) and the wonderful Mrs Butler and her even more wonderful meals are not part of it. The reviews were somewhat mixed, but I thoroughly enjoyed viewing them!! I don't know if you're aware but Greenwood also writes about a contemporary sleuth in the form of the Corinna Chapman series, an inner city Melbournian baker and her Private Investigator partner. These books deal with the Melbourne of today, as opposed to Phyrne's 1920's. Personally, I'm a 1920's lover so they're my favourites. |
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I haven't tried one of the Corinna Chapman books yet, though I undoubtedly will at some point. However, Phryne is too delicious to allow myself to be distracted by anything else right now. |
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10-29-2012, 02:21 AM | #14475 |
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Ahhh .... so that answers my unasked question of how you came across Greenwood!!
And yes, I also find the Fisher series 'delicious' especially some of the recipes - alcoholic drinks and food, lol! |
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