12-06-2013, 04:19 PM | #18256 |
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I finished The Rose and the Thorn by Michael J. Sullivan. Didn't like it as much as The Crown Tower and the rest of the series, but it was still good.
Next up, is Heartless by Gail Carriger. |
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Now on to Robert B. Parker...and Spenser!
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Now I've finally launched into reading that very first book of Robert B. Parker's Spenser series, The Godwulf Manuscript |
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12-06-2013, 05:50 PM | #18258 |
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Just finished The Summons by John Grisham. Typically great Grisham read.
Next up Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie based on recos on this site |
12-06-2013, 07:35 PM | #18259 |
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Just finished The Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly. Excellent. I've read every Harry Bosch, Mickey Haller, Jack McEvoy, and Terry McCaleb book in order of publication, important because of the intertwined history and relationships of the characters in all the series. If you like mysteries, you can't do better than Michael Connelly.
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12-07-2013, 02:23 AM | #18261 | |
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12-07-2013, 04:36 AM | #18262 |
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Finished "Telzey Amberdon" by James H. Schmitz. This is the first of a four-book Baen collection of Schmitz's "Hub Federation" stories, and (mostly) features the adventures of the eponymous Telzey Amberdon, a teenage girl. Schmitz is an SF author who was enormously popular in the 1960s and 70s, but almost unknown today, which is a great shame. A very good read.
I originally bought this in April 2000; this is a part of my "read my old Baen ebooks" project. On next to "Hope Reborn", the first book in the "General" series by S.M. Stirling and David Drake. On a small planet, 1000 years after the collapse of an interstellar civilisation, an ancient sentient battle computer seeks the help of a young man, Raj Whitehall, to unite the planet and rebuild civilisation. |
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12-07-2013, 02:14 PM | #18265 |
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I've finally decided to be brave and tackle The Luminaries.
I don't know why, but thick books - and literary books - have felt intimidating in recent years; as a child, I thought nothing of making my way through one serious tome after another, but now it apparently takes weeks of mental preparation. I am so very happy ebooks exist, though, especially with books that are ~1000 pages in paper... |
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And, speaking of rereading a series, I've been working my way through the entire Honor Harrington series, including the side series, all in chronological order. It has made me even more aware of how much better and tighter the writing was at the beginning, but I'm still enjoying it even now that I'm no the second to last book, A Rising Thunder.
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