01-27-2013, 09:15 PM | #16 |
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To add another one that I just finished.
The Hunter by Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake) - The first book in the Parker novels series. Non-stop, unabashedly violent, well written. I'll need to pick up more in this series. |
01-28-2013, 09:36 AM | #17 |
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Well, I've got one that has some peanut butter and jam on it that's a little sticky to the fingers.
Roddy Doyle's The Woman Who Walked into Doors had me sucked in. |
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01-28-2013, 11:59 PM | #18 |
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The Sound and the Fury, especially the Quentin section.
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01-29-2013, 12:10 AM | #19 | |
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Just actually reviewed this on my blog. |
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01-29-2013, 12:34 AM | #20 |
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Three come to mind:
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. A classic science fiction novel. It tells a truly epic story in only about 200 (paper) pages. It's one of my all-time favourite books but I still found it compelling on this read through. American Psycho by Bret Easton Elis. Another of my all time favourites. The best satire of the '80s ever. Much of it applies today as well. Not for everyone. If all you've seen in the movie (a crime against a great book), this is the real deal. Horrible and compelling. Nostromo by Joseph Conrad. Part of my undertaking to read some "great books." I found this to be a book I couldn't wait to get back to every time I had to stop. A richly imagined story that explores the question of how character drives us forward, leading us to good choices and bad. I found the Sony T1's many dictionaries helpful with this as Mr. Conrad includes bits of Spanish, French, Italian, and, I think, a bit of German. |
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01-29-2013, 06:24 AM | #21 | |
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I'll have to take a look at your blog. I'm a bit more than halfway through and I am loving it so far. I hope we see more books like this in the Star Wars Universe. I read that there won't be any more lengthy series for a while after Fate of the Jedi ended and they are going back to single author stories/trilogies. |
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01-29-2013, 01:26 PM | #22 |
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Herodotus' History
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01-30-2013, 02:38 AM | #23 |
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Brandon Sanderson's Legion. I have never read a novella as good as that one.
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01-30-2013, 08:10 AM | #24 |
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Just finished Devon Monk's Allie Beckstom series, fantastic.
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01-30-2013, 10:08 AM | #25 |
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Definitely couldn't put down Cold Days by Jim Butcher (or really any of The Harry Dresden Files). The Wool omnibus by Hugh Howey also had me hooked from the first page. Can't wait to start the Shift omnibus.
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01-30-2013, 11:03 AM | #26 | |
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I listened to The Lovely Bones read by Alyssa Bresnehan, who captured Suzy's voice perfectly; I understand the edition narrated by the author herself isn't nearly as good. By the time Suzy tells her story a bit into the book, Bresnahan's friendly, calm tone makes that graphic account quite bearable. |
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01-30-2013, 12:18 PM | #27 | |
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The Panther is on my TBR list. It will definitely get read this year...just not sure when. (My TBR list has a TBR list of its own, I think...it's getting rather unwieldy ) |
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01-31-2013, 05:13 PM | #28 |
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Me Before You, JoJo Moyes............simply could not put it down
I had tears in my eyes at times and i was laughing at times.... ...till 4 in the morning. |
02-03-2013, 07:31 PM | #29 |
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I can't say enough good about Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan.
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02-03-2013, 09:09 PM | #30 |
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Any book by Lois McMaster Bujold.
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