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04-22-2012, 02:24 AM | #12977 |
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Today was a continuation of yard work, so I plugged in to audiobooks. I loved it so much the first time I just had to listen again while mowing and pulling weeds - The Importance of Being Earnest Performance.
Then another freebie from Audible that was announced in our Deals forum - Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye: Psychic Eye Mysteries by Victoria Lane - I'm 2/3 the way through and found it was perfect to listen to while mindlessly pulling weeds and cleaning the pond. Spoiler:
Then, while waiting for the pond to fill up, I read Witch Way (Part One) (The Mystic Series) by Heidi Hall - a cute fluff read. This was also a freebie, but I may not have started it, if I had paid attention that it left you hanging. Part 2 continues the story. Spoiler:
Now back to The Buried Pyramid by Jane Lindskold - again a freebie from Tor posted in our Deals forum (I think it is still free) - I haven't read very much, so I'm hoping it gets better. Spoiler:
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04-22-2012, 02:40 AM | #12978 | |
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Continuing on the French theme (sort of), I'll start His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik next. Last edited by Fbone; 04-22-2012 at 04:26 AM. Reason: corrected author's name |
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04-22-2012, 04:17 AM | #12979 |
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I read that 18 months ago. I really liked it, and the others in the series have been on my wish list since then, waiting for a good offer. Hmm... I see the second in the series is £2.99 now. If my TBR pile wasn't so long, I think I'd go for that. Perhaps in 2013 if I make my target for 2012.
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I'm reading Colours in the Steel—the first book in K. J. Parker's THE FENCER TRILOGY. It hooked me early and hard... just as every Parker book has so far.
Just one example of the analogous/allegorical penchant that makes me love K. J. Parker's writing. Quote:
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04-22-2012, 06:34 PM | #12982 |
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Just finished Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer and it was extraordinarily interesting. It's the account of Chris McCandless's attempt to live in the Alaskan wilderness. Very insightful and thought provoking.
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04-22-2012, 08:20 PM | #12983 |
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Pouring rain all day - so I read Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon - the first book of the Guido Brunetti series - FINALLY available as an ebook! Not too hard to figure out who done it, but the Venetian setting & history are delightful. Will give this series a try! Brunetti is the kind of detective I call "kind, compassionate, decent man in the midst of corruption/temptation" - like Maigret, Alleyn, Gamache.
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04-22-2012, 10:13 PM | #12984 |
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Just finished Uncle Tom's Cabin and Journey to the West (more widely known as "Monkey: a folk-tale of China"). Now I'm reading The Grapes of Wrath (still) and just began Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay.
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04-23-2012, 03:42 AM | #12985 | |
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Currently reading an Edgar Wallace - The Man Who Knew, and rather wishing PG hadn't used the US version; it just seems very discordant to have someone walking down a London street wearing a 'mustache' or writing 'checks' in a London bank. Bizarrely, the previous book I read - 'The Princess of the School' - was also an US version, full of jolly hockey sticks English schoolgirls also talking about 'mustaches'.
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04-23-2012, 05:53 AM | #12987 |
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I really enjoyed that one, I hope that you do too. I think my next read will be Guy Gavriel Kay.
I'm reading "The Prince of Mist" by Zafon. I'm about a third of the way through it - it's great. Creepy as all heck to read before bedtime, though - but then again, I'm a bit of a wuss! |
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04-23-2012, 08:46 AM | #12989 |
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I finished A Dance with Dragons 1: Dreams and Dust by George R. R. Martin - the first half of the split UK paperback edition of ADwD, and I've started Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov as a change of pace before the second part.
I read Foundation back in January, and I need to read the whole original trilogy before I'm ready for Foundation's Edge, which won a Hugo. The latter half of Foundation and Empire also won a Retro Hugo. Including those two, I have fifteen Hugo winners left to read. Until they give away the next one, in August/September. |
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After years of purposefully avoiding the series, I've started and finished all 7 of the Harry Potter books in about 6 weeks. My kid got a box set for Christmas and convinced me to finally take the plunge when he was home for Spring Break. I read the first 3 in pbook format and then the last 4 on my iPhone 4 as downloads from my local library.
Reading them as quickly as I did gave me an appreciation for the continuity and attention to detail that Rowling put into the series. I'm partial to epic "Good vs Evil" tales (King's "The Stand" is a Top 5 favorite), so HP scratched that itch. While I am not ready to go buy a Hogwarts cloak or a copy of Harry's wand, I do have an appreciation now of why my kids and their friends would be at B&N at midnight for each new book. |
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