04-07-2012, 11:48 AM | #12856 |
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04-07-2012, 11:49 AM | #12857 |
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Just finished Christopher Fowler's latest PCU mystery "The Memory of Blood" - featuring the 2 oldest detectives in Britain. As in earlier works, this book delights in the arcana of a British tradition - this time Punch & Judy (and the Grand Guignol). But even though I am a great fan of the Peculiar Crimes Unit, this entry disappointed me. Rather than dwelling on the wondrous cast of wacky eccentric characters of the PCU, it was a very superficial work - with many characters getting only a named "walk on" appearance - and very little internal conflict with authority figures. Quite disappointing. It reads like a quickly completed rough draft that was not "fleshed out" before publication. Sigh.
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04-07-2012, 05:11 PM | #12858 |
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I am now well into The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd and I can highly recommend it.
I am taking a break from my usual fare of Mystery, Suspense, Thriller novels, having finished most of the Preston & Childs Agent Pendergast novels; very highly recommended btw. I started with Still Life With Crows, and I was hooked. |
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04-08-2012, 12:36 AM | #12860 | |
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04-08-2012, 02:57 AM | #12861 |
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When I saw your post, I thought I would do a reread and made a note to dig through my bookshelves for it. Then tonight, while avoiding getting my taxes done, it was on TV. I think I learn something each time I follow the story.
Just starting Scorpion House by Maria Hudgins. (Still on my Egypt thing and surprisingly they have all been freebies.) I really liked that the beginning of the book had a short blurb to give me an idea of what the book was going to be about and I didn't have to search for it. amazon blurb: Spoiler:
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04-08-2012, 05:43 AM | #12862 |
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I've just finished a paper book. Yes, I know I should hang my head in shame, but it's not available as an eBook.
The book was "Egypt - How a Lost Civilization was Rediscovered" by Joyce Tyldesley, and is a very readable account of the history of the development of Egyptology from mere treasure hunting to its modern state as a science. It focusses on the lives of the most famous Egyptologists: Belzoni, Champollion, Petrie, Carter, etc. An excellent read for anyone interested in the subject. |
04-08-2012, 06:39 AM | #12863 |
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I really liked the first two stories and the last. The others weren't to my taste. The stories I liked I liked a lot, so they made it a good issue for me.
Next up: Endgame Enigma by James P. Hogan I bought this back in October 2009. Essentially a freebie, as it was bundled with that month's Baen ebooks. I find his later stuff just too earnest about impossible ideas, but this is, I think, one of his early books. |
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04-08-2012, 11:22 AM | #12865 |
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04-08-2012, 11:37 AM | #12867 | |
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04-08-2012, 11:47 AM | #12868 |
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- A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin (89%) - The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Titanic Tragedy by William Seil (61%) - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (55%) - Moby-Dick, or The Whale by Herman Melville (6%) - Skeleton Crew by Stephen King (28%) [on hold] I've attempted to read Moby-Dick twice now. I've never gotten farther than about a third of the way through. This time I'm determined to finish it. |
04-08-2012, 12:16 PM | #12869 |
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@ The Terminator: no, I guess the real reason why I stopped loving it is that I grew out of it. See, a 12-year-old kid is idealistic. But a 20-year-old one is less so, however immature (s)he is. So... a sweet revenge is what I always want, but at the same time I know it's too good to be true. And the story just gets more and more absurd everytime I read it. There's an almost the same story (The Gadfly by Ethel Lilian Voynich) and I can't help comparing the two: Gadfly is "more" extreme, it's "truer".
But... I still have feelings for the Count of MC. It's hard to just stop loving something you loved when you were a kid, right? |
04-08-2012, 05:03 PM | #12870 |
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I just finished The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde thanks to a recommendation from this thread. I enjoyed the book, a fun read if you are looking for something light and a little different. It reminds me of Adventures in Time and Space with Max Merriwell by Pat Murphy which I read as an audio book several years ago and also enjoyed.
Synopsis of The Eyre Affair (not a spoiler): Spoiler:
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