05-11-2011, 01:40 AM | #9331 | |
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05-11-2011, 04:09 AM | #9332 | |
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But it'll cost you. Baen's eARCs are $15 each. Wait just two months, and you can get the finished text for just $6, or less in the webscription bundle. But if you just can't wait.... I confess to having bought one or two eARCs myself in the past. But at the moment, I'm willing to wait. It's nice to have the choice though. And if other publishers want to make more money, it's things like this they should be doing — exploiting the opportunities to ebooks give for making money out of people who really want the books as soon as possible. |
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05-11-2011, 04:38 AM | #9333 |
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Right now I'm finishing up The Mortal Instrument series. It's been a great ride so far!
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05-11-2011, 09:22 AM | #9334 | |
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I think that she was experimenting with story telling in the first books, seeing what worked well for her and what didn't. Although I rather liked Mr Satterthwaite, I hope that the supernatural element won't be repeated in future books. Next, the third from my recent purchase of a bundle of Frederick Pohl books: The Way the Future Was, first published in 1978. |
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05-11-2011, 11:38 AM | #9335 | ||
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I'm almost done with Catching Fire. Not really as good as its prequel but readable somehow. Quote:
Just a year ago my eyes were glued to the TV screen. Now they're glued to the kindle's screen. It's a bit too teenage for me, but I still want to give it another try because I like the author's sense of humor. What do you think? |
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05-11-2011, 02:15 PM | #9336 |
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I'm still plowing through the Necronomicon, haha. I'm down to the afterward finally though!
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05-11-2011, 02:21 PM | #9337 |
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Just wait! It gets downright creepy!
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05-11-2011, 02:50 PM | #9338 |
Is that a sandwich?
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Finished Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas. A poor Sherlock Holmes imitation. Nothing that happens in the first 95% of the book has any bearing on solving the crime. So there was no chance for the reader. Will Thomas' writing skills were good and I noticed only one typo. Published by Simon & Schuster who is asking $11.99 for the ebook. I borrowed it from the library in hardcover.
I'd give it a grade of C- and probably won't read anymore of the series. Now starting The City & The City by China Mieville. |
05-11-2011, 04:12 PM | #9339 |
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Finished all three books of Dave Duncan's Renaissance Venetian amateur sleuth mysteries, starring Alfeo Zeno (no relation to the Greek philosopher), apprentice to Fillippo Nostradamus (yes relation to the quatrain-penning mystic).
These are technically filed under fantasy, since they're published by Ace, but they're very low-key fantasy where supernatural ability is uncommon and the most magical things that happen are scrying via tarot cards and not using demons as a get-out-of-jail-free-card because that's an extremely bad idea. Also, if Nostradamus and Alfeo step over the line from respectable astrology and acceptable clairvoyance to "witchcraft", they'll be burned at the stake. Otherwise, they're practically indistinguishable from an otherwise conventional period detective series with well-incorporated research and a handy glossary at the back. All three books not only had a murder mystery to solve, but also some convoluted backstabbing Venetian politics to untangle, which were intertwined with the whodunnit in generally fairly clever ways. The Alchemists's Apprentice, 1st in the series, was a good introduction to the cast of characters, but the whodunnit felt kind of overly complicated with too many players contributing to the game. The Alchemist's Code improved on the beginnings, and would be worth reading for the how-to medieval cryptanalysis lesson alone. Happily, it's also got a clever plot with humorous moments in it. The Alchemist's Pursuit, which looks to be the final book, is the closest to a conventional murder mystery, on the trail of a serial killer with a possible revenge motive against courtesans, with a personal motivation for the sleuth as Zeno's girlfriend is herself a cortigiana onesta (the high-class educated hetaira-type variety like Veronica Franco), and thus in danger. Highly recommended if you like clever period mysteries which are true to the background in historical flavour but original in reinterpreting setting details and have neatly intertwined political/personal plots, likeable characters, and a sense of humour. These are going on my "buy when the price drops to dirt cheap with Kobo coupons" list. Well, if you do end up doing so, I think you won't regret it. |
05-11-2011, 04:24 PM | #9340 |
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I'm currently reading Midnight Cowboy. It's sad and surreal, and I can't entirely decided if I like it or not. I've got a ton of freebies to work through now. There's sure to be a few that I'll enjoy.
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05-11-2011, 04:44 PM | #9341 | |
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05-11-2011, 04:47 PM | #9342 | |
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05-11-2011, 08:22 PM | #9343 | |
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I did find a minor shout out to the Jacqueline Kirby books in my current read Silhouette in Scarlet, with one of the authors from Die for Love being namedropped. And it seems like everyone's plagiarizing "The Lustful Turk" for fun and profit now. I can hardly wait until Amelia Peabody also tries her hand at it to finance future expeditions. Speaking of Jacqueline Kirby, finished Naked Once More, which appears to be the 4th and final book in that series. A nice enough read, with Kirby's success as a pot-boiler author leading her to be one of the prospects for continuing the work of an author who apparently died under non-suicidal mysterious circumstances, which of course get solved during the course of the book in between dodging increasingly lethal attempts at copycat sabotage. While not quite as fun as the middle two Kirby books, a solid and entertaining mystery in which I came pretty close to figuring out what had happened to the mysteriously-disappeared author before the reveal, though not who exactly was responsible for the maybe-murder. Mild recommend. A okay ending to the series, but best to start with one of the earlier books to get better acquainted with Kirby's eccentricities and why she's able to leverage them so well and is so smug about being able to. |
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05-12-2011, 02:05 AM | #9344 |
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05-12-2011, 08:02 AM | #9345 |
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I just finished Lord of the flies last night. It was alright but I probably would of liked it better if I read when I was younger. I don't know why I didn't in school. Anyways time to hunt for a new book, I hear Hunger Games is good but I'm not sure about it. Any advice or recommendations?
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