05-22-2011, 03:03 PM | #121 |
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Thanks, Tome Keeper and rhadin! I'm glad you enjoyed the story, and I appreciate the shout out. My other Detective Jackson novels have even better Amazon rankings...because they're less political. Still, writing this series has been the most gratifying work I've ever done.
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06-01-2011, 03:13 PM | #122 |
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I find Le Guin to be atrocious. But for a book I did really enjoy (actually two books), The Left Hand of Destiny books one & two by J. G. Hertzler and Jeffrey Lang. J. G. Hertzler played Martok in the TV series Star Trek: TNG and Star Trek: DS9.
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06-01-2011, 03:14 PM | #123 |
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I would prefer a 10 star rating. That would be able to give a more appropriate rating.
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06-02-2011, 04:13 PM | #124 |
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I do half-star increments for that reason. 4.5 = 9 in my head. But the book sites don't do them by half-stars, so that leaves me with a dilemma when I share my reviews out. So I alternate.
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06-03-2011, 04:33 AM | #125 |
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I kinda don't, actually. Book reviewing and rating isn't a precise science, I'm pretty happy with a five star system with a written review to elaborate on who would appreciate the book and how best to approach it.
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06-03-2011, 11:28 AM | #126 |
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I'm reading Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta serie
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06-03-2011, 12:33 PM | #127 |
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06-03-2011, 08:13 PM | #128 |
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Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Requires some work to get into but once you're in you're in deep. |
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It's been a while, but I remember liking Water Margins more. A bit more sex and violence at a time when I was exposed to little TV or movies. |
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06-05-2011, 09:09 AM | #130 |
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Oh, I've intended to read Water Margins for several years now but never brought myself to It's so long! Well, bad excuse but... I think I must give myself a deadline to force me to read it.
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08-31-2011, 09:19 PM | #131 |
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'Fatal Liaison' by Vicki Tyley. Her best book yet. I had trouble putting it down.
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01-16-2013, 07:22 PM | #132 |
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Death on the Installment Plan by Louise Ferdinand Celine. Great book!
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01-17-2013, 01:04 AM | #133 |
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I'm not going to make this exclusively for ebooks.
The least 5 star book I've read was Waylander 2 by David Gemmell. But that was many years ago. I don't think I HAVE read an ebook (meaning the first time I read that book) that I would class as 5 star. But then I've only been using ereaders for maybe 2 years... |
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Great thread to resurrect as I have a few more to add over 2012:
Martuk ... the Holy by Jonathan Winn. This is an indie which was exactly the right read for me at the time. May be an acquired taste though. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Magical writing. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Probably my favourite trad published book of 2012. Wool (Omnibus) by Hugh Howey. My favourite indie published book of 2012. I gave it my annual Papyrus Independent Fiction Award for 2012. Lots of great reading for 2012 with quite a few 4.5 stars in there as well. |
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