02-25-2012, 09:11 AM | #12496 |
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Watergate by Thomas Mallon.
A historical novel about the Watergate scandal. It wasn't that long ago was it? http://www.spokesman.com/stories/201...gate-bumbling/ |
02-25-2012, 09:34 AM | #12497 | |
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Ah well, perhaps by then my TBR list will be under control. Next up: Evil under the Sun by Agatha Christie, her 37th book. |
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02-25-2012, 09:49 AM | #12498 |
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I finished Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Very enjoyable. One of my favourite Vonnegut titles.
I think I'll head off to Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere next as well as continuing with The Information by James Gleick. |
02-25-2012, 10:37 AM | #12499 |
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Gor!
I've just used the latest 55% off voucher at Fictionwise to buy a bundle of the first 16 books in the "Gor" series. Yes, I know I should be deeply ashamed of myself . (I've not logged on at FW for years, and I found that still had a couple of hundred $ microcredit there, so I figured I may as well use it for something.) |
02-25-2012, 01:13 PM | #12500 |
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Tucker Teaches the Clockies to Copulate by David Erik Nelson - A novella ebook that was free on Amazon for a couple of days.
A strange, funny little steampunk novella. Dickie Tucker decides to teach the clockies (former Civil War robots) a few things human. Some lessons work out well (learning that doors can either be pushed or pulled), others not so much (horseshoeing and milking cows). The title lessons lead to the real story. |
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02-25-2012, 04:05 PM | #12502 |
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just finished "Kristin Lavransdatter" by Sigrid Undset, 1000 pages in 6 days. My oh my, was that a good piece of literature. I need a little break after I read something really good to let it sink in before I start a new one. Sigh...
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I just finished reading the second in Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series after listening to the first one as an audiobook last week. The writing is nothing special so I enjoyed the audio more than the text, but the series is fun (love Bob!). I'll try and get as many as I can from the library as audiobooks and read the others to fill in the gaps.
Currently reading The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, the language is wonderful and the imagery of a fig tree as choices in life is a good example: Quote:
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It's not necessary (IMO) to read the prequels before reading the later novels. |
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I'll be starting book 7 soon (Dead Beat) and I have to agree with those who said that both the story and writing gets better with every book. |
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