09-12-2013, 10:43 AM | #17656 |
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I'm concentrating mostly on The Brothers Karamazov, or as this translation has it, The Karamazov Brothers. I am enjoying it much more now than when I first tried to read it, when I was about 18 or 19.
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09-12-2013, 11:09 AM | #17658 | |
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Christopher Buecheler & Darcy Chan
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Next I'm giving Darcy Chan's The Mill River Recluse a read. I decided on this book when Darcy Chan appeared in a panel discussion along with Hugh Howey and some others about independent publishing titled, How Authors Are Becoming Entrepreneurs which I posted in the Wool 1,2,3,4,5 forum. |
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09-12-2013, 11:56 AM | #17659 | |
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I am going to start Blockade Billy by Stephen King since none of the books I have on reserve are ready and this should be short enough to finish in time for the next one that is available. |
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09-12-2013, 01:54 PM | #17660 |
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I’m currently reading Mistress by James Patterson & David Ellis that I got from one of my Overdrive e-book libraries.
Quoting the library blurb (bold text is mine): James Patterson's scariest, sexiest stand-alone thriller since The Quickie. Ben isn't like most people. Unable to control his racing thoughts, he's a man consumed by his obsessions: movies, motorcycles, presidential trivia-and Diana Hotchkiss, a beautiful woman Ben knows he can never have. When Diana is found dead outside her apartment, Ben's infatuation drives him on a hunt to find out what happened to the love of his life. Ben soon discovers that the woman he pined for was hiding a shocking double life. And now someone is out to stop Ben from uncovering the truth about Diana's illicit affairs. In his most heart-pumping thriller yet, James Patterson plunges us into the depths of a mind tortured by paranoia and obsession, on an action-packed chase through a world of danger and deceit. Spoiler:
But that's just me. Results may vary. (Maybe this belongs in the Vent and Rant Thread.) |
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09-12-2013, 02:08 PM | #17662 |
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09-12-2013, 02:57 PM | #17663 |
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09-12-2013, 04:10 PM | #17664 | |
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09-12-2013, 04:57 PM | #17665 |
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Definitely get the free Prince Roger Series.
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09-12-2013, 05:16 PM | #17666 |
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Hmm. Done with The Screaming Staircase - not bad, but for me at least, not even close to the awesomeness that was the Bartimaeus series.
Interesting enough that I'll likely want to read more in the series once the next book is out, though. |
09-12-2013, 05:53 PM | #17667 | |
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Speaking of one that's been hard for me to get into, I've probably started this book a half dozen times and never gotten very far. Maybe it's time for me to try again. Last edited by orange!; 09-12-2013 at 05:55 PM. |
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09-12-2013, 10:47 PM | #17668 | |
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As it always appears to happen, when I get a book not on my waiting list one of the ones from my waiting list immediately appears. In this case Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks. I haven't read anything by him before, so I am looking forward to this. CRussell and Apache: Thanks for the heads up about the Baen CDs/Prince Roger series, I will definitely look them up at some point. |
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09-13-2013, 05:22 AM | #17669 | |
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Currently reading the second in the Wilt series by Tom Sharpe (no relation to our much loved moderator...), The Wilt Alternative. Wilt has a great penchant for taking awkward situations and turning them into mayhem on a stick. Hasn't been quite as laugh-out-loud as the first in the series, but still an enjoyable read. |
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09-13-2013, 12:14 PM | #17670 |
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Ooh - I loved that book! It convinced me to start collecting all of his sci-fi books.
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