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Old 05-10-2011, 04:07 PM   #9327
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Now currently onto a different period historical sleuth series, fellow Canadian Dave Duncan's Alchemist books with Zeno, apprentice to the prophetic visionary Nostradamus (but not the Nostradamus, merely his also-prophetic great-nephew also-named Nostradamus), solving murders and intrigue in Renaissance Italy.

Quite enjoyable so far, and nice background detail on the culture of Venice at that time and the thoroughly backstabbing scheming one can expect from meddling in the affairs of a major city-state.
That sounds like something I should check out. My to-read list is getting pretty overpopulated lately but oh, well.

After trying to start several other books and failing to continue, I started Anatomy of Ghosts by Andrew Taylor(a library checkout). It is set in 1786 England and involves a Cambridge debauchery club and a London bookseller with a tragic past. And ghosts. I hope it sticks. Got it from the library, so no harm if it doesn't.

On audio (I have a long commute so I am always listening to an audiobook as well as reading), I had a false start with The Emerald Atlas. I couldn't get past feeling like it was a rip-off of Lemony Snickett, so I didn't get far. However, I picked up Stephen King's Full Dark, No Stars on CDs from the library and I am riveted by the first story and will continue it, though some might put it in the "too distrubing to continue" thread.

I wanted to continue The Dark Tower on audio from the library but they don't have Wolves of the Calla on audio.
I just finished Wizard and Glass on audio and it is my favorite of the series so far. I have the series in used pBacks, so I'll read rather than listen to "Wolves" after I finish Anatomy of Ghosts.

I need to take a two-week vacation so I can whittle down my to-read list. I really have to read Soon I Will Be Invincible so I can return it to my cousin's husband (a book-buddy of mine) and I need to read Vanilla: Travels in Search of the Ice Cream Orchid Tim Ecott so I can return it to my mom. I also need to read The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil by Heinrich Zimmer and Joseph Campbell so I can return it. I have had it for so long that I forgot whether I need to return it to my mother or to a friend of hers. I also have two Guy Gavriel Kay books I checked out from the library because cousin's husband has been bugging me to read Kay.

All this and I have two more Dark Tower books AFTER Wolves of the Calla to read. I also want to re-read American Gods and Good Omens AND discovered Kathrynne Valente, who seems right up my alley and is a prolific author, apparently. *Sigh*
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