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Originally Posted by Elsi
Currently reading: - Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
- The Door Through Space, Marion Zimmer Bradley
- The Bookfair Murders, Anna Porter
- The Onuissance Cells, Steve Jordan
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Since posting this message on 15 August, I have finished reading:
- Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Kindle)
- The Door Through Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley (Sony)
- The Bookfair Murders by Anna Porter (MMP)
- The Last Templar by Rayond Khoury (MMP)
- Freedom's Price by Suzanne Brockmann (MMP)
- To Darkness and to Death by Julia Spencer-Fleming (Kindle)
- The Onuissance Cells by Steve Jordan (Kindle)
- On the Trail of the Space Pirates by Carey Rockwell (Kindle)
- Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Kindle)
- Jean Lorrah Collected by Jean Lorrah (Sony)
Without a doubt, the very best book that I have read this month was
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. Doctorow suggests that downloaders can help him financially by buying the paper copy—either for yourself or donating a copy to a classroom. I'm going to make sure that there's a copy of this book in as many nearby libraries as I can. In some cases, it's going to require me to talk with the librarians and try to convince them not to put a donated copy into the library book sale/fund raiser. As soon as the book comes out in paperback, I'm going to work with a Civics or Government teacher in the local high school to try and get the book into the curriculum—with copies for the classroom.
Little Brother, along with
1984, sets the stage for discussing the abuse of power (whether sanctioned by the "government" itself or simply by officials or organizations) and the risks of losing privacy and freedoms in a post-9/11 world.
I'm currently deeply engaged in
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch,
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett,
Earth Has No Sorrow by Michelle Blake, and
High Noon by Nora Roberts. I've dabbled in about six other books and acquired at least another six new books via purchase or trade. I expect to finish at least one of these books by tomorrow night, taking me to 15 books for August and 96 YTD.
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Originally Posted by Joerg_Mosthaf
Same thing for me - I loved The Lies of Locke Lamorra but the second one I didn't get more than one third into before putting it away for a while.
I have just found Jeffrey A. Carvers books. At the moment, I am rushing through Neptune Crossing and hoping for the next one to appear soon on his webpage  |
As I stated above, I'm reading
The Lies of Locke Lomora. I'm enjoying it very much. Although I didn't buy this one from Amazon.com, I see that they've decided that its sequel would be a good recommendation for me! Thanks to Carvers' generous posting of
Neptune Crossing for free download, I have it in the queue to read. I'm glad to hear that it's getting good recommendations.
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Originally Posted by mickitaz
Just finished reading Gale Force by Rachel Caine (fantasy novel.. very good series btw). I just started reading The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky (preparing for my September lit discussion). I am quite surpised, as this seems to be a good book as well. I remember reading Dostoevsky in college, and I wasn't too thrilled. I guess age refines ones tastes  |
I have Caine's series (well, at least 6 books in the series) in paperback sitting on my shelf. I got them in a swap, and other readers have strongly recommended them. Guess I need to shuffle these a little higher on the TBR stack and see how they read.