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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Location: Norfolk, England
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Groupie
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Location: California Gold Country
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It has been a few weeks since I finished The Black Wolf by Louise Penny.
I gave it 4 stars but I was left somewhat disappointed by this book. I have read all her books in order as they came out. I don't feel that it is absolutely necessary to read them in order, but if you did not read The Gray Wolf first, you would be lost. |
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o saeclum infacetum
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Location: New England
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Still not a fan of dark magic. This was... ok. I've now read four novels by Spufford, a British author; two of them were set in America and were terrific; two were set during the Blitz and were kinda crappy. I wish he'd stick to this side of the pond.
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o saeclum infacetum
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Location: New England
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I've started May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry.
I read an intriguing review at the NY Times and stopped reading when I thought I'd like it, as you do. I'm about halfway through and I'm liking it well enough, but there needs to be a payoff. With my last novel (see above) the payoff was somewhat of a damp squib; I want better. |
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Location: Minneapolis
Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos
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Finished book 1 of Sandhamm Murders by Viveca Sten. That was Still Waters and still excellent. Currently on book 2 entitled Closed Circles.
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Still enjoying the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, but man... are they getting long! The audio book of The Butcher's Masquerade is over 24 hours long (and the next one is over 28)! They're still providing many laugh-out-loud moments for me, so thank goodness for the ability to speed up the narration without making everyone sound like munchkins!
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Location: California Gold Country
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The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict. A good book I enjoyed reading this.
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Is that a sandwich?
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Finished The Silent Tower by Barbara Hambly.
An interesting time travel/alternate world fantasy. Well written with good pacing. The computer programming references are quite dated. Nostalgic. Descriptive sensible character development. I enjoyed this overall, but it ends on a cliffhanger. It loses one star for that. Rated C [3 stars]. |
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Followed by hers "The Sword of Rhiannon" (fantastic), "The Secret of Sinharat" and "People of the Talisman". I'd liked her so much, and I will follow with other novels from her. "1Q84: Book 3" by Murakami seem mandatory after the first two ones, which end on a so cinematic moment that it's better to have the third part already. Liked it much, too. Now on "Downbelow Station" by C.J. Cherryh. |
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Next up was Merlin's Mirror by Andre Norton. Her usual kind of SF with powers and telepathy, but set in dark ages England, retelling Merlin and Arthur. Fun. And now I'm on to: The House of Saints by Derek Künsken. I'm looking forward to this one, as it's a follow up to The House of Styx. Hardcore SF, with enough extra about it to be excellent. |
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