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GraceKrispy · 10-03-2010, 02:18 AM

Ooh, I didn't know she had another book!

SneakySnake · 10-03-2010, 04:03 AM

Yes and my fave out of the three was Sleight Malice.

doreenjoy · 10-03-2010, 04:18 AM

Reading a ton for grad school.

Just finished Sophie Kinsella's "Twenties Girl" (funny & smart)

Now working my way through:

Popular Fiction: The Logics and Practices of a Literary Field by Ken Gelder (dry and academic)

"Thigh High" by Christina Dodd (not started yet)

"True Colors" by Kristin Hannah (meh)

dreams · 10-03-2010, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

I am reading another Vicky Tyley book "Brittle Shadows".

Go Vicky! keep 'em coming.

Me too! I sure hope she has another one in the works.

lene1949 · 10-03-2010, 05:44 AM

I've just started Sky Eyes by Kriss Erickson

Bikeridr · 10-03-2010, 06:29 AM

I just started "Kindred Spirits" by Ashanti Luke. (Reading on Kindle for Android)
I'll give it a few more chapters before I deside whether to put it down or continue. The first 300 locations (yep Kindle reference) has not "grabbed" me. I'll see what happens within location 1000.

Anyway, can't wait until I get home from offshore and have my claws around my Kindle 3. The book I'll start then will be the "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett. Bought it paperback a few years ago, but never got around to start reading. Albeit the books (splitted in two books in Norwegian) have been literally around the world from Spitsbergen via the Falklands to Indonesia, but still unread..

doreenjoy · 10-03-2010, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Bikeridr

I just started "Kindred Spirits" by Ashanti Luke. (Reading on Kindle for Android)
I'll give it a few more chapters before I deside whether to put it down or continue. The first 300 locations (yep Kindle reference) has not "grabbed" me. I'll see what happens within location 1000.

Anyway, can't wait until I get home from offshore and have my claws around my Kindle 3. The book I'll start then will be the "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett. Bought it paperback a few years ago, but never got around to start reading. Albeit the books (splitted in two books in Norwegian) have been literally around the world from Spitsbergen via the Falklands to Indonesia, but still unread..

I've trashed almost all of my unread paperbacks and picked them up in e-format.

Rumpelteazer · 10-03-2010, 07:05 AM

I'm currently reading Soulstorm by Chet Williamson, I really like haunted house stories where a group of people, who usually don't know each other, stay at a haunted house.

Tomorrow I'll also start with the pbook of Reliquary by Preston and Child, I'm going to the hairdresser and with all the sprays, water, and dyes I'd rather not take my ereader with me.

Iridal · 10-03-2010, 07:20 AM

I can't believe how fast you guys read

I just started 'Empire in black and gold' by Adrian Tchaikovsky, the first book in the Shadows of the Apt series. It's about a bunch of people with insect totems whose strengths and powers they take over, which I thought could be interesting. So far it's pretty dull ...

Ea · 10-03-2010, 08:06 AM

I'm reading "Manchu Palaces" by Jeanne Larsen. Unfortunately it's not published as an e-book (I haven't even been able to find an unofficial version). It's the third book in her Avalokitesvara (a.k.a. the goddess Guan-yin) trilogy.

I've read the first two books ("Silk Road" and "Bronze Mirror" many times over for years, but it wasn't until recently when I decided to buy them as p-books, I realised there were a third book. I'm really enjoying it. I like her style, which is a bit poetic, sensual in a way, and she likes to play with the notion of reality - the reality of ours, the humans, and the one of the gods'.

Since I still enjoy her style, and it must be almost 20 years since I read "Silk Road" the first time, I'm very tempted to buy them as cheap paperbacks and scan them to create my own e-books.

lilac_jive · 10-03-2010, 11:27 AM

I'm trying to finish "Library: An Unquiet History" by Matthew Battles (having a hard time with it, it's rather dry in most places). Also working on "Catch 22" by Joseph Heller in celebration of Banned Books Week.

MrPLD · 10-03-2010, 11:33 AM

Picked up "Dead(ish)" by Naomi Kramer yesterday on Amazon only just starting with it, having to get my brain used to jumping around a bit initially.

Jakie · 10-03-2010, 11:51 AM

Just finished The girl with the Dragon Tatoo, and The girl who played with fire. I am now reading "On the Farm" about the serial killer Robert William Picton,

pdurrant · 10-03-2010, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

An collection of excellent SF stories. Highly recommended.

Now for Trouble Magnet by Alan Dean Foster. This is another in the long-running Pip and Flinx series. This is the third from last, and since I've just bought the last one and already have the penultimate one, I'm hoping that the quality has improved from the previous one, which was just a 'filler' novel, and I can read straight through to a good finish...

The best that can be said for Trouble Magnet is that it is better than the previous one.

I've just finished the next in the series, Patrimony. This was better than Trouble Magnet, and actually lead to some (unsurprising) new info.

Now I'm onto the last one, Flinx Transcendent. So far it's a bit better, but it still feels as though the series has been dragged out. I suspect that the last six books could have been comfortably trimmed to two, with several adventures being dumped entirely.

But who knows — perhaps the last in the series will redeem the rest.

SneakySnake · 10-03-2010, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by MrPLD

Picked up "Dead(ish)" by Naomi Kramer yesterday on Amazon only just starting with it, having to get my brain used to jumping around a bit initially.

I thought that one was a great read to do in one hit! A great spin for your head!

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Originally Posted by Jakie

Just finished The girl with the Dragon Tatoo, and The girl who played with fire. I am now reading "On the Farm" about the serial killer Robert William Picton,

You have to finish the story and read "The girl who kicked the hornets nest"

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10-03-2010, 02:18 AM	#6511
GraceKrispy It's Dr. Penguin now! Posts: 3,909 Karma: 4705733 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: (USA) Device: iPad mini, Samsung Note 3, Sony PRS-650 (rarely used now)	Ooh, I didn't know she had another book!

10-03-2010, 04:03 AM	#6512
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	Yes and my fave out of the three was Sleight Malice.

10-03-2010, 04:18 AM	#6513
doreenjoy 01000100 01001010 Posts: 1,889 Karma: 2400000 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Polyamorous	Reading a ton for grad school. Just finished Sophie Kinsella's "Twenties Girl" (funny & smart) Now working my way through: Popular Fiction: The Logics and Practices of a Literary Field by Ken Gelder (dry and academic) "Thigh High" by Christina Dodd (not started yet) "True Colors" by Kristin Hannah (meh)

10-03-2010, 05:44 AM	#6515
lene1949 Wizard Posts: 1,952 Karma: 213930 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Middelfart, Denmark Device: Kindle paper white	I've just started Sky Eyes by Kriss Erickson

10-03-2010, 06:29 AM	#6516
Bikeridr Information Acquirer Posts: 436 Karma: 4265156 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Latvia, Rigas Rajons Device: Kindle 3 International, Pocketbook Color	I just started "Kindred Spirits" by Ashanti Luke. (Reading on Kindle for Android) I'll give it a few more chapters before I deside whether to put it down or continue. The first 300 locations (yep Kindle reference) has not "grabbed" me. I'll see what happens within location 1000. Anyway, can't wait until I get home from offshore and have my claws around my Kindle 3. The book I'll start then will be the "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett. Bought it paperback a few years ago, but never got around to start reading. Albeit the books (splitted in two books in Norwegian) have been literally around the world from Spitsbergen via the Falklands to Indonesia, but still unread..

10-03-2010, 07:05 AM	#6518
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,401 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	I'm currently reading Soulstorm by Chet Williamson, I really like haunted house stories where a group of people, who usually don't know each other, stay at a haunted house. Tomorrow I'll also start with the pbook of Reliquary by Preston and Child, I'm going to the hairdresser and with all the sprays, water, and dyes I'd rather not take my ereader with me.

10-03-2010, 07:20 AM	#6519
Iridal Mysteriarch Posts: 1,422 Karma: 26606984 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: The land of impossible deadlines Device: iPhone 4, Kindle 3	I can't believe how fast you guys read I just started 'Empire in black and gold' by Adrian Tchaikovsky, the first book in the Shadows of the Apt series. It's about a bunch of people with insect totems whose strengths and powers they take over, which I thought could be interesting. So far it's pretty dull ...

10-03-2010, 08:06 AM	#6520
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	I'm reading "Manchu Palaces" by Jeanne Larsen. Unfortunately it's not published as an e-book (I haven't even been able to find an unofficial version). It's the third book in her Avalokitesvara (a.k.a. the goddess Guan-yin) trilogy. I've read the first two books ("Silk Road" and "Bronze Mirror" many times over for years, but it wasn't until recently when I decided to buy them as p-books, I realised there were a third book. I'm really enjoying it. I like her style, which is a bit poetic, sensual in a way, and she likes to play with the notion of reality - the reality of ours, the humans, and the one of the gods'. Since I still enjoy her style, and it must be almost 20 years since I read "Silk Road" the first time, I'm very tempted to buy them as cheap paperbacks and scan them to create my own e-books.

10-03-2010, 11:27 AM	#6521
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	I'm trying to finish "Library: An Unquiet History" by Matthew Battles (having a hard time with it, it's rather dry in most places). Also working on "Catch 22" by Joseph Heller in celebration of Banned Books Week.

10-03-2010, 11:33 AM	#6522
MrPLD Author's pet-geek Posts: 933 Karma: 1040670 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: North Queensland, Australia Device: Kindle 3 Wifi, Onyx Boox M96	Picked up "Dead(ish)" by Naomi Kramer yesterday on Amazon only just starting with it, having to get my brain used to jumping around a bit initially.

10-03-2010, 11:51 AM	#6523
Jakie Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 225544 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Keremeos BC Device: Kindle PW5, Kobo Libre2	Just finished The girl with the Dragon Tatoo, and The girl who played with fire. I am now reading "On the Farm" about the serial killer Robert William Picton,