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bjones6416 · 07-07-2010, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by MelC

From scanning your posts it looks like I should be getting serious about reading Cryptonomicon. I have it but it hasn't made itself a force to be reckoned with on my to be read pile. Might have to give it a nudge to move it further up.

Mel

Oh, yes, Cryptonomicon is way up there on my list. And looking thru some of YOUR posts, it looks as if I should read "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao." That sounds like something just up my alley. (I just read the description on Amazon.) Did you read "One Hundred Years of Solitude?" That was one of those strange but intriguing novels.

MelC · 07-07-2010, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by bjones6416

Oh, yes, Cryptonomicon is way up there on my list. And looking thru some of YOUR posts, it looks as if I should read "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao." That sounds like something just up my alley. (I just read the description on Amazon.) Did you read "One Hundred Years of Solitude?" That was one of those strange but intriguing novels.

I did read One Hundred Years of Solitude. It was great and I also really enjoyed some of Gabriel Garcia Marquez other works, Love in the Time of Cholera springs to mind. Along the same genre the book Like Water for Chocolate was quite good I recall (the movie was good too).

Mel

poohbear_nc · 07-07-2010, 11:56 AM

I second (or third) the recommendation for Cryptonomicon - a great read but the multiple story lines do reward re-reads!

pdurrant · 07-07-2010, 12:33 PM

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The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith

I've really enjoyed the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. And from the start of this book, it's as good as the rest.

And it very nearly is as good as the rest. I was slightly uncomfortable with a double coincidence in one plot-line. But it's still excellent.

Now for something completely different. French Fried by Chris Dolley. I've read some of this in blog posts. I've read his science fiction and really enjoyed it. I think I shall enjoy this, especially to see how things get resolved in the end.

Ea · 07-07-2010, 01:53 PM

Just finished American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Wow! And just as great as I remembered - even better. Now I'll have to return to the MR book club book - which I was getting rather bored with, hence American Gods. It's a little dull, so now I I'm looking for something else to read as 'relief' in-between finishing it

Something a little light, but too light, and with a touch of the fantastic, but not too dark. I should have something hidden away somewhere

recluse · 07-07-2010, 03:11 PM

Have you read "Anansi Boys" by Neil Gaiman?
I think it will meet your requirements perfectly.

Ea · 07-07-2010, 03:21 PM

I think I've tried once, but somehow didn't finish. Maybe I should try again.

edbro · 07-07-2010, 03:41 PM

Anansi Boys builds on one of the characters in American Gods. Mr. Nancy is a central character in Anansi.

recluse · 07-07-2010, 05:06 PM

I'm currently reading "The Grin of the Dark" by Ramsey Campbell. The story revolves around why a blacklisted silent film comedian was erased from cinema history, a horror version of the Fatty Arbuckle scandal, and why it is best that he remain forgotten. Campbell's writing brings new life to this old horror standard, the result is an atmospheric supernatural thriller.

Paegan2246 · 07-07-2010, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by recluse

I'm currently reading "The Grin of the Dark" by Ramsey Campbell. The story revolves around why a blacklisted silent film comedian was erased from cinema history, a horror version of the Fatty Arbuckle scandal, and why it is best that he remain forgotten. Campbell's writing brings new life to this old horror standard, the result is an atmospheric supernatural thriller.

So ...are you enjoying this book? It looks good to me, but I always hesitate with the higher priced Kindle books. I'd like to be sure I would read it.

recluse · 07-07-2010, 06:15 PM

I think it's great so far, but I'm a little biased. I'm a longtime Ramsey Campbell fan and have an interest in the Fatty Arbuckle scandal.

Quake1028 · 07-07-2010, 06:27 PM

On my new (to me

) Kindle: "Secret Adversary" by Agatha Christie
In paperback: "The Girl Who Played With Fire" by Stieg Larsson

kennyc · 07-07-2010, 07:31 PM

Hooray and welcome Quake1028

Quake1028 · 07-07-2010, 08:11 PM

Thank you kind sir.

bjones6416 · 07-07-2010, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by recluse

Have you read "Anansi Boys" by Neil Gaiman?
I think it will meet your requirements perfectly.

Agree! That is an awesome book -- I convinced everybody around me to read it when I finished it. It both touched me and tickled my funny bone.

I've heard that the audio version of it is really good, also, because of the narrator. (Although I don't remember who that is.)

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07-07-2010, 11:56 AM	#5433
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,228 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	I second (or third) the recommendation for Cryptonomicon - a great read but the multiple story lines do reward re-reads!

07-07-2010, 01:53 PM	#5435
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	Just finished American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Wow! And just as great as I remembered - even better. Now I'll have to return to the MR book club book - which I was getting rather bored with, hence American Gods. It's a little dull, so now I I'm looking for something else to read as 'relief' in-between finishing it Something a little light, but too light, and with a touch of the fantastic, but not too dark. I should have something hidden away somewhere

07-07-2010, 03:11 PM	#5436
recluse Banned Posts: 3,724 Karma: 535488 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the Mortuary Device: Kindle 2	Have you read "Anansi Boys" by Neil Gaiman? I think it will meet your requirements perfectly.

07-07-2010, 03:21 PM	#5437
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	I think I've tried once, but somehow didn't finish. Maybe I should try again.

07-07-2010, 03:41 PM	#5438
edbro Banned Posts: 640 Karma: 4911 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grapevine, TX Device: iPad4	Anansi Boys builds on one of the characters in American Gods. Mr. Nancy is a central character in Anansi.

07-07-2010, 05:06 PM	#5439
recluse Banned Posts: 3,724 Karma: 535488 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the Mortuary Device: Kindle 2	I'm currently reading "The Grin of the Dark" by Ramsey Campbell. The story revolves around why a blacklisted silent film comedian was erased from cinema history, a horror version of the Fatty Arbuckle scandal, and why it is best that he remain forgotten. Campbell's writing brings new life to this old horror standard, the result is an atmospheric supernatural thriller.

07-07-2010, 06:15 PM	#5441
recluse Banned Posts: 3,724 Karma: 535488 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the Mortuary Device: Kindle 2	I think it's great so far, but I'm a little biased. I'm a longtime Ramsey Campbell fan and have an interest in the Fatty Arbuckle scandal.

07-07-2010, 06:27 PM	#5442
Quake1028 Guru Posts: 917 Karma: 9155462 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Tampa, FL Device: See signature	On my new (to me ) Kindle: "Secret Adversary" by Agatha Christie In paperback: "The Girl Who Played With Fire" by Stieg Larsson

07-07-2010, 07:31 PM	#5443
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Hooray and welcome Quake1028

07-07-2010, 08:11 PM	#5444
Quake1028 Guru Posts: 917 Karma: 9155462 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Tampa, FL Device: See signature	Thank you kind sir.