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pilotbob · 09-17-2010, 06:56 PM

I'm waiting for Dixie Gal to tell us the next book that she loved. Cause it seems that when she finds something she loves, I know I am going to love it to. (Well, it's happened twice so far.)

More than 1/2 way through _Killing Floor_ its really good. I'm gonna try to finish it this weekend if the 1830, 1856, and 18AL games I'm playing on line stall while waiting for others to take their moves.

BOb

kennyc · 09-17-2010, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

One thing I'm reading now is the latest edition of Science News. It is the only Kindle magazine subscription I have. I was doing some free newsfeeds via calibre, but gave them up because I found I wasn't having time for anything else!

I do the Science Daily feed from Calibre. I was doing several as well, but like you found I didn't have time to read them. Even with this I just read the articles that attract my interest.

kennyc · 09-17-2010, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by dionna17

I'm currently reading books 2 and 3 of the Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearn. I was never really into Japanese clan books (does "Shogun" count?) but when I read "Across the Nightingale Floor", I was hooked! I also bought Alison Weir's "The Lady in the Tower" about Anne Boleyn. I just love her books!

Love your li'l chickadee.

welcome to MR.

WT Sharpe · 09-18-2010, 10:54 AM

Just finished reading The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal by Paul Kurtz. Kurtz is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo and a lifelong proponent of secular humanism. He has a wonderfully readable writing style and is able to express his ideas clearly and in non-technological language easily understandable by laypeople; something of a rarity among modern philosophers. The book is a critical look at the foundations of mainstream religions as well as the new age movement. Highly recommended.

birdbrainbb · 09-18-2010, 12:58 PM

Started reading The Prisoner of Zenda on my new! Kindle! But unfortunately I can't actually calm down enough from the new! Kindle! excitement to focus on it, haha.

WT Sharpe · 09-18-2010, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by birdbrainbb

Started reading The Prisoner of Zenda on my new! Kindle! But unfortunately I can't actually calm down enough from the new! Kindle! excitement to focus on it, haha.

That new Kindle is a rocker! Best one ever!

FlorenceArt · 09-18-2010, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by birdbrainbb

Started reading The Prisoner of Zenda on my new! Kindle! But unfortunately I can't actually calm down enough from the new! Kindle! excitement to focus on it, haha.

Congrats on the new Kindle! But I hope you calm down soon, otherwise what good is it to have a Kindle if you're too excited to read on it

kennyc · 09-18-2010, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by birdbrainbb

Started reading The Prisoner of Zenda on my new! Kindle! But unfortunately I can't actually calm down enough from the new! Kindle! excitement to focus on it, haha.

I know what you mean!

Steve Anderson · 09-18-2010, 04:00 PM

I'm about a quarter into LA Requiem by Robert Crais -- crime fiction set in LA by a bestselling author. It's good enough, but I'm waiting for that must-read feeling to set in. I'm a big James Lee Burke fan, so maybe I'm asking too much. Trying to broaden my reading beyond my usual historical espionage and mystery fiction.

dreams · 09-18-2010, 04:23 PM

I have started "Portrait of the Past" by MR member author Kate Halleron (khalleron). ebook thread on MR
ebook blurb:

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Ebook Description
Since the day Marguerite escaped from slavery, she has always run from trouble. When she is hired to paint a portrait for a wealthy family, she is unexpectedly confronted by the father of her young husband, who was killed aiding her escape. Uncertain how to make amends, she does the only thing she knows – paint a portrait, a portrait of the family she once lost.

I am more than halfway through her historical novel and caught up in a story of history and lives that compel me to continue reading. Her characters lives are reveled over time with some flashback to back stories that are like stories within stories.

It is very well written and I have not noted any errors (could be that I am so caught up in the story that I do not notice any).

This is one of the times that I wish I could express myself as well as some members when they comment on books they have read, as this is well worth reading.

lene1949 · 09-18-2010, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by dreams

I have started "Portrait of the Past" by MR member author Kate Halleron (khalleron). ebook thread on MR
ebook blurb:

I am more than halfway through her historical novel and caught up in a story of history and lives that compel me to continue reading. Her characters lives are reveled over time with some flashback to back stories that are like stories within stories.

It is very well written and I have not noted any errors (could be that I am so caught up in the story that I do not notice any).

This is one of the times that I wish I could express myself as well as some members when they comment on books they have read, as this is well worth reading.

I agree with you, Dreams... This book was fantastic and well edited.

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I wish I could express myself as well as some members when they comment on books they have read, as this is well worth reading

I have the same wish... I'm reading a lot of reviews, hoping that I'll eventually learn, but it hasn't happened, yet...

SeaBookGuy · 09-18-2010, 10:50 PM

My library has Have You Seen ...? by David Thomson - 1000 reviews of worthwhile (in his opinion anyway) films - as a downloadable ebook, so I decided to give it a try. Highly unlikely I'll get through the whole thing in three weeks, but glad I went for it. It's a PDF (not EPub), and the original print version is in double column pages, so on Medium size font every so often the first few lines of the second column get interspersed with the first one, but once I got used to that it's only mildly annoying.

recluse · 09-19-2010, 12:20 AM

I am currently reading "The Jennifer Morgue" by Charles Stross. I really don't know how to describe this book. It's kind of a what if James Bond were a civil servant/computer geek battling ridiculous, yet believable office politics while trying to save the world from Lovecraftian monsters on a shoestring budget. Hysterically funny. This book is a sequel to "The Atrocity Archives". Both are highly recommended.

Excuse Me, Miss · 09-19-2010, 12:45 AM

I recently read a few books that I just loved!

"Savages" by Don Winslow....just so different from the norm, his writing style is intriguing, unique, and odd at times, but clearly engaging!

"The Help" by Kathryn Stockett - just such an emotional read. Pulls at your heart strings every page. It's also historical fiction, which I seem to love.

MrPLD · 09-19-2010, 03:08 AM

This is going to sound really strange, but I'm actually working through my wife's own book - "Tree of Life (Part I)" by Elita F. Daniels. No doubt I'm profoundly lucky she understand how busy I am (working on getting her book out there).

I really like what I have read and several of the choice quotes completely amaze me with their construction. It's a strange feeling when you're in awe of work that you know your very own love did

It's a mythical/high fantasy romance centering around one person's anguish of mortality in a world with (nearly) immortals.

Now, I should probably stop chatting on here about eBook technicals and keep reading the book before she clouts me over the head

http://elitadaniels.com - Tree of Life (Part I). They shall age like us; They shall die like us

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09-17-2010, 06:56 PM	#6286
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	I'm waiting for Dixie Gal to tell us the next book that she loved. Cause it seems that when she finds something she loves, I know I am going to love it to. (Well, it's happened twice so far.) More than 1/2 way through _Killing Floor_ its really good. I'm gonna try to finish it this weekend if the 1830, 1856, and 18AL games I'm playing on line stall while waiting for others to take their moves. BOb

09-18-2010, 10:54 AM	#6289
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Just finished reading *The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal* by Paul Kurtz. Kurtz is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo and a lifelong proponent of secular humanism. He has a wonderfully readable writing style and is able to express his ideas clearly and in non-technological language easily understandable by laypeople; something of a rarity among modern philosophers. The book is a critical look at the foundations of mainstream religions as well as the new age movement. Highly recommended.

09-18-2010, 12:58 PM	#6290
birdbrainbb Addict Posts: 287 Karma: 2191035 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Anaheim, CA Device: Kindle Oasis, Kindle Paperwhite 5	Started reading The Prisoner of Zenda on my new! Kindle! But unfortunately I can't actually calm down enough from the new! Kindle! excitement to focus on it, haha.

09-18-2010, 04:00 PM	#6294
Steve Anderson Addict Posts: 226 Karma: 260821 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portland, Oregon USA Device: iPhone, laptop, more	I'm about a quarter into LA Requiem by Robert Crais -- crime fiction set in LA by a bestselling author. It's good enough, but I'm waiting for that must-read feeling to set in. I'm a big James Lee Burke fan, so maybe I'm asking too much. Trying to broaden my reading beyond my usual historical espionage and mystery fiction.

09-18-2010, 10:50 PM	#6297
SeaBookGuy Can one read too much? Posts: 2,029 Karma: 2487799 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Naples, FL Device: Kindle PW 3, Sony 350 and 650	My library has Have You Seen ...? by David Thomson - 1000 reviews of worthwhile (in his opinion anyway) films - as a downloadable ebook, so I decided to give it a try. Highly unlikely I'll get through the whole thing in three weeks, but glad I went for it. It's a PDF (not EPub), and the original print version is in double column pages, so on Medium size font every so often the first few lines of the second column get interspersed with the first one, but once I got used to that it's only mildly annoying.

09-19-2010, 12:20 AM	#6298
recluse Banned Posts: 3,724 Karma: 535488 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the Mortuary Device: Kindle 2	I am currently reading "The Jennifer Morgue" by Charles Stross. I really don't know how to describe this book. It's kind of a what if James Bond were a civil servant/computer geek battling ridiculous, yet believable office politics while trying to save the world from Lovecraftian monsters on a shoestring budget. Hysterically funny. This book is a sequel to "The Atrocity Archives". Both are highly recommended.

09-19-2010, 12:45 AM	#6299
Excuse Me, Miss Banned Posts: 9 Karma: 14 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: none	I recently read a few books that I just loved! "Savages" by Don Winslow....just so different from the norm, his writing style is intriguing, unique, and odd at times, but clearly engaging! "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett - just such an emotional read. Pulls at your heart strings every page. It's also historical fiction, which I seem to love.

09-19-2010, 03:08 AM	#6300
MrPLD Author's pet-geek Posts: 933 Karma: 1040670 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: North Queensland, Australia Device: Kindle 3 Wifi, Onyx Boox M96	This is going to sound really strange, but I'm actually working through my wife's own book - "Tree of Life (Part I)" by Elita F. Daniels. No doubt I'm profoundly lucky she understand how busy I am (working on getting her book out there). I really like what I have read and several of the choice quotes completely amaze me with their construction. It's a strange feeling when you're in awe of work that you know your very own love did It's a mythical/high fantasy romance centering around one person's anguish of mortality in a world with (nearly) immortals. Now, I should probably stop chatting on here about eBook technicals and keep reading the book before she clouts me over the head http://elitadaniels.com - Tree of Life (Part I). They shall age like us; They shall die like us