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captkjaneway · 09-24-2010, 07:26 AM

Just finished Dark Blood by Stuart McBride - really enjoying the McRae series. Set in Aberdeen, funny, quirky and just about blood lusty enough for me.

GeoffC · 09-24-2010, 07:41 AM

ah - the typical night life in the Granite City ?!

columbus · 09-24-2010, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Iridal

I meant the bouncing of my head of course. But yes, definitely female.

Men ... *sigh*

Women! . . . can't live with them. . . . but, learning to live without them

desertgrandma · 09-24-2010, 11:01 AM

Just finished "Wastelands, stories of the Apocolypse".....some outstanding writing there.....however, I am now strangely depressed..

edbro · 09-24-2010, 12:37 PM

Just finishing up White Seed: The Untold Story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
by Paul Clayton.

I know others have praised the book in this thread but let me add my 2 cents worth. This book is very well written, very well researched and very engaging. I highly recommend it.

bjones6416 · 09-24-2010, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Just finished "Wastelands, stories of the Apocolypse".....some outstanding writing there.....however, I am now strangely depressed..

Based on the title, maybe not so strange after all...

I'm in a "feel good" phase of my life. I only want to read (and watch) things that make me feel better, not worse. Bring on the rainbows and unicorns!

kennyc · 09-24-2010, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by edbro

Just finishing up White Seed: The Untold Story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
by Paul Clayton.

I know others have praised the book in this thread but let me add my 2 cents worth. This book is very well written, very well researched and very engaging. I highly recommend it.

Thanks for that. I have this on my to-read list and it just moved up a few notches.

slenderperson1 · 09-24-2010, 01:20 PM

I love how she writes also. Just bought Lady in the Tower. I know it will be good, her books usually are. They should teach all history like this.

Iridal · 09-24-2010, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by columbus

Women! . . . can't live with them. . . . but, learning to live without them

Men are from Mars, women are from Venus

One of the books that's been on my to read list for a long time. But I'm glad you still like us girls enough to watch things bounce around while we're running

I've finally started reading 'The Black Prism' by Brent Weeks. I read his first trilogy (Night Angel Trilogy) and was blown away by it. His new series is a little less dark but so far I really like it (about one third in). I think it's going to be a looong night

DMcCunney · 09-24-2010, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Even modern book -- certain authors I just can't read despite trying numerous times -- James Joyce and Neil Stephenson for example.

For Joyce I'll make a suggestion: try reading him aloud. Joyce's primary sense was apparently hearing, and he was in part trying to reproduce what he heard on his famous walks through Dublin.
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Dennis

DMcCunney · 09-24-2010, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by rlparker

Thanks for the reminder. I've had that book on my TBR list for ages. I worked at Xerox in Sunnyvale, right around the corner from PARC, from 1982 - 1988. I was a developer for the "Star" system. Pilot OS, Mesa programming language, mice, windows, distribruted e-mail, distributed directory (Clearinghouse). What coulda and shoulda been if Xerox had figured out how to market all that stuff.

Oh, my. Let's also toss in Smalltalk, and concepts that Apple brought to fruition in the Macintosh. (I believe a number of PARC folks wound up in the Mac development group at Apple.

I tended to describe Xerox as a company known for developing technology other companies turned into useful products.
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Dennis

Crusader · 09-24-2010, 03:56 PM

Just finished 'Zoo City' by Lauren Beukes. My first exploration of the Urban fantasy genre. Must say I was pleasantly surprised, and the fact that it's set in South Africa was also great.

Read my Zoo City review here.

WT Sharpe · 09-24-2010, 06:37 PM

Just finished The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, trans. by The Rev. H.F. Cary, M.A. (The Harvard Classics edition). I found The Inferno to be the most interesting part. Not that I'm checking it out as a future real estate investment, I hope.

pdurrant · 09-25-2010, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

Fred Saberhagen's Of Berserkers, Swords and Vampires, a collection of stories from his whole career.

A good collection of stories, most (all) of which I hadn't come across before.

Now for a freebie. Spellwright by Blake Charlton. It has had some fairly good reviews at Amazon.

MickeyC · 09-25-2010, 10:17 AM

Just finished The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and I thought it was excellent. Gives you a great insight into Afghanistan and its people.

09-24-2010, 06:37 PM	#6418
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 *The Divine Comedy* by Dante Alighieri, trans. by The Rev. H.F. Cary, M.A. (The Harvard Classics edition). I found The Inferno to be the most interesting part. Not that I'm checking it out as a future real estate investment, I hope. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 09-24-2010 at 06:40 PM.

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edbro Banned Posts: 640 Karma: 4911 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grapevine, TX Device: iPad4	Just finishing up White Seed: The Untold Story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke by Paul Clayton. I know others have praised the book in this thread but let me add my 2 cents worth. This book is very well written, very well researched and very engaging. I highly recommend it.

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slenderperson1 Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: California Device: sony reader	I love how she writes also. Just bought Lady in the Tower. I know it will be good, her books usually are. They should teach all history like this.

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MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Just finished The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and I thought it was excellent. Gives you a great insight into Afghanistan and its people.