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SeaBookGuy · 10-10-2010, 12:50 AM

E-book: The Blessing by Nancy Mitford

Audiobook: The Promise: President Obama, Year One by Jonathan Alter

Print Book: When Things Get Dark: A Mongolian Winter's Tale by Matthew Davis

dreams · 10-10-2010, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

I just finished Point of Origin by Duke and Nancy Kell. It was a pretty cool plot- just the kind of plot I like- but the writing was really distracting. I hate when that happens! (review on my blog if you're interested)

I'm not sure what to read next. I have so many books on my eTBR, but I think the plibrary book that is due on Tuesday is going to win out. It's by Terri Blackstock and it's called "predator."

I picked up a really fun short story and the mp3 you may like.

The Ghost, the Girl, and the Gun: Pulp Detective Short Story by MR member Ted Boone (tedboone)

GraceKrispy · 10-10-2010, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by dreams

I picked up a really fun short story and the mp3 you may like.

The Ghost, the Girl, and the Gun: Pulp Detective Short Story by MR member Ted Boone (tedboone)

Very cool! It looks interesting, thanks!

phenomshel · 10-10-2010, 03:35 AM

I think I'm full up on fantasy for a bit, so it's back to my light funny cozies. Just started Mama Does Time by Deborah Sharp.

Solitaire1 · 10-10-2010, 04:54 AM

I just started reading "Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter" by Randy L. Schmidt. I'm a fan of the music of the Carpenters and I've been looking for more information on the group. This is the first major book on the Carpenters that I've found since "The Carpenters: The Untold Story" by Ray Coleman (originally released in 1994).

pdurrant · 10-10-2010, 05:51 AM

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Now onto a strange book. The Science Behind The Secret by Travis S. Taylor.

So far I'm distinctly unimpressed. I'm only going to finish it because I want to see how he gets where he's apparently going, which seems to be off the deep end.

It wasn't worth it. I don't recommend the book. Amazing twaddle with quantum hand-waving to back it up.

He seems to have taken a few personal experiences and tried to tie them into a global framework utilising various speculations about consciousness and Quantum Mechanics.

And the bits about how you should ignore skeptics — classic.

It does seem that Dr Taylor has started to confuse wishful thinking* and fiction with fact. But I'll still read his fiction, as that's been fun so far.

Now I'm moving onto The Complete Hammer's Slammers: Volume 1 by David Drake. I've read a lot of David Drakes SF and Fantasy, and even horror. I've liked it all, even though I don't usually like horror.

I have this book in a beautiful leather-bound, signed, special edition by Night Shade Press. But I've never got around to reading it, as paper books are just so inconvenient. But Baen brought out the ebook edition a year ago, so now it's time to read it.

* I'm using this phrase deliberately. "The Secret" mentioned in the book title is apparently the idea that if we think about some desired outcome in the right way, the the Universe will adjust itself to our wishes, and what we desire will come to pass.

FlorenceArt · 10-10-2010, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Aw, come on you guys, loosen up! Just go with the flow, let the music carry you! I can hear it, and I'm not even a native speaker.

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Originally Posted by kennyc

I'm sure that helps.

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Someone on Lbrarything mentioned the Oxford annotated edition, and I ordered it on Amazon (paper), then I had second thoughts and wondered if I could find an annotated e-book edition. Does anyone know if the Penguin edition has footnotes? It's available at Waterstones.

WT Sharpe · 10-10-2010, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Well, I certainly can't argue with that!

Cyclops · 10-10-2010, 09:04 AM

I'm reading The City of the Singing Flame by Clark Ashton Smith-kinda weird!
Now the book on Goodreads has it at 204 pages, and its only,err, 36 pages on my e-reader!

kennyc · 10-10-2010, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Well, I certainly can't argue with that!

Me either....time to get back to "The Sound and the Fury"

FlorenceArt · 10-10-2010, 09:39 AM

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Me either....time to get back to "The Sound and the Fury"

I'll add that one to my wishlist

Zyzomys · 10-10-2010, 10:11 AM

I am quite enjoying Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. I am hoping his Towers of Midnight is also released as an ebook when released in November.

BenG · 10-10-2010, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Cyclops

I'm reading The City of the Singing Flame by Clark Ashton Smith-kinda weird!
Now the book on Goodreads has it at 204 pages, and its only,err, 36 pages on my e-reader!

The edition on Goodreads is probably an anthology that uses the title of the short story as the title for the entire collection.

kennyc · 10-10-2010, 10:55 AM

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I'll add that one to my wishlist

It's a classic!

Iridal · 10-10-2010, 11:16 AM

Finished Empire in black and gold (finally). It didn't like it at first but it kinda grew on me. It took me a week and a half to finish though, that has to be a record

. Can't wait to read the rest of the series.

But first I'll start dear old mom's recommendation, Fingersmith by Sarah Waters.

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10-10-2010, 12:50 AM	#6661
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	E-book: The Blessing by Nancy Mitford Audiobook: The Promise: President Obama, Year One by Jonathan Alter Print Book: When Things Get Dark: A Mongolian Winter's Tale by Matthew Davis

10-10-2010, 03:35 AM	#6664
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	I think I'm full up on fantasy for a bit, so it's back to my light funny cozies. Just started Mama Does Time by Deborah Sharp.

10-10-2010, 04:54 AM	#6665
Solitaire1 Samurai Lizard Posts: 15,014 Karma: 70029956 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: NookColor, Nook Glowlight 4	I just started reading "Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter" by Randy L. Schmidt. I'm a fan of the music of the Carpenters and I've been looking for more information on the group. This is the first major book on the Carpenters that I've found since "The Carpenters: The Untold Story" by Ray Coleman (originally released in 1994).

10-10-2010, 09:04 AM	#6669
Cyclops Only need one eye to read Posts: 796 Karma: 6277024 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Darlington, England Device: Kobo Touch N905C, Sony PRS-300, Nintendo DSi XL,	I'm reading The City of the Singing Flame by Clark Ashton Smith-kinda weird! Now the book on Goodreads has it at 204 pages, and its only,err, 36 pages on my e-reader!

10-10-2010, 10:11 AM	#6672
Zyzomys Hooked on Phonics Posts: 122 Karma: 24 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Ottawa, Canada Device: Kindle	I am quite enjoying Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. I am hoping his Towers of Midnight is also released as an ebook when released in November.

10-10-2010, 11:16 AM	#6675
Iridal Mysteriarch Posts: 1,422 Karma: 26606984 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: The land of impossible deadlines Device: iPhone 4, Kindle 3	Finished Empire in black and gold (finally). It didn't like it at first but it kinda grew on me. It took me a week and a half to finish though, that has to be a record . Can't wait to read the rest of the series. But first I'll start dear old mom's recommendation, Fingersmith by Sarah Waters.