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edbro · 10-13-2010, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Which is exactly why I started using LibraryThing to keep track of the books I read.

I do it with a custom column in Calibre

FlorenceArt · 10-13-2010, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by edbro

I do it with a custom column in Calibre

But that only works with books for which you have a file? What about p-books?

edbro · 10-13-2010, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

But that only works with books for which you have a file? What about p-books?

You can have database entries without having the files. After reading a book I don't want to keep, I delete the files but keep the entry. Choose "Edit Metadata" and then delete the files from there.

I'm not sure about creating an empty entry but you could always use a dummy text file to create it, then remove it later.

Cyclops · 10-13-2010, 02:30 PM

Clarimonde by Theophilé Gautier

poohbear_nc · 10-13-2010, 02:36 PM

Just finished Gun, With Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem (unfortunately only available as pbook) - imagine a Philip Marlowe novel written by Philip K. Dick channeling Kurt Vonnegut, with a dash of Douglas Adams. Noir in the near future. Pitch perfect dialogue and voice-overs. Can't trust a dame ever. Evolved animals. Violent death. Gumshoes trying to get paid. Karma levels a matter of life & death. Wow!

FlorenceArt · 10-13-2010, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Just finished Gun, With Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem (unfortunately only available as pbook) - imagine a Philip Marlowe novel written by Philip K. Dick channeling Kurt Vonnegut, with a dash of Douglas Adams. Noir in the near future. Pitch perfect dialogue and voice-overs. Can't trust a dame ever. Evolved animals. Violent death. Gumshoes trying to get paid. Karma levels a matter of life & death. Wow!

Latinandgreek · 10-13-2010, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by bjones6416

I loved Life of Pi. You'd better make sure you find somebody else who has already read it, because you are going to want to discuss it when you're done!

Very true!

FlorenceArt · 10-13-2010, 04:08 PM

I like The Life of Pi too, though I didn't feel any compulsion to discuss it

edbro · 10-13-2010, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

I like The Life of Pi too, though I didn't feel any compulsion to discuss it

You just did!

Lady Fitzgerald · 10-13-2010, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by edbro

I do it with a custom column in Calibre

I do something similar only my custom column is for unread books. No stars is for books already read, one star is for unread, and two stars is for unread books I want to get to ASAP.

DavidRM · 10-13-2010, 05:17 PM

I just finished "Haiku" by Andrew Vachss.

Here is my review (also posted on my blog):

I read my first book by Andrew Vachss when a friend of my wife's was giving away paperbacks he had read and no longer needed. That was Blossom, one of Vachss's "Burke Series". I was blown away by the raw violence and the gritty, street-level view of American city life. Across 2006 and 2007, I read 5 or 6 of the other books in the Burke series as I saw them at the library. Vachss, along with Neil Gaimin, helped me see the full range of what could be expressed with the written word.

Unfortunately, I was thinking "Burke" when I read Haiku.

There are some similarities: there is the street-level view of an American city, characters with a wide range of dark backgrounds fallen on hard times (or having chosen the street), and compassion and justice for people and situations that the middle and upper classes of America tend to not even see.

I enjoyed reading Haiku. But I'm not sure I really got it. Which could be because I was Braced for Burke, but I think there's more to it than that. Haiku is a much more subtle novel than any of the Burke books I've read. Burke books are about revenge, hard-edged street justice, usually involving robbery, assassination, or both (and more). There is violence in Haiku, but it's not the point. There is even a Burke-like robbing of a wannabe-pimp, but, again, that's not the point. The point, I think, of Haiku is about people finding themselves again (or maybe for the first time).

Vachss isn't at his storytelling best in Haiku, maybe because he was trying to not write just another Burke novel. There are some backstory/flashbacks near the beginning that could have been handled more deftly, I think. And the story itself seems to twist and turn, focusing on this, then that, almost like it's being blown back and forth as the novel continues. Maybe this is more the subtlety that I wasn't prepared for...or maybe not.

In any case, Haiku is a good read. I like Vachss, and I like his view of the world. And it looks like I've got a good dozen or so books of his to catch up on...

-David

recluse · 10-13-2010, 05:53 PM

Currently reading "Johannes Cabal The Necromancer" by Jonathan L. Howard.
A screamingly funny Faustian tale about a scientist who sold his soul to the Devil and proposes a wager to get it back.

monkeyluis · 10-13-2010, 06:38 PM

Just finished the 3rd Hunger Games book, Mockingjay. Very good series. I really enjoyed it & devoured the books in under 3 weeks. Thinking I'll start The Princess Bride now.

basilsands · 10-13-2010, 07:10 PM

Currently reading "The Parmenidean Breach" by Jack West Junior

Pretty Good Stuff it is....

lilac_jive · 10-13-2010, 10:10 PM

I'm reading "Trial By Desire" by Courtney Milan on my Sony. I've been steering away from romance lately as it's been boring me, but since I enjoyed her last (actually, her first) book so much, I picked this one up. Glad I did.

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10-13-2010, 02:30 PM	#6724
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,	Clarimonde by Theophilé Gautier

10-13-2010, 02:36 PM	#6725
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,191 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Just finished Gun, With Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem (unfortunately only available as pbook) - imagine a Philip Marlowe novel written by Philip K. Dick channeling Kurt Vonnegut, with a dash of Douglas Adams. Noir in the near future. Pitch perfect dialogue and voice-overs. Can't trust a dame ever. Evolved animals. Violent death. Gumshoes trying to get paid. Karma levels a matter of life & death. Wow!

10-13-2010, 04:08 PM	#6728
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	I like The Life of Pi too, though I didn't feel any compulsion to discuss it

10-13-2010, 05:17 PM	#6731
DavidRM Addict Posts: 203 Karma: 1007768 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Device: Kindle	I just finished "Haiku" by Andrew Vachss. Here is my review (also posted on my blog): I read my first book by Andrew Vachss when a friend of my wife's was giving away paperbacks he had read and no longer needed. That was Blossom, one of Vachss's "Burke Series". I was blown away by the raw violence and the gritty, street-level view of American city life. Across 2006 and 2007, I read 5 or 6 of the other books in the Burke series as I saw them at the library. Vachss, along with Neil Gaimin, helped me see the full range of what could be expressed with the written word. Unfortunately, I was thinking "Burke" when I read Haiku. There are some similarities: there is the street-level view of an American city, characters with a wide range of dark backgrounds fallen on hard times (or having chosen the street), and compassion and justice for people and situations that the middle and upper classes of America tend to not even see. I enjoyed reading Haiku. But I'm not sure I really got it. Which could be because I was Braced for Burke, but I think there's more to it than that. Haiku is a much more subtle novel than any of the Burke books I've read. Burke books are about revenge, hard-edged street justice, usually involving robbery, assassination, or both (and more). There is violence in Haiku, but it's not the point. There is even a Burke-like robbing of a wannabe-pimp, but, again, that's not the point. The point, I think, of Haiku is about people finding themselves again (or maybe for the first time). Vachss isn't at his storytelling best in Haiku, maybe because he was trying to not write just another Burke novel. There are some backstory/flashbacks near the beginning that could have been handled more deftly, I think. And the story itself seems to twist and turn, focusing on this, then that, almost like it's being blown back and forth as the novel continues. Maybe this is more the subtlety that I wasn't prepared for...or maybe not. In any case, Haiku is a good read. I like Vachss, and I like his view of the world. And it looks like I've got a good dozen or so books of his to catch up on... -David

10-13-2010, 05:53 PM	#6732
recluse Banned Posts: 3,724 Karma: 535488 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the Mortuary Device: Kindle 2	Currently reading "Johannes Cabal The Necromancer" by Jonathan L. Howard. A screamingly funny Faustian tale about a scientist who sold his soul to the Devil and proposes a wager to get it back.

10-13-2010, 06:38 PM	#6733
monkeyluis Banned Posts: 725 Karma: 656644 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Central Florida Device: iPad "3", Kindle Touch, Kindle Fire, iPhone 4S	Just finished the 3rd Hunger Games book, Mockingjay. Very good series. I really enjoyed it & devoured the books in under 3 weeks. Thinking I'll start The Princess Bride now.

10-13-2010, 07:10 PM	#6734
basilsands Arctic Warrior Posts: 85 Karma: 50000 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Device: kindle	Currently reading "The Parmenidean Breach" by Jack West Junior Pretty Good Stuff it is....

10-13-2010, 10:10 PM	#6735
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	I'm reading "Trial By Desire" by Courtney Milan on my Sony. I've been steering away from romance lately as it's been boring me, but since I enjoyed her last (actually, her first) book so much, I picked this one up. Glad I did.