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orlok · 04-08-2011, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Yes, we know.

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MR - also known as Hotel California...

rePete · 04-08-2011, 04:58 PM

On my eReader, actively into
A.W. Tozer's Knowledge of the Holy, The Portable Blake | from Project Gutenberg I'm reading the Federalist Papers

pb include The Complete Works of Francis A. Schaeffer - A Christian Worldview| made it to vol. 5; The Road to Serfdom by Hayek

hb are the mother load with American Conservatism - An Encyclopedia, The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945, Back on the Road to Serfdom - The Resurgence of Statism, The Heritage Guide to the Constitution, and to keep things a little lite, Sarah Palin's America by Heart, and James Carroll's Jerusalem, Jerusalem

Yeah, these are my daily reads. I got sidetracked by Dunning's 'Booked to Die' and had a lot of fun with that but one is enough: don't think I'll read the rest of his stuff.

ADD?

poohbear_nc · 04-08-2011, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by norway1456

I'm having the same ball! I'm done reading all of the John Dickson Carr books from the Langtail Press and have gone on reading Halfway House by Ellery Queen. Though Ellery Queen is good, Carr is better, so I'm waiting in great anticipation for the next batch of books from The Langtail Press. This publisher is the best thing that has happened admirerers of the classic detective story in years, as they bring back books that have been too long out of print and almost impossible to get. I'm only hoping for a renessance of Quentin Patrick as well. Does anybody know of ebooks by Quentin Patrick (AKA. Patrick Quentin, AKA. Jonathan Stagge)?

I blazed through Langtail Press's editions of Ellery Queen too! Be sure to try the Elizabeth Ferrars too!

BearMountainBooks · 04-08-2011, 08:01 PM

I started on Karen Cantwell's "foxy tales." Y'all may remember I really loved her "Take the Monkeys and Run" -- a cozy mystery/romance/chick-lit/caper kind of thing. Anyway, she co-wrote this with an author whose last name is...really long and hard to pronounce so I won't try to type it here. Foxy Tales is written in...third person, present tense. I'm having a lot of trouble getting into it because of that. Maybe I'm just not experimental enough, but I'm not getting why it was written that way. It doesn't add to the storyline and it's not fast-paced enough to feel like it's got to be present tense.

I've read some first person, present tense (but even those use it sparingly) and it works to good effect (I thought.)

So I don't know if I'll finish this one either.

caleb72 · 04-08-2011, 10:08 PM

I've started Hal Spacejock by Simon Haynes.

Iridal · 04-09-2011, 03:02 AM

Yay, the new Robin Hobb/Megan Lindholm book finally arrived yesterday! It's called The Inheritance, it's a book full of short stories (fantasy and science fiction) written by either Megan Lindholm or Robin Hobb (who are the same person

). The first story, A touch of Lavender, is pretty good so far.

Crusader · 04-09-2011, 03:14 AM

Finally finished The Terror by Dan Simmons. I have mixed feelings about it. To some degree it was very good, but the length just made it feel as if it was going on forever (and I like long novels!). It almost felt as if the length was meant make you suffer the same attrition that the crew members suffered.

The ending was also a bit weird. Completely falls in the "What the heck?" category.

poohbear_nc · 04-09-2011, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Crusader

Finally finished The Terror by Dan Simmons. I have mixed feelings about it. To some degree it was very good, but the length just made it feel as if it was going on forever (and I like long novels!). It almost felt as if the length was meant make you suffer the same attrition that the crew members suffered.

The ending was also a bit weird. Completely falls in the "What the heck?" category.

I agree - the ending seemed to be a fantasy tacked onto what had been (up to then) an adventure/mystery/horror novel. I wished Simmons had been content to stick with "natural" causes, and not invented some supernatural spirit.

DixieGal · 04-09-2011, 09:35 AM

I have been so busy remodeling the bathroom that I am only just now going to get started on Hal Spacejock. Luckily it is a re-read, so it can go pretty fast. I had lost my original copy, so Spacejock sent me a replacement. Pretty excited about it, because I remember rolling around laughing while reading it.

DixieGal · 04-09-2011, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

I agree - the ending seemed to be a fantasy tacked onto what had been (up to then) an adventure/mystery/horror novel. I wished Simmons had been content to stick with "natural" causes, and not invented some supernatural spirit.

You know guys, Hyperion and the sequel (too early to remember the title) had a pretty ambiguous ending. But I enjoy them anyway. He is an excellent storyteller, except for his endings.

BTW, if your library has audiobooks, those two are great to listen to.

bookworm50 · 04-09-2011, 09:42 AM

Gavin Beckett. I'm enjoying it but I seem to remember enjoying The Magician and Mrs. Quent a bit more. Finished A Modern Witch by Debra Geary. A fun, light and fast read. Also read The Peach Keeper by Sarah Allen Addison. Not her best but enjoyable. I like the touch of magic she adds to her novels along with the quirky characters that people her books. I've recently read a few other novels but I have to get ready for my kids' baseball game.

Nyssa · 04-09-2011, 09:52 AM

I finished Hal Spacejock. It was quite enjoyable, despite Hal...

I am happy I bought the whole set. I will read the next one after I've finished reading my current selection - The Romance of lust; or Early Education. It is not at all what I was expecting from a Victorian Era publication. It is straight up porn! So naturally, my husband is now reading the book as well.

Iznogood · 04-09-2011, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

I blazed through Langtail Press's editions of Ellery Queen too! Be sure to try the Elizabeth Ferrars too!

I will. I thought of doing Anthony Berkeley first, but I have also read promising words about Ferrars. The order these authors will be read in doesn't really matter since I intend to buy every book from this publisher.

poohbear_nc · 04-09-2011, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by norway1456

I will. I thought of doing Anthony Berkeley first, but I have also read promising words about Ferrars. The order these authors will be read in doesn't really matter since I intend to buy every book from this publisher.

Anthony Berkeley is great too! You can't miss - whatever order you read them.

[I'll be buying all of them too I fear!

]

phenomshel · 04-09-2011, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by bookworm50

Gavin Beckett. I'm enjoying it but I seem to remember enjoying The Magician and Mrs. Quent a bit more. Finished A Modern Witch by Debra Geary. A fun, light and fast read. Also read The Peach Keeper by Sarah Allen Addison. Not her best but enjoyable. I like the touch of magic she adds to her novels along with the quirky characters that people her books. I've recently read a few other novels but I have to get ready for my kids' baseball game.

Both the Beckett books are on my TBR mountain, also The Peach Keeper.

04-09-2011, 09:42 AM	#8876
bookworm50 Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 12 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: kindle	Currently reading The House on Durrow Street by Gavin Beckett. I'm enjoying it but I seem to remember enjoying The Magician and Mrs. Quent a bit more. Finished A Modern Witch by Debra Geary. A fun, light and fast read. Also read The Peach Keeper by Sarah Allen Addison. Not her best but enjoyable. I like the touch of magic she adds to her novels along with the quirky characters that people her books. I've recently read a few other novels but I have to get ready for my kids' baseball game.

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04-08-2011, 04:58 PM	#8867
rePete Connoisseur Posts: 78 Karma: 116768 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Where the Mississippi runs East to West Device: Pandigital Novel	On my eReader, actively into A.W. Tozer's Knowledge of the Holy, The Portable Blake \| from Project Gutenberg I'm reading the Federalist Papers pb include The Complete Works of Francis A. Schaeffer - A Christian Worldview\| made it to vol. 5; The Road to Serfdom by Hayek hb are the mother load with American Conservatism - An Encyclopedia, The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945, Back on the Road to Serfdom - The Resurgence of Statism, The Heritage Guide to the Constitution, and to keep things a little lite, Sarah Palin's America by Heart, and James Carroll's Jerusalem, Jerusalem Yeah, these are my daily reads. I got sidetracked by Dunning's 'Booked to Die' and had a lot of fun with that but one is enough: don't think I'll read the rest of his stuff. ADD?

04-08-2011, 08:01 PM	#8869
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	I started on Karen Cantwell's "foxy tales." Y'all may remember I really loved her "Take the Monkeys and Run" -- a cozy mystery/romance/chick-lit/caper kind of thing. Anyway, she co-wrote this with an author whose last name is...really long and hard to pronounce so I won't try to type it here. Foxy Tales is written in...third person, present tense. I'm having a lot of trouble getting into it because of that. Maybe I'm just not experimental enough, but I'm not getting why it was written that way. It doesn't add to the storyline and it's not fast-paced enough to feel like it's got to be present tense. I've read some first person, present tense (but even those use it sparingly) and it works to good effect (I thought.) So I don't know if I'll finish this one either.

04-08-2011, 10:08 PM	#8870
caleb72 Indie Advocate Posts: 2,863 Karma: 18794463 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: Kindle	I've started Hal Spacejock by Simon Haynes.

04-09-2011, 03:02 AM	#8871
Iridal Mysteriarch Posts: 1,422 Karma: 26606984 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: The land of impossible deadlines Device: iPhone 4, Kindle 3	Yay, the new Robin Hobb/Megan Lindholm book finally arrived yesterday! It's called The Inheritance, it's a book full of short stories (fantasy and science fiction) written by either Megan Lindholm or Robin Hobb (who are the same person ). The first story, A touch of Lavender, is pretty good so far.

04-09-2011, 03:14 AM	#8872
Crusader Space Cadet Posts: 1,180 Karma: 4030536 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South Africa Device: Sony PRS-T1, Cybook Opus, Kobo Glo	Finally finished The Terror by Dan Simmons. I have mixed feelings about it. To some degree it was very good, but the length just made it feel as if it was going on forever (and I like long novels!). It almost felt as if the length was meant make you suffer the same attrition that the crew members suffered. The ending was also a bit weird. Completely falls in the "What the heck?" category.

04-09-2011, 09:35 AM	#8874
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	I have been so busy remodeling the bathroom that I am only just now going to get started on Hal Spacejock. Luckily it is a re-read, so it can go pretty fast. I had lost my original copy, so Spacejock sent me a replacement. Pretty excited about it, because I remember rolling around laughing while reading it.

04-09-2011, 09:52 AM	#8877
Nyssa Series Addict Posts: 6,180 Karma: 167189477 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Florida, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite (2nd Gen)	I finished Hal Spacejock. It was quite enjoyable, despite Hal... I am happy I bought the whole set. I will read the next one after I've finished reading my current selection - The Romance of lust; or Early Education. It is not at all what I was expecting from a Victorian Era publication. It is straight up porn! So naturally, my husband is now reading the book as well.