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Space Cadet
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Would definitely like to know what you think about it. It's one of those mind boggling science fiction stories. It would be interesting to see if it has the same impact on someone else as it had on me.
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ZCD BombShel
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Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA)
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It's still amazing to me that Llewellyn Worldwide has a mystery imprint (Midnight Ink). |
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#8943 |
Wizzard
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Roundworld
Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia
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I read the Bast mysteries several years ago from the library and they were pretty nice. Not great, but competently written with a few fun moments. If you'd like to try a short story, Rosemary Edghill put one up for free over at her Dreamwidth journal: A Winter's Tale.
As for me, finished a slowly on-going reread of Lois McMaster Bujold's The Curse of Chalion, which I already owned in English, French, and now ePub which I picked up on sale at Kobo last year. Marvelous (or maybe I should say "miraculous"?) as always, and mostly typo-free, except for one section well into the book where for some bizarre reason, the beginnings of sentences get de-capitalized. Also finished in paper from the library Elizabeth Peters' Street of the Five Moons, 2nd in the Vicky Bliss mystery series. While the 1st in the series started off pretty slow and took a while to build, this one gets right into the action with a murder, some maybe stolen jewels, an abduction, a personal squabble, a family squabble, a dungeon stay, another murder, another abduction, more maybe stolen jewels, all in between uncovering a ring of very specialized art thieves. Like the first book, this was almost a non-murder mystery, with a refreshingly low body count which mostly moved the focus to what was going on and which one of the many candidates dunnit, as Vicky tries to figure out which one of the charmingly probably-larcenous people (besides the obvious one who seems to be set up as her future recurring nemesis) she's staying with as a houseguest is the mastermind. I very nearly figured this one out a scant paragraph before she did, but that turned out to be a red herring and the prime candidate demoted to a mere henchperson. Overall, lots of fun, even if the pace felt a bit rushed in comparison to the rather slow 1st book, and I hope the rest of the series finds a more measured balance. Recommended for people who like adventure-filled "to catch a thief"-type stories involving museum-quality art pieces and a healthy dose of rival bickering. |
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#8944 |
Enthusiast
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Saskatoon, SK Canada
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Just finishing up The Hunger Games. One of the best novels I've read in a very long time. And one of the most white-knuckled reads I've had, too!
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#8945 |
Grand Sorcerer
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Location: Tampa, FL USA
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Finished Hall Spacejock 01.... good book. Some pretty funny parts too. Nice choice MRBC!
Next, my first Nebula/Hugo joint winner. The next two, The Left Hand of Darkness and Ringworld don't seem to be findable as ebooks.... well, I did find a PDF of Left Hand. So, _The Gods Themselves_ looks to be my next read. BOb |
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#8946 |
Space Cadet
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Location: South Africa
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Finished "Polar Shift" by Clive Cussler. Normal over the top action adventure fare. Enjoyable nonetheless though.
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#8947 |
Grand Sorcerer
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands
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I finished the fourth Rizzoli & Isles book, Body Double, by Tess Gerritsen last night. I liked the first two R&I books, but from book 3 the pace seems to stepped up.
No longer in denial that I like (some) fantasy I've started reading A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. after reading the prologue and the first chapter I'm thinking it might be a good idea to make notes about the different characters. |
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#8948 |
David
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Location: Norway
Device: Kindle, E.Edge (sold), Irex Iliad (retired)
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Currently reading The Greatest Knight: The Unsung Story of the Queen's Champion. The story is set amongst knights and queens in England/France.
I find the book to be good but some parts of the book could be more descriptive and go into more detail, instead it moves along very quickly. Some might find this good but for me it feels like something is lacking. I would still recommend it and I do enjoy it. |
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#8949 |
David
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Location: Norway
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I wasn't overly thrilled but all in all not a bad series. I found the last book to be the best. Just goes to show that there's as many tastes and opinions about books that there are people reading them.
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#8950 |
Fiend
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I'm currently alternating between William Gibson's "Count Zero" and chunk of my friend's newest piece. It took me a while to get into Gibson's style of writing, but I'm hooked on it now.
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Grand Sorcerer
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I managed to read a couple more chapters between customers today and I'm really enjoying it. |
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#8953 |
whimsical
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Location: in darkness
Device: current: PPW 4. brick: K3 & Voyage.
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just finished The Princess Bride by William Goldman. It's hilarious
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Omnivorous
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Location: Rural NW Oregon
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