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[kennyc]

Welcome to MR Scootac!

[Scootac]

Thanks much, being out of college finally I'm finding it strange to have a choice in what I read again, its almost overwhelming!

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie. Her tenth book.

Another good mystery with characters from The Secret of Chimneys. This time I failed to se the obvious. Sigh...

Next: Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. I got this when a bundle of Pournelle's books were on offer at webscriptions, in October 2008. (They're still available, but as individual books for $4 each.)

I'm sure I've read this before, but it's quite fun to re-read it.

[Bilbo1967]

Just finished the first two Jo Nesbo books with the main character of Harry Hole; The Redbreast and Nemesis - really enjoyed them and looking forward to getting stuck into the next one (The Devil's Star) when I get home from work.

[richvalle]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Another good mystery with characters from The Secret of Chimneys. This time I failed to se the obvious. Sigh...

Next: Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. I got this when a bundle of Pournelle's books were on offer at webscriptions, in October 2008. (They're still available, but as individual books for $4 each.)

I'm sure I've read this before, but it's quite fun to re-read it.

I really enjoyed Lucifer's Hammer when I first read it way back when. From what I remember I didn't enjoy the follow up book as much.

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[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Welcome to MR Scootac!

[Arthur Slade]

Finished The Hunger Games. Am probably the last person on earth to have read it. But I was absolutely horrified/tensed out to the max by the novel (in a good way). I am hoping the rest of the trilogy stands up to this one.

[jgaiser]

Finished a short novella this morning by T.A. Pratt (Tim Pratt), Bone Shop. It's a prequel to his Marla Mason Urban Fantasy series. While I really enjoyed the story telling, the book felt like a bunch of short stories stuck together. This one and his last Marla Mason novel (Broken Mirrors) were self-published and available with a donation button (which seems to to have worked well for him). There's a couple more prequels available online and I think I'm going to be reading more of the novels.

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Arthur Slade

Finished The Hunger Games. Am probably the last person on earth to have read it. But I was absolutely horrified/tensed out to the max by the novel (in a good way). I am hoping the rest of the trilogy stands up to this one.

Just curious, but I thought these books were aimed at a young reader market (so were Harry Potter, I guess, and look where that went...).

Sounds like they are suitable for an adult market as well?

[Ron.]

I started reading "The Keep - Jennifer Egan" Not bad so far, it's quirky like me. I started "Joan of Arc - Mark Twain" a couple of days ago, Once I am done with The Keep I will go back to that.

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by Arthur Slade

Finished The Hunger Games. Am probably the last person on earth to have read it. But I was absolutely horrified/tensed out to the max by the novel (in a good way). I am hoping the rest of the trilogy stands up to this one.

Actually, I am still in the process of reading it. I'm enjoying it quite a bit. I'm glad to hear so many folks loved it.

BOb

[dreams]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Just started on WWW: Wake, the first book of the WWW Trilogy by Hugo and Nebula Award winning author Robert J. Sawyer. So far it seems to be a very interesting novel, and I'm really looking forward to the entire series.

(Full disclosure: I picked up the series because in the third book of the series, WWW: Wonder, there is a mention by one of the characters of MobileRead.com. Although it's far from the first time a book has mentioned MR; as far as I know, it's the first time MobileRead's ever been mentioned in a work of fiction.)

Originally Posted by Crusader

I didn't know that! I loved the first one since the idea was very intriguing. I've actually got the second one waiting to be read, but now I'll definitely have to check out the third one as well!

The author, RobertJSawyer, is an author member here and though he doesn't post very often, he visits frequently and may not always log on.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by dreams

The author, RobertJSawyer, is an author member here and though he doesn't post very often, he visits frequently and may not always log on.

Thanks, dreams. I wasn't aware of that, but I'm not too surprised.

[caleb72]

Originally Posted by Arthur Slade

Finished The Hunger Games. Am probably the last person on earth to have read it. But I was absolutely horrified/tensed out to the max by the novel (in a good way). I am hoping the rest of the trilogy stands up to this one.

I haven't read it yet - although all the hype is making me want dip my feet in. Your Dust is the next on my list though.

Regards
Caleb

[Iridal]

Originally Posted by Arthur Slade

Finished The Hunger Games. Am probably the last person on earth to have read it. But I was absolutely horrified/tensed out to the max by the novel (in a good way). I am hoping the rest of the trilogy stands up to this one.

I'm sure you'll love them! I thought the second book was a little bit weaker than the first, but Mockingjay more than made up for that! I recently read them and thought they were awsome. I immediately recommended them to my sister, who read them in a couple of days and liked them as much as I did!

Originally Posted by orlok

Just curious, but I thought these books were aimed at a young reader market (so were Harry Potter, I guess, and look where that went...).

Sounds like they are suitable for an adult market as well?

It depends on how mature you are Seriously, they're a little more mature than the (first) HP books, and definitely suitable for adults as well. Highly recommended!