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moby-dick. great, great book. constantly astonished.
the adventures of pinocchio Last edited by Ditchleyportrait; 06-26-2011 at 03:33 AM. |
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#9827 |
Space Cadet
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: South Africa
Device: Sony PRS-T1, Cybook Opus, Kobo Glo
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Just finished with Neal Asher's Polity Agent (review here) and now busy with Line War.
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Indie Advocate
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Finally finished The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and I have two books on the go now:
Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand and Rocannon's World by Ursula Le Guin. |
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Cockney Sci-Fi Geek!
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Samsung Tab S 8.4", Samsung S6 Edge
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Just fininshed a cheapo - 'Bone and Cane' by David Belbin which was ok for £1. The main charcter was ok I guess and the storyline, although not rivetting, has a decent twist at the end.
Now on to a freebie 'Bubba and the Dead Woman' by C L Bevill, about a fifth of the way in and intrigued enough to continue |
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use the force
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Ontario
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#9831 |
whimsical
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Location: in darkness
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I'm waiting for July to come, then start Game of Thrones. From the voting, I think it would win... in the meantime, I'm into Water for Elephants, for a change. I've been reading all fantasy lately. I want to know why people keep talking about it, and even made a movie. I want to know if I'm the 'romance' type
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![]() I've seen the movie, and while it wasn't the best movie I've seen it was enjoyable and I would love to give the book a try. |
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#9833 |
affordable chipmunk
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Brazil
Device: Sony XPeria ZL, Kindle Paperwhite
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I'm zapping constantly, so let me update what I've finished in the last few days: "The Tomb" by H.P.Lovecraft, "The tower of the Elephant" by Robert E. Howard, "A descent into the Maëlstrom" by Edgar Alan Poe.
I'm also actively and alternately into other works by Lovecraft, "The adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by Conan-Doyle, "Arsène Lupin" by Maurice Leblanc and about chapter 4 into kindle-bought "Executive Lunch" by Maria E. Schneider. My scifi reading is mostly halted, even the 2 books by Stross, one of his bought on kindle. I'm into a horror and cozy mystery mood right now. ![]() Last edited by Namekuseijin; 06-27-2011 at 04:39 PM. |
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Grand Sorcerer
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands
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I've been reading quite a lot of fantasy and horror lately so I'm going to take a break from that. I'm currently reading The Duke and I by Julia Quinn and I'm thoroughly enjoying it, against my own expectations. |
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#9835 |
Bah, humbug!
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA
Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.
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Needs the Reader's Digest treatment, but has some great quotes. I got bored with all the descriptions of the various types of whales.
Moby & Pinocchio? Seems normal to me. Of course, I read everything from classics to comics. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 06-29-2011 at 12:15 PM. |
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Bah, humbug!
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Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA
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I finally finished reading What the Face Reveals: Basic and Applied Studies of Spontaneous Expression Using the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) edited by Paul Ekman and Erika Rosenberg. I had bought the book over a year ago and read a small portion, then put it aside until recently. The book consists of 22 scientific papers from various researchers in the field and commentary. It is not written for laymen such as myself, but as it was the most expensive book I ever purchased ($41.72 from Amazon), I was determined to read it eventually come hell or high water. Paul Ekman has studied facial emotions for over 30 years, and it is his work that formed the backbone of the recently cancelled (and wonderful) TV series, Lie to Me (Booo, FOX!). He has written books for popular audiences, and after reading this book chock full of graphs, charts, statistics, and procedural methodologies, I somewhat wish I had started with one of those. That isn't to say that reading the book is an exercise in futility; far from it. There are quite a number of things to be considered within its pages. Here are a few tidbits:
From Chapter 12: "Differentiating Emotion Elicited and Deliberate Emotional Facial Expressions" by Ursula Hess and Robert E. Fleck: Quote:
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From Chapter 16: "Emotional experience and Expression in Schizophrenia and Depression by Howard Berenbaum and Thomas F. Oltmanns: Quote:
In speaking of the chances for successful treatment for schizophrenic and psychosomatic patients, Evelyne Steimer-Krause, Rainer Krause, and Gunter Wagner report in Chapter 17: "Interaction Regulations by Schizophrenic and Psychosomatic Patients": Quote:
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This is a book for specialists. Enter at your own risk. And by the way, there's been a slight price increase since I bought my copy. The ebook is currently selling at Amazon for $46.36. |
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![]() And on that note, Trout Fishing in America is sooo good. |
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#9838 |
Grand Sorcerer
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Location: Florida
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Just finished Time; The Curious Dimension by Dan Falk. Excellent non fiction physics. Very interesting.
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Bah, humbug!
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Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA
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![]() And I'd forgotten the whale in Pinocchinose until you mentioned it. I've never read the book, but I've seen the whale in film adaptations. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 06-27-2011 at 08:40 PM. Reason: Add the word "film." |
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#9840 |
affordable chipmunk
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Brazil
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Facial expressions, huh? That's why I always wear my bad mojo mug. Can any Sherlock tell when I smile?
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