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MickeyC · 11-21-2014, 07:35 PM

Just finished The Gray Mountain by John Grisham and it was an excellent read.

Now starting The Science of Interstellar by Kip Thorne. He is a theoretical physicist who did the science for the movie Interstellar. It was an excellent film. Think of it as 2001 A Spave Odyssey on crack! Purpose of the book is to explain the science in the movie which was very accurate.

Lusitanic · 11-21-2014, 09:40 PM

Sacred Economics

Brave New World

Implementing Word of Mouth Marketing

On the road

CRussel · 11-22-2014, 09:50 AM

In the midst of a couple of other books, a long awaited book from a favourite author has finally released, so I'll be reading South Coast by Nathan Lowell next. (While continuing the Audible reading of Georgette Heyer's Venetia.) It should be a good weekend.

alansplace · 11-22-2014, 01:49 PM

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I've read 3 of the 4 books in the Steampunk series, Tales of the Ketty Jay by Chris Wooding. Lisa Mantchev is only the 2nd author that I've read who writes in the genre, Steampunk. Ticker was Steampunk but a lot different than the world of the Ketty Jay! It was fast-paced and exciting like that other world. The characters were likeable and interesting. It was overall, a quite enjoyable read.

Now I'm going back to an old favorite (not Steampunk) author, Patricia Briggs and her collected Mercy Thompson short stories, Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson.

The short story collection, Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson was highly enjoyable for me, as a fan of the Mercy Thompson novels.

I just saw the movie Winter's Bone on TV and since the novel, Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell was already in my TBR pile I decided that it was the time to give it a read.

chookie2 · 11-23-2014, 12:51 AM

Back to Ilona Andrews today, beginning her Kate Daniels series.Magic Bites finished and Magic Burns now on the go.Enjoying more the action and dialogue than the Blake Charlton of my last post.These are a quick read so one a day for a few days I expect- then a break for some mystery perhaps.

bfisher · 11-23-2014, 07:13 PM

Just finishing "The Problem of Slavery In the Age of Emancipation" by David Brion Davis. Some good chapters on the Haiti Revolution, the American Colonization Society, the shift from colonization to immediate emancipation, the impact of dehumanization, and free blacks as key agents in slave escapes and in the push for emancipation.

CRussel · 11-23-2014, 07:16 PM

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In the midst of a couple of other books, a long awaited book from a favourite author has finally released, so I'll be reading South Coast by Nathan Lowell next. (While continuing the Audible reading of Georgette Heyer's Venetia.) It should be a good weekend.

Finished South Coast. An excellent read, very like his Trader books in tone, though not in actual content. No real villains, but good problem solving. And like-able characters.

pdurrant · 11-24-2014, 05:12 AM

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Next up: Professor Jameson's Interstellar Adventures #1 by Neil R. Jones. My oldest unread purchased ebook, bought in December 2004, but written long before that. I'm certain I read this in paper around 40 years ago, and it was old then. It will be interesting to see what I make of it now.

It was OK. Quite an interesting idea, although the implementation is out of date now. And clearly a bit of a pulp serial, with a cliff-hanger at the end of the book. But interesting to re-read.

Next up: Realms of Light by Lawrence Watt-Evans. A sequel to Nightside City and looking pretty good.

I also read a long, unfinished HP fan-fic. I foolishly assumed it had been finished, but it looks like it was abandoned in 2012.

samhy · 11-24-2014, 07:43 AM

I'm currently reading The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstein.
It is a very detailed and slow paced story, but so far I like it.
After that I'll be reading the third book in the Divergent series.

hildea · 11-24-2014, 03:05 PM

Just finished 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. Weird, cool, well written. I really like how the story starts off with some very subtle, minor weirdness, then gradually (and sometimes very sharply) becomes more and more bizarre. After book three there are still some loose ends that I'm curious about, but in a way it fits with the story that some mysteries remain.

Inbetween I read Seanan McGuire's "Velveteen vs." stories (free on her livejournal). Really funny, in between the really tragic parts. Superhero stories, where we realize pretty soon that the really evil bad guys aren't supervillains, but the marketing department of Super Patriots Inc.

Not sure what I'll start on now.

pdurrant · 11-25-2014, 02:44 AM

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Next up: Realms of Light by Lawrence Watt-Evans. A sequel to Nightside City and looking pretty good.

And it was a very good sequel, and complete in itself. Some interesting thoughts on artificial intelligence and uploaded minds.

Next: The Last Generation to Die by Carlos Hernandez. My oldest unread bought ebook, from November 2004. (I'm trying to make sure that I don't have any unreads ebooks from more than ten years ago!)

bizzybody · 11-25-2014, 04:28 AM

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I also read a long, unfinished HP fan-fic. I foolishly assumed it had been finished, but it looks like it was abandoned in 2012.

How much of a nerd does it make me that when I read that I first thought "Hewlett Packard fanfic? Wha.. Oh, Harry Potter." Nevermind that I have read all 7 books, in two weeks after the 7th was released.

Have you read the James Potter series? I think JKR should just put her seal of approval on them and call them the official sequels.

pdurrant · 11-25-2014, 08:13 AM

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Next: The Last Generation to Die by Carlos Hernandez.

Awful. An interesting basic idea, but simply awful in almost every other way. Multiple secret organisations, wildly improbably events, just bad.

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Have you read the James Potter series? I think JKR should just put her seal of approval on them and call them the official sequels.

I haven't read them, but I am tempted. Perhaps when my TBR pile is a bit smaller.

Next up: Oh, I need something fun after that last monstrosity, which I only didn't abandon because it was so short. I'll read whichever's the next Georgette Heyer on my ebook reader.

DrNefario · 11-25-2014, 08:17 AM

I finished The Grim Company by Luke Scull. In many ways it was the opposite to my experience of reading Malice by John Gwynne which I read a couple of books ago. This one had some good ideas and interesting characters, but for some reason didn't quite gel with me. Maybe it was trying too hard to be grimdark. Maybe it was just the writing style. It wasn't terrible, and I might well read the sequel (sadly not currently available in the Kindle Lending Library like this one), but it didn't completely grab me.

Back to crime now, with Last Tango in Aberystwyth by Malcolm Pryce, second of the Louie Knight books.

CRussel · 11-25-2014, 11:22 AM

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Next up: Oh, I need something fun after that last monstrosity, which I only didn't abandon because it was so short. I'll read whichever's the next Georgette Heyer on my ebook reader.

Also one of my favourite solutions to recovering from a bad read! Right now, I'm reading Venetia in audio book format. Quite delightful.

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11-21-2014, 07:35 PM	#21181
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Just finished *The Gray Mountain* by John Grisham and it was an excellent read. Now starting *The Science of Interstellar* by Kip Thorne. He is a theoretical physicist who did the science for the movie Interstellar. It was an excellent film. Think of it as *2001 A Spave Odyssey* on crack! Purpose of the book is to explain the science in the movie which was very accurate.

11-21-2014, 09:40 PM	#21182
Lusitanic Leader Posts: 80 Karma: 2626226 Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Portugal Device: Kobo Glo, Kobo Aura, One Plus 5	Sacred Economics Brave New World Implementing Word of Mouth Marketing On the road

11-22-2014, 09:50 AM	#21183
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,296 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	In the midst of a couple of other books, a long awaited book from a favourite author has finally released, so I'll be reading South Coast by Nathan Lowell next. (While continuing the Audible reading of Georgette Heyer's Venetia.) It should be a good weekend.

11-23-2014, 12:51 AM	#21185
chookie2 Connoisseur Posts: 91 Karma: 648694 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: ipad mc7 16gig	Back to Ilona Andrews today, beginning her Kate Daniels series.Magic Bites finished and Magic Burns now on the go.Enjoying more the action and dialogue than the Blake Charlton of my last post.These are a quick read so one a day for a few days I expect- then a break for some mystery perhaps.

11-23-2014, 07:13 PM	#21186
bfisher Wizard Posts: 1,638 Karma: 28483498 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ottawa Canada Device: Sony PRS-T3, Galaxy (Aldiko, Kobo app)	Just finishing "The Problem of Slavery In the Age of Emancipation" by David Brion Davis. Some good chapters on the Haiti Revolution, the American Colonization Society, the shift from colonization to immediate emancipation, the impact of dehumanization, and free blacks as key agents in slave escapes and in the push for emancipation.

11-24-2014, 07:43 AM	#21189
samhy Wizard Posts: 1,821 Karma: 9503859 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: France Device: (Sony (J) PRS 650), Kobo Mini, Kobo Glo HD (broken), Kobo Clara BW	I'm currently reading The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstein. It is a very detailed and slow paced story, but so far I like it. After that I'll be reading the third book in the Divergent series.

11-24-2014, 03:05 PM	#21190
hildea Wizard Posts: 1,315 Karma: 67561852 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Norway Device: PocketBook Touch Lux (had Onyx Boox Poke 3 and BeBook Neo earlier)	Just finished 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. Weird, cool, well written. I really like how the story starts off with some very subtle, minor weirdness, then gradually (and sometimes very sharply) becomes more and more bizarre. After book three there are still some loose ends that I'm curious about, but in a way it fits with the story that some mysteries remain. Inbetween I read Seanan McGuire's "Velveteen vs." stories (free on her livejournal). Really funny, in between the really tragic parts. Superhero stories, where we realize pretty soon that the really evil bad guys aren't supervillains, but the marketing department of Super Patriots Inc. Not sure what I'll start on now.

11-25-2014, 08:17 AM	#21194
DrNefario Wizard Posts: 2,203 Karma: 12029046 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch	I finished The Grim Company by Luke Scull. In many ways it was the opposite to my experience of reading Malice by John Gwynne which I read a couple of books ago. This one had some good ideas and interesting characters, but for some reason didn't quite gel with me. Maybe it was trying too hard to be grimdark. Maybe it was just the writing style. It wasn't terrible, and I might well read the sequel (sadly not currently available in the Kindle Lending Library like this one), but it didn't completely grab me. Back to crime now, with Last Tango in Aberystwyth by Malcolm Pryce, second of the Louie Knight books.