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Aside from that, I've got Batman: Red Rain downloaded - something I've read before, but years back when it first came out - as well as the new edition of Gotham by Gaslight that includes the sequel, Master of the Future. I've also got Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe lined up, which is essentially a Marvel Elseworlds story, as well as Batman: Black and White, which may or may not be canon. (I forget, especially with all the reboots.) Basically, I picked up a cheap Elseworlds bundle at comiXology a couple of years ago, and I've been nibbling away at it once in a while ever since. This is the last of it. Thursday turned out to be an unusual mix. Spider-Man: Blue, Siege: Battleground, Captain America: Theater of War, and the Guardians of the Galaxy: Tomorrow's Avengers collection of four "Infinite Comics" that each spotlight a team member. (Not to be confused with the bigger volumes with the same title that are big compilations of the older GotG comics.) That leaves the Serenity material and the Elseworlds stuff for Friday and Saturday, with a couple of other GNs remaining. I'm not sure which I'll add to Serenity Day, though; it depends on whether I bite on a deal I'm eyeing at Amazon. |
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Finished The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson, which was a very fun read. Now working on the eighth Foreigner book, Pretender by C. J. Cherryh. I think this is the last one in the series I have read previously.
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Stalking the Zombie
by Mike Resnick 2 1/2 Stars A collection of short stories about John Justin Mallory, a PI transported to a fantasy Manhattan. The stories would have been fine by themselves in their original magazine publications, but put all together it got a little repetitive. |
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Which was a quick, fun read as usual.
It started off with "Drumline" a nice 'fiction from Grantville' in a light wrapper by David Carrico, who also had "Etude, Part 3" in the issue - another installment about the Organ building Bach family. Kerry Offord and Rick Boatright gave us "Dr Phil Rules the Waves", another splendid Dr Gribbleflotz story, although he was in the background, and it concentrated on his Theramin-building employee. The weakest story in the issue for me was "Good German Axes" by Tim Roesch. A blacksmith's family dynamics. "A Szekler in a Kilt" was an interesting look at the situation in Transylvania by Gábor Szántai. The flow could have been improved. Finally, "The Long Road Home, Part 2" was more about Sergeant Hartmann from Nick Lorance. (There were three more non-fiction articles I mostly skipped.) Next up: Impervious by Laura Kirwan. A recent freebie that people hereabouts recommended. Last edited by pdurrant; 01-07-2017 at 06:08 AM. |
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So, Saturday should be the Serenity material as well as Batman: Black and White, which will take me over 30 books for the first week of the year. |
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I normally prefer speculative fiction. but right now I'm reading a self-help kinda book called Resisting Happiness, by Matthew Kelly. Our church was giving them away for free so I couldn't resist.
What is resistance? It's that sluggish feeling of not wanting to do something that you know is good for you. It's the inclination to do something that you unabashedly know is not good for you. It's the desire and tendency to delay something you should be doing right now. It is resistance that stands between you and happiness. In these pages you will learn not only what it is, but how to recognize and conquer it in your own life. Matthew Kelly is a Catholic motivational speaker and author. He doesn't shy away from the God issue, which I like very much. I'm only halfway through, but so far it gives practical advice and doesn't feel preachy. Last edited by Lima Bean; 01-06-2017 at 09:18 AM. |
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My 2017 is getting off to a slow start (progress against target-wise) as I'm reading Game of Thrones (a gift from my eldest). At 800 plus pages going is slow, and I'll have some catching up to do in subsequent months to make my 6-and-a-bit books per month challenge.
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Hey!! Let's get some action going! What are we reading?
Decided to read Storm Front, the first in the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. I've heard a lot of good things about this series.
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Dan Gilbert: The surprising science of happiness http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert...y_are_we_happy Last edited by John K; 01-06-2017 at 05:52 PM. |
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Next up: F&SF for Jan/Feb 2017, edited by C C Finlay. |
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I just finished reading A Man of Good Hope by Jonny Steinberg. Amazing, compelling and painful to read. I started this morning at about 9.30 not sure I was in the mood for a book with a heavy topic so I thought maybe I would just read a few pages and see how it went. I finished the book at 17.30 late afternoon. I never put it down for more than ten minutes at any time. It is really one of the best books I have read in a while.
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Just finished Linear Shift by Paul Koehler and liked it. Although technically a SciFi novel, it felt more like a thriller. I'd give it 3 and half or maybe four stars.
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Seeing that Rev B was doing the Elseworld thing, I got inspired to read an elseworld graphic novel, or, the first part of 2 anyway.
Robin 3000 #1 and its successor, #2 next week, will comprise my graphic novel for the month. Too bad it was such a blase read. |
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