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MickeyC · 03-14-2009, 08:04 PM

Just finished Michael Crichton's "State of Fear" and what a great read. Someone here recommended it so I checked it out of the Fairfax Library eBook Department. Can't recall who it was that recommended it but, whoever you are, I owe you a drink!

desertgrandma · 03-14-2009, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by cassidym

Just finished Michael Crichton's "State of Fear" and what a great read. Someone here recommended it so I checked it out of the Fairfax Library eBook Department. Can't recall who it was that recommended it but, whoever you are, I owe you a drink!

That was ME!!

Great book, eh? I'll have a peach wine cooler.

tompe · 03-14-2009, 09:02 PM

Just finishing a re-read of A Damsel in Distress (Wodehouse) and it was as good as I remembered it.

MickeyC · 03-14-2009, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

That was ME!!

Great book, eh? I'll have a peach wine cooler.

Yeah, it was you! One Peach Wine Cooler on the way. Aw, I guess that won't work. Can't email a drink. Well, if I ever see you at a Meet Up, it's on me. That was a real page turner!

pilotbob · 03-14-2009, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by cassidym

Just finished Michael Crichton's "State of Fear" and what a great read. Someone here recommended it so I checked it out of the Fairfax Library eBook Department. Can't recall who it was that recommended it but, whoever you are, I owe you a drink!

Great.. did it change you perception of Global Warming at all? Did it make you interested in doing more research. Several on an alternate thread seem to thing it was a book that preached that there is no such thing as global warming. I didn't read it that way.

BOb

MickeyC · 03-15-2009, 12:46 PM

Neither did I. I perceived it was a very thoughtful analysis of how big environmental organizations turn into the sort of blind bureaucracies they are trying to overcome all weaved into an absorbing plot populated with very interesting characters.

I've worked in Government and business a long time and have seen this phenomena occur often and environmental groups are not immune.

desertgrandma · 03-16-2009, 03:57 PM

"Vespa" by Dean Lombardo on Todd Fonseca's recommendation.

Its turning out to be a real page turner, from the beginning, as he stated.

desertgrandma · 03-17-2009, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

"Vespa" by Dean Lombardo on Todd Fonseca's recommendation.

Its turning out to be a real page turner, from the beginning, as he stated.

UPDATE:

Last night I finished the book......in one sitting. (Okay,lying down) I could not put it down........on one hand, it grossed me out, on the other, (and at the same time, I couldn't 'look away'.) I had to know how it ended..

I won't say anymore, because that would give away something, but I was clicking my K1 pages like crazy.

Different from your run of the mill horror story.....I enjoyed it to the end.

OH, and by the way......even tho it was in Topaz, it didn't have any of the 'slow page turning' or 'formatting' issues'

Either that or I just didn't notice...now THATS a good book!

Sareed · 03-18-2009, 11:04 PM

I'm reading in paper An Incomplete Revenge by an author new to me Jacqueline Winspear.

I am also reading More Reading From One Man's Wilderness by Dick Proenneke. This was actually a PDF I found on the internet. I sent it to Amazon for conversion. As others have experienced the conversion was not very clean. Bu I can still read it.

Sweetpea · 03-19-2009, 05:29 AM

Just finished "Machine Crusade"! I just couldn't put the book away this morning, so I had to finish it right after I arrived at work...

On to the last of that trilogy, "Battle of Corrin"...

Moejoe · 03-19-2009, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

UPDATE:

Last night I finished the book......in one sitting. (Okay,lying down) I could not put it down........on one hand, it grossed me out, on the other, (and at the same time, I couldn't 'look away'.) I had to know how it ended..

I won't say anymore, because that would give away something, but I was clicking my K1 pages like crazy.

Different from your run of the mill horror story.....I enjoyed it to the end.

OH, and by the way......even tho it was in Topaz, it didn't have any of the 'slow page turning' or 'formatting' issues'

Either that or I just didn't notice...now THATS a good book!

Thanks for bringing Vespa to my attention. Just read the opening and it's a corker! Must read this one soon.

mickitaz · 03-20-2009, 12:02 PM

Finished Storm Front of the Dresden Files... Into Fool Moon now. The second book seems to be going much faster than the first. There is so much action in this one. And the reading seems to just flow off of the pages.

RWJ · 03-21-2009, 09:49 PM

Just finished Ken Scholes' Lamentations, in paper because it's not available for eInk. (Boo Tor!) I loved it. I need to re-read it to get some of the plot twists, though. Anyone else read this?

MonaLS · 03-21-2009, 10:41 PM

Just finished "His Name is John" by Dorien Grey (pen name for Roger Margason) and it was really good. I'm looking forward to more in his Elliott Smith Mysteries series.

Libby Cone · 03-22-2009, 11:46 AM

I just finished Jonathan Littell's "The Kindly Ones," the first book I have read on the Kindle. It certainly beats holding a 900-page tome! I think the writing was great, otherwise I wouldn't have kept reading about such a moral black hole. The last two parts were especially tough going; I think he would have benefitted from more editing..

03-18-2009, 11:04 PM	#1674
Sareed Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: SouthEastern Michigan Device: Kindle	One paper, one electronic I'm reading in paper An Incomplete Revenge by an author new to me Jacqueline Winspear. I am also reading More Reading From One Man's Wilderness by Dick Proenneke. This was actually a PDF I found on the internet. I sent it to Amazon for conversion. As others have experienced the conversion was not very clean. Bu I can still read it.

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03-14-2009, 08:04 PM	#1666
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Just finished Michael Crichton's "State of Fear" and what a great read. Someone here recommended it so I checked it out of the Fairfax Library eBook Department. Can't recall who it was that recommended it but, whoever you are, I owe you a drink!

03-14-2009, 09:02 PM	#1668
tompe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,452 Karma: 7185064 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Linköpng, Sweden Device: Kindle Voyage, Nexus 5, Kindle PW	Just finishing a re-read of A Damsel in Distress (Wodehouse) and it was as good as I remembered it.

03-15-2009, 12:46 PM	#1671
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Neither did I. I perceived it was a very thoughtful analysis of how big environmental organizations turn into the sort of blind bureaucracies they are trying to overcome all weaved into an absorbing plot populated with very interesting characters. I've worked in Government and business a long time and have seen this phenomena occur often and environmental groups are not immune.

03-16-2009, 03:57 PM	#1672
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	"Vespa" by Dean Lombardo on Todd Fonseca's recommendation. Its turning out to be a real page turner, from the beginning, as he stated.

03-19-2009, 05:29 AM	#1675
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Just finished "Machine Crusade"! I just couldn't put the book away this morning, so I had to finish it right after I arrived at work... On to the last of that trilogy, "Battle of Corrin"...

03-20-2009, 12:02 PM	#1677
mickitaz Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 12 Join Date: May 2008 Location: off somewhere reading Device: Sony prs-505	Finished Storm Front of the Dresden Files... Into Fool Moon now. The second book seems to be going much faster than the first. There is so much action in this one. And the reading seems to just flow off of the pages.

03-21-2009, 09:49 PM	#1678
RWJ Zealot Posts: 120 Karma: 170 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: PRS-505	Just finished Ken Scholes' Lamentations, in paper because it's not available for eInk. (Boo Tor!) I loved it. I need to re-read it to get some of the plot twists, though. Anyone else read this?

03-21-2009, 10:41 PM	#1679
MonaLS Groupie Posts: 180 Karma: 34 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Kindle (Gen 1), Kindle DX, Kindle Fire, LG Enact	Just finished "His Name is John" by Dorien Grey (pen name for Roger Margason) and it was really good. I'm looking forward to more in his Elliott Smith Mysteries series.

03-22-2009, 11:46 AM	#1680
Libby Cone scribbler Posts: 117 Karma: 246 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Philadelphia USA Device: Kindle	I just finished Jonathan Littell's "The Kindly Ones," the first book I have read on the Kindle. It certainly beats holding a 900-page tome! I think the writing was great, otherwise I wouldn't have kept reading about such a moral black hole. The last two parts were especially tough going; I think he would have benefitted from more editing..