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benham · 06-10-2009, 02:38 PM

PDA- Rereading The Third Option by Vince Flynn
PC- Got The Man Who Knew Too Much from the Sony Library just to try it out.
PBook- Manhattan Is My Beat by Jeffery Deaver

chlorine · 06-10-2009, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Reading The Memory of Earth by Orson Scott Card. Read it 10 yrs ago, thought it was so-so. Reading it now, I'm enjoying it very much.

I read it approximately 10 years ago also. I enjoyed it immensely while I was reading it, but I found out very soon afterwards that it felt kind of shallow: it did not make a durable impression on me.

My favorite book by Card, and one of my all-time favorite books, is Songmaster.

Gibbo · 06-10-2009, 03:49 PM

I've started reading Pangalor by our famous resident author Jeffrey A. Carver on my new Smart Q7

F1Wild · 06-10-2009, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

I'm still trying to see what's so funny about Red Dwarf!

It takes beer training...then try it.

F1Wild · 06-10-2009, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Oops. Sorry. Just got excited there for a minute.

Hopefully, the Sony store or another store will have it..

Already have the 505, but I'm still holding out a possibility of returning it and getting a Kindle. Sony is good, but there are so many books I cannot find on their site (or others) that Amazon has in Kindle format...hmmm, will have to make a decision soon.

I may have to pay your Kindle a wee little visit to compare...

benham · 06-10-2009, 04:27 PM

Did you know that beer is a measurement of time? Yup. BBQing brats and burgers takes 1 beer. Chicken is 2 beers. Cleaning out the garage also takes two beers unless your wife has given you a list to follow. Then it's 3 beers.

F1Wild · 06-10-2009, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by benham

Did you know that beer is a measurement of time? Yup. BBQing brats and burgers takes 1 beer. Chicken is 2 beers. Cleaning out the garage also takes two beers unless your wife has given you a list to follow. Then it's 3 beers.

I love your logic!

phenomshel · 06-11-2009, 01:32 AM

In the last week or so I've read:
Betty Hechtman - Hooked on Murder. I'm sorry to say I did not enjoy it as much as I thought I would and as much as I wanted to.
Mary Stanton - Defending Angels. Now this one I LOVED, and went and bought the second book of the series to read next. Unique premise, she defends people who are in Purgatory, charged with one of the Seven Deadly Felonies.
Patricia Sprinkle - Death on a Family Tree. This one had so many twists and turns that it kept me guessing, which is always a good thing.
Sarah Atwell - Through a Glass, Deadly. I am enjoying this one, too. I'm about 2/3 through with it.

poohbear_nc · 06-11-2009, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by F1Wild

It takes beer training...then try it.

I'll load up on the Guinness this weekend and see if my sense of humor improves!

F1Wild · 06-11-2009, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

I'll load up on the Guinness this weekend and see if my sense of humor improves!

It's not really an improvement-type thing - just a different thing...like saying hello in a different language - one's not better than they other, just not the same...now, on to the beer and then Red Dwarf...unless there is Formula 1 in the way as that is #1 priority!!

Phebe · 06-12-2009, 07:15 AM

I read "In the Woods" on the Kindle by Tana French ----- migod, that was SO GOOD!!! It's supposedly a detective thriller, but.......it's a wild anti-novel with a whole plotline that is never solved, no "throughline" as Stephen King says about his anti-novel, "The Colorado Kid" (which I read again directly after the French book to remind myself of this fascinating point). The anti-novel forces the reader to confront how much we want a STORY with beginning, middle, and end, and how much life doesn't give us those, if it doesn't want to.

"In the Woods" is a rereader.

Now I'm reading "True Detectives" by Kellerman, which is a more predictable ride, workmanlike, maybe a little tired. I admire Kellerman, though, he's done a good job over the years and is a real patriot, working hard all his life for children and mental health issues.

MickeyC · 06-12-2009, 02:33 PM

Just finished 'A Briefer History of Time' by Steven Hawking which I read as a prelude to 'The Accidental Time Machine' by Joe Haldmen which I just started

desertgrandma · 06-12-2009, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by F1Wild

Already have the 505, but I'm still holding out a possibility of returning it and getting a Kindle. Sony is good, but there are so many books I cannot find on their site (or others) that Amazon has in Kindle format...hmmm, will have to make a decision soon.

I may have to pay your Kindle a wee little visit to compare...

Cool! Lets meet at the local B&N, and I can bring my netbook and we can post to MR!

vivaldirules · 06-12-2009, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Cool! Lets meet at the local B&N, and I can bring my netbook and we can post to MR!

Do I detect a PHOENIX MEET-UP? Time for a new thread, don't you think?

ShortNCuddlyAm · 06-12-2009, 02:48 PM

Just started King Solomon's Mines (for the MR book club, and this will be the, erm, eleventieth reread)

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06-10-2009, 02:38 PM	#2026
benham Guru Posts: 882 Karma: 5565888 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Townsend, WI Device: Palm TX, PRS-505 (BLUE)	PDA- Rereading The Third Option by Vince Flynn PC- Got The Man Who Knew Too Much from the Sony Library just to try it out. PBook- Manhattan Is My Beat by Jeffery Deaver

06-10-2009, 03:49 PM	#2028
Gibbo Guru Posts: 776 Karma: 2475053 Join Date: May 2007 Device: Galaxy Tab A (2019) - iPhone 11 - KA1 - Onyx Boox Nova Pro	I've started reading Pangalor by our famous resident author Jeffrey A. Carver on my new Smart Q7

06-10-2009, 04:27 PM	#2031
benham Guru Posts: 882 Karma: 5565888 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Townsend, WI Device: Palm TX, PRS-505 (BLUE)	Did you know that beer is a measurement of time? Yup. BBQing brats and burgers takes 1 beer. Chicken is 2 beers. Cleaning out the garage also takes two beers unless your wife has given you a list to follow. Then it's 3 beers.

06-11-2009, 01:32 AM	#2033
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	In the last week or so I've read: Betty Hechtman - Hooked on Murder. I'm sorry to say I did not enjoy it as much as I thought I would and as much as I wanted to. Mary Stanton - Defending Angels. Now this one I LOVED, and went and bought the second book of the series to read next. Unique premise, she defends people who are in Purgatory, charged with one of the Seven Deadly Felonies. Patricia Sprinkle - Death on a Family Tree. This one had so many twists and turns that it kept me guessing, which is always a good thing. Sarah Atwell - Through a Glass, Deadly. I am enjoying this one, too. I'm about 2/3 through with it.

06-12-2009, 07:15 AM	#2036
Phebe Connoisseur Posts: 85 Karma: 124 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: Sony PRS 500 and Kindle 2 and iPad and iPhone	I read "In the Woods" on the Kindle by Tana French ----- migod, that was SO GOOD!!! It's supposedly a detective thriller, but.......it's a wild anti-novel with a whole plotline that is never solved, no "throughline" as Stephen King says about his anti-novel, "The Colorado Kid" (which I read again directly after the French book to remind myself of this fascinating point). The anti-novel forces the reader to confront how much we want a STORY with beginning, middle, and end, and how much life doesn't give us those, if it doesn't want to. "In the Woods" is a rereader. Now I'm reading "True Detectives" by Kellerman, which is a more predictable ride, workmanlike, maybe a little tired. I admire Kellerman, though, he's done a good job over the years and is a real patriot, working hard all his life for children and mental health issues.

06-12-2009, 02:33 PM	#2037
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Just finished 'A Briefer History of Time' by Steven Hawking which I read as a prelude to 'The Accidental Time Machine' by Joe Haldmen which I just started

06-12-2009, 02:48 PM	#2040
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Just started King Solomon's Mines (for the MR book club, and this will be the, erm, eleventieth reread)